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A rocket in front of Palmer Hall measures how much money is being raised for UTC3.

An annual UT charity campaign is giving students, faculty and staff a chance to give back to Northwest Ohio through early December.

The UT Community Charitable Campaign, or UTC3, benefits Community Health Charities, Earth Shares of Ohio, Northwest Community

Shares and the United Way of Greater Toledo. In turn, these organizations support hundreds of local charities.

Vicki Riddick, chairperson for the University of Toledo Charitable Campaign, said the campaign is meant to raise both money and awareness of local charities.

“We encourage people to think about their community

and their neighbors,” she said. “We’re fulfilling the mission of UT by enriching our community and giving back to those less fortunate.”

While the campaign has raised $81,000 so far, the goal is to reach $175,000 by the Dec. 7 donation deadline.

“We’ve always been very close to the goal, though giving has been down these past

Election 2012

Know The issues Banned Books Vigil slated for Thursday /9

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Correction In last week’s edition, the editorial titled “SG’s poor plan” is misleading. Student Government does not plan the Homecoming events; that is the responsibility of the Homecoming Commission and Blue Key National Honors Society. The IC apologizes to Student Government for the error.

Crime

Shooting suspect also accused of threatening UT officer Editor-in-Chief

In brief

Ed Falco, the author of “The Family Corleone,” a new novel based on an unreleased screenplay

by Mario Puzo, will talk about and read from his work Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m. in Libbey Hall.

The book is set during the Great Depression and follows Don Vito Corleone as he becomes the most powerful man in New York’s criminal underworld.

The writer will also discuss “Burning Man,” a story collection centering around men who can’t find peace and find themselves in conflict with their world and themselves.

The free, public event is sponsored by the Department of English.

See Charity / 3

By Vincent D. Scebbi

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Writer to discuss prequel to ‘Godfather’

few years given the economy,” Riddick said. “But it’s not just the monetary dollars — it’s about awareness.”

Riddick said it allows participants to pinpoint charities they care about in an organized fashion.

Employees who wish to donate submit a form by

Erin Connolly, a manager at the Sanger branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library System and UT alumna, assists fellow UT alumna Louise Ehrick on Tuesday. Library funding is one of the issues on the Nov. 6 ballot.

A look at issues on the November ballot Though the races at the top of the ballot garner the most attention, students registered to vote in Toledo will also find nine proposals on their ballots — two statewide issues and seven city or county proposals.

The two state questions deal with Ohio’s state constitution. The seven local referendums involve property tax renewals or increases for a variety of services.

State Issue 1

This issue asks the public if they would like a convention at which to amend the state constitution. The issue, which has come before

the public four times, has never passed. The state constitution mandates that the issue appear on the ballot every 20 years.

State Issue 2

This constitutional amendment would create a state-funded, non-elected commission to decide state legislative district lines. The commission would have 12 members, consisting of four members from each of the two biggest political parties and four members unaffiliated with either party.

Supporters say this could put an end to gerrymandering and point to states like

California that have similar systems in place. Opponents question the legality of asking appellate court judges to narrow the pool of applicants. Because commission members are required to report their political affiliation, some argue the measure would force judges into making politically charged decisions.

Issue 5: Parks and Recreation

This new tax of 1 mill, or $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value, would fund the growth and maintenance of Toledo-area public

recreational facilities and programs. It would stay in place for 10 years. The owner of a $100,000 home would pay an additional $30.62 per year if the levy passes, according to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Issue 20: Toledo Public Schools

This new tax of 4.9 mills to support the operations of Toledo Public Schools would last for 10 years. It would raise $13.3 million per year.

Supporters include United See Issues / 3

A Toledo man was arraigned Oct. 15 in connection with an Oct. 12 shooting that happened just three days after he was arrested on another charge at Carlson Library and allegedly threatened a UTPD police officer.

Julian Williams of 8052 Williams Allegedly Dorr St. was threatened a arrested by UTPD officer Oct.9.

UTPD on multiple charges including criminal trespass, theft, obstructing official business and aggravated menacing on Oct. 9.

He allegedly stole a bicycle from McComas Village on Oct. 5 between 3:45 p.m. and 4 p.m. The incident was captured on a security camera.

Police said Williams was then seen by witnesses on campus after the footage was posted online.

Williams threatened UT Police Officer Justin Marsh by saying, “If I see you on the street I will shoot you dead, you will be in a body bag,” according to the report.

Three days later, at the BP at the intersection of Hill Avenue and Reynolds Road, Williams was arrested on four counts of felonious assault. According to reports from Toledo Municipal Court, Williams fired several shots at three people while standing in the middle of Hill Avenue.

According to the reports, an innocent bystander received a bullet hole in his windshield while stopped in traffic.

Religion

Lecture explains Sikh religion to UT community

By Jessica Stalkamp For the IC

It’s the fifth largest religion in the world and yet few people know about the Sikhs.

Kuldeep Singh, trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, lectured a full audience about the Sikh religion in the Student Union Monday night.

“There are many people who say it’s a mixture of Hindu and Islam,” Singh told his

audience, some of whom couldn’t find a seat. “It’s just like saying Islam is an offshoot of Christianity…We believe in one God, in one Creator, and we believe all human beings were created as equal.”

The religion was founded

by Guru Nanak Dev, born in 1469, in 14th-century India.

He traveled on four missions all across India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Singh said the

Guru’s mission was, “Leave labels alone, and become human being.”

Sikhs follow the Guru’s word to reach salvation.

Singh estimates there are 500,000 Sikhs in the United States and 25 million worldwide, including 22 million currently living in India.

Singh said in Sikh religion, God is omnipresent, the creator, free of restraint, free from the cycle of birth

and death and he is their absolute reality. They also believe in equality for women and treating people compassionately.

They practice religion in a gurdwara, their holy temple, usually marked with a Sikh flag symbolizing food, shelter and prayer inside for anyone.

At the gurdwara called the Golden Temple in Punjab, India, the homeless and hungry See Sikh / 3

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Kuldeep Singh addresses UT Monday evening.

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This week in UT history 25 years ago: Dubbing it “an historic occasion in our University’s history,” University of Toledo president Dt. James McComas commenced the dedication ceremony of the new home of UT’s physics and astronomy department, McMaster Hall.

The Dancing Rockettes Purpose: The Rockette’s purpose is to display pride, spirit and excellence at school events.

Leaders: Captain Haleigh Furz; Co-captain Erica Suponcic History: The University of Toledo Dancing Rockettes were the first recognized collegiate dance team in the nation.

The Rockettes were created by Max E. Gerber, for whom the Glass Bowl media center is named.

Upcoming events: The Dancing Rockettes perform before, during and after all home and select away Toledo football games. They also perform at all Toledo Men’s and Women’s home basketball games and tournament games How to learn more: Visit http://www.utoledo.edu/ bands/ourbands/dancing/index.html or email Coach Tenethia Beamon at tbeamon22@yahoo.com or Captain Haleigh Furz at Haleigh.Furz@rockets.utoledo.edu

50 years ago: President William S. Carlson will confer an honorary degree of Doctor of Performing Arts on Danny Thomas at noon Tuesday in the Field House.

75 years ago: Beauty will drop from the skies Saturday afternoon when Akron’s Migration queen will be brought to Toledo by way of the air. The Zipper university is planning to send its queen here on a Goodyear blimp.

UT Jazz professors jam at Center for Performing Arts

Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Nate Pentecost at npentecost@independentcollegian.com.

World-renowned bassist Gene Perla (left) grooves Tuesday night while Olman Piedra (right), UT assistant professor and percussion instructor, keeps a steady beat. Besides performing with Piedra and the UT Jazz faculty group Cross Currents, Perla has been sharing his knowledge with UT music students this week.

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What is your favorite banned book?

EDITORIAL

BUSINESS

Editor-in-Chief Vincent D. Scebbi

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” because it’s a book I can relate to.

Aron Burkert Junior Exercise Science

“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” because I saw an hour feature on it.

David Ogunnoiki

Senior Mechanical Engineering

“The Outsiders” because it is my all-time favorite book.

Alex Shoup

Sophomore Athletic Training

“Go Ask Alice” because it was a shockwave of fear of dying at a young age.

Alice Milles Sophomore Geology

Rocket Life Editor Russell Axon Sports Editor Jay Skebba Opinion Editor Zachary R. Dehm Director of Photography Bob Taylor Copy Editor Jasmine Townsend

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Sikh from page 1

can seek comfort and are required to be barefoot and wear a head cover.

“We are against caste, class and gender distinctions,” Singh said. “We always defend — we’re considered Defenders of Truth. We believe salvation is not after death; it is within your lifetime. Salvation means salvaging yourself from the vices. If you save yourself from the vices, you are safe, and you are salvaged.”

Singh acknowledged that the caste system, a labor system based on class hierarchy, is still in place in India.

“The thing is it doesn’t matter how beautiful the principles are…unless they are practiced, it’s of no use.

It’s still on the paper,” he said. “Most of the Sikhs still believe in the caste system. I am one of the few that strongly speaks against it.”

To eliminate the caste system, male and female Sikhs are renamed. Males inherit the name Singh, meaning lion, and females inherit the name Kaur, meaning princess.

Sikhs are identifiable by the five pieces of clothing they must wear at all times: kesh, kangha, kara, kachera and kirpan. Kesh is uncut hair; it symbolizes the perfection of God’s creation.

Kangha is a small comb; it’s a symbol of cleanliness. Kara is an iron bangle; it symbolizes the endless of God, and reminds the Sikhs that what they do with their hands should be consistent

Charity from page 1

Dec. 7 that will allow them to donate straight from payroll, either by giving monthly or with a lump sum. On the form, they can choose up to four charities to donate to from a list on the back or write the name and city of any local 501(c)(3) health and human service nonprofit.

“From an employee perspective, this allows them to decide the time of year to give and to think ahead,” Riddick said. “Especially this time in the economy, when so many people have turned from the fortunate into the less fortunate, it’s a great opportunity to give.”

Although the project has traditionally focused on faculty and employee giving, the committee wanted to find a way to attract students to the event.

“This year, we really focused on students — not

Issues from page 1

Way of Greater Toledo and the Chamber of Commerce.

The levy, which is the largest on the ballot, would cost the owner of a $100,000 home an additional $150.06 per year.

Issue 21: Metroparks

This 0.9-mill levy would replace an 0.3-mill levy that expires this year and would support the Toledo-area Metroparks system. It would remain in place for 10 years.

The owner of a $100,000 home would pay an additional $19.10 per year, according to the Chamber of Commerce. If the measure fails, the current levy will expire, reducing the bill on a $100,000 home by $8.46.

Metroparks spokesman Scott Carpenter said the money will be used in part to make up for $3 million in support that was lost due to reduced home values and state budget cuts.

He said plans include “taking care of what we’ve got and finishing what we’ve started” if the levy is passed.

The Metroparks system also has a 1.4-mill operating levy, which will continue even if this measure fails.

Issue 23: Library services This proposal would replace the Toledo-Lucas

with their scripture. Kachera believe that it’s up to God is shorts; they symbolize to what body he puts you control over lust and self-re- in. It depends upon your spect. The Kirpan is a long deeds, but the judgment is sword that Sikhs are to use entirely up to him.” as last resort when someone After the lecture, attendis in trouble. ees were encouraged to One man in the audience meet-and-greet with others asked if Singh felt isolated by to discuss the lecture’s conthe American community af- tents. Loud chatter ensued ter 9/11. as people raced across the Singh said he felt “singled room to introduce out,” but he themthinks the selves.

“We always defend problem is Madison — we’re considered about Roze, a jueducation.

Defenders of Truth. nior ma“People in We believe salvation joring are very igenvironis not after death; it mental norant,” he said. “That studies, is within your lifemost of the said she time. Salvation people do knew very not know little about means salvaging them, and the reliyourself from the that, time gion bevices, you are safe and again, forehand, they see a but she and you are picture of liked the salvaged.”

Osama Bin Sikhs’ “beLaden on Kuldeep Singh nign” conthe screen, Trustee, Council for a cept of Parliament of the God. on the TV World’s Religions screen, and “It was they associvery sort of ate Osama Bin Laden to the basic and non-controversial, Sikhs, and they consider it was kind of glossing over a them to be Muslims. That’s lot of stuff — very informawhy I have told most people tive, though, don’t get me we should not say that we are wrong,” she said. not Muslim because we are David Gosser, a senior Hindus and we are Muslims nursing student and member and we are Christians and we of the Catholic Student Assoare Jews. We are everything.” ciation, said he was “pleased” Like most religions, Sikhs to hear the speaker address believe in an afterlife, but non-violence.

Singh said. “This is the dif“The point of any religion ference between Hindu reli- is to make someone a good gion and the Sikhs. Perhaps person, and I truly believe the Hindus have a set way that when I left that lecture that a person goes into var- I was like, ‘They’re doing ious marks, whereas Sikhs just that,’” he said.

working with other memgiving monetary donations, but volunteering and bers of the executive branch to gauge student interest donating time,” Riddick through student said. “We know our stuorganizations. dents are already highly “We’re in planning stages engaged in community, but right now and we’d like to we wanted to just encoursee it implemented this seage in their efforts.” mester, but nothing is set Riddick said some of the in stone,” Dykyj said. project ideas included a day Dykyj or week“People give for many said if plans end of volunteer different reasons, and are not finthis efforts, monetary giving isn’t ished semester, he similar to necessarily the most and Bonthe unigratz will versity’s important one.” work with annual vicki Riddick UTC3 and Big University of Toledo develop Event.

Charitable Campaign plans for “We next year. under“It will be helpful to stand students don’t have smaller organizations… that dollars to give,” she said. are already trying to do vol“We would never ask for money from students. Peo- unteer activities because it will be helpful for them to ple give for many different reasons, and monetary giv- get that promotion and visibility,” he said. “It’s an oping isn’t necessarily the portunity to get more stumost important one.” dent orgs on the map and SG Vice President Chris Dykyj said he and SG Presi- give students more opportunities to give back.” dent Paulette Bongratz are

What’s a millage?

A millage is a property tax with a rate expressed in “mills.”

A 1-mill tax will cost a property owner $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value. Taxable value and market value are not necessarily the same; in Ohio, the taxable value of a piece of real estate is 35 percent of its assessed market value.

County Public Library’s 2-mill levy, which expires at the end of this year, with a 2.9-mill levy. It would increase the property tax bill for the owner of a $100,000 home by $27.55 for a total of $88.80 going to library services, according to the Chamber of Commerce.

The levy would remain in place for five years.

Rhonda Sewell, media relations coordinator for the library system, said funds from the levy would go toward reversing the cuts in services the library has had to make in recent years. Failure would lead to the closure of several of the library’s 19 branches, she said.

(Disclosure: Sewell is a former board member of the Collegian Media Foundation, which publishes The Independent Collegian.)

Issue 24: Mental health services This proposal calls for levying 1 mill to support

mental health services and alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs in Lucas County. Supporters say the need for mental health and recovery services has grown in recent years while funding has decreased. The levy would last 10 years and cost $30.62 per year for the owner of a $100,000 home.

Issue 25: Children’s services

Lucas County Children Services will be on the ballot in November in attempt to gain an 0.85-mill increase of its current 1-mill levy, which expires at the end of 2013. It would increase the tax bill for a $100,000 home by $26.04, for a total of $56.66 going to children’s services, and would last for five years.

Issue 26: Imagination Station

This is the only levy on the ballot that does not involve a tax increase. The proposal calls for continuing the tax that supports Imagination Station, a hands-on science museum in downtown Toledo, for another five years. The 0.17-mill levy costs the owner of a $100,000 home $5.21 per year. It accounts for 41 percent of Imagination Station’s budget, according to The Blade.

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Knowledge must be free Yes on 23, fight against banning books

In the relatively near future, there will be two events highlighting our right to avoid censorship and freely pursue knowledge, the access to which is in jeopardy.

The first of these is the University of Toledo’s annual celebration of Banned Books Week, which is scheduled for Oct. 18. The second is Proposal 23, Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s tax levy, up for vote Nov. 6.

(Disclosure: Rhonda Sewell, media relations coordinator for the TLCPL, until recently served on the board of the Collegian Media Foundation, which publishes the IC. In addition, a member of our opinion editor’s immediate family works for the library system. Finally, the IC is one of the sponsors of Banned Book Week.)

As students, any chance given to celebrate access to education should be taken. As an American, the fight against censorship, which is still alive today, is crucial to one’s professional and personal development. This censorship has come in the form of stopping a scholar’s teaching, or as Banned Books Week emphasizes, a scholar’s writing. Censorship has come from many different sources — religion, government and media.

It is critical that scholarship be free of the restraint of censorship. Without this freedom, progress is, at times, slowed to a glacial pace and honest scholarship cannot occur. See our article in Rocket Life for a list of activities going on during Banned Books Week and make sure to attend.

The other way to support education is to vote yes on Proposal 23. This tax levy will increase the yearly tax for the average $100,000 home by $27.55. If it doesn’t pass, public library funds will be reduced by half, which could easily lead to libraries across Lucas County being shut down.

The money from the levy will help fund the 19 public library branches in Lucas County, as well as library outreach services that provide book delivery services for home-bound persons.

Half the system is funded by the state government, but the other half comes from tax levies such as this one. Due to state funding cuts in 2009, Lucas County libraries have had to cut staff, reduce operating hours and refrain from purchasing new books.

Our libraries do so much for our community by providing tons of resources for free — music, studying tools, Internet and computer access, educational programs and movie and activity nights. If you believe in UT’s mission to improve our community, vote to continue funding Toledo’s free and public library system.

If you support Banned Books Week and Issue 23, you are supporting education and a better Toledo. commentary

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From the editor

We’re independent and serving you “Adapt or die.”

That seems to be a common phrase heard in my life. Maybe I’ve read too much Darwin or watched “Moneyball” a few times, but this phrase has some relevance to The Independent Collegian, which needs to change in order to survive and better serve its readers.

One change is our recent move from our office on Middlesex Drive, hidden behind Dowd, Nash and White Halls and next to Just Skate. If you have no idea where I’m talking about, you’re not alone.

When I first began writing for the IC three years ago, I got lost the first three times trying to find the office; when I did see the run-down building, part of me wished it had stayed lost.

With the move, there have been questions and speculation as to whether our independence was lost. As I have said before, the IC is in fact staying independent. This is a strictly business move where we, the newspaper, are renting space in Carlson Library for $1. This obviously represents a saving that may cause some to see us as indebted, even though university departments have been contributing to our bottom line with advertising dollars for many years. Our independence, however, ultimately derives from our own attitudes and beliefs on how our publication should be run.

Vincent D. Scebbi Editor-in-Chief

By positioning ourselves in a central location, The Independent Collegian will become more connected with the community it covers and cares about. We hope our increased visibility allows you to better see the dedication we have not only to the IC, but the university as a whole.

We’ve also made another change recently. The concept of having an advisor — whether the student-run publication is independent or not — is quite common. In fact, when the IC first declared its independence, it had a professional staff member to aid student editors.

Somewhere along the line, that changed.

Enter a new adviser — Erik Gable. A 2002 graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa, he got his start at a student newspaper not unlike this one before spending the next 10 years as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Iowa and Michigan.

The important note to take from this is he’s like us. He’s dedicated to the readers and puts them first.

Erik is in no way affiliated with the University of Toledo. He isn’t paid by UT and he doesn’t work for Tobin Klinger — and yes, that’s a rumor I heard regarding his position.

He is paid by the Collegian Media Foundation, a non-profit organization that formed back at the beginning of the millennium when the newspaper dissolved ties with UT. Now, the Collegian Media Foundation is overseen by a volunteer board whose members have a variety of experiences. Only one is a member of UT payroll and that is Lora Cramer, a visiting instructor in the marketing department.

At the end of the day, the IC is making some changes in content, quality and the design, which you’ve seen these past 10 weeks, but we are not giving up our core fundamentals. I want you to know that we are available and willing to listen to suggestions or feedback. No matter what’s going on, we will continue to strive to serve you.

Vincent D. Scebbi is the Editor-inChief of the Independent Collegian and a senior majoring in communication.

You can email him at vscebbi@independentcollegian.com.

letters to the editor

Romney column lacked persuasion

I don’t subscribe to any single school of thought that is offered by the current bipartisan system in our nation. I haven’t yet decided who I want to vote for in the upcoming presidential election, and I’m striving to continue to educate myself between now and November. To make this learning process a more efficient, useful endeavor for myself and others like me, I’d like to propose an earnest request.

Should any student wishing to educate those of us that are undecided on any political issue, proposed policy or even simple opinion: please, stop and think before you blindly start rolling your face across the keyboard.

A persuasive argument is something that all of us have learned to write in our collegiate careers, especially for those of us that are seniors and have high hopes of joining the workforce within the coming year. To see the writing methods taught to us by professors that have painstakingly pushed our education forward at this institution simply cast aside is depressing.

With this background information established, I’d like to take a moment to share my thoughts on the recent opinion article written by senior business major Patrick Richardson in the Sept. 26 issue of the IC. This small entry is exactly the type of writing that does a disservice to both the author and his audience.

“This is an emotional argument but when presented with the facts, it’s blatantly obvious that voting for Gov. Mitt Romney is the only sensible thing to do.” This sentence, both a run-on and rather incoherent, is a bold claim that should be supported by the author with the “facts” that he believes make his argument so obvious.

I have a feeling that many of the IC’s readers would consider themselves incredibly sensible and may be rather offended if they disagree with this “blatantly obvious” assumption.

“Currently, 53 percent of recent college graduates are under-employed or can’t find a job at all”. Are there any vetted references that can be cited for this statistic?

I understand that the author isn’t a staff writer for the IC and that this segment has been labeled as “commentary,” but this is simply poor journalism.

The spewing of countless factoids

with no legitimate source other than the overconfidence of a writer is one of the reasons that so many “politically proud” people have such an intellectual disconnect with one another.

What, if I may be so frank to ask, was the purpose of this little gem of an article? Was the author attempting to dissuade students from voting for President Obama? Was he attempting to convince readers that Obama isn’t paying attention to them somehow? The title seems to hint at this, but there’s certainly no content that supports this declaration.

The casual mention of unemployment and underemployment rates for recent graduates are at best, a correlative realization, as they are presented without supporting facts. As I mentioned previously, the comment pertaining to “any sensible person” carries a degree of condescension. Certainly that can’t be the author’s best-foot-forward approach to shed light on any potential strengths that Gov. Romney and his running mate might have.

It may be more appropriate to refer to this piece for what it appears to be, and that is a public attempt to drum up attention from those students who are already staunch supporters of the Romney/Ryan team.

Certainly, the author will get an innumerable amount of “attaboys” and “USA” chants from fellow supporters. What better way to make a diving attempt for recognition than telling a select number of people to do something that they already have planned on doing? Of course those people will agree with you.

I implore anyone reading this that ever plans on contributing toward not only political education, but education on any topic in a journalistic sense, please stop and use your head. Take the time to write your arguments with a sound mind and vigor. Be sure to present your ideas in a coherent, scholarly fashion with reliable sources.

Moreover, please, stop preaching from the pulpit of your bedroom as if the readers of your material are mindless sheep that need herding.

I know that there exist an endless number of incredibly intelligent individuals here at UT, and I’m hopeful that more of you will step forward to fill the pages of this publication with intelligent, actionable writing. There shouldn’t be room left for any more of these mediocre, “pat-yourself-on-theback-bro” stories.

—Tony Bova, UT senior, chemistry

‘Free’ college still wouldn’t be free

Last week there was a letter to the editor about Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s plan to make college free.

My question is, what if college was free?

If there were no tuition, who would pay for professors’ salaries, computers or the chair you sit (or possibly sleep) in during your math class?

Jill Stein’s “On the Issues” page doesn’t state who would, but I can make a good guess that it will be the government. But where will the government get the money, you ask? Well I’ll tell you where; from taxes. Now who pays for taxes? That’s right, it’s us! Therefore higher education won’t be free; the cost would just be distributed among many people.

Just like dumping a gallon of toxic waste in the ocean doesn’t destroy it, you just don’t notice it as much as you did when it was all by itself. People who didn’t attend any college and don’t intend to would be contributing to your college fund.

Making college free is like inviting your hundred closest friends to Five Guys Burgers and Fries to eat. You get there and of course you’re hungry, but you’re broke. So what you do is ask everyone for a dime. Now let’s assume everyone carries around dimes and they’re all feeling charitable and give one to you.

You now have 100 dimes and you drop them all on the counter and wait for the guy who is working to count them. After about five minutes of tedious algebra, he confirms that you have 100 dimes, or 10 dollars; he takes the change and gives you your meal which just happened to be 10 dollars.

You’re stoked because you got a meal for free, but is it really free? All of your friends are one dime poorer and all they have to show for it is your having a meal.

Now let’s relate this all back. The meal you got for free represents college. Your 100 friends are the tax payers. Finally, just as your friends paid for your burger and got nothing, so would many people not in college pay for your education and get nothing.

The difference between the two is college is going to cost a lot more than 10 dollars. It’s just like my mom always said, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

—Ron Johns, UT junior

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My size tells you nothing about who I am

When it comes to size, we Americans love to “go big or go home.” We showcase and celebrate our enormity on a daily basis — oversized food, gigantic sales, big houses and fat paychecks.

One of the largest countries in the world, the U.S. has built its reputation on being large and in charge.

It seems the only thing we don’t like to be big in this country is the populace; we hate overweight people.

Now before I begin I want to be clear. I’m not going to condone an unhealthy lifestyle. By all means, people should do what they can to take care of themselves, to ensure the best quality of life possible. That’s not the question here.

The question is why we encourage excessiveness and opulence here in the U.S. but then detract that encouragement when it bothers us. You may have heard recently about the LaCrosse, Wisc. news anchor who responded to a vicious email about her weight.

Jennifer Livingston, the articulate and — in my opinion — courageous anchor, responded to her critic by saying, “you know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. And I am much more than a number on the scale.” Well done Ms. Livingston, well done indeed.

My nerves were stricken by this story in a very personal way. I’ve been on the hefty side of chubby for almost my entire life; I was over 11 pounds at birth! I was pushing the scale

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towards 300 for a couple of years and only recently did I get that number down below 200.

My weight was always a part of me, but it was never the entirety of my being. I wasn’t below compassion or respect because I was overweight; I wasn’t, as Ms. Livingston put, a number on a scale. I was, and still am, a person with goals, ambitions, emotions and ideas. It just so happened that I was of a different build.

All too often in this country, people who aren’t thin are treated with scorn and contempt. You may remember recently the criticism levied by Marie Claire columnist Maura Kelly about the CBS hit sitcom, “Mike & Molly.” The show centers on the titular Mike and Molly, a Chicago couple who each has a battle with weight.

The show is heartwarming and funny, but apparently that wasn’t enough for Ms. Kelly, who suggested the show’s cast was hurting America by implicitly condoning obesity.

She went so far as to say “no one who is as fat as Mike and Molly can be healthy.”

Now of course, after the intense and deserved backlash to her hate, Ms. Kelly reneged on her statement and apologized, albeit in a disingenuous way.

But is that enough? It’s a vast oversimplification to suggest heavier people are unattractive. We tried promoting excessive thinness in the ’90s. Remember heroin models? That didn’t work either.

What we need to do is stop holding other people up to our own standards or preferences. I like cooking and eating — mostly eating, and far too much to ever be truly thin. Even after all the weight I’ve lost I’m still considered to be overweight by conventional medical definitions.

Being overweight doesn’t make you sub-human. It doesn’t make you immoral and it doesn’t make you unworthy of love or respect.

The way you feel about yourself should never be dependent on the explicit or implicit approval of someone else. A successful and attractive person is one who can get up every morning, heavy, thin, muscular or whatever, and be proud of the things that the mirror doesn’t show.

The measure of a person’s true worth does not reside in the numbers of a scale or on a doctor’s chart, but rather in the immeasurable capacity of each person to love one another and themselves.

Bradley Sommer is a senior studying history.

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Our generation doesn’t respect the arts Attempt 1 — Three weeks Growing up I always enso much and fill our weekago I attended the Toledo Sym- vied the stories my grandpar- ends with will have little more phony at the Peristyle. I love the ents told me of their nights than the two of us and a opportunity to enjoy the arts! out to the opera, stories of handful of our peers in attenMy boyfriend and I dressed to women lavishly dressed in dance. And these activities impress. I wore gowns and gloves will die if our generation a dress and he and all the men in doesn’t change their mindset. wore a suit. I their fine tailored Why is it that my peers was excited after tuxedos. That would rather go to the bar on dinner to enjoy was the proper a Friday night than attend IC Columnist a classy evening way to attend. On the symphony? Is it due to on the town, but my trip however, I cost? I assure you that can’t when we arrived to the theater I was again distressed to find be the reason; Toledo Symnoticed something that shocked the age of the audience to be phony tickets are only $5 for me. Patrick and I were at least elderly at best and those who students, and Toledo Opera three decades younger than 90 were perhaps in their “prime” tickets are only $10 for stupercent of the attendees. Patrick to be dressed in attire I dents. The opportunity is beand I had dressed well, while wouldn’t even deem approing thrown at us. others wore jeans and a blazer priate for “Sunday’s Best.”

We are fortunate to have or business casual at best.

Certainly my date and I world renowned art programs I was saddened to realize were complemented on our here in Toledo. The Toledo that my peers weren’t in atten- choice of outfit and women Symphony and Toledo Opera dance and that the audience my grandmother’s age looked are both world-class ensemin attendance was so casual. I at me with envy as they remibles. We as students are a part gave this experience the bene- nisced about their days at the of this community and should fit of the doubt and thought opera when they were my age take full advantage of the wonmaybe it was just the night we and the glorious gowns they derful things the city of Toledo decided to go out. Perhaps my wore back has to offer. generation did still enjoy and then.

So this Friday, Put on a suit or a respect the performing arts by This was of godress and go see the instead dressing their best to attend. another failed ing to the Toledo Symphony at movies or goAttempt 2 — One week ago attempt to I attended the Toledo Opera at find my genthe Peristyle for $5 a ing to a bar, the Valentine Theater. The op- eration at a put on a suit ticket, and you era only comes around a few cultured or a dress and might be pleasantly go see the Totimes a year and I’d been antic- event, and ipating this showing of “La Bo- once again ledo Symphosurprised. heme” for months. My experithose who ny at the Perience with the opera is that it’s were in attenstyle for $5 a just about the most extravadance dressed poorly. ticket, and you might be pleasgant event that still exists in My faith in the coming gen- antly surprised. our century. I was excited to eration and the longevity of wear a gown and have Patrick the arts in the decades to Paulette Bongratz is a MBA dressed in his tux and really go come is waning. The events student studying leadership and all out for this event. that my boyfriend and I love president of Student Government.

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Undecided is not taboo

When we are young, people ask us what we want to be when we grow up. Most children respond with something outlandish, something prestigious or simply the same occupation as their parents. When you are five years old, it seems pretty adorable to say “I want to be Batman when I grow up!”

In high school, things change. What you “want to be when you grow up” suddenly becomes a very pressing matter. With college near, high schoolers are expected to begin planning an efficient four years of college study that will bestow them with a degree that in turn leads to a job placement and a financially stable life.

This may be somewhat too generic, but it does seem safe to say most college students feel the pressures of making career decisions before they are even old enough to vote.

Most universities report that approximately one third of students enter college as “undecided” and along with that, the average college student changes their major up to three times. For those students who have friends that are passionate about their fields of study and future careers but cannot seem to figure out their interests, the statistics show that you are not alone.

Today’s economy has placed continuously mounting pressure on streamlining the education process. College students are expected to

buy, rather than shop. Enterundecided to discover I was ing a university with an inby no means alone. tended career goal, receiving Almost all of my friends a degree in no more than were having second thoughts four years and then immediabout their future careers, ately finding a one of whom job seems to be is a fifth year what college music educastudents want. tion major IC Columnist Unfortuwho told me, nately, about “This is what one third of students need I want to do. I’m just not sure the time to “shop around.” if I want to do it forever.”

These undecided students So, how do we fight the need to take classes in a vari- stigma carried by being ety of subjects. They need to undecided? explore their interests in orWe first need to simply be der decide what is career open to the fact. The easier material and what is a hobby. it is to talk about the subThese students also benefit ject, the easier it becomes to from exploring interests in an seek advice and consider all extracurricular setting, but the options available. often it seems their lack of diIt’s also necessary to underrection creates a disconnect stand that in a society that from the college experience prides itself in celebrating diand less activity involvement. versity, being undecided is, in I myself can say I have exa way, just part of who a perperience with this. I entered son is. Society advocates the college knowing exactly what I cultivation and exploration of wanted to do with my life, or our passions, yet a person’s so I thought. I was hired as a inability to narrow the list of drum instructor at Maumee passions down to one, or a High School, my alma mater, just a few, is as much of who and began to realize the idea we are as all the other traits of studying and working in that we want to celebrate. the field of music was becomIt’s only with a sense of ing increasingly attractive. compassion and, most imSuddenly, years of planning portantly, empathy, that we and career expectations were as a society and culture must shattered. I began feeling iso- be able to process this situalated. My friends knew what tion if it arises in our own they wanted to spend their lives. So, embrace the undelives doing, and I was just cided, let your passions drifting along with the curflourish and see where the rent of my life, directionless many roads might take you. and somewhat afraid. Yet all it took was actually bringing Maxwell Kachenmeister is up the subject of being an undecided freshman.

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Don’t let a major box you in I can respect those that enroll in college with an undecided or undeclared major, especially when the problem is narrowing down the many choices that might fit the intersection of your interests, skills and aspirations. I started my undergraduate education as a biology major, and within the first term switched to chemistry.

I truly believe that for some, the issue is not only lack of a clear destination but also that so many of the paths look enticing. This metaphor of path and destination might obscure other possibilities though; a college career is not a maze with one route to your graduation, nor are you necessarily constrained to travel a single route at a time.

Some of us truly are looking for a way not to specialize, but to explore many disciplines and the spaces and intersections in between the boundaries of departments and majors.

If you’re one of these students, a multi-disciplinary, interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary approach can make your chosen major come alive. Rather than narrowing your interests through your college career into a more focused niche of your discipline, looking at connections among, between and across subject areas can reveal the possibilities of your degree and what it could become after you graduate.

How can you avoid being boxed in by your major?

With many majors having plans of study with very few opportunities for electives outside of your major beyond the general education curriculum, what opportunities do you have for bringing in other subjects?

Well, there are obviously majors that tend toward the interdisciplinary

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in themselves, like Law & Social Thought and others.

There’s also the possibility of adding a minor or becoming a double-major, though this may mean a longer road to your degrees; depending on the similarity of the degree requirements, this may mean just a few more classes or many.

As a chemistry major, it was relatively simple for me to get a minor in mathematics since I had to take a lot of math already, but two less-related fields would have entailed far more classes. If UT doesn’t offer a major that brings together the right classes for you to prepare yourself for your chosen career, they even offer bachelor’s degrees in independent studies through their individualized degree program.

For many undergraduates, another way to bring an interdisciplinary flavor to your degree is to actually apply what you learn by doing research in your own department or another.

Many of your professors are already doing interdisciplinary research with faculty members in other departments or colleges, and the Office of Undergraduate Research can help.

Another way to keep from becoming too narrowly focused in your field is to think about what comes next after you graduate. If you’re getting your undergraduate degree, you may not realize that

you could go to graduate school in a different area.

Many graduate programs accept applicants with bachelor degrees in any field.

I know many people who have gone on to earn their MBA, Law degree or Master’s in Education after majoring in a completely different field as an undergraduate student.

Some programs, like library science, don’t even have undergraduate equivalents — I went directly from my Bachelor’s in Chemistry and minor in Mathematics into my Master’s in Library Science degree.

No major is an island, entire of itself — to blatantly rip off John Donne. In order to fully benefit society in some way, I believe that any academic subject must be able to go outside the confines of its disciplinary boundaries to makes its contribution alongside other fields of knowledge.

Many of the degrees that you can earn at UT are in professional or applied programs, and even those that are thought to be the more liberal arts are not pure knowledge for knowledge’s sake, but are ultimately put to some application. But some of the most significant advances and creative research occur when the theories, techniques or insights from one domain are imported into or synthesized with those of another.

So, whether you have yet to decide on your major or have already chosen but find that the most exciting parts about your degree are the overlaps and edges where it bumps up against another field, consider the ways you can make your education as broad and fulfilling as possible.

Wade Lee is an associate professor in the library.

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Remembering the fallen

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Amanda Rice, a member of the LGBT community, addresses those who attended the Oct. 11 candlelight vigil at the steps of the Student Union Building. The vigil, which was hosted by Spectrum UT and Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program, is held in memory of those who died because of hate crimes or suicide.

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Reedy collects conference, national honors

Jay Skebba

Junior receiver and return man Bernard Reedy was named National Kick Returner of the Week and honorable mention wide receiver by the College Football Performance Awards for his efforts last Saturday.

He was also named the Mid-American Conference’s Western Division Special Teams Player of the Week for the second week in a row.

Reedy set a school record with 407 all-purpose yards against Eastern Michigan, third-most in MAC history.

He also hauled in a career-high 11 catches for a school-record 237 yards and two touchdowns in UT’s 52-47 victory.

Volleyball team goes 1-1 over weekend, then falls to IPFW The UT volleyball squad split a pair of matches last weekend, falling 3-2 (2729, 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 15-9) to Ohio, but rebounded with a 3-0 (2522, 25-17, 27-25) victory over Kent State.

Toledo grabbed a 2-1 lead Friday against the Bobcats, but failed to seal the deal and lost in the five-setter.

Ohio jumped out a 6-1 lead in the fifth and ran away with the set.

Junior outside hitter Lauren Rafdal led the UT attack with 17 kills and 18 digs. Junior middle blocker Dakota Harkins added 12.

Toledo (8-13, 2-6 MAC) rebounded Saturday with an impressive shutout victory over Kent State.

UT led throughout the first two sets before winning a close third.

Senior Sandra Parys led the team with 14 kills and a .400 attack percentage.

The Rockets faltered Tuesday, dropping a 3-1 match to visiting IPFW. With the contest tied at one set a piece and UT leading 22-18, the Mastadons mounted a rally to notch a third-set victory and eventually take the match.

Toledo returns to the court this weekend with matches against Miami on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. and Bowling Green Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.

Basketball coaching clinics coming soon The men’s and women’s basketball programs will be conducting coaching clinics in the near future.

Women’s coach Tricia Cullop will hold hers this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m at Savage Arena. All local high school, junior high, Amateur Athletic Union and youth coaches are encouraged to attend.

Registration forms can be found online on UT’s official athletic site and all coaches attending will receive two free tickets to UT’s football game this Saturday against No. 21 Cincinnati. The cost of the clinic is $15.

Men’s coach Tod Kowalczyk will hold his clinic Saturday, Oct. 27. The cost of attending is $10 and food will be provided after the event.

Kowalczyk will be joined

by Hillsdale College head coach John Tharp and former D-III head coach Bill Van Gundy, the father of former NBA head coaches Stan and Jeff.

Area coaches who wish to attend should contact assistant coach Jason Kalsow at 419-530-7739 or Director of Basketball Operations Michael Bennett at 419-530-4796.

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Toledo got it right with Campbell

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Junior wide receiver Bernard Reedy fends off an Eastern Michigan defender last Saturday at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, Mich. Reedy set a school record with 237 receiving yards and helped guide UT to a 52-47 victory.

Rockets gear up for statement game against No. 21 Cincinnati

By Jay Skebba Sports Editor

Matt Campbell and the Rockets have adopted the “one game at a time” mantra more than maybe any other team in college football.

Large schedules are posted on the walls throughout Larimer Athletic Complex with a piece of paper covering up the remaining portion. After each game, the next contest on the list gets revealed.

Next up for Toledo is the undefeated and 21st-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats (5-0, 1-0 Big East), who will enter the Glass Bowl Saturday night.

What happened Saturday Toledo won a shootout at EMU, 52-47. The two teams combined for 1,279 all-purpose yards and 13 touchdowns.

“It’s a huge football game,” Campbell said. “We have tremendous respect for the University of Cincinnati and their program and we know it’s a

great opportunity for our program and for the University of Toledo. They come in here with good experience, very good talent especially at the skill positions and it certainly will be a good test for our football team and where we’re at right now.”

UT has a strong track record of knocking off BCS conference teams and is no stranger to the big stage.

Since 2000, Toledo has beaten the likes of No. 9 Pittsburgh, Penn State, Minnesota, Kansas, Michigan and Purdue. They opened the season at Arizona and gave the Wildcats all they could handle before falling 24-17 in overtime.

Cincinnati became a part of that list in 2001 when the Rockets bested them 23-16 in the Motor City Bowl.

The Bearcats enter this matchup ranked No. 21 in the initial BCS standings and also claim sports in the top 25 AP and Coaches Polls.

“It makes it neat for our kids,” Campbell said. “One

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What: Toledo Rockets vs No. 21 Cincinnati Bearcats Where: Glass Bowl Stadium - Toledo, Ohio When: Saturday, 7 p.m.

TV: ESPN3 Radio: AM 1230/1370 Records: UT (6-1, 4-0 MAC) CIN (5-0, 1-0 Big East) Series Record: CIN leads, 4-2 Last Meeting: UT won, 23-16 (2001 Motor City Bowl) Point Spread: CIN by 8 Weather: Mostly cloudy with a low around 43. Slight chance of showers.

of the things that we’ve always sold here is we’ve got a great non-conference schedule. I give a lot of credit to our athletic director to be able to get some of these teams to come in and have a chance to play some great teams.”

Despite UC’s perfect record, their schedule hasn’t been the most difficult.

They have taken advantage of two buy weeks and will be making their first

true road trip of the season this weekend. The Bearcats knocked off Virginia Tech 27-24 at FedEx Field – a neutral site – in what was surely their toughest test so far in 2012.

However, the perennial Atlantic Coast Conference contenders are in the midst of a down year and dropped three of their first six games.

Two of UC’s five games have come against FCS opponents.

Cincinnati may be a bit untested, but they have a bevy of players on both sides of the ball capable of making plays.

The Bearcats defense has surrendered just 72 points in five games and has done an exceptionally good job of stopping the run. They’re allowing opponents to rush for 101.6 yards a game and just 3.4 yards per carry, 16th best in the country.

UC’s stout front seven is led by a pair of excellent defensive ends in Walter Stewart and John Williams.

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Women’s cross country team scores high marks in two big weekend events Nate Pentecost Managing Editor

The No. 20 Toledo cross country team continued a historic season with a pair of meets over the weekend.

The Rockets top seven runners raced to a 13th-place finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational Friday morning while the remaining members of the team finished seventh out of 31 in the NCAA Pre-National Invitational Saturday in Louisville.

“Both meets were huge for us, particularly the Wisconsin meet,” said UT head coach Kevin Hadsell.

Toledo, who went into the Wisconsin Invite ranked No. 15, was one of 20 teams ranked in the USTFCCA national coaches poll competing at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course.

“Outside of the NCAA’s, I don’t think there’s ever been a field assembled like that, where you have 20 of the top 30 teams,” Hadsell said.

Five Rockets set personalrecord 6,000 meter times, led by senior Kaylin Belair who finished 40th overall at 20:22:00. Sophomores Megan Wright (90th) and Priscilla Timmons (94th) set personal-best times of 20:46.00 and 20:48.00, respectively.

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From left Sophomores Megan Wright, Priscilla Timmons and Liz Weiler leave the start/finish line during the 2012 Toledo Bubble Buster on Sept. 21.

Two-time Mid-American Conference Runner of the Week Mackenzie Chojnasky (120th) finished fourth for Toledo with a 20:55.00 mark and Liz Weiler (125th) capped off the scoring for the Rockets, setting a personal record time of 20:57.00. UT recorded 469 points in the 48-team race.

Sophomore Megan Gaysunas (174th) set a personal best as well, finishing at 21:13:00, while junior Devyn Ramsay (264th) finished the race at 21:51.00.

Cal Poly true freshman Laura Hollander jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, winning the race with a time

of 19:33.00.

Hadsell believes Toledo was poised for a better finish at the Wisconsin Invitational before sophomore Mackenzie Chojnacky missed time due to an injury.

“Mackenzie didn’t practice all week because of turf toe,” he said.

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When Tim Beckman waved goodbye to the Glass Bowl Dec. 9, 2011 in the middle of bowl game preparations and the homestretch of recruiting season, the Rockets suddenly found themselves without a commander.

Little known, 32-year-old offensive coordinator Matt Campbell was promptly promoted to interim head coach for the Military Bowl in what seemed to be a gap-filling move for the time being.

Speaking later that day, Athletic Director Mike O’Brien said Toledo needed to seriously consider all candidates and not just those from within the program. He stressed the importance of finding the proper “fit” and addressing the pool of candidates that were available from other institutions.

O’Brien said that the next time he spoke publically would be to announce the next head coach of the Toledo Rockets and the search would officially start the following Monday.

The search never really got started and as it turns out, it never needed to.

On that Monday, O’Brien took the podium and announced that Campbell inked a five-year deal to become the new boss of UT football.

In February — about two months after Campbell got the permanent gig — CBSSports.com took a look at each of the 26 new head coaching hires that were made in the FBS last offseason.

A team of nine “experts” sat down and ranked all of them from first to worst.

Despite winning his first game as a head coach in the Military Bowl, Campbell was labeled as the worst of the bunch.

All Campbell has done since then is go 6-1 with his only loss coming on the road in overtime to Arizona to begin the year.

When examining his first 10 months on the job, it’s hard to imagine it going much smoother.

At just 32-years old and 16 days removed from becoming a head coach, he took the field for the first time at the helm in Washington D.C. for the Military Bowl. He left it with a bowl victory, something that no Toledo coach had done since 2005.

Shortly after bringing that trophy back to Toledo, Campbell faced one of his toughest assignments yet — convincing his recruiting class to stay on board after a coaching change.

Often times, verbal commitments shy away from their words when a change is made at the top.

Campbell not only held his class together, but signed the best class of any in the MAC according to several recruiting services. Of course, you would expect that from a man who Rivals called one of the country’s best recruiters in 2011.

He has kept that momentum going in 2012 and with less than four months to go until National Signing Day, Campbell’s 2013 class is shaping up to once again be the best in the conference.

Perhaps the most impressive quality he possesses is one that goes much deeper than wins, losses or recruiting.

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Women’s soccer team splits a pair of weekend games, falls on Senior Day

By Nick Delwiche Sports Reporter

The Rockets spilt a pair of games over the weekend, defeating Ball State 2-1 on Friday but falling 1-0 to Miami (OH) Sunday.

Toledo now stands at 6-91 overall (4-3-1 Mid-American Conference).

“I’m really excited for our players,” said UT head coach Brad Evans. “We have had to adapt to a lot of different things and we’ve had to find our identity.”

Senior Natalia Gaitan converted a penalty kick with 17 seconds remaining in overtime to give Toledo their 2-1 victory over Ball State.

UT was aggressive from the start and found the net at 25:30 when senior Megan Blake redirected a corner

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They have combined for 10.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks.

“They’ve got two defensive ends that have played a ton of football there,” Campbell said. “They put pressure on the quarterback and they do a really good job of being able to put pressure on the quarterback without having to blitz guys.

“We’ve got to do a great job of being aware of where those defensive ends are and make sure we give them a multitude of different looks and try to limit the amount of times they can create negative plays.”

Junior quarterback Munchie Legaux is in his first full season as the starter and has shown improvement from his sophomore season.

Last year, he completed 55-of-116 passes (47 percent) and was picked off

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“She faded in the second half of the race because of that, so she ended up being our fourth runner.

“By the time the MAC Championships role around she’ll be up with Kayla again but there was the potential for us to finish as high as seventh or eighth.”

UT drastically improved upon its 2011 showing at the same meet. Last year at the Wisconsin Invite Toledo became the first school in conference history to have five women run under 21:000.00 in the same race, but finished 35th of 44 teams.

“I’m going to be honest with you, we sucked last year at Wisconsin,” Hadsell said with a laugh. “We were terrible. [This year] we wanted to show everybody that we’re a whole different team than we were even a year ago and well deserving of our ranking and a thirdstraight bid to the NCAA’s.”

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The relationship that Campbell has formed with his student-athletes can be described as special, unbelievable and phenomenal, and those words come straight from the mouths of the players.

He’s the reason why many of them are wearing Midnight Blue and Gold in the first place.

Take senior linebacker and college football’s leader in total tackles Dan Molls for example.

Molls was a two-star linebacker from North Royalton, Ohio who received several other offers from MAC schools, including Bowling Green, Central Michigan and Ohio.

UT was coming off of a lackluster three-win season in 2008, but he elected to play at UT because of the relationship he established with Campbell, who served as his recruiting coordinator.

kick from sophomore defender Kirsten Catloth.

Ball State answered in the second half at the 48th minute when Cardinal Nicole Pembleton found herself one-on-one with Toledo sophomore goalie Kelsey Borowitz, placing a low shot under her arm, tying the game 1-1.

In overtime Rockets freshman defender Angelica Hernandez was tripped by a BSU defender in the box to set up Gaitan’s match-deciding penalty kick.

Borowitz played the entire contest between the posts and dominated with five saves in the winning effort.

“The interesting thing about Kelsey is that she can still get better,” Evans said.

“She has been coming up

with big plays when we need it and that’s what we need.”

Toledo played tough on Sunday but was unable to score against MAC frontrunner Miami, falling 1-0.

“We had a lot of inconsistencies today and that’s not what you want to see at this point in the season,” Evans said. “We still have work ahead of us and we’ll see what happens.”

The RedHawks’ Katy Dolesh scored the lone goal on a free kick at the 19:31 mark to collect her seventh goal of the season.

Borowitz went the distance again and finished with three saves. Norenberg also worked all game ingoal and recorded four stops to grab her sixth shutout of the season.

four times. He has raised his completion percentage to 56 this season and has thrown 11 touchdowns against three interceptions.

The duel-threat signalcaller has run for 198 yards and two more scores.

“Coach [Butch Jones] has done a great job no matter where he’s been, whether it be Central Michigan or Cincinnati of developing his quarterback and making sure he’s a good playmaker,” Campbell said. “He’s got some playmakers around him. Two really good running backs that make plays in space, he’s got a great receiver that’s a pro prospect out there, so we know it’s a team like any other top 25 team.”

Senior running back George Winn has been hard to stop this year, piling up 521 yards and four touchdowns on 6.4 yards per carry.

The UT run defense will have their work cut out for them after seeing EMU’s

Bronson Hill run all over them last week for 284 yards and four touchdowns.

This marks the 18th time the Rockets have squared off with a ranked opponent and the sixth time at the Glass Bowl. UT is 6-11 in those games with their last victory coming against No. 9 Pittsburgh 35-31 in 2003.

UT will look to recapture some of that magic Saturday night in what is sure to be a great college football atmosphere.

“I sure hope our campus and this great city comes out and supports these Rockets,” Campbell said. “We’re a 6-1 football team right now and I’m really proud of what our kids have accomplished up until this point.

“It’s fun because you get a chance to compare yourself and your program. I think it’s going to be a great game and my biggest expectation is to have a great crowd and really show what this great city’s all about.”

Top 25 USTFCCA Rankings 1. Florida State 2. Iowa State 3. Oregon 4. Stanford 5. Arizona 6. Washington T7. Michigan T7. Cornell 9. Georgetown 10. Providence 20. Toledo

The Rockets dropped five spots in the latest coaches poll but Hadsell is confident his team’s performance in Wisconsin has put them in a position to reach the NCAA Championships Nov. 17.

“We could even mess up a little at regionals and still get to go because of how well we did in Wisconsin,” Hadsell said.

The country is divided into nine geographical regions for the NCAA Regional Championship, with the top two schools automatically qualifying to be among the 31 programs at the NCAA Championships. The other Molls said just last week that he wouldn’t be here without Campbell, a sentiment that several current players can echo.

Beckman did a great job in his three years at Toledo and Campbell would be one of the first guys to tell you that. However, the playercoach relationships seem quite a bit different.

Beckman was a very serious coach and that approach can certainly work for some teams. Coaches such as Nick Saban – a three-time National Champion and former Toledo head coach – have made a living with that style.

Whether it’s a reflection of two contrasting coaching philosophies or not, the players say the team is closer this year than it was in 2011 and it shows on the field and in the press room.

It’s safe to assume that Campbell’s “one of the guys” personality plays a large role in the bond this team shares and its success on the field.

13 teams are chosen at-large, by a process which compares head-to-head competition throughout the year.

Before the NCAA Regional on Nov. 9, however, the Rockets will look to defend their conference title at the MAC Championships Oct. 27 in Buffalo.

The back-to-back MAC champions have not lost a varsity race to an in-conference foe since 2009.

Hadsell, needless to say, is confident in his team’s chances.

“The thing about our sport is there are no last second shots. You don’t get lucky in cross country,” Hadsell said. “Either you’re good or you’re not. If you’re better you’re just better.

“This is no knock on the MAC, but realistically the other teams are just trying to figure out who’s going to finish second. That could change over the course of time but if you’re that far ahead, it’s just not realistic in cross country.”

After all, it was only 10 years ago that he was still wearing a helmet instead of a headset, something that has to help in the locker room, in team meetings and on the recruiting trail.

Whether it’s teasing quarterback Terrance Owens and calling him a “big baby” for wearing a walking boot or showcasing his vertical leaping ability every time one of his kids makes a big play and runs out on the field to greet them, it’s clear this team is much like a family.

Sure, eight games isn’t the biggest sample size. But from everything we’ve seen since last December, Toledo found a gem who loves his players and knows how to win with them.

Not bad for the worst coaching hire in America.

Jay Skebba is a junior majoring in Communication.

He is also a senior writer for ChatSports.com and has contributed to ESPNWisconsin.com.

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calendar Wednesday Noon: Queer Marriage Reception, Student Union Building, room 2591.

12:30 p.m.: Reading and discussion with Ed Falco, author of The Family Corleone, Libbey Hall.

4 p.m.: Study Abroad Information Session, Snyder Memorial, room 1100.

Thursday 2 p.m.: Study Abroad Information Session, Snyder Memorial, room 1100.

8 p.m.: Showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Student Rec Center, Oak Room.

FRIDAY 7:30 p.m.: Showing of Tales of the Maya Skies, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, students, faculty and staff; free, children 3 and under.

9 p.m.: AMA Halloween Party, Rocket Bar. SATURDAY 1 p.m.: Showing of One World, One Sky, One Bird’s Adventure, Ritter Planetarium.

7:30 p.m.: Showing of Tales of the Maya Skies (Spanish translation), Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, students, faculty and staff; free, children 3 and under.

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Campus Events

Fighting censorship Banned Books Week events include lectures and Mark Twain impersonator

By Russell Axon Rocket Life Editor

Paulette Kilmer remembers, when she was a kid, buying stacks of books with the $10 her father split between her and her brother, and having her mother ask them questions about the plots and characters.

“I think that’s one reason why I’m a professor,” she said. “It started at my mother’s knee.”

The communication professor’s love of books is part of what drives her involvement in UT’s Banned Books Week.

For the event’s 15th year, the university will host a vigil at Sullivan Hall and a Mark Twain impersonator at Libbey Hall. Both the vigil and performance will focus on censorship and its effects on music, movies, television and, of course, books.

As part of the vigil on Thursday, Oct. 18, a series of

lectures and presentations devoted to censorship will occur on the third floor of Sullivan Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The right to read is the right to think.”

Paulette Kilmer Head of Banned Books Week committee, ommunications professor

Speakers will include university faculty and students, as well as a handful of community members. Kilmer said presentations will last for 20 minutes and that speakers selected their own topics.

“It’s enough [time] to get a little discussion going with the audience, but it’s not long enough to be like sitting through a lecture,” she said.

Free books, door prizes and coupons from Ukazoo Books will be passed out

during the vigil. Free food and drinks will be provided throughout the day.

“Mark Twain Night” is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 19 at Libbey Hall. Twain-impersonator Alan Kitty’s performance will begin at 7 p.m.

Kilmer said bringing Kitty to the university was a special and relevant way to celebrate the event’s 15th anniversary.

When it comes to modern censorship, Kilmer said the availability and ease of information provided by technology causes most people to overlook the common practice.

According to the American Library Association, both modern and classic works, including “The Hunger Games” and “To Kill a Mockingbird,” were among the top 10 most challenged titles of 2011.

Kilmer said the mindset of censoring can be dangerous when taken to extremes, citSee Censorship / 10

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A stack of books that have been challenged or banned available at Carlson Library. Last year’s list of frequently censored books included modern books like “The Hunger Games” and classics like “To Kill A Mockingbird.”

‘Happiness is a warm dog’

SUNDAY 3:30 p.m.: Musica Antigua de Toledo, Center for Performing Arts, Recital Hall. Cost: $10, adults; $8, seniors; $2, students.

9 a.m. “Celebrating Reading: Selections from The Princess Bride” — members of the UT Writer’s Guild

TUESDAY 9 a.m.: FOCUS Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts.

Noon: Lecture, Our Holy Days, Student Union Building, rooms 2582 and 2584.

8 p.m.: Performance

by UT Jazz Ensemble, Center for Performing Arts, Recital Hall. Cost: $5, general admission; $3, students, faculty, staff and seniors.

9:30 a.m. “In the Name of Democracy: Resurgence of Censorship in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe” — Arjun Sabharwal, assistant professor and digitial initiatives librarian

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Comics Mind the Gap Vol. 1, Intimate Strangers, by Jim McCann and Rodin Esquejo. Published by Image. Available Wednesday.

Supergirl Vol. 1, Last Daughter of Krypton, by Michael Green, Mahmud Asrar. Published by DC. Available Wednesday.

MOVIES Alex Cross, starring Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox. Out Friday.

Paranormal Activity 4, starring Katie Featherson and Kathryn Newton. Out Friday.

BOOKS Back to Blood, by Tom Wolfe. Available Tuesday.

The Racketeer, by John Grisham. Available Tuesday.

The Safe Man: A Ghost Story, by Michael Connelly. Available Tuesday.

CDs Blak and Blu, by Gary Clark, Jr. Available Tuesday.

Company, by Andy Burrows. Available Tuesday.

Red, by Taylor Swift.

Available Tuesday.

Viva Duets, by Tony Bennett. Available Tuesday.

More online For more information about and further coverage of calendar events and releases, check the IC’s website, Facebook and Twitter daily.

Schedule for Banned Books Vigil The following is a list of speakers and topics planned for the Banned Books Week Vigil on the third floor of Sullivan Hall, Thursday, Oct. 18.:

MONDAY 9 a.m.: FOCUS Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts.

4 p.m.: Study Abroad Information Session, Snyder Memorial, room 1100.

7 p.m.: All Love Photo Shoot, Student Union Building, room 2500.

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From left to right Amanda Gilmore, a freshman nursing major, Tori Schiller, a freshman psychology major, and Verunda Patel, a freshman pre-pharmacy major, pet Yukon, an Aussie-golden mix rescue dog, at Carter Hall during “A Visit with the Woolf Pack,” hosted by Deanna Woolf, UT director of marketing. The event was part of the Crib Notes series where UT faculty interact with students through unique topics. More info on pg. 10.

Martial Arts

UT student places fourth at world kickboxing tourney

10:30 a.m. “Google Bombs, SEO and Censorship” — Paul Many, professor of communication 11 a.m. “The War on Women ... as Old as History” — Warren Woodbury, Toledo author 11:30 a.m. “Prison Education: What is the point?” — Renee Heberle, associate professor of political science Noon Keynote Address: “My Favorite Book” — Bill McMillen, assistant to the president

By Deena Mitchell Staff Reporter

A UT student took fourth place at the fourth annual World Kickboxing Championships in Montreal from Oct. 3 to 7.

Tommy Pitzen, a student studying criminal justice, got involved with kickboxing by accident.

Pitzen’s first instructor was partners with Jeff Gears, a martial arts instructor, and heard stories about all of Gears’ accomplishments.

In 2001, Pitzen tagged along with his instructor to a fight and ended up taking second place.

“I got knocked out and the guy got disqualified and I ended up winning two more rounds but I didn’t remember it,” he said. “They had to show me the tapes because I had no recollection of it.”

Pitzen said a common misconception about kickboxing and other martial arts is that it is not real fighting.

10 a.m. “From Lucy to 2 Broke Girls: TV and Its Cultural Impact” — David Tucker, associate professor of communication

Photo Courtesy of Daniel Miller

Tommy Pitzen, a criminal justice major, practices with his instructor Jeff Gears.

Pitzen recently placed fourth at the 2012 World Kickboxing Championship.

“You are getting punched and kicked in the head and are getting knocked out and are knocking people out,” Pitzen said. He added that people do not understand the sport because it looks similar to tag.

The sport dates back to the ’60s and Pitzen described it as “a hard fast game of tag with punching and kicking.” Five judges make the calls for the points and the majority vote gets the point.

Pitzen competed in what is called continuous fighting or “light contact” kickboxing.

The event has different weight divisions and

competitors don’t break until the end of the match. For this reason, they are not supposed to have knockouts.

“I can’t describe just feeling the emotion and passion from the crowd.”

Tommy Pitzen Kickboxer, Criminal Justice Major

Pitzen got the opportunity to compete against about 30 other countries. Although he has competed in other big fights he stated that there was

no other experience that could compare to the world championships. He had hundreds of people cheering not only for him, but also for the American team.

Pitzen took fourth place after a very close match. Pitzen knew the guy he lost to and said that it could have gone either way.

“I can’t describe just feeling the emotion and passion from the crowd,” he said. “It gave me goose bumps.”

Pitzen described the World Kickboxing Championships as the Olympics for their sport. Open Karate is more diverse and allows any See Kickboxing / 10

1 p.m. “Inequality and Democracy” — Carter Wilson, professor of political science 1:30 p.m. “Book Burning in Nazi Germany” — Larry Wilcox, professor of history, and Justin Pfeifer, student 2 p.m. “Grey Matter” — Ben Pryor, vice provost for academic program development 2:30 p.m. Jeopardy! — Vincent Scebbi, editor-inchief of The Independent Collegian 3 p.m. “Avoiding the Echo Chamber: The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion” — Sarah Ottney, managing editor of the Toledo Free Press See Vigil / 10

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Crib Notes to feature unique faculty-led classes Crib Notes is a new program developed by First-Year Experience.

Faculty and staff members will visit students in residence halls and speak discuss some of their unique personal hobbies. All events are free and open to students.

In a press release, Director of FYE Jennifer Rockwood said the goal of the program is to “generate fun and even learning” between students, faculty and staff.

The following is a schedule of remaining Crib Notes events: Wednesday, Oct. 17

7 p.m., Carter Huddle: “You Are What You Eat? An Exploration of Food Choices and Varieties of Food,” with Michelle Sullivan, academic advisor.

Monday, Oct. 22

5 p.m., Honor’s Lounge: “Everything You Never Asked Your College President, But Wanted To,” with President Lloyd Jacobs.

Tuesday, Oct. 23

7 p.m., Ottawa East, Arts LLC Lounge: “American Music Jam,” with Thomas Barden, dean of Honors College. Bring an instrument.

Wednesday, Oct. 24

7 p.m., International House, Multi-Purpose Room: “The Benefits of Quieting One’s Mind Through Meditation and Yoga,” with “Yoga Mike” Zerner, yoga instructor.

Monday, Oct. 29

7 p.m., Crossings, Multi-Purpose Room: “The Pleasures of Running,” with Amelia Acuna, assistant director of university communications.

Thursday, Nov. 8

7 p.m., Carter Huddle: “The Benefits of Bird Watching,” with Patty Tonefy, director of community outreach for Historic Woodlawn Cemetery.

Thursday, Nov. 15

7 p.m., Parks Tower, Multi-Purpose Room: “Everything You Wanted to Know About Oprah,” with Michele Martinez, dean of students.

Wednesday, Nov. 28

5 p.m., International House, Multi-Purpose Room: “Self-Defense Techniques,” with UTPD Office Jill Goldberg.

Tuesday, Dec. 4

6 p.m., Crossings, Multi-Purpose Room: “Stress Busters: How to Be CHILL During Exam Week,” with Michelle Peterson, Wellness Coordinator.

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3:30 p.m. “Thomas Jefferson's Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth” — Tom Barden, dean of the Honors College 4 p.m. “Babes in Pornland: The New Pornography Industry” — Sharon Barnes, associate professor of women’s and gender studies 4 p.m. “Debased Ditties and Songs that Suffered Censorship” — Ed Lingan, professor of theatre and film, and Risa Cohen, Toledo music specialist — Food and drinks will be provided throughout the day. Vigil information provided by Paulette Kilmer.

Photo Courtesy of Alan Kitty

Mark Twain impersonator Alan Kitty will perform his one-man play, “Mark Twain’s Last Stand,” at Libbey Hall, Friday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. According to his website, Kitty has portrayed Twain since 1979.

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For an exclusive interview with Alan Kitty about his work as Mark Twain impersonator, check out the IC’s website at independentcollegian.com

ing past examples of dictatorships and religious institutions burning books.

“The right to read is the right to think,” she said.

Kilmer has followed this philosophy to keep the event going these last 15 years, which was originally held at Thackeray’s Books, a now defunct, local bookstore located in Westgate Village Shopping Center.

Kilmer said a committee of university professors began planning the event in November of last year, and contacted lecturers and sponsors for the event throughout the year.

This year’s committee consisted of Linda Smith, associate dean of the Honors College; Cynthia Ingham, assistant professor of history; Elaine Reeves, associate lecturer of general libraries; Arjun Sabharwal, assistant professor of general libraries; Glen Sheldon, associate professors for Honors Program; and Sumitra Srinivasan, associate professor of communication.

“We have a real good committee,” Kilmer said. “I couldn’t do anything without their help.”

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style to compete, which is one of the reasons it is not included in the Olympics.

However, the event is run in a similar way and includes a ceremony and anthem for the winners.

Pitzen is currently training for next year’s championships, which are scheduled to take place in Italy.

Pitzen has trained with a lot of people including some in the Detroit area.

Pitzen said the sport is not very popular in Northwest Ohio. He added that his friend is in a Judo club on campus but typically there is not a big demand for martial arts clubs.

Pitzen started training with Jeff Gears about a

The event has also attracted a diverse group of sponsors throughout the years, including The Independent Collegian.

Sponsors for this year’s event include numerous university departments and clubs, along with several local Toledo businesses.

“We’re very lucky with the support we receive,” Kilmer said. “We would not be able to do near what we do without the [sponsors’] help.”

UT’s Banned Books Week Vigil begins Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m. in Libbey Hall, with presentations running until 5 p.m. The event is free to attend, and food and drinks will be provided throughout the day.

“Mark Twain Night,” featuring Mark Twain impersonator Alan Kitty, is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7.50 for students. They can be bought in group packages at utoledo.edu/boxoffice or 419-530-2375. year ago though he said Gears was his role model for a long time.

Gears said Pitzen loves martial arts and is open to instruction and shows respect towards the sport and the people involved.

“Tommy works really hard and the championships gave him the chance to see the level of competition and what he has to do to make it at a higher level,” Gears said.

Pitzen is not enrolled this fall semester at UT due to communication issues but hopes to start up again next semester. Once he completes his bachelor’s degree he plans on continuing his education.

“I learned that you don’t stop until you get where you want to be,” Pitzen said.