The Independent Collegian Nov. 7 2012

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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Election 2012

Student groups working to save energy

Basketball season begins Friday / 9

UT prof featured in English gallery / 7 Wrap Up Toledo helps show the philanthropic side of Greek Life / 4

In brief Man charged with shooting UT medical student A St. Louis man was charged Tuesday with robbing and shooting a University of Toledo medical student on Oct. 24 in St. Louis.

Joseph Newman, 25, was arrested Monday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. He is accused of shooting Halley Briglia, 27, who was in St. Louis for a medical internship.

Canadian consul general to visit Thursday UT students, faculty, staff and the community will have the opportunity to learn more about the two centuries of diplomatic relations between the United States and Canada when Canadian Consul General Roy Norton visits Rocket Hall Room 1558 tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.

Norton fronts the Canadian Consulate General, which promotes Canadian interests such as trade, investment, the environment, culture and academic relations. He is based in Detroit and represents Canada in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

Before serving as consul general, Norton served in the Canadian Embassy in Washington with the Parliament of Canada, the government of Ontario and as a consultant to the Canadian Departments of Foreign Affairs and Industry.

Four more years

By Danielle Gamble News Editor

the right areas and I know people here worked really hard,” he said. “We just got to the point where a lot of Americans have their priorities out of order.”

“I think in four years Republicans will have a much better shot,” Mazzola said.

Kenneth Harbin, a senior majoring in chemistry, said he’s interested in seeing how Obama will work with Republicans.

“In order to get that done he’s going to have to cross the aisle and he’s never done that in the first four years,” he said.

Harbin said Romney “did not articulate his message as clearly as he could have, or

Students will strive to cut down on UT’s energy consumption this month with two new programs.

A program named Friday Night Lights begins this week in which volunteers will spread throughout campus and turn off lights left on in academic buildings.

Set up by the Society for Environmental Education and Engineers Without Borders, students will meet in the Student Union Building, then split into groups. Volunteers will take a campus map with 14 academic buildings marked then go to the buildings marked and shut off any lights left on.

Brooke Mason, interim sustainability specialist in the Energy Management Department, said the idea comes from a similar program at Bowling Green State University.

“The whole process should take no more than an hour,” she said. “I’m not sure specifically here, but with my experience at Bowling Green, it takes between 20 and 40 minutes depending on which buildings you get.”

Mason said the plan is to have the lights stay off all weekend and not turned back on until Monday morning. After the kick-off, the event will continue throughout the academic year.

“Any student can come,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what your major is, what your interests are. You just do a little service on a Friday night. You don’t have to sign up, you don’t have to let anyone know if you’re coming or not coming. You can come once every few weeks, you can come once the whole year, it doesn’t matter. It’s all about how much you want to help.”

The group will check the building meters that will tally how much energy is saved.

Mason hopes about $10,000 a semester will be saved.

“From an environmental standpoint, anything saved is successful, because one less light left on is that much more carbon dioxide we’re keeping out of the atmosphere,” Mason said.

Lauren McCafferty, a senior majoring in biology and

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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden celebrate on stage last night in Chicago after the president was re-elected.

Supporters celebrate Obama’s re-election

By Lindsay Mahaney and Danielle Gamble

Staff Reporter and News Editor

Tuesday night found supporters of President Barack Obama on the UT campus celebrating his re-election victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. CNN called the election for Obama shortly after 11:15 p.m.

Landyn Jordan, a Democrat and a senior majoring in psychology, said he was thrilled to see Obama win.

Jordan, who was a campus leader for the university’s Democratic effort, said for his fellow supporters, working on the campaign made the experience “close to their heart strings.”

“When you start to go to the rallies, follow the campaign, you find out a lot about what your neighbors are,” he said. “You don’t actually have that kind of look without actually being a part of this.”

Jordan said he looks forward to Obama helping bring down unemployment.

“Lucas County especially knows Obama is bringing the auto industry, that’s where our family is,” he said. “Those are the jobs we created.”

Alex Tolfort, a Democrat and first-year graduate student studying film theory, said the results show Americans are “interested in having a real direction.”

“The proper way to build economy is to invest in it, not strip it down,” he said. “The American people showed they agree with that tonight.”

Tolfort said the biggest change he expects to see

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Iesha Holland, a freshman majoring in athletic training, and Qadriyyah Sutton, a freshman majoring in education, talk during an election watch party held in The Crossings last night. The group also watched the UT football game as results came in.

over the next four years is a national referendum on gay marriage.

“Other than that it’s just incremental steps and policies that have already been enacted,” he said.

Other than Obama’s policies, Tolfort said he is most looking forward to the end of political ad campaigns.

“I have been actively avoiding watching live television for weeks,” he said. “I watch everything on the internet now, because at least if a political ad is on the internet I can just mute it and do something else for a second.”

College Republican President Scott Mazzola, a senior majoring in psychology, was disappointed by the

election results.

“I was as hopeful as anyone when he got elected, but he’s had four years,” Mazzola said. “And I’m not sure with four more years he can put new policies in place that will change anything.”

Mazzola said while he hopes the administration will improve, he thinks Obama will “take things further into the ground.”

“I really don’t think we’re going to see any economic recovery in the next four years,” he said. “You know I’m hopeful, but I really doubt that.”

Mazzola credited Romney with a great campaign, and said Republicans should not be disappointed.

“I think he campaigned in

Student Government

Resolution passed by Senate asks for lights to be turned on earlier

By Danielle Gamble News Editor

University of Toledo Student Government last week passed a resolution asking that lights on campus be turned on earlier.

The resolution, presented

by Senator Ben Lynn at the Oct. 30 meeting, claimed that outdoor lights do not turn on at the right time

due to the shift in daylight savings time. It also stated that there is a period of time after sunset where nothing is lighting the path, causing a potential safety hazard to students walking after dark.

Director of Facilities Operations James Graff said he had not heard from any member of SG about the

resolution or the complaint it presented. Graff also said facilities managers do not directly control when lights come on around campus.

Lights around Main Campus are controlled by approximately 20 different photo cells, which are small devices mounted on the sides of buildings. Once the amount of sunlight is low

enough, the cells turn the outside lights on.

Graff said it is possible a group of lights is not functioning properly due to a corrupt cell, but he does not currently know of any.

Because of the number of lights on campus, the grounds crew cannot always detect when certain lights are malfunctioning.

“I would not know that unless someone put in a work order and told me that,” Graff said.

Graff said if the lights are malfunctioning, anyone can send in an online work order to facilities through the university website.

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This week in UT history 75 years ago: That women dislike men who always take them to beer parlors after seeing a movie was shown in themes recently written by 50 students in two English classes taught by Miss Ruby T. Scott, associate professor of English.

50 years ago: Faculty members of the Arts and Sciences College met yesterday to appoint an advisory council for putting an honors program into effect.

25 years ago: A “massive demonstration” is planned for tomorrow night against the showing of an X-rated movie on campus this weekend. Three campus religious organizations are taking part in efforts against “Emmanuelle,” a 1974 X-rated movie. Jeff Cole, Student Government president, said he’s been told that the demonstration will feature signs, fliers and chants, and that protesters have threatened to take pictures of patrons to discourage them from attending.

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Student group of the week

UT Feminist Alliance Purpose: To break harmful stereotypes about women, feminists and femininity. We advocate for equal rights, women’s rights and gender equity and seek to raise awareness of and address important women’s issues.

Leaders: Hillary Gyuras, Co-President; Jeanetta Mohlke-Hill, Co-President Upcoming events: Fake Clinic Awareness, Nov. 7-9; Meetings every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in SU 3016.

How to learn more: Go to the UT Feminist Alliance Facebook page, email utfemenistalliance@gmail. com, jmohlke2@rockets.utoledo.edu or hillary.gyuras@ rockets.utoledo.edu.

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UT professor lectures on Native American culture Barbara Mann, UT assistant professor of humanities in the Honors College, discusses traditions, practices and Western misconceptions of Native Ameircan spirituality in the Sullivan Hall Hoch Conference Room Monday evening. Her free, public talk, “Native American Spirituality: Spirits of Place” is part of the UT Center for Religious Understanding’s fall lecture series.

Question of the week

Did you vote? Why or why not?

Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week?

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No, I didn’t care who won before the registration deadline.

Jillian Harrington

Sophomore Early Childhood Education

No, I couldn’t make it home to vote and niether candidate represented me.

Ryan Wobser Sophomore Bioengineering

Yes, I felt it was important and financial aid was a key issue for me.

Andrea Harris

Senior Fiilm and Theatre

Yes, because this was the first year I could vote.

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Energy

constant reevaluation of the totaled about $14,000 per a logistics to make sure that the month. from page 1 event is running as smoothly McCafferty said she rememecology and president of the as possible,” she said. bers an earlier form of BlackSociety for Environmental McCafferty oUT as a freshMore online Education, helped organize said constant man but she felt the event.

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UTFNL to communicate effectively scale presents “It was not adwith the administration. That many quirks. vertised very changed when Mason, the uni- She said the groups have much and a lot of people versity’s first sustainability spebeen working with Plant Op- didn’t know about it,” she said. cialist, was hired. erations and UT Police De“I think the ORL has done a “I reached out partment to really great job of advertising to her immedi- Residence Hall make sure evthis year, and the program is ately with hopes BlackoUT erything goes more comprehensive than evof enlisting her smoothly. er. There are more aspects to Events help on our The first of the the event than just the energy Nov. 2: Glow in the projects, and ofmonth kicked off saving competition, including Dark Volleyball at the fering our serthe other sustain- quite a few educational proCrossings, 7 p.m. vices for any grams, which is fantastic.”

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November. much, and a lot of volunteer ily communicate “We have data events require several hours Nov. 7: Light Writing with the appro- & S’mores, hosted by from how much of dedication,” she said. “This priate parties energy each hall is a great way to give back in Ottawa House at Carter about the build- Field, 9 p.m. used last year for a convenient place and for a Nov. 14: Viewing of ings and securithe month of short amount of time before ty, and her con- Food, Inc. at Academic November, so starting the weekend. nections to other House (1st floor back we’ll be able to McCafferty said she has lounge), 8 p.m. student organitake this month seen the university’s sustainSex in the Dark, hosted zations have reand compare the ability initiatives improve

by Alexis Blavos in the ally broadened two,” Mason said. greatly over the years, and she Carter Huddle, 8 p.m. our audience.”

“Because resihopes to see that continue.

Ultimate Frisbee & McCafferty dence halls are “It is now crucial that we S’mores, hosted by Otsaid the organiz- tawa House at Carter different sizes don’t lose that momentum - we ing the event has Field, 8:30 p.m. and some have need to keep moving forward been a “pretty dining halls and with sustainability initiatives, big task.” things, the way to keep it even both by improving and ex“Any event that is going to is to see who can reduce the panding the things I’ve already occur weekly over a long perienergy the most from last year.” mentioned, and by constantly od of time requires a lot of BlackoUT started at the unicoming up with new ideas for careful planning by a dedicatversity a few years ago and Ma- new initiatives to get students ed leadership team, as well as son said previous savings have involved in,” she said.

Police logs The following reports were issued by the UT Police Department. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

Victim reports car scam: At approximately 4:59 p.m.

Oct. 17 an officer was dispatched to a walk-in report of a man who was scammed out of money. The victim said he was walking out of the Law Center around 3:30 p.m. and was approached by

a heavy black male, around 5-foot-9. The suspect said his car ran out of gas and asked to borrow $40.

The victim gave the suspect a ride to Rocket Fuel where he said his car was parked. When they arrived at the gas station the suspect changed his story and said the vehicle needed an alternator and that it was parked down the street. The victim drove to the Family Food Center located at 1212 N. Detroit Ave. to pull money out of the ATM for the

suspect.

After they left from the ATM the suspect had the victim drop him off at a house at a location the victim could not identify to the police.

The victim then saw the suspect again near Bowman-Oddy. When he asked him if he would go to the police station to exchange information, the suspect entered a white Blazer and drove away.

Trespassing suspect puts stickers on stop

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people were not listening as they should have.”

“Personally, it’s sad to be in America,” Harbin said. “I think it’s a little disappointing what happened.”

Nick McCullough, a freshman majoring in political science, voted for the first time this year. He took advantage of UT’s transportation services, which bused students to area voting locations.

McCullough said he is “very conservative on most issues,” which is why he voted for Romney.

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In other Student Senate news: n SG allocated $300 to help members of Spectrum attend the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally Collegiate Conference from Feb. 8-10 in Lansing, Mich. According to the legislation, 18 students are interested in attending the event at a cost of about $2,400. Spectrum had already secured $1,125 through fundraising and aid from the Student Activities Council. n The Senate passed a resolution by Vice President Chris Dykyj urging UT to make all printing paper on all campuses recyclable. n SG agreed to help with the “You Are a Target” campaign, a program intended to keep students’ homes safe over Thanksgiving signs: Around 6 p.m. on Oct. 22 an officer responded to a report of a suspicious person putting stickers on the stop signs. The officer located the individual by Lot 12E. When asked what he was doing the suspect, Daniel A. Rutt, said he was putting stickers up for Joe Vice President Biden’s speech at the University of Toledo. Rutt was given a trespassing warning, told to leave campus and that he was not allowed on UT property. iPhone stolen in Union:

Iesha Holland, a freshman majoring in athletic training, also voted for the first time. She said when she voted at noon with several other UT students, there was almost no wait.

Holland said she voted for Obama because his plan was more in line with her personal views.

“I voted for him because I know Mitt Romney, he honestly has some great points and some great plans, but I wanted to vote for a president that has a lot to do and pertains with me and my situation,” she said. break. Members of SG will help evaluate and clean up properties in the Bancroft Hills neighborhood from 10 a. m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 17. n A resolution written by Senator Matthew Ellis allocated $250 to provide food for an administrative meetand-greet event. n The Senate allocated $104 to purchase 1,000 copies of Office of Academic Affairs stationery in order to make legislation look more professional. The resolution was written by Senator Kevin Samson and sponsored by Senate Chair Lauren Jencen. n A resolution from President Paulette Bongratz was passed, encouraging the use of school colors and a “Rocket theme” when building or remodeling on all UT campuses. Bongratz’s resolution stated the change would “encourage school spirit” and is “important to the student experience.”

An officer was dispatched Oct. 23 at approximately 9:41 p.m. to a theft of property at the Student Recreation Center. The victim set his book bag down to use the restroom and it was gone when he came back. The victim searched the area for his belongings and found his bag hanging in one of the restroom stalls. The only things absent from his book bag was a black iPhone 4S valued at $500. There is nothing further at this time.

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A look at the 2012 results As of 2:15 a.m.

U.S. Senate

aSherrod Brown: 50%

Josh Mandel: 45%

House of Representatives

aMarcy Kaptur: 73%

Samuel Wurzelbacher : 23%

State Issue 1 Pass: 39.14% Fail: 60.86%

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State Issue 2 Pass: 47.2% Fail: 52.8%

a

Issue 5: Parks & Recreation For: 46.13% Against: 53.87%

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Issue 20: Toledo Public Schools For: 47.49% Against: 52.51%

a

Issue 21: Metroparks

aFor: 54.90%

Against: 45.10%

Issue 23: Library Services For: 65.38% Against: 34.42%

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Issue 24: Mental Health Services For: 50.95% Against: 49.05%

a

Issue 25: Children’s Services For: 54.85% Against: 45.15%

a

Issue 26: Imagination Station For: 49.74% Against: 50.26%

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Instagram threats reported: On Oct. 23 around 7 p.m. an officer was dispatched to a walk-in report of a student being threatened on Instagram.

The victim stated that the suspect has been making threats about fighting her over an old boyfriend. The victim said the issue has been going on for a little over a year now. The victim filed a police report and was advised to contact the UTPD if any further contact or threats are made.

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Wrap Up for the win UT’s Greek community shows ‘blanket’ support for Toledo’s poor

Saturday’s Wrap Up Toledo event collected blankets, new and gently used, for those in need in the Toledo area as well as for Hurricane Sandy victims. This excellent cause raises awareness about poverty and helps the homeless in Toledo, while keeping students involved in a fun, interactive and philanthropic event.

This program is part of the Wrap Up America movement, and was sponsored by the University of Toledo’s Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. Mortar Board contacted student organization presidents to be a part of Wrap Up Toledo, then the organizations, in addition to The Blade, donated blankets over the course of a month.

At the event, students built forts out of the blankets, giving them a creative outlet and simultaneously allowing them to give to their community in a valuable and unconventional way.

This event allowed Greek Life, who encompassed the majority of the participants, to showcase their philanthropic side this weekend. While many associate fraternities and sororities with partying or National Lampoon mischief, a big part of Greek Life is about giving back. This event and its overwhelming success demonstrated that these organizations stand for more than their stereoetype.

The event was well-planned and well-timed. As Ohio heads into the winter months, it’s increasingly important that students become aware of the poor and homeless in Toledo. In the comfort of heated dorms and homes, it’s easy to forget those who don’t have such amenities. This event will remind students to serve others throughout the winter and give them an opportunity to have a direct positive effect on poverty in Toledo.

Through Wrap Up Toledo, nearly 2,000 blankets were collected. The blankets will be distributed among local and national organizations. A quarter will go to Hurricane Sandy victims, and the rest will be given to different local organizations — Family House, Food for Thought and the Cherry Street Mission.

This was the third year Mortar Board hosted Wrap Up Toledo. It’s great to see this program become an important UT tradition which incorporates a large combined student effort, a creative outlet and a charitable outreach to the Toledo community. letters to the editor

Zero tolerance could be a bad thing The University of Toledo recently announced a step towards censorship and authoritarianism. A recent letter from UT administrators Kevin West and Michele Martinez states that “the university has zero tolerance for harassment.”

Enforcement of this vague policy with “zero tolerance” may result in unfair treatment of the accused and can lead to Kafkaesque outcomes.

While no one should condone harassment at our university, it’s informative to note that West and Martinez defined harassment as “any … conduct of an offensive … nature” that is “based or directed at” certain protected personal attributes.

The list of protected attributes is long and includes classifications such as sex, religion, age, even political affiliation.

Consider how this “zero-tolerance” policy might cause harm. Regarding religion, it’s not difficult to imagine how one could easily become offended by someone who states that the only way to God is through Jesus, or the same for submission to Allah through Islam and that non-believers are destined for an eternity of torment in hell.

As such, UT’s harassment policy could be used against either a Christian or a Muslim who expressed a sincere, yet potentially offensive, view of heaven, hell and eternity.

UT should be a place where students are exposed to different ideas and feel free to critically consider and debate those ideas. “Zero tolerance” policies such as UT’s harassment policy will induce students and faculty to bury their opinions with self-censorship, resulting

in a repressive and impoverished intellectual environment.

— Douglas Oliver, associate professor of mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering

Donation drive for Sandy victims We are writing to let you know that we as international students from the American Language Institute at the University of Toledo are making an international Thanksgiving and donation drive event.

We’re collecting money, coats and canned food donations to give to the American Red Cross for the Hurricane Sandy victims in the Student Union Building on Nov. 27.

— Mohammed Alhabib, UT student

Sandy’s ‘broken window’ not for the best Has Hurricane Sandy created wealth? The obvious answer is no. Property was destroyed and most every sane person would say they were better off the days preceding the storm than the days after. This is of course assuming you didn’t ask any looters. However, though most recognize this concept as common sense, many economists like Paul Krugman seem to disagree.

They claim since property was destroyed, new property

Don’t diss my dreadlocks

I usually don’t think too often about effectively glues hairs together and how other people see me or what their traps dirt, grease and water, which in opinions are of me. But as I sit here turn promotes the growth of mold. writing, I realize that people’s first imAnother common stereotype people pressions of me are probably a bit conhave about dreads is their association fused. The reason for this confusion is with the Rastafari movement and Jamailikely due to my hair. cans. They are certainly You see, for over a correct in that many Rasyear now, I’ve been cultitas had dreadlocks. For vating dreadlocks. Howthem, the growth of IC Columnist ever, I don’t fit most of dreadlocks was seen as a the stereotypes associatsign of spiritual struggle ed with dreads. I’d like to take a minute and growth and began in accordance and dispel some common misconcepwith the Nazarite vows described in the tions about dreads and briefly describe Hebrew Bible. their history.

However, to believe that dreads are Perhaps the most common myth solely a Jamaican style is certainly naabout dreads is that they’re dirty and ïve. For thousands of years, cultures can’t be washed. On the contrary, clean around the world have allowed the hair locks up faster and looks better, growth of dreads. To understand why too. Also, it’s appropriate to wash this is so, you must understand that dreads as if it were regular hair at least hair left uncombed for several years once or twice a week. naturally becomes dreaded.

If you see dreads that smell or look As a consequence of abandoning matebad, they were most likely formed with rial pursuits, many ascetics from Hinduwax. Rather than allowing the hair to ism, the Ngagpas sect of Tibetan Budtangle with itself and form a lock, wax dhism and the Sufi sect of Islam

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developed dreads over time. In addition, there are major figures from religions who are commonly depicted with dreads including the Hindu god Shiva, Samson the Nazarite and John the Baptist of the Bible.

In addition to these cultures, dreads also have their history in Celtic and Norse cultures, Kenya, Egypt and countless tribes across Africa. So the next time you see someone with dreads and you want to make a Bob Marley reference, just remember they were around long before he was.

If you’re interested in starting dreadlocks, I’d advise you to do research before you begin. There are several different ways to start them which I won’t bother to describe here. Whatever you do, do not put wax in your hair. Also, remember dreading is a long process which can take years before you see them form how you would like. If you’re not sure how to start, you can also just not comb your hair for about three years.

Luke Kwiatkowski is a senior studying physics.

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Service leads to new opportunities I was just at Toledo’s annual weekend-long Tent City event for services to those in poverty or homeless, and I saw a lot of students from the University of Toledo there, some volunteering individually and others with a fraternity, sorority or other student organization.

A few students I recognized from previous Tent Cities, as well as some from other volunteer events, and it started me thinking about motivations for volunteering and community service and what role it may play in a college student’s life.

For some, the motivation may be external factors — a requirement of service hours for a group they’re a member of, as part of a class assignment or even as part of a court-ordered community service. Believe me, I have seen this.

In the organizations I’m associated with, these sorts of volunteers usually start out reluctantly, but by the end of their mandatory hours, some are just happy to be done with the assignment and have checked off all of the right boxes while others have begun to love whatever they were volunteering to do and the community that they had grown into.

Their motivations shifted from external obligation to internal rewards.

These intrinsically motivated people still have a variety of reasons for volunteering, but are driven by choice rather than duty. Some may feel strongly about a political cause or issue and volunteer to get the word out.

I volunteered with a phone bank for a local ballot measure that I strongly believed in, even though I hate talking on the phone, especially to strangers. It was my belief in the cause itself that overcame my reluctance. Similarly, a sense of justice or one’s spiritual or ethical beliefs may bring out the passion of a volunteer to build a house, feed the hungry and provide clothing or even just conversation to those that don’t have it.

Others may be motivated by the social aspects of volunteering and enjoy the community that forms around it, especially if you volunteer with a friend.

Finally, I know that some volunteer with an eye for how it looks on a résumé or scholarship application, though this isn’t

needs to be purchased in its place which in turn will spur growth in the economy.

The absurd theory Paul Krugman believes in is called the “Broken Window theory.”

Frederic Bastiat was the first to disprove this theory and make it a fallacy in his 1850 essay “That Which is Seen and That Which is Unseen.”

Bastiat uses the parable of a storekeeper’s broken window to illustrate his point.

The story begins with a careless child playing around with a baseball when he throws the ball into the shopkeeper’s window and it breaks.

The shopkeeper runs out of the store chasing the child, bound by rage to give him a good tongue lashing. Unfortunately for the shopkeeper, he’s out of shape and the hooligan runs off in a flash.

When the storekeeper gets back to his store to survey the damage, he notices a crowd has gathered and a figure in the middle of the crowd broadcasting a lecture. Once the shopkeeper gets to the front of the

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usually their primary motivation.

For myself, I’ve found volunteering to be something transformational, showing me new aspects of myself and of my world. A few years ago, a colleague in the library invited me to read to pre-school kids as part of a literacy project she was involved in through the West Toledo Kiwanis and the UT Circle K student organization, and now the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Anyone who knows me knows that kids and I don’t mix — frankly, they scare me a bit. So, it was with mounting reluctance that I approached our first session, facing the eager faces of countless 3-and 4-year-olds. But I discovered that the kids just loved the attention of a “special guest” at school and receiving their very own copy of the book.

They weren’t expecting a stellar performance by me and were a true example of unconditional acceptance. Something I took for granted, the ability to read and a love of reading, was something they admired and I could plant the seeds of in them.

For many at college, the world can become sort of a comfortable bubble. Your friends are mostly the same age, have similar goals and background and are living within a few miles of each other, or even just down the hallway. Even on such a diverse campus, you can tend to selfsegregate into “affinity groups” that draw like-minded people and further reinforce your own experience by forming relational communities of people like you.

crowd he recognizes the figure as the town’s economist who is lecturing to the town on how the child’s act of destruction has actually created.

Perplexed by the statement, the shopkeeper asks how. The economist then states “the $100 you spend on a new window will give the window repairman $100 to spend on his family, maybe buying groceries or using to improve his business. When he spends money, others will acquire money and they’ll spend it as well, causing a cascading effect of economic growth!”

When we first look at the situation, many may think the economist was correct after his detailed explanation, but consider this. If the window wasn’t broken, the shopkeeper could do the same thing the window repairman was going to do and buy $100 worth of groceries for his family or invest that $100 back into his store.

When the window is broken, the window repairman has $100, but his spending has just about the same effect on the

Whether intentionally or not, student organizations tend to bring people together with similar religions, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations or politics and can make your college experience even more homogenous. However, finding volunteer opportunities, especially off-campus, can bring you into contact with a far more diverse group of people and experiences. While I was in college, I rarely got into downtown Toledo.

As my Tent City experience that started this musing indicates, I’m now a regular in downtown Toledo, because that’s where many of the organizations that address homelessness, poverty and hunger are based and do much of their work. I’ve meet people I now consider friends that, quite honestly, I would’ve never met had I remained on UT’s campus and not ventured out.

Many of you may be thinking you don’t have much to offer; when you’re in college time and money are in short supply. But most volunteer opportunities don’t cost any money, and even a little time can go a long way toward making a difference, especially a difference in you and your outlook.

There are some off-campus organizations who have an on-campus presence, such as the UT Bridge Club, which meets every other Friday afternoon at the Crossings to make lunches for Food for Thought to hand out downtown on Saturdays, to give just one example. UT has a Service Learning & Community Outreach Office, which lists community organizations that welcome student volunteers, or you can check with the student organizations that you’re already a part of to see where you can help.

All of us have a passion, skill, talent or ability that could be used in service to others or to a cause. Whether your motivation is social, political, ethical or you’re just looking for something to look good on a résumé or scholarship application, finding a way to share that can make your life richer, not only those whom you serve.

Wade Lee is an associate professor in the library.

economy as the shopkeeper. So in both situations $100 is spent, yet if the window isn’t broken, the world is still one window richer. If breaking windows really did make us better off, then it would only make sense to hire an army of kids to go around breaking windows to provide work for people.

This concept is so basic my largest concern about writing this article was people getting annoyed because it’s so simple.

But I’m sure some of you are confused as to why I even told the parable of The Broken Window Fallacy when the article is about Hurricane Sandy.

We can imagine Hurricane Sandy as an army of kids breaking windows.

The residents of New York, New Jersey and the other effected areas would be the shopkeepers in this scenario.

The metaphorical economist would be certain economists including Paul Krugman.

Lastly, the contractors coming to repair disaster areas would be the window repairman.

The contractors themselves

are obtaining wealth by doing a needed service just like the window repairman. However, if Sandy never hit, the contactors could’ve been hired to expand/ remodel buildings rather than rebuild them. The millions of dollars of property damage could’ve been used to purchase other assets and services. These purchases would have created true wealth and created jobs without destroying property.

Much like how we as a world were one window better before the kid threw his ball, we as a world were thousands of windows and hundreds of homes wealthier before hurricane Sandy.

Hurricane Sandy hasn’t created wealth. In fact many people in affected areas need help. If you’d like to help, you could donate $10 to an amazing private charity, The American Red Cross. The money you give will help victims a whole lot more than telling them they’re providing economic growth.

— Ron Johns, UT junior

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You can complain only if you participate Ohio is one of the most aggressively sought-after states for the political arena, which is evident from the multitude of advertisements and voting reminders all around Toledo these last few months. We were bombarded with statistics, negative publicity and telemarketers — it’s amazing we didn’t pull out our hair in frustration. At some point we IC Columnist eventually tuned out all forms exercised your right to vote. of political advertising and made our own opinions when Being from Michigan, I had to wait until Tuesday to cast it came our time to vote. my vote. But since I’m always For me, voting in this elecin Northwest Ohio, I heard tion takes me back to my seadvertisements all the time, nior year when Barack even for senators or repreObama, a senator of Illinois, sentatives I didn’t even know won the presidential election or had to vote for. during a time of catastrophic I knew a lot of people who turmoil in our economy. Our thought media Stop complaining their vote couldn’t stop saying how about an election if wasn’t worth anythe induction you don’t even thing or of an African-Americhoose to participate. they didn’t know can president enough about the candiin the U.S. was just one of the dates, so they decided not to many signs of change in our take part is the voting society. It was, for some, a process. monumental stepping stone Why would you waste the for our country in politics.

For the presidential election opportunity? Even though my vote was one of millions, my in 2008, I was one month shy right to vote solidifies my citiof turning 18. I lost the opzenship in a great country. We portunity to participate in something our country found may not be the greatest place on earth to live, but who says so historic. Then again, I we’re trying to be? knew nothing about the canThis election was a big deal, didates or what the major isand regardless of who wins, it sues of the election were. still will be. The thing we votThis year, in 2012, it was ers had to keep in mind was my first year voting in a what mattered most to us. I presidential election — so wouldn’t be lying if I told you much pressure.

Hopefully, most of you did I actually looked up what Democrats and Republicans the early voting thing and

Megan Gross

stand for in order to decide who to vote for. I compared them with my own beliefs and chose a side. When people tell me they don’t know enough about the issues to vote, I say go look it up.

On Monday, our professor asked us what was going on in the world to start off our current events discussion. It seemed to most of us that the main thing in the news the last few days was the election. It masked every other news event.

By the time this column is printed, the votes will have been decided. I don’t know how much of an impact each candidate will have on your lives, but I hope you chose to voice your opinion. So if you took the time to wait in line and vote for your choice of candidate, then good for you.

I hope you wore that “I Voted” sticker proudly.

Basically, all I’m trying to say is stop complaining about an election if you don’t even choose to participate.

Try to look up definitions, descriptions of candidates, and regulations around certain issues. Wouldn’t you rather vote about something you know than vote randomly about something you don’t? If you didn’t vote this year, hopefully, you’ll take the time to do so in 2016 and learn more about the big issues in the election. I may not have been a deciding vote this year, but participation is everything in life. The least I can do is be a part of it.

Megan Gross is a senior studying marketing and minoring in communications.

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Rocket pride simply must improve I’ve always been a proud Rocket, but reading this weekend that our Rocket football team is ranked No. 23 in the AP Poll was a defining moment. School spirit is something that fuels me, and sometimes I look around and wish more students felt the same way I do.

We have our ups and downs in Rocket pride. An example is that the student section stands SG President were close to empty by the fourth quarter at our homeSong. Some of them may be coming game, but when we able to, but I imagine there are played our rival BG and at the far too many who can’t. No Cincinnati game the stands wonder I’m saddened by the were packed until the end. lackluster performance of the I wonder same powerIf I were a professor ful tune at what would remedy the I would excuse my football inconsistency games. If in students if they were the classin our support of the attending the game. room stuRockets. I also dents saw evwonder where the lack of idence of the Rocket Spirit from pride in Rocket athletics their first day in class, I imagine stems. Even when many stuthere would be a different endents attend our games the thusiasm for our Rockets. proportion compared to our We have football games durschool population is not ing the week in order to get comparable. prime ESPN time, but what One of my theories of how good does that do us if the stuschool spirit could be indent section is empty because creased deals with changing everyone is in class? If I were a the culture from top down. It professor I would excuse my isn’t enough to just ask stustudents if they were attending dents to buy into Rocket the game. With some sort of pride when there isn’t eviproof, I would offer them an dence that those in the leadexcused absence. After all ership of our school bleed “Love of Rockets” is a good exblue and gold themselves. cuse don’t you think?

I dare you to go ask your Recently I visited Ohio professor to sing the UT Fight State’s Union. This building is

Paulette Bongratz

made top-to-bottom of red and gray, buckeyes and O’s.

The tiles are in the shape of O’s, and the chandeliers are made out of O’s, and the door handles are made out of Buckeyes and O’s, and even the tile in the bathroom is a thousand shades of gray and red.

It almost made me feel pride for the Buckeyes. And this made me think. Why is our school not as prideful of our blue and gold, of our Rockets and UT? When decisions are made to remodel or redecorate, why do I see mixtures of shades of red, green, yellow, blue and of all the horrible colors in the world — orange? If we surrounded ourselves with Rocket spirit, it would be better engrained in us. If our faculty and staff supported Rocket Pride and felt it themselves, it would create a foundation on which students could build.

Student Government passed a resolution asking that Rocket pride and school spirit be thought of and used in any new aesthetic projects on all campuses. I think this is a start, but what I really want to see is a campus environment so infused with passion for what we are, Rockets, that every individual that steps on our campus is filled with Rocket pride as well.

Paulette Bongratz is Student Government President and an MBA student studying leadership.

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Graduate Student Association is important for UT developing the presentation support for the UT GSA, The Graduate Student Asthe Senior Administration and speaking ability of sociation is a young and predominate organization at The graduate students as well as decided to approve the request from the GSA leaderencouraging collaboration University of Toledo. Thanks ship and increased the GSA to the leadership of past pres- with other universities budget by $154,000. throughout idents, Michael Upon receiving an addithe region and Bechill and Thitional $154,000 towards the nation. It’s a hal Ponnaiyan, organizational budget, GSA multidisciGSA has seen leadership tasked itself, plinary multitremendous IC Columnist university pro- among other things, with ingrowth over the creasing the regional and nagram open to last four years. tional awareness of the gradall graduate students, and GSA prides its self on beuate programs offered at UT. ing an effective organization it’s been recognized for its The decision by UT to inimpact on graduate educathat facilitates the profestion at the regional and na- crease the size of the GSA sional, academic and social tional level. development of graduate budget has already begun to This year, 62 universities students at UT. benefit the university. have been invited to particiIn 2009, when Ponnaiyan Recently, the GSA made pate in the event. In addition great strides towards achievand Bechill took over GSA to the MGRS, among other as president and vice presiing their goal of showcasing programs, the GSA facilitates UT graduate programs to a dent, respectively, only a development of graduate stu- national audience. On Nov. 1, small group of regular dents by providing partial members consisting of prithree members of the GSA funding to support national marily the officers were releadership team traveled to and international travel to sponsible for keeping the Duke University to speak conferences, allowing UT organization afloat. among other graduate stuPrevious to their adminis- graduate students the chance dent organization leaders to present their research to a from MIT, Cornell University, tration, the GSA struggled global audience. to convince graduate stuUniversity of California Davis This not only facilitates dents of the added benefit and the like at the National the development of the stuof being a part of the orgaAssociation of Graduate and dent, it also helps raise nization due to a lack of Professional Students’ 24th awareness of the UT brand. program offerings and serannual conference. vices and as a result failed to Raising brand awareness The NAPGS serves as the will play a pivotal role in al- representative body for the maintain support from the lowing UT to continue esUT administration. more than 500,000 graduate Due to the lack of perceived tablishing itself as a preand professional students enmiere institution. impact that the GSA had on rolled in institutions through Despite the obvious impacts the U.S. In addition to being UT graduate students, the orof these programs on graduate invited to speak of its proganization’s budget fell from education at UT and sur$18,859 in 2002 to $3,676 in grams at the national level, rounding universities, the pro- UT GSA was also chosen 2011. The GSA budget was grams offered by GSA have continually cut despite inamong dozens of the nation’s struggled to meet the graduate top universities to receive creased interest in graduate student’s demands largely due education nationwide. two national awards. to inadequate funding.

The impact of graduate On Nov. 3, at a dinner Not only was 2011’s budeducation on economic ceremony held at Duke, get inadequate to support growth is becoming increasGSA leadership accepted the proingly well known. Data pubthe “2013 UT’s administration grams lished by the Bureau of LaNAGPS offered bor statistics suggest that by should be commended New Memthe year 2020, jobs requiring by GSA, Organifor their willingness to ber it also graduate degrees will inzation of the support GSA. was increase by 2.5 million.

Year” award To no surprise, this statistic adequate and, on bewhen compared to peer uni- half of Dr. Patricia Komunihas resulted in a 45 percent versities. For example, in increase in the rate of graduecki, Dean of the College of 2011 Kent State University ate program enrollment naGraduate Studies, accepted allocated $33.24 per student the national “2013 Friend of tionwide. Given the inthrough its GSA. However, creased impact of graduate Graduate Students” award with a budget of $3,676 and education on economic in recognition for the posigrowth, it’s vital that universi- a graduate student populative impact that GSA and tion of 4,776, UT only alloties begin facilitating the deDr. Komuniecki have had velopment of graduate educa- cated 77 cents per graduate on graduate education at the tion and the students therein. student through its GSA. national level.

Armed with this data, One way a university can The GSA leadership is facilitate the development of along with data suggesting grateful for the support of the large amount of revenue UT’s administration and is their graduate student popgenerated from graduate ulation is to have an effechonored to be able to constudents based on variables tive organization targeted tribute to the present and such as state subsidy, among future success of UT and its toward graduate students, others, GSA leadership met such as GSA. graduate programs.

Leadership of GSA under- with several UT administraUT’s administration stands the role of an effective tors in order to propose an should be commended for increase in the size of the graduate student association their willingness to support GSA budget by $154,000, an GSA, a decision that will on the development and fuamount that would allow ture success of graduate stuhelp to increase the national UT to adequately support dents enrolled at UT. This is awareness of the superb GSA’s programs and an why they have implemented programs offered at this amount that would allow programs such as the Midgreat university.

UT to be comparable to that west Graduate Research of its peer universities.

Symposium and the Travel Joshua Waldman is a docGiven the benefits of inReimbursement Program. toral student studying medicreasing the financial The MGRS is aimed at cal sciences.

Joshua Waldman

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New York City shopping: $99, Nov. 23-25. Mall of America: Nov. 30-Dec. 2, hotel room and motor coach transportation starting at $145 per person. For more information, call Regency Travel & Tours, 419-932-5811.

Consumer Choice Marketing is now looking for savvy entrepreneurs to help them grow their own business and earn a residual, monthly income. We offer products and services that people use everyday. No experience required, training provided.

Earning potential is unlimited.

We have positions available in 28 states. Please contact Steve at 419-740-7385 for initial phone interview.

Wells Bowen Realtors 1027 GREENHILLS Near UT. Arty, kicky, mid-century modern home nestled in a park-like setting. $187,000.

2200+ square feet. Fabulous!

Susie Thomas, 419-367-3974

Saturday, November 10th, and Sunday, November 11th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holland Gardens, 6530 Angola: Craft and Gift Show to benefit HONOR FLIGHT to celebrate all VETERANS for VETERAN’S DAY. Free admission, free parking, free prizes. Raffles, food, Springfield Twp. FD booth, win a free toy fire truck both days. Free prizes throughout the show.

Also having a pet food drive for the Humane Ohio Pet Food Bank. for more info please email peoplewhocare2012@ yahoo.com or call 419-320-8631.

In Brief Free massages offered for military Massage Envy, 3305 W. Central Ave., is offering free massage sessions for military personnel and veterans, as well as their spouses, on Veterans Day. The massages will be offered from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. A valid military ID must be presented. Appointments may be booked by calling 419-535-3689.

Pianist to hold master class this weekend Mary Towse-Beck will be the second guest artist featured in the fall Dorothy Mackenzie Price Piano Series Saturday

LACROSSE COACH: Local high school program seeks assistant girls’ lax coach. Paid position. Apply to patrice.brock@rockets.utoledo.edu with year in school, playing experience, and coaching/teaching experience.

For Rent Two-bedroom duplex for rent, 141 Dartmouth Drive, by the zoo. $650/month. No pets. Call Alicia at 419-973-6118.

Apartments for rent at The Cedars. Security deposit special, close to campus, right on bus line. Call for details.

419-475-5958.

Help Wanted EXPERIENCED TYPIST: Hours are after 5 p.m. Please call 419-531-7283 between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.

and Sunday, Nov. 10-11 in the CPA Recital Hall.

The pianist will hold a master class at 10 a.m. Saturday and a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Towse-Beck will perform selections by Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninoff.

UT celebrates International Education Week The University of Toledo Center for International Studies and Programs will celebrate International Education Week from Nov. 12-16.

Events include international food tastings, lectures, musical performances and a photography contest.

A convocation address by scholar Janice Perlman will address urban growth in the cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America. She will

speak at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Student Union Building Auditorium.

For a complete schedule, go to utoledo.edu/cisp/iew.

Los Angeles Times Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Across 1 Where a canary sings 6 Loser’s catchphrase 11 Blackjack variable 14 Last Olds model 15 Living proof 16 Test to the max 17 Trendy ski slope?

19 Front-end protector 20 Assumed name 21 Diamond offense 23 Skelton’s Kadiddlehopper 25 Tried to hit 26 Monogrammed neckwear?

31 Levi’s alternative 32 Mini successors 33 Henhouse 37 Scout’s honor 39 Pub. with more than 100 Pulitzers 40 Serengeti heavyweight 41 Nonproductive 42 More than strange 44 Watch face display, briefly 45 Red, blue and green food colors?

49 Lesser partner 52 Southern cuisine staple 53 Trucker’s view 56 “Same old, same old” 60 Airport 100+ miles NW of PIT 61 Indicators of royal contentment?

63 Tease 64 GI’s home 65 Ready and then some 66 Mud bath site?

67 Itty-bitty 68 Impedes Down 1 Literary nickname 2 The Phoenix of the NCAA’s Southern Conference 3 Forfeited wheels 4 Exercise unit 5 Pilgrimage destination 6 “Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” airer 7 Relative of mine 8 Yes-or-no decision method 9 Original home of the Poor Clares 10 Raise canines?

11 Ready to swing 12 Sarkozy’s wife __

By Michael Dewey

Bruni 13 Put on a pedestal 18 Low life?

22 “The Garden of Earthly Delights” artist 24 Teen Spirit deodorant brand 26 Kyrgyzstan border range 27 Bawdy 28 Series of rings 29 Played around (with) 30 Letter-shaped shoe fastener 34 Like some garage floors 35 Almost never, maybe 36 Pea jackets 38 Amber, for one 40 Caroling consequences 43 Pressing needs?

46 Twisting force 47 Stimulate 48 First stage of grief 49 Serious players 50 Like Mount Rushmore at night

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51 High-maintenance 54 Many ages 55 Dict. entries 57 Food fought over in

old ads 58 “Man, it’s hot!”

59 Red gp.

62 Rejection

Department of Veteran Affairs to have open house The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Toledo Community Based Outpatient Clinic will hold an open house Nov. 9 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at its new location, 1200 South Detroit Ave. on the University of Toledo Health Science Campus.

The 66,000-square-foot facility was built on land purchased from the UT Foundation and replaced the existing clinic located on Glendale Avenue that the Ann Arbor Veterans Integrated Service Network leases from the UT. The clinic allows for a closer relationship with the VA and new clinical training experiences for medical student rotations and the resident program.

The Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare has had a Toledo location since 1978.

The new center, which opens in September, offers veterans expanded services, including mental health, mental health compensation and pension exams.

Sudoku Puzzle Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

Solutions will appear next week.

Last week’s puzzle solved

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calendar Wednesday 4 p.m.: Study Abroad Information Session, Snyder Memorial, Room 1100.

Thursday 7 p.m.: Lecture, West Meets East: A Spiritual Transformation, Law Center, McQuade Auditorium.

8 p.m.: Lecture, What On Earth: How can Science deal with Faith and God, Student Union Building, Ingman Room.

FRIDAY 7:30 p.m.: FILM fridays!, Honor in the Valley of Tears, Center for Performing Art, room 1039. Cost: $3, includes popcorn and soft drink.

11 p.m.: Pool Rec Night, hosted by CAP, Student Rec Center.

SATURDAY 10 a.m.: Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series - Master Class, featuring Mary Towse Beck, Center for Performing Arts, Recital Hall.

SUNDAY 3 p.m.: Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series - Recital, featuring Mary Towse Beck, Center for Performing Arts, Recital Hall.

MONDAY All day: Veteran’s Day, no classes.

TUESDAY 11 a.m.: Take Care, Community Health Fair, Student Union Building, Trimble Lounge

releases Comics The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward, by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato. Published by DC. Available Wednesday.

Freelancers #1, by Ian Brill and Josh Covey.

Published by Boom!.

Available Wednesday.

Iron Man #1, by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land.

Published by Marvel.

Available Wednesday.

Thought Bubble Anthology #2, by various writers and artists. Published by Image. Available Wednesday.

MOVIES The Comedy, starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Limited release Friday.

Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. Out Friday.

Nature Calls, starring Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville and Rob Riggle.

Limited release Friday.

Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Judi Dench. Out Friday.

BOOKS Dear Life, by Alice Munro. Available Tuesday.

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, by James Patterson. Available Monday.

Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,

by Willie Nelson. Available Tuesday.

Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwan. Available Tuesday.

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‘London calling’ Art

UT art professor featured in ‘Bad For You’ gallery exhibit across the pond

By Russell Axon Rocket Life Editor

A painting by assistant art professor Dan Hernandez’s is currently featured in a London gallery exhibit.

Hernandez’s piece, “Wall Fragment with Flying Transport,” was selected for the “Bad For You” exhibit at the Shizaru Gallery in London’s Mayfair Hernandez area.

The exhibit featured 68 works from the same number of artists, and included big names like Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha along with many rising stars.

He work was chosen after renowned art collector and patron Beth Rudin DeWoody saw his work at his first solo show in New York City. DeWoody is the executive vice president of Rudin Management and on the board of directors of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Hernandez said she was ranked in Forbes 250 top art collectors and is “kind of a big deal.”

DeWoody purchased two Photo Courtesy of Dan Hernandez of Hernandez’s pieces and Dan Hernandez’s piece, “Wall Fragment with Flying Transport,” is currently featured selected his piece to be feain the exhibit “Bad For You” at the Shizaru Gallery in London. Hernandez said his tured in her exhibit. While work combines his passions for classical, pre-Renaissance art and ’80s video games he offered his piece for the and television shows. exhibit, Hernandez wasn’t originally planning on seelot of different ideas. For whose work combines clasopening?’ I thought about ing it in the gallery. sic art and old school video instance, some of the ideas it, and [said] of course.”

“Financially, flying overare more rooted in painting games and cartoons.

Funds for Hernandez’s seas is not cheap and … ideas about how pictures “As an artist, [I’m] satutrip consisted of funds London is a pretty expenwork, pictorial space and rated in art history, I’m fasraised by the dean’s office sive city,” he said. what not. and the art department, and cinated with Luckily, he was apThere are, to early Chrissome of his own start-up More online proached by Debra Davis, me anyway, money which he received at tian paintings dean of the College of Visu- the beginning of his univer- … some of For more info about the parallels beal and Perartist and his work, visit tween how these pre-Resity forming danhernandez.org. some of naissance arttenure.

“For me, there are Arts.

For more info about the these early ists that have Acparallels between “She said, “Bad For You” exhibit at Christian a very specifcording ‘This is realthe Shizaru Gallery in Lon- paintings ic, almost to Shizasome early Christian ly a great don, visit shizaru.com. function visymbolic, ru’s webpaintings and video opportunity sually, how non-realistic site, the for you, this games.” they work mechanically, rendering of things, or exhibit is a good how they’re constructed, semi-realistic; as an Ameri“highDan Hernandez opportunity can kid who grew up in the and how an early video Assistant Professor of Art lights the for the unigame might be constructed unwaver- ’80s, I’m interested in video versity, in in terms of space. So I try games and G.I. Joe. ing relaterms of exposure. Do you to make paintings that “The paintings are kind tionship between art and think it would be beneficial bridge that idea and bring of a weaving together of vice.” The theme was perfor you to go to this these two things through a in characters from both, fect fit for Hernandez,

and sort of marry the two together in a way that they seem to be neither video game nor painting but this kind of new thing.”

His work has incorporated elements of “Super Mario Bros.,” “Street Fighter 2” and “Space Invaders.” Hernandez said the opening was a unique experience thanks to the people he met and the gallery’s original construction.

“I’m pretty sure it was converted from a bank,” he said. “There was a big vault on one of the walls, and there was some what looked like safety deposit rooms.

But the space had been finished like a gallery, so despite the fact that it may have once been a bank, it was definitely transformed.”

He also had an interesting experience when he visited one of the local museums.

“The great thing about London is all the museums are free, so you can go and don’t have to pay for anything, you can stay as long as you want, and you don’t feel guilty if you just cruise through. So I was walking around the National Gallery, and I saw a bunch of these paintings that I’d never seen before in person but had borrowed stuff from for my paintings. So it was kind of like that weird relationship where you’re like, ‘Hey, I know you from somewhere.’”

Hernandez said the experience helped him with future ideas for his work, as well as ideas for his roles as an interdisciplinary studies professor and the art in public places coordinator for the Toledo Arts Commission. He also has upcoming shows in New York City and the Southern Ohio Museum in Portsmouth, Ohio.

“I feel like [my focus is] always expanding, but it’s always building on the same idea,” he said. “Each time I’m getting better at the craft, but each time I’m at a different starting point.”

Channeling the spirits of opera If you go What: Students will perform Gian Carlo Menotti’s modern opera “The Medium,” along with selections from “Sweeney Todd,” “Hansel and Gretel” and “Dido and Aenaes.”

Where: The performances will be held in the Center for Performing Arts in the Studio Theatre.

When: Performances are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9, and Saturday, Nov. 10. Shows began at 7:30 p.m. and run for 90 minutes.

Cost: Attendance is free; a donation of $10 is requested but not required. Seats can be reserved by contacting the UT Department of Music at 419-530-2448.

CDs GRRR! Greatest Hits Collection, by The Rolling Stones. Available Tuesday.

Feel Again, by OneRepublic. Available Tuesday.

King Animal, by Soundgarden. Available Tuesday.

Koi No Yokan, by Deftones. Available Tuesday.

Lotus, by Christina Aguilera. Available Tuesday.

More online For more campus events, entertainment news and comic book, movie and music reviews, follow the IC Rocket Life on Twitter and Facebook, and check the IC’s website daily.

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Cast members from “The Medium” rehearse the seance scene from the show. UT Opera’s “Murder, Mayhem and The Medium” will showcase a selection of opera classics and Menotti’s “The Medium” in it’s entirety. This will be UT first opera performance in 20 years.

For a full preview of the performance, check The IC’s website on Thursday.

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Eberly Center celebrates Wonder Woman through the ages

Film

Photo courtesy NBC-Universal

The Blacksmith (RZA) prepares for a final showdown with the gangs attacking his village over a large shipment of gold. RZA also directed, wrote and scored the movie.

‘Man with the Iron Fists’ connects with strong visuals, characters

By John Goodspeed Staff Movie Critic

This movie was pretty awesome. Although it had the feel of a foreign film all the elements of a classic Kung Fu movie, the actors all spoke perfect English with no accent. There were also no subtitles, which was convenient – some foreign films have amazing stories but are restricted by the subtitles.

The story takes place in 19th century China.

The Blacksmith, played music producer and the director of RZA, is forced to create elaborate weapons to defend his small village against a band of warriors and assassins.

Although many of the actors, besides Lucy Lui and Russell Crowe, aren’t too popular, the cast was quite talented.

The nice part about

casting these types of actors is that at no time did I have that moment of “I’m not watching Ethan Hunt, I’m watching Tom Cruise play Ethan Hunt.”

Each actor did a phenomenal job of really becoming the characters.

Surprisingly, Bautista was not too bad, though maybe not on par with some of the other characters.

Russell Crowe especially was fantastic in this movie, doing an amazing job at portraying his multidimensional character.

In a technical sense, he was the comic relief, which is something you don’t normally get from him, but he wears it well.

He could easily be the crowd favorite.

The distinction between the characters had a legendary feel to it.

Each guy represented silver, gold, brass and iron,

and their strengths correlated with how strong the metals are.

The actual cinematography was really cool, and you could definitely tell it had Tarantino touches to it.

Overall it was a good movie. I’m a sucker for Kung Fu movies and this was definitely a good one.

It wasn’t the greatest Kung Fu movie of all time, but I would probably put it up there in my list. The acting was great, the production was good and the story kept my interest.

Overall I give this a “Go on $5 Tuesday” rating. I would give it a “Go rent the DVD when it comes out” rating, but you really should see all of the graphic and gory fight scenes the way they were intended – on a gigantic screen.

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in brief Rockets ranked for first time since 2001 The Toledo Rockets football team cracked the Top 25 in all three polls Sunday.

UT came in at No. 23 in the AP Poll, No. 25 in the Coaches and No. 25 in the BCS. This is the first time in school history Toledo has landed a spot in the BCS standings since its inception in 1998.

Toledo women cruise to exhibition victory Senior guard Naama Shafir made a triumphant return from injury to lead the Rockets to a 73-47 drubbing of Wayne State in UT’s final tune-up before the regular season.

She poured in a gamehigh 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting and added nine assists and three steals in her first 29 minutes of game action since tearing her right ACL Nov. 25, 2011 at Indiana.

Junior Janelle ReedLewis also scored 19 and was 3-for-6 from downtown.

After a close first five minutes, Shafir gave Toledo a 9-7 lead with 14:38 to play and they would stay in front for the rest of the afternoon. The Rockets led 33-17 at the break and did not trail by less than 15 points throughout the second half.

Senior center Yolanda Richardson and freshman guard Kendyl Nunn were held out due to injuries.

UT opens the season Friday night at Savage Arena when they take on the Arkansas State Red Wolves at 7 p.m.

Shafir nominated for Senior CLASS Award Naama Shafir was named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award for the second year in a row last Thursday.

She is one of just 30 NCAA women’s basketball players up for the award. Players must have senior status and make an impact in competition, in the classroom and in the community and possess great character.

The MAC Player of the Year candidate is a threetime All-conference selection and is averaging 13.7 points per game for her career.

Shafir is fourth in UT history in assists (569) and tenth in points (1,452), steals (168) and minutes played (3,210) She carries a 3.58 GPA and has been on the Dean’s List five times.

The native of Israel is an active member in many charities, including Race for the Cure, Habitat for Humanity and Wendy’s Little Dribblers.

The winner will be announced in April during the Women’s Final Four in New Orleans, La.

Gaitan receives postseason recognition Soccer standout Natalia Gaitan was named to the All-MAC’s second team last Thursday.

The senior defender represented her native Colombia in the Olympics this past summer and played every minute for the Rockets this season. She scored four goals in addition to her defense.

Gaitan was also named a first team member of the Capital One Academic AllDistrict 5 Team. She holds a 3.93 cumulative GPA in business and found herself on the Dean’s List in each of the last six semesters.

She is the second Rocket to receive the honor, joining former teammate Kristen Lynn who was a member of last year’s team.

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No. 25 Toledo falls flat against Ball State; MAC title still possible

By Jay Skebba Sports Editor

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

The Toledo Rockets entered the Top 25 in the BCS, Coaches and AP polls this week, but didn’t resemble the team that got them there Tuesday night at the Glass Bowl.

UT committed 10 penalties — three of them personal fouls — for 111 yards and junior running back David Fluellen had a costly fumble deep into Ball State territory helped spell the end of their eight-game winning streak and spot in the national rankings.

“Ball State made the more disciplined plays throughout the football game,” said UT head coach Matt Campbell. “We played behind much of the game tonight and we did some things that have been uncharacteristic of us this season.”

Perhaps the most pivotal moment came with six minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

With the score tied at 27, Toledo faced a 4th-and-2 from the BSU 14. Instead of allowing sophomore Jeremiah Detmer to attempt a chip shot to give the Rockets the lead, Campbell elected to go for it.

Fluellen took the handoff and was promptly stuffed by a host of Cardinal defenders, giving the ball

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Junior running back David Fluellen follows the block of junior center Zac Kerin Tuesday night at the Glass Bowl.

Fluellen ran for 200 yards in Toledo’s 34-27 losing effort against Ball State.

back to Ball State.

“I really felt like we were in a groove,” Campbell said.

“We just converted on the 4th-and-1 earlier in the quarter and I thought we had a pretty good read on what they were going to do.

Unfortunately, we didn’t execute it and they stopped us.

That’s on me.”

After taking over on downs, BSU marched down

the field and grinded away at the clock with an 11-play, 86-yard drive capped off by Jahwan Edwards’ 15-yard run around the left side for a back-breaking score. With under two minutes to play and no timeouts, UT had no choice but to let him have it.

“We brought all the pressure, pinched everybody and felt if they run the football outside, we’d let them score

and see if we can give ourselves a chance to go win the game,” Campbell said.

The Rockets had one last shot to find the end zone and force overtime, but junior Terrance Owens failed to connect on third and fourth down.

Cardinal quarterback Keith Wenning completed 29-of-42 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns to shred a

Toledo defense that was without the services of senior safety Mark Singer.

One of the biggest leaders on the defense, Singer tweaked his knee in practice and was forced to sit out. Campbell expects him to be ready for next week’s showdown at Northern Illinois.

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Toledo men ready to begin the season Friday, face unusual circumstances

By Nate Pentecost Managing Editor

NCAA sanctions have taken the possibility of postseason play off the table for the UT men’s basketball team, but the Rockets have every intention of making a run for Mid-American Conference regular season title.

Toledo registered the second-largest turnaround in Division I basketball last year with a 19-17 record, advancing to the postseason for the first time in five campaigns.

Improving upon that record, however, has been made more difficult by the NCAA penalty structure for the program’s low Academic Progress Rate under former head coaches Gene Cross and Stan Joplin.

The team is to play eight of its first nine games on the road, including contests at Minnesota, Cleveland State and Detroit.

“It’s going to be a big challenge,” said UT junior forward Rian Pearson, a second team All-MAC selection in 2011-12. “We’re going to have to channel our energy and just try to get as many wins as we can before we come back home.”

The extended road trip begins Friday against a familiar foe, Loyola

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Sophomore point guard Juice Brown drives on a Robert Morris defender during the first round of last year’s College Invitational Tournament at Savage Arena. The 201112 MAC Freshman of the Year will be a key component to UT’s success this season.

University Chicago. Toledo hosted the Ramblers last Dec., suffering a narrow 57-55 defeat.

“I was disappointed with how we played in that game,” said UT head coach Todd Kowalczyk. “But they’re going

to be improved and we’re going to be improved so it will be a good test for us.”

In the teams’ most recent meeting, 6-foot-8 senior forward Ben Avercamp racked up 31 points on 50 percent (13-of-26) shooting against

the Rockets. He was, however, the only LUC player to tally double figures in the scoring column. Sophomore forward Christian Thomas added 9 points and grabbed a gamehigh 13 boards for the Loyola.

“Averkamp certainly had a

great game against us,” Kowalczyk said. “We’ll have to do a better job of defending him and making it more personal.”

The Ramblers outrebounded Toledo 21-15 last season, including 6-1 on the offensive glass, resulting in an 11-3 differential in second chance points.

At 6-foot-9, 250 pounds, freshman center Nathan Boothe should give Toledo a more physical presence in the post and potentially decrease the rebound disparity. Boothe — who is also a force on the offensive end — recorded a team-high 15 points in last week’s 75-52 exhibition win against Northwestern Ohio.

“Nathan is a guy we feel is a very talented freshman,” Kowalczyk said. “He’s our starting center from day one and he has a chance to be a special player here.”

Junior center Richard Wonnell will move to the bench to make room for Boothe, who will join the other four returning starters, including Pearson (league-high 16.4 points and team-high 8.3 rebounds per game) and reigning MAC Freshman of the Year Juice Brown.

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Soccer team falls short, ends tumultuous season

Cullop and company ready to make title run

By Nick Delwiche

By Jay Skebba

Sports Reporter

No. 6 seed Toledo fell to No. 2 seed Central Michigan 1-0 on Friday, ending their short run in the MAC tournament.

Toledo had previously beaten Eastern Michigan in a shootout to advance to the semifinals in Oxford, OH. CMU (15-5-1) now moves on to the finals to battle top seed Miami (OH).

“We had to get better during the regular season and we kept talking about it and talking about it,” said UT head coach Brad Evans. “I know it’s a cliché but I think we improved during the course of the season.”

This season saw the Rockets facing adversity through tough losses and injuries.

Even though the loss is disappointing, Coach Evans is proud of his team.

“I’m really proud of the resiliency of this team,” he said.

“There were a lot of tough things but our players and coaches held together. This gives us positive momentum for this team and hopefully for our team next year.”

The Chippewas Autumn Hawkins scored the only goal of the contest, her fourth of

the year, in the 28th minute to foil the Rockets (7-12-2) chance to defend their MAC Tournament title.

Toledo had the wind at their backs in the second half and held a 5-1 edge in shots.

Unfortunately the Rockets could not manage to tie the game as they suffered only their second league tournament loss under head coach

“There were a lot of tough things but our players and coaches held together. This gives us positive momentum for this team and hopefully for our team next year.”

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Brad Evans (12-2-5).

“We had our opportunities,” Evans said. “We didn’t finish and they did. I thought it was a good game and congratulations to Central.”

Toledo had a prime opportunity to score with 29 minutes left in regulation when UT caught the Chippewas too

far up the field and took two shots with the hopes of tying the game. Junior forward Rachel MacLeod took the first shot from about 12 yards out, but bounced it off the crossbar. Freshman Megan Connor found the loose ball and fired a shot from about eight yards out but a CMU defender redirected her shot with a header.

With less than one minute remaining in the match freshman Angelica Hernandez received a cross from senior Rachael Kravitz in the middle of the Chippewas goal box but sailed her shot over the net, ending UT’s hopes at overtime.

The Rockets finished with a 6-5 edge in shots, and broke even with CMU on corner kicks (1-1). Toledo also had 15 fouls to Central Michigan’s nine.

CMU’s Stefanie Turner was credited with three stops to shut out the Rockets, her ninth clean sheet of the season. Sam Tiongson went the distance for the Rockets, recording three saves but surrendering the lone goal to Hawkins.

The defeat closes the book on the careers of UT’s six seniors (Megan Blake, Rachael Kravitz, Kristen Mattei, Jaimie Morsillo, Blair Sorg, Danielle Leblang and Natalia Gaitan). The group won a combined 47 matches over the last four seasons and was part of four consecutive MAC Tournament appearances, two conference regular-season titles (2010, 2011) and one league tourney crown (2011).

“I’m sorry to see our seniors go,” Evans said. “I thought they gave a good accounting of themselves when it mattered most.”

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The Toledo women are just two days away from their regular season tip-off and face lofty expectations, something that has become an annual occurrence for Tricia Cullop and the Rockets.

UT was tabbed to win the Mid-American Conference’s West division for the fourth consecutive season by the media and coaches and return four starters from last year’s team that finished 2410. They captured a share of their third straight division title going 13-3 in the league.

Cullop called the preseason pick a compliment, but knows the road ahead can be tough to navigate.

“Last year, we were reminded after our first game of MAC play just how much it means to be picked preseason number one,” she said. “We went out to Western Michigan and lost the first game. We really were fighting tooth and nail the rest of the way. Our players understand that it doesn’t mean a whole lot.”

The road to a MAC title could be a bit easier this time around with the return of senior guard Naama Shafir.

The conference Player of the Year candidate tore her right ACL last November against Indiana and missed the remainder of the season.

The native of Israel decided to take a medical redshirt and return for a fifth year.

Cullop thinks she could be an even better player after watching from the sidelines.

“She looks great,” Cullop said. “Sometimes when you take a year off, you sit and you watch, and you learn so much by not playing. [It’s] little things that you maybe can’t see when you’re on the court. She has much more court awareness now.”

Shafir played a key role in Toledo’s run to a WNIT championship in 2010-11, averaging a team-high 15.3 points for the season including 19.5 in the tournament. She dropped 40 on USC in the championship game and was named the tournament MVP.

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The Cardinals offense came out firing on all cylinders as junior Keith Wenning picked apart the UT secondary, completing 7-of8 on the game’s opening drive. He found junior wideout Jamil Smith on a seven-yard out route to give BSU an early lead.

The Rockets stalled at the BSU 45 on their first possession and watched Wenning march right down the field for a second time. He completed all five of his passes to run his streak to 12 straight completions, including a 25-yarder to junior Connor Ryan to put the ranked Rockets in an early 14-0 hole.

The Rockets got on the board with 1:30 to play in

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He was second on the team last season with 11.9 ppg and fourth in MAC with nearly five assists per contest.

“I try to do everything my teammates need me to do and get to the rim and start inside out,” Pearson explained.

Absent from the Rockets roster will be an important factor in last year’s turnaround, forward Curtis Dennis. The All-MAC Honorable Mention awardee averaged 13 points off the bench for Toledo but transferred to Iona in the offseason in light of UT’s postseason ban. “[We will replace Dennis] by committee,” Kowalczyk said. “Matt Smith and Reese

Junior guard Andola Dortch — who has suffered through serious knee injuries of her own — was forced to step up in Shafir’s absence last year and handled the task well. She led the team with 13.6 ppg and 4.8 apg and was the first player in school history to win MAC Defensive Player of the Year honors.

The return of Shafir should complement Dortch’s game and create the best backcourt in the conference.

“She takes some of the ball-handling pressure off of Andola,” Cullop said. “It also takes some of the pressure [off of us] when someone is really up pressuring us to have another kid who can handle the ball, shoot the ball and pass the ball well. Those two work really well together and for Andola, it was tough for her to play aggressively last year because she couldn’t afford to be in foul trouble. “ Junior Janelle Reed-Lewis has had an impressive preseason and could be an xfactor for the Rockets. She appeared in 28 games off the bench last year but averaged just two minutes per game.

She will likely be counted on to help fill the void left

by Courtney Ingersoll, the lone starter from last year’s team who graduated.

Reed-Lewis scored 19 points in UT’s exhibition victory Sunday and made three three-pointers.

“Obviously, it would be great if she could take some of the scoring load off of some of our other players,” Cullop said. “She’s explosive getting to the basket, she’s got a quick first step and she has really improved her three-point shooting from a year ago. I’m really excited to see what she’s capable of doing this year.”

With plenty of scoring and leadership left over from last year’s team, the goal for this year’s seems quite clear.

Cullop has done an extraordinary job in her first four years at Toledo, posting a 96-40 mark and a dominant 50-14 record in MAC play. In addition to the

WNIT title, she’s captured three MAC West titles and a regular season conference championship.

The only thing left to do is win the MAC Tournament and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

“I joked with our players that by the fifth try we should have this thing down,” she said.

Cullop scheduled her team to play in four preseason tournaments — two of which will be played in Toledo — in an effort to better prepare them for postseason play.

“We scheduled them with that intention,” Cullop said.

“We definitely want to get used to tournament-style play because that’s been something where we need to get the monkey off our back. It’s hard to prepare for those unless you do them.”

These tournaments also offer another way to schedule home games. With UT’s home success under Cullop (57-8, .877 winning percentage), many teams are reluctant to come to Savage Arena.

In the Glass City Tournament and Toledo Invite, opposing teams will have the chance to play away from Savage against other teams before coming to Toledo.

“We had to get creative in how we scheduled home games because being 28th in the country in attendance and having the home court winning percentage that we do, it was very difficult to find people who were willing to come in here and play,” Cullop said. “These tournaments provided an opportunity for opposing teams to have a neutral game in addition to playing us. Anything we can do to play in front of our home court, our fans have just been outstanding.”

Toledo will also participate in the John Ascuaga Nugget Classic in Reno, Nev. (Nov. 23-24) and the Georgia State Holliday Tournament in Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 29-30.).

UT begins their season Friday night at 7 against Arkansas State at Savage Arena.

the first when Terrance Owens sold a play fake to Cassius McDowell allowing Bernard Reedy to get behind the entire defense for a 25-yard touchdown to cut the lead in half.

After forcing a three-andout and finally knocking the Cardinals out of their rhythm, the Rockets went back to work.

David Fluellen found the end zone from 13 yards out, but Reedy’s illegal block in the back forced the Rockets to settle for a 29-yard field goal from Jeremiah Detmer to make it 14-10. Fluellen had another scoring run called back in the first quarter.

“Our guys were playing hard and mistakes will happen,” Fluellen said. “We all make mistakes and it’s not anyone’s fault because of

penalties. We have to move on and learn from it.”

The Rockets took their first and only lead of the night on a 16-yard run by Fluellen on a pivotal 4th-and-1 play to start the fourth quarter.

Junior receiver Bernard Reedy went in motion, Owens faked the handoff to him and gave it to Fluellen who scampered untouched up the middle for the go-ahead score, making it 27-24.

Ball State would outscore UT 10-0 the rest of the way to seal the deal.

Fluellen ran the ball 30 times for 200 yards, his third game reaching 200 and sixth consective game in triple digits.

UT will face NIU next week in a must-win game to reach the MAC Championship.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.

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Holliday are both capable of scoring off the bench for us and A.J. Matthews and Josh Lemons are guys who can step up and give us minutes as well. When you lose 13 points a game I don’t know that there’s one guy who can take those 13 but I expect Juice to score more, Dominque [Buckley] to score more as well and we’ll certainly have more scoring out of our centerpiece in Boothe.”

Averkamp will anchor the Loyola attack, boasting team-highs in points (15.4 ) and rebounds (7.1) in 2011.

His supporting cast, however, will be of a considerably different makeup this time around.

The Ramblers, who ranked 329th in the country with 62.7 possessions per game and 243rd with 14.4

turnovers per game last year, feature two new point guards — Iowa transfer Cully Payne and heralded freshman Jeff White. Five other newcomers have also been added to the LUC squad, giving the Rockets an edge in experience.

As with all UT’s opponents, however, Loyola will have more time to prepare for the matchup as NCAA restrictions have reduced Toledo’s practice time 20 weekly hours over six days a week to 16 hours in five days.

“We’re going to be as prepared as Loyola is, we’re going to play harder than Loyola is and we’re going to move on,” Kowalczyk said.

Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.

Friday at Gentile Arena in Chicago.