Wednesday, September 19, 2012
94th year • Issue 6
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Students can sound off through SG’s secret shopper program By Michael Gammo Staff Reporter
Zombies run rampant on UT campus / 3
Reedy steps up into leadership role / 7
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Students will have the opportunity this semester to rate their campus dining experience through a new initiative hosted by Student Government. The Secret Shopper program, a student-driven initiative aimed at getting ideas for improving dining services, will be open to all students who wish to voice an opinion about dining on campus.
“Any student that uses a dining hall can take the survey and rate the quality of the food and if they liked anything else,” said SG Dining Liaison Elizabeth Greer. A link to the survey will be available online through the Auxiliary Services page later this semester. SG President Paulette Bongratz said the survey will evaluate things like food, service and cleanliness, as well as
polling student suggestions. In addition to rating dining hall experiences, students will also be able to comment on the selections and service of Provisions on Demand, also known as PODs. Data from the surveys will be collected by the university’s IT department and analyzed by the dining committee which is composed of members in SG, See Dining / 8
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Morgan Yeager, a freshman majoring in nursing, grabs some salad in the Ottawa House Dining Hall. Students will soon be able to take surveys rating their dining experiences.
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system will not only run continuously, but will also protect the university’s computer network, which is supported by the Computer Center, from going off-line during a city power failure. “If you wanted to back up two spots for critical power on campus, you’re going to want the hospital and the computer center,” Green said. “If University Hall loses power, yes, the president’s going to be without
Administrators are striving for a more bike-friendly campus as three new initiatives aim to put bikes in students’ hands and expand the trails they ride on. These University of Toledo initiatives include an expansion of the six mile University Parks Bike Trail, a new bike-sharing initiative and a new international student bicycle loan program. A resolution passed Monday at a Board of Trustees’ meeting allocates $2 million to expand the bike trail by about one and a half miles and add 1,000 new parking spots on Main Campus. The project, known as Phase I of a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project, is part of the Long Range Facilities Master Plan passed in 2005. Details of the plan include the addition of trails from Oakwood Avenue to Savage Hall, the removal of the railroad bridge over Bancroft Street and the Ottawa River and a new pedestrian bridge over Douglas Road. Chuck Lehnert, vice president of Facilities & Construction, said funding will be taken from the budget of fiscal year 2014. He said the project is underway now so construction can be coordinated with city initiatives in order to reduce cost. “This is important because part of our connection to the community stems from our bike trail,” he said. “The metropark system and our bike trail is a comprehensive way to participate in wellness and see the community.”
See Cogeneration / 8
See Bike / 8
In brief Parking lot closures for football games announced
Study Abroad Fair set for Monday The second annual Study Abroad Fair will be held in the Student Union Building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24. The fair, sponsored by the Center for International Studies and Programs, will host study abroad program representatives, faculty members who lead their own international programs and financial experts to answer questions costs. For more information about the Center for International Studies and Programs, visit utoledo. edu/cisp.
Bicycle initiative approved By Danielle Gamble
Check out our Music Fest photos / 9
With the Rockets football season in full swing the University of Toledo Police Department has released its schedule of parking lot closures for games at the Glass Bowl. Parking lot closures began Saturday, Sept. 15, for the UT-BG game and will remain in effect for all home football games. Lots 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, including the Greek Village Loop and Park Tower Loop will close starting at 7 a.m. on game days. Vehicles that are parked in Lot 9 on game days will be towed. Lots 3, 4, 18 and 28 will be closed beginning at noon.
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Michael Green, director of energy management, explains how the University Computer Center will remain cool because of the new cogeneration system. Excess heat from the system will be funneled into heating the Student Recreation Center’s swimming pools. Green said this system is the first of its kind in the country.
New system aims to reduce carbon footprint By Danielle Gamble News Editor
A new, eco-conscious technology at the University Computer Center is under construction and set to be finished this semester. This new system, known as cogeneration, will be used to simultaneously power the Computer Center and heat the pools in the Student Recreation Center said Director of Energy Management Michael Green. “Cogeneration means that you put one fuel in and you
get two products out of it,” Green said. “This takes natural gas in and one of the things that comes out is electricity, and the electricity powers the computer center.” Created by Capstone Turbine Corporation, this gasoline turbine functions like a jet engine, except this doesn’t fly planes — it powers a building. “We fire the gas, it spins the turbine, the turbine spins then it spins the motor,” Green said. “In a coal fire plant, they use coal to make steam to spin the turbine —
here, we’re using natural gas.” Green said while there has been a similar Capstone system at the Center for Visual Arts in downtown Toledo since 2006, the old structure does not have the same capabilities as the new system. “The downside of co-gen is that if you can’t use the waste heat all the time, you can’t run it all the time,” Green said. “We have a couple of them to reduce our costs down there, but we can only run them for about six months of the year.” Green said this new
provost confirmed
Scarborough gets approval, takes over as Main Campus Provost By IC Staff
Scott Scarborough was approved as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Monday at a Board of Trustees meeting. Scarborough’s salary will be $389,000 with a bonus of $100,000 at the end of December and two additional bonuses of $75,000 in June 2015 and June 2017. Scarborough’s base pay is a $139,000 increase from the
$250,000 salary listed in former provost Bill McMillen’s oneyear contract. “As the chief academic and operating officer, Dr. Scarborough’s role will be expanded as compared to previous persons in the provost position, now including the strategy and implementation of the enrollment, research and student experience goals of the institution, in addition to the academic enterprise of the Main Campus,” UT President Lloyd
Jacobs said in a statement. McMillen is now serving as assistant to the president. Scarborough came to UT in 2007 as a senior vice president for finance and administration, and began working at UTMC in 2010. “I believe he will not only bring this knowledge to bear, but also his passion, dedication, expertise and versatility — leadership traits which he has demonstrated most effectively during his short, yet highly successful
time leading UTMC,” Jacobs said in a statement. Scarborough, former senior vice president and executive director of the University of Toledo Medical Center, was selected by Jacobs in August from four candidates. Norma Tomlinson was appointed interim executive director of UTMC to succeed Scarborough. Tomlinson moved from her former position as UTMC associate vice president and associate executive director.
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Confirmed as Main Campus Provost on Monday