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UT bookstore rents out textbooks Lake High gets Bookstore in Student Union renewal grant to begin rentals next semester Bayan Shbat IC Staff Writer
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The UT Bookstore will begin textbook rentals in the Spring.
Genie grants three wishes By Sura Khuder IC Staff Writer
A genie wearing a blue silicon mask and a red business suit that reads “Experience Genie” on the back arrived in northwest Ohio and took a local woman on the ride of a lifetime. Instead of a magic carpet, the genie took Trish Williams for a ride in a luxury car and allowed her to fly a
private airplane. Joshua Dawson, the Experience Genie, surprised the two-time cancer survivor at the Vin Devers Autohaus Dealership Thursday in Sylvania, Ohio. Williams, 60, was under the impression she was speaking about her experience with cancer at the dealership and would be — Genie, Page A6
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Trish Williams (left) rides in a Mercedes G550 with Joshua Dawson, the “Experience Genie,” on Thursday morning.
The University of Toledo will soon be offering students the option to rent books at about half the cost of buying a new printed book. The new textbook rental program through Barnes & Noble Booksellers will begin in the Spring 2011 semester, and all students have to do is turn the book in during finals week, which the university hopes will save students time and money. Director of Auxiliary Services Joy Gramling said the cost savings for the students will be 49 percent. Gramling said saving money is not the only plus side for students who choose to rent their textbooks. Now students will not have to wait in line and try to be the first ones in line to sell it back. Although it would be ideal to have all books for rental, Gramling said there are only going to be 100 to 150 book titles available for rent during the spring semester.
Four months after tornado, school granted $4.8 million
Deciding which books will be available for rent is a long process. After professors turn in their book titles to Barnes and Noble booksellers, the company decides which books are available for rent and send their findings back to UT. UT’s bookstore will then choose the most popular book titles from all academic areas and levels. Gramling said she thinks this will be a better option for students, not only for the hard dollar cost that it will save students, but also the “soft cost” which she defined as the time students will save by renting books rather than buying them. Gramling said even though students are just renting the books, they will be allowed to highlight in the book and
By D.C. Guastella IC Staff Writer
Four months after a tornado blew through Northwest Ohio, destroying homes, businesses and Lake High School, a new grant has been awarded to rebuild the high school. Five people were killed in the strongest natural disaster to hit Ohio in eight years, rating a three on a scale of zero to five. Fifty homes were destroyed, and approximately $100 million in damage was done. On Monday, Oct. 25, the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission approved a $4.8 million grant to rebuild the school through their Emergency School Assistance Building Program, which allows for funds to be appropriated for natural disasters des-
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ignated “Acts of God.” State Senator Mark Wagoner announced the release of funds through the OSFC, stating the grant would be used to rebuild the destroyed school. The money came four months after the disaster. Wagoner spoke publically in Columbus, commending Lake Superintendent Jim Witt’s progress and the resilience of the community. “There’s a lot of work ahead, but in the end the response to this tragedy has already provided these kids a valuable lesson in determination and how to overcome adversity, as well as a tremendous example of what it means to be a community,” Wagoner said in a — Lake, Page A2
Prof lectures on scars that connect Jim Ferris shares his story of coping with scars with audience By Jaimee Hilton IC Staff Writer
out to the audience. “I don’t want to be in a position to tell what they While standing in the cen- should get from the perforter of an open space inside mance,” he said. the Center for the Perform“Scars” was meant to be ing Arts Studio Theatre, En- interpreted by each individdowed Chairual audience man of the Can you imagine member, by Disability each your body before “what Studies Properson brings gram Jim Ferlife took its toll? Can to it” and what ris played his you imagine your life is taken from guitar and exafterwards. unmarked, without it Throughout plained the stories behind scar? the perforhis own scars. mance, imag“Can you Jim Ferris es of different imagine your Chairman, scars were body before Disability Studies projected on a life took its screen behind toll? Can you Ferris. Some were even his imagine your life unmarked, own. In order to get the imwithout scar,” he asked his ages, Ferris said he would audience on Saturday. go around and ask people Ferris said everyone has what kinds of scars they had scars and the stories that and if they would mind him come with them. The scars taking photographs of them. make a connection between “Collecting the images everyone because they are was crucial,” he said. “Most sights of pain that we all people were like ‘Okay, felt, wounding, and suffer- sure,’ but there were some ing. They are also sights of that didn’t want to.” strength and vulnerability. Ferris said that for those When Ferris wrote “Scars” people whose scars he he didn’t have an exact message that he wanted to get — Scars, Page A2
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Professor Jim Ferris speaks at an event at the Canaday Center in Carlson Library on Main Campus on April 16, 2009.
Do you prefer purchasing or renting textbooks? And why?
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Cassidy Ball
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I prefer renting my textbooks because I can send it back at the end of the semester and it’s cheaper.
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Peggy Williamson Fresh., nursing
The reason I buy my books is because I get a $600 stipend for books from the ROTC.
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I feel like it’s better to rent books because you save money instead of going to buy one book for at least $200.
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Sarah Neubacher Senior, nursing
I like to keep my textbooks so I can reuse them for future classes in the nursing program.
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Check out our story on the UT Bookstore’s textbook rental program at the top of this page.
I prefer to buy and sell them later or to have them for references and anything else.
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American Indian Heritage Awareness Month
There will be a discussion on the cultural patterns of Native Americans with Geroge Tinker, Clifford Baldridge, professor American Indian cultures and religious traditions at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Col. today from noon to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Building room 2591. There will be a screening of the feature film, “Powwow Highway” tomorrow from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Dowling Hall Room 2315 on the Health Science Campus. Following will be a discussion with Barbara Mann from the department of English.
UT Music Department
The UT Jazz Lab Band and Vocalstra will be performing an evening of jazz favorites tonight at 8 pm. in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 and $3 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Angela Riddel at (419) 530-2452 or thearts@utoledo.edu.
Student Government and UT Athletics
Student Government and UT Athletics will be hosting a Rocket Vision Watch Party at Savage Arena for the Northern Illinois football game tomorrow. Doors open at 6:45p.m. and the game begins at 7 p.m. Free Pizza for all students in attendance with rocket card. Also, IPods, UT Gear and a Kindle Reader will be raffled off. This game will decide who unofficially wins the MAC West. See you at the game and GO ROCKETS!
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The 58th annual College of Pharmacy Formal Dinner Dance will be Friday at 7 p.m. at the Toledo Hilton in the Birch/Elm Room. All students, faculty and staff are cordially invited to attend the formal dinner dance. There will be feature guest speakers from different areas of pharmacy talking about their experiences, a buffet dinner, music and dancing. For more information, contact Kate Malone at kate.malone@rockets.utoledo.edu.
Ritter Planetarium
The new Ritter production examines the search for new planets and life beyond Earth Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Ritter Planetarium. Learn about the hundreds of new planets astronomers have discovered and how astronomers are searching for life beyond Earth. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for children three to 12, seniors and UT students, faculty and staff. Doors will open 30 minutes before each program. For more information, call (419) 530-2650.
Toledo Academy of Pharmacy
TAP presents its annual Casino Night to raise funds for scholarships for UT Pharmacy students. Tickets are $40 each or two for $60 and $15 for students. To purchase tickets, call Monica Patek at (419) 509-1662 or Jenny Zenz at (419) 283-1736.
UT Choir Department
The high school honors choir concert will be Saturday at 8 p.m. in University Hall Doermann Theater. High schools from Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan send their best choir students to perform in this favorite annual concert. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Angela Riddel at (419) 530-2452 or thearts@utoledo.edu.
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Scars From Page A1 photographed, they would tell him the story of that scar. “I think of scars as a kind of memory,” he said. One of the stories Ferris told was that of a scar on his wrist — his favorite scar. He had torn the ligaments in his wrist and was scheduled to have surgery in order to have them repaired. He explained how he was concerned about the side effects that would follow afterwards. One of the side effects was vomiting due to the anesthesia. The plastic surgeon promised he would make sure Ferris wouldn’t have to go through all of that.
Lake From Page A1 press release. “Countless people, both locally and from all over the state, have donated goods and services to help the district get back on its feet while they waited for the word on the funding they need to begin to rebuild.” The tornado and accompanying storms hit in the wake of Lake’s graduation ceremony. Several area schools donated space for the graduation. Since the beginning of the 2010-11 school year, Lake High School students have
And he didn’t. The surgery went well, and while talking to the surgeon afterward, Ferris thanked him. The surgeon shared the story of how when his daughter was born she had to have surgery shortly after. He said he was scared to let go of his hoursold daughter to some doctor, to trust him with her under the knife, and to take care of her. He told Ferris the way he went about his surgeries was the way in which he had wanted that doctor to go about his daughters: with as much care as possible. The surgeon had taken into consideration Ferris’ concerns and cared to them to the best of his ability. It was the compassion behind it been attending classes at Owens Community College’s Center for Training and Development, where they have set up a makeshift cafeteria and other temporary facilities. It is still unknown when the new school will be completed, however, the communities affected have been banning together since the disaster in order to clean up and rebuild. After the disaster, 647 volunteers showed up to clean up debris. “I look forward to continuing to work with the district and state officials until students have been returned to a permanent high school,” Wagoner said in the press release.
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that made this scar his favorite. Ferris was inspired to write “Scars” when he had visited a gallery event in Madison, Wis. three years ago. He wanted to have a visual representation of pain, and he believed scars to be the kind of representation he needed. “I did some reading on the wound healing process, plastic surgeons, and read through many medical journals,” he said. He began to think of the performance back in January and then took the photographs during the fall. The actual writing of the performance came from the notes and entries in his journal that he had taken throughout the process.
Monday, November 8, 2010 Ferris is also a published author and has worked as an actor and musician throughout his career. His latest piece titled “Scars: A Love Story,” is a presentation on how scars mark people and establishes a connection between people. The presentation was performed and written by Ferris. Before becoming a college professor and being involved with Disability Studies, Ferris was a news reporter, and due to his interest in film, he did some acting as well. After his media stint, he went to graduate school and worked for a public TV station, where he made freelance video productions, while also editing newspapers. Upon receiving his
doctorate, Ferris went to Madison, Wis. for 15 years before he came to work at UT in order to get involved with the Disability Studies Program. Ferris, who has mobility impairment, said the programs he chooses for the department do not reflect on his personal struggles. “It’s a concept I don’t use,” Ferris said. “For a performance to be successful, it can’t be just about the performer.” Ferris has written numerous books and essays and he said that he will have a “book of poems out hopefully early next year.” In the near future Ferris will be traveling to San Francisco to perform “Scars” and plans on a performance in Chicago, Ill.
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Great Lakes concerns Last Friday’s Great Lakes water conference brought a discussion of our region’s greatest natural resource to the University of Toledo’s College of Law, highlighting the importance of preserving the lakes and reducing our harmful impact. With invasive Asian carp threatening to eradicate local species and toxic algae blooms induced by polluted runoff into Lake Erie’s western region, those committed to the health of 20 percent of Earth’s fresh surface water have their work cut out for them. An important consideration in dealing with the Great Lakes is that they are a resource that exceeds our national interest. Obviously, the bodies of water are directly shared with the Canadians whose shores stand opposite our own. But with dwindling fresh water supplies worldwide, our massive reserves are gaining the interest of other nations, who may someday have need of additional sources. Lawyers such as those from UT’s Legal Institute of the Great Lakes have pointed out the major influence that the lakes have on the 40 million residents, including Americans and Canadians, who inhabit the region. The health and stability of the lakes have a direct impact on the physical and emotional stability of citizens; a plague upon the lakes is a plague upon us. The lakes suffer from more than just direct pollution with toxic chemicals. Considerable pressure is placed upon the lakes’ ecosystems by the overpopulation of the adjoining inhabited areas as well as by climate change. Having
pushed a fragile system far from its natural equilibrium, we must claim responsibility and take action to reverse the mounting damage. Possible solutions are in sight, at least in relation to the toxic algae problem. Since it is impractical to ban the use of chemicals and fertilizers that run off from industrialized farms, golf courses and residential lawns, a tax could be levied upon them instead. The revenue of such duties could be used in the effort to preserve and sustain natural systems against the damage caused by the pollutants. By creating a costly disincentive against using pollutants and using the generated funds for conservation, the ultimate effort toward preserving life is strengthened. With a modern lifestyle that consumes such a great amount of resources per person, it is a wonder that our biosphere still manages to bear our weight. It is only Earth’s natural abundance of precious, life-giving resources that allows us to live so narrowmindedly, so inefficiently. Will we squander these resources, allowing lasseiz-faire glorification to rule over concerns of long-term sustainability and health? Will the desire for expansive, well-groomed golf courses and full-bodied, luscious lawns continue to trump the need to ensure the health and safety of our people? One can only hope that our society does not fully succumb to the desire to give human creations precedence over the natural systems that sustain them.
UT textbook rentals: a cost-effective step toward sustainable resource use renting textbooks is that associated with transporting the materials across the country. To compensate for everclimbing college costs, many students purchase used textbooks from sources in other states. Though I’m sure stakeholders of USPS, FedEx and UPS would disagree, resources are wasted in this process of shipping books to frugal young adults. By centralizing the distribution of textbooks to campus bookstores and providing incentive for renting as opposed to buying used, the costs of textbook use are decreased. If students acquire their books on campus, there are no transit costs. With a guaranteed outcome of recycling instead of trashing books, renting ensures a more efficient use of resources. Though this thought process runs entirely counter to the American consumerist ideology, it is of critical necessity. To promote sustainable human society into the future, we must examine and optimize our use of all limited resources, shaping policy and practice around the ideals of efficiency, conservation and shared responsibility.
As natural resources dwindle and we move ever further away from the material abundance of the past, society must constantly seek to revise and replace inefficient methods with new, cost-effective and environmentally-responsible solutions. The textbook industry in the United States makes a considerable profit by perpetuating the expected consumption habits for college students. The traditional system wastes a considerable amount of resources, but innovative solutions like UT’s plan to begin renting textbooks provide hope for sustainable resource use. With a new edition of most textbooks being published every year or two and the tendency of many professors to require the latest edition, a substantial amount of paper, ink and transportation resources are expended each year to equip the collegiate masses with fresh textbooks to digest and regurgitate. Though many students do return their textbooks and study materials into circulation by selling them back to college bookstores or online, plenty of printed materials find their way into our landfills. One substantial cost that is cut by
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- in Your opinion Welloween’s not so well advice I am passionate about health promotion and that is why I decided to participate in this year’s Welloween sponsored by the Student Recreational Center with my Health Education Honorary, Eta Sigma Gamma. My group and I informed our peers about the upcoming changes to our campus that will include bike routes and places to rehydrate and pump air in our tires that is being made possible through the collaborative efforts of Eta Sigma Gamma and Student Government. Welloween is one of my favorite events at the Rec, and this year was no different. Amid the fun music and Rocket-Ex demonstrations, there were many booths designated for health screenings, information, and resources. Speaking on behalf of Eta Sigma Gamma and myself, we loved the event, except one minor detail. An advertisement for a tanning salon was emblazoned across the bottom of the flyers to the event. A promotion
Community emphasis is best I wanted to drop a line to Reem Subei and thank her for her recent writing in the Independent Collegian. Her article titled ‘We are independent, but not isolated’ was simply beautiful, well written, and dead on. Subei hits on the problem that as humans, we tend to forget about those who help us grow from vulnerable, dependent infants into strong, healthy adults. We tend to center on our own individual needs, our own wants, accomplishments and desires. The world revolves around us, we think, and our own life — our survival — trumps anything else. Those born in America tend to be raised with at least some sense of the traditional idea of American independence. After all, we defeated the English twice and even threw their tea into the sea, right? This type of continued rebellion, this ‘I’m on my own!’ attitude is represented in such icons as the independent Marlboro cowboy of the west, the independent entrepreneur of the east, and the independent whomever else. Americans tend to buy into the concept of being a lone, strong wolf, and then tend to forget about those
Illegal file sharing solutions Everyone loves music, and what they love more is getting it for free. Downloading has become the preferred way to get music, videos, and other software. It is also very easy to do so; virtually anyone can do it. Downloading music started in the late 1990’s to the early 2000’s with Napster, which was the first P2P filesharing program. Before that, the connection speed was very low — around 56 kb/s — and the subscription to the internet was costly, so it was just about as quick and cheap as going to the store to buy it. There are now many different programs and faster
of indoor tanning seems to be quite the opposite of health promotion, a primary goal of Welloween. Don’t get me wrong, the desire to go tanning has been tugging at my soul since the beginning of fall, as the little amount of summer tan I had to begin with began fading away. However, tanning can be quite dangerous for one’s health. Tanning beds emit twice the amount of UVA radiation as one would receive tanning under the sun. UVA rays penetrate a deep layer of the skin called dermis. This damage causes the “Big C”— CANCER. According to kidshealth.org, skin cancer is showing one of the most growth in incidence rates of all types of cancer seeing 1 million new cases each year. Aside from causing cancer itself, tanning can depress the body’s ability to fight off cancer. If left untreated, skin cancer can quickly travel to other parts of your body, especially vital organs, due to the close proximity of the dermis to blood vessels. Tanning also causes your skin to age significantly past its years, leaving your skin
looking like the old leather chair my family keeps in our basement. It may seem like you can’t win in this situation. Nobody wants to look like Morticia Adams or like a beat-up leather chair, but you probably don?t want to die from skin cancer either. According to cancer.org, approximately 1 in 5 people with skin cancer die from the disease. We all make decisions, especially in college, that are not distinctively beneficial to our health. It is particularly difficult to make healthy decisions when such unhealthy choices are constantly shoved down our throats. Should we go tanning this winter as the Welloween flyer suggests? Should we have a “Double-Down” for lunch as the KFC in the Student Union tells us to? That decision is all in your hands. But remember, there will always be a Croutons right around the corner, a Rocket-Ex class for you to dance your butt off at, and a self-tanning bronzer or spray-on tan that will help you through the winter.
who have helped them along their life’s journey. Other countries, such as Japan, would be aghast at how we treat our elderly. Do we visit the elderly in hospitals? Do we call them regularly? Do we take care of them when we can at home, or do we automatically ship them to retirement communities, regardless of their wants? Since the elderly can no longer be Independent with a capital I, do they become a nuisance to our independent mindset? Do we not forget how utterly dependent we are, even at a traditional college age? Besides financial aid, we receive ‘emotional aid’ in maintaining our drive to finish school through our friends, family, professors, tutors, and other humans. This is just a brief and tiny example of how even our success at UT is interconnected and inter-dependable. None of us can rely solely on ourselves. Seeing another person’s life through that person’s eyes, and not through our own self-righteous perspective, is something each generation needs to understand and is a mindset they need to work towards every day. We need people, and people need us. The poor just down the street from you do not need self-righteous banter about
getting a job or giving up alcohol. They need a bit more of you at their level, not at a level of imperialism. With community, something Subei reiterates again and again, we have the chance to become happier and more satisfied with life, a concept Subei supports using Denmark. In the Dane penal system, prison is a last resort. In America, it appears to be the first. In Denmark, the emphasis is on rehabilitating a person, understanding the reasons for the crime, and getting the person back into society. In America, we blame the person even if they grew up in a gang environment, only knew gang life, and developed in a womb filled with drug chemicals. We fail to see life outside of our own two eyes, and we fail to see human eyes besides our own. Perhaps the American way, then, isn’t the best way. Perhaps we can learn from each other, and those across the Atlantic who are achieving more than us in the states in taking care of human life. We share the planet with other humans like the Danes, and they, like us are social animals, not lone ones. So why should Americans, and others, pretend otherwise? What does it give us?
internet connections that you can use to retrieve the music, like Limewire. Remade versions of P2P downloading software now require monthly payments like Kazaa, Napster, and Rhapsody. On a more personal note, I have downloaded this way when I was younger. Back then, I was unaware of the amount of trouble that I could get in. Now, I am a college student, I have seen what has happened to people that have gotten caught, fined, and jailed. People still buy the songs today, either on iTunes or on CD when they come out. But there are still other issues. If someone buys a CD, one of their friends can easily borrow it and put the songs they want on their
computer. I believe that they can more or less stop downloading, but there are far too many ways to get the music that cannot be stopped. I think that, with some more patrolling and stricter downloading guidelines, P2P piracy can be slowed down and possibly eliminated. This will be the first step of many that will lead to the end of copyright infringement as a whole. One plan is to disable Limewire, but there are still so many programs out there that are not known or that cannot be disabled. This is a giant feat. But no one is able to stop something that anyone is capable of doing.
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Conflicted priorities In life, my friends, there are certain things that are elusive. One of these is a unicorn, another, Pegasus. One has a horn, the other has wings. Are they real? I’ve never seen either. A Paradoxitor; is it real? This animal exists only if you don’t beAnthony lieve in it, Russo but doesn’t exist if you do. You be the judge. Besides — dare I say — mythical creatures, certain events in life are rare. Pitching a perfect game? Nearly impossible. A hole-in-one? I’ll probably die before I get one. Drinking five Four Lokos without dying? I wouldn’t suggest trying. Needless to say, there are some feats that are just beyond our evergrasping fingertips. Where am I going with this? What train of thought did I hop on this week? Well, last Tuesday was Election Day, and along with electing congressmen and governors, a number of ballot measures were up for vote. I’m not talking about statewide ballot initiatives; I’m talking about local ballot initiatives. Libraries, schools, fire and police levies were on numerous ballots across the state, and undoubtedly, the country. My girlfriend is in her first year of teaching at a school district that has been having difficulties passing a levy for years. Riverside Local School District is in Lake County, perhaps 30 miles east of Cleveland, and its levy failed by nearly a 2-1 margin Tuesday. A number of my friends who are recent education graduates are perplexed by a society which makes education such a low priority. Riverside is just one relatively small instance of a school levy failing. Toledo Public Schools’ levy also failed. It is likely that both school systems will have to eliminate jobs along with services in order to meet operating budget shortfalls. While many school districts failed, library levies did quite well. According to Saveohiolibraries.com, 30 of 38 library issues in the state passed. Compare this to only 109 of 214 school levies passing state wide, according to the AP and Daytondailynews.com. At first glance, it may seem that people valued libraries more than schools in this election. However, this doesn’t take into consideration the financial situation in each city, funding vehicles and demographic variability. Ballot initiatives point out an important reality for governments. There is only so much tax revenue that can be spent, and a vast number
of things it can be spent on. In more economic terms, there is a nearly infinite combination of goods that can be purchased, but a finite budget constraint that cannot be exceeded. If you’re an economics or mathematics major, you know what is coming: constrained optimization. I won’t go into all of the math for two reasons: It’s boring, and I don’t know enough of it. I do understand the economic implications, though. Just as individuals have different preferences for goods, so do different cities, townships, states, and countries. I might prefer to spend my limited money on golf and Bud Light, whereas someone else might prefer to spend their limited money on tickets to a musical and Blue Moon. Government constituencies are the same way. Some spend their limited budget on libraries and schools, whereas others may spend it on recreation and police. Just as what I spend my money on depends on my personal preferences and characteristics, a government constituency spends its money depending on its demographics and geography. Obviously, as a person makes more money, the number of goods they can purchase increases. Similarly, as a society be-
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comes wealthier, it can afford better schools, or more police and firefighters. Of course, this is contingent upon what level of taxation — budget constraint — the constituency is willing to support. So, if a government only has so much money to spend, how should it decide what to spend it on? Quite simply, the combination of projects that results in the most value to society. Oh, the combination of projects that results in the most value to society you say? That is not easy to determine. Hence, governments face their own quest to achieve a most elusive feat: equating each and every possible marginal cost and benefit involved with their expenditures. I’d say this task is closer to pitching five perfect games in a row rather than hunting a Pegasus because unlike bagging a Pegasus, achieving it could theoretically happen. However, in reality, it’s not even remotely rational to think it will happen. As a society, however, we should be seeking to stay on a path that leads to this point, even if we never get there.
To illustrate this difficult concept, consider two publicly-provided goods: roads and schools. Roads are pretty neat, eh? We can drive on them to get from place to place. Beats the heck out of driving over fields or dirt paths. It’s safe to say that it is desirable to have roads in society. Think of that first road, the Cumberland Road. It cost money to build, but the benefits far outweighed the costs. However, nowadays we have far too many roads. Building roads costs the government money, and using roads causes externalities like pollution, accidents, and congestion. There is a point at which building more roads is no longer beneficial to society because of these externalities, as well as diminishing returns to utility from building more roads. Marginal costs would exceed marginal benefits. Have we reached that point? Schools are a different story. When we build schools, society experiences positive externalities by raising the general education level of society. That first school built in a city, perhaps a one-room schoolhouse, had benefits that far exceeded the costs. As more of society becomes educated, the externalities decrease a bit, and eventually there is a point at which spending more money on education is not justifiable because the marginal costs exceed marginal benefits. Since governments have limited budgets, it is likely that we would never approach that point for education, but might for other projects such as roads or dams. We as a society should seek to equate all margins, so that every additional dollar spent by the government — whether it’s on roads or education — provides exactly the same amount of benefit. Therefore, it is important to identify all externalities and their impact on markets, use proper nonmarket valuation and educate the general public on where their money is going. We need to move funds away from projects where marginal benefits are low and toward projects where marginal benefits are high. If all margins are equated and benefits still exceed costs on many projects, then government needs to raise taxes. If not, it means funds are being used inefficiently and taxes need to be cut. It’s all one big puzzle. One big, interconnected and extremely challenging puzzle. And even if we move closer to solving it, political and social pressures complicate the effort. It shouldn’t stop us from trying, though. —Anthony Russo is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in economics.
Not forgotten by all “You and I are not merely separated from the galaxies by unimaginable immensities of space; we are also connected to them by unimaginable immensities of time. We are literally made from stars. We are their descendants. The only difference between us and stars is time.” — Gerald Grow We, as humans, spend so much time bickering over the most unimportant matters of life that we leave ourselves to only be reminded of our commonalities after distress or disaster. Our attention spans are often too easily shifted to other matters because we like our information fed to us in brief and minimally impactful sound bites. It’s almost been a year since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti and people are still dying from its consequences. In addition to living in tent villages, Haitians are battling cholera because they still lack the most basic necessities that no human should ever be denied. Last week, millions of Haitians anxiously awaited their fate as Hurricane Tomas grazed the already tattered and torn Caribbean island, leaving its citizens feeling even more hopeless and forgotten. Many Haitians resisted evacuation because they feared losing their homes. In a candid admission to AP’s reporter Jonathan M. Katz, 21 year old Chalice Napoux confessed, “I’m scared that if I leave they’ll tear this whole place down. I don’t
have money to pay for a home somewhere else.” What happened to all the promises to rebuild? Immediately after the earthquake the entire world jumped on the “Lets save Haiti” bandwagon but since then, all but a few voices have gone silent. Are our memories really that short? Perhaps we need to be reminded of what was lost? On January 17, 2010 CNN reported on the death of 11 year old Anaika St. Louis. Viewers from all around the world who’d watched the struggle to free Anaika were
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Immediately after the earthquake the entire world jumped on the “Lets save Haiti” bandwagon but since then, all but a few voices have gone silent.
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shocked and devastated to hear of her death. She didn’t die from being trapped underneath the rubble after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit, she died from untreated wounds after she was released from the rubble because there weren’t enough doctors on ground to care for the sick and dying. It has been almost a year and the human suffering in Haiti still continues. People are clinging onto tents because that is all they have left to hope for.
Epidemiologists don’t even know if the cholera outbreak has peaked in Haiti because carriers of cholera are often asymptomatic, leaving an ever present threat of cholera in the hearts and on the minds of Haitian citizens struggling to survive. People still have not been properly buried, relatives still seek closure and emergency planners still have no effective way to protect those that have survived this long from the looming wrath of Mother Nature, yet the people of Haiti still fight to live. Through trial and tribulation they have managed to pick themselves up and continue on this journey of life, no matter how difficult the battle. And while there may be times that they feel defeated, their sheer desire to continue on through the turmoil affirms my personal belief in the beauty and interconnectedness of the universe, and the resilience that lives within it. We have a humanistic duty that respects no border or boundary of land. And our duty to respect, love and protect our fellow human being regardless of difference should never be lost in an overcast of trivial distinctions that limit the interconnectedness of our existence. —Nicole Doan is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in individualized studies.
E-books beg the question: Does poetry need paper? The growing popularity of e-books may threaten the way our culture understands and communicates literature. Don DeLillo, author of Whitenoise, posed a few important questions relating to this matter: “Will language have the same depth and richness in electronic Stephen form that it Bartholomew can reach on the printed page? Does the beauty and variability of our language depend to an important degree on the medium that carries the words? Does poetry need paper?” These are important questions to consider as the ebook gains traction in the marketplace. Amazon US reported that the sale of ebooks surpassed the sale of hardbacks on their website for the first time in July. The transformation of the printed page to digital
formats means a removal of physical boundaries. Bound and printed texts are static, lendable, unique and tangible objects cut from materials of the earth. Digital readers, however, display words on a screen that can occupy the same space as music, film, video games and television. These media are channeled seamlessly and simultaneously through a singular device. Granted, the application of this technology appears remarkably convenient. MP3 players have already put an end to the need to buy CDs, newspapers are commonly accessed online, Netflix has made it possible to stream movies directly to your computer or TV and e-books now remove the burden of lugging around bulky books. Yet the digitalization of literature seems to rob the reader of the primary experience of reading a book. When reading an e-book, the reader is staring at a screen and pressing buttons. Who wants to take an expensive device like that to the beach or worry about its battery running out
while finishing the last few pages of Anna Karenina? After reading a physical book, it can be placed upon a shelf among other tomes. There is a satisfaction gained by looking at that shelf, reflecting on what has been accomplished and meditating on the knowledge gained over the years. There is a comfort in knowing the book is there to pick up, to leaf through and to reference im-
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E-books are a great and convenient invention for the casual consumer, but for business they are a database goldmine. E-books transmit valuable market research data, which includes date of purchase, how much was paid and with which other products. Market researchers will be able to learn what trends are building, what chapter held readers attention most and at
Does the beauty and variability of our language depend to an important degree on the medium that carries the words?
portant passages. There is a weight not only in the physical presence of the book, but also in the experience of reading it. Holding it, feeling the thickness of the page count, touching the crisp, delicate page as it turns; these things are part of the reader’s relationship with the book, which is impossible to replicate in the digital world.
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what point the reader gave up. This type of data is extremely important for companies like Amazon, Apple and Google, who are the world’s leading digital publishers. Since the cost of publishing and reproducing digital text is almost nothing, lots of material can be published. It is then up to consumers to begin the selection process. Once indication of a hit
appears, it can be promoted relentlessly. As much as the Internet and e-book technology has opened the doors for amateur authors, it has made gaining significance more difficult. Attention spans are growing shorter and access to too many authors can have an overwhelming effect, driving consumers toward the familiar, mainstream authors more than ever. “Super authors” have emerged as a result of corporate consolidation that continues to evolve over the decades. Since 2006, one out of every 17 hardback novels bought was written by the crime author James Patterson. Stylish, bloody thrillers with broad intriguing characters and filmic, twisting and satisfyingly resolved narratives have always sold well. In these novels plot trumps language. For this sort of story, the e-book appears to be a suitable home. But what about literature that sings off the page like Joyce, Kerouac, Steinbeck, Kundera, Blake, Elliot, Marquez and so many others? Is
the e-book a suitable place for these authors to reside? Honestly, the issue with the e-book isn’t as much about how people read as it is about what people read. I don’t care how people read, as long as they do it. What worries me about ebooks is the obstruction of less mainstream authors, the shortening of attention spans, the change in language and the shift in cultural focus to easily digestible stories rather than thought provoking prose. I am not afraid that the ebook will replace the printed word. I believe the printed word will continue to exist, even if it is in a more limited way. But I wonder, as DeLillo said, “Does poetry need paper?” Will digitalized literature decompose the richness of prose? —Stephen Bartholomew is an IC columnist and an English education student at UT.
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Genie From Page A1 testing cars to raise money for cancer research. She was shocked and overwhelmed by the media attention and the genie’s trip. “It’s wonderful, it’s overwhelming,” said Williams, a native of Lambertville, Mich. “I’m excited for this new experience.” Williams rode in a Mercedes G550 valued at $100,000, flew a plane, and received a spa treatment at Ahava Spa and Wellness Center. Dawson said these events are designed to give cancer survivors a day where they can forget about their pain and problems. “Everything they do is meant to be out of the ordinary,” Dawson said. “This is why we take them in an exotic car and do things like flying a plane because it takes them out of reality. It’s so they can remember this day for the rest of their lives.” This was the type of day Dawson would have planned for his father who he lost to cancer six years ago. Now he said he lives vicariously through people like Williams, giving them the type of
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She’s the type of person we search for, the ones who give back to their community. They are the ones who deserve it the most.
Joshua Dawson on Trish Williams, The Experience Genie
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back but this time it had spread to her bones. “People ask if I’m angry,” Williams said. “I’m not angry; being angry doesn’t do anything.” Williams is in good health. A year ago, she said no one imagined she would survive because of how sick she was at the time. “I’m hopeful things will turn
out all right,” she said. “I’m looking towards the future and currently looking for a place to volunteer to stay busy.” Her husband, Tom Williams, said his wife deserves this day because she has tirelessly given back to the community. “She is constantly on the phone talking to women with breast cancer before they go into surgery, giving them advice. She coordinates fundraisers like Race for the Cure, she gives up so much of her time helping others,” he said. According to Dawson, he looks for heroes who give back to the community and Williams is the type of person he looks for. Dawson called Renee’s Survivor Shop while looking for a person to surprise. He said he knew the moment the camera bulbs from the media flashed as he came out to greet Williams that he had picked the right person. “I knew we picked the right person by how uncomfortable she was with all the attention she was receiving,” he said. “She’s the type of person we search for, the ones who give back to their community. They are the ones who deserve it the most.”
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Trish Williams (left) and Joshua Dawson (right), the “Experience Genie,” chat in the showroom of Vin Devers’ Autohaus in Sylvania, Ohio on Thursday. Dawson Surprised Williams with a special day that involved a spa treatment, a ride in a Mercedes G550, and a plane ride.
Rental From Page A1 write notes in the margins as if it were their own. Textbook rental offerings were not something in high demand from UT students, according to Gramling. “I personally have not had one student approach me and ask for it, but there has been much positive feedback,” she said. Many students do not know this will become an option for the Spring 2011 semester, but the more they hear about it the more intrigued they are with it, according to Gramling. Shayan Parsai, a junior majoring in pre-medical exercise science, said he thinks
Monday, November 8, 2010 UT offering textbooks for rent is a great idea. “I spend hundreds of dollars on books each semester, and it is a hassle trying to sell them back,” he said. “I know that next semester I will start renting books that are available to me.” UT is not the only university offering a textbook rental program to its students. Ohio State University was the first full-year pilot for textbook renting for Barnes & Noble, having an approximately 90 percent return rate. Textbook renting is not a new concept to the college student population and has been a growing national trend for several years. According to the National
Association of College Stores, about half the nation’s major college and university bookstores offered textbook rentals this fall. Gramling hopes this will help with the competition with the Student Bookstore on Bancroft Street and that students will find UT’s bookstore to be a more “beneficial alternative.” Students will be able to rent textbooks from the bookstore in person, or pay the rental fee from the bookstore’s website. Much like a library book, if a student does not return the rented materials by the date they are due, they will be subject to a fine of 75 percent of the price of a new book.
Prescription drugs linked to cheating in college By Kathleen Megan The Hartford Courant (MCT)
HARTFORD, Conn. — To Bradley Spahn, it seemed like a clear case of cheating. The Wesleyan University student was assigned a 24-hour take-home exam. Later, he said, nearly half the class would admit to taking so-called "study drugs" — medications like Ritalin or Adderall — to help them focus during the exam. They either took the drugs without a prescription or, if they had a prescription, took more than the prescribed dose. "It seemed pretty obvious that taking illegal drugs to help you do better on an exam is cheating," said Spahn, now a senior. "I think it is just as serious as plagiarism." The incident spurred Spahn to expand an effort he already had begun: trying
to getting the university to classify the abuse of "study drugs" — usually stimulants prescribed for attentional disorders — as cheating. During the 2008-09 academic year, Wesleyan's honor code review committee took up the matter but decided not to include study drugs. But the university's non-academic code of conduct covers the abuse of prescription drugs — along with alcohol and drug abuse. While all universities are concerned about the abuse of prescription drugs as a health and legal issue, questions about fairness and cheating are seldom raised, as they were at Wesleyan. Benedict Bernstein, a 2009 graduate of Wesleyan who as chairman of the academic affairs committee was present at the honor code review meetings, said he could not disclose the discussion but said he did not support the inclusion of study drugs in the code.
"I didn't feel that it could be prosecuted," he said. A college might be able to prove that a student was in possession of "study drugs," but he said it would be very difficult to prove that the drugs were used to prepare a particular paper or for a test. And then, he said, there would be more questions raised: Would it violate the honor code if a student found he or she could study more effectively while under the influence of marijuana? A statement from Michael Whaley, vice president of student affairs at Wesleyan, said the university does not "condone any form of illicit drug use" and that there is "no reason to believe that the misuse of prescription drugs has increased at Wesleyan, but national survey data seems to indicate that such misuse is becoming a concern nationally.
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We will have to step up to the challenge. From the games I’ve seen so far [NIU] hasn’t been stopped. We are going to have to play a darn good game.
Tim Beckman UT Head Football Coach
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Rockets prepare for nationally televised battle for first place Owens to make his first start after Dantin’s season-ending injury By Zach Davis Sports Editor
With a spot in the Mid-American Conference Championship game likely at stake, Toledo travels to Dekalb to take on Northern Illinois in a battle of the league’s last unbeatens tomorrow night at 7 p.m. on ESPN 2. “This is what we’ve worked for and now it’s here,” UT head coach Tim Beckman said. “We have made this a game because of what we have done. We are excited about it as we know Northern is. “We will have to step up to the challenge. From the games I’ve seen so far [NIU] hasn’t been stopped. We are going to have to play a darn good game.” Both teams will enter the game with a 5-0 record in the MAC, tied for first in the West Division. The next best record is Western Michigan at 2-3, so Tuesday’s winner would have to lose the remaining two games while the loser won their final two to win the league. The Rockets (7-3) finish up the season with a pair of home games against Bowling Green (2-7, 1-4 MAC) on Nov. 17 and Central Michigan (3-7, 2-5) on Nov. 26. Northern Illinois (7-2) ends the year on the road against Ball State (37, 2-4) on Nov. 20 and Eastern Michigan (1-8, 1-4) on Nov. 26. “I feel that this team has a lot of heart—we believe,” redshirt freshman quarterback
Terrance Owens said. “We are just buying into the program and what Coach Beckman is preaching to us and I believe we can reach our goal and that’s to win a MAC Championship. “I know the team is really pumped up about it because it’s a really big game. Both teams are undefeated so we just have to go out there and give it the best we can.” Owens will be making his first start of the season after sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin suffered a left shoulder/ Dantin collarbone injury last week against Eastern Michigan. A source close to the UT football team told the Independent Collegian last week that Dantin would miss the rest of the season needing six weeks to return. It is still unsure whether Dantin will return for a bowl game. “One thing about T.O. is he’s been in this scheme,” Beckman said. “He hasn’t had the playing time that Austin Dantin’s had but he’s been involved with this offense for a year and a half now. He played well against Wyoming and when he came in against Owens Eastern Michigan. It’s the same offense it will just be a guy with a different digit running it.” After replacing Dantin last week against the Eagles, Owens threw for 234 yards and four touchdowns. Owens has — First place, Page B2
Toledo at N. Illinois Location: Huskie Stadium Dekalb, Ill. Game Time: Tuesday, Nov. 9 7 p.m. Records:
Toledo: 6-3 (5-0 MAC)
N. Illinois: 7-2 (5-0 MAC)
Television: ESPN 2
Notes: -Northern Illinois is hosting a “Black Out” against the Rockets, promoting all their fans to wear black and will distribute Thunderstix. -Toledo holds a 29-8 advantage all-time against Northern Illinois.
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Redshirt freshman quarterback Terrance Owens will make his first career start this week in a battle for first place in the Mid-American Conference when the Rockets travel to Northern Illinois on Tuesday night on ESPN 2.
UT to open Kowalczyk era at Illionis By Joe Mehling Assistant Sports Editor
The Toledo men’s basketball team will travel to Champaign, Ill. to tip-off there regular season with a showdown against No. 13 Illinois in an opening round game for the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. “They are just normal people, just because they are ranked, we can’t go in there scared and jittery,” sophomore guard Malcolm Griffin said. “It’s the first game of the season, we just have to have fun, play hard and bring our ‘A’ game. We can’t make too many mistakes if we want to beat Illinois.” “It’s going to be crazy” freshman forward Delino Dear said. “I grew up in Chicago and I know how Illinois fans are but it’s still a basketball game and you cant worry about what happens in the crowd.” The Rockets have won both of their exhibition games this season, defeating Siena Heights 82-80 and the University of Michigan-Dearborn 92-73. However, UT has not won on the road since March of 2008 and was 1-46 away from Savage Arena since the 2007-2008 season. “We are down to six scholarship players against Illinois,” UT head coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “We are a little — Kowalczyk, Page B2
Toledo upset in MAC Tourney By Zach Davis Sports Editor
Toledo at #13 Illinois Location: Assembly Hall Champaign, Ill. Game Time: Wed, Nov. 10 7 p.m. Records:
Toledo: 4-28 (1-15 MAC)
E. Michigan: 21-15 (10-8 Big Ten)
Television: ESPN3.com
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-UT head coach Tod Kowalczyk will be making his debut for the Rockets after compiling a 136112 record for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in eight seasons.
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Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk will make his debut for the Rockets against Big Ten opponent No. 13 Illinois on Wednesday. Toledo returns just three players who started a game on last year’s 4-28 team.
No. 1 seed Toledo fell 1-0 to No. 5 Western Michigan on Friday in the semifinals of the 2010 Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Broncos lost 3-1 yesterday to Central Michigan, as the Chippewas earned their second consecutive MAC Tournament Championship. “There’s no way to express the disappointment of not getting the result,” UT head coach Brad Evans said. “We created quite a few good scoring chances during the course of the game but were just unable to finish one of them and that’s soccer isn’t it? You’ve got to finish your chances, goals change games and we were unable to and we paid the ultimate price for it.” The Rockets finished the season with a 15-4-2 record and their hopes of making the NCAA Tournament have taken a big hit. UT finished the season with a share of the MAC regular season title. “This isn’t going to help,” Evans said. “I wouldn’t hold my breath for an at-large bid. I don’t think it’s in the cards. Performance in the end of the season matters and two losses in the last three games aren’t helpful either. “We had a fantastic season I don’t want to take anything away from it. It was a recordsetting season, the RPI climbed and the record that
we have and the regular season championship and hosting the MAC Tournament again. These are all positives that you can’t take away from the program but this bitter disappointing day will be here for a while.” If Toledo doesn’t see action again it will have been the end to the careers of six Rockets, including Lauren Baker, Sarah Blake, Erin Flynn, Brittany Hensler, Torrie Klier and Angela Righeimer, who won a school record 56 games along with two MAC regular season championships (2008, 2010) and two league tournament titles (2007, 2008). “We’ve got a lot to build from but I feel bad for our seniors who have put so much work into this,” Evans said. “They’ve been such a big part of winning championships here and hopefully the lessons were learned and we have to prepare for next year and that starts tomorrow.” WMU forward Anina Cicerone scored the game’s only goal at the 10-minute mark. The Rockets had a few scoring chances but were never able to get on the scoreboard as they lost only their second MAC game of the season, with both losses in the past three games. Toledo held an 11-0 conference record before losing to previously winless conference foe Ball State — Upset, Page B2
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Rockets dispose of Alaska 63-37 in exhibition play By IC Staff
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Senior linebacker Archie Donald breaks up a pass in the Rockets 31-24 win over Ball State on Oct. 23.
First place From Page B1 completed 24-of-41 passes for 397 yards and five touchdowns this season. “In the Eastern Michigan game I knew I had to step up because Dantin got hurt,” Owens said. “The coaches were relying on me to step up and win the game. This week I’ll have to do the same thing.” Toledo’s 22nd ranked rushing defense (116 ypg) will be tested this week against the Huskies, who have two of the most potent rushers in the MAC. NIU running back Chad Spann leads the league at over 111 yards per game and 12 touchdowns, while quarterback Chandler Harnish’s average of 62 yards
rushing is the seventh-highest total in the conference and the most of any quarterback. The Rockets will not get back freshman running back David Fluellen who has been out with a leg injury since the Boise State game on Oct. 9. He was originally scheduled to return against the Huskies. Freshman cornerback Taikwon Paige will play against NIU this week after injuring his leg at the end of the game last week against Eastern Michigan. Sophomore linebacker Robert Bell, who was tabbed to return against EMU but later held out, will also return for the Rockets after fracturing his fibula against Wyoming on Oct. 2.
The Toledo women’s basketball team downed Alaska Anchorage 63-37 last Thursday at Savage Arena. The Rockets shot 42.3 percent (11-of-26) from beyond the arc and 46.9 percent (23of-49) overall from the floor in the 26-point victory. Senior Melissa Goodall led the Rockets’ offense with 13 points, netting 3-of-7 shots from three-point land and grabbed a team-high eight boards. Senior Jessica Williams and sophomore Riley McCormick, who combined to shot 6-of-11 from beyond the arc, also scored in double figures with 11 points apiece. Toledo never trailed in the contest and boasted a 34-12 lead at the half. The Rockets maintained a 20-point lead throughout the second half. All UT players recorded at least six minutes of playing time as 11-of-14 players scored. The defense held the Seawolves to 26 percent (13of-50) from the field, including 15.8 percent (3-of-19) from beyond the arc. The Rockets will begin their regular season on Nov. 12 against Saint Francis (PA) at 7 p.m. in the opening round of the Preseason WNIT at Savage Arena.
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Toledo senior guard Jessica Williams had 11 points in the Rockets exhibition win over Alaska-Anchorage last Thursday. Toledo shot 42 percent in the 63-37 victory.
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out-manned because of that but we are going to grow from it and learn from it.” Out of those six scholarship players, just two have ever played a regular season collegiate contest and only one, senior forward Justin Anyijong, was a part of the team who last won a road game. Kowalczyk hopes that will change during the 2010-2011 season and his players believe he and his team of assistants are the guys that can get them on the right track. “[Those first two wins] aren’t just because of the way we are playing, it is because of the coaches,” Griffin said. “How they act towards us, how they structure us. Its not like everybody is all scared to play or scared to make mistakes. We are still disciplined but we have a little bit more freedom. We’re not all uptight and scared to do things.” Kowalczyk and company will have their hands full with an Illinois team that boasts four seniors including All-Big Ten honoree Demeteri McCamey who averaged 15.1 points per game last season. McCamey also led the Big Ten and ranked second in the nation in assists with 7.1 per game. Also facing the Rockets will be 7-1, 250 pound senior Mike Tisdale. The center from Riverton, Ill. will most likely be guarded by freshman Delino Dear, who is 6-9 205 pounds, which will cause a major match-up problem for an already struggling Toledo frontcourt. UT was outrebounded by an undersized Siena Heights team
in the last game of the regular season. They were shutout 1-0 in that game as well and were only shutout one other time this season in a 0-0 tie on Sept. 12 against Minnesota. “You don’t want to go
down 1-0 but there was a lot of time,” Evans said. “This is not a good time to get shutout. Obviously you don’t anticipate being held scoreless. “We made the adjustments we thought we needed to make. I thought the players executed some of the things
pretty well and at the end there was just a lack of finishing.” Toledo outshot the Broncos 16-8 and had a 5-0 advantage in corner kicks. WMU saved eight Rocket shot attempts while junior goalie Vicki Traven and the Toledo defense saved two of three.
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Malcolm Griffin attempts a shot in the Rockets exhibition victory over UM-Dearborn last week. The sophomore guard has scored 33 combined points in the two exhibition wins for Toledo this season. during the exhibition season and was overall outrebounded 74-73. Leading the Rockets in the backcourt will be freshman walkon Zach Leahy, who has impressed many this pre-season. The Rossford native scored a team-high 16 points against UMDearborn and added 10 points against Sienna Heights. Anyijong has also had a good pre-season offensively scoring a
combined 29 points in the two exhibition games and is 5-of-8 beyond the arc but has just 11 rebounds despite the height advantage. “I expect them to play with a passion, play with energy,” Kowalczyk said. “I want to make sure that we compete and play hard.” Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Assembly Hall and can be viewed on ESPN3.com.
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Freshman guard Reese Holliday has 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in exhibition victories over Siena Heights and UM-Dearborn this season.
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O’Brien used some of NBC’s settlement to pay additional severance to his entire staff. The gesture paid off, with all of his staff returning except for band leader Max Weinberg, who is on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band. “In some ways, I planned and worked for five years toward this one thing that was supposedly the epitome of my television dreams,” O’Brien told Rolling Stone. “And then the still kind of unthinkable happened. But one of the advantages of that experience is to really feel like, ‘OK, I’m going to go for broke. I have got nothing to lose.’ Let’s face it: I’m not going to do another television show after this one.” With his broadcast life on hold, O’Brien took to traveling with the 40-city “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour.” The performances played like a variety hour with plenty of sketches, song parodies and special guests at every stop. “The best experience I’ve had in show business in my entire life was that tour,” O’Brien said to Rolling Stone. “My whole career has been an attempt to get close to that red-hot core of real show business. That’s what I loved about Saturday Night Live, and then the Late Night show: I’m backstage, people are running around, there are cameramen, people in horse costumes. But this tour was the final extension of that, where I’m putting on my own makeup in some dingy dressing room, with the old lights around me, and the band’s playing the warm-up. You know, I went back in time. I was in vaudeville.” While doing the tour, O’Brien was courted heavily by FOX for a new late-night show. He surprised many by signing with TBS, who promised the largest promotional campaign in television history. While they delivered, O’Brien also started his own campaign, rallying behind his “I’m With Coco” supporters and joining the world of social networking, using Facebook
tastes better! Maybe you’re wondering how this relates to Kitchen Survival Skills. This exercise will get you in new environments, searching for local ingredients, hopefully buying fewer products more often; resulting in less waste, better tasting food, ultimately saving you money and creating a healthier life style. Can you dig it? Enjoy!
Labyrinth From Page B4 except for Sunday performances which are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $13 for the general public, $11 for UT faculty, staff, alumni and seniors, and $9 for students. A group discount of 15 percent off is available on orders of eight tickets or more. Audiences should also be aware that the content of the play is not intended for children and the video elements do contain elements of nudity while the live portions themselves do not. The feature contains strong adult themes so discretion is advised. “Everybody should come see this show,” Mims said. “We promise it will be an experience they will never forget.” File Photo by Jason Mack / IC
Conan O’Brien’s talk show titled, “Conan” was promised by TBS the largest promotional campaign in the history of television. and Twitter to keep in touch with fans. He announced his tour on Twitter, and without any other advertising it sold out in hours. “I’m the person who makes fun of celebrities on Twitter,” O’Brien told Rolling Stone. “With the new technology, what we’re losing track of a little bit in entertainment is mystery. The big trick is to let the fans in, but also still surprise them. That’s the tightrope act of the modern era. Everybody wants to shoot a behind-the-scenes. And then somebody else wants to shoot a behind-the-scenes of the behind-the-scenes.”
The irony of O’Brien’s move to TBS is that it bumped George Lopez and his show “Lopez Tonight” from its 11 p.m. timeslot to midnight. However, the addition of “Conan” also means an extra show each week for Lopez. Each show will run from Monday through Thursday. The guests for tonight’s premier are Seth Rogan, Jack White, and an unidentified third guest that was chosen in a poll by fans. “Conan’s was the only latenight show I ever wanted to play,” Jack White told Rolling Stone. “[David] Letterman is so cold to people and Leno is
for senior citizens. I played a live guitar solo on Conan’s desk once. If I did that on Letterman, he’d probably have had a coronary.” Fans who went to O’Brien’s live tour or watched his show in 2007 during the writer’s strike can expect to again see his signature red beard when his show debuts tonight. “I think if I come back clean-shaven, it’s almost saying, ‘OK, that fun ride is over,’” O’Brien said to Rolling Stone. O’Brien has a positive outlook on the events of the past year and is anxious to start his new show. “There are times when I’ve
told myself, ‘Maybe I could have gone on and done The Tonight Show for 15 years, but never had the impact that I had doing those last six shows,’” O’Brien said to Rolling Stone. “So maybe that moment’s a gift, you know? The crazy thing about this business, the thing that keeps you going, is you’re always greedy. You can get into a funk, and beat up on yourself. Because you’re always thinking, ‘Maybe I can get one more moment like that out of my career.’ And you’ll walk across glass to get it.”
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CPA to be ‘enveloped in the labyrinth’ A preview of ‘The Labyrinth,’ which opens Friday night in the CPA Center Theatezzr Mitchell Rohrer IC Staff Writer
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Characters Bruno, Etienne and Micaela of Arrabal’s “The Labyrinth,” which premiers Friday at the CPA.
“Alice in Wonderland” meets S&M as UT’s Departments of Theatre and Film present “The Labyrinth” by controversial playwright Fernando Arrabal on November 12-14 and 17-21. In “The Labyrinth,” Etienne, played by Pat Miller, finds himself in a park latrine with no clue how he ended up in this strange world. The latrine is surrounded by a labyrinth of blankets that prevent Etienne from escaping because he is told anyone that ventures into the labyrinth never returns or is found dead from starvation. If that wasn’t enough, he is chained by the ankle to the gimp-suit wearing man Bruno, played by Christopher Douglas, further spoiling his plan to escape. The plot consists of other out-of–the-ordinary events and conversations with Etienne as he waits for his court hearing with an insane judge, played by Marshall Kupresanin, on charges he doesn’t understand. Often, his only option is to listen to his jailers Micaela, played by Terri Mims, and her father Justin, Michael Cochran, in order to understand the situation he has stumbled into. The set is designed so that
the audience is also enclosed in this outlandish place. “The audience will go through exactly what I go through,” Miller said. “They are enveloped in the labyrinth.” The blankets that make up the web of no escape not only cover the air above the heads of the actors, but also line the
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very walls and ceiling of the theatre. “It’s like a different world in a completely different theatre,” Douglas said. The set, designed by UT theatre major Frankie Teuber, along with video elements projected on the sheets themselves, designed by UT film major Meg Sciarini, cause the viewers to get lost in the same realm that is unfolding before them. Add in the soundscape accompaniments of UT assistant professor of music Jonathan Ovalle and sound designer Sal Simione, and it is a
wonder that the audience doesn’t get lost in the maze too. “It’s just fun and bizarre,” said the production’s director Edmund B. Lingan. “The labyrinth can be thought of as any system (political, social, educational, religious, etc.) that operates with more concern for control and order than for human needs. On some level, everyone can identify with Etienne’s predicament.” In fact, this strange land is based on real world experiences that playwright Fernando Arrabal went through. When he wrote “The Labyrinth” in 1961, he was living in exile under the government of Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain. Arrabal’s father was killed while escaping the corrupt government system, urging him to write the play in order to “[paint] a portrait of government oppression, including ridiculous legal policies, kangaroo courts, and bodily humiliation,” said Angela Riddel of UT’s Departments for Theatre & Film, Music and Art in a press release. The production will be held in the Center Theatre of the UT Center for Performing Arts on the Main Campus starting this weekend. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. — Labyrinth, Page B3
Conan O’Brien returns to late night By Jason Mack Managing Editor
Hello, Welcome back to another exciting piece on Guerilla Kitchen Tactics. If you haven’t guessed it by now, or perhaps you missed the first two arti-
By Chef Christopher For the IC
cles, my style and concepts are far from orthodox. In fact, it’s my opinion that the overpopular French theory of cooking is old hat and simply boils down to add more butter, eggs and salt. Stiff words, I know. Having said that, there is an even more dangerous train of thought prevalent in American culture that teaches us to buy in bulk and stock up; however, when it comes to being a culinary tactician and a creative cook, that thought process is a booby trap. Think about it: How many times have you thrown out old unused produce and fruit, or tossed out old milk, stinky leftovers and freezer burned bags of peas? Stop paying attention to coupons, big sales and buy one get one free ads. I say go to the market more often. I’d go every day and buy fresh if I had the time. And when I didn’t work as much as I do now I did. I currently shop at four different locations for different reasons. I do most of my ingredients shopping at the Fresh Market on Secor Road. I find that they have a consistent, and more importantly, a reliable selection of organic products from produce to coffee. I try to
make it there at least twice a week depending on my needs for that week. By shopping more often but buying less it allows me to try new products and make use of weekly and daily specials more often. Most important, it forces me to be more creative and to make use of what’s fresh and seasonal. I always try to buy local. Local almost always translates to fresh. Kroger on Monroe Street is my go-to place for anything boxed, canned, bagged or in a vault. I hate shopping there, but it’s a quick, easy fix when you realize the Fresh Market does not stock Velveeta but darn it, that macaroni & cheese just isn’t the same without it. Plus my bank has a branch there and it’s open on Sunday. Score! I try and make it to the farmers’ market downtown. They have some great vendors and a huge selection of locally grown products. Although, if you’re expecting organic, be sure to speak to the vendor. Last but not least is San Marcos Market on E. Broadway Street. It’s a great little necessities store that carries all ingredients for authentic Mexican food. It has fresh produce, baked goods, a full meat department, lots of other basic groceries and a very good little taco restaurant. I run there when I realize I need a couple of tomatoes or some limes and avocado. It’s convenient and reliable. So, in order to see what your environment has to offer -- which any good cook will tell you it’s best to use local ingredients -- you will have to make time to get out there and see. Stop doing your same old routine! Dig up the best. It — Tactics, Page B3
Conan O’Brien is attempting to reclaim his late-night legacy tonight at 11 p.m. with the premier of “Conan” on TBS. The debut comes 10 months after O’Brien’s departure from NBC as host of “The Tonight Show.” “There’s nothing like stopping for a while to make you appreciate having a show,” O’Brien told RGJ.com. “Even just doing the test shows, I felt like a duck getting back in the water. I like being in front of audiences.” O’Brien plans to try new things with “Conan” including giving each individual episode its own title and holding a seven-month anniversary special when they pass the
number of episodes they recorded of “The Tonight Show.” “It’s exciting to feel like we’re getting this opportunity to try and change the rules a little bit, whatever that means, probably just swearing a lot,” O’Brien said. “My goal is to seize this opportunity, make some interesting television. I do want to try new things.” O’Brien also plans to showcase segments and characters from his past such as the Masturbating Bear, though NBC could choose to fight for intellectual property rights on anything from his previous shows. “If there’s something we did for a long time that we’ve established as ours, we’ll figure out a way to do it,” O’Brien
told Rolling Stone. “I won’t be denied my Masturbating Bear! What I really want to do is be sued over the bear and then appear in court with the Masturbating Bear. ‘Your Honor, this bear can’t help himself!’” O’Brien’s breakup with NBC was a highly-publicized disaster. With Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. show failing, NBC wanted to move him into a halfhour timeslot starting at 11:35 p.m. and bump “The Tonight Show” into the next morning at 12:05 a.m. “It was very painful for him to let go of this hallowed ground that he’d finally got a chance to stand on,” O’Brien’s wife Liza Powel told Rolling Stone. “There were so many factors at work, such a confluence of change that had to
do with so much more than him. The truth is, ‘The Tonight Show’ was the definition of cultural relevancy for decades. And all of a sudden, it’s not.” Instead of moving, O’Brien accepted a $32 million settlement which included a noncompeting clause forbidding him from performing on TV or radio until September. The events strained a previously friendly relationship between O’Brien and Leno. “[Leno] can come as the musical guest, because that I want to see. No one knows he has an operatic range,” O’Brien told Playboy Magazine. “No, there are certain things I will not do, regardless of the price.” — Conan, Page B3
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Comedian Conan O’Brian performs at Bonaroo in Manchester, Tenn. June 12. O’Brian’s television show “Conan” premiers tonight at 11 p.m. on TBS.