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The economic future of Toledo could rest in a $23 million federal grant awarded by the United States Department of Energy’s Photovoltaics Manufacturing Initiative.

The Department of Energy put the grant on the table earlier this year to stimulate growth in the photovoltaic industry.

Photovoltaics, or PV, are thin-celled products capable of converting sunlight into electricity. Production of PV solar cells, a new industry without a specific geographic home, may soon be moving to Toledo.

UT recently partnered

with First Solar, an Arizonabased PV manufacturing outfit with a factory in Perrysburg, Ohio, and Xunlight, a Toledo-based PV module invention and production company started by UT professors, as well as silicon manufacturer Dow Corning to compete for the grant money as a group.

The group labeled its proposal the “Solar Valley Research Enterprise.”

The Ohio State Government is helping by approving UT for a $3.5 million grant given by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission.

The hope is that the money is enough to fund their — Solar, Page A2

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The following is the second part of a four-part IC series on the local effects of the cinema industry. The third part looks at a regional comparison of the West coast and Midwest in terms of 3-D cinema. The final part gives insight on how movie theaters provide an escape to its consumers in tough economic times.

Looking out at the Detroit skyline can seem much like staring at the cityscapes of New York and Moscow — so

long as Hollywood cameras are there to do the trick.

“It’s like going to Vancouver and trying to recreate New York, and that becomes interesting because when you go to Vancouver and you get this avocation of New York and theoretically experience New York through a Jackie Chan movie,” said Matt Yockey, an assistant professor of film at UT. More movies are being made in the Detroit area and the state of Michigan because of the tax incentives passed in 2008, awarding movie companies a maximum of 42 percent of their

money back if they produce their movies in the state.

Film companies earn a maximum of 40 percent back if they hire Michigan workers and Michigan-based companies to provide services and receive an additional two percent rebate on their investment if they shoot in a “core community” such as Detroit or Pontiac, Mich., said Michelle Begnoche, communications director at the Michigan Film Office.

Begnoche estimates that by the end of 2010, Michigan will have brought in over $300 million for the state, making the

total money earned from film companies surpass $648 million since 2008.

For being a relatively young program, Begnoche said Michigan Film Office has seen steady growth.

Since the incentives passed, Michigan has been used to make 119 feature films, Begnoche said, increasing from 38 productions in 2008 to 43 productions made in 2009.

“We have received this year 101 applications, and we have approved 52 projects and 38

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Solar panels stand in front of the Clean and Alternative Energy Incubator on the College of Engineering’s campus.

Diversity through Week raises awareness for alcohol animated TV Tegan Wilkinson IC Staff Writer

How ‘Family Guy’ and ‘South Park’ address racial problems

By Sura Khuder IC Staff Writer

In the final puzzle of an episode of Wheel of Fortune, one vowel was missing from the puzzle and the category was “people who annoy you.”

“I know it but I don’t think I should say it,” the contestant Randy Marsh said, but with 10 seconds left on the clock he solved the puzzle.

The correct answer was “naggers,” but that was not what Marsh answered.

Matt Glowacki, a professional speaker, used this scene from an episode of the television show “South Park” to demonstrate an issue in diversity, such as how people

take words and attach a negative stigma to it in order to oppress a minority group.

Glowacki gave a lecture on diversity last Thursday night to an audience at the Doermann Theatre. Glowacki was born without legs and uses the experiences he has encountered in his life during these lectures.

He speaks at over 200 college campuses each year.

One of his topics is how the animated television shows “South Park” and “Family Guy” can help explain issues in diversity.

“If you don’t understand that the shows have a point, — Diversity, Page A2

Just outside of the Memorial Field House, a student covered in fake blood was pulled outside of a wrecked car while Vice President of Student Affairs Kaye Patten-Wallace rode atop a fire truck and a Life Flight helicopter touched down.

No faculty or students were harmed during the mock accident, which was held as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.

NCAAW was started in the 1980s, and every third week in October is devoted to raising awareness of alcohol throughout college campuses across the country.

During UT’s NCAAW, there were several different activities that took place, including a mock car — Awareness, Page A2

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Firefighters from the Toledo Fire Department carry a “victim” of a mock DUI crash in front of Memorial Field House on Wednesday afternoon as part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.

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Detroit From Page A1 productions have already wrapped so far this year,” she said. “We’re seeing success in the program and those are the numbers we know.”

Senior Vice President of Film Detroit Chris Baum said one advantage producers have in southeast Michigan is that the area provides a variety of sets for crews to make their movies.

“When producers have never been to Michigan or Detroit before, they have a narrow range of locations to shoot,” Baum said. “When they come here, they realize that there’s everything from art deco skyscrapers to burntout buildings to expensive suburbs to farms.”

One particular example is the 2011 movie entitled “The Double,” in which Detroit was used for cities such as Washington, D.C. and Moscow, Russia.

Another benefit, according to Baum, is that producers have more freedom to make their movies. For example, for the filming of the 2011 movie “The Irishman,” the crew exploded 21 cars in Detroit.

“Blowing up 21 cars in a downtown area in most parts of the country could be a hassle,” he said. “You have extensive permitting for each one and you have a lot of approvals to go through for every situation. I’m not saying that we did anything unsafe, but our police

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Baum and Begnoche both said the people in Michigan are friendlier toward film crews using their neighborhoods to film movies.

“If you go to Los Angeles and go into somebody’s neighborhood to shoot a house, people complain about the lights being on late at night that they couldn’t get to sleep,” Baum said.

“Whereas they come here, people offer them iced tea and lemonade saying, ‘thank you for coming to Michigan.’”

Beside the quantifiable statistics, Begnoche said the film industry plays a big role in keeping local businesses from closing down as well as offering employment for younger Michigan residents, ultimately keeping them in the state.

“I’ve been on sets and talked to two workers who were about to lose their house or who have been out of work for over a year who are being put back to work because of these jobs,” she said.

“It’s also a good way to reshape our image and get some really good news getting out of Michigan.”

The Michigan Film Office has intentions of keeping the film industry around for the long haul with the construction of Grace & Wild Studios and the construction of Raleigh Michigan Studios, which will be fully open in May 2011, according to Baum.

Baum added Raleigh is a

good way for Hollywood to take Detroit seriously in becoming a Midwestern playground for producers and the studio will help increase the revenue brought in from movies to over $500 million, making the area into one of the major players in film production.

Begnoche said the film industry is one example of how Michigan is attempting to rebuild itself in the post-recession era by making their economy more diverse and, “not putting all of our eggs in one basket.”

“It’s part of the solution, it’s part of diversifying the economy to bring jobs to Michigan and bring young people here,” she said.

South of the Michigan border, UT Associate Professor of Film Tammy Kinsey said the boom in the film industry can open the door for film students in Toledo to gain some actual experience and hopefully help them find a job in the film industry without leaving the Midwest region.

“There are internships and jobs and places to get experience and places to go watch or be a productions’ assistant,” Kinsey said. “Not everyone can afford to go to New York or Los Angeles for the summer.

For those who need to stay closer to home, I think it makes more sense because it’s cheap to live around here, very much so, as compared to the major metropolis of Los Angeles.”

Awareness From Page A1 crash, a DUI simulator and a safety fair. The Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Committee spearheaded all of the activities that took place throughout the week.

“It’s important for students because it’s really one of the main activities out of the year that universities across the country use to raise awareness. It’s not really a behavior-changing program, but it’s to raise awareness to get them thinking about their use,” said Alexis Blavos, ATODPC specialist.

Since she joined UT last May, Blavos has helped put together programs to help UT students.

“The mock crash was very cool because it showed what would actually happen during a real alcohol-related crash,” she said.

The ATODPC received a wrecked car from a junkyard, which was placed near the Memorial Field House for the mock crash. The event included the Toledo Fire Department, the UT Police Department and Life Flight.

“Through the whole thing, we had people talking about what was going on while it was happening,” Blavos said.

“They talk about each person and what’s going on with them in each point in time and what ends up happening to [the victims] in the end.”

Deanna Montanaro, manager of trauma case at the Health Science Campus, said she saw emotional students and she hopes those moved also realized that these accidents could happen to

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“I would hope that the mock crash taught them how long it takes for the helicopter to get to the scene,” Montanaro said.

Another event, the DUI simulator, put students into the driver’s seat of a car with virtual reality masks on, according to Blavos. The car never moved while students were “driving,” but Blavos added that it was something fun and interactive.

“You’re seeing something else other than what’s on the Centennial Mall,” she said.

“They can distort your vision based on how many drinks you typically have. They can distort the vision so you’re seeing what you would see if you were a little tipsy and driving.”

Thursday’s Safety Fair had several booths to educate students not only about alcohol consumption, but the use of other drugs and practicing safe sex.

Students were able to sign up for UT Alert, as well as see what it is like to have a mild case of emphysema by breathing through coffee stirrer straws.

The Safety Fair included other small events: Kappa Psi pharmacy fraternity had a table for prescription drug abuse education and a group from the Health Science Campus held an HIV screening and safer sex education.

“This year, something we’re doing to extend that one week is the 30-day MAD challenge,” Blavos said.

“We’re asking students to sign a pledge saying they’re going try to go 30 days without alcohol.”

Students who signed the

pledge received a free t-shirt.

According to Blavos, ATODPC gave away about 400 shirts at the Safety Fair on October 21. “[Students are] giving us emails, and we’re just going to check up with them in 30 days to see how they did.

We’re trying to get them thinking about it in the long term,” she said.

Even students who do not want to give up alcohol can participate in the MAD challenge.

“I’ve encouraged students who chose not to participate in that challenge to keep track of how much money they spend that month on alcohol and try to raise awareness in other areas as well so that they can see how it’s affecting the rest of their lives as well,” Blavos said.

According to Blavos, the group that did the DUI simulator will return on Nov. 16 to do a new event called “Face the Future.”

During “Face the Future,” two walls are put up in a hallway format. Students get their picture taken in the beginning of the hallway, then go through some educational modules. At the end, their original pictures are aged 20 years with tobacco use and 20 years without tobacco use. Students will be able to take their picture home with them.

“Basically our goal is to raise awareness and make students think before they act,” Montanaro said. “When you’re 19, you just do what sounds fun and you don’t always think ahead until something happens to make you change that way of thinking.”

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A movie extra stands on the set for filming “Red Dawn” in downtown Detroit, Michigan, on October 21, 2009.

Diversity From Page A1 if you don’t know that parody and satire exist and the reason why you’re laughing, you’ll sit there and think that all these shows are doing are reinforcing stereotypes,” Glowacki said in an interview with the Independent Collegian. “So if people watch [these shows] and they don’t understand that, they are really missing the point.”

According to Glowacki, “South Park” and “Family Guy” are effective in explaining diversity because they use parody and satire, two sophisticated humor techniques.

“What parody and satire does is it takes something that is crazy already and it really, really amplifies it, making it crazier, and so people laugh at it,” he said.

“And when people laugh at something it means they’re thinking about it and processing it and at the point of laughter they kind of go ‘oh, that’s how I really feel,’ and

Solar From Page A1 proposal and win the $23 million.

According to UT Vice President for Research and Development Frank Calzonetti, UT would use its half of the grant to build a facility on campus that would include research laboratories and equipment.

“It is good for our research, good for our students, good for our grad students; internships, co-ops, research, future job opportunities,” Calzonetti said.

Calzonetti said UT has a good chance of receiving the grant.

“I’m very optimistic,” he said. “It is a strong proposal, and we have a great team led

by Dow Corning. Our team is working day and night to put this thing together.”

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they learn.”

An average child spends 35 to 55 hours per week in front of a television compared to less than 33 hours spent in school. However, children spend only an average of 38.5 minutes a week engaged in a meaningful conversation with their parents.

Glowacki said because of these statistics he believes television is teaching children and it’s important they only watch high quality programming such as “Family Guy.” He used the example of an episode of “Family Guy” in which Peter Griffin, the main character, gets plastic surgery to improve his image to show how important it is to accept oneself.

After falling into a pool of lard in a factory, Peter returns to looking exactly like his old self. Glowacki said this episode demonstrates how marketing schemes try to make us feel unworthy in order to sell us products.

“What they try to do is scare us, make us feel uncertain about ourselves,” he

said. “It’s incredibly effective. We open our wallets and give people who don’t deserve our money lots and lots of money.”

According to Glowacki, highly photo-shopped images of celebrities and models are what pressure one out of every four female college students in the country into showing some sign of an eating disorder. This includes skipping meals, over-exercising, or abusing laxatives.

“What I need everyone to understand is the next time you wake up in the morning and you look at yourself in the mirror and [say] ‘it’s not exactly how I want to look like’ please know that the images of beauty that you’re comparing yourself to are no more real than the cartoons that we’re watching.”

Chris Lopez, a junior majoring in chemistry, said he was glad the presentation showed the positive side of “South Park,” pointing out that almost every episode of the TV show ends in the characters realizing their differences, but learning to get along despite them.

Research Enterprise were awarded the grant, it would be the second grant UT has received for solar research from the federal government.

The first solar grant UT received was $2.6 million in 2008.

Standing above Chase Bank’s Time Square location in Manhattan is New York City’s first fully solar-powered billboard advertisement for the office supply company Ricoh.

The landmark billboard in one of Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods, along with the technology that developed it, was created in Toledo by Xunlight Corporation.

Xunlight has been making an effort to distinguish itself in the photovoltaics market.

The newest PV manufacturing company, founded by two UT physics professors, uses silicon in its production

of solar cells.

This past July, Governor Ted Strickland hailed the city of Toledo as “an official hub of solar energy research and innovation.”

Both he and opponent John Kasich mentioned Toledo’s possible solar future and Xunlight Corp. during their last debate, held at UT’s Driscoll Alumni Center.

Calzonetti said he believes the funding would result in the creation of a Northwest Ohio photovoltaic production hub, which he imagines will be something similar to the auto industry having its home in Detroit, Mich.

Such an industry would provide numerous employment opportunities in the solar energy sector.

The Department of Energy plans to hear all proposals and make its final decision early next month.

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The power of suggestion The recent firing of Juan Williams from NPR resulted from his statement that he feels afraid when he boards a plane with people wearing traditional Muslim dress. While it is arguable whether or not he should have been fired, his words provide the opportunity for badly-needed discussion.

The issue is not that he expressed fear about others, but that he failed his journalistic responsibility by presenting only one side and generalizing more than a billion individuals. Journalists should spread information to promote communication and harmony, not to reinforce the ignorance that causes hatred and isolation.

He has defended himself by raising fear about Faisal Shazad’s misquoted remark regarding his attempted bombing of Times Square as “the first drop of blood in a Muslim war against America.” By placing profoundly undue emphasis on the words of one violent extremist, Williams killed any chance he had for redemption as a journalist.

Any statement made by President Obama is likely to be opposed by many citizens, though he is the highest elected official of our country. A single Muslim terrorist cannot speak for his entire organization, let alone Islam as a whole.

Anyone who cannot tell the difference between one man’s views and group doctrine cannot be trusted to spread information and shape opinion.

There’s nothing wrong with being afraid of individuals who have declared their violent intent, but these feelings cannot be carried over to members of the innocent and peace-seeking majority of that population.

When radio and television pundits

comment on people of certain ethnic or religious backgrounds, carrying the same tones of distrust and dislike every day, viewers are disposed to see those groups of people with the same unjustified fear. In the same way that shouting “Fire!” in a crowded building can cause property damage, personal injury and even death, journalists’ words can inspire the hateful attitudes that lead to civil injustice and violent crime.

A counterfactual version of an August street fight in Austin, Texas shows how ignorant fear-mongering can lead to unjust, unnecessary violence. A man struck a woman in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, drawing in an angry mob seeking vigilante justice. What if the woman had actually tripped, but someone nearby misinterpreted the fall, shouting “this guy just hit this woman, get him!”

The results would have been the same even if the woman hadn’t been attacked: men nearby threaten and attack the accused man. They blindly react to what they view as a heinous attack because that’s what they were told had happened. Former UFC fighter Roger Huerta then beat the snot out of the innocent man because someone made a public outcry without seeking the truth or considering a peaceful reaction.

For another revealing counterfactual, reread the preceding paragraphs, replacing the ‘woman’ with the US, the ‘man’ with the roughly 1.5 billion members of the Muslim world, and Roger Huerta with US-led NATO forces. Perhaps most blameworthy is the ‘someone nearby’ who plays the part of the corporate-run mass media.

As each new generation enters a worsening environment, clean energy provides hope The University of Toledo continues to play a key role in the facilitation of Northwest Ohio’s growing solar and alternative energy industry. Providing a central hub around which area research and development can coordinate, UT works toward the goal of bringing clean, renewable energy to our homes and businesses. In a time when permanent environmental destruction continues at an ever-increasing pace, it is imperative that industrial society find a replacement for finite, pollution-causing fuel resources.

The day will come when we stop making tentative steps toward change and take responsibility for our careless attitudes. If UT, in partnership with Dow Corning, is able to win the $46 million “Solar Valley” research grant, our region will take on a primary role in the nation’s efforts to develop efficient renewable energy sources. With this money, UT would build a state-ofthe-art center with manufacturing equipment for thin-film solar panels.

Most consumers of non-renewable energy are insulated from the effects of their lifestyle or are simply not worried about placing burdens upon future generations. The more energy humanity produces and the more of Earth’s surface we cover with infrastructure and

industry, the better, right?

Others realize that our lifestyle, just like our individual lives, cannot be maintained forever and look for ways to slow the pace of environmental destruction. Some corporate spokespeople argue that exploitation of non-renewable resources is essential to industry, but growing mountains of research into alternative energy are proving that cleaner, non-exploitative energy production is a viable option.

Numerous legislative battles have been fought in recent decades between alternative energy advocates and the “dirty power” industries. Attempts to raise EPA gas mileage standards are constantly met with stiff resistance from auto industry lobbyists, just as proposals to install solar and wind power facilities are fought by the coal and natural gas lobbies.

As long as our political system continues to give well-financed special interest groups more say in government than the citizens, switching to clean energy sources will be an arduous task.

Each successive generation is one step closer to being forced to deal with the calamitous effects of our disregard for Earth’s health, and we move steadily closer to a real solution.

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Taxing externalities A friend of mine from high school recently began his first year of the Masters of Public Administration program this fall, and I’ve been spending a good bit of time recently with him and some of the other folks in his program.

Being in my last Anthony year of Russo economics, and considering my interest in public economics and policy analysis, I enjoy talking to them. I don’t hear too many outlandish or ignorant statements, and if I’m going to talk politics that’s how I prefer to do it.

Anyhow, in conversation, the topic of taxes came up.

“Do you think we should continue the Bush tax cuts?” What a question to ask! I gave my whole “taxes are neither good nor bad, but appropriate or inappropriate” spiel and basically explained how the US could afford to take on more debt — either increased spending or decreased revenue — in the short run.

It didn’t seem like a very exciting answer. I’m not a big fan of the complexities of our tax code, but the general theory behind taxes is sort of fun to learn about. Basically, if you like roads, public schools, going to The University of Toledo or anything else that is publically-funded, you have to pay taxes.

People disagree on the level of taxation because they disagree on the appropriate role of government.

Some want the government to provide more, some want it to provide less.

That idea is nothing new.

However, regardless of the level of taxation, our tax policies could be much more efficient.

Sales taxes should be applied to goods that produce pollution or other negative effects. These negative effects are called externalities. Essentially, there are extra costs associated with goods like paper, gasoline, and activities like smoking and driving.

Let’s take the simple example of gasoline.

Currently, when we buy gasoline we pay the market price that OPEC sets, which does not take into account negative externalities. Transporting gasoline creates runoff problems and burning gasoline creates greenhouse gases. In addition, driving causes congestion on roadways and traffic accidents. These costs are known as social costs and they are incurred by bystanders, not buyers or sellers.

With a market price that is too low, we consume these goods at too high of a quantity. Sounds like principles of economics class, right? In general, it’s a very simple concept that we

should place a tax on goods that produce negative externalities, and that the tax should be exactly equal to the social cost of producing that next unit of a good.

By doing this, the cost of the good would increase and the quantity used would decrease, resulting in reduced pollution, accidents, second hand smoke, nuclear waste or whatever the negative externality is. Consumers lose a little by paying a higher price, producers lose a little by accepting a lower price because of the tax, government generates revenue and bystanders see pollution shrink to a socially-optimal level.

That’s right, there is a level of pollution that society is willing to tolerate, and we’re exceeding it right now because bystanders typically do not organize well compared to the lobbying groups of certain polluting industries. It would be far too costly to eliminate all pollution, but as a society, it is efficient to move toward the sociallyoptimal quantity.

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This isn’t the government ‘choosing’ winners or losers, it is simply the government correcting markets that are currently out of equilibrium.

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This corrective tax is efficient, but it may seem detrimental to society if you ask certain “free market” supporters. Free markets work when there are no externalities, but the moment they creep into the picture, it is generally a cause for government intervention. Sure, certain industries would be “harmed” by a corrective sales tax, but that’s only because they were producing an inefficiently high quantity of goods in the first place.

Cap and trade is a tradable permit solution that has the same effect as a tax. I won’t go into detail with the economics because that is a whole other column, but essentially prices of certain pollutioncausing — through manufacturing or consumption — would increase.

Firms would have an incentive to develop technology to clean up pollution at a lower cost, or else purchase pollution-emission permits on a market. In this way, pollution would be cleaned up at the lowest cost to society, and we would move toward a socially-optimal level of pollution.

This sounds like a nightmare for consumers, doesn’t it? Not in aggregate. Sure, certain industries would lose jobs, but only because there were too many jobs in

that industry to begin with.

However, jobs would transfer to cleaner industries, resulting in a wash.

States like West Virginia might lose, but states investing in alternative energies would win. This isn’t the government “choosing” winners or losers; it is simply the government correcting markets that are currently out of equilibrium.

Gross Domestic Product might shrink a little to take into account a correction of quantity of goods being produced, but GDP is a flawed measure of a society’s productivity because it doesn’t recognize externalities or inefficient markets. The slight reduction in GDP would be made up in an increased quality of the environment, which is something not bought or sold in any market and obviously not measured by GDP. But what about higher prices for consumers? Sure, we’d all be paying a new tax, but the idea is that the government would recognize this new revenue stream and then reduce taxes elsewhere such as income and capital gains.

Would this happen in reality? You’d have to ask your politicians, but if our representatives cared about good economic policy, other taxes would be lowered to offset this revenue increase.

Again, this corrective tax represents an efficient policy, and does not take into account equality issues.

There is always a tradeoff between efficiency and equality. It would be tough to tell a coal miner that they are losing their job to someone producing scrubbers to get CO2 out of smokestacks.

Instead of arguing whether or not we want higher or lower taxes, I believe the debate should shift to how we are administering our taxes. I would strongly recommend anyone interested in shaping public policy in any extent to take the appropriate economic courses in order to advance the debate past “Republicans want lower taxes for the rich and Democrats want higher taxes to create a welfare state.”

That kind of talk is just ignorance at its finest.

Environmental Economics, Public Finance and Cost-Benefit Analysis are all courses offered by the Economics Department that touch on corrective taxes and other public policy issues. These classes have expanded my knowledge and have allowed me to see how creative tax policies can benefit America.

Obviously, I can’t just carry around economics papers with me wherever I go in case a political debate breaks out in a social setting, so I have the next best thing: a solid education.

—Anthony Russo is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in economics.

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The kids showed resiliency to come back and fight and end up winning the football game.

We are excited about being 4-0.

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www.IndependentCollegian.com Hockey Preview: 2010 Columbus Blue Jackets Part 1 of 3: The IC will preview the Red Wings on Oct. 28 and the Walleye on Nov. 1 COLUMBUS – After making the playoffs in 2008, last season was a disappointment for the Columbus Blue Jackets as the team finished in last place in the Central Division with 79 points, the fourth-worst record in the NHL. That resulted in the hiring of Scott Arniel, a rookie head coach whose only experience in the NHL was as an assistant for the Buffalo Sabres from 2001-06. So far this season Columbus is off to a 4-3 start, tying them for 8th in the conference but still last in their division. Although they’ve won more games than they’ve lost, the team has been drastically inconsistent and at times looked lethargic and unmotivated—a quality which should not be possessed by such a young team with something to prove.

“I knew it wasn’t going to be all roses here early on,” Arniel said. “Of the [first] six games, two of them have been ugly. I mean rock-bottom ugly.

“I’m learning here the ways some guys tick. It is part of getting to know some people and them getting to know me.

Who needs a kick in the butt and how to handle each and every one of them.”

Their lackluster play was especially shown in their 6-2 loss against Calgary last Friday as the physical Flames dominated Columbus throughout the night. “[Calgary] wasn’t going to be a fancy game and we got it handed to us.” Arniel said.

“We had some guys that took a step back. Some competed and some looked like they didn’t want to be out there.”

“It shouldn’t happen we are at home in front of our home fans,” Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash said. “It’s our effort. We are trying to make everything look pretty. We are passing up shots and not working hard enough to get into position to take good shots.”

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junior running back Adonis Thomas who had a career Despite trailing by 17 after best 130 yards and a one quarter of play, the Rock- touchdown.

“The O-line has been getets improved to 4-0 in the Mid-American Conference ting better every week and I with a come from behind 31- just knew a break out game 24 victory over Ball State Sat- was coming,” Thomas said. urday night at the Glass “The line had been practicing well all week, making reads, Bowl.

“The kids showed resil- and clearing holes. I owe all ience to come back and fight of my yardage to them.”

Sophomore wide out Eric and end up winning the football game” UT head coach Page led the receiving corps Tim Beckman said. “We are with seven catches for 110 excited about being 4-0 and yards and a score. This was we have a lot of things we the fourth-straight game need to improve, but I can’t Page racked up over 100 be more proud of our seniors yards.

The first quarter seemed and this football team.”

It seemed like Ball State like it would be a long night senior running back MiQuale at home once again for the Lewis would trot into the end Rockets as Ball State drove zone to tie the game at 24 late 51 yards on 10 plays with in the third quarter, but the ease but could only manage a ball popped loose and rolled field goal for 3-0 lead.

The mistakes began to pile out of the end zone for a touchback as he attempted up for Dantin as he threw his to switch hands at the goal first interception giving Ball State the ball on the line.

UT 29-yard line.

“That’s the game However, senior of football,” Beckdefensive end Alex man said. “It’s an Johnson came off unlucky happenend to force a ing for them and 31 the Toledo fumble, in his first it’s just one of 24 game back since he those things that Ball State suffered a concusmakes this game sion against Western Michiunique.”

The Rockets took over at gan on Sept. 18, to give Tolethe 20-yard line to start the do the ball back just three fourth quarter as Dantin led plays later.

BSU took advantage of a the team down the field compiling 66 total yards including stalled drive by UT as Wena two-yard rush on fourth ning hit Tomlinson on a and one to extend the drive. 42-yard touchdown pass to He finished the drive with a give the Cardinals a 10-0 lead four-yard touchdown run to with 1:43 remaining in the give Toledo the 31-17 win first quarter.

Another costly intercepwith 7:56 remaining in the tion by Dantin just 13 seccontest.

Dantin was 14-of-18 for 197 onds later resulted in another yards and one touchdown touchdown for BSU as Wenwith two interceptions ning once again found Tomthrough the air and 58 yards linson on a four-yard score.

“The two early picks didn’t and two touchdowns on the ground, including the game help,” Dantin said. “I put it behind me, I mean it was just clinching score.

Dantin was helped off the two throws, two throws in field with 1:30 left in the con- the game. I still felt confident test as he was slammed into in what I was doing.”

The second quarter opened the ground by two Ball State defenders and suffered a with a bang for the Rockets as Dantin found Page in the stinger on fourth and five.

The Rockets rushed for a open field, which turned into season high 249 yards behind

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Desmond Marrow stands up after hitting Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning in Friday’s 3124 victory over the Cardinals. The senior cornerback had six tackles, one sack and one intercep— UT, Page B2 tion as the Rockets ran their record to 4-0 against the Mid-American Conference.

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Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason can’t stop a shorthanded goal off of a one timer by Calgary forward Rene Bourque (17) in a 6-2 loss on Friday. Borque scored three goals against Columbus as the Blue Jackets start the season with a 4-3 record.

The UT women’s soccer team secured the top seed in the MidAmerican Conference Tournament and at least a share of the regular-season conference title this weekend with 1-0 wins over both Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan. All three teams were undefeated in conference play heading into the weekend.

The Rockets (14-2-2, 10-0-0 MAC) will host a MAC Tournament quarterfinal match next Sunday.

“We look forward to the tournament next Sunday and taking it one game at a time,” UT head coach Brad Evans said. “Hopefully we can keep it going. We’ve got a lot of challenges left in the season. Hopefully we can rise up to it.”

Junior Kristen Lynn scored the game-winning goal in both matches for Toledo this weekend. “[Lynn] has had a great season,” Evans said. “She’s answered the call to be more of a goal scorer for us and finish her chances.”

Lynn scored off a flick pass from senior Erin Flynn 13:05 into yesterday’s win over EMU (9-6-4, 6-1-3).

“It wasn’t the most attractive game,” Evans said. “Eastern did a good job in the second half

making it a game, but we did a good job to grind it out.”

The match was “Senior Day” for seniors Lauren Baker, Sarah Blake, Brittany Hensler, Torrie Klier, Angela Righeimer and Flynn.

“Obviously we’re thrilled for our seniors,” Evans said.

“They’ve put in so much work behind the scenes. It’s not deserved but rather earned from the work they’ve done.”

Toledo’s defense shut the Eagles down, allowing only four total shots with none on goal.

“I love games like today where I don’t really need to do anything,” junior goalie Vickie Traven said after recording her ninth shutout of the season. “It’s fun.”

The defense has been an asset for Traven, who has posted shutouts in seven of Toledo’s 10 conference games after recording two more this weekend.

“Our back four is great,” Traven said. “They mesh well together when need be. They show great composure and are really game smart. I have full confidence in them.”

The defensive foursome has helped hold opponents to an average of less than five shots on goal per game this season.

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Columbus captain Rick Nash checks Calgary defensemen Robyn Regehr on Friday.

Blue Jackets From Page B1 his sophomore year after winning the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie in 2008. Mason still has a lot of talent and potential, but the 22-year-old goalie cannot post last season’s numbers for Columbus to be successful. Mason’s goals against average of 3.08 in 2009 put him 35th among NHL goalies and was a far cry from the 2.29 he posted the season before.

Still the blame cannot rest solely on Mason as the defense was lousy last season, especially compared to the year before. The Blue Jackets desperately need a playmaking defenseman and so far they still have no answers in that phase of the game.

Offensively Columbus has pieces to work with, most notably Nash. The 26-yearold forward has established himself already as one of the best players in all the NHL and will be around until 2018 after signing a $62 million extension last year.

After Nash, however, Columbus needs better play from the supporting cast to contend this season. Antoine Vermette had an impressive

65-point season in his first full year with the Blue Jackets after being acquired from Ottawa in 2008. He is also one of the best players in the league winning faceoffs with an impressive 54.2 percent won last year which ranked him 15th in the NHL. The player to watch on Columbus is 20-year-old left wing Nikita Filatov. The young prospect doesn’t play even a shred of defense but he has tremendous offensive potential.

Another potential key contributer for the Jackets is center Derick Brassard, who in 2008 looked like a shoe-in for the Calder Trophy that Mason went on to win before a dislocated shoulder on an ill-conceived fight with Dallas’ James Neal ended his season.

Brassard totaled 25 points in 31 games before that fight but has been unable to reach that level since the injury. He has just 38 points in 88 games over the last two seasons since returning to the lineup.

Overall Columbus has some talent in their lineup which will win them some games. Kristian Huselius had 63 points last season while R.J. Umberger (55) and Jakub Voracek (50) along

with Nash (67) and Vermette (65) gave the Blue Jackets five players reaching the 50 points for the first time in franchise history.

Defensively Rostislav Klesla, Mike Commodore and Fedor Tyutin are solid, but overall the unit needs to improve and just looks like it’s missing that one major presence. Edmonton’s Sheldon Souray was rumored to be on the trading block and might be worth the gamble, but with his salary Columbus shouldn’t give away much for him.

Columbus will improve from last season, but the Central Division is the strongest in the NHL. Making the playoffs while playing teams like Detroit, Nashville, St. Louis and the defending champion Blackhawks would be a tremendous accomplishment but the Blue Jackets will need a return to form from Brassard and Mason and a solid year from Filatov to even think about a playoff run this season.

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a 46-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 17-7.

After a failed BSU drive, the Rockets answered once again as Dantin followed his line into the end zone for a one-yard score. The touchdown was set up by the ground attack of Thomas and Williams and a 22-yard reception by junior Tim Cortazzo on third and four.

The momentum carried over into the defense as senior Archie Donald deflected a pass from Wenning as the ball fell into the hands of junior Mark Singer. The Rockets drove into field goal range and tied the game at 17 as the second half came to an end.

After a 56-yard return by junior safety Isaiah Ballard to open the second half, Thomas busted a run to the outside for the 35-yard touchdown run to give Toledo their first lead at 24-17.

Following a sack by senior Desmond Marrow, Wenning forced a pass into tight coverage and was intercepted

by Ballard at UT’s 49-yard line. Toledo could not pick up a first down but Thomas was able to down the ball on the UT one-yard line on the punt.

A 16 play, 80-yard drive capped off by Dantin’s second rushing touchdown put Toledo up 31-17 with just under eight minutes remaining.

Toledo had a chance to put the game away late but could not convert on a 4th-and-5 as the Rockets ran Dantin up the middle and the quarterback left the game injured with a stinger.

The Cardinals drove the ball and scored with 12 seconds remaining to cut the lead to seven, but after converting an onside kick their hail mary attempt was intercepted by Marrow to end the game.

Rockets split weekend The Toledo women’s volleyball team spilt a pair of road games this weekend against Miami and archrival Bowling Green. The Rockets began the weekend with a 3-1 triumph over BG at Anderson Arena on Friday but fell to the RedHawks in straight sets on Saturday.

Leading the way offensively for Toledo against the Falcons was freshman outside hitter Lauren Rafdal, who registered a .341 hitting percentage with a seasonhigh 17 kills and 13 digs.

Sophomore OH Sondra Parys tallied 15 kills while junior Amber DeWeerdt led the team with 16 digs. Junior setter Kassie Kadera recorded a team-high 42 assists in the victory.

“We had a lot of contributions from everyone and that’s what you need to win on the road,” UT head coach Greg Smith said. “Lauren really carried us offensively in the first two sets.”

Saturday night would be a different story for the Rockets despite the continued offensive surge by Rafdal.

The freshman from Westfield, Ind. recorded 13 kills and 15 digs in the 3-0 loss.

DeWeerdt led the team in digs for the second consecutive night with 22 but recorded no kills for UT. Sophomore middle blocker Bailey Blank and junior Cassie Kleespies tallied 12 and 11 kills respectively.

The Rockets return to Savage Arena this weekend to face Mid-American Conference leading Northern Illinois on Fri. Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. and Western Michigan on Sat. at 5 p.m.

UT tennis at the ITA Regionals

The Toledo tennis teams saw a men’s doubles team and a women’s single player advance to the second round of the ITA Regional event before being eliminated from the tournament.

Nutthavit Likitkumchorn and Leo Sarria dropped the men’s doubles match falling to the 10th-seeded team from Notre Dame falling 8-2. Likitkumchorn also earned a victory over Notre Dame’s Matt Johnson in a consolation match.

Senior Aleks Elezovic was defeated in his consolation match, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 to Michigan’s Chris Cha. “This ended up being a fairly underwhelming event for us,” UT head coach Al Wermer said. “We are going to have a great year as a team, no doubt in my mind.

This weekend will serve as an excellent learning experience and motivator.”

Polina Guimaraes was the sole survivor for the women’s team on Day 2 but fell short to the third ranked player, Northwestern’s Maria Mosolova on Saturday.

“These matches against tough Big Ten opponents will only help Polina become a more experienced player for us in the Spring,” UT head coach Tracy Mauntler said.

The tournament marks the end of the fall schedule for both teams which will return for the their spring schedules in January and February.

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— Zach Davis is the Sports Editor and a senior majoring in communication. He contributes to Fox Sports Ohio and Scout.com.

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Junior running back Adonis Thomas celebrates with his teammates after scoring a second half touchdown.

amongst that four,” Evans said.

“They’ve bonded well together and played well. If someone makes a mistake, someone else picks up the slack. It’s such a great group to work with.”

Traven faced an uncharacteristically high amount of shots on Friday as Central Michigan (12-41, 9-1-0) outshot the Rockets 23-4 with a 10-1 edge in shots on goal.

“It was nervous excitement at the beginning, but we knew we had to just find a way in the end,” Lynn said. “We were able to settle down, put the ball on the ground and start playing our style of Toledo soccer.”

Lynn scored on a penalty kick with 32:47 remaining in the match, sending a low shot into the left corner.

“I was excited because it was the one chance we were waiting for,” Lynn said. “I was confident with it. It’s all about confidence.

It doesn’t matter if the keeper knows where you’re going or not. If you hit your spot, the job will take care of itself. I stepped up with confidence and hit it.”

The win avenged last year’s double-overtime loss to Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament finals.

With this weekend’s two shutouts, Toledo extended its school-record unbeaten streak to 13 games.

The Rockets close out the regular season at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Ball State (6-9-2, 0-8-2).

Cheap fun From Page B4 Though it is not for everybody, many students enjoy smoking hookah, even if they normally do not smoke, because of the flavored, aromatic smoke.

Students that have not tried hookah before may enjoy trying it out with a group of friends. Many people can split one hookah, making it much cheaper for each student.

Hookahs are available at Maxwell’s Brew on Bancroft Street and at Campus

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On-campus

Fitness classes at the REC The UT Recreation Center offers many free, non-credit classes to full-time students.

Classes range from Pilates to Turbo Kick, and even include a dance class called “Hustle Mix.” According to the REC Center website, classes are held on a walk-in basis.

Check out the REC Center’s website for more information, or call the Office of Recreation at 419530-3700 to learn more.

even temporarily dye your hair black to match the characters.

However, dressing up like the Jersey Shore cast doesn’t mean you have to be slutty!

You can still look like the characters while showing less skin than they do. Try a boyfriend tank instead of a low-cut tank or Soffe shorts instead of

Nighttime Sports Campus residents can check out equipment such as Frisbees, footballs and volleyballs from the front desk of their residence halls.

To change up an ordinary game, try taking the equipment out at night. A game of soccer in the dark at Carter Field or touch football at night on the grassy area outside the Memorial Field House can be

Snooki’s booty shorts.

Lady Gaga: This costume will easily be one of the most popular for everyone and one of the easiest to create.

Anything outrageous that Lady Gaga has worn over the years will do. From her “Meat Dress” to “Little Red Riding Hood,” you can do just about anything shocking to resemble Lady Gaga.

But whatever you plan on being for Halloween, be sure

to have a great time and be safe. It is important to travel in groups, everyone knows there is safety in numbers, and don’t drink and drive. In addition, UT offers a night walk service that can be reached at 419-530-3024 (Oncampus 3024). When you call the service an escort, wearing a blue-and-gold jacket, will be sent to your location on-campus and will accompany you to any parking lot or campus building.

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A girl’s costume tell you a lot about her personality and what she’s looking for in a relationship.

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ed to learn how to cook.

But more specifically I provided a list of basic kitchen essentials I dubbed the “Rule of Threes,” a list of spices and staples one needs to have on hand if you are serious about being a homegrown cook.

What do I mean by homegrown cook? I mean someone capable of preparing their own meals and consequently being able to cook a decent tasty meal for friends and family as well, thus being able to save time and money.

I promised in my last column I would tell you how to create a meal out of some basic kitchen staples, so pay attention.

Here is what you will need to pull from your cupboards: dried beans - let’s say you have black-eyed peas - one onion, one tomato, 2 cups frozen corn, one to three potatoes depending on whether you are cooking for just yourself or a couple friends as well, one to three slices of bread - preferably whole grain or thick rye bread - olive oil, butter, salt, pepper and garlic.

Given the chance that you planned this meal, you would have pulled the dry beans the night before and let them soak overnight. If not, you will need to wash them thoroughly and get them boiling right away. By soaking them overnight, you can cut the cooking time in half.

So here is the basic meal that will be prepared: traditional southern-style blackeyed peas with sautéed

Now let’s add to your kitchen staples. We already established the “Rule of Three,” but that was to get you started, and any basic kitchen should have those items.

Let’s add one more to each category. These next ingredients will set you up for a whole other avenue of cooking. You will also begin a new category: baking.

Spice - Cumin Seeds Dried Herbs - Thyme Condiments - Honey Fresh Vegetables - Peppers (chili, bell, sweet - any kind, really) Dry Goods - Peanut Butter Perishables - Cheese (American, cheddar, colby or mozzarella) Freezer - Protein (beef shoulder, pork loin, chicken breast any) Baking – All-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder

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onions and tomato with a little olive oil, salt and pepper; black pepper skillet corn with tomato and diced onion; baked potato with garlic oregano butter and garlic toast.

The beans provide the protein. The corn, tomato, onions provide the veggie portion and essential vitamins.

Potato is the starch. If you have whole grain bread, that would be your grains.

Now just wash it all down with a tall glass of milk and there’s your dairy.

Sounds easy, right? That’s because it is. If you want to know exactly how to prepare this simple meal shoot me an email or let the paper know and I will give you my recipes.

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nce people hit the teenage years, Halloween is no longer about fun, candy and dressing up in funny and appropriate costumes. Teen girls start dressing up as “slutty” as their parents can stand and boys walk around in t-shirts saying “This is my costume.”

There’s no point in dressing or acting super promiscuous for one day out of the year.

Those photos that will inevitably get posted on Facebook. com from the previous night might ruin future employment opportunities or cause drama among friends.

This year, let’s vow to start celebrating Halloween the way we used to by making it all about fun and candy!

The following are alternate Halloween costume ideas that you can wear to parties, or

Believe or not, by just adding a few more items to your stock and by including a baking section to your inventory you have just stepped up from beginner to a semi-serious cook. You now have power and strength in your kitchen’s grasp and can now begin to take yourself seriously.

Good Luck and Enjoy!

-Chef Christopher

even out trick-or-treating if you’d like. They are meant to be funny and creative, not offensive and provocative, but use them however you want.

You can find tons of other Halloween costume ideas by doing a Google search or just asking other people what they’ve done.

Go old school

The new and the bizarre

Crayola Crayons: Everyone remembers coloring worksheets in elementary school.

Why not commemorate that time by dressing up as a box of Crayola’s? You could either wear a solid colored leotard with matching colored tights or even a solid colored t-shirt or tank top with matching shorts and leggings or tights.

You can also make crayon wrappers and pointy hats with construction paper or poster board to complete the look.

Rubik’s Cube: You could either find a huge box to create your cube or buy six pieces of poster board to tape together and create a box; just paint the sides to look like a completed Rubik’s Cube.

The guy from the Old Spice commercials: This is by far the easiest costume to create.

All you need is a towel and something to wear under the towel. Putting some shorts on in case a “friend” tries to rip your costume away would be wise. Maybe carry around a can of Old Spice too in case people don’t understand.

Jersey Shore: A group of three (or four) girls could dress up as the Jersey Shore girls: “Snooki,” Sammi “Sweetheart,” “JWoww,” and even “Jolie” if you have fourth person. If you’re not naturally tan, go out and buy some fake tan lotion or bronzer to

darken your skin. You’ll also need a long, black wig to wear. Don’t forget to add your pouf! Fake nails and heels are also a must to complete the look.

Guys can also look like the Jersey Shore guys. “The Situation” is one of the easiest looks to pull off all you need are some shorts, a t-shirt, hair grease and self-tanner. If you’re confident enough, you can walk around without the t-shirt.

Just remember to use some self-tanner on your abs to make them appear more contoured and tan. If you’re not so confident or just don’t want to freeze on Halloween, you can find a six-pack costume at Target, Wal-Mart or anywhere else they sell costumes. You could even write “It’s T-shirt time!” on the front of your tee. Remember to use lots of hair grease or — Costumes, Page B3

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A full moon and new year Members of the Northern Spirits Coven and The Circle of the Sacred Grove celebrate the Toledo Witches Ball event at the Collingwood Arts Center in Downtown Toledo. The Toledo Witches Ball celebrates the new year of the Wiccan Calendar.

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ore than half of the semester is over, and many students are finding that the money they saved up at their summer job is disappearing fast.

Thankfully, there are plenty of free and inexpensive entertainment options available to UT students at and around the university.

Before writing off Toledo as “boring,” take some time to check out these alternatives to the mall and a movie.

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Two students play catch at night for some late night entertainment.

Besides its winding trails, Wildwood’s most wellknown attraction is the Manor House, an estate formerly owned by the Stranahan family of Toledo. The house was built between 1936 and 1938 and is still furnished as it was at the time the Stranahan family lived there.

The Manor House is open for free tours on Saturdays and Sundays between noon and 5 p.m. Also keep in mind that the Manor House is decorated by volunteers each December, when several holiday-related events are held.

Off-campus

Bowlero Lanes, 4893 Monroe Street Bowlero Lanes on Monroe Street, just east of Secor, offers open bowling most nights of the week for the avid or hobby bowler.

Bowlero is different from other area bowling lanes in that it offers students a discount on weeknights. Students with a UT Rocket Card can get $1 games and $1 shoes after 9 p.m.

Par 2 Golf Course, 5315 Heatherdowns Boulevard This local mini-golf course, located near the intersection of Heatherdowns and Reynolds Road, offers inexpensive entertainment.

Rounds of mini-golf for one player cost $4.75 for one course or $9.50 for three courses. Mini-golf is much more fun with a group, so don’t forget to bring some friends!

Wildwood Park, 5100 West Central Avenue The city of Toledo’s Metropark system has much to offer, but Wildwood Park – less than 10 minutes away from UT Main Campus – has a wider variety of attractions for students for the attractive price of ‘absolutely free.’

Murphy’s Place, 151 Water Street Local jazz musician Clifford Murphy owns and performs at Murphy’s Place, a jazz club located downtown in a restored historic building.

Murphy’s Place is open Monday through Saturday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Live

jazz begins at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Food and drinks are available, with soups and appetizers available starting at $3.95. The cover charge is $4.

Near Campus

Ottawa Park, 2200 W. Bancroft Street Located at the corner of Bancroft and Ottawa Parkway, Ottawa Park offers many types of entertainment practically in the university’s backyard.

Before it gets too cold, check out the disc golf course at the park. The course is easy enough for beginners, but challenging enough for more experienced players as well.

Using the course is free, but don’t forget to bring a disc.

When it gets too cold for disc golf, Ottawa Park also offers ice skating. This outdoor, open-air rink is perfect for a chilly day, and the rink offers skate rentals for those who do not have their own.

Admission is $4 and skate rentals are $2. Season passes for individuals are also available for $35.

Maxwell’s Brew, 2661 West Bancroft Street, & Campus Oasis, 3303 Dorr Street — Cheap fun, Page B3