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“We get to be the frontrunners in the next level of Quidditch,” said Scheer, a junior trumpet major. Quidditch, a seven-yearold sport inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, is gaining international recognition, with 164 official teams nationwide and 850 in the world. The Firebolts are ranked 96th in the country as an official International Quidditch Association team. “It’s not that it has never been on television; this is the first time it’s being broadcasted as a sport in a way that isn’t laughing at it, or making fun of it,” said Alexis Moody, the Ohio regional coordinator for the IQA. “It’s about two teams, and watching a game.”
Professors expressed concern at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting about plans to cut part-time and visiting teaching positions, which they said would increase the load on full-time professors and make it harder to teach effectively. Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough, who helped shape the initiative, said at the meeting that it would help the university handle cuts in state funding and next year’s $36 million budget deficit. Spanish professor Kathleen Thompson-Casado said students would not receive enough attention if class sizes increased. “I’m tired of my students being crapped on,” Thompson-Casado said. “I was grading until Monday night with the classes I had last semester. OK, great, we’ve subsidized other parts of the university, but what about my students? What about the quality of education that they’re getting?” Scarborough said with decreases in state funding, asking full-time professors to teach more would let the university save money by cutting part-time faculty members. It could also allow UT to replace fewer professors who retire. A large number of professors are retiring due to changes in Ohio retirement rules. Faculty members said the proposal isn’t student-centered and presents academic limitations. Linda Rouillard, vice president of Faculty Senate, said in an interview Saturday that “students will be severely disadvantaged” if the initiative goes forward. “I believe it will seriously lower our enrollment,” Rouillard said. “Students are not going to come to overcrowded classrooms, students are not going to come to a campus where it will be harder and harder to contact their
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Members of the UT Firebolts and Bowling Green State University Mauraders congratulate each other following Sunday’s matchup. The Quidditch match was the first televised Quidditch game in the history of the sport.
Toledo Quidditch team hosts first-ever televised match for growing sport
University of Toledo students, faculty and staff can see the Toledo Walleye’s division showdown with Kalamazoo Wings on Jan. 25 for a discounted price. Tickets are available at Rocket Copy, located in the Trimble Lounge in the Student Union Building. Student tickets are $5 and faculty, staff and alumni tickets are $13. The tickets also include transportation to and from the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo. Rocket Copy is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Students go green and kill the lights In an effort to decrease UT’s energy waste, a group of student volunteers began turning off lights in academic buildings every Friday night beginning Jan. 11. Volunteers will meet at 6:30 p.m. outside the South Dining Hall in the Student Union Building.
Burglary reported UTPD received a report around 4:15 a.m. Sunday of a burglary at University Park Apartments in the 1500 block of Secor Road. The victim stated he was approached by four unknown males outside his apartment. The victim said he fled the scene after two of the suspects initiated a physical confrontation. When he returned to his apartment, he found his door kicked in. Several items, such as a flat screen TV and laptop, were missing.
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Katie Miligan tries to take the quaffle from Hisham Abad during Sunday afternoon’s quidditch match held in front of the Law Building.
Shouts filled the air and mud-covered players slammed each other into the ground, all with cameras trained on them and announcers detailing team strategies. Were they playing rugby? Soccer? No. They were playing Quidditch. People from all around the world watched as the University of Toledo Firebolts clashed broomsticks with the Bowling Green Marauders Sunday in the first televised Quidditch match in history. Although the Firebolts lost both games against BG, 230 to 60 and 120 to 50, captain Alex Scheer said he was excited to have his team be the temporary “new face of Quidditch.”
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UT to split one college into three
College Republicans ask SG to back concealed carry on campus
By Danielle Gamble News Editor
The Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science and Human Services will be splitting into three separate colleges. Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough discussed the split with the University of Toledo Board of Trustees at Monday’s meeting. The move is part of the five-year plan Scarborough unveiled last month. The college will be separated into the College of Health Sciences, the College of Criminal Justice and Human Services, and the Judith Herb College of Education.
During the implementation process, the interim deans will be: n Penny Poplin Gosetti, vice provost for assessment and strategic planning, for the new education college. n Tom Gutteridge, current dean for the College of Business and Innovation, for the new criminal justice college. n Beverly Schmoll, current dean of the education, health science and human services college, for the new health sciences college. Schmoll will report to Chancellor Jeff Gold from the Health Science Campus instead of to Scarborough.
Scarborough said the colleges should be functional by March 1, although the exact timeline will be decided by each college’s implementation team. The teams have already started working on the project. “They need to consider if that target date is doable,” Scarborough said. The college of JECOHSHS was created in 2010 when the university underwent a large restructuring that fused the college of education with the college of HSHS, as well as other colleges across the Main Campus. See Changes / 3
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the inherent human right to self-defense and safety. That’s College Republicans are kind of the core of what this asking Student Government is about,” said Patrick Richto endorse givardson, student What do you ing University head of the Colthink? of Toledo stulege Republidents and staff Discuss this story and cans and a supthe right to car- others on our Facebook porter of the ry a firearm on page at facebook.com/ resolution. icollegian. campus. Ohio is one The resoluof 21 states with tion was scheda law banning concealed uled to be debated at Tuesweapons on college campusday’s senate meeting, but was es. Richardson said he knows not able to be discussed this the resolution is just a stateweek because the sponsor, ment of opinion and will not Senator Kevin Samson, with- actually change university drew his support. “The issue is about See Guns / 3 Staff Reporter
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This week in UT history 75 years ago: A sixth college will be added to the university next fall with the establishment of a College of Pharmacy. Pharmacy courses are now a division of the College of Arts and Sciences. 50 years ago: Spring enrollment at the University of Toledo stands at 7,207, which is the highest enrollment for the spring semester in the history of the university. Total enrollment for the fall semester was 8,106, and the university customarily notes a decrease of about 12 percent between the fall and spring terms 10 years ago: Construction has begun on a $2.1 million project to renovate Libbey Hall.
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Junior Jordan Miller, an Environmental Studies major, helps himself to a complimentary piece of pizza at the Office for the Student Experience. The first two weeks of every semester, the Office for the Student Experience invites students to enjoy free pizza from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its office in Student Union Room 2592.
The African People’s Association Purpose: To create a sense of family for African students on campus and educate UT’s community on African cultures. Leaders: Adekemi Ademuyewo, President; Victor Aberdeen, Vice-President; Theo Sangodele, Secretary; Sarah Asare, Treasurer; Jinna Dzkem, Event Coordinator; Kenneth Gyan, Damilola Adetunji, Public Relations. Upcoming Event: The first APA meeting of the Spring semester is Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Student Union Building Room 2592. How to learn more: Email the African People’s Association at apa.utoledo@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter @UToledoAPA or visit them on Facebook at African Peoples Association (University of Toledo). Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Nate Pentecost at npentecost@independentcollegian.com.
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Would you support concealed guns at the University of Toledo?
Yes. I think it would be beneficial to the safety of the public and I support it. Preston Knecht
Chemical Engineering Freshman
Yes. People have to go through tests and background checks. They might be able to stop something. Lindsay Revill
Mechanical Engineering Freshman
Yes, it would reduce the likelihood of violent crime on campus and those that occur could be dealt with more quickly. Natalie Gordon Respiratory Therapy Senior
As long as the proper checks have been done to obtain a permit and the person is of sound mental status, it would be ok. Noah Foster
Computer Science Engineering Sophomore
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Certain student workers no longer need uniforms By IC Staff
Tutors and writing center employees will not have to follow a dress code after several students spoke out about the administrative proposal last month. Several student workers spoke at a Student Senate meeting Dec. 4 and argued against a new uniform policy for all Division of Student Affairs workers. The policy included khakis or dress pants and a university-provided polo that was not allowed to be worn outside of work. Dean of Students Michele Martinez said the Student Affairs senior staff decided to change course a few days after SG passed a resolution denouncing the changes. All student workers are asked to wear name tags, only those who are working behind a desk will dress in a uniform, including resident advisers. Martinez said she believes this event will encourage students to give more feedback, and it will
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Linda Rouillard, vice president of Faculty Senate, said in an interview last month the reorganization “points to the fact that it was ill-advised in the first place to jam all of these units together.” “I think that this is an admission that process was not thought out, and
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professors, to get extra help from their professors, or to work on special projects with their professors. I just don’t understand.” Scarborough said in an interview Tuesday the initiative would result in more undergraduate classes taught by full-time professors, which would actually be better for students. He said his philosophy is that “smaller classes are better, but only if the teacher is a very good one.” “Class size is one little factor in the experience of education. Instructors and how they view their roles as facilitators is what really matters,” Scarborough said. The proposal would also require class sections to have at least 30 students for undergraduate courses, 15 for graduate courses or 8 for doctoral courses. Rouillard said the university’s graduate program would be “decimated” by those requirements. Scarborough agreed that graduate-level courses were at the most risk of being eliminated. “In staffing those very small graduate programs, it takes away resources from the undergraduate programs, which are the larger numbers of programs,” he said. “I think it will force
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policy, but he feels that that law needs to be changed. “As it stands I have my concealed carry permit; I’m allowed to have my gun concealed while I’m walking down Bancroft Street, but the minute I step onto campus I’m not allowed to,” he said. “Why is there a discrepancy? Why is it different because I’m on university property?” University of Toledo Police Chief Jeff Newton said he feels the campus should remain weapon-free. “I would like to see no change,” Newton said. “I just think that the campus is safer with the gun restriction in place.” Newton said he is concerned that if the law changed, gun theft would go up and weapons would fall into the wrong hands, particularly at high-traffic
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Carter Hall front desk employee Mitch Howard fills out some paperwork on Jan. 8.
also push administrators to seek more student input before making decisions. “I think that’s the largest dialogue we’ve had in Student Government all year, with people on both sides arguing a topic, and I think it was good,” she said. Martinez said there are no plans to alter the dress policy any further.
Joe Ozbolt, a tutor and senior double majoring in math and physics, said he was glad he had the chance to address his concerns about the policy and feels like the administration took his thoughts seriously. “This tells students it’s not impossible to make a change. It tells them they here a right to speak out,” he said.
I certainly hope that the faculty in these units have had a chance to provide some input about this,” she said. Scarborough said the previous structuring was an “experiment” in combining areas that have “pedagogical synergy.” Education, health science and human services had been housed under the same college earlier in UT’s past.
Scarborough said ultimately, the college is splitting because “the benefits didn’t outweigh the negatives.” “There were some cultural differences, and you lose the focus of a particular division within a larger organization,” he said. “We also saw it as making it easier for competitor universities to point to this and say UT doesn’t care about education anymore.”
some conversations and maybe ultimately lead to some narrowing of some degree program options that we have.” Faculty Senate members said other cuts are affecting student-centeredness. Amy Thompson, associate professor in the department of rehabilitation services, said cuts to the Student Affairs office could affect retention rates. “We are cutting so many student service positions like counseling,” Thompson said. “One of the biggest reasons we lose freshmen is because they have substance abuse issues. Our sexual assault position has not been replaced. These are huge retention issues and we’re cutting these positions.” Political science professor Renee Heberle said the university also risks losing its reputation and student focus, saying the plan will “fundamentally change the character” of UT. “I would suggest to you that it cannot work to standardize workload across a university of this complexity and this diversity and then claim that you are going to make exceptions for each individual or each department or each college,” she said. Faculty members said administrators should look for other ways to cover the deficit. Bio-engineering professor
Patricia Relue said the university is “different and diverse” and should not be standardized. “I am curious as to what the thought was when trying to … put us all in the same suit, as opposed to coming back to the colleges and saying, ‘Here is your budget, here is your expenses, can you come up with something that’s workable with the group that you have,’” Relue said. Carter Wilson, a professor of political science, said there are other ways to fix the deficit. He said in recent years his department has been losing “more and more funding.” “The problem is we’re trying to deal with this problem from a one-dimensional perspective,” Wilson said. “I think we need to look at some other alternatives for dealing with the budget problem, like possibilities of increasing enrollment and raising tuition.” Scarborough said it is too early to know the results of the initiative. “It’s going to force us to look and ask those questions,” Scarborough said. “That’s what the memo was intended to do, to create the conversation.” Scarborough will attend the next Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 29, to continue discussing the issue.
public places like the Student Recreation Center. Richardson cited the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 to explain why he supports concealed-carry on college campuses. “The best thing to stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun, and that’s just the cold hard facts,” Richardson said. “Who knows what could have happened at Virginia Tech? If one student in that class had a concealed-carry and could have put that guy down, it could have saved countless lives.” Newton said the stabbing incident at Horton International House over winter break, which left one student dead and another seriously injured “emphasizes the need of a weapons-free campus.” While the legislation wasn’t taken up this week, Richardson said another
senator is willing to back it. Richardson said he thinks it will go up for a vote next week. “I’m confident that it will go our way and I think it is good that we’re having this discussion. I think it’s an important issue,” he said. “I think it’s important that we’re having that debate and starting to talk about it.” Student Senate public relations chair Clayton Notestine, a sophomore political science major, said he doesn’t think the legislation will get past the steering committee, the group that decides what legislation SG debates. Notestine said the “political implications” of the resolution will not allow SG to make a decision that accurately represents the entire student body. “I’d much rather see legislation that will help UT students rather than something that focuses on a national issue,” he said.
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Studentcenteredness tossed aside UT should reverse its decision and keep Alexis Blavos
There are many aspects to creating a responsible and truly student-centered university. However, the elimination of Alexis Blavos’ position in Student Affairs is not among those aspects. Blavos is the alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention specialist, and her job is to encourage students to make the right decisions. While many could view trying to get college students to be substance free as a lost cause, many UT students attest to Blavos’ results. They have come to her side, calling for her position to be saved, and we couldn’t agree more. If UT is claiming to be a “student-centered” university, making cuts in student affairs seems like a contradiction. This was one of a few positions eliminated this academic year in the Office of Student Affairs, meaning this is not an isolated incident — it’s a pattern. The administration is saying it’s OK to sacrifice what is best for the student body when it comes time to trim the financial fat. Blavos’ layoff doesn’t mean her office will disappear, but it does mean the parts that affect students the most will suffer. One of her most important roles is her oversight of UT’s medical amnesty policy. If you or a friend calls for medical help due to a drug or alcohol-related incident, you won’t be arrested. Instead, you will have to go through an administrative process involving meeting with UT officials to make sure you are OK. Not only do fewer students have to go through a judicial process, but they don’t have to be afraid to call for help because they think they’re going to get in trouble. Officials said parts of the program may now be overseen by other areas of Student Affairs, including the counseling center, but don’t they do enough already? This policy has literally saved people’s lives. It would be a shame to see it suffer due to the people who oversee it being overworked. Dean of Students Michele Martinez says UT is planning to continue to educate students about drugs and alcohol in spite of the change. However, Student Affairs’ proposal to create a peer education model to supplement the lack of an administrator falls flat. Peer mentoring is a teaching tool that’s still in the developing stages, and in the wrong context, it can do more harm than good. In a 2009 peer mentoring study, researchers Flora Cornish and Catherine Campbell wrote that the results of peer mentoring are “inconsistent, with little consensus on why some projects succeed while others fail.” It is simply impossible to tell if a new program will be as effective as Blavos. By eliminating Blavos’ position, the university runs the risk of reversing the good she has done for students. Blavos won’t be leaving until April, so there is still time to reverse this decision. Yes, UT is under a budget crunch, but the administration needs to go back to the drawing board and find somewhere else to cut. We know it’s easy to criticize cuts without proposing alternatives, but in this case, just about any cut would be better. If President Lloyd Jacobs is as “deeply committed” to addressing substance abuse as he said he was in a town hall meeting last week, he should put his money where his mouth is.
Student spirit on the rise
Attendance at the women’s basketball game at BGSU is a good sign In the closing minutes of Sunday’s victory over archrival Bowling Green State University, the Stroh Center sounded more like Savage Arena as the unified chant “We are UT” echoed. The “Sixth Man” made the trip to the School Down South on Sunday and helped pack Bowling Green’s arena to full capacity. The sellout helped foster a passionate atmosphere that reflected those of the players and coaches playing the game. In recent history, the University of Toledo’s women’s basketball team leaped into the national spotlight after claiming the WNIT championship in 2011 and reaching the tournament’s Elite Eight last season. A large factor that led to Toledo’s title run was the fact that every one of their tournament games in 2011 were at Savage Arena in front of large audiences. Since Tricia Cullop became head coach in 2009, she has a stellar 63-9 record in Savage. In addition, attendance has spiked over 1,000 fans per game. According to attendance numbers released by the NCAA on Monday, Toledo is averaging 3,866 fans per game this year, ranking them highest in the Mid-American Conference and 22nd in the nation. It is obvious that fans and winning form a symbiotic relationship in that fans at a mid-major university such as Toledo will not go out and support teams with losing records and playing with an audience in the stands can help fuel motivation for the athletes. While athletics do not define a university, it can influence some prospective students. In addition, a strong athletic program creates school spirit and helps establish a sense of community among all Toledoans. There are still plenty of sporting events going on this semester. Pick a sport you enjoy watching and go; most of them are either free or relatively cheap with your student ID.
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Student loans — avoid making them your financial crisis Student loans are near and dear to all and I’m not suggesting that one is bet- org/loans/publicservice.phtml. our hearts. You like them a lot more ter or more important than the other; As a bankruptcy attorney, the numthan I do at this point, I promise. I mention that only because we need ber of people I see with unmanageable Making payments is not nearly as fun to make smart financial decisions student loan debt is staggering and as receiving refunds. Refunds end up as about our future. frightening. In almost every case, they new laptops or tablets, nights out with According to the university, the cost have borrowed far more money than friends, and a spring of attending UT with no they could ever possibly repay given break trip we never forgrants or scholarships the field they have chosen. I’m not get. Repayment means with living on campus is talking just about artists, film, or liberbox wine at home in$23,108 per year. That is al arts majors. I am talking about Alumni Columnist stead of bar tabs, Netflix $93,432 for a four year teachers, attorneys, accountants and instead of cable, and degree. That is an enor- even doctors and engineers. Even if stay-cation instead of vacation. mous monthly payment to make after they are lucky enough to get a job with The student loan debt tally is soaring graduation, whether you are working a high salary, the student loan payment higher and higher and seemingly has or not. And that debt isn’t like other is equally as high. And filing bankruptno end in sight. Colleges and universidebts you have or will incur later cy isn’t as easy as it used to be, so now ties have little incentive to truly control you own it forever. they may not qualify even if student prices because there are so many peoIt is almost impossible to discharge a loans were dischargeable. ple willing to finance enormous student loan in bankruptcy and the Do yourself and your family a huge faamounts of money to get a degree. lenders don’t play by the same rules as vor and borrow responsibly. Don’t borWe have been socialized to believe other creditors. They can garnish your row more than you have to. Work part and think that everyone should get a wages, take your tax refunds, take a time and use that money for rent and college degree. Student loans exist to portion of your social security or the spring break, not student loan money. make that reality. social security of You have options; do We thought the same about owning your cosigner, and some research before Do yourself and your a home and sub-prime lending made the list goes on. sign any loan docfamily a huge favor and you that a possibility. The end result was The good news uments. Talk to someborrow responsibly. and still is a huge disaster. Borrowers is that federal stuone in the financial could borrow far more money than dent loans have far aid office. Talk with Don’t borrow more their home was worth with little corre- more options for your parents or somethan you have to. lation to their ability to repay. Financhelp than their prione you trust that uning a college education is no different. vate counterparts, derstands finance and Federal student loans are not based so please avoid private loans if at all money to help you understand what you on your ability to repay. You can borpossible. One of the biggest advanare getting yourself into. Your education row the same amount of money for a tages is loan forgiveness (not for priis the door to a bright and successful degree that could land you a job makvate loans) if you work in public serfutur,e and being as responsible as possiing $35,000 as you could for one that vice. This option allows for graduates ble now will make sure that paying for could allow you to earn $75,000. to take jobs in the public sector that that education doesn’t devastate your fuWe should put the blame on the typically don’t pay as well as private ture. Good luck! university for charging the same price sector jobs, and have the balance of for those two degrees because they their loans forgiven after meeting Troy M. Hawkins is a Toledo don’t have the same economic value. certain requirements. You can read bankruptcy lawyer who graduated from We all decide what we want to study all the details at http://www.finaid. UT with his Juris Doctorate in 2008.
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Traffic problems for a big kid in the real world Research conducted by the Institute motorists were reportedly stuck there Boston (just ignore the fact that these for Things That Make you Go ‘Duh’ for days, each gesturing in a friendly cities still have really bad traffic probhas suggested that nationwide traffic fashion for the other to go first. Ultilems). A mass transit system can be problems are getting worse. Being on mately, they both walked home. very costly, however. Washington, for my third engineering co-op, working So what can we do? One alternative example, might never have been able to out in the real world this is to allow people to afford its subway system were it not for semester, I’ve had the drive on the sidewalks, the billions of dollars generously prochance to experience a common practice in vided by taxpayers. Most cities, like Tofirsthand the vehicular large cities already. It ledo and the city I happen to be workmayhem in a big city. would seem that the ing in for the semester, don’t really IC Columnist I’ve discovered over motor vehicle code in have that option. Where does that leave these past few weeks that the downtown area of us? The answer is simple and affordpeople seem to approach commuting big cities consists of a single law: No able: We’ll steal a subway! to and from work as a kind of competi- Stopping. I learned this while sitting Of course I’m not talking about tive sport. I might have actually seen at a cafe table where a taxi almost hit stealing the whole thing. That would someone throw a banana peel out of me. When I signaled to the taxi driv- be illegal. However, if everyone in their window the other morning. er to say, “Pardon me sir, your taxi Toledo were to visit, say, Washington The fact is, our roadways are a mess. As nearly struck me,” I was met with as a tourist, and each of you were to a prospective civil engineer, this is both some unintelligible shouting as he take a Phillips screwdriver and a few good and bad news for me. I suppose it sped off which I can only assume minutes out of your day between visoffers me a level of job security, but bewas, “Well what do you expect sitting iting monuments to unscrew a small cause commuting by automobile now at a Cafe Table like that!” piece of the subway, before you know takes so long, I’ll never have time to do If we adopted such a system nationit, guess what? That’s right: A large any actual work. By the time I reach my wide, we could defportion of Toledo’s place of employment, grab a cup of coffee initely speed up population would be One alternative is to and spend a few minutes complaining traffic flows by ofprison. This allow people to drive on in about how bad the traffic is with my cofering that addiwould ease the highthe sidewalks, a workers, I’ll have to start my long comtional sidewalk way overcrowding. mute home, unaware that my job was aclane to motorists, As an engineering common practice in tually outsourced to Asia months ago. and as a side health student at Toledo, I’ve large cities already. We need to come up with a solution. benefit, we’d really learned to consider The Gridlock is getting worse and perk up the pulse numerous options to worse. For instance, in the greater Los rate of the average pedestrian. problems, weighing the benefits and Angeles area, the only documented Another proposed solution to our drawbacks. Whatever traffic solution case in the past few decades of anyone traffic woes is ‘car pooling’, which is we decide on, we need to do it soon. As actually getting anywhere by car is O.J. when a group of friends ride together a nation, we need to get out of gridSimpson. Not even the rural areas have in one car, saving gasoline, inhaling lock, much like the one I’m in now, been spared. Traffic in Nebraska has each other’s body odors, and arguing writing this. I’m sick of being stuck in become a serious problem where this over the radio. I think we can rule this traffic. Please shoot me. Or maybe aim past year, for possibly the first time in solution out. better with those banana peels. Nebraska’s history, two motorists arA far better solution is a mass transit rived at the same intersection, simulta- system, proven effective in Chicago, Richard Scott is a senior majoring in neously (Nebraska has seven). The New York, Washington D.C, and civil engineering.
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Don’t forget about immigration
After Mitt Romney’s grants that join the military. question: not just those cursound defeat in last year’s Others suggested that rently living in the United election, many immediate Romney’s embrace of the States, but their families and campaign post-mortems Arizona-style legislation — others struggling with povpointed to the low level of designed to make life so erty and violence in Latin support the Republican can- miserable for people here ilAmerica. A path to citizendidate received legally that they ship for the estimated milfrom Latino votsimply decide to lions of illegal immigrants ers — less than “go back to Mexiliving and working here 30 percent. This co” — was the would not only be the right led to a brief wrong way to go thing to do, but it would be IC Columnist moment in about it. a fantastic boom for our American poliIn any case, for economy, bringing people tics when both parties the first time in five years, out of the shadows and into seemed to agree on getting politicians were seriously the legitimate workforce. something done: immigratalking about bipartisan soFor the first time in many tion reform. lutions to this problem. years, a broad coalition of It may seem a bit myopic However, it is well estabpoliticians and interest to look at the election results lished that Americans have groups from both sides of and draw a straight line short attention spans. This the aisle, from business and from Mitt Romney’s cruelapplies as much to sports religious groups on the sounding support of “selfas politics, and it was only right to progressive groups deportation” policies and the a matter of time before the on the left, are ready to adlow level of support he renext big thing caught evdress this issue. ceived from Hispanic Amer- eryone’s attention. The At the same time, plenty icans. After all, just like any tragic shootings in Newof groups are just as interestother large group of people, town, ed in keepthe views of “Latinos” are as CT, the For the first time in five ing the stadiverse as Latinos are. holidays quo, hapyears, politicians were tus A fourth-generation Mex- and the py to move seriously talking about your attenican-American who does “fiscal not speak Spanish is likely cliff ” bipartisan solutions to tion elseto see things differently each where. With this problem. than a person residing here pushed the Affordwho was born in El Salvaimmiable Care dor or Peru. And although gration closer and closer Act (Obamacare) firmly ceexit polling showed that, toward the back burner. mented in the books, the like most Americans, the Today, much of the politieconomy starting to show jobs and the economy were cal discussion remains fosigns of life, the election top issues for Latinos, imcused on gun control, anoth- over, and the War in Afmigration played no small er topic of great merit we’ve ghanistan drawing to a close, part in how they voted. been putting off for a long the time is right, if only we In the wake of these retime, and the next round of can manage to keep the dissults, many prominent Reridiculous 11th hour deal cussion going. publicans “came out,” so to making over the debt ceiling, speak, in favor of moderate which is in about five weeks. Adam Dellinger is a gradupolicies, such as those that alBut tens of millions of ate student studying mechanlow for a path to citizenship people have been waiting ical engineering. for children of illegal immiyears for an answer to this
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Justice for Jews — a story in progress As we come together to against blatant anti-Semitism, long-term interests of those celebrate Unity Week here at but early on he anticipated who needed to change was the University of Toledo, it’s the more sophisticated asthe key, arguably in a strateimportant to reflect on the saults. In a debut at Harvard, gic manner of speaking, to story of progress. according to scholar Seychanging society. January 21 will mark the mour Martin Lipset in his In the long run, however, 50th anniversary work “The Sochanging hearts and minds of the momencialism of Fools,” through education and aptous “I Have a King responded pealing to the best instincts of Dream” speech to a hostile America is the real solution. made in Washquestion about The civil rights revolution IC Columnist ington, as well Zionism. He led by King also further as celebrating 20 said that “when opened up America for the years of unity. This holiday is people criticize Zionists, they Jews. It’s one of the key eleimportant for other reasons mean Jews; you are talking ments as to why today, as well. Martin Luther King anti-Semitism.” American Jews are the freJr. also made a point to deKing also understood the est community in their nounce acts of anti-Semitism preponderance of standing 2,000-year history of the in his quest for equality. As up for other minorities both Diaspora and why things he courageously said, “The as a value and to garner supare so much better for Jews segregationist and racists port for his work on behalf of today as opposed to 70 make no fine distinction beAfrican Americans. Perhaps years ago. Civil rights legistween the Negro and the his greatest legacy was his lation allowed Jews to chalJews,” he stated bluntly. conviction that justice for lenge their exclusion which And true enough to his black people could not be was not an option in previcause, in a letter to a group of achieved in a vacuum. King ous decades. Jewish leaders just before his believed that for all AmeriKing’s work in seeking assassination in 1968 King cans to live free none could equality for all was consissaid, “I will continue to oplive under oppression; othertent with the values taught pose it [anti-Semitism] bewise, it was contradictory. by the Jewish sage, Rabbi cause it is immoral and So why was Hillel over two self-destructive.” attaining civil millennia ago: Justice halted is The moral of the story — it rights for AfI am not for the same as having “If is never enough for Jews and rican Amerime, who will an absense of Jewish organizations to concans so parabe?” A phrase demn anti-Semitism — remount to the still very much justice. mains a critical issue for the American applicable to country. Important leaders Jewish community? Because certain situations in our from all communities must it was the right thing to do, world today. follow King’s lead. and because it was good for “If I am only for myself, More specifically, King’s all and created alliances in what am I?” To be fully hucondemnation of anti-Semibattling all forms of prejudice man, one must go beyond tism was and is important for and hate. one’s own problems and his own African-American Power politics was anoth- stand up for others. We must community. For too long, er factor important to look to create a world where levels of anti-Semitic attibringing change. Speeches, we can open the doors of tudes have been too high. marches, demonstrations equality for everyone. And some African American and sit-ins were all factored “If not now, when?” Justice cultural figures utter sentiinto this concept of power halted is the same as having ments about Jews and Jewish politics. But King greatly an absence of justice. power that have been someunderstood that ultimately, what troubling. appealing to the moral valMaxwell Gold is a senior Not only did King act out ues, the goodness and studying philosophy.
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Thoughts on the online university and its value to students distance learning offers an More and more classes The first day of a semester excellent alternative to is a day marked by new out- are being offered with an students busy with work fits, steaming cups of coffee, online/distance learning or family. option while more in-perwandering freshmen atIn addition to online son classes are tempting to classes, many in-person relying on onnavigate Uniline tools. After classes have begun to incorversity Hall porate online tools into the taking a few and many first class. Professors assign distance learnimpressions. IC Columnist homework assignments and ing courses, I It’s an exciting even quizzes online for the can say from time for most, student to take. When my personal expefilled with older brother took his rience that the online hope and resolution for a chemistry classes at UT better semester. At this time, classroom environment is about 10 years ago, there however, instead of first day not for everyone and defiwould be the occasional nitely requires some jitters and anticipation, written assignment to turn acclamation. many students felt frustraWith my in-person class- in, and the TA usually gave tion and confusion as “The completion points. Great MyUT Crash of 2013” es, I know to be in the Nowadays, students mentality played More classes are being spend hours on online for that out. The offered with an online/ class for homework websites which are often extremely picky set server distance learning option atime about answers and offer litevcrash afwhile more in-person ery other tle help and explanation. fected day, to the UniWhile it may be more conclasses are relying on have all versity venient for a professor to online tools ... my asboth on assign this work, it adds a signan acanew layer of difficulty to ments due for that time and the course they are teachdemic and administrative to expect quizzes and exlevel. Along with losing acing. Sometimes the level of aminations at that time. For difficulty of the online cess to information about example, Monday, Wednes- homework and quizzes bills, financial aid, housing day, Friday at 11 a.m. is and class registration, studoesn’t match that of the “Biochemistry” time in my dents had difficulties printexams written by the probrain. With my online ing the notes and syllabi fessor. However, it can be classes, however, there isn’t needed for the first week argued that the assignments back. Those working for the a set time when I should be provide lots of practice and in “Medical Ethics” mode, university had difficulties help enhance the student’s for example. helping students navigating knowledge. I have to separately keep without MyUT. I feel that UT is becoming track of when discussions Naturally, the students’ increasingly more depenand quizzes are due while frustrations translated to dent on the internet. While remembering to read both Facebook statuses and this may be more convethe textbooks and the onTweets, sarcastically tagged nient and appealing, it does line notes. I’m very limited with #WhyUToledo. Howhave its drawbacks. Human ever, despite the frustration, in my interacability to ... After taking a few I admired UT’s ability to tion is an commukeep the students informed important distnace learning nicate of the situation while atfactor of courses, I can say from society, with the tempting to provide alterprofesnate means of accessing personal experience that and it sor and some information. can’t be the online classroom Working in the Office of other replaced students, environment is not for New Student Orientation with keyand I as an orientation leader, everyone and definitely boards find disone of the main points I and comrequires some cussions try to get across to new puter students is to make a habit not to screens. acclamation. be as inof checking out online reThis is essources: check your Rocket teresting when in an online pecially true when the onforum, as opposed to a email, blackboard and line tools we have become group discussion. MyUT daily. so accustomed to fail us, The online classroom I personally access these and we realize what we’ve creates a sense of isolasites several times a day taken for granted. tion, which may cause disfor in-person classes, onEven though I enjoy and comfort and apathy for line classes and my job. I appreciate the advances in some students, though it hadn’t realised until last the methods of teachings, I also encourages indepenweek just how dependent can’t help but wish for a UT is on the internet, and dence and active learning. simpler and more human It is definitely more conI’ve since been reflecting form of learning. on the benefits and disad- venient to be able to work vantages of a shift towards on my own time on the Sally Itawi is a junior required material, and a more online UT. studying biology.
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Fluellen, Reedy set to return Junior running back David Fluellen and junior receiver Bernard Reedy will return to school for their senior seasons, head coach Matt Campbell announced Friday. Both players filed paperwork with the NFL Draft Advisory Board in December to gage their potential draft stock. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft is today. Their return will be a welcomed sight for Campbell and the Rockets as both of them had stellar seasons in 2012 and were members of the All MidAmerican Conference’s first team. Fluellen ran for 1,498 yards and 13 touchdowns despite missing most of UT’s final three games with an ankle injury. He had been in the top five nationally for rushing yards most of the year. Reedy caught 88 balls for 1,113 yards and six touchdowns. He also found the end zone four times on returns.
Both basketball teams in action tonight The men’s and women’s basketball squads return to the court tonight riding some momentum. The Rockets travel to Kalamazoo tonight to take on Western Michigan at 7 p. m. Tricia Cullop’s squad also heads north tonight when they take on the Eastern Michigan Eagles at 7 in Ypsilanti. The UT men are coming off a thrilling 76-72 OT victory over Central Michigan Saturday and started MAC play 2-0. They upset Kent State on the road last week. On the women’s side, UT bested their archenemy Bowling Green Saturday 48-38. It was the third straight time Toledo came out on top in the rivalry game.
Brown named MAC West Player of the Week Sophomore guard Juice Brown was named MAC West Player of the Week Monday for his performances against Kent State and Central Michigan. Brown scored seven points last Thursday and dished out 10 assists in a big 70-58 win at Kent State. He followed that up with a 21-point outing Saturday to go along with nine assists and a careerhigh seven rebounds to get an OT win over Central Michigan. This is Brown’s third time winning the award and the fourth time this season a Rocket earned the honor.
Tennis team starts 2-1 The UT men’s tennis team split a pair of weekend matches to begin the regular season. The Rockets were swept 7-0 by the host Purdue last Saturday morning, but recovered to beat IUPUI 6-1 in the afternoon session. They defeated Butler 4-3 on Sunday. Sophomore Tomas Stillman came away with two doubles wins as well as a victory in singles (64, 6-3) to lead the Rockets on the first day. Toledo dropped just one set in singles play against IUPUI and cruised to the blowout victory. After failing to grab any of the three doubles matches, UT won four of six singles matches Sunday to notch the close win against Butler. Toledo is back in action this Saturday when they take on No. 16 Illinois in Indianapolis.
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Senior guard Naama Shafir rises and fires over BGSU junior Jillian Halfhill during Toledo’s 48-38 victory over Bowling Green last Sunday at the Stroh Center. Shafir lead all scorers with 23 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including two three pointers. The Rockets held the Falcons to 22 percent shooting to beat their rivals for the third consecutive time.
Rockets survive tough, physical battle, beat archrival BG 48-38 By Jay Skebba Sports Editor
If Naama Shafir took the court for the final time in her career against Bowling Green, it will surely be a memorable one. The University of Toledo women’s basketball team captured a hard-fought and sometimes ugly 48-38 victory over their archrivals Sunday afternoon at the Stroh Center
and avoided an ominous 0-2 start in Mid-American Conference play. Shafir banked in a three pointer with just under two minutes remaining to seal a huge win for the Rockets (132, 1-1 MAC). “I told our players if we were going to lose a tough game, what better way to bounce back than to win a great game,” said head coach
Tricia Cullop. “It means that much more because it’s such a great rivalry game. They’ve had so much success through the years that it means a lot to win here.” Shafir poured in a gamehigh 23 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including 2-of-5 from downtown to make up for a foul-plagued outing Thursday night in a rare home loss to Central
Michigan in which she played in just 26 minutes. “In the last game, I wasn’t there for the team,” Shafir said. “I made some mistakes and I was ready to make up for it today.” This is the only regular season meeting between the bitter rivals. While the possibility of a matchup in the MAC Tournament exists, Shafir knows the atmosphere would
likely pale in comparison to a regular season showdown. “It’s fun,” she said. “Coach told us before the game that we’ll never forget it and we’ll miss it, so we tried to enjoy it and we did.” UT has gotten the better of the Falcons in wthree straight games going back to the 2010-11 season. See Archrival / 7
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Schwiebert’s unlikely journey leads to dream of playing college basketball By Nick Delwiche Sports Reporter
The story of fifth year Senior Brendon Schwiebert practically writes itself. Schwiebert went from a high school player who received no scholarship offers from college programs to accepting a personal offer from UT men’s basketball coach Todd Kowalczyk. “I’m very humbled that he came up to me and asked,” Schwiebert said. “I’m very happy and very excited.” The 6-2, 180-pound guard brings not only the ability to score from a distance but a solid work ethic. This is because Brendon Schwiebert knows what it takes to improve a team. Schwiebert was a practice squad player on the women’s team for three years before being spotted by Kowalczyk. It takes a love of the game to be a part of one of the least glamorous positions of any sport. “I went to some of the open gyms and got along with everyone real well and they asked me to come back the following season.” Schwiebert said. “They’re a good group and I guess they liked having me around.” No matter who you ask, it seems as if nobody can say a negative thing about the senior from Hamler, Ohio, home to just 576 people at
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Senior guard Brendon Schwiebert goes up for a layup during practice. Schwiebert was a practice player for the women’s team before a pair of transfers on the men’s team created a spot for him on the roster. He scored nine points in an exhibition victory over Siena Heights last month.
the time of the 2010 census. “He has a great attitude and great work ethic and he’s very skilled,” said UT women’s head coach Tricia Cullop. “He was exactly what we were looking for. I feel that
being a part of our program, he made us better.” The opportunity of a lifetime came last month, just in time for a great Christmas present. When sophomore guard
A.J. Matthew and junior center DeLino Dear decided to transfer Dec. 11, Kowalczyk needed to fill the void quickly and looked Schwiebert’s way. He wasted little
time taking advantage of his opportunity and scored nine points Dec. 18 in Toledo’s exhibition victory over Siena Heights. See Schwiebert / 7
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Toledo women take second-place finish at Bowling Green Opener Saturday
The Rockets gained the early momentum and forced the Falcons to call a timeout after sophomore forward Inma Zanoguera buried a jumper to put UT in front 6-0 at the 16:04 mark. Shafir started hot and extended the lead to five after hitting a pair of free throws with 11:39 to play in the first, her seventh and eighth points of the game. She stayed on target and nailed an open triple from the left wing four minutes later to put the Rockets up 17-9. Shafir scored 13 of Toledo’s first 17 points. “I was really impressed with her determination to help us win today,” Cullop said. “She’s someone who has great experience in games like this, she’s played in four of them. That senior leadership and the ability to get your own shot really helps.” The Falcons had major issues finding the bottom of the net in the first half and missed 16 of their first 19 attempts from the floor (16 percent). BG forward Allison Papenfuss’ free throw with 4:01 remaining was their first point in over five and half minutes and made it 19-10. Guard Katrina Salinas’ three pointer from the corner with 2:35 to play was BG’s first field goal since the 12:51 mark and jump started a stagnant Falcon offense that closed the half on a 9-0 run and trailed 23-20 at the break. The cold shooting was contagious and affected both teams to begin the second. The Falcons (10-5, 1-1) took a one-point lead after Halfhill was fouled beyond the arc and converted two of three from the line with 12:04 left. UT went ice cold from the floor, scoring just four
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Senior forward Lecretia Smith fights off a pair of Bowling Green defenders for a rebound. Smith just missed a double-double and finished the day with eight points and nine rebounds.
points in a stretch of almost 13 minutes going back to the first half, but played stellar defense to keep it close. “They showed great composure when we had some people not shooting the ball well,” Cullop said. “[We knew] it was going to be a tough struggle. We both pride ourselves on not giving easy opportunities to the other team. I had hoped it wasn’t going to be as ugly as it was at times.” Toledo’s offense finally woke up as Zanoguera drilled a high-arching 18-footer from the left side with 7:10 left to put UT back ahead 32-21. Shafir followed that up with a driving left-handed layup and got an and-one on top of it, putting the Rockets in front 35-31. “During that key stretch, we took what the defense gave us,” Cullop said.
However, Bowling Green refused to go quietly. Senior guard Chrissy Steffen converted on a three-point play of her own and pulled the Falcons to 35-34 with just under four minutes left. Clinging to a three-point lead late, Shafir delivered one last time to supply the final dagger. With the shot clock winding down, she threw one up from distance that – in a game where nobody could find rhythm offensively – appropriately went in off the backboard to give UT a 4034 lead with less than two minutes remaining. “Halleluiah,” a much relieved Cullop said. “We’ve had enough bad ones go our way that it was finally like ‘thank you God, we finally got one that fell.’ Every once in a while you’re going to get lucky, but you get lucky be-
cause you work hard.” A smiling Shafir shared those sentiments. “I was just really happy it went in, I don’t care how,” she said. “After our last game, we’ve been waiting for the opportunity to make up for it. We’re glad we only had two days to prepare because we wanted to get back on the court.” UT closed the game on a 13-4 run to leave town with the 10-point victory. The Rockets shot 33 percent (17-of-51) for the game while holding the Falcons to a frigid 22 percent (11-of49) clip. Senior forward Lecretia Smith came close to a double-double, scoring nine points and grabbing eight boards to help UT’s cause. The Rockets will be back in action tonight when they take on Eastern Michigan on the road at 7 p.m.
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As improbable as it may be, Kowalczyk thinks Schwiebert can be a factor on the court. “As crazy as that sounds, as a fifth-year senior in his last semester, he’s only had a few practices, yeah, I think he can,” he said. “I felt that from the first practice. He’s a tough kid and he’s got a lot of confidence.” Schwiebert has no illusions about the role he is going to have to play. With the starting five still in place however, the roles that were still would be on the bench. Brendon knows he’s not here to be a super star; he’s here to help the team. “Energy and talk is always good to bring,” Schwiebert said. “Going out and working hard and making the rest of the team better.” No matter his role, this turn of events is a bit of a dream come true for the former Patrick Henry guard. “When you’re a little kid of course you want to play college and then pro but I was pretty content with how
had success in the Long Jump. Senior Kiah Douglas’ The UT women’s track and distance of 5.62 meters was field team took home a secgood enough to get the win ond-place finish last Saturday while senior Katie Bollin’s at the Bowling Green Opener jump of 5.39 meters was with a total of 90.50 points. third-best. Western Michigan ran The fourth and final event away with the ticaptured by tle, more than Toledo was Bowling Green doubling UT’s Opener - Results the high total with 215 jump where points. senior Huijun Toledo’s solid 1. Western Michigan (215 Jing’s 1.65 finish was a wel- points) meter attempt come sight after proved to be falling to the the best. Broncos in a du- 2. Toledo (90.50) Western al meet 92-55 Michigan Jan. 6 in dominated 3. Dayton (80) Kalamazoo to the event and begin the regular won seven of 4. Bowling Green (72.50) the 16 events. season. UT junior JilThe Bronlian Sledge cos went one5. IPFW (28) crossed the fintwo in the ish line first in 5,000 Meter the 60 Meter Hurdles with a Run with Ashley Sellers time of 8.95 seconds. Fresh(19:35.87) crossing first folman Elena Cerdan’s time of lowed by Raychel Figurski 9.21 was good enough for (19:48.83). fifth. They also dominated the WMU claimed the next 4x400 Meter Relay with their three spots. ‘A’ team taking first and ‘B’ Sophomore Mackenzie team taking third. Toledo’s ‘A’ Chojnacky — the lone UT squad finished fourth. runner in the race — capWestern’s Andrea Arnold tured the One Mile Run with took the 400 Meter Dash a time of 4:57.74. with a time of 57.58. TeamShe also brought home a mates Lindsey Hufnagel second-place result in the (58.98) and Alexis Hull 800 Meter Run, finishing in (59.34) were not far behind, 2:15.94. finishing fourth and fifth. That event was won by The Rockets are back in WMU’s Aisha Hodge, who action this weekend as they finished with a time of travel to Bloomington, Ind. 2:15.71. The Broncos claimed for the Indiana Gladstein five of the top eight spots. Invitational Saturday and The Rockets also Sunday. Sports Editor
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Schwiebert works on his free throws during practice at Fetterman Traning Center. The Patrick Henry alum never received a scholarship out of high school.
things were for me just being on the practice team,” Schwiebert said. “Then when this opportunity arose it was pretty awesome to say the least. I’m very happy and excited about it.” Now Schwiebert wears the number 30 for the Toledo Rockets men’s basketball team. At this point in the season he’s played in one game for exactly one minute. But for Brendon, it’s not
about the numbers. It’s about the love of the game and the willingness to improve his teammates. It’s about not forgetting where you came from and most importantly not forgetting the people who have helped you get to where you are now. “I just have to thank everyone that’s got me to this point. It’s pretty humbling that people think this highly of me,” Schwiebert said.
“I don’t even know the words for it right now, it’s so exciting.” Toledo (6-7, 2-0 MAC) is off to a great start in conference play and time will tell what the rest of the season has in store for both the Rockets and Schwiebert. One thing is for certain; Schwiebert’s final semester and only season with the Rockets may be one his of greatest college memories.
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UT Medical Center to resume live donor program By IC Staff
The University of Toledo Medical Center will restart its live donor program within the next 10 days, administrators said at Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting. UTMC voluntarily suspended live-donor kidney transplants in August after a viable kidney was thrown away during a surgery. Chancellor Jeff Gold, executive vice president for biosciences and health affairs, said UTMC officials received a letter Thursday that the center is in compliance with Medicare requirements for transplant centers. It came from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Also at Monday’s meeting, Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough told board members about several facets of his five-year plan that are currently under way. n Honors college rebranded: The Honors College has a possible new name: The Jessup W. Scott Honors College. Scarborough said rebranding the college will make it more marketable to prospective
high-achieving students. Scott donated 160 acres of land to start the university in the 1870s, which became what students know now as Scott Park Campus. n MacKinnon Hall could get new use: MacKinnon Hall may be the new home of the Honors College, with plans to redevelop the residence hall into offices and singleroom, honors student housing. n Contract for internship matching software approved: Digerati, a Michigan software company, will work with administrators to develop a program to help students find internships. Scarborough said in a previous interview that the program will focus on finding mid- to small-sized organizations, especially those that like to hire students after their internships, and match students to them. n Building renovations discussed to impress new students: Doermann Theater is set to be renovated this fall, and plans are being assessed to redevelop Dowd, Nash and White residence halls. Scarborough said the construction projects will improve the appearance of the campus for prospective students.
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player paying $50 for participation and a jersey. from page 1 While other new Quidditch teams often start up and fizzle out, Giles said UT’s ‘We have to take team has made a lot of ourselves seriously’ strides in a short period of The Firebolts, who have time because the players “reonly been official since midally respect the sport.” December, prepare by prac“Our people like to come ticing and conditioning out, and they understand that about four times a week for the game is very competitive two hours a session. and not coming to practice “If we want the school to puts us out on the wrong take us seriously, we have to foot. They really get that,” he take ourselves seriously,” said. Scheer said. The dedication among the The Firebolts work on per- players is emphasized fecting their game by using through healthy competition video clips of other teams and exercise. Quidditch has and having strategy sessions, given life to the unheard stusaid Graham Giles, a junior dents with a passion for the majoring in adolescent and sport. young adult education. He “I’ve seen these kids go out Deepesh Bista / IC said they are following in the and fight when we’ve had footsteps of several other nothing to fight for. There’s Apryl Tidd embraces Jesteams across the country that so much pride and so much sie Torres following Sunhave increased the game’s day’s Quidditch match. joy because you’re representlevel of sophistication. ing your school, yourself and “While the your fellow teamScheer believes Quidditch is sport is new, Coming up mates,” Scheer here to stay at UT. With the it really startsaid. media’s attention, UT’s team The UT Firebolts will ed in colleges host a tournament Feb. 2 The leaders said is on the upswing in the with a lot of teammates are as at Bowman Park. SevQuidditch community. students, a enteen teams from five close with one an“We have a bunch of young lot of people states will participate. other as they are players who are willing to who like to dedicated to the carry it on at UT,” Giles said. think, so it sport, and they routinely One way to get a school’s grew very fast. It grew from a meet outside of practice to name recognized in Quidgame where people wore hang out. ditch is to host a tournament. capes and were out there “It’s a common phrase on “We’re trying to get our playing with hula-hoops the team, to talk about the name out there in the Quidtaped to chairs, to this game Quidditch family,” Giles said. ditch world as much as we that has intense strategy sescan, and in turn trying to get sions,” he said. UT’s name out there because Moody believes America is Safety concerns these schools talk,” Giles said. leading the way in the QuidWith growing attention on The UT Firebolts will host a ditch world. She is hopeful Quidditch, safety concerns tournament Feb. 2 at Bowman that Quidditch will be a progrow too. Park. Seventeen teams from fessional sport within five “I would say a concussion five states will participate. years. is a common injury,” Moody Scheer said this is an ex“We’re getting there,” said. “It’s maybe once or ceptionally large tournaMoody said. “I think it’s gotwice a tournament.” ment in Quidditch, even ing to happen sooner rather Players do not play with more so for a first-year than later.” protective gear, which Moody team hosting a first-year said would increase the cost of tournament. The Student starting up a team, She said ‘The Quidditch Activities Committee apthe IQA is trying to avoid proved funding up to $700 family’ making students use more to secure the location. It may seem these players equipment because some wrestling each other are in teams can’t afford it, and it the heat of hatred for one an- might encourage rougher play. The World Cup other, but the nature of The Quidditch World Cup The Firebolts have had Quidditch is the opposite. is the biggest tournament several members injured this “Even though they’re our year, including a female play- Quidditch has to offer. Hosted most hated rival, they’ve er who went to the emergen- this April in Kissimmee, Floribecome our best friends,” da, the top 15 cy room to treat a Scheer said of the BG team. concussion she re- On Facebook teams nationCheck out our photo “They took us under their wide will ceived while play- gallery from Sunday’s wing, and for every time compete for ing at the BG match on our Facebook we got a win, they were the title. game. page, facebook.com/ right there to support us.” Although Moody said the icollegian Scheer initially played the Firebolts IQA is a young Quidditch in a pick-up game missed out on administrative body and is with Bowling Green in which looking into solutions that a World Cup bid, Scheer hopes the opposing team taught will help students avoid more to obtain a spot at the Division him how to play. His eager2 World Cup. The spots are injuries. ness to compete led him to first-come, first-served based “It is a serious issue,” start UT’s team. on the first 20 bids. Scheer beMoody said. The leaders said personal lieves that with the growth of dedication is a key factor in UT’s team and its rapid adGlass City the growth of the team. vancement in the Quidditch Members have personally Quidditch Classic world, the Firebolts could win funded the team and supWith exponential growth a Division 2 World Cup. plied the gear, with each and attention nationwide,
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calendar Wednesday 9 a.m.: Art exhibit, The Nexus, Carlson Library, Main Campus, and Main Gallery, Center for Visual Arts. Thursday 4 p.m.: Lecture, The Galactic Plane Infared Polarization Survey: Early Science, presented by Dan Clemens of Boston University, room 1005, McMaster Hall. 7 p.m.: Dressing for Success for an Interview with Terri Burnett, part of Crib Notes series, Multipurpose Room, International House. FRIDAY 7:30 p.m.: Screening, Do the Right Thing, Center for Performing Arts. Cost: $3, includes popcorn and small soft drink. 7:30 p.m.: Screening, Winter Skies Over Toledo, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under. SATURDAY 1 p.m.: Screening, Zula Patrol: Under the Weather, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under. MONDAy All day: Martin Luther King Day, no classes.
‘Make a Way’ for unity MLK-inspired week kicks off with lecture on Islam By Nell Tirone
“We were looking for a way to draw more students Students are invited to par- into the event and so that was how we created Unity ticipate in events for the Week. And so we took a third annual Unity Week week leading up to the big hosted by the Office of Studay and filled it with activident Involvement, which beties by students and for stugan yesterday. dents to help educate them The week-long celebration and attract them to the MLK kicked off with a lecture on celebration,” said Jeff Witt, the history of Islam and will conclude with the Martin Lu- assistant dean of students and coordinator of the ther King Jr. celebration on lecture. Monday. Unity Week The first event The theme Schedule began at 5:30 of this year’s Today: Candlelight vigil, p.m. Tuesday Unity Week Trimble Lounge, SU, Noon and featured is “Make a Shamsuddin WaThursday: Color Day, Way,” which wear blue and gold heed, Imam of is also the Friday: Unity Lock In, the Toledo Mastopic of focus Rec Center, 6-10 p.m. jid of Al-Islam. at each event. Saturday: Community Waheed’s lecture Each event is Service Project, Noon to 2 primarily summeant to help p.m. marized the hisMonday: MLK Unity encourage Celebration, Savage Arena, tory of Islam in unity bethe northwest 9-10:30 a.m. tween the Ohio region, but student organizations on it also briefly touched on campus. roots of Islam in America, The actual MLK celebrawhich he said date back to tion will take place Monday the early 1800’s. at Savage Arena at 9 a.m., “Islam is as much a part and all members of the comof America as apple pie,” munity are invited to join. Waheed said. Staff Reporter
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Shamsuddin Waheed, Imam of the Toledo Masjid of AlIslam, speaks about the history of Islam in Toledo.
Through telling the history of Islam in this region, Waheed hoped to show that the diversity of UT has existed for many years and has played a large role in shaping the culture of the area. The other events will take place throughout the week. A candlelight vigil and brief presentation will be held in the Trimble Lounge of the Student Union Building today at noon. After the
Chanel Sim, left, a senior healthcare adminstration major, shares a special handshake with Rhylie Thompson, a senior majoring in healthcare administration. Members of UT’s National Pan-Hellenic Council held an informational session on Monday. Representatives from each organization provided brief overviews of their respective group, and a Q&A session shed light on Greek life at UT. The NPHC is a coalition of nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities, which are commonly referred to as the “Divine Nine.” According to the Office of Greek Life, UT’s fraternity recruitment will run from Jan. 28 to 31, 7-9 p.m. in McComas Village. For the sororities, Alpha Xi Delta’s informal recruitment is today, 7 p.m. at their house in McComas, and Delta Delta Delta’s will run from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, 5-7 p.m. at their house in McComas.
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presentation, students participating will then march in unity around campus, ending at Savage Arena. Thursday does not have any special events, but students and faculty are encouraged to wear blue and gold in a day of school spirit. Starting at 6 p.m., the Friday event will be a lock-in hosted by CAP in the Rec Center. All students who are members of student
organizations are invited. Rooms will be filled with games or activities, each hosted by a different student organization. The lock-in will end at 10 p.m. Special events during the lock-in include a poetry reading by DEEP, as well as a pot-luck with food from different cultures around the globe, with a focus on cultures which are associated with UT. Like other events, Witt said this is to help create a sense of unity amongst the student organizations. “It’s not so much about focusing in on any particular group of people, but it’s about celebrating the fact that we have a wide variety and a huge diversity of people on our campus and in our community and we want to celebrate that and recognize that in a way that brings as many different people together for a common cause as we possibly can,” he said. Aside from these main events, students can also partake in various community service projects which will be coordinated through the Office of Student Involvement with the Toledo branches of United Way and the Boys and Girls Club.
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Tuesday 7 p.m.: Dressing for Success for an Interview with Terri Burnett, part of Crib Notes series, Multipurpose Room, International House.
MOVIES Broken City, starring Mark Whalberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Out Friday. The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville. Out Friday. Mama, starring Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Out Friday.
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Science themes explored in evolving exhibit By Amanda Eggert
Two lectures will also be held as part of the exhibit. A new Center for Visual Tyler Nordgren, an artist Arts exhibit showcases artand astronomer, will display ists’ works in unique and his astronomy-themed phocollaborative ways. tography in the CVA’s Clement “The Nexus: Exploring the Gallery from Feb. 15 through Link Between Art and SciMarch 15. A full professor of ence” is an evolving and exphysics and asperimental ex- If you go tronomy at the hibit hosted University of What: “The Nexus,” a by UT’s deRedlands, Nornew UT art exhibit partment of Where: Center for Visual dgren will also art and deArts and Carlson Library lecture at Ritter partment of When: CVA, until Feb. 3; Planetarium Feb. physics and Carlson, until end of April 13, at 7 p.m. His astronomy. lecture is titled The exhibit extends be“Capturing Natural Night.” yond the CVA to the first As a guest of UT’s art defloor of Carlson Library on partment, Rosamond Purcell, UT’s Main Campus. Both locations feature sci- an artist and photographer, will speak about her work, ence-themed student artwork, which include faux galaxies, 3D chimera art and print works exploring cellular form. Additionally, students will add on to their installations each week, and visitors are encouraged to return often as the event unfolds. The collection of the artwork first went on display Monday. The CVA exhibit will remain open until Feb. 3, but the Carlson exhibit will stay up throughout the entire semester. An artists’ reception is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CVA’s Main Gallery. The exhibit and reception is free and open to the public. Staff Reporter
which explores natural history and the natural world in mid-March. In a press release, CVA Gallery Director Ben Pond described the exhibit as a collaboration between science and art. “Through this process, students will be learning that creativity has connections not only to the visual arts but to every discipline. It’s designed to get them to more thoughtfully examine their worlds, and then to apply critical thinking skills as to how they will develop an installation that best presents what they learned or found,” Pond said.
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A display part of the Nexus exhibit in Carlson library. Artists will add more to their installations every week.
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