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Stabbing suspect gets life

Egypt protests hit home

By Jennifer Ison and Vincent D. Scebbi IC Staff Writer and Features Editor

By IC Staff

Lawrence James, who plead guilty to fatally stabbing University of Toledo sophomore Casey Bucher, has been sentenced to life in prison.

James, 24, said in a pre-trial hearing last week he had dreams compelling him to stab Bucher.

James will be eligible for parole after 16 years.

Bucher was 22 years old at the time of the July incident when he was stabbed once in the heart after being asked for cigarettes and change outside of Maxwell’s Brew on West Bancroft.

James had been released from a two-year prison sentence for a similar stabbing incident in 2008 just two months before he stabbed Bucher.

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Mina Rizk, a sophomore psychology major at UT, talks with the Independent Collegian yesterday about his family and friends who live in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt.

While sophomore Mina Rizk sat in his residence hall in Toledo yesterday afternoon, his relatives in Cairo, Egypt were falling asleep, fearing the civil breakout that has thrown off the balance of power for nine days.

The psychology major at UT was born in Cairo and moved to the U.S. with his immediate family when he was nine. The rest of his aunts, uncles and cousins remain mostly in Cairo and Alexandria.

Rizk said since the outbreak, his family has been hiding predominately in fear of looters. “[My family is] scared, of course, and they told us a lot of people are breaking into homes and stealing whatever they want,” he said. “A lot of them are afraid to go outside after everything.”

An estimated 2 million people have been rioting in the streets, asking for current president Hosni Mubarak to resign after 30

years of presidency.

The revolution was also sparked by a poor economy with the unemployment rate over nine percent in 2010.

Mubarak has resorted to any tactics necessary to remain in power for the past three decades.

According to CNN News, Mubarak has been known to disqualify political candidates that may threaten his presidency. He has also imprisoned anyone indefinitely for any reason he sees fit.

Rizk said the Egyptian president established an anti-terrorism law that would allow him to violate a person’s human rights by wire-tapping and checking personal e-mails in order to keep control of suspected terrorists.

The problem, Rizk said, is Mubarak didn’t always use the law for ethical purposes.

Lynn Bachelor, associate professor of political science at UT said there is a “lack of opportunity for — Egypt, Page A4

Toledo receives $3M grant Allison Seney For the IC

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Starting this Saturday, the Palette Café will be open from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. rathern than the previous hours of 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Campus dining hours change Casey Cheap IC Staff Writer

Students will have more decisions during dining hours after several changes in campus dining halls take place this weekend.

Starting this Saturday, hours of operation will be extended at the Carter Hall Provisions on Demand on weekends while the Palette Café in Ottawa Hall East will only be catering to the latenight crowd.

The changes reflect the immense popularity of the P.O.D.s over the traditional campus dining halls, according to Vice President of Student Affairs Kaye Patten-Wallace.

“We try to listen to students in terms of what is convenient for them,” Patten-Wallace said.

“Students were telling us they wanted more late night dining.”

The Palette Café’s new hours will be from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., as opposed to the previous 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. times. The Carter P.O.D. will remain open from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday, but will extend hours from noon to 2 a.m. on weekends.

The P.O.D. in Carter Hall previously opened at 4 p.m. on the weekends.

“The P.O.D. type has been a huge success in Carter,” PattenWallace said. “The new hours

will also be more convenient for people just looking to get a cup of coffee.”

In addition to the Carter and Ottawa time changes, the South Dining Hall in the Student Union Building will close at 7 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, an hour and a half earlier than before. Hours of operation will remain 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday.

“The South Dining Hall does not get very much business the last hour and a half,” PattenWallace said. “The changes are all about the students’ needs and staying on budget.”

A P.O.D. is also now open in the North Engineering Building from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Patten-Wallace said the changes are all about how important it is for campus dining to be convenient for students.

Another goal of the changes is to make sure students in all parts of campus have something available to them at any given time, she said.

“Variety is also the difference,” Patten-Wallace said. “A P.O.D. gives students an opportunity to take care of needs beyond food, such as toiletries. A P.O.D. is more convenient, because they are open around the clock.”

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The Ohio Third Frontier Program granted the University of Toledo $3 million and a $1 million loan to advance three research initiatives with Ohio companies in hopes of helping boost the local economy.

UT will work with three companies to create environmentally-friendly acid batteries, build an ethanol plant in Toledo and create a high-tech heat and power generating system.

SuGanit Systems Inc. was awarded a $2 million grant to develop a cellulose ethanol fuel plant in conjunction with UT. It would be the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Ohio.

Advanced Battery Concepts of Port Clinton and Crown Battery Manufacturing in

Fremont, which received a $1 research that has commercial million grant, will be working relevance to Ohio companies, with UT to create long-lasting expand access of investment acid batteries. capital to create and attract GEM Energy Management technology-based enterprise of Walbridge, and nurture Ohio in collabthe increased oration with Developing a do- pool of entreJDRM of Sylvareneurial mestic liquid fuel pmanagement nia, Ohio received a $1 mil- created out of bio mass talent. lion loan to de- waste material will sig“We hope to velop a high- nificantly reduce our de- be the first of tech heat and our kind in power genera- pendency on petroleum. Ohio,” said tion system Frank Calzonetti President of with UT. SuGanit SysVice President, The Ohio Research and Ecotems Inc. Third Frontier nomic Development P r a v e e n Program is a Paripati. program that helps fund reSuGanit, in conjunction search projects in the state of with UT, will research new alOhio. ternative fuels by creating a According to their website, cellulosic ethanol that will be the program aims to increase processed by using products the quantity of high-quality that are non-food related in-

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cluding waste.

“It will take up to three years to develop the project,” Paripati said. “This will help the environment by cutting down the amounts of carbon released by petroleum. It will also allow us to reduce our dependency on relying on other countries to supply our fuel.”

UT and SuGanit have been collaborating on the research and development of this new alternative fuel for the past five years.

The partnership was sparked five years ago in Nashville, Tenn. at a conference where SuGanit took interest in a proposal set forth

by UT. The grant to fund the project will be used over the next — Grant, Page A4

Trending toward electric

By Vincent D. Scebbi Features Editor

The recent awards picked up by the Chevrolet Volt are just one indication of a trend by American consumers toward ecofriendly vehicles.

The Volt, the first hybrid car to be named one of Car and Driver Magazine’s top 10 cars, is a plug-in hybrid that runs partially on a Lithium-ion battery and an internal combustion engine.

Most recently, the vehicle won Car of the Year from four sources, including Motor Trend and the North American International Auto Show.

General Motors is just one company making the push towards electric vehicles. In early January, Ford Motor Company announced the Focus Electric, a pure electric car that runs solely on electricity and releases zero carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

According to Dave Finnegan, electric vehicle manager of Ford, the Focus — Electric, Page A4

File photo by Dean Mohr / IC

The Chevrolet Volt is the first hybird vehicle to be named to Car and Driver Magazines’s top 10 cars. It also was named the Car of the Year from four sources, including Motor Trend.

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Race to the Top raises all manipulate test results in order to receive more funds and ensures the accurate measuring of results.

Perhaps worst of all, by only requiring that all students meet certain minimum skill levels in core areas, NCLB caused many schools to completely neglect art programs, electives and programs for gifted students. RTTT creates no such incentive to cut non-essential programs, unless it could somehow be shown that this improves the quality of education for all affected students — an unlikely outcome for any school district.

While NCLB does allow each state to determine the content of its standardized tests, it emphasizes a return to the “basic concepts” that are to be tested, draining both students’ and teachers’ attention to real-life job skills and those needed to graduate high school and succeed in college. By only focusing on the tests and the skills needed to pass them, the current system leaves students wanting for the curricular diversity that inspires innovation and reveals true passions.

How are young students expected to become excited about higher education when the learning process is presented as nothing but a breakneck race to prepare for a decisive standardized test?

How can we expect them to find their calling when they are only being taught in such broad, basic categories as math, science, reading and writing? What will be the skill set and interests of the next generation of American workers, researchers and policymakers?

These and other serious questions regarding the state of the U.S. education system are answered by Obama’s system of reform. Perhaps this is the critical first step toward making our schools more equipped to educate our children for the needs of the future.

President Obama’s plan for reforming the failing U.S. education system shows far more promise than the practically and conceptually flawed No Child Left Behind Act of his predecessor, which will soon be replaced, according to the president’s recent State of the Union address. This new system of reform, Race to the Top, accurately addresses the state of education in the U.S. With dozens of school districts consistently failing to meet standards of quality and a fiscal situation not likely to improve soon, some incentive to establish new priorities and improve conditions is needed.

Obama’s policy, which began implementation in October of 2009, uses a reward of federal funds to encourage each level of educational leadership to explore new methods in all aspects of the educational system. RTTT mandates that decision-makers improve the quality of education in several key ways: setting rigorous standards evaluated by balanced tests, attracting and retaining successful and motivated teachers, implementing data systems that make pertinent information readily available to stakeholders, encouraging collaboration between community, business and education leaders and prioritizing innovation in districts that consistently fail to meet standards.

The success of this program lies in its fundamental differences from NCLB. Instead of seeking to establish uniform assessment criteria and measure success with standardized tests, RTTT centers on the goal of encouraging each state, city and district to experiment and determine what creates the best result for its students. By removing the end-all-be-all emphasis on testing established by NCLB, the new system removes the incentive for teachers and administrators to

Demagogues playing dominoes; protests in Middle East show folly of international meddling Vietnam “needed” to be retained in the capitalist sphere of influence, lest the entire region fall to the “evil” communists. Having failed to find the weapons of mass destruction or links to Al Qaeda initially used to justify invading Iraq, Bush changed the subject, using the same “domino theory” to predict that an Iraqi democracy would inspire nearby nations to make similar governmental changes.

In the end, this simply translates to imperialistic geopolitical maneuvering for the control of land and the resources contained within. Despite the various public acts of finger-pointing, fear mongering and pontificating done by our leaders to convince us that invading foreign nations somehow helps the people living there, ultimately, a successful government must be created from the mind and will of the people whom the government will serve.

History provides countless examples of one nation using military force to build a new government over a foreign people, resulting in thousands of deaths, incomparable wasted resources and lasting bitterness. Let the recent mass protests be an example of a people’s ability to determine their own destiny, free from the dictates of greedy imperial powers.

The tremendous potential of popular uprisings, driven by energetic, outraged young people and coordinated with the power of social networking technology, echoes around the world as massive protests continue in Egypt and Yemen. Decades of oppressive and autocratic rule have taken too high a toll on the people of these nations, who, like the citizens of Tunisia, will no longer silently accept a leader who abuses and mistreats them.

This is how the idea of democracy spreads in the nations of the Middle East — through the self-motivated and selfdirected rebellion of a people. It is certainly not the invasion and bungled, painfully drawn-out occupation of Iraq that the outraged masses in Egypt and Yemen look to for inspiration.

Despite the Bush Administration and Iraq War supporters’ absurd promises that toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime would lead to other Middle Eastern nations embracing democratic reform, we are only now seeing such cries for freedom. Indeed, with the same rhetoric that was used to build support for the devastatingly wasteful engagement in Vietnam, Bush was able to convince many Americans to support the invasion of Iraq.

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God in the machine In the Rivera court of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) I had to retrieve my jaw from the floor. The 27-panel, four-wall mural t i t l e d “Detroit Industry” absolutely captivated my imagination.

In 1933, E d s e l Ford, son of Henry Stephen o r d , Bartholomew F commissioned the controversial Mexican artist Diego Rivera to paint a mural on two walls of the DIA depicting the spirit of Detroit autoworkers. After Rivera had spent time observing autoworkers in Mich., he excitedly proposed covering every wall in the courtyard with his mural.

I had little knowledge of the man or his work beforehand. Fortunately, the DIA offered free iPad tours of the mural, of which I was somewhat skeptical at first. I didn’t like the idea of staring at an iPad when I could be immersing myself in the line, color and shape of the beautiful artwork that whorled around me.

Yet, after handing over my ID in exchange for Apple’s latest sensation, I was happily surprised by my virtual tour. In fact, I couldn’t help but notice how my experience of the artwork, aided by a technological device, reflected one of several themes present in Rivera’s mural: the relationship between humans and technology.

Detroit autoworkers are depicted at work, in rhythm with factory machines. The back and forth of the assembly line directs the eye of the viewer in and out of the mural.

A large stamping press appears on one of the main panels. It towers above all the workers in the factory, symbolizing more than a machine that stamps large pieces of metal into auto body parts.

Without taking the iPad tour, I would have never realized that Rivera drew from his expansive cultural knowledge when he associated the stamping press with the Aztec deity Coatlicue.

Coatlicue was the goddess

of birth, death, regeneration and war. To Rivera, this deity represented a full range of contradictory potential.

By infusing the imagery of the stamping press with the Aztec goddess, Rivera was commenting on the power machines have over people.

Aztecs believed that Coatlicue had to be fed with human blood for the world to remain in harmony. In Rivera’s mural the stamping press is shown being powered by human energy. Rivera was suggesting that humans have replaced old gods with new, industrial deities. The irony is that man created machines, yet machines end up pontificating human life.

As I learned about Rivera’s intention of showing the

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Rivera was suggesting that humans have replaced old gods with new, industrial deities. The irony is that man created machines, yet machines end up pontificating human life.

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conflict between man and technology by interacting with a 21st century technological device, I wondered what he would have thought about such a powerful handheld computer. There I was, holding one of this century’s most stunning inventions, gawking at one of last century’s most impressive artistic achievements.

Throughout the mural, technology is shown in both positive and negative lights.

In one example a passenger airplane is depicted as an exciting new way for people to travel across the world.

Yet warplanes are painted on the opposing panel, with men standing beneath wearing gas masks.

Another wall depicts a modern nativity scene. An infant receives a vaccination from a doctor as a nurse stands by. Three scientists stand behind them working on an experiment. Animals

appear in the foreground.

Clearly, the infant represents Jesus, the doctor is Joseph and the nurse symbolizes Mary. The scientists are the three wise men. The animals are not rendered any differently then they appear in the original nativity scene.

However, in this case the animals represent the source of the vaccination serum.

When the mural opened to the public, clergy members bemoaned the nativity scene as sacrilegious.

But Rivera meant it to be a statement of hope. He saw technology as both good and evil. Science was making beneficial advancements for humanity, especially in the medical field. Rivera meant to drain the nativity image of its old meaning and infuse it with new meaning in the context of 20th century faith in science.

Seventy-eight years later, science has made strides beyond Diego Rivera’s imagination. But as I stood there surrounded by his murals, I realized that many of the problems he depicted are still present today.

There is division between wealthy and poor. Natural resources are depleted in order to build machines that end up dictating human behavior. And humans continue incomprehensibly to wage war.

Technology has given us the ability to save lives, communicate instantly, decode DNA, view other galaxies in space and clone animals. Technology has made it possible to destroy the world many times over with nuclear bombs.

Technology is neither good nor evil. It is manmade and it reflects the impulses of its creator. Rivera was brilliant in making the connection between the stamping press and the Aztec goddess Coatlicue. Just as Coatlicue embodied possibilities of contradiction, so does technology. Both are only as powerful as humans believe them to be.

Technology, like religion, encompasses all the potential of a complex creature on its continuing course of evolution.

—Stephen Bartholomew is an IC columnist and an English education student at UT.

Voices of change The news cycle of the past week or so has been unquestionably dominated by the story of the protests of Mubarak’s regime in Egypt.

Part of the reasons these protests have gathered an international audience is that those who stood in the streets of Egyptian cities were not of one demographic; on the contrary, they were and continue to be people of many age groups, levels of education and of various backgrounds.

I think it can be said that those who march in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria are as varied as possible, yet they march under one cause, that their voice be heard and that it be heeded by an oppressive government.

One very important reason college students in America should pay close attention to the voices of Egyptians is the same reason we should listen to the voices of those who want peace between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and the voices who want peace in Afghanistan, and those who want peace in Iraq.

These countries and many others in the Middle East have populations that are dominated by young people, the same age bracket into which the average American college student falls.

Also, the leaps that companies like Google and Twitter have taken in order to ensure that the people of Egypt can communicate with their international audience and with international

media outlets also points to something we American college students should give attention.

The actions that Egypt’s President Mubarak have taken in order to try and control the flow of information points out the vulnerability of such a flow, especially the media we’re most familiar with: mobile phone networks and the Internet.

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The actions that Egypt’s President Mubarak have taken in order to try and control the flow of information points out the vulnerability of such a flow, especially the media we’re most familiar with: mobile phone networks and the Internet.

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Imagine, if you would, that the U.S. government actively shut down the country’s access to the Internet, only allowed access to one television network, and cell phone usage was spotty, unreliable or nonexistent. One of the pretty nice things about ours and many other countries is that this kind of thing does not happen and likely won’t.

President Mubarak and his government have not remained in power by

democratic means and they certainly haven’t behaved like a government that listens to the concerns of its people. This is a government that for the past 30 or so years has jailed and tortured its dissidents, as well as allowed its people to suffer high unemployment and high costs of living.

When governments such the one under President Mubarak exist and work to oppress the people they’re supposed to represent, control the amount of information and what information its people can see, it’s probably a good idea to pay attention when the people say enough is enough.

The people our elected officials will be talking to in the future are the ones demanding new governments and new policies right now.

The people marching in the streets for a more just system of government are the future of the Middle East.

Hopefully, this future is one unlike the present, with unjust governments and dictators heading military regimes propped up by U.S. tax dollars.

College students can’t afford to ignore the consequences of foreign policy or pretend that it doesn’t affect our lives to some degree, not when the borders of land and ocean are so easily crossed and information shared so rapidly.

—Pam McCray is an IC columnist and a junior majoring in political science.

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Theft from motor vehicle

On Jan. 20, a police officer was dispatched to parking lot 25 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim reported his University of Toledo parking permit had been stolen from his vehicle. It was valued at $125.

On Jan. 24, a police officer was dispatched to parking lot 03 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim stated three University of Toledo parking permits were stolen from his vehicle along with his iPod, which was valued at $150. There were no signs of forced entry.

Theft

On Jan. 21, a police officer was dispatched to BowmanOddy Laboratories to take a theft report. The reporting person stated when he came to work he found one of the laptops that controls some of the lab equipment was gone.

The wire tethering the laptop to the desk had been cut. The reporting person stated the room had been locked, but there were adjoining rooms that may have not been locked. The computer belonged to the chemistry department and was valued at $1,000.

On Jan. 28, a police officer was dispatched to Horton International House to take a theft report. The victim reported someone had taken $150 from her wallet in her purse. The victim stated when she came to work she placed her purse underneath her coat and when she finished her shift she discovered the cash was missing. Her credit cards, checkbook and social security card were not missing.

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On Jan. 26, a police officer was dispatched to Carter Hall West to take a burglary report. The victim stated someone came into their room while they were asleep and removed a laptop and cell phone. The victims stated their door was shut, but not locked.

On Jan. 26, a police officer was dispatched to Carter Hall East to take a burglary report.

The victim stated an unknown person entered their room and stole several of his roommate’s items including an Xbox 360 and two controllers, two laptops, three textbooks, $155 in cash and a refund check valued at $350.

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By Sura Khuder IC Staff Writer

The following is the second-part in an IC series about money management.

This feature focuses primarily on investing and whether students should start setting up a retirement plan.

Average college students have a lot on their minds, and chances are tending to a retirement plan is not one of them.

The thought of IRA’s, 401K’s, pension plans and social security may appear incredibly irrelevant to college students who have yet to begin their careers; however, even with uncertainty in the job market and economy in general, experts say investing in a retirement plan now has its advantages, especially for this generation.

Young people today are no stranger to adverse economies, having recently experienced a recession. Economic journalist Dan Kadlec points to this in his Time magazine article. If anything, this indicates progressive market times ahead since profitable bouts in history have emerged from times like these.

“The decline in asset prices that has been so devastating to your elders has, for you, created a rare opportunity.

The steep declines of recent

Egypt From Page A1 political expression in Egypt because of President Mubarak.”

The riots in the streets of central Egypt, specifically Tahrir Square, have turned violent, and many people are being injured and killed.

The violence has continued to escalate since Mubarak’s supporters have joined the rioting and looting.

The two sides have been throwing Molotov cocktails back and forth, as well as using other weapons while Egyptian police are not present to assist in stopping the violence.

Mubarak supporters have entered Tahrir Square on horses and camels attacking protestors with whips, firearms and Molotov cocktails.

According to CNN, there is reason to believe that these people were ordered to do so by the government.

Mubarak recently announced, he will not run for president again, but protesters have shown no sign of stopping.

Mubarak’s reign will end in September when the new elections start.

years have set up a potentially long period of superior gains ahead — just as you are getting ready to start a regular savings program,” he said.

If there is one thing young people have, it’s time — specifically for money to compound.

According to Professor of Finance Richard Boden, students should start saving immediately.

“Students who start saving as much as they reasonably can now have a reasonable expectation of retiring early or starting a second career, knowing that their financial position is secure,” he said.

A representative from Huntington Bank suggested that students interested in beginning a retirement plan to start a Roth-Individual Retirement Account, essentially a taxfree plan in which an investor would pay the tax on the amount they are investing upfront. This is compared to a standard IRA where tax is paid on a sum of money when it is taken out at retirement.

This is the type of retirement plan Colten Stewart, a junior majoring in nursing, began when he was 18.

Stewart began a retirement plan because he was unsure about his career and whether or not he’d fall into a job that provided him with retirement benefits.

The people do not believe Mubarak will uphold his promise because he has said this before and changed his mind at the last minute.

Rizk feels the Egyptian people do not need a quick change, but actual change now for the sake of their stability.

While acknowledging Mubarak made a lot of mistakes, Rizk said he does not hate the president and feels how he has been treated is wrong.

“I’m not against the guy 100 percent,” he said. “I don’t feel this is the way to treat them because he has done some good things for our country.”

Mubarak has helped strengthen ties between the United States and Egypt during his 30 year reign.

Rizk said the riots in Tunisia helped inspire Egypt’s revolution.

“I feel [Tunisia] was the inspiration to help rebel against the government,” he said. “This came out of the blue to me. I didn’t hear anything until then.”

Rizk added Egypt and Tunisia are not the only countries in turmoil; he speculates the media covers his native country more because of the alliance between the U.S. and Egypt.

Dining From Page A1 Patten-Wallace said it costs “a fortune” to run full-scale dining halls.

Dean of Students Michele Martinez said residents have been notified of the changes and signs with the new hours have been posted in the Palette Café for about two weeks.

“The P.O.D. that just opened in North Engineering was an idea based on a study done last spring semester,” said Director of Auxiliary Services Joy Gramling. “Hours for this were based on utilization.”

Gramling said the Palette Café was being relatively unused with its current hours.

“It was not being used the full time, because the heavy traffic doesn’t hit until around 6 or 7 p.m.,” Gramling said. “The P.O.D.s in Carter are great — they are easy, quick, and convenient, especially on weekends.”

Gramling said the South Dining Hall, like the Palette Café, was also used very little.

“It just made sense to close it earlier and shift the focus to the P.O.D.s,” she said. “We’re going to cater to the late night crowds and meet students the best we can. By shifting hours around, we have a better chance of doing that.”

Gramling said the northeast part of campus is still currently underserved.

According to Gramling there is some discussion of putting another P.O.D. somewhere in the College of Business and Innovation’s buildings.

“We are going to continue to evaluate trends and get feedback from students,” she said.

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A group of roughly 40 people show support for the protestors in Egypt with a Rally on Saturday in West Toledo.

Grant From Page A1 three years.

“UT and northwest Ohio will benefit from executing research skills provided by the university, the hiring of UT graduates and just creating jobs to boost the local economy,” Paripati said.

The cellulosic ethanol being developed by SuGanit, Paripati said, has four goals, including reducing dependence on foreign oil, creating jobs, servicing local supply chains and improving the economy by creating environmentally friendly alternative fuel.

“The process of evaluation began by meeting for six weeks, then we researched presentations, and as a group we decide on what important decisions are to be made,” Paripati said.

One of the main contributors that allows this research to be possible is the Clean

and Alternative Energy Incubator located on Dorr Street.

“UT’s incubator is to nurture the developmental process of new businesses,” said Frank Calzonetti, vice president for research and economic development at UT. The incubator provides space, support and research for a business to grow.

“The Ohio Third Frontier Program issued the grant after we submitted countless proposals over a five-year time span,” Calzonetti said.

He said the partnership with SuGanit is very valuable.

“Developing a domestic liquid fuel created out of bio mass waste material will significantly reduce our dependency on petroleum,” Calzonetti said.

Representatives from Advanced Battery Concepts LLC, GEM Energy and Crown Battery were unavailable to comment for this article.

“I started thinking what am I going to do when I retire, am I going to be forced to stay in a job I really don’t like because I have no other plan,” he said.

Stewart added he thinks it’s important for collegeaged students to start supporting themselves and to expect nothing when they retire.

Also, Stewart said some college students should consider beginning a retirement plan now because of the potential this money has to grow.

For example, if someone in their 30’s were to begin investing in a Roth-IRA at 8 percent interest rate, beginning with $1,000 and adding $1,000 each year, they would have saved $200,887 by the time they retired at 65.

However, if a 20-year-old were to make the same investment into the same plan, they would have saved $449,347 if they retired at the same age.

Professor of Finance Linda Bowyer who teaches investing courses to undergraduate students said while it is ideal for young people to begin investing now, it isn’t entirely pertinent.

“For the typical undergraduate going to school working a part time or full time job, investing is probably not in their realm,” she said.

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Instead, they should focus on not spending more than they have.

Money in a retirement plan cannot be accessed until retirement. With this in mind, Colton understands how difficult it is for an average college student to do the same.

“It’s really hard to convince someone to start

saving for something that they won’t see until they are fifty nine and a half, it’s hard enough to convince a college student to save enough for next week,” he said. “But if you look at the baby boomers retiring now, you see people having a great time and owning a condo somewhere, vacationing all the time and then there’s someone who is still working because their retirement pension they thought they were going to have didn’t [happen] and they don’t have other sources of money.”

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On Saturday, a group of roughly 40 people rallied at the corner of Talmadge and Sylvania in West Toledo.

Electric From Page A1 Electric charges fully in three hours from a 244-volt outlet, which is the equivalent of what a dryer would run on.

Despite the recent electric vehicle trend, electric cars do not meet the needs of all drivers.

For those who have a longer commute, Ford developed the Blueprint for Sustainability.

The blueprint plans to bring more affordable fuel economy to millions by “electrifying a platform of vehicles,” Finnegan said. For example, the company would develop a hybrid, plug-in hybrid and an all electric version of one vehicle so customers could choose a class to suit their needs. “[Ford is] not looking for technologies that are going to solve it for a handful of customers,” he said. “We’re developing all versions of electrified transportations.

We understand that is going to meet the broadest variety of needs.”

Jeffrey Liedel, chief information officer for GM OnStar, said the higher demand for alternative cars can be explained with various reasons including cutting dependency on foreign oil and becoming a more eco-friendly society. “[The Volt is] an environmentally friendly product and that is the image they want to present,” Liedel said.

“It’s a lifestyle and I think the electric car is an environmental product that appeals to that lifestyle.”

The goal of a more ecofriendly lifestyle requires different approaches in addition to electric cars.

“The diversity of the sources means that we’ll have to do a lot of things to get a grip on this problem,” said John Holdren, professor of environmental policy at Harvard University.

“About three-quarters of that

carbon dioxide comes from burning oil, coal and natural gas and those energy sources are 80 percent of the energy supply of the world today.”

According to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 86 percent of electricity in Ohio is powered by coal, compared to the national percentage of 44.5 percent.

Despite the high use of coal, Liedel said there has been greater usage of alternative sources such as wind turbines in the Midwest and solar panels in California.

“You see more people putting solar panels on their roofs rather than burning coal. You are seeing more wind turbines to generate electricity,” he said. “Whether it’s your car or home, there’s more and more interest in environmentally friendly energy sources.

That is certainly going to continue, the Volt is just one change in that society.”

The concept of an electric vehicle is not new. Electricity powered a majority of vehicles because it was more convenient than earlier combustion engines, which needed to be cranked in order to run. Following the discovery of West Texas crude oil and an electric starter in the early 20th Century, internal combustion engines became dominant.

With a small demand for change at the turn of the century, Finnegan said a variety of test vehicles emerged, including the Ford Ranger EV and Chevy’s EV-1.

The EV-1 caused controversy in the late 1990s and early 2000s, inspiring the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Problems with the electric car included a high vehicle cost, a limited range and the lack of charging stations.

Doug Korthof, a resident of Seal Beach, Calif. and supporter of the EV-1, said

both of his EV-1s were destroyed when General Motors Company issued a recall to destroy them.

Korthof said in an interview with the Independent Collegian, once GM sold the patent on its nickel-metal hydride to Chevron, “they started crushing electric cars.”

Korthof said he witnessed the California Air Restrictions Board meetings in the early nineties where GM was first convinced to work on an electric vehicle to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

“General Motors always hated the EV-1, they were forced by CARB, they argued,” Korthof said. “I was there at the meetings in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998. They consistently argued that electric cars didn’t work, nobody wanted them, they’d lose money on them.

They consistently opposed the program. GM hated electric cars and they still hate electric cars.”

Liedel said the EV-1 was an example of a “lesson learned.”

Korthof said it will be another generation or two before electric cars become more prominent and oil companies “give up their power.”

Liedel said the continuing progress of sustainability will be more evolutionary rather than revolutionary. He later added, if there is a demand for change, Americans can adapt and “adapt quickly.”

“When we realize we need to get something done, it will get done quickly; whether we need hydrogen fueling stations or electric charging stations,” he said. “I’m not worried about some of those infrastructure problems, I’d say we’d rapidly adapt if there is a demand for that.

Will we see a flying car in the future? No. But I certainly see us taking great strides in the repulsion system one step at a time.”

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today Stranahan Theater — “Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed at the theater Feb. 3 through 6.

Show times are 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; and 7 p.m. Sunday night. Tickets are $58.25 for Main Floor seats; $58.25 for the seating in the Loge (2nd level); and $29.25 to $53.25 for Balcony seats (3rd level).

They can be purchased through TicketMaster.com.

friday Center for Performing Arts — UT Film Fridays will present “The 25th Hour” at 7:30 p.m. in the Lab Theatre. The event is free of charge, but a $3 donation is appreciated.

Valentine Theatre — Silver Screen Film Classics will be presenting “Psycho” at the Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $4.

There will be a full cash bar, $2 popcorn and $3 tall drafts. Reu parking will continue to extend the $4 parking fee for the lot on Superior across from the main entrance of the theatre along with free meter parking in the evening.

Arts and Life Thursday, February 3, 2011

By Mitchell Rohr For the IC

What started as an organized demonstration in Egypt has resulted in the entire country falling off the digital map.

On Jan. 25, thousands of Egyptian citizens in various locations around the North African nation rallied together in what Egyptian news source Al-Masry Al-Youm called the “Day of Anger.”

They had come together to express their dissatisfaction with the Egyptian government, and to protest “the deterioration of economic conditions.”

Many of the protestors brandished signs calling for the resignation of current leader, President Muhammad Mubarak.

The protests are thought to be influenced by the recent unrest and upheaval in Tunisia, which took place in December of last year.

Beyond the similarities, activists were also spotted carrying the Tunisian flag. Mona Eltahawy of the Washington Post saw one man carrying a sign saying, “Yesterday, Tunisia. Today, Egypt. Jan. 25 the day we began to take our rights back.”

These protests were relatively calm until Jan. 27, when the Egyptian

government issued an order for its Internet service providers to shut down their services.

Internet monitoring company Renesys reported, that by the next morning, 93 percent of Egyptian networks were unreachable and the only remaining provider, Noor Group, was shut down later that day.

All of Egypt was taken off the Internet after a few phone calls from the government. The phone lines quickly followed.

Though many cell phone carriers have not ended their service in Egypt, many phone owners have been experiencing low reception.

Despite the numerous restrictions and difficulties with phone and Internet, people around the world have been keeping close review on the progress of the protest.

Much of what is being reported from the protestors has come from citizen journalists using their limited access to technology to send updates to the world.

Although social networks such as Facebook.com and Twitter. com have been shut down in Egypt, the international support for the citizen journalists resulted in what Arabic

news group Al Jazeera is calling “Hacktivism.”

The portmanteau signifies a mixture of computer hacking and activism.

Citizen journalists have been using their computer hacking skills to bypass government restrictions in order to post information on the protests on their social networking sites and to organize protest efforts.

One outlet has also b e e n Yo u Tu b e . c o m , which has dedicated its “Citizen Tube” page and portions of its homepage strictly for videos coming out of Egypt.

Clips on the page vary from marches alongside tanks patrolling Egyptian streets, to interviews with citizens watching from afar.

These videos are providing raw, uncensored material that previously might have been edited and shown on a major media network.

Yet to post videos on YouTube, one would still have to be able to circumvent the government Internet restrictions. That’s where @ speak2tweet has lent a hand.

Jillian C. York, a contributor to Global Voices, an online aggregator of citizen media and blogs , wrote that on —Technology, Page B2 Graphic by Nick Kneer/ IC

LGBT hospital victory

UTMC complies with new law

By A. Sharp For the IC

A Jan. 18, decision by President Obama declared that a resolution would go into effect later that day that would strip Medicare and Medicaid coverage from hospitals that restrict the visitation rights of the domestic partners in

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Stranahan Theater — Drumline Live! will be hosted at the theater on Wednesday night.

The show begins at 7: 30 p.m.

Tickets are $27.50 to $65.50 depending on the section and are available for purchase online at TicketMaster.com. activities and free t-shirts in the Mall. Drop by and celebrate with President Jacobs. For more information, call 419-530-2256.

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The revolution will not be televised; the revolution will be tweeted

Franciscan Theatre & Conference Center — St. Ursula Academy will be performing “Phantom of the Opera.”

Show times will be 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. For ticket information, contact the Franciscan Theatre at 419824-3999 or tickets@lordes. edu.

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Toledo Museum of Art — The Toledo Symphony Classic Series presents Beethoven’s Ninth being performed in the Peristyle Theatre. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 to $60 depending on the section and purchase information can be found online from ToledoSymphony.com.

Frankie’s Inner-city — There will be a Jamboree Battle of the Bands at Frankie’s featuring Goodbye Blue Skies, Arson Our Savior, Lost In The Light, A Violent Perfection, Armastus and Not Without A Fight at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, the night of the show.

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“Snow-pacalypse” Taken at the loop near Ottawa West.

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T h e p o l i c y, which was issued to the Department of Health and Human Services after being proposed by President Obama’s April Memorandum, ensures that patients are allowed visitors of their choice regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or family makeup.

When the law passed, justice was served for all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, but it was more bittersweet for Janice Langbehn;

her heartfelt story inspired President Obama after he read it on the White House Blog.

In 2007 Langbhen, and Lisa Ponds, her life partner of 18 years, faced a horrible tragedy while on a family cruise in the Bahamas. Ponds suffered an aneurysm and later died a t Jacks o n Memor i a l Hospital in Miami, Florida.

D u ri n g Ponds’ final hours, Langbhen received little to no information from the hospital on Ponds’ condition. When the staff at Jackson Memorial told her that she couldn’t stand by her partner’s side, Langbhen found the news unexpected and heart-wrenching.

Langbhen’s main grievance was denial of the right to be at the bedside of her dying wife.

Traditionally, only blood —Visitation, Page B2

Catwalk Outrage : Judging UT fads

By Barb E. Dahl IC Fashionista

With the wonder of a magnificent winter landscape before us, it is understandable, although not necessarily acceptable, for the common rules of fashion to fall by the wayside. As it should be, practicality is the number one goal to be reached when in search of the warmest clothes of the season.

However, practicality should not in any way be tied to conformity.

While trends have the capability to be fashion forward and glamorous, they also possess the unfortunate quality that works its way into the minds of many, causing them to become crowd followers.

This is perhaps one of the worst mistakes that any stylesavvy student can make.

Acquiescing to the fabrics and patterns of everyone around you is synonymous with losing originality, one trendy step at a time.

The Greeks on campus are notorious for dressing and accessorizing similarly, no matter the weather.

For some specific fraternities and sororities, it does not take a well-trained eye to spot a brightly colored selection of symbols embroidered on a “classy” pullover or book-carrying tote.

While there is nothing wrong with representing the name of

the group to which you have pledged an incredibly vast amount of both time and money, the lack of wardrobe uniqueness may be bothersome to those who are more than willing to express actual creativity in their attire.

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Technology From Page B1 Feb. 1, “Google and Twitter (along with SayNow, a company recently acquired by Google) [announced] that they were jointly launching SpeaktoTweet, a service that would allow Egyptians to call an international number and record a voice message which would then be tweeted from the Twitter account @ speak2tweet.”

Those without Internet access can connect to a landline phone, many of which have not been disconnected at this time, and leave either a tweet with their account or an anonymous one.

Last week, several Egyptian government websites were hacked and vandalized. Soon after, individuals identifying themselves by the infamous Internet hacktivist moniker “Anonymous” took responsibility through an Internet press release.

“Anonymous” also voiced supported for the protestors, and even threatened the Egyptian government. “[Our group] challenges all those who are involved in censorship. [Our group] wants you to offer free access to uncensored media in your entire country … when you ignore this message, not only will we attack your government websites, [We] will also make sure the international media sees the reality you impose on your people.”

The group was also involved in the 2009 student protests in Iran, creating a site devoted to

Visitation From Page B1 relatives were permitted.

However, because of the nature of her sexual orientation, she and her children were not allowed in the room.

“The fact that the hospital didn’t let our children say goodbye to their mom... That’s just something that will haunt me forever,” she told ABC news in January.

She was told by a Jackson Memorial social worker that Florida is an anti-gay state

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Independent Collegian the leaking and receiving of information from the students.

Five days after Egypt was disconnected from the web, Martyn Williams of Computerworld, reported that many Internet users were regaining access and many Egyptian based websites are slowly coming back online. With the lifting the service provider blocking, also returned Twitter and Facebook to the country.

On Wednesday, an estimated 5 million by the Huffington Post logged onto Facebook creating “around 32,000 groups and 14,000 pages,” in relation to Egypt, the most popular of which belongs to Amr Khaled, a preacher who already has over 2 million “likes.”

Events are still unfolding in Egypt without a clear solution in sight. Mubarak refused to step down, but announced he would not seek reelection.

During the 2009 Iranian protests over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the unrest was dubbed the “Twitter Revolution” by the Washington Times. Despite the medium’s role in the upheaval, Abmadinejad was still sworn in, and the protests eventually stopped.

Social networking may not yet be an effective tool for revolutionaries, but it provides an unprecedented and otherwise impossible look from within the protest. ­— DC Guastella contributed to this report. and the couple was forced to be separated. Langbhen was not able to say her last goodbyes.

Langbhen’s story was one of many that influenced Obama to order the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to draft a new law.

The change in the policy affects members of the LGBT community and their loved ones during times of crisis and when one needs to be consoled the most rather than being discriminated against.

“Without these national rules, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual

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Some tweets delivered clandestinely by Egyptians in the past 24 hours discussing the unrest and the media coverage of the protests.

or Transgender person could not be certain that their domestic partner or chosen family would be allowed by their side,” Sherry Tripepi, UT professor of social work and executive director of Equality Toledo said.

Diversity is listed as one of the six tenants of the University of Toledo’s Mission Statement and can therefore be considered an important consideration for the university.

In 2006, UT acquired the Medical University of Ohio, which later became the University of

Toledo Medical Center.

“We respect all our patients and all of our community members and we want this to be a welcoming place for all,” Associate Vice President and Associate Executive Director of UTMC Norma Tomlinson said.

The law, which went into effect on Jan. 18, not only allows visitation from domestic partners in same sex relationships, but also extended family as well as friends.

“We are very pleased to

have the new national rules for hospital visitation,” Tripepi said.

She went on to say “[Equality Toledo] believes that all people should have the equal rights to choose who is by their side during a hospital stay.”

Patients and visitors should be well aware of their rights and take the time to cover the policies at any facility. Policies at the UTMC such as “Visitor Authorization After Regular Hours” and “Patient

have a tendency to lose the originality normally expressed in clothing.

The North Face, for instance, is a brand crafted to face the cold. Ugg boots are aimed at comfort and warmth, although their durability facing the elements is slightly questionable.

There is no way of knowing exactly why these two wellknown names in outerwear and footwear have seemed to so quickly climb the popularity charts. The chance that sheer warmth is being sought is possible; however, the constant and disappointing reality is that fads do exist.

In this case, fads come with a high price.

Upwards of $70 are being spent on cozy sweatshirts with not much more out of the ordinary than a small insignia on the upper left shoulder, not to mention winter coats nearing $300.

In addition, Uggs at their cheapest linger in the $120 range.

With prices as high as these, there must be a draw to these products stronger than just softness surrounding the arms and ankles.

If only fashion and practicality are responsible for numerous similarly-dressed folk, then that’s that. If conformity, however, is to blame for these articles of clothing, it is time to reevaluate personal preferences and the obsolescent concept of fads.

Rights and Responsibilities” are examples of what it means to cater to families of the LGBT community.

In a press release after the announcement, Rea Carey of the Natioanl Gay and Lesbian Task Force wrote, “We thank the administration for taking this step, but continue to urge for the removal of barriers to full protections for our families, which includes repealing [1996 ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act].”

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Akron really came out intense defensively and attacking offensively. It served as a great wake-up call for us.

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earlier than we wanted to yesterday,” Cullop said. “I After consecutive victories always hate sitting around the hotel too long. over the top two You are just lazy teams in the Midwhen you are sitting American Conferaround the hotel and ence East Division, it just took us a while the Rockets needed a to wake up tonight.” late comeback over a Reigning MAC struggling Akron Player of the Week squad in a 58-49 vicNaama Shafir (1 of tory last night.

9) struggled against Toledo (16-6, 8-1 Akron, making her MAC) ended the only field goal with game on a 28-11 run Richardson just under three minto pull away from the utes remaining. The Zips, giving UT its best league start since junior point guard finished with 12 points after sinking 2002-03.

“I thought eventually we 10 of 15 from the free-throw did what we had to do to line.

“The reason she win,” UT head coach struggled is because Tricia Cullop said. “I Akron’s defense did thought we played a a great job of taking little complacent in away her favorite the first half and Akron really came Toledo 58 things she does,” out intense defen- Akron 49 Cullop said. “I thought she made sively and attacking some great adjustoffensively.

It served as a great wake-up ments in the second half.”

Shafir wasn’t the only call for us.”

Cullop feared a possible Rocket who succeeded at the charity stripe. letdown last Saturday Overall Toledo made against East co-lead26-of-34 free throws, er Kent State after compared to 12 of 14 Toledo’s 66-65 victory by the Zips. over arch-rival Bowl“We had to win ing Green, but the from the free-throw Rockets rolled over line and be aggresthe Flashes. Surprissive because they ingly it was the Zips weren’t giving us (9-11, 2-6) who gave easy looks,” Cullop UT trouble, which Cullop believed may Shafir said. “We had to attack the basket and have been tied to the make them at the inclement weather.

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Zach Davis – Editor Storm delays tough road macthup for UT Due to Wednesday’s nasty winter storm that cancelled classes at both Toledo and the University of Buffalo, the UT men’s basketball team spent an extra day in New York as their game against the Bulls yesterday was moved to 2 p.m. today.

“We had a team breakfast and went to practice at Canisius College Joe since BuffaMehling lo would not let us into their facility,” Toledo head coach Toledo will Tod Kowalchave to con- zyk said. trol the tem- “We had a four hour po and play study hall their best of- block. We fensive game just went bowling and of the season had a nice to knock off dinner.”

The Rockthe highets will have p o w e r e d their hands Bulls. full today with first place Buffalo, the thirdstraight MidAmerican Conference East Division coleader they have faced in the last 10 days.

The Bulls lead the MAC in scoring offense (73.5 ppg), field goal percentage (40 percent) and three-point percentage (38 percent) and are led by junior guard Zach Filzen (15.1 ppg) and senior Byron Mulkey (14.5 ppg).

Toledo will have to control the tempo and play their best offensive game of the season to knock

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The University of Toledo women’s basketball team won their fourth straight game against Akron last night, 58-49. Sophomore Lecretia Smith (above) scored a team-high 12 points along with junior guard Naama Shafir and senior forward Melissa Goodall.

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Toledo signs 19, 2011 class ranks first in MAC

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Toledo recieved a letter of intent yesterday from 19 student-athletes from around the country.

By Zach Davis Sports Editor

File photo by Jason Mack / IC

Shafir Named MAC Player of the Week Junior guard Naama Shafir was named MAC West Division Player of the Week.

The UT football program signed 19 recruits and was named the No. 1 class in the Mid-American Conference by Rivals.com and Scout.com yesterday. Toledo was chosen as the top class in the league by Rivals and second

by Scout in 2010.

“I think the word is getting out about all the great things that are happening in our program,” Beckman said.

“The winning tradition is back at Toledo, and a lot of young men want to become a part of that. This year’s recruiting class is a very talented and committed group.

They will be a major part of the Rocket family for the

next four or five years.”

Andre “Tank” Sturdivant, a defensive end from Glenville High School in Cleveland, was the lone four-star recruit to join any MAC program, according to Rivals. The 6-3, 265 pound defensive end had offers from five Big Ten schools, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State.

After narrowing his decision down to Toledo and Penn State, Sturdivant chose the Rockets as his collegiate destination.

“Tank Sturdivant could be an immediate impact player for us,” Beckman said. “He’s got the size and speed to really help us on the defensive line.”

Sturdivant and the 18 other signees join the eight other recruits that are already enrolled at Toledo. Of those eight, three were transfers who were four-star recruits coming out of high school including junior safety Vladimir Emilien of Michigan, junior running back Josh Haden of Boston College and sophomore safety Jordan Haden of Florida. Both Hadens are brothers of Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden.

Another notable signing was Hilliard Davidson’s Jeremiah Detmer, who was the ninth-ranked kicking recruit in the nation, according to Scout.

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win games on the road we have to hit free throws and we did.”

Senior center Melissa Goodall and sophomore forward Lecretia Smith each finished with a teamhigh 12 points and six rebounds while freshman guard Andola Dortch was the final Rocket in doublefigures with 10 points and five boards.

The Rockets played without sophomore center Yolanda Richardson, who left last Saturday’s game against Kent State with a concussion.

“She caught an elbow to the forehead and after the game she was showing some minor concussion symptoms,” Cullop said. “To play it safe we held her out of this game.

She’s doing a lot better.

I’d be really surprised if she misses the next game.”

The Rockets trailed at halftime and the Zips took an eight-point lead with under 12 minutes remaining before a 13-2 run put UT in front 43-40. The Zips were unable to recover from their lost lead as Toledo cruised to a 58-49 victory.

Toledo remains on the road as the travel to Oxford to face Miami (OH) on Saturday at noon. The RedHawks are 10-11 on the season, with a 2-6 record in the MAC.

off the high-powered Bulls.

“I think Buffalo is a very good team,” Kowalczyk said.

“They are 5-2 in league play and probably the most efficient offensive team we have faced. We are going to have to make sure that we defend them and keep them off the offensive glass.”

Malcolm Griffin leads the Rockets in scoring (13.1 ppg) and scored over 20 points a game for the first time in his career during a four-game span before scoring just eight points in a recent loss at Kent State after fouling out.

He will have to stay focused and pace himself to play plenty of minutes. Right now he is the only weapon in the UT arsenal.

“We are not a very good offensive team,” Kowalczyk said. “We need to find ways to score and that’s getting the ball into the post and getting to the foul line. Malcolm is the only guy we have that can create on his own and that’s why he has scored more lately.”

Playing in that post position for Toledo will be freshmen Delino Dear and Reese Holliday, a young duo which averages 10.2 and 9.1 points, respectively.

Dear has been a moderate offensive threat but his post defense has been lacking against bigger opponents.

Holliday has been the teams best rebounder by far and is only 6-4. He plays with plently of passion but disappears offensively for periods of time during the course of a game.

The problem with establishing an inside presence against Buffalo will be the Bulls defense, which has blocked 104 shots this season — 28 more than second place Eastern Michigan. Bringing the stuffing to the block party for the Bulls is 6-10 junior forward Mitchell Watt who ranks third in the MAC with 2.26 blocks a game.

Along with leading the league in blocked the shots, Buffalo also tops the conference in defensive rebounding with 32.6 defensive boards.

Cleaning the glass for UB is 6-6, 245-pound freshman Javon McCrea with 6.6 rebounds a game.

Class From Page B4 “Jeremiah is not only an outstanding kicker, he’s a good all-around athlete,” Beckman said. ”Jeremiah will really help us in our kicking game, especially on kickoffs. He has a strong leg.”

The Rockets signed three players from Northwest Ohio including center Kyle Cameron (Toledo Central Catholic), linebacker Gabe Gilbert (Clyde High School) and defensive back Eddie “Cheatham” Norrils (Toledo St. John’s). Cameron

File photo by Zach Davis/ IC

First-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk is 0-10 on the road this season and just 4-17 overall. was ranked the No. 20 center in the nation by Scout.

Norrils was named the Toledo Blade “Player of the Year” in Northwest Ohio, as UT now has three players who have been given the award (Eric Page, Isaiah Ballard).

Beckman and his staff of seven assistants made sure to recruit the area, visiting 112 schools in Ohio in the last two days of the recruiting period.

“We really put a lot of emphasis on recruiting in our own backyard, not only in Northwest Ohio but in the five-hour radius around

Toledo that we call Rocket Nation,” Beckman said.

“There’s a lot of great talent in the state of Ohio, and we signed some of the best players in the state.

“Locally, we really want the best players from Northwest Ohio to stay at home and play at Toledo. Our coaching staff is working very hard to make that happen.”

Of the 27 players set to join Toledo next season, 16 attended a Rocket Football summer camp at one point this year. The camps were held at the Glass Bowl and at satellite camps around Ohio.

“That shows you how important those high school camps are,” Beckman said.

“High school recruits are getting a chance to become familiar with our coaching staff, and we get a chance to see a lot of young football talent from around the state.”

Toledo will hold their Signing Day today at 4 p.m. at Savage Arena, where Beckman will officially introduce the recruiting class and show highlights of each player. Admission is free and the event will be streamed live on UTRockets.com.

Toledo at Buffalo Location: Alumni Arena Buffalo, NY

Game Time: Thursday at 2 p.m.

Records:

UT: 4-17 (1-6 MAC)

UB: 13-6 (5-2 MAC)

Game Notes: -The Rockets have

lost 42 straight road games dating back to March of 2008.

-Malcolm

Griffin leads Toledo with 13.1 points per game.

Toledo will be looking for their first win in an opponent’s gym since they defeated Central Michigan in March of 2008 and the first road win of the Tod Kowalczyk era.

— Joe Mehling is the Assistant Sports Editor and a sophomore majoring in Communication.