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SB 5 Awaits Kasich’s signature

Kasich’s Disapproval Rating Grows

By Casey Cheap IC Staff Writer

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Senate Bill 5 is waiting for Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s signature in order to become law.

The Ohio House approved the amended bill yesterday afternoon by a vote of 53 to 44.

The senate also approved changes made to the bill by a 17 to 16 vote.

Opponents of the bill are determined to gather 230,000 signatures to get the measure up for a vote of the people.

If Kasich signs the bill into law before April 6, it will go on the November ballot.

Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party Chris Redfern said in a press release, “[Yesterday], the Republicans in the legislature defied the will of the people by passing a bill that will weaken the middle class, kill jobs and destroy communities. But the people –and not John Kasichwill have the final say.”

Moments after the bill was passed, “kill the bill” chants and boos from spectators filled the House chamber.

Kasich has said his $5.5 billion budget plan counts on savings from “lifting union protections” to fill the $8 billion budget gap.

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According to a Quinnipiac University Poll, Gov. John Kasich has seen his dissaproval rating rise from 22 to 46 percent since January.

The mid-term elections of 2010 were groundbreaking for Republicans, who most notably took back the U.S. House of Representatives and several state governorships.

Republicans claim the big victories occurred in 2010 mostly due to President Barack Obama’s policies, whereas Democrats are quick to point out the elections reflected an anti-incumbent sentiment.

In Ohio, former Gov. Ted Strickland, who was Democratic, was ousted, and Gov. John Kasich was instated as his successor.

But Kasich’s first term has not been as smooth as some Ohioans would have hoped.

A Quinnipiac University Poll released March 23 shows the governor’s approval rating at 30 percent, which has remained flat since January.

However, the number of Ohioans who disapprove of Kasich has spiked from 22 to 46 percent in the same amount of time.

Some speculate much of the disapproval can be blamed on the Ohio Senate Bill 5, which will take away collective bargaining rights from public employees.

Sarah Hallsky, a health education doctoral student at UT, discussed her feelings on Kasich in an interview with the Independent Collegian.

“I find it interesting that people who did vote for him no longer favor him,” Hallsky said.

“Where did his supporters go? I just don’t think he was right for the state of Ohio.”

Hallsky said she did not vote for Kasich and does not support him for reasons other than SB 5.

“He is doing things such as privatizing toll roads, and the fact that he does not believe in high-speed rail for Ohio,” Hallsky said.

Hallsky said she believes a high-speed rail would be good for the state, especially as the price of fuel inches toward four dollars per gallon in Ohio and much of the nation.

Hallsky believes Kasich is not looking out for Ohioans, and his proposed cuts to education might have been too overreaching.

“Everyone is affected by SB 5,” she said. “Who doesn’t have a public service worker, a teacher, a firefighter, a police officer, or other government employee somewhere in their family? No one goes into these professions to get rich. They go into public

service because they feel compelled to do so, devoting their livelihood, sometimes giving their lives, and in return they have good pensions and other benefits. Who would want to go into a profession with low wages, no benefits and no ability to bargain for better conditions?”

Hallsky said she hopes Kasich only serves for one term.

But Brian Anse Patrick, professor of communication at UT, has a different take on Kasich.

“I think he knows a lot more than I do,” Patrick said, referring to the availability of budget information. “But this SB 5 is like living in a cartoon world where blame over complicated issues has been arbitrarily assigned to professors, teachers and unions.

‘Administration good! Teachers bad!’ This is not a sensible policy.”

Patrick said Kasich has to appeal to his base of political support, and not everyone is going to be happy because of how polarized politics have become.

“Regardless of what he does, someone is going to be unhappy,” Patrick said. “If we want to address some of the real problems in education, we should look at the privileges and the many wasteful programs that — Kasich, Page A4

UT Develops smartphone app

By Jaimee Hilton IC Staff Writer

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The UT Center for Creative Instruction designed the “Fruit Expos3D” application.

The University of Toledo’s Center for Creative Instruction has created an interactive smartphone application for people who want to explore the inside of various fruits.

The app, Fruit Expos3D, was developed by a group of graphic designers, software engineers and a medical illustrator at the CCI. The idea for the app came about when one of the medical illustrators was working with Computed Tomography, or CT, scans and decided to try scanning an apple.

He then tried scanning a pear and a plum.

While performing CT scans on the fruit, he noticed the colors and artistic design in the apple and decided this was something worth pursu-

ing in order to create a mobile app.

“We had been working with mobile apps and we wanted some more experience so we decided to work on this,” said Ted Ronau, a research technologist at CCI. “So we got a team together and created a design. The graphic designer put it together, the programmer wrote the actual application, and we provided the data for it.”

The app has three components, Ronau explained.

The first component utilizes the CT scans to create a 20-second 3D video that allows users to see into the fruit.

The next component has nutritional and interesting facts about each fruit.

The last component is a matching game that shows — Smartphone, Page A4

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Championship bound The Rockets celebrate after head coach Tricia Cullop (right) announces they will host USC in the WNIT Championship game at 3 p.m. on Saturday. UT beat Charlotte 83-60 last night in front of 7,020 fans. There will be 1,200 free student tickets courtesy of the Office of the President. The student tickets are available at the ticket office starting at 2 p.m. tomorrow with a student ID.

Songfest rescheduled Kaptur speaks at UT

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Dance Marathon, a large amount of Greek formals the following week and EasWith the women’s basket- ter weekend the week after. ball team advancing to the “So we all decided April 3 WNIT Championship Finals, would be the best date,” UT’s second-longest tradi- Patten-Wallace said. “The tion, Songfest, will be question was can we get inpushed back 24 hours to to Savage on the third. We Sunday. talked to the Vice Presistudents and This is huge if said ‘let’s dent of Student Affairs the girls win the shoot for Kaye Patten- championship Sunday’ and and Wallace said they agreed.” what we’re encouragthe plan to poOnce the tentially move ing to do is to build it date was deSongfest was into Songfest. cided, the next step first proposed was deterwhen the pos- Kaye Patten-Wallace mining if the sibility of the Vice President, Savage Arefinal game be- Student Affairs na could be ing held at cleaned and Savage Arena the staging and lighting set arose.

Patten-Wallace said she up for Songfest once the called in Blue Key and they game ends.

Because of the win, Cambegan looking at alternate dates but the next few Sat- eron Caryer, co-chair of urdays will not be available Songfest and a senior majoruntil the end of April due to ing in professional sales and

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marketing, said those in charge will be getting in touch with affiliates with the event and finding out all of the times that work for them to set-up.

“The company that is in charge of lighting and the stage needs eight hours to [set up],” Patten-Wallace said. “Our initial plan was to have them work all night.

They’re going to get in there at 6 in the morning and rehearsal will be from 1 to 4 in the afternoon and Songfest will start at 5 p.m.”

Patten-Wallace said because of the combination of the championship and Songfest, she will be organizing a reception a few hours before tipoff and then everyone will walk over to Savage to watch the game. She called the situation a “win-win.”

“This is huge if the girls — Songfest, Page A4

By Bailey Allen For the IC

U.S. Rep Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) paid a visit to the University of Toledo in honor of Women’s History Month.

The congresswoman gave an address entitled “History of Women in the U.S. Congress” in the Student Union auditorium Monday morning.

Roberta Edgecombe, chair of the Women’s History Month Committee, said Kaptur was chosen to be a guest at UT because she is an “excellent speaker.” She said it was not difficult to bring Kaptur to the university.

“We also knew that she would be able to give us a true picture of the lives of women working in the U.S. Congress and how these women have contributed to our nation,” Edgecombe said.

Raised in a working class family in Toledo, Kaptur is no stranger to women’s struggles.

Kaptur said in the address, she — Kaptur, Page A4

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U.S. Rep Marcy Kaptur spoke at the Student Union auditorium on Monday about the history of women in U.S. Congress.

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Balancing our sacrifices performance Grade Cards, the loss of those potential grants will only further damage Toledo’s educational system and subsequently Toledo’s economic future.

The presidency of the TFT will be changing this June to current vice president Kevin Dalton, an age-old political maneuver of making a final last stand before conveying leadership to a peer.

Educators need to remember why they got into their professions: because they wanted to espouse their interest of education into the children of our community and to provide the children with the opportunities that only education can bring about.

Unfortunately, now Lawrence will keep a $10.8 million grant from benefiting the education of Toledo children and the future prosperity of our community because the school board wants to cut her $300 thousand program.

Administrators of our nation have an awesome capacity to sacrifice future prosperity for momentary solace. Though the deductions of pay, benefits, and other accommodations may be disappointing to our professional aspirations, we have to come to terms with current situation.

Unfortunately, we have invested too much money into programs that cannot be sustained. To sacrifice that significant amount of federal funding in the hope of retaining two incentive programs for teachers does not balance.

Fran Lawrence and the TFT need to reevaluate their perspective and acknowledge that some aspects of the Toledo area school system need to be changed. The most important characteristic of any community is its future well being; to sacrifice the education of an entire generation of the potential future constituency of Toledo would be far more detrimental than the removal of those incentive programs.

In the Los Angeles school system, incoming superintendent John Deasy decided to not take the $50,000 pay raise from deputy superintendent to superintendent, which would take his salary from $270,000 to $330,000. Deasy made this decision during the district’s process of cutting more than 5,000 jobs in the school system. It is this communal consciousness which needs to come about in the minds of our community administrators.

Toledo Federation of Teachers president Fran Lawrence is threatening to turn down a $10.8 million Race to the Top federal grant. This dispute is over the cutting of two programs for Toledo area teachers: the Toledo Plan and the Teacher Review and Alternative Compensation System.

The Toledo Plan was established by Lawrence and her husband meant to “help train new and struggling teachers.” So the president of the TFT established a $300 thousand program within the Toledo Public Schools system. When the school board decided to cut her program, Lawrence used her power as president of the TFT to threaten to decline the $10.8 million grant as an ultimatum to keep her program from being shut down. The two programs which sparked the dilemma jointly cost the community $600 thousand and are but only a small part of the $24.5 million in reductions to try and help balance the some $40 million dollar deficit in the TPS budget.

The two programs are, financially speaking, relatively insignificant compared to the potential loss of the grant funds and what the funds mean for the district’s quality of education. The TFT’s union leaders were never approached for discussion over the cuts before being notified of their impending removal; Lawrence stated in the Toledo Blade this was her greatest concern with the changes. Toledo Public Schools are already annually underperforming in district

A whole month of ‘Pi’?

A bill that overrides thousands of years of mathematics determined by a Greek culture that has major influence on Western civilation by trying to improve some test scores that carry no real weight in the real world is frivolous, absurd and just a waste of time in American politics.

If by some odd miracle that this bill passes, our education system will go from mediocre to worse. Pi is an irrational number for a specific reason – not just for a math geek holiday – but because it helps determine the accurate measurement of the circumference of a circle. What does this tell children? That if things are tough, you create a law that cheats the system?

These numbers may or may not improve scores, but what would happen these students grow up and attend college; chances are calculus professors with tenure won’t change the value of pi, so the American taught to round down to three will have to struggle in calculus while the international counterpart will have no difficulty whatsoever.

Instead of trying to rationalize the irrational and become the laughing stock of global mathematics — instead, we should look to put more funding into the early child math education programs and find ways to improve students’ knowledge of the number.

Besides — 31 days of pie is too much.

Although the United States ranks among the elite in terms of its universities, its earlier schools lag compared to the world’s leading educational systems. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development rated America’s 15 year-olds at 25th in the world in terms of mathematics.

Although reasons as to why the country is falling behind in math are undefined, politicians are trying to throw whatever irrational acts they can in order to turn things around — including some corner-cutting.

One example is HR 205, The Geometric Simplification Act, which throws Euclidean math into a state of madness by changing the value of pi (3.14159...) to precisely 3, legally.

The likelihood of this bill actually passing is almost impossible because President Obama pledged to veto. In addition, this bill is meeting a large amount of opposition and lack of seriousness. “It’s no panacea, but this legislation will point us in the right direction. Looking at hard data, we know our children are struggling with a heck of a lot of the math, including the geometry incorporating pi,” said Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Ala) who sponsored the bill. “I guarantee you American scores will go up once pi is 3. It will be so much easier.”

Speaker of the House John Boener (ROhio) called opposition elitist liberalism.

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Senate Bill 5 Won’t Fix Budget Issues To The Editor, Although Ohio faces an $8 billion budget deficit, Senate Bill 5 is neither an adequate nor fair solution to solving the state’s budget issues.

Many of the provisions in SB 5 are insulting to the teachers, policemen, firefighters and other public workers it would affect. Under the new provisions of the bill, unions would be given only limited power to negotiate hours, wages, and safety conditions. Healthcare, sick time and pension benefits would be nonnegotiable. Under the bill, all public sector workers would also be subject

A letter to the Toledo Blade from Lawrence J. Burns The University of Toledo women’s basketball team has had nothing short of an outstanding season. It is a tribute to the excellent coaching of Tricia Cullop, her staff and team of dedicated young women that they have moved the Lady Rockets into the elite eight of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). Their success has been felt across our campuses and community in the pride we share while watching them demonstrate teamwork, sportsmanship and tremendous talent.

It is this value that one cannot place a dollar figure on that is missing from Zach Silka’s March 24 story “A Losing Gain.” If one chooses to look exclusively at the costs of hosting such an event versus ticket revenue, they are only seeing part of the equation. The university estimates that after concession sales and in anticipation of another

of UT’s President Jacobs. More recently, Professor Walt Olson has written several op-ed pieces that challenged the wisdom of some of President Jacob’s actions.

Dr. Olson, a tenured professor, has just been suspended without pay for 30 days. The claimed infraction for his suspension was trivial compared with the penalty. Further, prior to his suspension, he

was granted little or no “due process” by the administration.

He will likely appeal this suspension through the faculty union’s grievance procedure.

Dr. Jacob’s actions in these two cases have made it increasingly clear that open discussion of controversial subjects is dangerous for employees of the University of Toledo - even for those with tenure.

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to punishment for striking, with anything from the loss of their job to a fine and jail time. The right for public workers to strike and negotiate wages and benefits did not cause Ohio’s budget deficit, so why take these privileges away?

Senate Bill 5 fails to put a dollar figure on how much money can be saved by decreasing collective bargaining rights. If the budget deficit in Ohio is projected to be close to $8 billion, exactly how much money is our state going to save by passing this bill? I believe that this is something that the state legislature needs to figure out before further considering a bill that will impact so many people.

Unions as they are now have a lot to offer employers..Unions allow employees to negotiate better pay and benefits, which

allows them to feel like they have a say in the workplace.

Why would anyone want to work for less than they feel they are worth? When workers do not feel like they are being fairly compensated, the desire to be productive at work goes down. Employees that feel as if they are treated fairly are more likely to stay at their jobs and be more productive. Collective bargaining makes sure every employee is represented fairly.

Unions may not be perfect, but the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively should be a right with which the state government shouldn’t interfere. The leaders of our state should be urged to come up with a solution that can protect the rights of all workers while providing improvements in the process.

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outstanding crowd for this Sunday afternoon’s game are added into the profit and loss statements, hosting the event will be, at worst, cost neutral.

However, this does not include real savings achieved by playing at home and not having to travel to an opponent’s arena. But more importantly, it does not account for the reputational benefits of frequent and positive media attention from local, regional and national media. To say this coverage is worth tens-ofthousands-of-dollars would be a fair, if not low, estimate. In fact, as one considers all the factors, it becomes rapidly clear that the value of making a run in the WNIT is significant in terms of dollars and reputation.

College athletics have an enormous impact of the well being of a university.

It is well documented that before the famous Doug Flutie pass against Miami, Boston College was considered a hometown commuter school that was light-years away from the football folklore of a Notre Dame. If it were not for basketball, would we really be familiar with institutions like

Gonzaga or Butler? These are examples of the power of athletics in a university environment.

In addition, athletics is certainly a wonderful opportunity to present the “front door” to a university. As with any front door, it is what is inside that really matters and leaves the lasting impression. Many times, athletics is the first opportunity for us to visit a college campus, and at UT we are thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome the world to our campus.

President Lloyd Jacobs, Mike O’Brien, Kelly Andrews, Coach Cullop, the team and UT Athletics staff should be commended for their efforts and for giving our community a chance to see these games first-hand. The civic and university pride it has brought out is truly priceless. It has been incredible. I have attended the games and the buzz has been electric.

Go Rockets!

Lawrence J. Burns Vice President for External Affairs and Interim Vice President for Equity and Diversity The University of Toledo

Enlightenment Today was just another day for Jane Doe. She got up on time, went to school, and came back to do her homework. Yesterday was just another day and so will be tom o r r o w.

Jane Doe starts to ask hers e l f , “where is Carmen this jourAwad ney going?” At some point in time, the human mind begins to question its purpose. For many, this question could be a part of the college experience. Wherever you are in life, you will sooner or later ask yourself “where is this peace of mind?”

Writers, philosophers and all the great scholars across time spoke of the pursuit of enlightenment.

Many found it in love, success, marriage, and some even in death. Whether you are a religious person, an atheist or a tree hugger, you are searching for nirvana. This majestic sense

of enlightenment is unique for everyone. It could come during a hike in the Himalayas or from drinking your morning cup of coffee. Enlightenment is tailored to every person’s quirk. It is adapted to every person’s whim.

Today is another day for Jane Doe. Today Jane Doe gets her big break. She has landed a great job in corporate America. Jane Doe is making six digit figures.

Did she find enlightenment? It could be.

Success brings more money, which equals power, which translates to freedom. The point here is not to limit a person’s peace of mind. Clichés of how money brings unhappiness or how poverty limits happiness are nothing but commercial statements coming from someone trying to sell you something.

Movies such as “Eat Pray Love” define and limit the notion of enlightenment to Hollywood’s narrow rendition of insight.

While movies like this may prove to be entertaining, its hackneyed dullness

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restrict life’s greatness to a simple-minded spectacle. TV shows that air triumphs over illness and disability might be inspiring, but still show one fragment of enlightenment. Those TV shows degrade life’s challenges to gaudy pop-corn TV flicks.

My point here is your average Jane Doe and John Doe do not need extravagant life events or circumstances in order to find wisdom. If Jane Doe does yoga in order to be seen doing yoga, then she is not doing yoga. Jane Doe does not need to take some art class in order to fill her seemingly vacant creative side if she doesn’t like art.

Do not indulge in trite activities that you have no interest in just because they are advertised to enrich your soul. This is not saying that Jane Doe should not attempt expand her horizons; it is saying she should do it on her own accord —Carmen Awad is an IC Columnist and a junior majoring in accounting.

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Smartphone From Page A1 users a 3D image and challenges them to guess which fruit it is.

“I would say it’s more educational, but our intent was to actually try to get several groups interested in this,” Ronau said.

Ronau said the application, available on Android systems and the iPhone, appeals to a variety of audiences.

The CT scans relate to people interested in radiology, the nutritional values are for the interest of nutritionists, the educational component is for grade school students who might want to learn more and there’s also an artistic component, Ronau explained.

“I would say it’s less a game,” he said. “It’s not an action game like ‘Angry Birds’ or something like that where you’re doing stuff. You’re more guessing something and if they guess it wrong we have little comments to give them a clue to figure out what it is.”

This is the first app the University has developed and released into the iTunes and

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Android markets.

Ronau said the app was a way for the researchers to experiment and learn more about mobile apps so they will have the ability to develop more in the future.

The application only costs potential buyers $0.99 and the funds raised from it will initially go back to the university to pay for the time spent on developing the app.

Ronau said he was unsure as to how much it cost to develop the app.

“Part of the problem is the fact that part of this was kind of research,” he said. “This is the first time we’ve actually done this and it was a big educational project as well as a production product.”

The availability of this app is limited, since users can only purchase it if their device is running on the Android operating system 2.2.

According to Ronau, no other apps from UT have been developed and sold in stores yet.

“We are looking at the market and looking at a couple of ideas we want to develop,” Ronau said. “But we are not developing them yet.”

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Hispanic population rising

By Allison Seney IC Staff Writer

The Hispanic population in the United States has passed the 50 million mark, making the group the second largest population among ethnic groups in the United States.

According to an article on CNN’s website, the sources of growth are still being studied, but the birth rate is the largest contribution to the population boost and in the past 10 years the nation has become more racially and ethnically diverse.

Immigration, though, is not entirely ruled out of the equation.

“The most significant trend, however, appeared to be the nation’s new count of 50.5 million Latinos, whose massive expansion accounted for more than half of the nation’s overall growth of 27.3 million people, to a new overall U.S population of

308.7 million,” the article said.

Data collected in the 2010 Census shows growth is concentrated in metropolitan areas in the Western and Southern regions.

“The Spanish-speaking people - in particular, Mexican Americans - have the largest increase in population growth,” said Elias T. Nigem, professor of sociology at the University of Toledo. “Now they are considered the largest minority ethnic group in the U.S. By the year 2050, at their current growth, they will reach over 90 million in population.”

According to Nigem, the U.S. will be heading into a major crises should there be no change in the economic class of many Hispanics.

“It is very likely that they will be aligned with a political party that will really improve their conditions,” Nigem said.

Kasich From Page A1 are more PR than substance of college and public school administration, such as the bonuses of UT administrators and increasingly top-heavy administration. It seems that the answer to every question around UT is to create new deans, new vice presidents and new bureaucracies.”

Chair of the UT College Republicans Jon Sander said he supports Kasich despite his unpopularity.

“I think it will take time for him to turn Ohio around,” Sander said.

“The state is such a mess because of previously having several bad administrations.”

Sander believes without a doubt SB 5 is the reason Kasich’s approval rating is so low.

Sander, who supports SB 5, said he thinks very few people have actually read the whole bill.

“I have heard a lot of things about the bill including stuff that

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Jumping towards the championship Redshirt-freshman guard Andola Dortch attempts a layup in the second half of last night’s 83-60 win over Charlotte in the WNIT Final Four in front of a UT women’s basketball record crowd of 7,020 fans at Savage Arena. Dortch finished just shy of a double-double with 13 points, a game-high 10 rebounds, seven assits and two steals.

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didn’t wish for her gender to be a handicap in her profession.

Kaptur, the first in her family to attend college, earned a scholarship to attend the University of Wisconsin and did her graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She practiced 15 years as a city and regional planner around Toledo, was appointed as an urban advisor to the Carter White House and was recruited by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. House seat in 1982, a position she’s held for her fifteenth term.

“I love the House because I still think it’s the closest to the people,” Kaptur said.

Raising enough money to be elected and being the first in her family to attend college were some of the struggles Kaptur had to face to get where she is today.

Kaptur said she was taught to endure everything.

“You have to have confidence in

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Nigem said to expect a large population change in New Mexico, Southern California, Texas, Arizona and parts of Colorado and Nevada.

“Most of these states were historically part of Mexico,” he said.

As America continues its push to becoming more openly diverse, citizens may question the population growth’s affect on education in the areas such as Toledo where the university can cater to more than nationality.

An Chung Cheng, an associate professor of Spanish and Spanish graduate adviser at UT, said the university offers many language and cultural courses for those interested in the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.

“There are 40 courses offered at UT and more courses are being added,” she said.

“Though it takes time to learn to learn a foreign language

and students are encouraged to take placement tests.”

Accelerated programs are offered for students fresh out of high school who have had been exposed to Spanish in their home as a child.

Resources are offered to those students who want to learn a new language.

“We are moving towards adapting better technology like videos and to a greater extent instead of building vocal by old text books,” Cheng said.

Integrating a new language inside and outside of the classroom will help propel students interested in learning Spanish.

“To help fit students’ needs in a more unique way, we will also offer a new program in the fall by using ‘heritage speakers,’ or students born in Spanish-speaking countries who immigrated to the U.S. but never had any formal training,” Cheng said.

ended up not being true,” he said.

Sander said he believes Kasich is doing the right thing for Ohio.

“I don’t know if privatizing things in the state is popular, but I believe it is the best thing for Ohio,” he said. “Any innovator in Ohio would not want to go through a lot of red tape.”

Sander feels a lot of the anger toward Kasich is displaced. “[UT President] Lloyd Jacobs seems to be what most faculty and staff at the university seem to be worried about,” Sander said.

“They feel that if SB 5 is enacted, it will result in too much power given to the president of the university and upper level management, while at the same time leaving [the workers] with few options to rectify the situation. It is the fear of the unknown and perhaps distrust of President Jacobs that drives people away from SB 5.”

Sander said Kasich is not worried about popularity or getting reelected; he only wants to do what

he thinks is right for the state.

Stacey McPhail, a political science major, said she supported Governor Kasich until SB 5 came about.

“I met Kasich twice and worked for his campaign,” McPhail said.

“When the issue of the budget was brought up, he said he would never cut public safety such as police and firefighters.”

McPhail, who has multiple family members who are police officers, said the issue is especially personal to her.

“This will certainly affect everybody in the unions,” McPhail said.

“What kind of dollar amount are we willing to put on police and firefighters’ lives? Those people have committed themselves to protect and serve, so can we say that they are not worth an extra five dollars for a bulletproof vest?”

McPhail said she is experiencing “buyer’s remorse” with Kasich.

“I liked his ideas at first,” she said. “But I feel like there are other areas that could have been cut.”

yourself and the education you need,” she said.

Kaptur opened her speech by addressing the lack of women and minorities in Congress. When she first took office, a little over 1 percent of the representatives were women.

Recently, the number has risen to almost 2.5 percent.

Kaptur said only five women have ever served for 30 years.

“Women members do have to fight harder,” she said. “Congress is not representative on many levels.”

Ohio has sent 10 women to Congress, Kaptur said, and she is proud to be one of them.

Kaptur is the first to be elected from Northwestern Ohio.

Many of the others who have served have also been from this area.

“It isn’t just accidental, it’s really embedded in who we are,” Kaptur sound.

Karen Gallagher, a second year doctorate student in health education asked what advice Kaptur would give to women trying to pur-

sue a career in congress.

Kaptur’s response was simple: know the place you want to represent well.

“You have to have a feel for the texture of your community,” Kaptur said. “Know the people in your community well and develop those networks.”

Another issue Kaptur spoke about was the homeless population in Northwest Ohio.

Most homeless in the area are veterans of the Vietnam War, according to Kaptur.

Kaptur also spoke of issues concerning Planned Parenthood and abortion, saying the two should be separate in discussion. She talked briefly about trying to keep the services of Planned Parenthood operating in Toledo for women in need.

Overall, Kaptur said she believes our country is making progress and women are really excelling in things they never thought possible.

“America must restore her independence,” Kaptur said. “We’re trying to pick our strengths and build on them.”

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Changes in the plan are, as Patten-Wallace said, how life works and the best solution is to always have a backup plan. She is overall satisfied with how all of the organizations involved came together to adapt.

“That’s the great thing about being a student leader because these things come up and you have to adapt and be able to change. That definitely ends up showing what someone’s true character is as a leader,” Patten-Wallace said. “I think it’s a great experience and a great opportunity and we’re the only Songfest to change and it’s been a great success and a great opportunity.”

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today Frankie’s Innercity—The Air I Breathe will be headlining at Frankie’s with Floral Terrace, This Is Everything and A Violent Perfection. Doors open at 5p.m.

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

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Freakout will be returning to Frankie’s this Thursday. Ian Divine, Mad Dog Jackson, DJ Billyclub and UGLYFATWOMAN will be performing. Doors open at 9 p.m. Admission is $3 for under 21 and free for 21 and over.

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Seger and The Silver Bullet Band will be performing a second show at the Huntington Center today. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

For ticket information visit TicketMaster.com.

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Jane Bradley, a UT professor of English, is also an accomplished novelist.

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Many people say things like “Someday, I’m going to write a movie,” but one national organization is challenging writers to turn that “someday” into “today” as The Office of Letters and Light, a non-profit organization dedicated to creative expression through writing, sponsors its fifth annual script-writing event.

punk/hardcore music. Contact Mickey Finn’s at 419-246-3466 for more information.

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Anyone can write a book or tell a story, but the true art of storytelling is a rare gift granted to those such as Maya Angelou and Zora Neal Hurston who have told stories and written books about love, life and even triumph.

Author Jane Bradley is the epitome of a natural storyteller; she becomes one with the characters in her books and goes into their world.

Bradley leaves readers clutching to the novel desperate to read what happens next each time they turn the page.

The Chattanooga, Tenn. native is not only a writer but an individual who has harvested feelings about her past and childhood years while growing up in the south that has allowed her to embrace the stories of others and even share a little from her own experiences.

She incorporates southern dialect in her writing which can bring a reader right into the scene, making them feel as if they are there.

Bradley is a professor of English at UT, where she teaches creative writing,

fiction workshops and screenwriting.

Bradley has been successful with her early novels, such as her autobiography “Living Dolls.” “Living Dolls” has been used by therapists and has had a positive effect in the lives of many young troubled readers.

When asked how it felt to write such a in depth story of her life, Bradley said “It didn’t feel liberating, it felt like I could finally take the tape off of my mouth and tell the truth.”

Another one of Bradley’s books, “Power Lines,” has been named among the “Most Notable Books” on the New York Times Bestsellers List. “Power Lines” is a collection of short stories about love.

Intense, heavy and gruesome are just some of the words reviewers have used to describe “You Believers.” Bradley’s gift is in giving readers a three-dimensional look into the lives of the characters of her books.

The characters in “You Belivers” are based on a true story of a young woman who was abducted and killed and the mother who

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UT’s only fashionista this week on shoes

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and accessories to admire.

However, these articles are often several galaxies out of the price range of the average college student and not to mention entirely impractical. I can only assume that the last time you absolutely had to have that dress in a magazine that resembled a

ball gown with charm comparable to Cinderella’s was… never.

Unless you hold a high position of royalty, there is a scarce occasion that should ever require you buy such items.

There is but one item of dress that is not only full of fashion potential,

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While I must advise against the man-dal— a certain type of sandal for guys that resemble like that of an explorer— athletic sandals for men can often be suitable.

By Barb E. Dahl IC Staff Writer

Glamorous fashion magazines aren’t ashamed to portray top designers’ latest pieces of art at the top of their “What’s Hot This Season” lists. From outrageously elegant floor-length dresses to chic leopardprinted purses, there is a consistent stream of beautiful pieces of clothing

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April 1 marks the beginning of Script Frenzy, a challenge for writers to write a 100-page film or stage script in 30 days.

100 pages in 30 days amount to roughly three and a half pages per day.

Script Frenzy’s website, scriptfrenzy.org, offers participants a simple way to check their writing progress with a program that

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Bradley From Page B1 led the search team to find her body.

“This book has a mission bigger than any of my books,” Bradley said.

Her sole purpose of writing about this highly publicized novel is so that the character’s story can be told and to bring awareness of how easily someone can be abducted. The story even takes a twist and goes into the mind of the abductor.

“It shows how we can live and grow from horror and survive from it,” Bradley said.

Bradley wrote “You Believers” over a five year period and surprisingly rationalizes prolonging its release .

“It was the scariest thing I’ve ever written. Its brutal,” she said. “I’ve heard the voice of the killer on tape. I would have nightmares every night so I stopped writing the book for years because it was just too gruesome to write.”

When writing this book Bradley traveled south so she could find inner peace to write, trying to write from

Frenzy From Page B1 records the participant’s page count each day, measuring progress on a bar graph.

Participants can also have “writing buddies” on the site, allowing them to see one another’s progress and keep the challenge competitive.

Writers often use programs such as Scrivener for Mac ($45) or the free and opensource Celtx for their projects, aiding participants towards the goal by properly formatting their scripts.

Shoes From Page B1 statement-making, fully functional pairs of shoes.

Considering the unsophisticated generalization made in association to grimy feet, there isn’t a staple more appropriate to splurge on than footwear. And since sidewalks are magically transformed into catwalks on a daily basis, this gives yet

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“There’s a kind of faith in the south that inspires me, a lot of sincere faith that makes you believe in a higher power, I’m much more in tuned with my spirit. Once I got down there I had the ability to write the book. I needed the lush nature to soften the horror,” Bradley said.

Even as a shy and timid child, Bradley wrote stories.

One she remembers well was a book she had written about the redemption of love and at a young age she was able to write intuitively.

“My writing style comes from my talent for empathy because I can understand all kinds of characters and then I reveal them,” Bradley said.

“That’s a survival mechanism that I learned as a kid. I do think I have a gift for empathy.”

Some writers and storytellers have gone through experiences they then tell through their novels.

“I don’t think my suffering made me a better writer but I think the struggle made me acquire empathy and intuition and I learned to listen and be a good observer and

that has made me a good writer,” Bradley said.

Teaching and writing have always been things Bradley wanted to do as a child .

Now, in her adult years, she is living her dream. ”Education saved my life so I take it very, very seriously, education is your way out, I have seen the other way to go, you don’t be lazy about it,” she said.

Bradley described with sincerity how strongly she feels about her students and wanted to leave them with words of encouragement.

“Your life depends on how hard you work right now and that’s why I’m so hard on them. At your age you are ripe and ready for making the choices that are going to affect the rest of your life.

Yes, I’m a stickler; I’m trying to make students improve in the little time that I have with them,” she said.

Bradley will read an excerpt from “You Believers” on April 21 in Libbey Hall at 5:30 p.m.

Afterwards she will be available to sign copies of her book.

The first Script Frenzy event took place in 2007, involving almost 8,000 participants and over 1,000 winners that year alone. Last year’s Script Frenzy included just over 21,000 participants and more than 2,000 winners, according to the Office of Letters and Light.

The Office of Letters and Light also created a companion event for Script Frenzy called the Young Writers Program.

The program, hosted mainly on the site YWP.scriptfrenzy. org, is a resource for teachers

to get their students involved in writing at a younger age.

YWP changes the rules: students from elementary school to high school simply need to complete the Script Frenzy Boot Camp before the challenge begins and finish one script. There is no page requirement for students participating in YWP. Last year, about 2,900 students participated in YWP through both the free educational materials available to teachers and the online YWP site.

Those age 13 and older can

another reason to consider your shoe of choice.

Being healthy is always hot.

This makes gearing up for the gym or even the brief jaunt to class in a pair of fresh running shoes with comfortable arch supports a fun way to kick up your look to the next level of athleticism.

The best part about tennis shoes is by far their unmatched attitude and unabashed manner in which

they carry color. Assuredly, a fresh pair of kicks will put an extra spring in your step, and from Nike Shox to colorful Chucks, there are endless options.

Also deemed worthy for college campus wear is the sandal.

There are countless styles to choose from, whether it’s the classic black flip-flop or a bejeweled open-toed work of art, nearly all of them are

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Chaos: CIA with a sense of humor

By Rick Bentley McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

while I got over it, and it was fun,” Rodriguez says.

It helped that he was told the stinger had been covered in glue. It’s those kind of moments that made Rodriguez, best known for his roles in “Six Feet Under” and “Ugly Betty,’ want to be on the show.

Spezialy hopes his take on spies vs. spies is different _ but not too silly or too violent.

“Is it funny? I hope it’s funny. You want to root for them and spend time with them,” Spezialy says. “It’s not intended to be a dark view of the CIA or of the world. In fact, I think there’s a way to tell these stories and not necessarily have gunplay at the center of our stories “These certainly are guys that take life and human existence seriously.”

Spezialy based much of the show on information from the CIA website, including a description of what it takes to be a field operative for job applicants. Qualifications include a “need to be flexible” and “a sense of humor.”

The humor element alone

flies in the face of traditional spy shows.

“I think what they’re really good at is they’re gifted charmers, gifted dancers, gifted at improv. I think that’s sort of the center of what they do really well,” Spezialy says.

“Then, we create situations where most of us would sort of scratch our heads figuring how to get out of it, and they’ll get out of it.”

Along with Rodriguez, Spezialy’s merry band of spies will be played by: _Eric Close, who previously starred on “Without a Trace” and “Now and Again.” _James Murray, best known for the BBC series “Primeval.” _Tim Blake Nelson, who’s worked in films like “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “The Incredible Hulk.”

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participate in the regular Script Frenzy challenge on the main site, but must adhere to the 100-page requirement.

While the Office of Letters and Light does recognize participants who complete the challenge as “winners,” there are no judges and no prizes to be won.

However, the lack of prizes does not deter thousands of writers from participating in Script Frenzy and its sister event National Novel Writing Month in November each year.

Last year, over 373,000 pages were written and counted for Script Frenzy.

Part of the event’s success is due to the collaborative nature of the project, which offers the chance for writers to create groups by regions. The Office of Letters and Light lists hundreds of regions, from Cape Town, South Africa to Tiffin, Ohio – the closest regional group to Toledo.

Regional groups organize meet-ups at libraries, coffee shops and other places to share ideas, set aside time to write and even simply provide

moral support.

While there is no Toledo regional area on the Script Frenzy website, participants can still create their own “regional groups” by planning writing events with friends and classmates.

Sign up for an account on ScriptFrenzy.org. The account, while active, will be valid for both Script Frenzy (April 1-30) and National Novel Writing Month (November 1-30). Learn more about the Office of Letters and Light at OfficeofLettersandLight.org.

ideal for warmer weather. The same can be said about a cute, classic pair of flats.

While I must advise against the man-dal—a certain type of sandal for guys that resemble like that of an explorer—athletic sandals for men can often be suitable.

As long as your feet and toes are well groomed, you can freely sport sandals with pride.

Boots are more than likely

the most fashion-forward shoe on the market right now.

Allow me to clarify by stating that the term ‘fashion-forward’ does not define even the most expensive pair of Uggs. Fashion-forward and fads are two vastly different terms.

Rather, boots with a unique personality and perhaps a small heel so as not to make them uncomfortable are absolutely chic. Black, knee-high

heels may be pushing the limit, but from sweet ankle boots to neutral-toned, mid-shin shoes, there are countless looks to be created.

In short, when it comes to shoes, be bold. Create new outfits around your shoes and let them do the talking, because there is nothing a fashionista has to fear.

Do not hesitate to wear your style and walk with confidence.

LOS ANGELES _ Plenty of TV shows have dealt with law enforcement agencies. Tom Spezialy’s tried to separate his new series, “Chaos,” from the pack with an offbeat approach to the concept, characters and casting.

“Chaos” looks at four CIA operatives who don’t have high-tech gadgets or cool cars. They work in a more realistic world.

“These are the guys that are out traveling the world and sort of functioning on their wits and their ability to improvise,” Spezialy says. “Our guys are constantly thrown into challenging and compromising positions. And we enjoy watching them figure out how to get out.”

The challenges are unusual.

In the series opener, new CIA hire Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) must eat a live scorpion to prove he’s tough.

“When I got there and saw it was a real scorpion, I had a slight anxiety attack. After a

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Toledo releases 2011 Volleyball Schedule The Toledo volleyball team released its 2011 fall schedule this week and will host two tournaments along with Big 10 foe Ohio State. The Blue and Gold Invitational will be held Aug. 26 and Aug. 27 as the Rocket Classic will take place on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.

“It’s great for our program to be able to host

two tournaments in Savage Arena,” UT Head Coach Greg Smith said. “Our fan support was tremendous last season, and we’re hoping to see our level of support increase even more this fall.”

The Rockets will host Niagara, Oakland and Wright State during the Blue and Gold Invitational and Alabama, Ohio State and Pennsylvania for the Rocket Classic.

“We want to compete against as many quality programs as possible and being

able to bring a pair of BCS schools in Alabama and Ohio State into our facility is great for our fans and program,” Smith said. “Our nonconference schedule will be difficult, but I think it’s definitely going to provide us the preparation we need for the competition we face in the Mid-American Conference.”

Toledo (13-16, 6-10) finished last season and lost in the semi-finals of the MAC Tournament to Northern Illinois on Nov. 20.

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Amber DeWeerdt and the Rockets will host Alabama, Ohio State and Pennsylvania in 2011.

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Freshman shortstop Lani Ernst and Toledo dropped their first two games at Scott Park yesterday.

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The junior allowed six runs in two innings in the Rockets last game in an 8-2 loss last opportunity like that you Sunday to Kent State.

“He had a rough outing on have to take advantage of it and because Joe was hus- Sunday at Kent and we wanted to get him right back out tling we were able to do it.”

The Rockets kept the lead there,” Mee said. “Hopefully in the seventh after senior he will be feeling good and shortstop Chris Dudics (1 of ready for this weekend 3) made a diving catch and against Akron. I saw some doubled off the runner at good things from him today.

We need him to get second. on track and pitch “I thought Chris like he is capable made a few very imof pitching. Hopeportant plays,” Mee fully this was a said. “He played restep in the right dially well today and 5 rection today.” set the tone. That’s Toledo 3 Junior Alex Rawhat we need him Oakland don (3-2) picked to do being a senior up the victory in 1.2 innings leader on this team.”

Hammer (2 of 3, 2 R) of scoreless relief while sescored twice and alongside nior Matt Zahel earned his Lapikas (2 of 3, 1 RBI) had a sixth save of the year with a game-high two hits. Corfman perfect ninth.

The Rockets take on (1 of 4, 1 R, 1 RBI) drove in a team-leading eighth run of league opponent Akron (517, 0-3) in a weekend series the season.

Lincoln Rassi (0-4) got the beginning Friday at 3 p.m. start and pitched just two in- UT also takes on the Zips at 1 nings, allowing one run on p.m. on Saturday and four hits with two strikeouts. Sunday.

The Toledo women’s softball team dropped both games of their home opening series against Cleveland State yesterday at Scott Park. The Rockets were outscored 19-2 and fall to 4-19 overall this season.

In game one, freshmanstarting pitcher Jen Solanics (1-10) went 5.2 innings giving

up five earned runs on eight hits while striking out four Viking batters. Cleveland State pitcher Tess Sito (13-8) threw all seven innings scoreless, striking out 11 in the 8-0 victory.

The second game was more of the same for the Rockets as they trailed 4-0 after just two innings. The lead grew to 9-0 in favor of CSU after Viking outfielder Jessica Burt

blasted her fourth homer of the day. The Rockets scored two runs in the fifth but that was all as Cleveland State took the game 11-2.

Toledo returns to Scott Park this weekend as they open their Mid-American Conference regular season with doubleheaders against Buffalo and Kent State. The first pitch is on Friday is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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field including 30.8 percent (8 of 26) from beyond the The Rockets dominated arc.

Senior guard Kendria HolUNC-Charlotte from start to finish, recording an 83-60 vic- mes (6 of 13) was the only tory in the WNIT Final Four 49er to crack double figures on Wednesday night at Sav- with 14 points while Shannon age Arena on CBS College McCallum (2 of 7) added Sports Network in front of a eight. Sophomore forward Mid-American Conference Amanda Dowe pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. record 7,020 fans.

The Rockets took over the “How amazing is that for women’s basketball?” UT game from the opening tip, Head Coach Tricia Cullop scoring the contest’s first said. “I asked somebody if nine points. Toledo steadily they could get pictures of a improved its advantage as scalper because I have never the half wore on, taking a 43seen that for a game here. I 23 lead into the locker room. would like to have that The first half effort was propelled by 11 points from seframed on my wall.”

With the win, Toledo (28-8) nior forward Melissa Goodall surpassed its previous record and nine points from guards for victories in a season and Jessica Williams and Andola extended its home winning Dortch.

“Our players realstreak to 17 games, ly came out of the the third most in gate and set the school history. tone in this game,” The Rockets had a Cullop said. “I season-low three turnovers compared Toledo 83 thought they hanto Charlotte’s 17 Charlotte 60 dled all the pressure really well.” and capitalized with The onslaught 25 points off turnovers, including 20 in the continued in the second half with the Rockets building a first half.

Junior guard Naama Shafir game-high 34-point lead at (6 of 13) paced the Rockets 79-45 with 5:20 remaining in with a game-high 16 points the contest. Toledo’s reserves and nine assists while red- entered the game in the latter shirt-freshman Andola stages to closeout the 49ers Dortch (6 of 10) recorded the 83-60.

“We have to do the same game’s only double-double with 13 points and a game- thing next game,” Shafir said. high 10 boards, to go with 7 “We need to keep our composure, relax and play our assists.

“We all survived some ugly game.”

Toledo will play Southern shooting nights in the beginning of the season,” Cullop California (24-12) in the said. “It was great to see us WNIT Finals on Saturday, continue to get better and for April 2 at 3 p.m. in Savage everybody to step to the plate Arena. Tickets will go on sale at the UT Ticket Office beginand give their very best.”

Five Rockets reached dou- ning Thursday, March 31 at ble figures for the third time 10 a.m. for general admission this season. UT shot over 40 and 2 p.m. for the 1,200 availpercent (25 of 62) from the able free student tickets.

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Junior point guard Naama Shafir’s game-high 16 points and nine assists to lead UT into the WNIT Championship game on Saturday.

UT wins home opener

By Zach Davis Sports Editor

After losing nine of its last 12 games, Toledo grabbed a 5-3 victory over Oakland in its home opener at Scott Park yesterday.

The Rockets opened the season with 22 games away from home before their first home matchup.

“Playing at home is nice after 22 games on the road,” UT Head Coach Cory Mee said. “It is certainly nice to get one in the home opener. I thought our guys did a really good job.

A lot of guys contributed today, it was a total team effort.”

Down one run in the sixth inning with the bases loaded, Oakland (4-11) shortstop D.J. Jarrad failed to turn an inningending double play with an errant throw. Juniors Ben Hammer and Joe Corfman came around to score the game-winning runs as the Rockets (8-15, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) took a 4-3 lead.

“I would have preferred [Jim Vahalik] got a base hit to drive the runs in and that’s something that we need to execute a bit better at that situation and have a better at bat,” Mee said. “Baseball is a funny game and when you get an

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Alex Radon picked up a victory after 1.2 innings of scoreless relief yesterday against Oakland.

Multiple walk-on transfers expected

By Zach Davis Sports Editor

A source close to the UT men’s basketball team told the Independent Collegian yesterday to “expect multiple walkons to transfer within the coming weeks.”

It is still unclear which walkons are considering a transfer.

Four different walk-ons played last season for the Rockets including junior Jay Shunnar and freshmen Jess Chadwell, Zack Leahy and Richard Wonnell.

Shunnar averaged 5.6 points and one assist for the Rockets and started in 20-of-32 games.

Leahy started nine games and finished with 4.8 points and 1.03 assists per contest.

Chadwell (1 ppg, 1 rpg) and Wonnell (0.7 ppg, 0.84 rpg) each started just one game and averaged under five minutes per contest.

The news comes on the heels of last Monday’s exclusive where the IC was told by a source that leading scorer Malcolm Griffin and freshman point guard J.T. Thomas were “as good as gone” from next season’s roster.

“I don’t have anything to say about it yet,” said UT Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk on

Sunday upon hearing the news.

“We will see.”

Griffin averaged a team-high 12 points, 3.97 assists and 1.35 steals in 31 games this season.

If Griffin leaves, it would be the second straight year Toledo has lost its leading scorer to transfer, after Jake Barnett (12.9 ppg) left for St. Louis after his freshman season in 2010. His loss would also mean just Hayden Humes would remain as the only player recruited by former Head Coach Gene Cross.

Thomas’ season was derailed after reinjuring the fifth metatarsal in his foot which caused him to miss the beginning of the year. He played in just 19 games and averaged 4.5 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.68 assists for the Rockets.

Thomas was also stripped of his captaincy just 14 games in after being suspended along with Griffin and Reese Holliday for a game against Alabama for “missing curfew and violating a team rule.” If Thomas leaves, it would mean that of the two times in Toledo history they appointed a freshman captain, both resulted in the players transfer at the end of the season (Barnett, 2010).