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Fight against SB5 continues Union workers to gather over 200,000 signatures By Oreanna Carthorn IC Staff Writer

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Mark Sherry, UT American Association of University Professors delegate to the AFL-CIO, speaks Thursday at an open discussion meeting held by the UT-AAUP.

Since Senate Bill 5 was signed by Ohio Governor John Kasich (R), union members are trying to organize to get the bill up for a vote on the November ballot by referendum. The UT-AAUP held an open discussion meeting Thursday to organize petitioning for the referendum. Mark Sherry, UT American Association of University Professors delegate to the AFL-CIO, led the meeting in the absence of State Rep. Teresa Fedor. “The union is obviously against Senate Bill 5,” Sherry said. “All the unions are against Senate Bill 5. The purpose of this is to ensure that we have informed voters.” The process for a Referendum was outlined following Kurt Young’s “Quick Guide to Ohio’s Referendum Process.” After a bill is signed by the governor, 1,000 signatures from registered voters have to be gathered on a prelimi-

nary petition. The petition then has to go to the Ohio Attorney General and Ohio Secretary of State for approval. Union members have already gathered 1,000 signatures for the petition and now have to draft a legal petition and collect 231,149 signatures of registered voters. This will result in SB5 being placed on hold to be voted on in the November General Elections. “These petitions, this is the next stage that we are up to,” Sherry said. “They have to be specifically drafted. You can’t just write a petition yourself. The formal document has to be gone through a very specific process.” “We Are Ohio” will provide training for the circulation of these petitions during the week of April 25. Sherry said citizens advocating for the fight against the bill need to know what the effect on the economy is because people will say unions are bad for the

economy. “No economy ever got better by cutting jobs, and if this bill goes through lots of people will lose their jobs, because our collective bargaining rights will go out the window,” he said. The other effect on the economy is union members spending less money to go back into the local economy. “What they get they spend,” Sherry said. “Whether they are paying rent, whether they are buying food at their local store or whatever.” Sherry said the brain drain, or students leaving Ohio to take jobs elsewhere, is also an issue affecting teachers as a result of SB5. “A number of teachers who planned to stay on teaching take an early retirement and that absolutely is a loss of experience and a brain drain,” Sherry said. If there are not good working conditions and rights available at the university, — Fight, Page A4

Toledo women reclaim the night By Megan Gross IC Staff Writer

Colorful t-shirts covered the walls of the Eastern Community YMCA in Oregon Saturday night while people gathered to remember women who lost their innocence or lives to domestic violence. The shirts’ colors may have been bright, but their messages brought dark feelings such as sadness, anger and shock to those who read them. Take Back the Night, a worldwide event addressing all forms of violence toward women, made its 17th annual return to the city of Toledo. The event was sponsored by local female activist groups,

including Bethany House, Cocoon Shelter and Toledo National Organization for Women, all of which had several members present. Take Back the Night made its first debut in the United States in Philadelphia, Penn. in October 1975 and the first international TBTN took place the following year in Brussels, Belgium. Depending on the location, the event has brought in 300 to 400 people each year. Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at UT Sharon Barnes said each TBTN varies in order to meet the needs of the hosting community as well as help proclaim the message TBTN proclaims. “We move the event to a

different area of the city each year to signify that violence against women happens everywhere,” Barnes said. The night began with the Clothesline Project and the Silent Witness Project, each displaying stories of local women victimized by violence. Women and men of various ages, sizes and races entered the gym and read the true stories of rape, molestation and death that occurred in the Northwest Ohio area. Coordinator of the UT Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program Diane Docis said “A Call to Action” was put in place for the media to cover these issues responsibly. “We’ve recommended that it should be seen as a community and

social issue,” she said, “not an individual issue.” Barnes, like many other female activists at the event, strongly disagrees with “victim-blaming.” She added that modern culture does this quite often, and their goal is to work against this. “The victim is not to blame for the perpetrator’s choices and decisions,” Barnes said. “We keep encouraging survivors to understand this as part of their healing.” As those in attendance walked through the gymnasium and read each individual experience of mothers, daughters, wives and girlfriends, each story was just as shocking as the next. — Night, Page A4

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A group of women march through neighborhood streets in Oregon on Saturday during the 17th annual “Take Back the Night” event.

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Website aims to aid students in research By Bailey Allen IC Staff Writer

College students who struggle to find useful sources and write citations for lengthy research papers now have a website to aid them. Citelighter.com is a research website created to help students find and organize information and generate bibliography pages more easily. The website allows students to do three things: highlight information, save it on the website’s database for other students researching similar topics to use in their papers, and provide organizational framework for students to use when writing papers. According to the website, “the goal of Citelighter is to make you smarter and create a community of students and professionals whose hard work benefits everyone.” According to CEO Saad Alam, the website helps students find information they normally would not see by showing students what their fellow classmates have found on a particular topic when doing Internet research. When the same topic is searched again, Citelighter will bring up the saved information to help other students

find the information faster. Alam, a University of Rochester graduate, hopes the website will expand the way students look at information and the learning process by making research easier for students. “Citelighter takes the tedious work out so students can focus on learning,” he said. All of the information a student finds is saved online, so it may be accessed from any computer. Papers can be written in Citelighter and saved online as well. The website is not just used for helping students with research. It aids students in writing papers, searching for hot vacation spots and online Christmas shopping as well. Alam said the website was created to help students research and write papers more efficiently so they can have more time to figure out what they love to do. Alam, who quit his “highpaying corporate job” to run Citelighter, believes students do not feel like themselves anymore because too much pressure is being placed on them. He said students “feel like they are a group that the rest — Research, Page A4

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Unionized we stand itself. Replacing an employee is far easier than increasing pay, making the workplace safer and more comfortable or ending unequal treatment. Alone, a single worker will always lose. But if even a quarter of an employer’s workers agree to be heard as a single voice in the dialogue, they suddenly have leverage. This balancing of power has helped to end child labor, establish workdays and improve workplace safety and product quality. In each instance, employers sacrificed a small share of their disproportionately large profit for the common good of their employees and customers, increasing the public health and happiness. These measures are resisted by employers until public awareness and support grow too strong, demanding that harmful practices be changed. Always the changes yield a greater total good than harm and often contribute to other improvements for society. Opponents often invoke fears of a “socialist takeover” to counter the need for collective action in both the workplace and government. This is nothing more than the terrifying success of the super-wealthy minority in convincing the masses they aren’t being exploited and that one’s neighbors and peers aren’t just as interested in changing the systems allowing their exploitation. Sooner or later we have to accept that ‘society’ and ‘socialism’ are drawn from the same root word for a reason. Untainted by the exploitation and excess of capitalist and communist ideology, true socialism is simply the realization of society in its ideal form — a system of interacting individuals that improves the lives of every member. If that’s not supposed to be the goal of society, then we’ve been mislabeling this system of ours for a long time, and it’s time to wake up.

In honor of Thursday’s UT-AAUP open discussion meeting, the IC would like to rerun a previous editorial emphasizing the importance of unions and the dangers of SB5. Whatever proponents of SB 5 claim, among its primary aims is the weakening or elimination of labor unions. Not only does the bill increase costs for public employees, it strikes a moral blow at the very idea of unionized labor by mistakenly blaming it for our budgetary crises, which more likely result from outsourcing, corporate fraud, improperly-distributed public assistance and a preference for quick profits over long-term sustainability. The concept of the labor union is not only a social positive but a wellintended method of cultural adaptation to adverse conditions. People born in urban environments in early industrial society or later have been faced with a dilemma: either sacrifice the culture one has been raised in as well as one’s loved ones to become a subsistence farmer or hermit, or bow to societal expectations in terms of sustaining oneself through wage labor and currency-based consumerism. In such environments, one cannot help but accept certain cultural demands. To acquire food and clothing, one must be employed in some manner. Faced with a limited number of employment options, it is more advantageous for one to improve the conditions at the job they already have than try to find another. The only effective means of doing this is through some form of dialogue between the employee and employer. Given the immoral and unhealthy work practices of early industrial life, it is in the interests of survival and happiness that a worker seeks to improve the conditions of the labor he must perform. But employers in most instances hold a nearly ultimate power — whether they worked their way to the top or were handed the company by heredity. The employee’s only bargaining chip is his own labor, which is nothing by

Cheating isn’t learning learn better. The problem with this is that students don’t learn anything by having information handed to them and papers outlined for them. Isn’t the whole idea behind going to college and spending hours at the library with your head buried in books doing research enlightenment? Isn’t the joy of actually finding out new information by taking time to carefully research it and educating yourself on a particular topic something college students should look forward to? Citelighter.com and similar websites enable students to be lazy and in turn hinder their mind from being stimulated and the learning process from even beginning. Using research that another student finds and posts on this website instead of doing your own research is cheating. Let’s call it what it is.

The website Citeligher.com helps students with their research by letting them see what other students have found when doing research on similar topics. It will also write students’ bibliography page for them. This website even gives students exact outlines of how to put their research papers together. Too bad it doesn’t actually write the paper for you and then bake you a cupcake afterwards as a reward. Now that would be a great website. CEO of Citelighter Saad Alam, a graduate of the University of Rochester, said the website “takes the tedious work out so students can focus on learning.” But student’s aren’t learning anything if their work is essentially being done for them and they barely have to crack open a book to do research. Alam talks a lot about how the website will help students deal with anxiety by doing the hard work for them so that they may

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This week I had a bit of a revelation. It seems as though the university is having some money problems or something? I had no idea we were in such deep trouble. Oh wait, yes I did. The writing has been on the wall for a long, long time. I guess I Anthony would’ve Russo had to have kept my eyes open for a while, but now that I think about it, there have been signs and signals for a while. My department, Economics, has been slowly losing graduate assistantships for years, and our scholarship funds haven’t exactly been managed the way our department would have liked. The most recent sign on the wall is more like a giant neon sign flashing with fireworks blasting off all around. After reading “Budget Suggestions” in last Thursday’s Collegian, I took a look at the link where students and faculty can submit ideas for cutting costs or boosting revenues in an effort to close a $30 million gap in the budget. My first thought was that some folks must not be doing their jobs very well if they’re asking undergraduate students to do the job of administrators who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. But then I realized that even the most intelligent people need creative help from others, so instead of being a Debbie Downer, I could be a Helpful Harry. Maybe a student perspective on how the university runs could help put the budgetcutting wheels in motion. This is one of the toughest topics for me to write about because I like a lot of people at this university. I get frustrated with Rocket Wireless, Rocket Solutions Central, Residence Life (when I lived on campus) and other organizations, but when push comes to shove the people are very nice. So how do you try and point out inefficiencies in these areas when you know people’s jobs are on the line? I’ll preface what I’m about to write by saying that in general, I don’t have a strong affinity for this university, and I am conflicted on whether I care enough to help fix its problems. I have worked since my first day of undergrad for Transit Services. I have written for this paper for over three years. I have completed 29 credit hours of research and attended conferences to help advance UT’s reputation. I don’t like the direction UT is going in –from the goal of an institution of wellrounded intellectual thinking to a training ground for specific jobs that we’re all told will be “valuable” in the future. If I wanted training, I’d have gone to a vocational school or gotten an associate’s degree. But I’m getting off topic. When you’re cutting the budget, there are a couple schools of thought. One would be to cut across the board. This makes a dangerous assumption that every dollar being spent provides the same level of benefit to the university. That is, the next dollar being spent on Residence Life would

provide the same benefit as if that dollar were being spent on UT Matters and vice versa. However, that is about the dumbest and most unrealistic assumption to make. Some of you may remember the situation I’m describing as the equimarginal principle – the principle that the most efficient use of resources occurs when society (or university staff, students, administrators, etc) would be indifferent toward where the next dollar is spent. I highly, highly doubt that our university is maximizing efficiency (and in return, sacrificing equality). So that means we should cut more in some areas that others. I’d like to think that

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is common sense, but I can be a bit arrogant sometimes. Hmmm, cut some areas more than others, eh? Or raise revenue in some areas, I suppose. Well, we shouldn’t be cutting rec center classes that generate revenue. Instructors aren’t paid all that much, and the fixed cost of operating the rec center shouldn’t factor into the equation at all. So your cost is for the instructor, and your revenue is the fee per credit hour collected by the university. Looks to me like the benefits outweigh the costs. Oh, well that’s just one example of one particular item in the budget. But there are tons and tons of items. Another would be the large amount of money being spent on busing around campus that provides little to no benefit to students and faculty. I am currently conducting a study to determine what level of benefit that busing actually provides, and the answer as of right now is “not very much, if any.” I won’t exactly elaborate on the details of my study because, frankly, I like my job, and I don’t want to burn any bridges before I leave UT. But I will just say this: there are a lot of people, including members of Student Government, who think that the amount of money you spend on someone is equal to the amount of benefits you provide to them. What a terribly wrong way to think. In a not-so-subtle comparison, imagine going to a meeting where donuts are being “provided for free.” The donuts were paid for from the organization’s operating budget, which came from student fees or state funding. So they aren’t “free.” And people usually only eat them because they’re there – and they’re free. And they sure as heck aren’t good for you. Well, by charging all students for a service that causes more harm than good, the university is basically buying donuts for every student – even if they don’t eat them. Society should

only subsidize behaviors that provide positive externalities and loop busing provides none. If you want more of the economics behind it, email me. Off-campus busing is great, but that’s a different story. Blue and Gold Loop services are like donuts: people take it when it’s “free.” But as my study shows, the moment you ask people to pay for it as they use it, it suddenly carries little or no value to them. They’d rather walk than pay the miniscule fee. Plus, riding a bus eliminates the positive externalities of walking – and those who ride the bus often need these positive externalities the most. Not to mention the senselessness in pumping diesel exhaust from four busses into the atmosphere for hours on end per day. Busing carries massive negative externalities which aren’t ever calculated. My study is a hypothetical referendum, a type of contingent valuation nonmarket valuation. I will use it to perform a cost-benefit analysis on loop bussing. It’s the same methodology I used for my Honors Thesis, which won an award at a Bowling Green paper contest and got me into the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. It also helped get me a full ride and assistantship to Kent State’s PhD program in public policy analysis. I know my theory and I know my math. But I also like my job and a lot of the people I work with and for. It’s a pretty big conflict of interest to me as a journalist, economist, employee, and friend. So the best way I can resolve this situation is to put the hook out there –this column - and if any fish come along and want to learn about a good way to save money, send me an email. Maybe if I feel compelled I’ll even submit to UT’s website for ideas on closing the budget gap. They’ll get an idea based on data collected from over 200 UT students, rather than the “student input” (perhaps five or ten students coming to administrator?) on which many decisions and programs are probably implemented. It actually uses the most accurate and up-todate methodology available to nonmarket valuation researchers and it is not biased to anyone’s preconceptions. I suppose as a rational person, I don’t want to see the quality of my degree decline, but this close to graduation I find it harder and harder to care. I’ve already ignored opportunities to speak up against changing Arts and Sciences, but I just couldn’t resist getting my two cents in on this. My apologies to anyone who was “thrown under the bus” by this column. I just wish I had time to study the positive form of busing. You know, the kind that actually reduces parking congestion and provides students with a chance to get to the satellite campuses where they’re forced to take classes. That form of busing is good, but loop busing isn’t. I bet you could fund a lot of graduate assistantships with the money being spent on Blue and Gold Loop buses. But then again, I like my job. How cynical. —Anthony Russo is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in economics.

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Sherry led the meeting in the absence of State Rep. Teresa Fedor.

professors will choose to go elsewhere when offered a job, according to Sherry. “In a competitive job market you can’t use the rhetoric like [UT President Lloyd] Jacobs does of saying we pay people appropriately, we treat people well, and treat people badly,” he said. One person in attendance commented, “There is not going to be any investment in the city of Toledo if you don’t have adequate safety for us. You don’t have police, you don’t have fire,

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why would I relocate my business to Toledo, Ohio?” Sherry said the bill “destroys years of labor progress.” “Unions fight for rights but they spill over to everybody else,” Sherry said. Robert Hull from Communications Workers of America said the group estimated that corporate America has $45 million set aside just for an Ohio campaign and that voter education needs to be a continuing process to ensure collective bargaining rights are kept in America. “We didn’t cause the financial collapse,” Sherry said.

“Main Street didn’t cause it, Wall Street did, and yet we are being forced to pay for it. There is something fundamentally wrong with that.” Brent Teall, a member of the UT College Democrats, said the group supports the local union and is willing to help petition voters. “We can provide man power and support, and most people in our organization are experienced with canvassing and grass root stuff,” Teall said. “We’ve all been around the block and we are ready to take this bill head on.”

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A sign outside the Eastern Community YMCA supports the 17th annual “Take Back the Night” event held Saturday in Oregon.

Night From Page A1 “I think some women come just to see their shirt there and to remember that they can move on and heal,” said Barnes. “And we will help them remember.” Pat Rizzi, a member of the Lucas County Domestic Violence Task Force, began participating in TBTN when her daughter was killed in an act of domestic violence in 2000. Her daughter, Michelle, was the first silent witness silhouette to be recognized in the Toledo chapter. The event’s theme, “think globally, act locally,” included music, poetry and

speakers who addressed the current fight for women against sexual violence and assault. No Excuses and Spectrum performed songs of hope for victims and families. Speakers included members of feminist groups, survivors of assault and cast members of the Vagina Monologues, a play about female empowerment and individuality. TBTN also offers a training program teaching men about their role in the fight for women called “A Call to Men.” “They’re educating themselves,” a TBTN worker said, “listening to women and

challenging their own gender.” This worker added that it forces the men participating to reconsider the social norms of “manhood.” According to Barnes, almost 90 percent of violent crimes have men as the perpetrators. She added that many men who participate in the program want to detach themselves from misogynistic stereotypes and help the cause. Docis believes the men’s program is extremely important. “Men should not just be seen as the perpetrators, but also the change-makers,” Docis said. While men stayed at the

YMCA for their program, the women took part in a one and a half mile walk through the neighborhood streets. The march symbolizes women taking back the night which, according to Barnes, has been categorized as “unsafe” for women. The women returned to the YMCA for a Survivor Speak Out, a men and media-free zone where women could share their experiences in a supportive environment. “For many women, the speak out is a powerful part of their healing, including some women who have never before told a soul what they experienced,” Barnes said. Docis added April is

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A group of women marched one and a half miles through neighborhood streets to symbolize women taking back the night.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which began in the 1970s, and it addresses all forms of violence toward women. SAA’s symbol is a teal ribbon. “One of the things people can do to help end sexual violence is to educate themselves about the issues,” said Docis. “There are many ways to do that throughout the month by attending events that are not only educational but also creative, interactive and activism-focused.” For more information on Sexual Assault Awareness Month, contact the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program at 419.530.3432.

Research From Page A1 of the world doesn’t understand.” Alam said anxiety makes learning too difficult for students, and Citelighter is a solution that will make their work easier for them. Stephanie Gwin, a junior majoring in law and social thought, said she would definitely utilize a website such as Citelighter to help her research. “Google sometimes provides a lot of non-related materials for what I am researching,” she said. “This sounds like it would be a more effective way to research.” Nicole Weston, a sophomore majoring in English and young adult education, said she’d use the website because she could use information other students have already found in her research papers. Some students may abuse the simplistic nature of Citelighter, but Alam believes that it will make students approach learning very differently, especially when a paper takes less time to complete. Gwin, however, saw it from a different perspective and said it could be seen as a form of cheating. “The fact that it is super easy to find and save information will probably make people feel tempted to cheat,” she said. “I guess I am waiting for this site to become another research taboo.” Alam does not regret quitting his job to start Citelighter. He said big business was not exciting enough for him, and he wanted to be an entrepreneur. “It is the most exciting period of my life. It doesn’t feel like work,” he said.“It’s so exciting because I am doing something to change someone’s life and make it so much better.” Alam said he encourages all students to do what they love as a career instead of being stuck at a corporate job they may not enjoy. “When you do what you love, it doesn’t feel like work,” he said. “The most important part about college is to learn as much as you can. The best thing in the world is doing what you want for a living.”

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The Tigers enter the 2011 season with renewed aspirations of bringing the city of Detroit its first World Series Title since 1984, eager to redeem themselves following a disappointing 2010 campaign in which the club finished third in the American League Central with an 8 1 - 8 1 record. Detroit watched as Nate Pentecost its team faded in the second half of the seaas the The return son Tigers were of injured plagued by v e t e r a n s injuries to players, and the ar- key including rival of outfielders a t y p i c a l l y Magglio Orand strong off- donez Carlos Guilseason ac- len, as well q u i s i t i o n s as reliever Zumaya have given Joel and utility D e t r o i t player Branreason to don Inge. But the rebelieve. turn of injured veterans and the arrival of atypically strong offseason acquisitions have given Detroit reason to believe, despite its 3-6 start, that it is capable of unseating the Minnesota Twins, who have won the American League Central six times since 2002. The Good – Justin Verlander Since his AL Rookie of the Year award-winning season in 2006, Verlander has steadily built a reputation as one of the leagues premier starting pitchers. Winning at least 17 games in four of his first five seasons, Detroit has found a legitimate ace in Verlander, one capable of taking them the distance if the necessary complimentary pieces are placed around him. Following a 2010 season in which he threw 224.1 innings, striking out 219, and posting a career-best 3.37 ERA in 33 appearances, the Tigers will expect Verlander to anchor the starting rotation again this season. Verlander (1-0) has not disappointed so far, striking out 17 batters in just 14 innings while registering a 3.87 ERA in two appearances. The Bad – Performance in the Clutch The Tigers have become known as a team that starts the season strong but fades when it counts the most. In each season since 2001, Detroit has gone .500 or worse after the All-Star break, save for 2009 when they finished at .500. Last season serves as a perfect example of Detroit’s tendency to collapse late, as the Tigers went 7-21 from July 16 to August 13, dropping them from a half-game out of first place in the AL Central to 10.5 games back over that span. The Ugly – Miguel Cabrera’s off-the-field Issues The 27-year-old Cabrera is among the most talented players in baseball and unquestionably the Tigers deadliest hitter. Last season was perhaps Cabrera’s best yet, as he led Detroit in batting average (.328), home runs (38) and RBI (126), as well as onbase percentage (.420) and slugging percentage (.622), en route to finishing second in the American League MVP vote. But Cabrera’s well-publicized drinking problem continues to resurface and the slugger’s most recent run-in with the law, a February arrest on suspicion of drunken driving less than a week before spring training, left the organization concerned for the star’s well-being. Cabrera’s personal issues have yet to effect his on-field production in the first nine games of 2011 (.355 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI), but

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Toledo ran its record above .500 for the first time this season with a 9-5 win over Buffalo yesterday. The victory extended the Rockets winning streak to nine games with a three-game sweep over Buffalo this weekend and gave UT an 8-0 home record on the year. Toledo (16-15, 7-2 Mid-American Conference) started the season 7-15 but have won all nine games since the home opener on March 30 at Scott Park, the most consecutive victories during Head Coach Cory Mee’s eight-year career. “Once you get in conference play sweeps are huge,” junior designated hitter Mark Lapikas said. “We are playing really well as a team right now. A lot of people are stepping up. It’s pretty exciting and it’s given us something to play for everyday.” The Rockets trailed 5-3 in the seventh inning but scored six runs in the bottom of the inning to grab the 9-5 victory over the Bulls (7-21, 0-9 MAC). “I really like the way we competed today,” Mee said. “We knew it was going to be a tough game. We came out and really got some clutch hits at the end.” Lapikas’ two-run homer tied the game at five before pinch hitter Andy Mix drove home the winning run two batters later. “That was a big [home run]

Junior DH Mark Lapikas tied the game at five in the seventh inning with a two-run home run, his first of the 2011 season.

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Cullop signed to extension, remains coach until 2020 By Zach Davis Sports Editor

After leading the Toledo women’s basketball team to a 29-8 record and its first WNIT Championship nine days ago, UT head coach Tricia Cullop received a contract extension this week through the 20192020 season. “I’m just very appreciative of the offer from [President] Lloyd Jacobs and [Athletic Director] Mike O’Brien because it’s meant an awful lot to me that they made that gesture,” Cullop said. “This season was just an incredible ride and I can’t tell you the feelings and emotions that went through me this season. I’m just so proud of this team and the efforts of our staff. To cap it off with this [extension] is even more special to know that I have a few more years to be here.” “We feel Tricia Cullop is one of the finest women’s basketball coaches in the nation and we look forward to having her coach the Rockets for years to come,” O’Brien said. “Tricia is committed to making UT women’s basketball a national-caliber program, and we want to support her in every possible way.” Cullop, who was already signed through the 2018 season, agreed to the two-year extension just one hour before Thursday’s WNIT Championship celebration at Savage Arena, where O’Brien announced the deal. Financial aspects of the contract are not available as they are not yet finalized. “I think that in the coaching profession to know that somebody is willing to keep you around that long it really makes you feel good and appreciated,” Cullop said. “I’m very thankful

because I know that not everybody gets that opportunity.” Prior to the contract extension, rumors swirled of Cullop being a candidate to join Wisconsin next season. After being first reported by the Green Bay Press Gazette and Wisconsin State Journal, the Toledo Blade reported last week that multiple unnamed sources confirmed to them that Cullop would interview with the Badgers, if she had not done so already. Cullop confirmed that all reports connecting her to the Wisconsin job were completely false. “I came home and probably got about six phone calls from different newspapers, television and radio stations,” Cullop said. “The thing that got me was [the reports] are all false. “I must have someone out there that looks just like me because I know I was not on their campus. I honest to goodness have had no contact with them whatsoever.” Although Cullop found the reports a bit humorous, she addressed the reports early on to ease her players’ minds. “I know that it’s a touchy subject for my players, especially because I know they got wind of it,” Cullop said. “I didn’t want them worrying. They just came off of an extreme high and the last thing I wanted to do was have something presented to them that was completely inaccurate that would worry them.” Under Cullop, Toledo has posted a 72-30 record, including a 37-11 mark in Mid-American Conference play. The Rockets 29 wins this year were a school record and their victory in the WNIT Championship over USC was seen by a sell-out crowd of 7,301 fans.

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Head Coach Tricia Cullop celebrates with the WNIT Championship Trophy on Thursday.

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Tigers From Page B1 questions about his off-field stability continue to rise and only time will tell if his actions will lead to stricter league, or even legal punishment. The Underrated- Offseason Moves While the Tigers did not have any flashy offseason pickups, General Manager David Dombrowski had a plan to address the club’s needs and did so adequately. After resigning third baseman Brandon Inge and shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Detroit grabbed Red Sox free agent switchhitting catcher/1B Victor Martinez with a four-year, $50 million contract. The addition of the versatile Martinez, along with the return of injured rightfielder Magglio Ordonez, should provide protection for Miguel Cabrera and power in the middle of the batting order. In a much riskier move, the Tigers also added former Rays reliever Joaquin Benoit to their bullpen with a marketsetting, three-year $16.5 million deal. Benoit put up

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standout numbers for the Rays last season (1.34 ERA, 75 K, 60.1 IP) but has otherwise had a career marked by injuries and inconsistency. If Benoit remains consistent and young reliever Ryan Perry continues to develop, the Tigers will have a strong core of middle relievers to bridge the gap to closer Jose Valverde (26 saves in 29 attempts in 2010), who was having a stellar season before suffering a tendonitis injury last year. The Bottom Line With a slew of talented young arms on the verge of breaking into the major leagues, the Tigers may have a genuine shot at a title run in a few years. However, this season Detroit will likely find themselves in a tightly contested race with the Twins and White Sox just to win the AL Central. If the Tigers are able to avoid the injuries and late decline that troubled them last season, they certainly have an opportunity to take home the division.

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Senior catcher Jim Vahalik went 1 for 3 with one run and one RBI and also threw out a runner in Toledo’s 9-5 win yesterday.

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Miguel Cabrera’s talent is unquestioned, but his off-thefield issues are a concern for the Tigers.

on the mound. “Lincoln threw really well and gave us what we to tie the game and the im- needed,” Mee said. “He portant thing was we pitched into the sixth for tacked on a couple right us and our bullpen had evafter that to put us in front,” eryone available today. He Mee said. “Andy Mix came did exactly what we needup with a really clutch ed him to do. If he can pinch-hit double. I really continue to do that I really like the way we competed like our chances in the and we are really starting games he is pitching.” to execute when it matters. The bullpen threw four That’s something we didn’t scoreless innings after Rasdo in the beginning of the si’s departure. Freshman year and we are starting to Cameron Palmer struck out do now as well as scoring two in one frame. Classmate some more runs.” Tyson Adams (2“We knew we 2) earned the win were better than pitching two Buffalo so we had scoreless innings to just keep plugbefore senior Matt ging away and Zahel sealed the keep hitting the Sat, April 9 game with a perball hard,” Lapi- Toledo fect ninth. 7 kas said. “If it’s Buffalo “We got very 0 not going your good pitching to7 way then it will. Toledo day again,” Mee 3 Eventually good Buffalo said. “Our team things will hap- Sun, April 10 has a lot of confipen like today.” dence in the guys 9 Lapikas (2 for Toledo we bring out of 5 4, 1 R, 4 RBI) lead Buffalo the bullpen. They the way at the are pitching very plate driving in four runs. well and I think it gives us Sophomore outfielder Tyler a little edge over our oppoGrogg (2 for 5, 2 R) scored nent when the guys coming twice and posted a multi-hit into the game are just as performance along with ju- good as the guys we have niors Ben Hammer (2 for 5, starting. We really need 1 R) and Matt Delewski (2 that to continue.” for 4, 1 R). The Rockets look to exJunior starter Lincoln tend their winning streak Rassi (1-4) allowed five to 10 games when they runs (three earned) on nine host Division II Lake Erie hits in five innings of work. College (14-12) on Tuesday He gave up just one run at 3 p.m. before traveling over the first four innings to Ann Arbor to face Michibefore Buffalo tagged him gan (8-21) on Wednesday for four in his next inning at 6 p.m.

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Freshman reliever Adam Tyson picked up his second win of the season after pitching two scoreless innings against Buffalo.

Bernada Alba From Page B4 Cutino. While the plot and elements of the story suggest a setting in the early 1900s, the production specifies no certain time period, opting to expand the context of the play into modern times. The daughters rebel in private by reading teen magazines, smoking Marlboros, drinking Coca-Cola and ogling a poster of “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner. These elements combine with the inclusion of modern music before the show and during intermission and projections of scenes from modern rebellions in the Middle East to extend the meaning of the play beyond its roots in fascist Spain into a fartherreaching warning against totalitarianism. “The script calls for headscarves, but it doesn’t call for cigarettes, which are more of a modern faux pas. Mainly in the presentation and design of the set we brought the text to a more modern light,” Aherne said.

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was the most tool-ish thing to say. Favorite musical number I liked the ‘Facebook Creeper Anthem.’ I’m not sure if what I can say is completely appropriate here… It’s a daydream about sex in the library. Every man’s dream. Please don’t write that. Favorite character scene My favorite part that Marky was in was probably the first

While the oppression of women in the Middle East is an immediate and apt example of the dangers of modern oppression, Aherne points out that the issue is farther-reaching. “It is definitely [an issue] that needs to be addressed because it’s not only relevant to those countries in the Middle East; this is relevant to America today. It is present in every society,” she said. “In aspects of all life, there are aspects of oppression, and I believe that it’s very important for people to realize the presence of oppression and what it can do to people.” The play will be performed in the Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $9 for students, $11 for faculty, staff, alumni, and seniors, and may be purchased in person at the box office located in room 1036D in the Center for Performing Arts, over the phone at (419) 530 – 2375, or online at http:// www.utoledo.edu/ BoxOffice. one, after the Quad fight, because he’s definitely getting his tool on in that one. Probably my favorite part of that scene was seeing him act like a ninja, all off-balance. I definitely liked some of [the Ottawas’] reactions. N I C K BELLMYER Greg Long Favorite scene to watch The one where Marky puts his head through the bookcase and says ‘That one’s a dime.’ I thought it was hilarious, especially the way it was shot. Favorite musical number It’s tied between WBSS and [Waste My Time.] I think I’m going to go with ‘Waste My Time’ just because I liked the energy behind it. It’s hard to explain. Favorite character scene

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Humans Versus Zombies starts Wednesday night at UT.

Probably the brawl, just because the pants-dropping was hilarious and the stuff up at Rocket Hall – wrecking a party, knocking the cup out of Ashleigh’s hand – it was all fun, and it was awesome to see it all come together. DALE BALISTER Ashleigh Carter Favorite scene to watch I kind of liked the part right at the brawl. That was kind of nice. There was another part I liked, but I can’t remember… Favorite musical number ‘Waste My Time.’ I think that’s what it’s called. ‘I don’t know what words you were Bellmyer singing, but they were wrong.’ That was my favorite song. Favorite character scene Probably the opening sequence, when I’m running around, chasing after [Quads 1 and 2], things like that. The only other ones I was in, I got knocked flat.

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THE CREW MATT SAUTER Supervising Editor Favorite scene to watch The party scene with the two musical numbers. I enjoyed watching those two because of the dance sequences and putting on a musical in a television show. It’s something I’m not used to editing. I’ve done lots of dialogue, but never really any dancing. Favorite musical number I would have to say ‘Fire

For its second semester, UT will join over 300 universities hosting a local game of Humans versus Zombies beginning Wednesday and lasting until April 19. Humans versus Zombies is played by having most participants starting as humans, depicted by bandanas on their arms or thighs, and a select few beginning as the original zombies, who are identified by bandanas tied to their heads. Like any game, it becomes more exciting by adding Nerf guns. Humans are killed by being tagged by zombies and zombies are stunned temporarily once shot by a Nerf gun or hit by a sock. Burning,’ because it’s upbeat, a lot of action is going on other than just a love song. But that’s just my preference. Also because Tyler was in there. (You don’t have to put that part in there if you don’t want to.) It’s much more dynamic and it’s easier to bring life to the party scene. Favorite character Maybe it’s Marky in the first episode because he’s a character who just butts in. He’s just appealing. He brings so much conflict, especially in the first episode. CARINA CORNIELES Exec. Producer Favorite scene to watch I liked all of them, not going to lie, but the dance sequence was probably my favorite because I didn’t edit it, so it was the first time I got to see it completely put together. Favorite musical number I enjoyed ‘Waste My Time’ the best just because it was so much fun to put together. It was a fun little song. Favorite character I really liked Munich. He did so well with all the songs he had to do and being really sneaky was

Last semester, 176 students registered to play. Before Nerf bullets can fly, anyone participating must attend one of the mandatory informational safety meetings. The next one is today at 2:30 p.m. and the final one will be Wednesday at 3 p.m., both in the Student Union Building Room 2591. In addition to attendance, anyone wishing to participate must have a signed copy of the safety waiver, which can be found on the UT Ad-Hoc website. For more information, visit http://ut-adhoc.com/ hvzstart. Anyone who is unable to attend either meeting can still play by emailing adhoc.ut@gmail.com just excellent. His performance was really quite natural. All of our characters are really natural, but his was really organic, and I noticed that the acting got better and better as we went along, but his was always really good. KERI MCMANUS Casting Favorite scene to watch The one where Joey and Ben are spying on Sonia, because I love Nick’s reactions – and then he starts hyperventilating. I just about died laughing on that one. Favorite musical number ‘Fire Burning,’ just because every time I hear that song now, I feel the compulsive urge to dance to that one. Favorite character I just like Quad 1 and 2 because the only thing that would make them better is if they were twins in real life. Their characters are so in-sync with each other. They play off each other, and it could be perfect the first time around.

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Two months after completing “The House of Bernarda Alba,” a play which warns of the dangers of authoritarianism and oppression, playwright Federico Lorca was murdered by fascists as they took over in the Spanish Civil War. Outside the entrance to the Center Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts sits a wall of newspaper clippings, artwork and graffiti. Red spray paint scrawls the words “Let them live their lives!” over photographs and headlines of civil rebellions in the Middle East. In the face of modern oppression and intolerance both abroad and domestic, the allegorical warnings of the dangers of fascism and repression in “The House of Bernarda Alba” ring true today. “[The play] is an example of what [oppression] can do, what it means and how it thrives in fear and in pain. It is

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born out of such feelings and it exerts those same feelings,” said Megan Aherne, who plays the role of Amelia and researched the play and the issues surrounding it as dramaturge. “Lorca presents fascism through the guise of familial drama,” she said. “He is making a very strong political statement through the drama of women in a household, and you can dissect and separate that message into several different aspects.” Written in 1936 during the fascist takeover of Spain, the play tells the story of five daughters struggling against each other and themselves as they seek to define their lives under the tyrannical rule of their mother Bernarda Alba, played by JoEllen Jacob. Central in the conflict is the possible marriage of the eldest sister, Angustias, played by Ashley Stephens, to Pepe el Romano, played by Phillipe Taylor. Under the severely repressive reign of their mother, the

daughters are forced to resort to deception and deceit as they fight against human nature and their undeniable desires. Sexual tension, rebellion, desire, jealousy and mistrust are front and center as the daughters vie for fulfillment under repressive tradition and the stringency of the mother. “All of the daughters are hiding things that they want to do – acting rebelliously because they are so oppressed. There are things that they are feeling that they are told that they aren’t allowed to feel,” Aherne said. “These girls are experiencing some kind of arrested development in their adolescence, which immediately calls for rebellion against the powers that be; in this case, it’s Bernarda. I don’t believe that they do so maliciously: they are just trying to experience and see life because they are unable to. They may seem immature, but that’s only because they’ve never been able to develop and because they’ve never been able

to live, and again that all stems from oppression.” The acting is strong throughout the cast. Jacob is severe and unrelenting as Bernarda Alba, with a rigid presence that instantly changes the atmosphere of the theatre whenever she steps on stage, supplementing the swelling tension of the play. Tyria Allen provides a foil for Bernarda as the house servant Poncia, with wisdom and wit to match Bernarda’s severity; Allen brings the character to life with a perfect mix of sass, attitude, and humor to balance the foreboding building throughout the production. The grace and strong dance background of Taylor and Starr Chellsea Cutino, in the role of the youngest daughter Adela, are showcased in the intimate scenes the two share. Jillian Albert presents the conflicted and jealous Martirio well, particularly during her explosive conflicts with — Bernada Alba, Page B3

‘Your Highness’ low on laughs The fantasy comedy “Your Billy Madison. Highness” is less a movie and After the evil sorcerer Leezar kidmore medieval scenery filled naps Fabious’ bride-to-be at their wedwith sexual innuendo and F- ding, he and Thadeous embark on a bombs that don’t land. quest to rescue Belladonna (DeschaWith a budget of $50 million nel). Along the way they encounter a and an opening-weekend gross warrior named Isabel (Portman) who of just $9.5 million, is hell-bent on revenge against “Your Highness” Leezar, among others. looks destined to The numerous action seflop financially as quences are mildly entertainwell as creatively. ing, but the special effects, esA film starring pecially ones involving sorcery, James Franco and look like they belong in a movie Danny McBride on the Syfy channel. filled with vulgarity, According to director David nudity and ad-libGordon Green, the film’s dibing sounds great By Jason Mack alogue was mostly unscripton the surface. In Editor in Chief ed with only a rough outline fact, it sounds exfor a script. This cast is caactly like “Pineapple Express” pable of doing great things when given minus Seth Rogen, which is fit- the freedom to adlib, but they need to ting since it features the same be given something to build on. They director and several of the aren’t capable of creating comedy same actors. from scratch. “Your Highness” also feaIt’s nice to see Portman and Frantures Natalie Portman and co are not taking themselves too seriZooey Deschanel, neither of whom participates in the afore- ously after their recent Oscar success. They do what they can with the mentioned nudity. “Pineapple Express” found a material provided, but the material is common ground between plot unsalvageable. and comedy, often using one to McBride will recover and have a accentuate the other. “Your Highness” fails to find a bal- solid comedic acting career, but he ance alternating between fol- needs to put his dreams of screen lowing the plot and commit- writing on the back burner. ting to the comedy, and in the end both suffer. The lead actor also co-wrote the script in both movies, which seems to be the key difference between them. Rogen is a more polished writer. He wrote “Superbad” and was a featured writer for TV shows By Feliza Casano such as “Da Ali G Show” and Copy Chief “Undeclared” before penning “Pineapple Express.” McBride THE CAST only had “The Foot Fist Way” and 13 episodes of the HBO SARAH FATEMI series “Eastbound & Down” Jaleeah Williams under his belt before “Your Favorite scene Highness.” to watch McBride is a comedic actor I really liked the one in the library on the verge becoming a star with Joey, Ben and after quality supporting roles in Marky. I just thought “Hot Rod,” “Tropic Thunder” it was so much fun to and “Land of the Lost.” This watch. It was done so could have been the role to put professionally with him over the top, but instead it the shots of Katie knocked him down a peg. The [Nelson, playing Ben] entire scope of his acting caand Gage [Howell, reer may depend on “30 Minplaying Marky] beutes or Less,” an adventure hind the bookcase. It comedy coming in August cowas just really cool to see that a starring Jesse Eisenberg. student production could do McBride and Franco star as something like that. princes and brothers ThadFavorite musical number eous and Fabious respectively. I have a hard time deciding beFabious is the older brother, tween [Waste My Time] and [The the hero of the kingdom and Rumble]. We’ll go with ‘The Rumthe heir to the throne. Thadble’ since it’s more of an episode eous is a lazy and spoiled party thing. It was very action-packed animal, much like a medieval and it definitely showed the

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Isabel (Natalie Portman, from left) Thadeous (Danny McBride), Fabious (James Franco) and Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) star in a comedy-adventure set in a fantastical world, “Your Highness.”

A cast reflects on WBSS rivalry between the two sides. It was so funny. Favorite character scene I would say the dance, because that’s the longest of the [scenes] I’m in, at least, and Jaleeah is actually introduced more as a colorful character, a pretty fierce attitude. It reminded me how much fun I had during the all-day rehearsal and filming. It was difficult, Fatemi but it was fun.

M E G A N BECKETT Sonia Long Favorite scene to watch I really did like the way ‘Facebook Creeper’ came together, but I really liked the brawl at the beginning. I hadn’t seen the brawl – I wasn’t part of it – so it was a complete surprise for me.

Favorite musical number My favorite was ‘Facebook Creeper.’ It came together the best. The lighting was good, the angles were good, and even though it moved around a lot, you still knew where it was. The other songs were too dance-y, or too dimly-lit to be seen – except for the brawl. Favorite character scene I’d have to say ‘Facebook Creeper’ because I wasn’t Sonia – I was Joey’s fantasy of what he

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TYLER HOLTZMAN Munich Hodgeson Favorite scene to watch My favorite scene to watch is the scene at the dance where my character performs ‘Fire Burning,’ because for months I’ve been dreading that. I thought ‘I don’t know what this is going to look like, I don’t know what people are going to think of it,’ and it ended up looking really good. Favorite musical number Originally, I would’ve said that it was the title song, ‘West Bancroft Side Story,’ then I got the soundtrack and I decided that ‘Waste My Time’ is

my favorite. I don’t know what it is. I just like listening to it. Favorite character scene A very short scene right before the dance. My character is in the Student Union, and he puts up a poster to advertise the dance. Then he gets to be really creepy. It’s fun. I got to creep. GAGE HOWELL Marky Layman Favorite scene to watch My favorite scene was when it’s Ben and Marky are talking to Joey in the library. I liked that scene just because it’s kind of introducing the characters. I like Holtzman Ben’s reference to Joey watching too much porn. And ‘that’s a dime.’ Totally ad-libbing, but I thought — WBSS, Page B3