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Jacobs recommends reorganization proposal to Board If BOT passes plan, university to add schools, more colleges By Randiah Green News Editor
UT President Lloyd Jacobs recommended to the Board of Trustees on Friday that the College of Arts and Sciences be split into three separate colleges, which will be home to several schools. Under the recommendation, the CAS will be divided into the College of Mathematics and Science, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Language, Literature and Social Science. The recommendation for restructuring the university also involves grouping the Judith Herb College of Education and Health Science and Human Services into one uniform college.
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Other colleges that will be created under Jacobs’ plan include the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, the College of Adult and Life Long Learning, College of Graduate Studies, Libraries, and Learning Systems, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and College of Business and Innovation. Most of those colleges come from pre-existing colleges that will have an additional department under them. The BOT still has to approve Jacobs’ recommendation on their Oct. 11 meeting. If the board gives their
approval, 11 schools will be created along with nine colleges at the university. The structure for Jacobs’ recommended plan includes having colleges which sponsor schools that will break down to certain departments. The schools will be “cross disciplinary units,” and depending on their disciplines, they can be run by either a single college or a group of colleges. The schools, which are to be led by directors, will also borrow faculty from the sponsoring colleges. One example of the proposed structure for colleges and schools is the School of First Year Experience which will be primarily sponsored by the College of Language, Literature and Social Science, but will also be sponsored by and borrow faculty from the College of Business and Innovation; Engineering: Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nursing; and the College of Mathematics and Science. Jacobs’ plan also calls for the creation of a School of Patient Centered Primary Care and Wellness, School of Inter-professional Education and Advanced Simulation. Jacobs said he is convinced this model will help make UT among the highest ranked universities in the world, and restructuring UT is a “small but — Recommends, Page A8
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The above diagram depicts University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs’ plan for reorganization of academic affairs. The specific scenario pictured above is the proposed division of the College of Arts and Sciences. The CAS will be split into three new and separate colleges, including the College of Language, Literature, and Social Science; the College of Visual and Performing Arts; and the College of Mathematics and Science. Other colleges will be split up, some even combined, according to the plan. The plan will also create new schools that will be sponsored by colleges respective of their disciplines.
Children’s Day held at Old West End Commons By Vincent D. Scebbi Features Editor
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Triumph over the Boilermakers Senior defensive end Doug Westbrook celebrates after making a sack in the fourth quarter of Toledo’s 31-20 victory at Purdue on Saturday. For more coverage, read our recap on B1.
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adopted by the Women of the Old West End, which was founded in 1969, and is now the host for the annual gathering. “It’s back for all the kids in the neighborhood, free books, free everything for the kids,” Moore said. Money raised in order to fund the event comes from programs such as “Tours de Noel,” which is held every first Sunday in December. According to Moore, “Tours de Noel” allows people to tour five different homes as well as different fundraisers, such as the cookie walk, which sold 5,000 cookies at last year’s program. Park Lane Apartments on 23rd Street in the Old West End host lunch and dinner for participants. “The money raised from [Tours De Noel] goes to this day and other projects in the neighborhood with our mission,” she said. The mission statement, — Children’s Day, Page A8
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Children bounced around on a giant inflatable alligator obstacle course yesterday afternoon, bringing young life to the almost 200-year-old neighborhood on the outskirts of downtown Toledo. Once home to dozens of Toledo’s most affluent families, including that of glass industry mogul Edward Drummond Libbey, the late Victorian-style homes of the Old West End are finding a newer, younger generation of families to add to its legacy. Children’s Day, an event that has been going on for about 40 years, is one sign of a growing, young community in the neighborhood. According to President of the Women of the Old West End Toni Moore, there’s been a significant rise in the rate of young couples as well as parents with younger children moving into the Old West End over the past few years. “I think there’s a draw for
the historic side of it; the rent is comparable to any place else in the city,” Moore said. “I think there are people who love living in the city itself, so this place offers this venue: to live in a beautiful house or apartment.” Moore said events like Children’s Day are an opportunity for these newer families to interact and help parents become involved in help keeping the spirit of community in the area. “It’s just a nice day, it’s a nice pleasant day to get neighbors involved and young parents to meet one another and for us also to engage them in helping us to continue this day for the kids in the neighborhood,” Moore said. The free program was initially set up by the Women of Old West End, ran for about seven years before being taken over by the Red Cross. Once the Red Cross left, there was no place to host the event and a few years ago, the Old West End Commons was
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Mexican drug toll: 10th mayor slain, another wounded By Tim Johnson McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) MEXICO CITY — As if Mexicans needed more evidence that criminal groups are trying to hijack the political life of the nation, it came with a ferocious triple-whammy punch in the past 24 hours. Assailants shot and seriously wounded the mayorelect of a town in the border state of Chihuahua on Friday afternoon, less than a day after commandos in Nuevo Leon state executed a sitting mayor, making him the 10th municipal chief slain so far this year. In Mexico City, a fugitive legislator with drug charges pending against him sneaked into Congress and took his seat, automatically obtaining immunity from prosecution. Attacks on mayors are quickening, a sign that drug cartels are seeking to intimidate politicians and neutralize them when they interfere with criminal activity. Gunmen outside a veterinary clinic in Gran Morelos, a town in the high desert west of Chihuahua City, shot and seriously wounded Mayor-elect Ricardo Solis
Manriquez, the websites of the Reforma and El Universal newspapers said. Solis, elected in early July, is to take office on Oct. 9. Earlier in the day, eulogies poured in for Prisciliano Rodriguez Salinas, a mayor who was slain outside his ranch house in a rural area of Nuevo Leon state. Four mayors have been killed in the past five weeks alone. The new attacks roiled the political arena, a sign that politicians long complacent toward drug trafficking are feeling heat. Rodriguez, 53, was elected mayor of Doctor Gonzalez, 30 miles northeast of the industrial city of Monterrey, by a coalition headed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the once-dominant force that is now the largest opposition party. President Felipe Calderon issued a statement Friday morning pledging that his government “will not ease up on criminal groups.” Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Alejandro Garza y Garza said members of an “armed command” had ambushed Rodriguez outside his rural home in Doctor Gonzalez, and shot him with a .223-caliber assault rifle
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Map locates the 10 towns in Mexico where mayors have been assassinated since the beginning of 2010; table lists date, town and state name. MCT 2010 and a 9 mm handgun. Garza y Garza described the region, which is less than a two-hour drive from the Texas border — as “a conflict zone” due to fierce rivalries between drug cartels. Nuevo Leon Gov. Rodrigo Medina decried the “cowardly assassination.”
“They will not frighten us,” Medina said of drug cartels. “We will not yield.” The mayors of cities and towns in regions of Mexico that cartels dominate face pressure to turn a blind eye on criminal activity. Given a choice of “plomo” or “plata” — a lead bullet or a
cash payoff — some mayors become virtual allies of the criminal groups. Mayors also direct 2,022 municipal police departments, and Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna said in early August that drug cartels were paying an estimated $100 million a month in bribes to corrupt municipal police officers. The assassinations of mayors are becoming not only more frequent, but also more brazen. On Sept. 8, two gunmen marched into the El Naranjo Town Hall in San Luis Potosi state in broad daylight and murdered Mayor Alexander Lopez Garcia as he presided over a meeting, leaving his body slumped on the floor in a pool of blood. After the Aug. 16 kidnapping of the mayor of Santiago, a picturesque town outside Monterrey, prosecutors said that members of Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos’ own police force had carried out the act. His body turned up two days later. The 10 mayors assassinated so far this year have governed towns in seven Mexican states: Chihuahua, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon,
Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. In late June, a commando squad gunned down the leading gubernatorial candidate in the border state of Tamaulipas, Rodolfo Torre Cantu. It was the highest-level political assassination since presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was shot dead in 1994. On Thursday, television networks broke into programming to show legislator Julio Cesar Godoy taking his seat in the federal Chamber of Deputies. Godoy later held a news conference to declare that his 2009 arrest warrant for allegedly offering protection to one of Mexico’s most feared drug gangs, the Familia Michoacana, was an effort by Calderon’s ruling National Action Party to persecute his party in Michoacan state. Godoy is a member of the opposition leftist Revolutionary Democratic Party. “I am not a criminal,” Godoy said. He skirted a federal police cordon that was aiming to capture him outside Congress, thus avoiding arrest and taking his legislative seat, automatically winning immunity from prosecution.
West Bank Jewish settlers celebrate end of construction By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
REVAVA, West Bank — Thousands of Jewish settlers celebrated the expiration Sunday of a 10-month freeze on new settlement construction in the West Bank, defying the efforts of Israeli and Palestinian officials to reach a compromise on the issue and keep peace negotiations alive. Palestinian and American officials said it likely would take some days to find a solution to the settlement moratorium. Palestinians have said they'd abandon the talks if Israel ends its moratorium on the construction of settlements on land in the West Bank that Palestinians say is earmarked for a future independent state. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, however, heads a largely right wing, pro-settlement coalition that's threatened to dissolve the parliament if he continues any form of settlement freeze. Netanyahu and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas launched
direct peace talks earlier this month at the urging of the White House. "I think that the chance of achieving a mutually agreed understanding about moratorium is 50-50. I think that the chances of having a peace process is much higher," Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, told the BBC. "We cannot afford ... to let this process, with historic potential impact on the lives of many millions, on the stability of the whole region, to be derailed by the fact that Israel doesn't have a way to stop this building totally." Officials close to President Barack Obama said Sunday that they hope the talks could find a way forward. "We are going to urge and urge, and push throughout this day to get some kind of resolution," Obama adviser David Axelrod told ABC News. "These talks themselves are absolutely crucial — we're at a critical juncture in that region." Dozens of settlers Sunday cheered a cement truck that
poured a foundation for a new building in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Netafim. Settler leaders invited members of the press to film the symbolic step, which they said marked the beginning of "celebrations" to mark the end of the freeze. Just after five in the evening, thousands of people gathered in the nearby settlement of Revava to hold a ceremony honoring their communities. The ceremony included a countdown to sunset, which Jews believe marks the end of the day, and therefore of the governmentimposed moratorium. "Today it's over, and we will do everything we can to make sure it never happens again," settler leader Dani Dayan told the crowd. "We return with new energy and a new determination to populate this land." Lawmaker Danny Danon, a member of Netanyahu's Likud Party, organized the rally in Revava Sunday, and said it was time for the government to "remember its love" for the settler movement.
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As the 10-month freeze on new settlement construction comes to an end, Jewish settlers and right wing, pro-settlement leaders gathered in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Netafim to pour concrete in public defiance. “The freeze on settlements is tearing apart our country,” says one demonstrator’s sign. (Sheera Frenkel/MCT)
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Many questions persist The recommendation on academic reorganization given by President Jacobs to the Board of Trustees on Friday clarified some previously vague details of the proposal. Questions still remain regarding the specifics of the implementation process. In his presentation, the President outlined the new schools and colleges that will be created in the restructuring of academic affairs. The recommendation gave an overview of the aims of the proposal and the changes that will be applied to the university bureaucratic structure. However, it lacked a thorough explanation of how the changes will be administered and exactly which administrative positions will be created, removed or modified. Jacobs said that separating the College of Arts & Sciences into three separate colleges will help to bring attention to and raise the status of the lesser-known disciplines within CAS. It could also give a greater sense of autonomy to the smaller voices within CAS. This is a worthy goal shared by many within these disciplines, and we hope the plan reaches these goals. There has been relatively little input from those who will be most affected by the proposal, and the “Roles” slide in Jacobs’ PowerPoint presentation to the BOT reflects the administrative attitude that created this disparity. Apparently, the role of students and faculty is to “keep an open mind” to whatever changes are handed down. The roles should read the opposite:
the various Senates, Councils and administrators should keep an open mind to the voices of faculty and students, the true driving forces of the university. The current discussion is necessary, but should have had more diverse input before these final stages. The CSO, working on a timeframe that they admit “precluded an inclusive approach for developing a proposal,” created their restructuring proposal with minimal input from faculty and students. This same plan, with minimal change, was presented to the BOT and could potentially be accepted, as is, in their decision on Oct. 11th. While everyone involved with UT would love to see the university change for the better, these changes must come from the bottom and work their way up through a process of discussion that actively seeks input from all affected groups. In addition to objections against the obviously rushed, non-inclusive discussion process behind the restructuring proposal, others are concerned about its persistent lack of clarity. Even now, in what could be the final stages of the decision-making process, some aspects of the proposal are hopelessly vague. A final decision upon the still-unclear proposal is set to be made in just two weeks, while many students and faculty will be off campus due to Fall Break. Students and faculty cannot consent to the restructuring propsal without some feeling of inclusion. To receive the support of the UT community, the proposal must at least give time to consider other, student- and faculty-generated ideas.
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- in Your opinion A letter from Renee Heberle To the Editor, Thank you for your article on the Inside/Out Prison Exchange class we are conducting at the Toledo Correctional facility. The coverage was thoughtful and comprehensive. I would only like to note that the headline for the story referred to teaching “civics,” which may
Medical Amnesty now in effect To the Editor, The University of Toledo has implemented a new policy called Medical Amnesty because they encourage a living and learning environment that promotes the health and safety of all members of the UT community. As such, students are encouraged to make responsible decisions and to seek medical attention in lifethreatening situations that result from alcohol and/or other drug abuse. If medical attention is required, students should immediately contact professional medical personnel (9-1-1), followed by the UT Police Department (419-530-2600) and University officials. A student who seeks emergency assistance on behalf of themselves, another student or a friend experiencing an alcohol and/or other drug related
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I would like to take this time to clear up any misconceptions you may have about UT’s Fraternity and Sorority Community. In last week’s article entitled “Chargers, Cigars and Chunky Metals” the only part of Greek Life that was discussed was four days of Interfraternity Council (IFC) Recruitment. Although the article was solely based on one person’s point of view, more than one person reads the Independent Collegian and therefore I feel it is important for a well rounded explanation of our Greek Life to be given. The University of Toledo is home to thirty-three social fraternities and sororities and four governing councils including Interfraternity Council (IFC), National Panhellenic Conference (Panhel), National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and the Greek Independent Board (GIB). These organizations hold recruitment and/or intake each year but they do more than recruitment. Our
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connote a high school level current events class. I would like to emphasize that the content and expectations of this course are as academically rigorous as any other 4000 level seminar on the UT campus. The title of the seminar is “Law, Justice, and Mass Incarceration,” so while it is interdisciplinary, the course topic and questions are very specific. Inside/Out Prison emergency (as well as the individual in distress) will not be subject to disciplinary action nor mandatory alcohol and other drug sanctions under the UT Student Codes of Conduct, Residence Life or Greek Life. However they may be subject for referral for assessment, counseling, and possible treatment. With all of that being said, many students will still have questions and I would like to take a moment to answer some of the more common questions I have heard over the past few weeks. Q. What happens after I call for help? A. After making a call for help each student in the situation will have to meet with a conduct officer to ask for medical amnesty for their particular situation. Once Medical Amnesty is granted to the student they may be referred to another University staff member for further assistance. Greek Community hosts national speakers, attends leadership conferences, promotes healthy lifestyles, participates on campus and in the community with service and philanthropic endeavors including Relay for Life, Dance Marathon, Race for the Cure, Boys and Girls Club, and the Ronald McDonald House to name a few. In addition to community service, these organizations give to various philanthropies including Push America, Breast Cancer Awareness, St. Jude’s, March of Dimes, the Make a Wish Foundation, Domestic Violence Awareness, Suicide Prevention and many more. In 2009 UT’s Greek Community did over 84,000 hours of community service and donated over $207,000 to charity. The members of our Greek Community are not only leaders within their fraternities and sororities but they also hold leadership positions in various student organizations including but not limited to Homecoming Commission, Student Alumni Association, Student Government, University Ambassadors, Black Student Union, Mortar Board and Blue Key. They are part of this
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Exchange courses can be taught in any discipline and at any level, given that the basic pedagogical and ethical principles that adhere to the name “Inside/ Out” are respected. All of them carry the same expectations and assessment standards of courses taught on campuses. Thank you again for your attention to this important initiative. Renee Heberle Q. Will I get in trouble? A. No, if you call for help for you or a friend you will not get in trouble with the UT Office of Student Conduct, Residence Life or Greek Life and the incident WILL NOT go on your academic record. We do however still have to notify your parents. Q. Does this impact the role of the Police? A. UT and other police still have the ability to cite or arrest you for violations of the law. Q. Where can I read the policy? A. You can read the policy by going to this website: http://www.utoledo. edu/studentaffairs/reslife/ AT O D P C / p d f s / M e d i c a l _ Amnesty_Policy_Signed. PDF Q. What if I have more questions? A. If you have any questions please contact Alexis Blavos at 419.530.8436 or alexis.blavos@utoledo.edu campus and love being a ROCKET just as much as non-Greek students. Being a part of Greek Life does not make you separate, it does not make you better, it really makes you part of something greater than yourself. I challenge you to look at the Greek community as a whole, not just one council or the fourteen organizations that reside in McComas Village. It is easy to see the negative but I encourage you to look past that and see the great things the Greek Community does. If IFC or Panhel recruitment didn’t work for you, check out one of our NPHC or GIB organizations. Just because you are not a member of an organization doesn’t mean you can’t be a supporter. If you ever have any questions about Greek Life, stop by my office in the Student Union room 3518 or attend one of the many programs hosted by the Office of Greek Life, a fraternity or a sorority on campus. Respectfully submitted, Cecilia Rivera UT Greek Coordinator
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The other night, I dreamt I was a woman pregnant with twins. I lived on some strange island in the sky, where everything was pleasant – no crime or disease. When I told my husband about my pregnancy he flew into a rage Stephen and shoutBartholomew ed at me. His rage filled him with strength and he uprooted a tree, which was the only source of light for the island. When he ripped out the tree a deep hole formed in its place. I walked forward and curiously looked into it. I could see water far below. As I turned around my husband kicked me and I
fell, tumbling down the hole toward the water. Two large white birds caught me before I fell into the water. The whole world was water. The birds brought me to a giant turtle and placed me on its back. The animals of this world greatly wanted to help me. They dove to the bottom of the sea to pull up land for me to live on, but they failed. Finally, a toad attempted to reach the bottom and when he came up his mouth was full of mud. The animals and I spread it across the turtles back until the land grew and grew and grew. I gave birth to my twins. They grew fast. One became gentle and kind. The other grew cold and mean. They filled the Earth with their creations. My good son made rivers that flowed both ways, with fish that had no bones. He created
plants that humans could easily eat. My bad son however, corrupted those creations. He made the rivers flow only one direction. He put bones in the fish and thorns upon plants. Eventually my two sons battled each other out-
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We must liberate ourselves from these cultural prisms that foul our understanding of the world and warp our relationship to others.
right, until one conquered the other. They were equally matched and battled for a long time. In the end, my good son claimed victory and condemned his cold, cruel brother to live underground. His anger would occasionally cause volcanoes and earthquakes. When I woke up I felt
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Island,” and in fact there are several Native American tribes with similar creation myths. Myths reveal what different civilizations perceive to be valuable. The Turtle Island myth reveals that Native Americans regard nature as sacred and divine. The Christian people who conquered them subscribed
to a very different religious mythology. Christians regard nature as fallen from god, where every spontaneous act is sinful. They believe life will be redeemed in heaven. I will not argue that one is more right than the other. All myths are true in a metaphorical sense. Every myth and every religion tries to explain the cosmic, human mystery through metaphor. Problems arise when those metaphors are taken literally -problems like the manifest destiny of the early U.S. and conflicts that have divided the Middle East for centuries. We must liberate ourselves from these cultural prisms that foul our understanding of the world and warp our relationship to others. Myths connect us to the world; without them we are adrift in meaninglessness.
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They give us an understanding of who we are and where we came from. They give us an understanding of who other people are, in other countries, in far off lands. All of the arts are inspired by myths. As Joseph Campbell once said, “To see life as a poem and to see life as participating in a poem is what the myth does for you.” Life is a vocabulary of adventures in accordance with the universe. Myths open you up to possibilities of action and understanding. Myths are the oldest stories, the archetypes of life. To know them is to know the ancestral lifeblood that courses through the body. —Stephen Bartholomew is an IC columnist and an English education student at UT.
All’s well in Broklohoma I got done with four hours of driving the other night and I was really tired out. After stopping for gas, all I wanted to do was come home, relax, and watch some TV. I drove my PWagon back to my lair, AKA Broledo Inn, and snaked a couple coldcruisers before putting the tube. Anthony on Before long, Russo my two roommates came home. I asked them what they were up to that evening, and we all decided it was a good time to sit around and bro out. Why am I telling you this? Because being a bro is awesome. It’s better than awesome; it’s broverwhelming. Oh, but Anthony, I didn’t know you joined a fraternity. Ah, very astute. I have not, but I do live with two of my friends who have. In economic terms, you could call me a bit of a free rider. See, that is why I don’t have a problem calling myself an honorary bro. I have an awesome bro pad equipped with a Pi Kappa Phi flag on the wall. I have more friends that are Greek than there are Natties in a 30-pack — which is 30, by the way. Ok, that might be a bit of a stretch, but the point is, as far as “independents” go — I hate that term — I’m pretty well surrounded by Greek Life. I go to UT, after all. I came home and ate leftover beef brisket that I grilled yesterday. My life is chill. I enjoy many of the things that bros enjoy doing, such as grilling, poker, quoting movies, hating clubs, road trips and talking about sports. You could say I’m a regular Shaquille Bro’Neill. I lived in a house last year away from campus where Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s homecoming float was built. I parked in the street so they’d have room to build it. My friend who was in SAE has since graduated, but I liked a lot of the guys in his fraternity, though they were just acquaintances. Since they were in my house so much, how could I not get to know some of them? There was so much Greek in my house, I felt like I needed to raise goats. This year isn’t much different. My roommates are great
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work together in a more coordinated fashion. Heck, Alpha Phi Omega is a fraternity completely dedicated to service. I volunteer. I’ve tutored at a charter school, worked with Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership, and many other efforts. It can be done on an individual basis. But these organizations make it easier by organizing large groups of people. My roommate Nick Jones rode his bike across the country with other members of Pi Kappa Phi to help raise money for people with physical disabilities. I was proud of him. And a bit jealous — I was relearning to be selfsufficient at the time. Anyhow, I was saying that Greek organizations aren’t homogenous, just like the general population isn’t. Let’s not kid ourselves. Every now and then, someone does something stupid like hazing, or getting alcohol poisoning, or getting in a fight. But that is true of the general population as well — read I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. And while they are all brothers and sisters, don’t tell
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me they don’t get in arguments, disagreements, or spread gossip about each other. It happens. Just like in any group of friends. But at the end of the day, people usually have their friends’ backs. I have my roomies’ backs and they have mine. I’m not an “independent” living with two Greeks. That’s absurd. We’re friends, not enemies fighting on opposite sides of some ridiculous battle that has been playing out in the Collegian print copy and internet comment boards. I didn’t write this piece as a response to any particular viewpoint or article. It just seemed like Greek Life has been in the IC a lot recently, and I thought I’d try to put some rationality into the discussion. One of the things that I was most looking forward to last year was the opportunity for my cover band to play at Dance Marathon. I’m not Greek, but I couldn’t wait to show off the band and help raise some money, even if it meant getting up early one morning to play as the last act. Unfortunately I was in the beginning stages of paralysis, but I really wanted to be there. I wanted to experience the atmosphere and see what all the fuss was about. I was genuinely disappointed. The plain fact is Greek Life isn’t going anywhere. What good does it do to, mostly anonymously, bash one side or the other? Are Greeks all suddenly going to dissolve their chapters? Are all non-Greeks going to be absorbed? No. I don’t want to say “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” because neither side is better than the other. It’s stupid to even say there are “sides.” To recap, I’m just going to keep doing what I do. Getting A’s, getting ripped at the gym, having a really goodlooking girlfriend, giving high-fives, rolling deep, and driving a P-Wagon. And I’m going to do it as a bro without letters. But if you want to join, that’s cool too. We can be bros and I can roll even deeper. After all, I’m free-riding off of your efforts like Broseidon, King of the Brocean.
guys and the members of their fraternity that come over from time to time are very friendly and cool to bro out with. There was the instance of someone banging on the patio door for ten minutes in the middle of the night, but I guess I can let that slide. Why? Because, while it’s easy to stereotype fraternities and sororities as homogenous, they aren’t. I’ve realized that Greek organizations solve a coordination failure. They allow people with similar interests to find each other more easily. Sure I’ve seen the “party” side of Greek Life up close and personally — who hasn’t? But I have also seen the other sides of Greek Life up close and personally, too. These organizations allow individuals with philanthropic goals to find each other and
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Time to get personal We have all heard of, and perhaps even used, the online services of RateMyProfessor.com. In case you have been living under a rock, RateMyProfessor.com is a web-based forum that allows users to post anonymous reviews and performance ratings of professors at various universities across the country. Yes, evaluations of professors here at UT can be found on the site. I must say, as a freshman, I did turn to RateMyProfessor. com to see how tough my future professors were going to be. However, as I progressed through my freshman year, I began to realize that the postings I had read on RateMyProfessor.com were for the most part inaccurate. The first problem with RateMyProfessor.com is that reviews tend to be extreme. Professors receive either an extreme positive review, or an extreme negative review. As a freshman pre-med student, I was required to take Chem 1230 and Chem 1240. I decided to take both classes with Dr. Andy Jorgensen — great professor, by the way. If you look at Dr. Jorgensen’s reviews on RateMyProfessor.com, you will leave the site with severely mixed messages. All of the reviews on the first two pages are either entirely positive or entirely negative. The anonymous reviews said everything from “Great teacher that goes in depth in explaining the material” all the way down to “he sucks.” I had trouble figuring out exactly what I could take away from such drastically differing responses.
Another issue that I have with RateMyProfessor.com is the lack of a rebuttal from instructors. It seemed to me that before I make a judgment about someone, I ought to at least hear his or her side of the story first. When asked about RateMyProfessor.com, Dr. Jorgensen informed me that, “The site really isn’t credible. In fact, you don’t even have to be a student at a particular university in order to post reviews about their professors.”
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When asked about why he had not posted a rebuttal, Dr. Jorgensen reminded me that, “If I posted a rebuttal, it would give the site credibility. Also, a rebuttal would sound rather defensive as well.” I have one final issue with RateMyProfessor. com: Who actually has the motivation to post reviews of professors anyway? I began to suspect that one of the reasons that the reviews on the site were so extreme were because the students that actually posted something had extreme experiences with the professor. No one ever has a casual experience with a professor and posts a review on
RateMyProfessor.com. The students either did very well in the course, or did very poorly in it. One thing that is important to note is that all students have different learning styles. What works for one student may not work for another. Therefore, a professor that received a negative review may have had a teaching style that was not viable for that particular student, but the very same professor might be absolutely fantastic for you! All in all, RateMyProfessor.com is a tool that students have to evaluate professors before taking courses with them. But, the reviews on the site need to be taken with a grain of salt. Students need to remember that without knowing anything about the individual that posted the review, there is very little that a student can actually take away from it. My suggestion: skip the trip to RateMyProfessor. com altogether and contact your potential professors yourself. All faculty members have an accessible email, and most professors will respect students that are conscientious of their professors. Not to mention the fact that professors really respect the students that are motivated to get to know their professors personally ahead of time. Don’t be afraid to send an email and don’t waste your time with RateMyProfessor.com. —Chayson Hurst is an IC Columnist and a sophomore majoring in psychology.
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Latino Student Union
LSU will host Latinos Got Talent in the Student Union Building Ingman Room today from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The members of LSU will showcase their talent and invite you to join them. This competition is open to UT students only and singing must be in Spanish. The winner will perform at the Annual LSU Scholarship Dance held in the spring semester. Call the LSU office at (419) 530-4326 if you are interested in showing your talent.
The Department of French
The French Department will host a conversation group in the Memorial Field House 2295 tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. All levels are invited for conversation and for games in French. Your ideas for activities are also welcome. Anyone interested in French language or culture is welcome. For more information contact Derdre Pettet at (419) 5302583 or dpettet@utoledo.edu.
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within colleges,” said Chair of the BOT Bill Fall. “Therefore, those colleges will end up having a much better ability to promote their individual qualities and achievements. Fall said it is premature to decide whether Jacobs’ particular recommendation will be good or not, but there are some positive things about reorganizing the university. “We’re still in the very early stages of the deeper details of his plans,” Fall said. “When we start to think of the potential for schools that can be created, his comments were well-thought-out and had good clarity and rationale to them.”
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The conversation on reorganizing the university has been ongoing since the summer, when Jacobs charged the 12 members on the Committee of Strategic Organization with proposing a restructuring plan that “does no harm” to existing degree programs. Faculty and students have been discussing the proposal and offering their input and criticisms to Jacobs ever since. The CSO proposed a plan that would also split the CAS
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into three separate colleges which would still be in an overarching grouping of “Arts and Sciences,” led by an executive dean. Under the CSO’s plan, the CAS would be divided into the “College of Sustainability,” “College for the Study of the Human Condition” and the “College of Visual and Performing Arts.” The CSO’s plan also grouped the College of Health Science and Human Services, the College of Medicine, College of Nursing and the College of Pharmacy under a group called Global Health, Wellness and Community with an executive dean. The executive deans were meant to serve as “stewards” who would direct faculty within the colleges with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary projects. Pre-existing deans in those colleges would rotate into the executive dean position. Jacobs has rejected the executive dean idea in his recommendation and has instead only included directors of schools and one dean for each college who will be recruited from within the university. The circulation of the CSO’s plan, which was presented to the community in
Midnight Breakfast
There will be a midnight breakfast at the Horton International House tomorrow from 10 p.m. to midnight. For more information, contact Rebecca Bair at (419) 530-4944 or rebecca.bair@utoledo.edu.
Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble
The UT Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform for free in the Doermann Theater Wednesday at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Angel Riddel at (419) 5302452 or TheArts@utoledo.edu
Pep Rally
There will be a pep rally on the Student Union Building’s steps Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. Come rally around the Rockets and get them pumped for the big game. Car smashing will also be there. For more information, contact Rebecca Bair at (419) 530-4944 or rebecca.bair@utoledo.edu.
UT Unplugged
The traditional UT Unplugged will be in the Flatlands Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a bonfire, music and giveaways as well as the opportunity to meet the top five king and queen candidates.
UT Choral Concert
There will be a choral concert in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall Sunday at 3 p.m. For more information, contact Angel Riddel at (419) 530-2452 or TheArts@ utoledo.edu
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Children in the Old West End neighborhood climb through an inflatable alligator obstacle course on Sunday afternoon as part of an annual Children’s Day. More and more young couples have been moving to the neighborhood in recent years, leading to a growing child demographic.
Tigers donate check to UT at Comerica By IC Staff
Students and faculty stepped onto the field at Comerica Park in order to receive a large check worth around $93,000 Friday. Student Government President Matt Rubin, a senior majoring in political science, said himself, Kevin Kucera, Keri Gallagher and Derek Moos were awarded the check 20 minutes before the first pitch against the Minnesota Twins because of the partnership made between UT and the Tigers. For every strikeout thrown by a Tigers’ pitcher throughout the 2010 season, Rubin said a certain amount of money was
donated to the University of Toledo’s scholarly fund. Rubin said the partnership is a good way to help connect Toledo and Detroit besides baseball and there is a lot of talent UT should try to bring into the university. “I think it’s a great partnership because of the connections Toledo has with Detroit with the Tigers and the Mud Hens specifically,” Rubin said. “It’s a great way for our communities to connect and especially to recruit students in the metro Detroit area. Personally, that’s where I came from. And I think there’s a great talent pool that the University of Toledo really should focus on bringing here.”
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UT President Lloyd Jacobs presents his proposal for academic reorganization on Friday at the Scott Park Campus Auditorium. The Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee will vote on the plan on Oct. 11. the form of a PowerPoint presentation, even caused students within the CAS to form an Arts and Sciences Student Council. The CASSC compiled 12 questions for Jacobs to answer before he made his recommendation, concerning how the plan for restructuring would affect students. Chairs of departments in the CAS also drafted an alternate
proposal for restructuring which they submitted to Jacobs. Faculty and students had the opportunity to express their concerns at faculty stakeholder meetings two weeks ago. Jacobs said he took into consideration every piece of input he received from students and faculty before making his recommendation.
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education institutions and 14 churches. Tammy Michalak, a resident of the historic area, said she hesitated before moving into the area 15 years ago, but now loves it and believes raising her children here was one of her best choices because of what they have learned from their sense of community. “There’s a part of character and community and knowing your neighbor, I think you get a little more sense of the community then you do in other neighborhoods,” Michalak said. “I was one of those who didn’t want to move, I was nervous, but now I love it. The homes themselves you cannot replace, and for someone like my son to grow up down here -- he’s learning so much about Toledo’s history and a sense of community – it’s a completely different perspective.”
according to a pamphlet of the Women of the Old West End, is “to improve the accuracy of information about the Old West End within and without its boundaries; to preserve the historic and aesthetic qualities of the Old West End.” Other programs funded by the organization were for the Boys and Girls Club, the Kent Branch of the library and the Old West End Association’s Jazz Concert. “There’s just a ton of stuff we’ve done over the years,” Moore said. The Old West End, whose first house was built in 1818, is host to the largest collection of late Victorian houses left standing in the United States. It is also home to over 20 different businesses, eight different
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Dantin’s four touchdowns helps Rockets shock Purdue 31-20 By Zach Davis Sports Editor
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Sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin celebrates a 58-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to give the Rockets a 24-3 lead. With the victory the Rockets have won three of their first four games and have a 2-0 league record.
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The Rockets entered the contest ranked last in the NCAA in total ofWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—The fense at just 221 yards per contest Rockets shocked Purdue with a 31- as they faced a Purdue team that beat them 52-31 just a year 20 victory on the road at ago, but racked up 378 Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturyards against the day. Toledo has won threeBoilermakers. straight road games and has “Today we showed we the third-longest streak of can play with anybody,” consecutive seasons with a Page said. “Last in the win over a BCS team by a NCAA doesn’t stand for non-BCS qualifier in NCAA us.” history, accomplishing the “We had a chip on our feat in each of the last five shoulder for this game,” seasons. said senior defensive end “Our kids believed and Dantin Douglas Westbrook, who we came in and played four pushed his sack total to quarters of football,” UT head coach Tim Beckman said. “We three in just the last two games. still have a lot of things to “We had a year to think about the loss last year, and we came out animprove. gry and played hard.” “We’re getting better. Boilermakers quarterMaybe some people are back Robert Marve left overlooking us and I’m the game early in the first sure they won’t be doing quarter after a non-conthat anymore.” tact related injury, fumPurdue (2-2) made a 31 bling the ball on Purdue’s charge late, erasing a 24-7 Toledo 20 own 13-yard line. Freshthird quarter lead to close Purdue man Rob Henry replaced the score to 24-20, but a Marve and had 202 total 50-yard kickoff return by sophomore Eric Page helped close yards (82 rush) with one touchout the win for the Rockets (3-1, 2-0 down and one interception. Toledo played without senior deMid-American Conference) after sophomore quarterback Austin fensive end Alex Johnson (facial fracture) and senior corDantin’s one-yard plunge nerback Desmond Marrow, sealed the victory. who was ruled out just be“We knew that we had fore the game due to a been successful all day as shoulder injury suffered in an offense,” Dantin said. practice on Tuesday. “We knew we could score The Rockets took a quick points when we needed to. lead, driving 85 yards on Offensively we played a the opening possession to good game and I think we take a seven-point advancan do better.” tage after a five-yard touchDantin led the Rockets on 24-of-31 passing for 209 Donald down pass to Page. Marve’s fumble set Toleyards and four touchdowns (two rushing) while also racking up do up just 13 yards from the Boilers 64 yards on the ground. Page caught end zone and Dantin converted nine passes for 76 yards and a with a seven-yard pass to Noble for touchdown and junior tight end a two-score lead. Purdue trailed 17-0 and had just Danny Noble had a season-high six catches for 47 yards and one score. 36 total yards before their final Junior Adonis Thomas rushed for a — Dantin, Page B2 season-high 79 yards.
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The Rockets opened their Mid-American Conference season with victories against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. The wins improve Toledo to 6-2-2 overall for the season and 42-8-5 at home since 2005. The weekend began with a match at Scott Park against the Huskies. Both teams started off slow as it was 0-0 at the half. Toledo’s best scoring opportunity was saved by the diving NIU keeper after freshman Nicole Gyurgyik intercepted a pass and fired a low shot at the goal. The second half was all Rockets and the scoring began early with an own goal by Northern Illinois. This seemed to open the floodgates as freshman Rachel MacLeod netted her third goal of the season just ten minutes later. The Huskies goalie again made a diving save but this time on a penalty kick from Toledo to keep the match at 2-0 in the 56th minute. Emily Tustin and Anndrea O’Leary each scored their first collegiate goals later in the half to put the game out of reach at 4-0. The Rockets outshot NIU 20-3. Toledo hosted Western Michigan the next day and needed a second half goal — MAC play, Page B2
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Dakota Hawkins remains out for the Rockets due to a stress fracture. The freshman middle blocker has no timetable for her return. By Joe Mehling Assistant Sports Editor
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Freshman Anndrea O’Leary scores in yesterday’s 2-0 victory over MAC-foe Western Michigan.
With losses this weekend on the road at Western Michigan and Northern Illinois, the Rockets have lost six straight and have won just two of their past 12 matches. “It was a frustrating weekend, let’s put it that way,” Toledo head coach Greg Smith said. “I truly thought we had a good opportunity to win two matches on the road and it’s disappointing coming away with two losses. We have the players that can win, it is just the matter of get-
ting it done.” Toledo has been defeated in straight sets in the last three matches with their last victorious set coming on Sept. 12. “It’s just learning how to win,” Smith said. “We have talked about it and we work hard in practice, it’s just the need to take out into our matches. Until that responsibility is taken upon by the players, we’re always going to be close but we might not be winning.” Freshmen Lauren Rafdal and Becca Reidy were the most consistent players offensively for
the Rockets. Rafdal led the way against Western Michigan with 14 kills while both players tallied seven kills at Northern Illinois. The duo has been given the opportunity to prove themselves after injuries to fellow freshman Dakota Harkins and sophomore Bethany Irwin. Both are out due to stress fractures and no timetable is set for their return. “Lauren and Becca are doing a great job of improving each — Losing skid, Page B2
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Monday, September 27, 2010 67-yard drive capped off by a 36-yard touchdown run from junior fullback Jared Crank, bringing the score to 24-10. The Boilermakers forced a fumble off of a third quarter sack of Dantin at the 40, setting up an eight-yard pass to senior running back Dan Dierking cutting the Rockets lead to 24-17. Wiggs missed another field goal (37) on Purdue’s next possession, but made a 22-yard kick after Dantin fumbled on a sack for the second time on the ensuing possession, this one by senior defen-
sive end Ryan Kerrigan. Page’s kick return set up the Dantin plunge to put UT up 31-20, and an interception by senior linebacker Archie Donald sealed the Rockets victory. “We knew we had to play great defense,” said Donald, who had a game-high 16 tackles. “We had to make big plays to get our offense back on the field to melt the clock to come out with this win.” Toledo returns home next week to play Wyoming before their showdown in two weeks at No. 3 Boise State.
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Austin Dantin led the Rockets to a 31-20 victory in West Lafayette, Ind. at Purdue on Saturday. The sophomore quarterback completed 24-of-31 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 64 yards and two scores.
Sophomore wide receiver Eric Page caught 10 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown against the Boilermakers and had a key 50-yard kick return to set up the Rockets final score in their 31-20 victory on Saturday.
Upcoming Toledo Athletic Events Men’s Cross Country
Away at All-Ohio Championships Fri. Oct. 1 at 2 p.m., Cedarville, Ohio
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Home vs. Wyoming Sat. Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.
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Away at Lady Irish Invitational Fri.- Sun. Oct. 1-3, South Bend, Ind.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Home Exhibtion Blue vs. Gold Fri. Oct. 1 at 4 p.m.
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Home vs. Eastern Michigan Fri. Oct. 1 at 4 p.m.
Women’s Cross Country
Away at All-Ohio Championships. Fri. Oct. 1 at 2 p.m., Ceadervillie, Ohio Away at Richard Clark Invitational Sat. Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., Springfield, Mo.
Men’s Golf Away at Tucker Intercollegiate Fri. and Sat. Oct 1-2, Albuquerque, N.M.
Women’s Soccer Away at Ohio Fri. Oct. 1 at 4 p.m., Athens, Ohio Away at Akron Sat. Oct 2 at 1 p.m., Akron, Ohio
Men’s Tennis Home Toledo Rocket Invitational Fri. and Sat. 1-2, Toledo, Ohio
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Sophomore Danielle Case chases down the ball in Friday’s 4-0 victory over Northern Illinois.
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Losing skid From Page B1 day in practice and working hard,” Smith said. “Lauren struggled at the beginning of the season but she is starting to come around. She is getting the job done and her consistency is better. Becca had to change positions because of the injuries to Dakota and Bethany and she is doing a great job.” The Rockets began the weekend in Kalamazoo, Mich. against the three-time defending Mid-American Conference East Division Champion Western Michigan. Toledo kept the game tight and was within one at 21-20 but the Broncos stifled the UT offense and scored four-straight points to take the set. The second set had 10 ties and four lead changes but
once again WMU came away with the clutch points and held on 25-23. The final set was controlled by the Broncos after an 8-1 run to break open the match at 16-10. The Rockets cut the lead to three at one point but got no closer for the remainder of the match. UT then traveled to Northern Illinois and was once again met with a tough challenge. The Huskies had a .299 kill percentage while Toledo registered a .136 hitting mark. Toledo led just three times during the match and fell 2515, 25-22, 25-19. Junior Cassie Kleespies had a season-high 12 kills and a.499 kill percentage. The Rockets return to Savage Arena for three straight matches beginning with Eastern Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m.
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in order to survive the match. Gyurgyik accepted a pass about 25 yards from the WMU goal and lofted a shot toward the right side post. The ball hit the inside of the post and fell into the goal to give UT the 2-1 win. MacLeod recorded her second goal of the weekend early in the first half after a cross floated into the box and the freshman was able to knock it pass the keeper. The Rockets travel to Athens to face Ohio University on Friday at 4 p.m.
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perfect ides, but I think that with the experience I have, there is a lot of potential for them,” Novoselic said. Every time Novoselic speaks at colleges, he encounters students who have just discovered Nirvana’s music. “It is one of the blessings of my life that I got to work with Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl, and that Nirvana is enduring,” Novoselic said. “Kurt Cobain was such a visionary artist, and so talented (that) there are new generations coming up who love Nirvana.” ___ (c) 2010, The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, Calif.). Visit The Sacramento Bee online at http://www. sacbee.com/. Distributed by McClatchyTribune Information Services.
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From left to right, Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain in recording the video for HeartShaped Box I felt that Dave Grohl was missing in this picture.
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exclusion, limited financial and educational opportunities and lack of access. RLM will empower future genera— taking a street approach tions by providing education, to rap. Mz. BoiToy brings creative expansion and serthe same raw and aggresvices that will allow individusive sound to her show als to contribute in a new and that her and her bandimpactful way to their mates employ. communities.” “Mall’s Panelling Along with Palace” is RTv, RLM is hosted and owner of Coco-created bra Magaby Mall Tsuzine, Rebel nami. This is Army Radio a program and Rapland that is remi216. For niscent of more inforH o w a r d mation on Stern and RLM, visit BET Uncut. RLM.t83.net. The videos RTv will be featured will available onincorporate line at www. controversy, RTvNation. extreme sex com in Octoappeal, partying and Photo courtesy of Rebel Life Media ber. Season one of RTv general wild “Mall’s Panelling Palace” is hosted by Mall Tsunami will run behavior. monthly A c c o r d i n g and features controversial and wild behavior. from Oct to the web2010 until site, Rebel athletes and an audience Life Media’s (RLM) mis- that was previously shut Feb 2011. See the website sion statement is that it out due to corporate for details.
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personality Ro Digga, although it will be hosted by various people. The show will showcase “songs with mainstream appeal” including Chip tha Ripper, Da Kennel, Tanya Morgan, Birtni Elise, Machine Gun Kelly, Stalley, and CJ Platinum. “The Hype,” which is hosted by two-time award-winning Rebel Army Radio artist Mz. Crazy Tee, can be described as a “virtual
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The University of Toledo — The UT Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble will perform a free concert at the Doermann Theatre in University Hall at 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
thursday Frankie’s Inner-city — Frankie’s is hosting its monthly FreakOUT! Dance Party. The theme for September is superhero freakout. Doors open at 9 p.m. Admission is free for guests dressed in a costume. For those without a costume, tickets are $3 for guests 21 and up and $5 for guests under 21.
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Frankie’s Inner-city — Kiros is headlining at Frankie’s Innercity. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, on the night of the show.
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The first hip-hop video programming network of Ohio will be launched in October. The network, RTv, will be exclusively online. According to the press kit, “RTv’s mission is to take Ohio hiphop to more places in the world than any outlet ever has or will.” RTv will feature 4 music video programs: “Ro Digga’s Everything Big,” “The Hype” hosted by Mz. Crazy Tee, “Too Raw” by Mz. BoiToy and “Mall’s Panelling Palace” by Mall Tsunami. In addition, each program, all of which were created by Rebel Army’s Gezus Zaire and Rebel Life Media, will present five videos on a monthly basis. “Everything Big” was co-created by Cleveland’s z107.9 radio
party.” The videos will be aesthetically pleasing combining colorful visuals with charismatic and energetic rappers and dancers. Mz. Crazy Tee is also a writer for one of the nation’s largest hip-hop publications, “Murderdog Magazine.” The Cleveland native began writing poetry at 16 years old and rapping at 18 years old. “Too Raw” on Now, at the age of 21, she is opening up for big-name artisits like Gucci Mane, Soulja Boy and Crime Mob. This female artist does not fall into the category of a “typical female rapper” according to her biography, but is an emPhoto courtesy of Rebel Life Media cee. She has a genuine Ro Digga co-created “Everything Big.” He is also a love for the history and well-known Cleveland radio personality on z107.9. craft of rapping. “She
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RTv is hosted by Mz. Crazy Tee. lives her life in melody; she thinks in bars, she walks to a beat. She is…Mz. Crazy Tee.” For more information visit her website, MzCrazyTee.com. Mz. BoiToy, of “D.O.C. Showstoppaz” the first and only female group to be nominated for an Ohio Hip-Hop Award, hosts “Too Raw.” This is a program that exudes “gangsta rap” elements — RTv, Page B3
friday Frankie’s Inner-city — Frankie’s is hosting a birthday bash for rapper C-Fifth. C-Fifth will be headlining with Low E, We Launch and Rockets. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door, the night of the show. Toledo Museum of Art — The exhibits “Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection” and “Perrysburg Heights Photography” are opening. Admission is free and open to the public for both exhibits.
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RTv is owned by Rebel Life Media and their mission is to take Ohio hip-hop to more places in the world than any outlet ever has or will.
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is now turned in to politics By Carla Meyer McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
saturday Frankie’s Inner-city — Red Wanting Blue will be headlining with Brett & The Cougar Express. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door, the night of the show. The University of Toledo — The UT football team faces Wyoming at 7 p.m. in the Glass Bowl for their homecoming game. Admission is free for students. The UT football team faces Wyoming at 7 p.m. in the Glass Bowl for their homecoming game. Admission is free for students.
sunday Frankie’s Inner-city — David Dondero will be headlining with The Wildman Ian Thomas, Aaron Brosia and Darran Hanlon. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door, the night of the show. The University of Toledo — The UT Choral Concert will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. in the recital hall of the Center for Performing Arts building.
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Krist Novoselic appearing as part of the Oral History Live series at Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington.
Actors and musicians often use their celebrity to draw attention to political or social causes. Rarely, though, do they relish the nitty-gritty the way former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic does. A founding member of one of the most influential bands in history, Novoselic also has influenced politics in his rural community in Washington state. The one-time Democratic Party chairman for Wahkiakum County (population 4,000), Novoselic can speak with authority on such topics as unassembled caucuses and the intricacies of Prop. 14, the voterapproved but legally challenged call for a “top-two” California primary. “I am interested in rules and procedures,” Novoselic said of his wonky inclinations. “I know all the party rules and bylaws. I just have a knack for it.” Now 45, the 6-foot-7 Novoselic is no longer the same goofy guy who got conked on the head during a 1992 MTV performance by the bass guitar he had just thrown in the air. Yet he retains a youthful, unfettered quality, bringing great sincerity and enthusiasm to a phone interview in which he discussed his sense of civic responsibility.
Novoselic left his county Democratic post (“They weren’t really interested in any kind of innovations”) and went independent early this year. But he still chairs FairVote, a national nonprofit devoted to election reform and increased voter turnout. More generally, Novoselic is interested in the First Amendment idea of freedom of association, and how social networking fuels association. “I have been associating ever since my late teens and early 20s, with punk rock,” Novoselic said. “People come together when they need something, or they share the same values.” He kept up with politics while in Nirvana. “We read the newspapers, and were aware,” Novoselic said. “I have voted in every election since I was 18.” But he did not become proactive until after Nirvana ended following Kurt Cobain’s April 1994 suicide. In 1995, Novoselic and other artists formed Joint Artists and Music Promotions Action Committee, which aimed to fight music censorship in Washington state. In 2003, Novoselic, who owns a farm, joined his local Grange. Though Novoselic continued to play music _ in Sweet 75 and Eyes Adrift, longrunning Bay Area band — Nirvana, Page B3