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What is great about your position? “I get the chance to make a positive difference in student lives.” How did you come to be at UT? “I was Vice President of Student Affairs at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. The position opened up at UT and I applied. I was interested in UT because of the student demographic, beautiful campus, and felt it was a place I could make a difference.” What do you want to bring to UT? “A culture of success -all students who come to UT can be successful.” What is your favorite thing at UT? The students and the
recreation center, “I think it is a wonderful facility where students can interact and workout. I personally use it to work out.”
Obama talks with student journalists President underscores need for better, affordable higher education By Vincent D. Scebbi Features Editor
From the Oval Office, United States President Barack Obama addressed college newspapers on everything from the economy to moving America back to the top of the world rankings when it comes to the total number of college graduates. “The key here is, is that we want to open the doors of our colleges and universities to more people so they
can learn, they can graduate, and they can succeed in life,” the president said. Obama opened the conference by discussing the fact that the U.S. has dropped out of the top 10 countries with the highest post-secondary graduation rates. “I’ve been talking about this a lot lately,” Obama said. “We have fallen behind. In a single generation we’ve fallen from first to 12th in college graduation — Obama, Page A6
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President Barack Obama talks with college and university journalists over a conference call on Monday. Obama took questions from the journalists regarding issues relevant to students.
Talkshow host brings humor, tour Jake Sasseville holds concert to raise money for schools
Do you have any hobbies? Cooking, eating, listening to books on audio tapes.
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What are your favorite foods? Indian, Mediterranean, Chinese, etc. What did you want to be when you were a kid? “I just knew I wanted to be something where I could be successful; I knew I wanted to graduate high school and the next step was to get a degree.” One thing your colleagues don’t know about you? She has dual citizenship, and her mother is Canadian.
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A student listens as “Late Night Republic” host Jake Sasseville speaks at professor Carol Sullinger’s marketing strategy class in the Savage and Associates Building on Wednesday. Sasseville is touring with the “Pringles Xtreme Campus Music Tour.”
As we walked from Stranahan Hall to the Student Union Building, Jake Sasseville made sure he was the center of attention, whistling at girls leaving their math class and teasing me about my Midwestern accent. The 24-year-old college dropout-turned-entrepreneur from Maine is the host of the television show “Late Night Republic,” which airs on MyTV. According to one
of Jerry Springer’s producers, Sasseville can be best described as the “bastard love child” of talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Howard Stern. Sasseville was in the area promoting the “Pringles Xtreme Concert Tour,” which stopped at UT last night. Apart from producing his own television show, Sasseville is the host and part owner of the “Pringles Xtreme Music Tour,” which — Host, Page A2
Homecoming parade route changed By IC Staff
University of Toledo’s past homecoming parade route was not enough for this year’s parade. Roughly 10 to 15 organizations have joined the parade this year, leading to a change in the parade route which normally
starts on Bancroft Street and goes through Middlesex Drive, Kenwood Boulevard, Cheltenham Road and then back to Bancroft Street. The parade will start on Bancroft Street this year, but then will continue down Middlesex Drive to Hughes Drive, Cheltenham Road and then end back on
Bancroft Street. President of Blue Key Dan Ferguson, a senior majoring in healthcare administration, said the new route will increase the length of the parade by about two city blocks. Treasurer of Blue Key Aaron Dau, a senior double majoring in political science and law and
social thought said the change was because the route was too small with the additional groups who joined the parade. Last year, groups who led the parade were at the end of the route before the groups at the end of parade were even able to — Parade, Page A2
Professor discusses relationship between medicine and the arts Second annual S. Amjad Hussain lecture held at Medical Campus By Sura Khuder IC Staff Writer
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Dr. Joel Howell, Professor of Departments of Internal Medicine, History, and Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan, speaks on “Medicine and Art: Exploring the Healing Power of the Arts” at the Dr. S. Amjad Hussain Annual Visiting Lectureship in the History of Medicine and Surgery.
By listening to Beethoven, a physician might be able to listen to his patients better. And if a doctor reads Emily Dickinson and Ernest Hemingway, he or she might better understand a patient’s suffering. Joel Howell discussed these ideas yesterday at the second annual S. Amjad Hussain Visiting Lectureship on the history of medicine, specifically on the connection between Medicine and the Arts, on the University of Toledo’s Health Science
Campus. By using excerpts from notable poets, composers and playwrights, Howell, a professor of internal medicine, history and health management and policy at the University of Michigan, explained how the arts can teach physicians to treat their patients better. Blair Grubb, professor of medicine and pediatrics at UT and a published poet, said in a phone interview that Grubb medicine is like literature, poetry and fine art because it aims to — Art, Page A6
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Drop-in donations Freshman film major Nick Piazza deposits a raffle ticket at a sports equipment drive for a local elementary school hosted by the Office of Academic Engagement and the Student Athlete Advisory Council on the steps of the Student Union Building Wednesday afternoon.
Banned books week vigil held By IC Staff
UT students will be able to think for themselves and let others do the same at this year’s banned book vigil today. The 13th annual Banned Books vigil will be held on
the second floor of Sullivan Hall from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. This year’s theme is “Think for Yourself and Let Others Do the Same.” The topics for the vigil — Banned, Page A6
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On, Sept. 21, a police officer was dispatched to Parking Lot 01 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim stated her UT “C” parking permit was stolen from her vehicle. The parking pass was valued at $125. On Sept. 21, a police officer was dispatched to Parking Lot 18 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim stated her UT “C” parking permit was stolen from her vehicle. The parking pass was valued at $125. On Sept. 23, a police officer was dispatched to Parking lot 10, to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim stated her UT “C” parking permit was stolen from her vehicle. The parking pass was valued at $125.
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was dispatched to Parks Tower to take a theft report. The victim stated he was studying in his dorm room with his back to the door and could not hear people coming in and out because he was wearing headphones. The victim had his dorm room key hanging next to his door. When the victim left for class, he noticed his key was missing and got a replacement key from the front desk. When the victim returned from class he noticed his laptop computer had been stolen, along with two X-Box 360s and several X-Box 360 games. The total property was valued at $2962. On Sept. 27, a police officer was dispatched to the Crossings to take a burglary report. The victim reported he was out of town all weekend and lost his room keys. The victim didn’t want to pay for new keys, so he left his room unlocked for several hours while away. The victim later discovered a television missing from his room. The property was valued at $200.
‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ comes to campus Tegan Wilkinson IC Staff Writer
Jack Nicholson’s awardwinning performance in the film “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was shown Tuesday for students in the disabilities studies program as part of their film series occurring this semester. The film was chosen for UT students to exemplify the importance of learning about disabilities and realizing that it is not all black and white when it comes to mental stability. “Disabilities can come in many different forms. Some of the people [in the movie] didn’t seem like they had anything wrong with them. The people who did have something wrong with them, you couldn’t quite tell what was wrong with them,” said Nate Gonring, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering. “It taught me that disabilities are
different from one another and they come in different shapes and sizes. You can’t go about treating them in the same way.” Other students saw the film for learning or purely entertainment purposes, such as Jessie Hensal, a sophomore double majoring in English and religious studies, who saw the movie in high school and wanted to see it again. “I’m seeing it because my major is social work — every experience helps,” said Brittany Conrad, a junior majoring in social work. Whether it was to learn something new or to just be entertained, the Disability Film Series is an eye-opener for students who don’t have much firsthand experience with disabilities to see a world different than their own. “What we try to do in the disability studies classes is
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Parade From Page A1 start moving, according to Dau. This year’s homecoming has a video game theme and is called “Press Play.” Blue Key carries the tradition of preparing Homecoming each year. “At the beginning of the summer, Blue key alumni and UT alumni board meet in the beginning to discuss concerns, ideas, changes among other things in their meeting,” Ferguson said. Dau, who is also the President of Alpha Sigma Phi, said nine social fraternities and eight social sororities are par-
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ticipating in this year’s homecoming parade. There are roughly 110 participants in this year’s parade, some including the five candidates for homecoming queen and king. Others include past UT alumni, student organization floats, decorated cars, local businesses and administration. Homecoming has been at UT ever since 1923 when the Rockets defeated Bowling Green State University, 27-0 and it is still around 87 years later. The Homecoming parade begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday following the Rockets football game against the Wyoming Cowboys.
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features artists such as We the Kings, Lights Resolve and J. Cole, Jay Z’s newest protégé. For each campus the tour stops at, the event organizers pledge to build one school in southeast Asia, specifically Thailand, Laos or Sri Lanka. The building of the schools is funded through money raised at each event, as well as grassroots donations from companies and individuals. Sasseville said the purpose of the tour goes beyond just the music or building schools; rather, he hopes to inspire this generation to be more giving. “The only way to eliminate poverty is to elevate education,” he said. Sasseville feels education is the answer for the world’s poverty and said education leads to opportunity and creativity, which in turn leads to better health, improved infrastructure, better technology and financial prosperity. Sasseville stopped at different UT classes yesterday to give inspirational talks about self-promotion, business and networking.
to help our students to think critically about this category of people that we call disabled today,” said Jim Ferris, the director of the disabilities studies program. “We try to help our students to recognize these issues when they come up because they’re all around us. But most of us don’t notice them. This film is just an opportunity to do that as well.” The film’s protagonist is Randle McMurphy, played by Nicholson. McMurphy is a man who was initially sent to prison, but is eventually sent to a mental hospital after pretending to have a mental illness. McMurphy stirs up trouble among the patients in the mental hospital and pushes the staff to use electroconvulsive therapy on him, which causes him to develop a mental illness. “It’s a great film that calls
attention to lots of issues that have to do with both how society has responded to people with disabilities, but also how disabilities have been portrayed in the media,” Ferris said. “Some of the issues have to do with sequestration and locking away of disabled people. [There are other] issues around who gets to control a disabled person’s body.” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was the first film in more than 30 years to sweep the “big five Oscars,” which are Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It was also Nicholson’s first award from the academy. The Disability Film Series continues on October 26th with Planet Terror and on November 30 with Nobody’s Perfect. Both movies will be shown at the Memorial Field House in Room 2100 at 7:30 p.m.
“Do it first, say sorry later,” he said. He told students to be disruptive in the workforce and refuse to be complacent. He also encouraged students to “kick it up a notch” and settle for nothing less than being exceptional. One of the keys of Sasseville’s success is his expert use of advertising. “Late Night Republic” is funded directly by companies instead of television networks. Proctor and Gamble, Ford, and FRS energy drinks have all invested in Sasseville’s works. “There really wasn’t any other way [to get the money],” Sasseville said. “Nobody was going to fund me, so I had to be very creative. I feel truthfulness is not only funny but it’s real and authentic. I’m not going to try and hide [the advertisements], because kids are too smart. Everyone treats this generation like we’re stupid, but we’re not — we’re geniuses — so why would I try to pull one over the kids’ eyes and have some sort of subliminal message?” When Sasseville was in high school, he lost his younger brother to a terminal illness. The death of his brother sparked something in him and gave him the drive to
get out of bed in the morning and do something positive. Sasseville said a family member’s death “changes your life.” “I decided to not whine around or fall into alcoholism or something, I decided to hopefully use my life as a symbol [of what one can accomplish through adversity].” When speaking with Sasseville it’s apparent that he has a genuine passion for his work. “I’m not the best looking guy, or the funniest guy, and the only thing that has carried me through when I’ve been completely down and out has been the passion. The ability to get up and say, ‘I will do this thing and I will break through.’ And you know what? Everybody is going to laugh at me initially, but I’m still gonna break through.” “Late Night Republic” starring Jake Sasseville airs on MyTV at 1:30 a.m. on Saturdays and replays at 3 p.m. on Sundays, More information on Jake Sasseville, his show and the Pringles Xtreme Music Tour can be found at Latenightrepublic. com.
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End the downward slide the U.S. are — all peer-related factors aside — chaotic and confusing enough. Many and various subjects are quickly introduced, studied, tested and then forgotten. A lack of any real depth into specific areas could leave many without a focus or belief in the worth of the education system. Our system of corporate-driven standardized testing could also decrease the effectiveness of education. The tests, which are not accompanied with an explanation of their limited measure of a person’s abilities, can be discouraging students. The acceptance of the tests by the collegiate system, and their use as make-or-break factors in college acceptance increase the lasting damage that a poor score can have on a young person’s belief in education. The decreasing levels of government funding have also impacted the quality of education in the U.S. Placing more students under the care of fewer teachers with fewer resources undoubtedly devalues the skills and knowledge being taught. In many elements of culture, the U.S. has shifted its focus to priorities that make us less able to keep up with the rapidly growing world market. The federal government spends ever more on military, police, and prisons, while popular culture reflects values that are increasingly superficial and self-centered. In order for this culture to survive, its members must examine our shortcomings and adapt to the demands of the modern world. Our failed methods must be cast aside and replaced with new ideas, however hard it may be to break from tradition.
The rapid advancement of other countries, along with a tremendous failure of the United States’ education system has caused the U.S. to fall from its number one position in terms of post-secondary graduates. Now seated behind even the top ten nations, we face a difficult reality: the U.S. must undergo significant cultural change in regards to education or watch as foreign competitors continue to outperform us in manufacturing and innovation. Education is the backbone of a successful industrial nation. New manufacturing processes often require knowledge from multiple disciplines. Employees with proper training in applicable fields are essential to any firm attempting to compete in the global marketplace. With the rapid pace of innovation in design and work processes, we need an efficient education system that can maintain a steady flow of graduates to drive American business forward. As with any complicated social issue, many factors probably influence the effectiveness of education in the U.S. Correlation is easy to identify, but causation is much more difficult to pin down. Americans are spending more time enthralled by TV, video games and the Internet. Popular culture teaches children that their priorities are staying up to date on clothing trends, movies and music, looking attractive to the other sex, and having an active social life. Those who are focused on learning and achievement are usually cast in a more negative light. Children’s experiences in school have a lasting effect on their views of education. The early years of education in
Proposed Ohio law will secure basic rights for gays and lesbians It is by a strange paradox that, in a country proclaiming freedom and equality for all its members, citizens can be barred from a job or denied access to housing based on their gender identity or sexual preference. This kind of discrimination targets individuals who are just as deserving of opportunity as others, making it harder for them to establish families and live meaningful lives as contributing members of society. The Equal Housing and Employment Act was recently passed through the Ohio House of Representatives, and will now move to the Ohio Senate. This bill, if signed into law, will make it illegal statewide for employers or landlords to discriminate based on a person’s sexual preference or identity. It is imperative for Ohioans to do all they can to ensure the passage of this bill, extending basic rights to all in Ohio. Ohio currently has no state law protecting residents from discrimination based on sexual preference and identity. Allowing legal dehumanization of members of sexual minorities diminishes their lives and anchors us to a more hateful and
closed-minded past. In addition to broadcasting shameful values to the rest of the world, this drives creative, intelligent potential workers away from Ohio. Certain types of investors will clearly also stray away from a state that openly allows this kind of discrimination. The hot button issues have and will continue to be gay marriage and adoption by homosexuals. These more visible issues must not overshadow the greater struggle — the continuing fight to provide even basic rights to members of sexual minorities. While many states do provide protection from discrimination against sexual minorities, Ohio and others still allow the denial of a job or an apartment based purely on a person’s sexual preference. A majority of Ohioans support legislation extending the rights of housing and employment to those with other sexual identities. While it has passed through the Ohio House, the bill must still survive the Senate. All who wish to see the American philosophy of universal equal rights lived out in Ohio should contact their state representatives to express their support for the Equal Housing and Employment Act.
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A joyful transition Autumn is my favorite time of year. Since moving back from the west coast in 2006, I have felt lucky to once again experience seasons. I love the luscious smell in the air — is that w o o d smoke? Ah! Colorful leaves crunch under my feet, brisk Alexandra Scarborough b r e e z e s swirl about me and a warm cup of apple cider closes out a fall evening. It is during this time that I am at my happiest. For me, autumn delivers many treasures beyond the sensory. September brings another of my birthdays; October holds my favorite holiday, Halloween, and the beginning of November heralds time soon to be spent with family. It’s so easy, however, to let this magnificent season slip away before one has time to fully enjoy it. As we know, winters in Toledo seem interminably long. We find ourselves quickly shifting from summer shorts to heavy overcoats before we’ve even had a chance to acclimate, both physically and mentally.
No matter how briefly autumn stays with us, there are always a couple of days — usually one amazing and perfect weekend — that seems to magically occur each season, if only we allow ourselves to find it. Whether your special autumn days are centered on UT’s homecoming, a hay ride, a fall pumpkin festival, a bonfire social or sit-
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ting in the park by yourself watching squirrels bury wintertime snacks, those days are there for the taking. There’s almost no need to plan ahead. You’ll know that golden time has arrived when you step outside and simply sense it. It’s a sudden awareness that you must, despite whatever plans you may already have, stop and
immerse yourself in the shift of the seasons. At this time of year, everything is quieting down: Crops are being harvested for their bounty, animals are tucking in for a long winter and we are pulling our jackets and scarves a little more tightly around ourselves to brace for the coming chill. Some may find autumn melancholic, and while I understand that sentiment — after all, things must die in order to rise once again — I find poetry in the process. It’s as if the leaves, wind and air are providing us with one last demonstration of their majesty before receding into slumber. To me, it’s a celebratory time, because our environment is most lovely during its last exhale. So, why not find a few moments to appreciate the transition of fall? Soon, we’ll be grumbling about cold temperatures and snow, but if we take the time to enjoy the pageant that is autumn, our fond memories of it can carry us through any winter storm. —Alexandra Scarborough is an IC columnist and a graduate student in philosophy.
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The College of Arts & Sciences is being axed, pending the imminent approval of the Board of Trustees. By presidential decree, our century-old College will be unceremoniously chopped up into three morsels and fed to Mammon. I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of any of the leadership and conspirators behind this dastardly deed. If you need to know why, right now, skip to the last paragraph. Mammon is featured in the Bible as the false god of greed and avarice. His name in Aramaic stands for “money” tinged with “evil.” Mammon appears in both the Old and New Testaments. He thrives into the present where the entire world — thanks to the burst of the housing bubble — is now all too aware of his current address on Wall Street. The films Wall Street (1987) and now Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) are perceptive primers in the ways of Mammon. In WS we were reassured by the trader Gordon Gekko that “greed is good.” In the sequel, Gekko reminds us that greed is not only good, but now it is legal. WS:MNS is not only perceptive — it is prophetic. I encourage all students to see the film and think critically about its profound message and its timely warning. It is hardly a secret on Wall Street these days that there is a huge higher education bubble that threatens to burst. Even President Jacobs has spoken of it. Predicting when the bubble will burst depends in large part on how far into the future students continue to borrow heavily from banks in order to pay for their expensive college tuition loans. The Wall Street films have educational value, though everyone may not agree with director Oliver Stone’s interpretation of the housing bubble’s complex causes. If there is an education bubble, and it grows and blows, there will be in the aftermath of its “big bang” a few winners and many, many losers. As the devilish Gordon Gekko gloats in WS:MNS, “Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.”
Why does Gekko claim “Pigs get slaughtered” rather than “Lambs get slaughtered?” Are not the victims of Mammon and his minions as innocent as lambs? Hardly: “Pigs” seems the appropriate term. Lambs are few. Many worship Mammon. That is why these bubbles grow so fast then burst. Look in a mirror. These are disturbing times. If you don’t believe so, just glance at the Franklin Park cineplex marquee when you go to see WS:MNS. Also playing are films titled Devil, Resident Evil: Afterlife and Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale! What implications for an indictment of our selfish, sick society! Some say judgment day is just around the corner. Meanwhile, money never sleeps.
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I was having a chat with an administrator a few months ago and I mentioned what a shame it is that tuition is so high these days at the University of Toledo. He corrected me, saying: “Actually tuition costs here are relatively low, allowing students to acquire a quality higher education degree at bargain rates,” or words to that effect. I was not convinced, but I thought to ask this question: “Do you believe public colleges and universities, and UT in particular, have any legal or ethical responsibilities for how much students borrow and whether or not they can pay it back?” He wandered off with a smile, without replying.
Lately I have come up with a subversive idea that Mammon might not like, and which might deflate the expanding education bubble before it has time to burst. I propose here for discussion purposes that higher education institutions wedded to the business model, whether private or public, should immediately be obligated to guarantee or warrantee that their products are tickets to jobs. Why are college degrees any different than vacuum cleaners in a competitive market? Maybe I’m crazy. Every so often — but not nearly often enough — the administration opens up the Libbey Hall Great Room for an informal get-together. Members of the faculty, staff and administrators are invited to relax, trade ideas, and enjoy each other’s company. Snacks and liquid refreshments are available and the university picks up most of the tab. There is live music. It is quite nice and demonstrates that administration has a heart and some of the essential ingredients of a great idea — a University Club on the main campus! If you are ever in Libbey Hall, note that on the walls of its Great Room are displayed the visages of the pantheon of heroes responsible for founding and maintaining the College of Arts and Sciences during the past 100 years. Even after their deaths, their representations remain as sentinals on guard, possessed of duty, taking note of current events on our campus. I wonder if they also pass judgment and act — as only the dead are able — upon threats to their legacies? If so, I pity those fools, those satraps of Mammon, who conspired or aided in the conspiracy to whack CAS on its hundredth birthday. Now, with Halloween just around the corner, they must endure the visitations of whatever angry ghosts from the past they may have loosed upon themselves by their cold-blooded murder. —David Nemeth is an IC columnist and can be reached at David.Nemeth@ utoledo.edu.
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A Blockbuster Bust The distinctive blue and yellow ticket stub that serves as Blockbuster’s logo was once a symbol of the company’s brand power. Today, it reminds us just how quickly technology can render obsolete those that fail to keep with the times. Blockbuster, the world’s largest movie rental company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Thursday. It was the resounding defeat of a company that finally admitted its inability to continue business without restructuring, amid increasing competition and large debts. Perhaps the bankruptcy was inevitable. New entrants like Netflix came and revolutionized the video rental business model, introducing a mail- and Internet-based system. Omitting the need for a brick-andmortar presence significantly reduced overhead costs. Furthermore, the convenience of selecting movies instantly and having them delivered within a business day immediately won subscribers. Blockbuster could only watch itself lose market share, as its own share price fell 95 percent from 2004 to 2009. During the same time period, Netflix’s stock increased ten-fold. The situation would only get worse, as more competitors — such as Coinstar and Apple’s iTunes — entered the fray. It is not as if Blockbuster did not try. In order to compete with competitors such as Netflix and Coinstar, Blockbuster entered the mail- and Internet-based rental space. It began its kiosk business in a partnership with NCR in 2009. But these changes proved too late. During the second quarter of 2010, the company reported losses of more than $69 million, a number significantly worse than the low benchmark set in the same quarter in 2009 when the company lost more than $37 million. During those same two quarters, Netflix reported
profits of more than $43 million and $32 million, respectively. Blockbuster’s attempts to dig itself out of its hole only made the hole deeper; by the time it announced bankruptcy, its debt had ballooned to about $1 billion. Change was expected with the start of a new decade. But how many people imagined that it would be the curtain call of the video rental chain business? Earlier this year, Hollywood Video, the second-largest video rental chain in the United States, saw its parent company Movie Gallery file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February. Three months later, the remnants of what was once Blockbuster’s biggest competitor announced liquida-
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tion in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Like Blockbuster, Hollywood Video found itself unable to compete in the new competitive landscape. Blockbuster’s bankruptcy filing marks the end of an era. It is difficult to believe now that the video rental giant’s successes lied in a business model that jumped on the forefront of new technology. Founded in 1985, the company took advantage of the growing popularity of VHS video tapes, setting up stores that provided neighborhoods with a one-stop shop for home entertainment needs. The catalog soon expanded to include video games
and new media technology such as DVDs. At the time, the business model seemed to be enduring: The high prices of new media made rentals an attractive alternative. Blockbuster did not need to innovate; the media industry would innovate for them. Now, its plight is all the more ironic. A company that depended on new technology for its success finds itself doomed by even newer technology. The Internet makes it possible to download movies and video games in minutes. Websites such as YouTube allow users to stream directly from the Web. Online-based businesses such as Netflix not only allow for entire movies to be streamed online but also deliver DVDs and video games directly to homes within one business day. The competitive landscape changed completely during a span of a few years, and Blockbuster’s business continually found itself lagging. The decline of another familiar major U.S. business may alarm some. True, Blockbuster’s bankruptcy will only add in the short term to the millions of people unemployed in the United States today. But bankruptcy is not inherently bad. In the most successful form of capitalism, creative destruction will be prevalent. Obsolete business models will either be reinvented or scrapped, freeing resources for those who continue to succeed. Few would argue that firms such as Netflix have made home entertainment worse. And if Blockbuster can emerge from its restructuring stronger, then the world will be better for it, as well. Read more here: http:// w w w. c a v a l i e r d a i l y. com/2010/09/29/a-blockbuster-bust/ —Hideyuki Lu is a columnist for the Cavalier Daily at the University of Virginia.
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Obama From Page A1 rates for young adults.” The president said his goal is to restore the U.S. to the top of this list by making college more affordable by 2020. Two examples Obama cited were the new student loan system and better access to the Federal Pell Grant for students and their families. “Instead of handing over $60 billion in unwarranted subsidies to big banks that were essentially getting this money even though the loans were guaranteed by the federal government, we’re redirecting that money so that it goes directly to students,” he said. “That’s allowing us to support community colleges and make college more affordable for nearly 8 million students and families.” Obama also said he has been working for future borrowers to select a plan where they only pay 10 percent of their monthly salary to student loan creditors. First mentioned during his 2010 State of the Union address, the president mentioned debt forgiveness for college students going into fields of public service. “If you go into public service and you keep up with your payments, whatever leftover student debt that you have will be forgiven after 10 years,” he said. Despite the fact that it is ultimately up to college students to finish their degrees, Obama said the government can help students overcome some barriers, such as the post-9/11 G.I. Bill, which makes college more affordable for veterans. “I’ve long proposed what I call a college access and completion fund which would develop, implement and evaluate new approaches to improving college success and completion, especially for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds,” he said. The DREAM Act, a piece of immigration legislation, is something Obama has
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Moises Rivera protests with others at the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in Los Angeles, California, on June 16, 2010, over the government’s pursuit and deportation of illegal immigrant who are college students and recent college graduates. These immigrants are known in some circles as “Dream Act” kids, named after proposed legislation that would grant them legal status. cantly, that’s a problem.” Obama recalled from his college days the quality of the cafeteria food to support his point that colleges need to find ways to become more cost-effective. “When I was going to college, I mean, food at the cafeteria was notoriously bad,” he said. “I didn’t have a lot of options. We used to joke about what was for lunch that day, and there would be a bunch of nondescript stuff that wasn’t particularly edible.” In light of the claim that this generation of college students is “the lost generation,” the president said students will be “just fine” with a college degree and capabilities in math and science as well as solid communication skills. “Don’t let anybody tell you that somehow your dreams are going to be constrained going forward,” Obama said. “You’re going through a slightly tougher period. I have no doubt that you guys are going to be successful.”
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Slacking on the Flatlands Sophomore art history and digital new media major Ashley Marroquin attempts to walk a slackline with the help of Mariah Waller, a sophomore majoring in social work. Slacklines were set up in the Flatlands Wednesday as part of the “Pringles Xtreme Campus Music Tour,” which featured a performance by the band Lights Resolve.
convey a human feeling and emotion. “The humanities and medicine are both aiming towards the same goal, which is to better mankind, and we tend to forget that,” Grubb said. Howell said the arts can show people how to be human, how to feel emotions such as pain, and what it is like to inflict pain. The lecture discussed how pain can be better understood by using the poem “Pain as an Element of Blank” by Emily Dickinson. “What [Dickinson] is saying is that when you are in severe pain, it’s timeless, it’s irresistibly dominant, it destroys any memory you’ve ever had of anything but excruciating pain,” Howell said. Poems like this can assist a physician in understanding what it is like to treat patients who are in severe pain by making them more aware of their patients’ feelings, in a way that science cannot, he said. Howell said Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Indian Camp” can help physicians understand the significance in ignoring patients’ suffering. “We need to think about when we choose to hear people’s screams, when we choose not to hear people’s screams and the consequences there may be,” he said. “An average physician interrupts their patient every 15 seconds, and listening to classical music can train physicians to slow down and listen to their patients better,” said Howell. Grubb said the arts can improve the way physicians listen to their patients stories. “A patient’s story is like a novel that the doctor participates in finishing when he
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treats the patient. Everyone has a story that they want to tell, and learning how to understand these stories is a part of what the arts aim to do,” he said. Grubb believes there is a disconnection between patients and doctors and too often doctors don’t listen to the stories their patients are telling them. “The person comes to a physician with a complaint, with a set of feelings, and then the physician in today’s world just objectifies it,“ Grubb said, “Sometimes they will say, well your numbers are all normal, and the patient will say, ‘Well, I don’t feel better.’” UT President Lloyd Jacobs, a surgeon who practiced medicine for 30 years, said the physicians he has found to have the most understanding of what it is to be a doctor and reach out to other human beings are those who have had some background in literature and arts. Grubb said the arts are becoming more important to modern medicine, but there is a separation between doctors and their patients. “While we need this more and more, it’s becoming more and more neglected,” he said. UT Health Science Campus Provost Jeff Gold said the HSC is making efforts for medical students to be more aware and connected to the arts. Through the university, nursing and medical students have had the opportunity to attend tours at the Toledo Museum of Art to familiarize themselves with the arts. Amjad Hussain, a member of UT’s Board of Trustees, said the college is also developing an elective on the History of Medicine for medical students aimed to have them become more aware and connected to the arts. Censorship on the Web” and “Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and the Two Faces of American Culture.” The vigil will also include a tribute to late English professor Rane Arroyo.
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The good Banana security Meet Winston, a New York City resident with a keen eye for banana thieves. This fat cat is a rescue who, in addition to loving to protect bananas, enjoys eating mashed potatoes, snow and riding in bicycle baskets. This strange behavior has garnered the furry feline a ferocious following. Visit http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=xPZ7G3H-pwU for some botched banana burglary. Nick Kneer/IC
Lights Resolve is set to release their debut album, “Feel You’re Different” in 2011. The band consists of Matt Reich (right), lead vocals and guitar, Luke Daniels (left), back-up vocals and bass guitar, and Neil Saini (background), drums.
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The ‘Pringles Xtreme Campus Tour’ kicks off at UT with Lights Resolve The “Pringles Xtreme Campus new audience,” Reich said. “Our Tour” began its journey with Lights audience is a college audience so Resolve, who headlined at its first it should work out well, hopefully, stop at the University of Toledo last if people show up.” Unfortunately, not many night to a modestly were in attendance. The sized crowd. sparse crowd, while mildly “We got apenthusiastic, was nowhere proached by the near what the band deserved. Pringles Xtreme Though they have not percampus tour to do formed in Toledo before, some of these headLights Resolve has played in lining dates,” said other prominent Ohio cities Matt Reich, vocalist like Columbus and Cleveand guitarist. “We’re like yeah, we’ll do land. “There have been defiit; give us money, By LaShae Naszradi nitely a few amazing shows in Ohio,” Reich said. we’ll do it.” Arts & Life Editor “I remember one specifically The tour will feature a variety of bands as it visits other - it was in Columbus, it was a big campuses around the country. One of place. I think we were on tour with the bands included in the lineup is We The Used at that point and it was a The Kings, who recently visited UT, really cool show,” Reich recalled. “I and J. Cole, the newest prodigy of ac- just remember having a sick time beclaimed recording artist Jay-Z. cause Ohio, you don’t have anything “They’ve been cool with hooking to do here, so everybody is stoked us up with a bunch of these shows when someone comes to town. No and we’re trying to get in front of a one understands when you live in
New York, everybody is so… they’re like ‘Oh, okay, somebody’s playing a show, whatever,’ and they’ll stand there and they’ll be there…’cause they’ve seen it all and there’s always something to do like 24 hours a day, you could do whatever… you want to do. In Ohio… it’s a little different.” Since the band’s formation in 2006, they have focused on being able to play live as a three-piece unit. “You can hear every note by every person, so it’s like if anybody [messed] up, you’re [out of luck]. So we had to get that down and that took us a couple of years, but then we started getting good tour opportunities,” Reich said. “I think being a three-piece is the most challenging thing that a band can do these days because you’re competing against some bands that have like eight people in it and they have an iPod going,” Reich said. “All this [stuff] is going on and we’re just three, and we kinda play [stuff] really raw, so I think to me it’s still accessi-
ble for a bunch of people.” “But I think that the dynamic of three people is important to this band and has been since we started it,” Reich said. “Something about honesty in the music coming across with three people just playing it as is and staying raw.” For their debut album, Lights Resolve worked with Mike Sapone, who also produced many of Brand New’s records as well as other New York bands. The album, titled “Feel You’re Different,” is due to be released in 2011. The band has just finished recording their first complete record, which is “good timing for the band,” according to Reich, since it is following the success of a song released on the Rock Band video game and a number of tours with big name bands like The Used, Panic! at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional. “We had other opportunities come our way before, like the Rock Band — Lights Resolve, Page B2
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Jesse Eisenberg, left, and Joseph Mazzello in Columbia Pictures’ “The Social Network.”
Jesse Eisenberg is break- the curve in recognizing the ing out as one of Holly- potential of breakout stars wood’s top young actors in Eisenberg and Emma Stone. “The Social NetThe same can work” with his porbe said for the trayal of Facebook casting for founder Mark “The Social Zuckerberg. Network” with It’s a shame the a stable of up movie is based on a and coming true story, because young actors it would have made such as Eisenfor a brilliant work berg, Andrew of fiction. The Garfield, Armie film’s effect is Hammer and slightly hindered By Jason Mack even Justin by knowing the out- Managing Editor Timberlake. come in advance. The real-life Viewers forget early on Zuckerberg should be that this is a film about thrilled with how he is porFacebook. It comes across trayed by Eisenberg. Sure, more as a drama about the the character is a complete trust, greed and betrayal ass, but in a clever and charbetween young entrepre- ismatic way. His non-verbal neurs. The creation of reactions during conversaFacebook just happens to tions say as much as his be the event all the drama witty retorts. Zuckerberg is centered around. comes off as a driven genius The casting director for who is unaffected by money “Zombieland” was ahead of and determined to create a
For more information on Winston and his adventures, visit Kitty Pride blog at http:// fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/kitty_pride/ or his twitter page at Twitter.com/ winstonbananas.
The bad Elephant Shipped Out Good news! Officials at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo have returned the facility’s only elephant, Joyce—on loan from Six Flags—after realizing the elephant’s need for companionship. For the first time in over 100 years, there are not elephants in Chicago area zoos. At Warped Tour thousands of people signed petitions that urged zoos in northern climates to close elephant exhibits because of the inhumanity of locking these creatures in small concrete barns during the long, frigid winter months. It was these people that helped persuade the Brookfield Zoo officials to return Joyce. Unfortunately, there are plans to renovate these facilities and “re-stock” the elephant exhibit. Please visit CZS.org/CZS/About-CZS/.
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product users will enjoy. Despite not seeing it yet, Zuckerberg claimed much of the film to be fiction during an appearance on Oprah last Friday. The Winklevoss twins, who claim Zuckerberg stole their idea, said the exact opposite later that day after the movie premiere at Alice Tully Hall. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz fell somewhere between the two sides saying, “A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I’m just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds.” Fellow co-founder Eduardo Saverin would likely claim the events in the film
Sacred Vision Animal Sanctuary (SVAS) near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is reported to have as many as 300 cats and several dogs that are deprived of veterinary care and kept in two filthy, crowded storage units. These units are not only disease-ridden and reek of ammonia from excrement, they are so crowded that the cats are stacked on top of one another in “tiny wire crates” where they don’t even have enough room to stretch let alone walk around or exercise in any way.
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It is also reported that SVAS, which is run by Elizabeth Owen, allows the litter-boxes and cages to “overflow with feces and contaminated food.” The animals held captive at the facility suffer from a variety of debilitating and painful diseases as well as dangerous
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Albums: October 5
“Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” Bruno Mars
“Double Fantasy Stripped Down,” “Gimme Some Truth” and “Power To The People: The Hits,” John Lennon
“Battle Studies,” John Mayer
“The Other Side Of Down,” David Archuleta
“The Deandre Way,” Solja Boy
“Take On Last Breathe,” Abandon All Ships
Movies: October 1
Let Me In
The Social Network
Chain Letter
Freakonomics
Books: October 5 “Crave (Fallen Angels Series #2)” By: J. Ward “Washington: A Life” By: Ron Chernow “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama” By: Bill O’Reilly “Fundraising the Dead (Museum Mystery Series)” By: Sheila Connolly
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Frontman Matt Reich likes the band’s 90’s alternative rock sound because that’s the type of music he grew up with.
Lights Resolve From Page B1 thing… it was like the number six downloaded song of 2009, so we had a lot of momentum; and now with this record, this is our first real record and we’re stoked,” Reich said. “I think a bunch of the stuff we’ve done before this, on the EP’s we put out, we didn’t care much about the recording. We kind of had a song and put it down on tape. With this one we wanted it to be right and raw and just kind of how our live show is, however trite that sounds,” Reich said. “The CD is more aggressive. It’s kind of a 90’s alternative record,” Reich said. “If you look through your 1990’s CD or tape collection you’ll probably find it there, except obviously an updated version because we’re in 2010 right now, but it definitely lives in that 90’s era of music, which I’m stoked about because that’s what I kind of grew up on.” Reich said that though the
band’s newest music is more aggressive than previous songs, it is still accessible for any audience. The band will release “teaser videos” in anticipation of their upcoming album release and a live video of one of their tracks has already been shot. The video was directed by Justin Beck from Glass Jaw and according to Reich, “We just did a live shot like static, trying to bring it back to basics, recorded on a four track cassette player…it’s raw and dirty and raunchy and that’s on our website right now at LightsResolve.com.” Reich also indicated that proper videos will be filmed once they have an official release date and a label to put it out under. For more information on Lights Resolve, visit LightsResolve.com or their MySpace page at MySpace. com/LightsResolve. More information on the Pringles Xtreme tour can be found at LateNightRepublic.com/CampusTour.
to be non-fiction considering he was a consultant to author Ben Mezrich for last year’s nonfiction book “The Accidental Billionaires” which the movie is based on. Writer Aaron Sorkin adapted the screenplay from the book. Garfield co-stars as Saverin, offering the first extensive look at the actor since he was named the heir to the Spiderman thrown for Sony’s reboot of the franchise. Garfield is the perfect complement to Eisenberg as the level-headed and business-minded Saverin who is in over his head with the rapid success of Facebook. He shows great range as Saverin transitions from Zuckerberg’s best friend to one of the people suing him. The other two suing him are the Winklevoss twins Cameron and Tyler, who are both played by Armie Hammer. The special effects from director David Fincher are seamless. You would not even realize it is a single actor without advanced warning. Fincher’s signature camerawork and dark but vivid color are both utilized in “The Social Network” along with a non-linear storyline. Fincher and Sorkin made the appropriate choice in jumping between the creation of Facebook and the resulting lawsuits years later. The movie starts with Zuckerberg getting dumped at a bar by his girlfriend. Afterwards, he drunkenly posts
Animal friends From Page B1 parasites. Several cats have advanced infections that prevent proper eating or breathing and inhibit vision. What’s worse is that those lucky enough to escape infection are placed near those that are ill. There is also a severe flea infestation. Astonishingly, according to SVAS’ website, some of these animals have been constantly caged for their entire lives. County officials are continuing to delay justice and, while citations were issued
insulting blogs about his ex while simultaneously hacking the university’s servers to create a Harvard-specific version of the HotOrNot.com website. The school board wasn’t impressed with his antics, but the Winklevoss twins are, seeking Zuckerberg’s help to create a social networking website exclusive to Harvard. He adapts their idea into Facebook and feels justified because he did not use any of their existing programming code. He explains this to Saverin by saying, “A guy who built a chair doesn’t owe money to anyone who ever built a chair.” He eventually teams up with Napster creator Sean Parker (Timberlake) to take the company to the next level. It’s time for Timberlake to be taken seriously as an actor. He earned it with this role. The drama that ensues from this partnership is intense, but not nearly as much as the scenes depicting the lawsuits. The film should have delved deeper into these scenes rather than ending abruptly with text explaining what happened. “The Social Network” eclipses “The Town” as the best film of what has quickly become a strong fall to offset a disastrous summer season. Turning 27 next Tuesday, Eisenberg could become the youngest to ever win the best actor category at the Oscars. The film opens everywhere tomorrow with midnight screenings tonight. and county officials have reported that Owens was charged, court records show that the case was in fact dismissed. Fortunately, a jury trial is in the works on more recent charges. Contact Horry County officials at https://secure. peta.org/site/Advocacy?cm d=display&page=UserActio n&id=3317&c=11 and let them know that you disagree with the treatment of the animals at SVAS and it is their duty to make sure justice is served. Urge them to do the right thing by persecuting those responsible for this obscene cruelty.
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practice this week after missing last game with a shoulder injury. “They are solid team with a running back and a quarterback that can tuck that ball and run,” Donald said. “We are going to have to shut the run game down and make them go though the air so our defensive backs, Desmond Marrow and Byron Best, can pick the ball off and put our offense in good field position.” Sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin had a career day as he threw for two touchdowns and added two more on the ground against the Boilermakers. Junior running back Adonis Thomas also had his best outing of the season with 79 yards on 13 carries. “I give all the credit to the offensive line.” Thomas said. “I pulled them to the side
type of team Coach Christensen is going to bring in here; they played in a bowl game last year in his first season with the Cowboys, which just speaks to what he has done with that program. We know what we’re going to be facing this week. Watching them on film, in all three phases, they do an outstanding job and have played some tough competition.” The Rockets (3-1) are looking to build off of the upset win at Purdue in which senior Archie Donald was recognized as the MAC Defensive Player of the Week. Donald led the team with 16 tackles, 13 solo, and one interception late in the fourth quarter to seal the win for Toledo. The linebacker knows that the defense must continue to make plays this weekend and will get help from senior Desmond Marrow, who returned to
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and said ‘run blocking is a street fight, every man has to win the one on one battle’ and I guess they took that as a chip on their shoulder and they created holes for me.” The offense looked much improved but still ranks 116th in the nation averaging just over 260 yards per game. With Thomas and the offensive line coming off a good performance, Thomas believes the offense will continue to grow. “Were not even playing our best football yet, I feel like it is scary,” Thomas said. “Once everyDonald thing finally gels together and team chemistry is at its highest peak, I feel as though no one can really stop us.” Despite the poor offensive ranking, four teams remain worse than Toledo in total offense, one of those teams is Wyoming which ranks 118th.
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UT sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin rushed for a 58-yard touchdown against Purdue last week, giving the Rockets a 24-3 third quarter lead. Dantin completed 24-of-31 passes for 209 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for 64 yards and two scores in a 31-20 win over the Boilermakers.
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Senior women’s golfers Michelle Hui and Emily Hardcastle were chosen as team captains for the Rockets in the upcoming 2010-11 season. By IC Staff
Seniors Michelle Hui and Emily Hardcastle have been chosen as the captains for the UT women’s golf team for the 2010-11 season. “I am extremely pleased to announce that Michelle and Emily will be our captains this year,” head coach Nicole Hollingsworth said. “Great captains are a very important part of a team’s success, and you need to have strong leadership within the team to
attain the goals we have set for this year. I feel like Michelle and Emily will do whatever it takes and provide the necessary leadership for us to be successful this season.” Hui’s 77.4 score average is the third lowest average in school history. The Australian native was named second team All Mid-American Conference and to the Academic All-MAC team. Hui was named co-Most Valuable
Player for the UT squad in 2009. It was the second consecutive year she had won the award. Hardcastle returns to the team after averaging a career best 79.6 in her junior year and received multiple team awards including Most Improved and Hardest Worker. The senior from Chelsea, Mich. recorded her lowest score of the season (74) at the MAC Championship last season.
Upcoming Toledo Athletic Events Men’s Cross Country
Away at All-Ohio Championships Fri. Oct. 1 at 2 p.m., Cedarville, Ohio
Football
Home vs. Wyoming Sat. Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.
Women’s Golf
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.
Women’s Volleyball
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
season don’t show fully the extent of a weapon he can be on the ground, as the sophomore has gained 142 yards on the season (negating the 90 lost yards from sacks and tackles for loss). ‘ACS’ has completed 60-of-88 passes for 701 yards with four touchdowns and four interceptions on the season. The rushing game is led by sophomore Alvester Alexander, who has 201 yards and three touchdowns on the season. Alexander’s 50.25 yards per game aren’t very impressive, but other than Carta-Samuels no other player has more than 10 carries or 16 yards, so both sophomores are relied upon to carry the offense. At receiver the Cowboys have two seniors to watch in Zach Bolger and David Leonard. Bolger is the more consistent chain-mover, and has played well grabbing 13 passes on the season for 236 yards and two scores. Leonard also has 13 grabs on the season for 147 yards and also serves as Wyoming’s punt returner. Defensively Wyoming has struggled in all areas but has
been particularly susceptible to the rushing game as opponents have averaged 253 yards per contest, the fifth-worst total in the nation. The Cowboys lineup returns two of their biggest threats from last season in linebacker Brian Hendricks and free safety Chris Prosinski, who both earned second-team All-Mountain West honors last year. Hendricks has had a good start to the 2010 campaign, already racking up 44 tackles on the season, good for third in the Mountain West. Prosinski ranks right behind him with the fourth most tackles in the conference with 41 on the season, as well as an interception, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. Additionally, the Cowboys have four of the Mountain West’s top-five tacklers, including top-ranked sophomore strong safety Shamiel Gary (48) and fifth-ranked sophomore linebacker Ghaali Muhammad (40). Gary also has an interception and two pass breakups on the season, while Muhammad has two tackles for loss and two pass breakups from his linebacker spot. Wyoming is a pretty similar matchup to both Ohio and
Purdue, featuring a struggling offense with a dual-threat quarterback. Those similarities bode well for Toledo, as those two games have been arguably the two most impressive defensive outings on the season. The biggest concern for the Rockets has to be how such a young team will handle being favored, with this being the first time this season they will be the consensus choice. Having said that, the way the defense has dominated all season should keep them in the game regardless. Wyoming has a lot of holes. Theoretically this should be the game Toledo fans have been waiting for offensively. The Cowboys have no match for sophomore Eric Page and the running game should be more potent against a weak rushing defense than it has been all year long. The Rockets offense should finally emerge while their defense stifles a porous Wyoming offense.
— Zach Davis is the Sports Editor and a senior majoring in communication. He contributes to Fox Sports Ohio and Scout.com.
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www.IndependentCollegian.com Scouting the Cowboys Coming off three straight victories on the road as an underdog, Toledo will play the role of the favorite for the first time this season with their matchup against a struggling Wyoming team on Saturday. Wyoming has a long way to go to become relevant, and this year’s team has a lot of flaws that second-year head coach Dave Christensen must worry about. His presence has helped in the short term, turning Zach a 19-28 team Davis from 2005-08 into a 7-6 squad last This The Cow- season. season the boys have no C o w b o y s match for have strugwinning s o p h o m o r e gled just one of Eric Page and four games, the running but realistilosses game should cally at No. 21 be more po- Texas and at tent against a home to No. Boise State weak rushing 3and Air defense than F o r c e it has been all weren’t very winnable year long. games to begin with. The concern for Christensen has to be on Wyoming’s inability to do pretty much anything well, despite the strength of their schedule. Many teams have played a tough slate of games, but the Cowboys have struggled in all phases, ranking 119th out of 120 teams offensively with 247 yards per game and 111th defensively giving up over 466 yards per contest. Offensively the Rockets priority is to stop sophomore quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels, who is a weapon in both the passing and running game. Carta-Samuels has accounted for 753 of the team’s 987 total yards on the season. His 52 rushing yards on the
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Toledo looks to win fourth straight against Wyoming By Joe Mehling Assistant Sports Editor
After three straight road victories, including a 30-21 upset at Purdue, the Rockets return home to battle Wyoming in the 2010 Homecoming game Saturday at 7 p.m. This will be the first Toledo home game since Sept. 2 and head coach Tim Beckman looks forward to the opportunity to play at the Glass Bowl. “It’s going to be great to get back,” Beckman said. “It’s homecoming and we expect a big crowd; it’s going to be an exciting time for our seniors and the Rocket faithful. We get to come back to the Glass Bowl and play a very good football team.” Wyoming (1-3) is coming off their third straight loss after defeating Southern Utah in week one of the season. Since then the Cowboys have had a rough stretch of games, being outscored 10527 including a 51-6 home loss against No. 3 Boise State and a 34-7 loss at No. 21 Texas. The game on Saturday will also serve as a homecoming for Wyoming Head Coach Dave Christensen who was an assistant coach for the Rockets for eight years. During his time under former UT head coach Gary Pinkel, the Rockets won or tied for the Mid-American Conference West Division championship three times and claimed the MAC championship outright in 1995. “They have played some very big games, playing Texas when they’re in the top 10 and playing Boise State when they’re in the top five is tough for anybody,” Beckman said. “We know what — Wyoming, Page B2
Wyoming at Toledo Location: The Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio Game Time: Saturday, Oct. 2 7 p.m. Records: Toledo: 3-1 (2-0 MAC) Wyoming: 1-3 (0-1 Mountain West)
Notes: -This is the first matchup between both schools. -Wyoming is 5-2 all time against the MAC . -Wyoming coach Dave Christensen was an assistant coach at Toledo from 1992-2000.
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Adonis Thomas rushed for a game-high 79 yards on 13 carries in a 31-20 upset at Purdue last week. The junior running back has a team-leading 188 yards on 43 carries on the season and five catches for 34 yards out of the backfield.
Dewitt and Fisher named MAC Runners of the Week By IC Staff
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Senior defensive end Douglas Westbrook sacks Purdue quarterback Rob Henry in last week’s 31-20 victory over the Boilermakers. Since returning from his two-game suspension, Westbrook has recorded three sacks in two games for the Rockets.
Both the Toledo men’s and women’s cross country teams had a player earn MAC Cross Country Runners of the Week honors after the Roy Griak Invitational this weekend in Minneapolis, Minn. Junior Jon DeWitt (25.40) earned the honor for the men’s team after finishing 64th in a field featuring six nationally-ranked opponents. DeWitt was UT’s highest finisher, pacing the Rockets 16th-place finish. Senior Ari Fisher won the MAC Player of the Week honors for the women’s team taking third place in the meet with a time of 20:53.4, the secondhighest finish by a MAC female in the event. Fisher competed in the event against nine of last season’s 31 NCAA meet competitiors. Fisher will join some of the top runners from the women’s cross country team on a trip to Springfield, Mo. this weekend for the Richard Clark Invitational. DeWitt and the men’s team will join the rest of the women’s team in Cedarville, Ohio as the Rockets compete in the All-Ohio Championships this weekend.
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Senior runner Ari Fisher earned Mid-American Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week honors after finishing third in the Roy Griak Invitational this weekend.