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King Tut’s shoes; and Papa Roach plays the at Omni.
Independent Collegian IC The
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Serving the University of Toledo since 1919
www.IndependentCollegian.com 91st year Issue 14
Board approves restructuring plan University to be reorganized into new colleges and schools; implementation process to begin By Hasan Dudar Editor in Chief
The University of Toledo Board of Trustees unanimously approved a proposal that will change the structure of academic affairs at UT during their meeting on Monday. UT President Lloyd Jacobs presented the BOT’s Academic and Student Affairs Committee with his proposal for restructuring, which includes dividing the College of Arts and Sciences into three separate colleges, combining the Judith Herb College of Education with the College of Health Science and Human Service, and creating schools that work across colleges. Under the restructuring plan, the university will be comprised of 13 colleges and 11 newly formed schools, each of which will have a sponsoring college. Directors will manage the schools, and the colleges will remain headed by deans at the administrative level and chairs at the department level. Joseph Zerbey, chair of the ASA committee, began the
committee meeting by stating the plan for reorganization is a “board initiative,” and Jacobs is acting upon a board mandate. He also stated the board’s intent was to forge a plan that moves the university from a fourth tier ranking to the third tier.
Decisions by the dozen
Now that the restructuring proposal has been passed, the administration will begin laying the groundwork for achieving their goals as identified in the plan. During his address to the ASA committee, Jacobs said the plan’s implementation will focus mainly on budget formulation, institutional relationships between different areas of the university and policy procedures, ranging from retirement plans to academic procedures. Implementation methods will be decided upon during the next two months and Jacobs will present implementation recommendations to the ASA Committee at their Dec. 6 meeting. Jacobs said he wants to
have recommendations for exactly who will be selected as deans of the various colleges by the Dec. 6 meeting. In an interview after the full board meeting, BOT Chair Bill Fall said although there was no deadline in place for restructuring the university had more to gain from adopting the proposal on Monday than waiting longer to define the implementation strategy. He compared the adoption of Jacobs’ proposal to the merger of UT and the thenMedical University of Ohio in 2006, stating it took over two years to establish the institutional framework after the merger. “The larger framework is set in place in my view, with some unanswered questions, but the real activity – the real value-added, to use a business term – the real sense of ‘how do we get there’ is at the program level, the faculty, student level,” Fall said. “That is strictly within the umbrella that we have created.” — Reorganization, Page A6
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AFSCME contract ratified By Hasan Dudar Editor in Chief
Strickland used the “Wall Street/Main Street” analogy to describe Kasich. “He wants to bring Wall Street values to Ohio,” Strickland explained. Strickland frequently referenced Kasich’s time at Lehman Brothers saying he had poor management skills and disapproved the idea of a former manager of a Wall Street company taking his place as governor. Part of the debate addressed The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s cautious endorsement of Kasich. Strickland was quick to remind the audience that the Oct.. 3 article endorsed Kasich with “trepidation to be sure.” While Kasich argued he would support free trade, Strickland continued the tradition of his campaign by negatively labeling Kasich as a supporter of the North American Free Trade
The University of Toledo Board of Trustees voted to ratify the terms of a contract between UT and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union on Monday. The BOT’s unanimous vote settled over a year and a half of contract renegotiations, during which 2,000 members of the AFSCME Local 2415 went without renewed terms to their contracts. The union members, most whom work on the Health Science Campus, were on a dayto-day extension of their last collective bargaining agreement. In order to compensate the union employees for the past year without a wage increase, UT will immediately pay the employees a $250 to $1,000 lump-sum payment, depending on their category of full-time equivalency, or where they measure on a full-time pay scale. Beginning in November, AFSCME members will be awarded a two percent wage increase, which will be followed by a three percent pay raise in July. Part of the deal also includes lump-sum incentives that will be awarded to employees as patient satisfaction increases. During an interview on Tuesday, UT President Lloyd Jacobs said the increased wages in the renewed contract stems from the administration’s goal to compensate employees at the market rate for their respective positions. “The market [is] down; currently, the market is difficult. Nobody is getting great raises, but we still need to stick to a market-driven pay strategy,” Jacobs said. According to Vice President of Human Resources and Campus Safety Bill Logie, UT was not compensating AFSCME members according to the
— Debate, Page A6
— AFSCME, Page A2
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Ted Strickland is the incumbent candidate for Ohio Governor in the 2010 election.
John Kasich is the endorsed Republican candidate running against Strickland in November.
Gubernatorial contenders go toe-to-toe at Driscoll By David Guastella IC Staff Writer
Supporters, protesters and news agencies showed up last Thursday at the University of Toledo’s Driscoll Alumni Center to watch incumbent governor Ted Strickland battle opponent John Kasich in their second televised debate. “My opponent is maybe the most reckless man to seek the Ohio Governor’s Office,” Strickland told the UT College Democrats at a pre-debate rally in his honor. Though most students present at Driscoll were supporters of Strickland, numerous students from University Hills Boulevard to Douglas Road were waiving signs in support of Kasich and other Republican candidates. During the debate, a panel of journalists from the Toledo Blade as well as other Ohio media outlets took turns asking Kasich and Strickland
their thoughts on the Ohio governorship. Strickland was under fire for the economic failings of the U.S. during his term. Kasich was questioned for economic failings of his own, including the Columbus branch of Lehman Brothers failing in 2008 while he was the company’s managing director. The only issue the two candidates could agree on was that the alleged extinct recession that hit in 2007 was not Ohio’s fault. “I need your help to restore the greatness of our state,” Kasich told viewers. Kasich and Strickland both referenced numerous lists where Ohio’s spot fell far from greatness, including one listing that ranks Ohio as the 42nd best state in the nation. The drops were not just economic but also in education and development. Kasich relied on metaphors during the debate, while
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