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Sext-ual activity common among college students

By Jennifer Ison IC Staff Writer

Technology has digitalized the way college students do everything — including the way they have sex.

Sexting, the process by which sexually explicit text messages or photos are exchanged, is well-known because of incidents in the media from “sext offenders” such as former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner.

According to a study conducted by the University of Rhode Island, four out of five college students are sexting.

The study analyzed the texting habits of approximately 200 Rhode Island students and found 78 percent of students surveyed received sexts and 58 percent had received text messages containing graphic imagPhoto Illustration by Nick Kneer/ IC es. Approximately 20 percent of these sexts were forwarded According to a study conducted by the University of Rhode Island, four out of five college students sext. The study found out of to someone else, half without around 200 participants in the study, 78 percent received sexts and 58 percent had received messages containing graphic images. the permission of the original

UT promotes anti-bullying

By John Gumersell IC Staff Writer

Bullying often goes unnoticed after high school, but Lisa Kovach told audience members yesterday at Tucker Hall the issue is still relevant in college.

UT Chief of Police Jeff Newton and Kovach, associate professor of the foundations of education, gave a presentational lecture on bully awareness.

The lecture covered aspects of bullying beyond physical abuse and name-calling.

“There’s a mindset that bullying ends when high school is over, but many people carry scars with them and bullying behaviors from childhood that remain for years to come,” Kovach said.

Kovach pointed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer population, a group with some of the highest rates of suicide, as being targeted on most college campuses.

“Acceptance is the key among college campuses to make these students feel comfortable,” she said.

Kovach added a short — Bullying, Page A6

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Students weigh in on Issue 2

By IC Staff

Teaching conditions are learning conditions, and if Issue 2 were to pass, the quality of education would suffer, according to President of the

College Democrats Brent Teall.

Issue 2, the Ohio Senate Bill 5 referendum, will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot this year.

While the issue centers closely on bargaining rights of

union workers, students are letting their voices be heard on this topic.

In association with We Are Ohio, the College Democrats organization will run a phone bank today at the Student

Union Building Room 2652 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

“Issue 2 is unfair, unsafe and hurts everyone,” Teall said.

According to Teall, Issue 2 would prevent professors — Issue 2, Page A3

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Deputy Secretary of Labor speaks at UT

By Christopher K. Dean For the IC

According to Lisa Kovach, associate professor of the foundations of education, bullying is an issue that goes on beyond high school.

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While some people are receiving random sexts, about 73 percent of these text messages are being exchanged between romantic partners.

According to Tavis Glassman, assistant professor of rehabilitation services who teaches the Foundations of Sexuality course, sexting can be perfectly healthy when it is consensual.

“If you trust your partner and it’s wanted, than it’s perfectly acceptable,” he said.

Glassman said this type of sexually suggestive text messaging is just another venue for people to communicate with their partner and it’s only natural with advancements in technology.

“It’s considered a kind of foreplay,” Glassman said.

Glassman said the Rhode Island study statistics are not surprising to him.

Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris told audience members that putting American workers back to work will require immediate, bold and sustained action during a lecture last Monday.

The lecture entitled, “The Role of Workers in a 21st Century Economy: An Administrative Perspective,” was in part of the annual UT College of Law Cannon Lecture series, which focuses on law and society with ties to the limitations of the legal system.

Finding this a perfect fit, Harris placed a considerable focus on the American Jobs Act of 2011.

Harris spoke about plans to prevent teacher layoffs, saying the act could potentially save 280,000 teaching positions across the country, including as many as 14,200 in Ohio.

He went on to discuss the pending legislation, saying it plans to modernize schools nation-wide with a budget of several hundred million dollars.

This is in turn has the potential of “creating as a many as 12,800 jobs right here in Ohio.”

The American Jobs Act

is currently being held in Congress by a senatorial filibuster. Former UT student Derek Sneed believes he knows the reason for the wait. ”The backbone of the bill is a tax hike, something that Republicans have consistently been opposed to,” Sneed said.

Sneed, however, does not place the sole blame on a single party.

“The White House is speaking to the American people as if the Democrats are fully behind the bill,” he said. “The reality of it is that Republicans and Democrats both find critical issues with the pending legislation.”

If passed, the bill will mandate an increase in taxes on a broad spectrum of the population, ranging from the rich to the working class. While raising taxes, the bill has the potential to lift a large tax burden off of many small businesses nationwide by giving them cuts if they boost their payroll.

Harris opened the lecture by briefly discussing the hardships by faced the Obama Administration upon their entrance into the White House. Focusing mainly on how far the — Lecture, Page A6

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Sheriff: 56 exotic animals escaped from farm near Zanesville; 49 killed by authorities

By Josh Jarman, Quan Truong, Jim Woods and Brenda Jackson The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio (MCT)

Oct. 19--ZANESVILLE, Ohio --Authorities say that in all, 56 exotic animals escaped from a farm in Muskingum County last night, and one was still missing this afternoon.

Of those animals, 49 were killed. Six animals -- a grizzly bear, three leopards and two monkeys -- were captured alive and taken to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and a monkey and a grey wolf were at large. The animals that were killed included 18 tigers, nine male lions, eight female lions, six black bears, three mountain lions, two grizzly bears, one baboon and two wolves, Sheriff Matt Lutz said. The escaped monkey poses a danger because it is infected with herpes, the sheriff said.

The owner of the farm, Terry Thompson, was found dead last night on his property. Authorities say Thompson opened the cage doors and cut the wires on the cages, then killed himself. He died from a gunshot wound. Lutz said Thompson’s body was “bothered” by the animals.

Lutz had previously said a grizzly bear, a wolf and a mountain lion were missing. Today, authorities confirmed they killed the bear on the property last night. The wolf was later found dead; it had been shot last night. An officer wounded the mountain lion, which staggered into a neighbor’s property and died.

Thompson’s wife has returned to the farm and is talking to authorities. Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, said the wife begged authorities not to take her “babies,” but he convinced her to let the animals go and work it out later.

“I held her, I felt her shock.

Her animals are gone. Her family is gone. Everything in her life is gone,” Hanna said.

The animals that were killed by authorities likely will be buried on Thompson’s property.

Lutz defended the shooting of the escaped animals. He said when deputies arrived at the house, there were large animals trying to escape. The deputies had to shoot them with their sidearms.

“Public safety was my No. 1 concern,” Lutz said. “I gave the order that if the animals looked like they were going to get out, they were going down.”

Hanna called this morning for the state to enact regulations to crack down on the possession, breeding and selling of exotic animals.

“I went to school at Muskingum (College),” he said. “It’s like Noah’s ark wrecked.”

Hanna said he has talked to the governor’s office about enacting stricter exotic animal laws.

“We need to set an example in the state of Ohio,” he said.

“There was a loss of life here, and we thank God it was not human life. It was animal life, and that’s my life.”

Hanna also defended the deputies shooting the animals.

The deputies were assisted by the State Highway Patrol,

authorities from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the Wilds, the state Division of Wildlife, the county Emergency Management Agency and township fire departments.

A plan to bring in a patrol helicopter with a thermal-imaging camera to find animals last night was scuttled last night by stormy weather.

Zanesville, West Muskingum and Maysville school districts, as well as Muskingum County Starlight School, all canceled classes for Wednesday to keep children inside. Lutz also recommends that residents remain inside today and call 911 if any wild animal is seen.Lutz said the incident began about 5:30 p.m., when the sheriff’s office began receiving calls that wild animals were running loose in the area of Kopchak Road, which is in Falls Township and just west of Zanesville.

Lutz said that four deputies with assault rifles in a pickup truck immediately went to 270 Kopchak Rd., where a 73-acre “wild-animal-rescue farm” owned by Thompson borders I-70.

There, Lutz said, they found Thompson dead outside his house and “every single animal-cage door open.”Lutz said the deputies saw a number of animals standing outside their cages, still on the property, while others had escaped a fence that surrounds Thompson’s property. Deputies immediately began shooting animals, he said.

Lutz said the fence on Thompson’s property isn’t designed to keep in wild animals.

Lutz said a man who is a caretaker on the animal preserve told deputies that 48 animals lived in cages outside the house on the property. More animals -- mostly monkeys, baboons and apes -- lived inside Thompson’s house, the man said.

Those inside the house were still in the cages, Lutz said.

Late last night, there was a report of a wolf and a bear still roaming at least 4 miles from the farm property. One animal was struck by a car and later killed.

The Licking County Sheriff’s Office also received at least four phone calls from residents reporting exotic-animal sightings. SWAT officers with nightvision equipment were searching for animals in Licking County early this morning.

Lutz said Muskingum County deputies had fatally shot and killed at least 25 animals when they first drove to the property.

A wolf and bear also reportedly were killed along I-70.

He said that officials from the Columbus Zoo and The Wilds came in shortly after the discovery with tranquilizer guns, hoping to capture some animals alive.

Thompson, 62, was released from federal prison just three weeks ago, after serving a oneyear term.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had raided Thompson’s Kopchak Road property in June 2008, seizing more than 100 guns. In April 2010, Thompson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus to two federal charges: possession of a machine gun and possession

of short firearms without serial numbers.

Under terms of his release, Thompson was confined to his home for a year.

Thompson also was convicted in Muskingum County Municipal Court in 2005 of cruelty to animals, having an animal at large and two counts of rendering animal waste without a license. The charges stemmed from allegations that three cows and a bison had died on another property he owned, on Boggs Road in Perry Township, east of Zanesville.

Neighbors there had lodged numerous complaints about him letting his animals wander.

Thompson was put on house arrest for six months and paid a $2,870 fine in that case. He also was ordered to move his animals to his Kopchak Road land.

Ohio has no rules regulating the sale and ownership of exotic animals.

Former Gov. Ted Strickland had attempted to enforce such a law, but Gov. John Kasich allowed an executive order to expire.

“There really needs to be some legislation changed on how these things are going on in the state of Ohio,” Lutz said.

Kate Riley, 20, who lives in western Muskingum County, said that Thompson has had lions, tigers and a bear get loose in the past.

Riley’s family owns a feed cattle farm nearby and said that Thompson would come and take their dead cows to feed his lions.

“He’d have claw marks all over him,” she said.

Riley said she understands

that Thompson’s wife, Marian, recently left her husband and moved out.

Patti Peters, a spokeswoman for the Columbus Zoo, said staff members were at a dinner last night for the International Rhino Foundation when they heard about the incident. Five staff members from the zoo and the Wilds immediately went to help, she said.

Larry Hostetler, executive director of the Animal Shelter Society of Muskingum County, said the sheriff’s office and state officials had visited the Kopchak Road property in 2008 on a complaint that animals weren’t being taken care of there. The inspection, however, found acceptable treatment, Hostetler said.

Adelbert G. Kempf Jr, a retired veterinarian in Heath, said he inspected Thompson’s horses that day. He said thatThompson told him that he was running a rescue operation for horses. “ He was far from that,” Hostetler said. “He was more of an animal collector.”

At one point, Thompson took three lion cubs to New York City for a photo shoot with model Heidi Klum. On another occasion, he brought animals to a 2007 community pet fair in Muskingum County.

Thompson and his wife brought bear cubs, lions cubs and a baby ape, Hostetler said.

He said the wild animals disrupted the fair because they weren’t friendly.

“We had to change the advertisement in following years to say bring your domestic pets,” Hostetler said. “He was a piece of work.”

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“Polls show that despite the fact that our university president and our mayor is in support of this, the people are not,” he said.

Will Klatt, youth outreach coordinator for We Are Ohio, said Issue 2 is relevant to students because it affects unionized faculty more than any other unionized workers in Ohio by stripping them of their basic collective bargaining rights.

“It’s something that would mean layoffs for lots of employees, which hurt young people because we need to find jobs ourselves,” Klatt said.

College Republicans President Patrick Richardson has worked in association with Building a Better Ohio, a coalition in favor of Issue 2, to persuade people to vote for it.

According to Richardson, if Issue 2 does not pass, massive layoffs across the board for all public employees, including teachers, will occur because schools will not be able to afford it. Richardson said the passage of the issue will help teachers receive rewards for being better educators instead of time spent in a position.

Both College Republicans and College Democrats said they will continue calling Toledo residents and registering people to vote up until Election Day.

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The film “Tommy” will be featured at the CPA Lab Theatre Friday at 10 p.m.

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against those that have been jobless too long.

Under this new bill, Selena Forte, a 55-yearold Cleveland resident, could sue FedEx up to $1,000 per day, plus attorney fees and costs, according to an article published in The Blade.

Forte was one of many who was denied a job for being jobless too long. “They didn’t even want to hear about my experience,” said Forte. “It didn’t make sense. You’re always told just go out there and get a job.”

Business groups against the legislation say companies might be skeptic to post jobs if they fear being sued. However, if no malicious intent was discovered behind rejecting a potential job candidate, then employers will have nothing to lose.

This new bill will help calm some of the fire arisen from the Occupy Wall Street movement. The bill asks the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.

Republicans may argue this is another bill they don’t want to pay, but if anything, this bill helps average American families pay their own bills. With the extra money in their pockets, they can be one step closer to maintaining a balanced budget. Wealth from the bottom increases overall spending, which helps pump money into the pockets of those at the top.

Blinded by a ‘Bad Romance’ People everywhere are going googly-eyed for the new circular contact lenses that create the illusion of larger pupils. Unfortunately for American consumers, these circular contact lenses are illegal and hazardous.

In the music video for “Bad Romance,” now at 4.2 hundred million views, Lady Gaga is seen dancing in a bath tub with inhumanly large eyes. These eyes were most likely created digitally, but the look has inspired many viewers to purchase circular contact lenses to mirror the effect.

The lenses originated in Korea and rapidly spread to other countries because they create the youthful, innocent appearance adored by Japanese anime culture. Advertisements for the lenses feature young female Asian models with enlarged eyes and air-brushed skin. Available for $20, people can flaunt their eyes with red, gold, violet and blue colors. By ordering one color, you can risk never seeing the rest again.

Despite cosmetic uses, contact lenses are considered to be a medical product and it’s illegal to sell them without a prescription. The lenses are also not approved by the Federal Drug Administration. Companies that sell these products can face a fine up to $11,000 per violation.

Jennifer Ashton, a CBS medical news correspondent, described to CBS news some of the risks associated with this new trend.

“In some cases, infections can even lead to blindness,” Ashton said. “Absent those things, corneal ulcers, scratches or abrasions in the corner of the eye, impairing vision either from the tears or from infection, and depriving the eye of oxygen all can set up the risk of infection and in rare cases, blindness.”

Consumers can order any prescription and size desirable without having to deal with the hassle of visiting an optometrist. For a measly $20, anyone can be one step closer to scratching their cornea, which could lead to eye infection or even blindness. Are one or two compliments worth a lifetime disability? The best part — these overseas companies can’t be held legally responsible for injuries incurred by customers.

The dangers these lenses present aren’t stopping people from ordering them. Paying a few dollars in the short-term for more aesthicallypleasing look can cost thousands of dollars in surgery. Clearly, an eye for these eyes can make the world blind.

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The American Jobs Act is one of Obama’s latest attempts to revive the barely-beating pulse of the economy. This new bill will help the economy by restoring chunks the ruthless business cycle took out.

In summary, the American Jobs Act of 2011 provides a tax cut to small businesses in hopes that they’ll hire and expand, and an additional cut if they raise employee wages.

Middle and working class Americans will have more money in their pockets as Obama’s new plan will reduce payroll taxes by half.

This will help boost overall spending, which will lead employers to hire more people.

Teachers will also be happy to hear that Obama’s new plan will help put them back to work as Issue 2 threatens some of their income. It will help construction workers resume much-needed repairs to bridges, roads and more than 30,000 schools. In addition, the plan was designed to help speed up repairs on foreclosed homes and businesses.

Low-income youth and adults will also have new job opportunities through a new Pathways Back to Work Fund. This bill could help college students afford a living while keeping bored teenagers from joining gangs for entertainment.

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Voters, know thyself As another election approaches and issues are debated, each voting member of this country must mantle – could we use a different word? The responsibility of choice.

Many believe they can ignore these duties and s i m p l y drive by their local polling c e n t e r without a second thought – Danielle that asGamble s u m p t i o n is selfish and wrong.

To be precise, voting only during the presidential election every four years doesn’t count. Every election, whether it be to select local representatives or decide state matters, is important.

Each person 18 and older should remember, unlike members of many other countries, we are endowed with the right to shape the direction of our political system. This right was not free — it was paid for with the tears of suffragists, the sweat of Civil Rights leaders and blood of American soldiers.

These people believed every vote matters, including yours.

Of course, it is just as useless to cast a vote based on the most recent political commercial as it is to not vote.

I understand being busy more than most, but I never use that as an excuse to be unaware of my environment. The question is not, “Do I have the time,” but rather, “Do I care?” Picking up a newspaper once a week, setting the Internet

home page to Politofact. com or even flipping to CNN instead of “Jersey Shore” could make the average college student so much more aware of their surroundings.

I’m not saying every student should aspire to be a political analyst, but when it comes to voting time, everyone should research the ballot options deeper than surface level.

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A key point to remember when researching opinions on the latest ballot option is to keep an open mind.

Chances are Bill O’Reilly and Al Franken will have extremely different viewpoints on the same issue, and there is no reason a curious voter can’t listen to both of them.

Pundits from both sides of the isle will have a lot of dumb stuff to say, but each argument will hopefully contain a few facts. Over time, an open mind can be trained to drown out the fluff. It is important to not only fully understand why one supports something, but also to fully understand why one opposes the competing viewpoint.

Take for instance the hot-button subject of the season, Issue 2. Many students I’ve talked to either don’t know what it is or have formed an opinion based on their favorite

political party. Basically, it is an issue that will either enforce or shoot down Senate Bill 5.

According to a recent commercial sponsored by the International Association of Fire Fighters, it is an issue that must be struck down or else our children, parents and country will suffer. Building a Better Ohio, a political action committee, says in an ad, “Issue 2’s reasonable reforms will save taxpayer dollars.”

But what is Issue 2 really?

That discussion is for another column and, as a Michigan resident, I feel it is not my place to expound on my Issue 2 views. However, I do have an opinion, and I hold onto it because I have spent time researching the facts and thoughts from several sources. I refuse to allow a 30-second commercial to dictate the entirety of my political view – it should serve as a jumping off point, a catalyst used to heighten curiosity.

As an American, nothing infuriates me more than an apathetic voter. What is the point of living your life if you don’t know what you believe? Though the sentiment seems harsh, there is a grain of truth in it. We are blessed to live in the age of technology, where information on any subject is at the tips of our fingers.

Do not waste the gifts of our generation – I’ll see you at the polls.

— Danielle Gamble is an IC copy editor and a junior majoring in music education.

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Sexting From Page A1 “The media is more open with [sex], more so than ever before,” he said.

In 2011, 21 states introduced bills aimed at sexting, particularly sending sexually explicit text messages or nude to seminude photos of children by cell phones, according to data by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Ohio has pending legislation centered on sexting which prohibits a minor from exchanging or possessing text messages or other material showing a minor nude.

Glassman said it is good that more information about sexting is becoming known because it’s an opportunity for open dialogue.

“The thing about sexting is, is it wanted or unwanted,” Glassman said, “Any indication that it’s unwanted, it becomes inappropriate.”

Another way sexting becomes inappropriate, he noted, is when minors engage in the activity.

The NCSL website states many are not always aware that sexting, can be considered a violation of child pornography laws, which could result in

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Many UT students denied ever taking part in sexting, while some had sexted but were unwilling to be interviewed.

A senior marketing and professional sales said he sexts as a cure for boredom, while another anonymous senior majoring in respiratory therapy said she sexts as compensation for a long distance relationship.

“When I was away from my significant other, that would be the time [when I sexted] because it would be almost months before I would go home to see that person again,” she said.

Miranda Peoples, a freshman majoring in business administration, said college students are more open about sex because of the freedom they experience coming to college.

“It’s mostly the males that want to convince the girls [to sext], just to show their friends, or for their own excitement,” she said.

Anthony Brazzel, an undecided freshman, said college students are becoming more open about sex and he feels that sexting makes you feel like the person receiving the message is there with you, even when they are not.

Bullying From Page A1 commentary in regards to the common but overlooked bullying from faculty to students.

“Professors bully as well, I had a professor in college that lashed out and threw a book at a student once just for disagreeing with him,” she said.

Newton said bullying can go the other way and there have been cases where students gang up and bully their professor.

The presenters spent much time explaining the long-term effects of bullying with slideshows and videos.

This gave insight into the effects bullying has on selfesteem and its potential to develop clinical depression in victims.

Kovach said while it is believed biology plays a role in causing depression, bullying triggers depression and anxiety in those who are susceptible to it.

“Even years after the victim was bullied, similar instances can occur that trigger the depression the victim once felt when they were bullied,” she said.

The lecture analyzed stereotypical beliefs about bullying as well.

One example Kovach and Newton discussed was people who blame the victims of bullying due to their circumstances, like victims who are too small to defend themselves.

Slideshows told stories of teens and young teens that had committed suicide from bullying.

The lecture spread awareness about school violence such as shootings, incidences the speakers said are born from bullying.

Kovach presented several quotes from one of the Columbine shooters speaking out against students that bullied him such as athletes and cheerleaders.

Kovach used these quotes as part of proof that students who were bullied were prone to cause a shooting. A video was shown from the day of the shooting, revealing a survivor who claimed the boys told her they were killing because they were bullied.

“One goal of Kovach and ours is to put guidelines on every classroom syllabus that present rules for classroom behavior,” Newton said.

Another purpose of the bully task force is to create a bully hotline online to report bullying incidences seen anywhere on campus.

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Lecture From Page A1 economy had fallen in the months before their arrival, he said his colleagues inherited a distressed economy, and he backed this claim with various statistics.

Harris also said the current administration returned the job market to a semi-normal status with the creation of roughly 2.4 million jobs in the past twoand-a-half years.

Although 137,000 jobs were created in September and the job market has grown, Harris said this amount of growth is not good enough to stabilize the economy and more needs to be done.

Harris referenced the American auto industry as a positive example of progress.

“All three American auto makers are turning a profit since 2004, all three are gaining market shares since 1995,” Harris said.

To back his ideology on the benefits of the Jobs Act,

Harris made it clear he feels the down-turn of union growth has had a massive effect on the economy’s short comings.

“Unions are a central pillar to America’s working class,” he said.

Harris also went on to discuss the difficulties of college graduates in the current economic atmosphere. He made mention of the fact that many students are now returning home after graduation to live with their family and work in below-average jobs that prevent them from putting their newly learned skills to work.

Caitlin Rajski, a senior majoring in education, said while it is reassuring to hear that Deputy Secretary Harris understands the difficulty of the post-graduation job market and the necessity to promote education, she felt the speech focused more on the political promotion of the American Jobs Act rather than how the government can accomplish their goals.

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The Rockets’ running attack, even with the absence of senior Adonis Thomas, has been a big reason for their success in the MAC.

After bulldozing past Temple and Eastern Michigan to open conference play, the Rockets earned a hard-fought road victory over arch-rival Bowling Green last weekend.

“We lost three out of conference games but it didn’t really effect us in the MAC,” said senior running back Morgan Williams. “Coming off all those losses we just knew everybody had to come together to win the MAC.” Toledo (4-3, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) will look to improve its MAC record to an unblemished 4-0 this Saturday in a Homecoming clash with defending conference champion Miami (2-4, 1-1).

“This next football game is our most important football game,” said UT head coach Tim Beckman. “The other three conference games are in the past and now we have an opportunity to play at Homecoming in front of a great crowd at the Glass Bowl.”

The Rockets have battled injuries all season long, perhaps no more so than last weekend when they were without the services of six key players.

However, as it often has this year, depth enabled UT to compete, and ultimately pull out the win.

“I think on Friday when we came in as a staff and saw the injury report and there were 20 names on it, reality started hitting,” Beckman said. “I’ve never been involved in a program with 20 guys on injured reserve.

“What I’d like for this to mean is what a great job our team has

done. Players have really stepped up.”

With junior defensive lineman T.J. Fatinikun out with an arm injury, backup Danny Farr filled in by knocking down two passes before making a gamechanging stop on fourth-andone from the Rockets six-yard line in the waning minutes of the game.

Junior defensive lineman Ben Pike stepped up as well, notching two sacks for the second consecutive game.

Masking the absence of junior strong safety Jermaine Robinson, Taikwon Paige came down with a critical interception while Desmond Marrow had 10 tackles and a careerhigh three pass breakups in a performance which earned him MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week honors.

With senior tight end Danny Noble out for the season after breaking his fibula in the EMU contest, his replacement Colby Kratch snagged a career-long 40-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens to setup a touchdown.

“That’s what this program is all about,” Beckman said.

“When your number is called its time for you to step up and make plays and that’s what happened in the game on Saturday.”

Owens completed 9-of-14 passes for 158 yards while junior quarterback Austin Dantin went 5 of 8 for 30 yards.

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The University of Toledo women’s soccer team looks to win its third MAC title in four years.

By Nate Pentecost IC Assistant Sports Editor

Every week the Independent Collegian will choose a random student to pick this weekends top games for the area. This week Michigan and Ohio State are both on bye weeks so we dug deep to find three great games in the Big 10, the SEC and the Pac-12. This week Jonathan was chosen and saw eye-to-eye with many of our writers. Joe seems to be the only one to go out on a limb with the upset in East Lansing. If you would like to be next weeks student winner then follow us at IC_Sports on Twitter. Send us a tweet and you could see your face on the cover of our sports section.

The UT women’s soccer team hopes to extend its conference unbeaten streak and stay on course for its third regular-season league title in the last four seasons with a pair of tough road matches “As a program I think we’re really excited about the opportunities that are in front of us,” UT head coach Brad Evans said. “But nothing is accomplished in just one game.”

The Rockets (9-5-2, 7-0-1

MAC) travel to two-time defending MAC Tournament Champion Central Michigan on Friday before heading to Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 23.

“You can’t just focus on Central,” Evans said. “Eastern might not have the same record through the course of the season but let’s face it, those coaches are talented and they have good players.”

Toledo enters the weekend five points ahead of CMU for the top spot in the West Division and the

overall league standings.

The top four teams in the final regular-season standings will host the five through eight seeds in the quarterfinals on Sunday, Oct. 30 at campus sites. The highest-remaining seeds among the four winners will host the semifinals (Nov. 4) and championship (Nov. 6).

The Rockets have hosted the MAC Tournament three of the past five years.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the CMU Soccer Complex and 1 p.m. at Scicluna Field, respectively.

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“I’m a team player,” Williams said. “I’m all about doing what it takes to win.”

Junior wide receiver Eric Page had six catches for just 37 yards against the Falcons, and was held without a catch in the second half. Sophomore Bernard Reedy carried the load on the receiving end with six catches of his own for 108 yards.

Reedy has emerged as a dangerous deep-threat receiver this season but he has been unable to assert himself as a consistent part of the passing game. Page, who leads the

team with 60 receptions for 614 yards, will need to be a larger part of the aerial attack this weekend against a Miami defense which ranks third in the MAC in scoring (23.5 ppg) and fourth in total defense (348.7 ypg).

“First and foremost they are champions,” Beckman said.

“They won the championship game last year, then came down and won a bowl game.”

Despite a solid defensive presence, the RedHawks have struggle, opening the season with losses to Missouri, Minnesota, Bowling Green and Cincinnati before stringing together a pair of wins over Army and Kent State squads with a combined 3-10 record.

Unsurprisingly, blame falls largely on the offensive unit, which has been among the worst in the country this year, averaging just 16 points a

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After winning the job in the starting job this offseason, junior quarterback Zac Dysert has completed 134 of 223 passes (60.1 percent) for 1,503 yards and seven touchdowns.

However, he has struggled with turnovers, throwing five interceptions.

On the ground, the RedHawks have been atrocious, with leading rusher Erik Finklea compiling only 326 yards on 90 carries (3.6. ypc) with 3 touchdowns. As a team Miami is averaging just 66.3 yards rushing a game to place the RedHawks at 120th in the nation.

Come Saturday, Miami will find themselves overmatched in every facet of the game, and as a consequence, Toledo should walk away from its 80th annual Homecoming on a four game winning-streak.

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The Toledo defense must continue to swarm opposing quarterbacks to find sucess this season.

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World Class The Cardinals took Game 1 of the World Series with a 3-2 victory last night in St. Louis.

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This is the area near what students refer to as “The Blocks” outside of the Center for Performing Arts. This area used to be slightly larger, but the building walls were extended for the main office.

One percent From Page B4 Occupy movements across the country are protesting against those who have achieved the American dream. Neither a corporation nor an individual should be told they have become too successful or be blamed for making a profit.

I think Republican presidential candidate and successful business man Herman Cain said it best: “If you’re not rich, blame yourself.” Perhaps the Wall Street protesters would be better served if they were applying for jobs on Wall Street rather than protesting against those who are employed there.

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successful. Granted, it is not easy and requires a great amount of hard work, but hard work is the price of anything worth having.

The 1 Percent should be viewed as role models of success, and people should be trying to follow in their footsteps, not standing outside their homes and places of business protesting against their success. The Occupy protesters want something for nothing while the 1 Percent got something by working hard for it — that is capitalism and that is the American way.

The fact that so many Americans are openly embracing the ideals of communism is frightening to me.

Imagine if they got their way and all of the wealth was

The building is now more organized and defined according to members from each department.

Nick Shetzer, a first year music education major, previewed the CPA before the renovations and is thankful for the changes.

“The renovations have made it so that the music students can have a more enjoyable experience. It has made the CPA a better place to study and perform,” Shetzer said.

The Film Department’s digital editing lab was moved to the first floor and combines the two previously separated editing labs.

The film and checkout area was also moved to a more convenient location on the first floor next to the also remodeled film/video production lab and a new projection room and film archive was also added.

For the music majors, plenty of renovations were

made to fit their needs.

A new spacious band and orchestra rehearsal room was added, as well as a chorus room, an electronic music lab, a computer lab and new storage rooms.

The Recital Hall, a room used for concerts and events throughout the year, received plenty of attention in this project.

The stage was rebuilt, the seats and carpeting were replaced and the hall was outfitted with completely new acoustical treatments.

These were designed to enhance the all-around experience for both performers and audience members.

The backstage area and the scene shop of the Theatre Department were completely rebuilt.

There are now two separate dressing rooms/makeup labs in close proximity to the Center Theatre, where season productions are performed.

Prior to the renovations, there was no proper backstage area for costume and makeup changes — the

dressing room was down the hall from the theatre.

The Digital Design lab has also been expanded and a new greenroom was added.

The former greenroom was renovated into a student lounge.

“The result is that all students and programs benefitted from this construction project,” Hill said.

The main office was also enhanced to accommodate multiple faculty members in a central location next to the newly-widened lobby of the building.

Select members of the Wind Ensemble, Denise Ritter-Bernardini, assistant professor of music, and pianist and UT graduate Christina Roque, will perform during the concert prelude to entertain the early arrivers at 1:15 p.m.

After the program, there will be a reception and guests will be able to tour the building to see the improvements, guided by students from the music, theatre and film departments.

evenly distributed among the 99 Percent — where would the motivation to work hard go? It would destroy this great nation as communism has done to so many other countries.

As far as I’m concerned, these protestors should be going to school or looking for a job instead of making a mess in the streets and blaming those who have worked hard to be successful.

The 1 Percent has proved that capitalism is alive and well, and I believe that if I work hard enough, I will one day join them.

I say God bless capitalism and God bless the 1 Percent.

— Patrick Richardson is a junior majoring in business.

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Prepare to be startled, stalked and chased through the Dimensions of Darkness haunted attraction.

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The protestors and Occupy committee gather every afternoon and evening for general assembly, pictured above, where updates and information is offered to all inolved, in and out of the movement.

Call for artists to submit powerful words for exhibit

By IC Staff

Think of all the times lyrics from songs on the radio encompassed the emotions of a day, suddenly changing one’s perspective in an instant.

This moment of revelation is what the Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women’s second-annual Spoken Words Exhibit wishes to embrace, which takes place from Nov. 3 until Dec. 17.

The exhibit is calling for favorite words, phrases, poems, songs or quotes from students, professors and members of the community that have motivated or inspired them through life’s journey.

Submissions may be sent in any medium: handwritten, typed or painted on canvas by tomorrow.

The Spoken Words exhibit is intended to inspire those who wish to experience “an alternative form of art;” those who wish to submit are encouraged to be creative and include specific information in their presentation.

“We really want them [spoken words] to be expressions of people’s hopes and dreams,” said Emily Hardcastle, interim community outreach coordinator for the Eberly Center. “Maybe lyrics that have really

stuck out for them, or anything like that, that has been really powerful.”

Those who turn in pieces will have their work displayed in the hallways of the Eberly Center.

An Open Mic night will be held Nov. 3 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Eberly Center, giving those who submitted a chance to present their pieces and offer explanations for their choices.

Participants may also propose films, songs or performance pieces such as scenes or monologues to present at the Open Mic night. Hardcastle said although no pieces have been submitted yet, she remains optimistic.

“Our firm deadline is Nov. 3,” Hardcastle said. “If they want to come to Open Mic night and they haven’t submitted anything, they are more than welcome to.”

The deadline for the Spoken Words exhibit is approaching quickly; stop by the center for more information and to check out the Brown Bag Seminar this afternoon featuring associate professor and chair for the film department, Tammy Kinsey.

Further details are available at the Eberly Center or online at www.utoledo.edu/ centers/eberly.

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New scenic artists were brought in, such as Tony Touch, to make some of the new and old dimensions more detailed.

“We’ve actually had two

people crap themselves this year,” said Matt Thierry, coowner and operator, in Feher’s review. “About 10 percent of the people come right back out. Sometimes I feel bad, but people don’t believe us when we say it’s scary.”

Apparently, the attraction was made for real horror fans.

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of Darkness is $10, but discount tickets are available at The Loonar Station and Mr. E’s Smokin’ Gift Shop for $8.

Dimensions of Darkness runs from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. every weekend for the rest of the month. Admission is $10 but discount tickets are available at the Loonar Station and Mr. E’s Smokin’ Gift Shop for $8.

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Thursday Ottawa Tavern — Shivering Timbers with Faux Paus and Moz Goes. Start time is TBA and there is no cover charge.

Frankies Inner City — Agnostic Front with The Mongoloids

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Bound are playing. Agnostic Front was “established as one of the meanest-sounding bands in the emerging punk genre, helping to initiate the term ‘hardcore’ and placing an entire uproar on the New York map by association.”

Show starts at 7 p.m. tickets are $12 in advance.

Friday Valentine Theatre Studio A space — “Evil Dead: The Musical” combines elements from the “Evil Dead” movies and begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the splash zone and regular seating are available at www.valentinetheatre.com

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Celebrating renovation in style Reception and tours throughout the Center for Performing Arts reveal improvements

By Caitlin Arthurs IC Staff Writer

After months of work and over $2 million spent, the University of Toledo is finally celebrating the renovations and improvements made to the Center for the Performing Arts.

There will be a rededication ceremony today in the CPA Recital Hall at 1:30 p.m. with President Lloyd Jacobs and Main Campus Provost William McMillen speaking at the event.

The CPA was closed throughout the summer until all of the major renovations were completed, and only smaller projects and details have been worked on since then.

The improvements cover approximately twothirds of the entire building, roughly 54,000 square feet of space, and some portions were rebuilt altogether.

According to a press release, a committee of faculty members managed the funds and administrators decided where they would be best used and

where the renovations were most needed.

The planning committee was made of various chairs and faculty, including Chair of the Music Department Tim Brackel, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts Debra Davis, Associate Dean Holly Monsos, University Architect Daniel Klett, as well as other representatives.

“We are fortunate to have funding that not only improves the cosmetics of the building, but offers laboratory spaces that are appropriate for music, film and theatre students,” said Chair of the Departments of Theatre and Film James Hill who was also a member of the committee.

Davis said in a press release once more funds are raised, they will be allocated toward further improvements, such as new audio-visual equipment and additional acoustical treatments for the Recital Hall.

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The main hallway just inside the front entrance of the Center for Performing Arts. To the right is the main office with the new and improved digital editing lab for film majors across the hall.

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By Megan Aherne IC Arts and Life Editor

Wesley’s Pub — Old School Fridays – Get down and

Haunted attractions have become hot spots as Halloween approaches.

Frequently, haunted houses, mazes and other various amusements make full use of advancements in fear-inducing technologies — crazy lighting techniques, robotic dead things and eerie sounds.

Dimensions of Darkness, located in the Parkway Plaza in Maumee, is one attraction noted as a classic-style haunted attraction, and although they do make use of advanced lights and sounds, their primary scare tactics are found elsewhere.

Blogspot City Blood’s review said rather than using tricky machines to scare those who enter, Dimensions relies on their actors’ perfor-

dance the night away to old school hip-hop beats.

Saturday Glass City Café — Bluegrass Breakfast featuring Blowing Grains – Stop in for a bite to eat and enjoy some tunes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Frankies Inner City — Legion featuring Crowns Aside, Emulator, Pure Adrenaline and Beneath the Sands. Legion is a deathcore band from Columbus. Show starts at 5 p.m., tickets are $8 in

mances and their interactions with people.

Although the attraction is running in the same location for the second year, the designers have made some alterations.

“Each room, hallway and prop is so well-crafted that if you’re not being stalked by one of the resident ghouls, your focus is on how real everything feels,” said Matt Feher in an article for the Toledo Free Press.

By decreasing the width of their hallways, they increased the length of the journey by 50 percent.

Some of the same creatures are featured this year, but according to Dimension’s website, “many more new and creepier monsters (and the dimensions they come — Darkness, Page B3

advance.

Sunday Frankies Inner City — Dead Meadow, a band known to combine 70s hard rock and 60s psychedelic rock with authors such as J.R.R Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft is playing at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance.

There are also plenty of haunted attractions open on weekends around town.

For more information about events in and around the city visit:

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The Occupy Movement has spread across the world protesting corporate greed and corruption.

Those who protest refer to themselves as the 99 percent against the one percent who holds the majority of wealth. Above are those involved in Occupy Toledo, which is ongoing.

I love the fact that we people gathered in the filive in a society where nancial district of Manhateveryone is born with the tan. There, they protested freedom of with signs despeech and the claring, “We are right to voice the 99 Percent,” their own opinreferencing the ion to anyone fact that the mawilling to lisjority of the ten. It is one of wealth in our the greatest country is held by one percent qualities of our nation and one of Americans.

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frustrated with the hard economic times, but their philosophy sounds an awful lot like communism to me.

The Wall Street protestors are carrying signs reading, “Corporations are people as soon as Texas executes one,” “Screw you Mr. CEO,” “Kill corporations not people, bring big business to justice” and “Capitalism sucks” to name a few.

Since when have the words “profit,” “corporation” or “executive” become negative terms?

These words are at the heart and soul of American capitalism, and no, it does not suck.

People involved in the

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Dimensions of Darkness terrifies with old school scare schemes.