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Toledo’s affordable college town ranking reassessed Demand in college area stays constant, according to realtor

By DC Guastella IC Staff Writer

Last week, a press release by Coldwell Banker Real Estate through its College Home Listing Report detailed a ranking of “college towns” in which Toledo and UT were together ranked the ninth amongst the most affordable, and fourth in Ohio after Akron, Kent, and Athens.

Twenty cities were listed: the 10 most affordable and the 10 most expensive.

The most affordable was Muncie, Ind., home of Ball State University; the most expensive was Palo Alto, Calif., home of Stanford University.

1) Muncie, Ind. 2) Buffalo, N.Y. 3) Memphis, Tenn.

4) Columbia, S.C. 5) Akron, Ohio 9) Toledo, Ohio

1) Palo Alto, Calif.

2) Honolulu, Hawaii 3) Los Angeles, Calif.

4) Boulder, Colo.

5) Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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Graphic Illustration by Kevin Sohnly / IC

A different brew Coffee no longer drink of choice for college generation, study says

By Sura Khuder IC Staff Writer

The distinct difference between a Columbian roast and a bold Italian coffee roast doesn’t matter to most college students.

According to a recent survey, they aren’t drinking coffee anyway.

A report recently published by the market research group Mintel shows only 27 percent of the 18-year-old to 24-year-old demographic identifying themselves as regular coffee drinkers, which constitutes drinking at least one cup per day. That number is predicted to remain low unless coffee companies change the way they market to that age group.

Younger generations

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Gov. bans Four Loko Caffeinated malt-liquor beverage under scrutiny

By Randiah Green News Editor

from the product the day before the United States Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters

The victim of one sexual assault occurring at the University of Toledo this semester reported the alIt’s just too much coholic energy drink Four for people... One Loko had been consumed drug is telling the body before the assault took to slow down and anplace. other thing is telling Two alcohol transports at UT have also involved the body to speed up. the consumption of a caffeinated alcoholic bever- Tavis Glassman age, according to UT Po- Assistant Professor, lice Department Chief of Rehabilitation Services Police Jeff Newton.

The makers of Four Loko to four manufacturers of decided to remove caf- alcoholic drinks that confeine, guarine and taurine tain caffeine.

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The FDA sent out the letters last week warning the companies the caffeine in their beverages is a “public health concern,” and gave them 15 days to either defend their products as being safe or take them off the market.

Phusion Projects, the Chicago-based manufacturer of Four Loko, is awaiting approval of the new formula for Four Loko.

Phusion Projects is not providing the media with interviews at this time but communicated their — Four Loko, Page A6

— Energy, Page A6

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Photo Illustration by Nick Kneer / IC

Four Loko, pictured above, has come under national scrutiny in recent weeks due to its combination of high doses of caffeine and alcohol in one 23.5 ounce can.

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“The university is a driving economic factor,” said UT Vice President of External Affairs Larry Burns.

Burns said he understands why Toledo was chosen, stating that “Compared to other metropolitan universities in other cities, we are more affordable.”

While UT may be more affordable than its peer universities, Toledo may not be any cheaper.

Coldwell used data gathered from taking the mean market price of their real estate holdings in that particular city — as of yesterday, their website had 63 listings in Toledo.

Of students that live off campus in Toledo, the majority live within a onemile radius of UT. “It’s all tied to the density of the city and the values of single family homes; it doesn’t matter if there is a college in that city or not,” Toledo real estate agent Michael Guess said.

Guess, who works for Danberry Co. Realtors, explained some of the flawed

American Indian Heritage Month

The American Indian Heritage Month will show the film “After the Mayflower” today from noon to 3 p.m. Following the feature film will be a discussion by Lea McChesney of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Department of Foreign Languages

“La Tertulia,” an hourlong informal conversation in Spanish, will be today from noon to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Field House Room 2420. All levels are welcome to this free event.

For more information, contact Yolanda MoraCalderon at 419-530-7845.

“Kaffeestunde,” an hourlong informal conversation in German, will be today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Memorial Field House Room 2440. All levels are welcome to this free event. For more information, contact Friederike Emonds at 419-530-7903.

reasoning in the Coldwell study.

According to Guess, Coldwell only processed data based on their own listings, which limits the study to their six listings in Toledo. In addition, Guess explained, the price of offcampus housing in the immediate vicinity at any university is not necessarily going to fluctuate with the cost of mortgages in that city. In other words, demand stays fixed.

“The area around campus is not representative of Toledo,” he said. “It’s a simple equation; if you have a limited number of units and a great number of interested buyers, the prices are going to stabilize.”

A representative from Coldwell Banker was unavailable for comments. Instead of citing Coldwell’s study, Guess referred to the Toledo Board of Realtors, an association of local real estate professionals that belongs to the National Association of Realtors.

In addition to gathering and educating Toledo’s real estate professionals, the

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organization also publishes monthly statistics on the Toledo housing market.

According to the most recent statistics for October of 2010, they placed the average price of single family homes in Toledo much lower at $125,581, compared to Coldwell’s $155,286.

“Toledo is a real estate market that is generally weak,” Guess said.

Coldwell’s system only measures purchased homes — something Guess believes few university students are able to afford.

“Single family homes are the bread and butter of real estate, but they [Coldwell Banker] ignore rental costs,” he said.

Guess is an ardent supporter of students exploring options away from the campus area. He believes the apartment buildings downtown are cheaper and offer a better atmosphere.

“These students who live within one mile of the university pay a premium to walk to class,” Guess said.

“Students are missing the ambiance and the history of Toledo. There are amenities out in the downtown

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Most Affordable College Town Rankings continued: 6) Ypsilanti, Mich.

7) Athens, Ohio 8) Kent, Ohio 10) Ruston, La.

6) Annapolis, Md. 7) San Jose, Calif.

8) Berkeley, Calif.

9) Seattle, Wash.

10) Evanston, Ill.

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According to a survey by Coldwell Banker, Toledo ranks as the ninth most affordable college town in the United States. Based on Coldwell Banker’s numbers, an average home in Toledo costs $155,286, compared to $1,385,652 in Palo Alto, Calif., the most expensive college town.

Department of Art

The University of Toledo/Toledo Museum of Art Ceramics Studio will be having a student pottery sale Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Glass Crafts Building at the Toledo Museum of Art. The sale will feature unique, one-of-a-kind ceramic artworks including functional plates, mugs, bowls, jewelry, sculptures and decorative & whimsical pieces. For more information, contact Angela Riddel at 419-530-2452.

going on campus, and there isn’t much going on here,” Toth said.

Burns disagrees and implores anyone to “spend a weekend or the later part of a week on or near campus. We have student activities going on all the time. We’re very engaged in our student activities.”

Guess said Palo Alto, Calif., home of Stanford University, ranks most expensive because real estate there is more than convenience.

“Locations there are near the beach and beautiful scenery,” he said. “When you look out your window on Bancroft [Street] or Secor [Road], you’re not looking at anything aesthetically important.

The area near campus has nothing to offer students other than convenience.”

Most Expensive College Town Rankings continued:

The UT Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform tonight at 8 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general admission and $3 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Angela Riddel at 419-530-2452.

The Department of Foreign Languages will host an hour-long conversation and games in French tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Memorial Field House Room 2295. Anyone interested in French language or culture is welcome and any ideas for activities are also welcome. For more information, contact Diedre Pettet at 419-530-2583.

area that they would not get if they lived adjacent to UT.” Heather Toth, a junior majoring in recreational therapy at UT who is a resident of an apartment complex just south of Main Campus, said she believed that her rent was high.

“We each pay $490 a bedroom, and I have a roommate, so I only pay $268,” she said.

She added choosing to attend UT was tied to cost; however, it was UT’s relatively lower tuition cost, not Toledo’s housing market, that attracted her.

Toth and three other girls share a three bedroom apartment, together totaling $1,470 a month.

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Security requires liberty Recent media attention has been given to disturbing cases of airport security behavior in which personal freedom and dignity are threatened. Many have expressed their outrage at the dilemma of passing through an irradiating scanner or having their body manually searched, but it is the treatment of children that truly catches attention. The three-year-old now famous for her screaming protest of a TSA official’s body search shows just how destructive the new security measures can be.

This is not to say that security is unnecessary; quite the opposite. But we must not forget that each and every person who passes through security is an individual who must be treated with dignity and respect. A young child or a victim of sexual assault could suffer considerable psychological torment from being subjected to a stranger’s full body search. A little sensitivity training and a few reminders about personal privacy could go a long way toward making airport security a less unpleasant experience for passengers and security alike.

Sooner or later, we as a society must account for our willingness to surrender personal security for national security. Our pattern of foreign intervention and occupation is not likely to end anytime soon. As we continue to give new generations of people in foreign lands the motive and justification to commit violence against us, we can anticipate continuous need for the “war on terror.”

So long as we finance and support heavily-armed warriors who physically enforce our interests in other people’s lands, we will live under the threat of attack on our military and civilian targets. Since the 9/11 attacks, our airport

security have come to watch for a growing list of potential methods of attack. Because of the “shoe bomber,” shoe removal became a necessary procedure in airport security. The “underwear bomber” inspired the need for full body scans.

What’s next, and where do we draw the line? The threat of attack is not going away anytime soon. It’s fundamentalist Islam now, but 40 years ago Russian communism was the perpetrator of all evil. Another 40 years back, the all-consuming, ever-present enemies were militaristic fascism and imperialism.

Those who wish to attack us will continue wanting to do so as long as we perpetuate our foreign policy tendencies. For each thwarted attack and subsequent security increase, there will be another attempt with different methods. Will we continue to add to the list of invasions the government can make into the privacy of our lives and bodies to keep up with the everdiversifying methods our enemies use against us? This is an arms race with devastating consequences and small chance of success.

The right to travel among the various states of the Union, while not explicitly stated in the Constitution, has been taken for granted for most of the nation’s history. After all, what use would we have for the United States if those various states were not connected by free and open lanes of travel? With individual rights and privacy in the realm of airline travel being abridged to a greater degree, the warnings of Benjamin Franklin ring ever more true: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

Individual misuse does not warrant an outright ban; let the people Loko those 21 and older. If a person were to drink several cups of coffee or an energy drink along with alcohol, they have essentially consumed the same contents as those in a Four Loko.

This is not to say that the dangers of the drink should be overlooked.

Roughly 84 milliliters of alcohol washed down with a significant amount of caffeine can present health risks to even a healthy, fully-grown adult. For college-age youth, especially women with lower body mass, the potential for harm is even greater. As with any potentially deadly substance, forethought and moderation should be exercised when using.

As much as we may want to legislate away all our problems, it must be understood that people will break laws, ignore wise advice and do things to harm themselves. As long as harmful products are clearly labeled and the risks of use are known, we can only blame the consumer for abusing the product.

While it is hard to disagree with those shouting in the media about the dangerous health effects of Four Loko and other caffeinated alcoholic beverages, health risks are far from convincing evidence to ban the drinks outright. Granted, recently publicized anecdotal evidence shows that irresponsible use can lead to unconsciousness and alcohol poisoning, but the same things occur from consumption of other forms of alcohol. Do we really need to open the prohibition debate again because a popular alcoholic drink made headlines?

If there was some kind of deception or hidden risk involved, it would make sense to immediately take the beverages off shelves and take legal action against the creators. But it can hardly be argued that either of these are the case for Four Loko. The cans are clearly labeled with their alcohol content and ingredients, with the necessary legal warnings about health risks. They are sold as alcohol, available only to

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- in Your opinion Wrong target in war on drugs As long as the war on drugs includes the relatively safe, God-given plant cannabis — marijuana — it is ignored by most citizens. “War on Drugs Rages,” Nov. 18, 2010.

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Rekindling a Rocket tradition Fellow Rockets, This past Wednesday, our Toledo Rockets Football team dominated over our archrivals Bowling Green, for bragging rights and possession of the Peace Pipe trophy. This year marked the 31st Anniversary of this tradition and Toledo has just taken the lead in the overall Peace Pipe series 16-15.

Not only was Wednesday a great day for our football team, but it was a great day for Rocket Tradition. For the first time since 2007, the UT/BG ball run took place.

This tradition began in 1981 and involves students from the visiting team running a relay the entire distance between UT and BG, handing

Cheers/thanks for BG win On behalf of the coaches and players on the University of Toledo football team, I would like to personally thank all of you who came out and packed the student section of the Glass Bowl to cheer on the Rockets vs. that “team from down south” last Wednesday night! Your enthusiasm and support made a big differ-

Student drinking not so heavy In the article printed on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 titled, “Tailgating - it’s neither here nor there” there was a quote that stated “I believe tailgating gets everyone hyped up for the game because they are getting drunk” was a poor expression of how UT students present themselves to campus and the surrounding community.

documented use, cannabis has not killed a single person; that’s safety on a Biblical scale. In comparison, cigarettes kill over 1,000 Americans daily.

The federal government even classifies cannabis as a Schedule I substance alongside heroin, while meth and cocaine are only Schedule II

substances. It’s no wonder citizens ignore government messages about dangerous drugs.

Ending cannabis prohibition is one of the most important issues of our time.

off the football from person to person — think Olympic torch relay.

Due to a lack of planning from Bowling Green’s Student Government, they were not able to coordinate the run this year. However, like proud Rockets do, we “carried on” and went down to Bowling Green’s campus 23 students strong, to take care of the job ourselves.

The entire run took about four and a half hours as the ball changed hands every half mile to two miles, ending when we entered the Glass Bowl Stadium before game time.

I have had several incredible experiences at the University of Toledo, from a first place finish at Songfest, to running onto the football field in uniform with my teammates, to my

first A paper, but I can say without a doubt, rekindling and completing the tradition of the UT/BG Ball Run was one of my proudest moments as a Rocket.

The 23 Students that took that journey will forever be a part of that tradition. This could not have been accomplished without your Student Government leaders who helped organize the event: David Hale, Justin Veigel, Patrick Harvey and of course everyone who participated in the run.

The University of Toledo is a very special place and I want to encourage every Rocket to become actively involved with the great traditions we have.

ence in our victory!

For those of you who are going home for Thanksgiving Break, we’d like to wish you safe travels as you go to see friends and family. For those of you who will be in the Toledo area over the break, we need you in the Glass Bowl for our final home game on Friday, Nov. 26 at 2:00 pm!

We are facing defending MAC champion Central Michigan with a chance to

win our eighth game and make this a truly special season! We’d like to send our 12 seniors out on a high note in their final game in the Glass Bowl!

So come on out and help us pack the Glass Bowl one more time in 2010!

Most UT students — 77 percent — who choose to drink have four or less when they party and partying includes tailgating.

Many people do not know this statistic at UT because the media portrays alcohol as a substance that will increase enjoyment at games and parties and portrays the assumption that alcohol facilitates sexual opportunity 44% of UT students think alcohol facilitates sexual opportunity.

There are

thousands of students who attend tailgates/parties and have a great time without getting so intoxicated that they ruin everyone else’s time.

If you are interested in seeing more of the statistics from the Spring 2010 UT Health Survey please check out the following link: http:// www.utoledo.edu/studentaffairs/reslife/ATODPC/research.html

Truthfully, Stan White

Matthew Rubin Student Government President

Go Rockets!

Head Coach Tim Beckman

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Questionable allies The U.S. approach to international relations could easily lead the objective observer to believe what is good for the goose isn’t always good for the gander if the focus is on economics and not civil rights.

At least that’s what Mohammed Javad Larijani of Iran’s Human Rights Commission was attempting to claim while speaking to Fared Zakaria on CNN’s Fared Zakaria GPS. Larijani went on to detail Iran as a thriving democracy that copes with minimal human rights violations while blaming the media and international bias on the widely agreed-upon conclusion that Iran habitually violates human rights and the principles of democracy to its very core.

Never mind the public stoning of women accused of extramarital affairs, the violent thwarting of protests by college students, or the ridiculously oppressive policies against self-expressionism. According to Larijani, “cruelty is not absolute” and “punishment is relative to individual cultures”. I wonder if the countless women who have been buried waist deep in the ground and stoned to death would agree.

While few would try to refute accusations of Iran as a human rights violator, one might be able to argue against a bias practiced by the U.S. with other nations who openly violate the human and civil rights of their citizens.

In fact, we openly import products worth untold billions each year from China,

which has been under fire for human rights violations for decades.

So what makes one country’s sins more egregious than another’s? The truth is quite simply money.

Money makes the world go round, and our foreign policy agenda is based on the principle of economic gain. Our relationships with nations like China have continued to prove so much.

Our greed and desire to purchase goods at the lowest possible cost have now

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led us, along with an unsustainable importation policy with China, to a dangerous codependency with a human rights violator that has no incentive to change any of its practices because the U.S. is now massively dependent on its greatest competitor for economic stability.

As sickening as it is to admit, Larijani’s accusations of bias have some grounds for consideration. We punish Cuba and Iran for their open thwarting of democratic practice and principle but we don’t condemn China for its ridiculously high execution rates or its aggressive

human rights violations.

In 2009, Amnesty International estimated China’s 2008 execution rates at 1,718, leaving China as the global leader in executions, yet we continue to import Chinese goods at record numbers.

I am not sure how we can reconcile these facts and maintain a clear conscience while justifying the isolation of other nations with similar practices without looking like complete hypocrites.

Our continued relationship with China is in essence saying that the lives of our fellow human beings are not only secondary to our economic growth, but relative only to our public and economic relationship with the nation committing the violation.

President Kennedy stated, “let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

Perhaps it’s time to start taking President Kennedy’s advice. If we are to live up to the principles and standards of our own consciences, we must reanalyze our capitalistic thirst of dominance and greed, our partnerships and our biased relationships with nations who continue to violate standard principles of liberty, decency, and respect.

—Nicole Doan is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in individualized studies.

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Why Dems lost and how to move forward Guest op-ed The Democrats lost the recent elections for a number of reasons. One is that parties in the United States are only electoral coalitions and not true parties as the NDP is in Canada, where people belong to local clubs in cities and towns across the nation.

Because of this, the Democrats were never able to mount an effective counter to the propaganda campaign of the Conservative Tea Party and talk radio.

Neither the unions nor any other constituency groups have any real membership in the Democratic Party. The Tea Party built a movement outside the Republican Party through the Internet that not only won them candidates but shaped the debate.

Secondly, “Obama care” was not a real national single payer healthcare program. It was a compromise package just like Clinton’s package in 1983 that failed.

Claims that the health care system would pay for itself was a lie the citizenry didn’t have to have pointed out to them by popular talk radio.

You can’t bring 48 million people — a growing figure since the deep recession began — under a full-coverage health insurance plan without

higher costs unless you have a single-payer system that eliminates the 24 percent profit of the insurance companies and limits by 50 percent the profits of the pharmaceutical companies.

Obama and the Democrats sold themselves down the river by not going for the full program. The liberals in the Democratic Party who stood for a single payer system should not have compromised.

The debate would have been about why single-payer is the only workable plan financially, rather than about “Obama care” that won’t begin to solve the problems but will make more financial debt for the federal government.

The single-payer supporters in Congress could have mounted a campaign against Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats and other Congressional grafters supporting the health insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. If they had built a network on the Internet, as the Tea Party did, and mobilized individuals from among the 48 million without health insurance, the outcome of this election would have been different.

Unfortunately, the singlepayer supporters in Congress only trust the people to get them elected. They don’t reform their party to be a real

political party and they don’t mobilize the base except for elections. So they think legislation is won by compromising in the halls of Congress instead of by educating and mobilizing the people.

The Tea Party has changed the face of politics in the U.S. by driving home the case that it is the people who hold the ultimate power, not Congress. Sit up and take heed, progressive Democrats. This is a new ball game.

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The wages and benefits of these sectors are too high and in a time of recession, when others are losing their jobs altogether, cuts of salaries and benefits should have been the order of the day. A government of Democrats and Republicans isn’t going to accomplish that because their biggest contributors are these very fat cats.

If you want that done, set up an Internet site for the stock you own and start building a movement as the Tea

The Democrats sold themselves down the river by not going for the full program. Those who stood for a single payer system should not have compromised.

crats and Obama failed in this election and two-year legislative cycle is that they misestimated the depth of this economic recession and applied the old trickle-down economics to try to restore the economy. Only a little more than half the job stimulus money ever was spent by Election Day, and most of that went to state governments to cover Medicaid expenses and keep state government workers, police, firemen and teachers on the payroll.

LSD still worth research LSD bears the stigma of controversy. Associated primarily with the ‘60s counterculture and the psychedelic music it spawned, the drug is widely considered to be of no value.

LSD is gene r a l l y thought to be dangerous and to imitate temporary ins a n i t y , Stephen where users Bartholomew h a l l u c i n a t e wildly and babble incoherent nonsense.

While these assertions are not completely false, the truth is that LSD affects everyone differently. Under proper conditions, LSD can have profound psychological benefits. During early research in the 1950s, LSD was considered a wonder drug, a gateway to explore the functioning of the human brain in a totally new way.

LSD induces a dreamlike state that transcends the phenomena of the deep subconscious. It allows people to access memories long forgotten, express creative ideas previously inaccessible, understand the world in an intellectually unusual way and it offers the possibility to penetrate the collective unconscious.

Albert Hoffman, working for Sandoz Laboratories in Switzerland, first synthesized LSD in 1938, hoping to create a respiratory and circulatory stimulant. He set it aside until 1943, when he decided to take another look at it. While re-synthesizing chemicals, he accidentally absorbed some through his fingertips. Once he realized the powerful effects of the drug, he shared his discovery with other researchers and later the world.

During the ‘50s and ‘60s, LSD research boomed. Scientists from many different backgrounds were eager to experiment with this new mystery drug.

The psychiatrist Dr. Humphrey Osmond became very interested in hallucinogens and their relationship to mental illness. He conducted a number of successful studies treating alcoholics with LSD. These sessions produced about a 50 percent recovery rate, an unprecedented accomplishment.

The CIA even began experimenting with LSD, a chapter

of U.S. history both comic and tragic. The CIA explored several approaches of testing the drug. The operation was called MKULTRA. Dosing people unknowingly, combat simulations, mind control studies and interrogation methods were some of the various avenues explored.

The mind control experiments were most disturbing.

The CIA financed Dr. Ewen Cameron, the director of the Allen Memorial Institute at Montreal’s McGill University, who attempted to brainwash his patients using very extreme, destructive methods.

Sleep deprivation, electroshock therapy, large doses of LSD and repetitious recorded messages were a few of the techniques administered to patients against their will.

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It allows people to access memories long forgotten, express creative ideas previously inaccessible, understand the world in an intellectually unusual way and it offers the possibility to penetrate the collective unconscious.

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behavioral patterns, but he was horrifically unsuccessful.

The experiments left patients more psychologically fractured than before.

So there is the dark side to LSD research, driven by callous, totalitarian forces. But there is a virtuous side, too, driven by compassionate, open-minded spirits. And it is their research I find most significant.

Stanislav Grof was one of the first psychologists who showed an interest in LSD research. He used the drug in many therapy sessions with his patients, who experienced breakthrough moments as a result. Grof’s book Realms of the Human Unconsciousness details his observations thoroughly.

Before Grof used LSD in a therapy session, he developed a relationship with the patient through traditional therapy

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techniques. But such techniques could only go so far.

Patients with severe mental blocks could not easily delve into subconscious memories.

LSD changed that.

During the LSD therapy session, Grof encouraged patients to break down their Condensed Experience Systems, or CODEX as he referred to it. A CODEX is a cluster of memories consisting of condensed experiences, which are interrelated to each other. The cluster of memories is grouped around one core experience, the oldest experience. This core experience, typically a repressed memory, keeps playing out in similar situations in the patient’s life, further aggravating their trauma.

In many cases, patients uncovered disturbing repressed memories through the LSD therapy session. Such breakthroughs allowed patients to be free from their misguided subconscious and to understand who they really were.

Unfortunately, the widespread recreational use of LSD during the ‘60s tainted the positive possibilities of the drug.

In 1968, LSD was declared illegal in the US and listed as a Schedule 1 drug, which prohibits any medical use, even though stacks of research contradict this classification.

Recently, Switzerland began using LSD in therapy sessions for people suffering from severe anxiety related to terminal illnesses. The LSD experiences have aided patients emotionally and offered an opportunity for them to come to terms with their mortality. This research is currently ongoing Albert Hoffman once said, “I believe that if people would learn to use LSD’s vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonder child.”

After years of controversy, it looks like researchers abroad are again realizing this possibility. Perhaps someday the U.S. will reconsider the use of LSD as a viable therapeutic method and allow researchers to explore the vast possibilities of this wonder drug.

—Stephen Bartholomew is an IC columnist and an English education student at UT.

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Party did and run candidates for the boards of these companies. Take control of the shares you own in your 401K plan and vote out the boards that rubber stamp the obscene salaries of the CEO’s.

With the use of the Internet, it is all within our power; the Tea Party proved it.

What Obama should have done was take a page out of the playbook of Franklin D. Roosevelt. By creating a direct jobs program, such as a modern-day Civil Conservation

school, including the unions that began selling out the working people in the 1950s need to as well.

The unions failed at the point of their greatest influence to build a Labor Party, a real political party of working people opting for supporting the Democrats. The unions sought health care for only their members, not a national plan for everyone. They fought for unemployment insurance, true, but eventually that runs out.

The history of the Depression and the failure of the Democrats in this last election along with the victory of the Tea Party will hopefully provide for a new orientation for liberals in the Democratic Party. Maybe progressives in the future will build a real political organization and party of the working people outside of the Democratic Party through the Internet as the Tea Party has shown us can be done. Unfortunately, my experience tells me the unions aren’t likely to do it.

Corp., Obama could have put a significant number of individuals to work in programs to improve national, state and local parks at $10-13 an hour with free medical benefits.

He could have put unemployed construction workers to work building housing for the CCC workers, unemployed cooks to feed them and unemployed medical workers to service them. The unions might have resisted with prevailing wage arguments but they would have looked bad if they did.

People would have taken the jobs because some work is better than none and doing something productive makes you feel good. I know; I was unemployed and experienced this in the 1980-81 recession. The impact of this type of jobs program both in real terms and political terms would have changed the whole political scene this past election.

Unfortunately, the unions have sat on their backsides during this deep recession, only trying to protect wages and benefits, not organizing the unemployed as they did in the 1930s, and of course working to support various buddies in the Democratic Party.

What is apparent is that this batch of Democrats learned nothing from the 1930s era.

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Celebrate Movember This week I would like to turn the attention of UT students and faculty to a subject that I hold near and dear to my heart: facial hair.

I am a firm bel i e v e r that a beautiful m o u s tache or elegant b e a r d should Anthony not go unnoticed, Russo and this week I would like to dedicate my column to facial hair of every ilk – from the lowly pencil ‘stache to the Chuck Noland beard of “Castaway.”

This topic is especially pertinent due to the fact that we are 22 days deep into the month of Movember.

You may be asking, “What is Movember?” Well, right from the Movember.com website: “Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st cleanshaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.”

Currently, many members of Greek life are participating in this event. So if you see a nice moustache around campus, don’t hesitate to compliment it, and maybe pitch in a few bucks for male cancer awareness.

Or go to Movember.com to donate directly.

Sadly, I have not been participating in Movember.

However, ever since I was old enough to grow a few sprigs of hair on my upper lip (maybe age fourteen if I had to guess), I have enjoyed sporting a variety of

facial hair styles.

Generally I am more of a full-beard or nothing kind of guy because daily upkeep can be taxing, but styles I have enjoyed include traditional moustache, soul patch, moustache/soul patch combo, and full beard — with or without neck beard.

Enough about me, since I am clean-shaven at the moment. Throughout history, facial hair has always played a great role in the way a man presents himself. I came across an interesting post from Artofmanliness.com ranking the 20 manliest moustaches and beards from facial hair his-

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Throughout history, facial hair has always played a great role in the way a man presents himself.

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tory. The following is a sampling. Do some Google image searches.

•General Ambrose Burnside •Tom Selleck •Teddy Roosevelt •Sam Elliot •Chuck Norris •Kimbo Slice •ZZ Top •Wyatt Earp •Rollie Fingers •Grizzly Adams I would also like to make a few more notable contributions: •Economics Chair Mike Dowd •Doc Holliday •Abe Lincoln •Adam Bartholomew You may be asking yourself, “Who the heck is Adam Bartholomew?” Sure, it’s not a common household name - yet. Adam is a friend of mine and a connoisseur of all things

moustache and beard. In the four or five years that I have know this great — no, extraordinary — man, he has been absent of facial hair for a mere month.

Unfortunately, Adam was too busy watching Maryland basketball and playing Call of Duty for me to schedule a sit-down interview, but I have been able to assemble anecdotes from this man’s long and storied facial hair career.

Adam’s current style is inspired by none other than the legendary western outlaw Doc Holliday. This includes a full mustache with a nice point at both ends, as well as a soul patch in the shape of a downwardpointing triangle. However, a full beard is never out of the question with this fellow, as his shaving practices are unpredictable.

Sometimes ladies do not appreciate the facial hair tendencies that we men enjoy indulging in, but this is inconsequential to aficionados. I share Adam’s philosophy that if a woman can’t appreciate a good beard, she isn’t worth dating. There are plenty of non-bearded men out there anyway.

The advantages of beards and moustaches are obvious. They keep a man’s face nice and warm and they look incredibly sexy. What more is there to know? Also, not shaving reduces obnoxious ingrown hairs.

There are no disadvantages to moustaches and beards, other than having people stare in adoration.

The occasional irritation to women’s chins is negligible at best. Therefore, I encourage all men capable of growing facial hair to do it, even if Movember is almost over. And when you see Mr. Bartholomew, take a picture. It’ll last longer.

—Anthony Russo is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in economics.

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“Until all of the state approvals for the reformulated product are in place, it is impossible to know what the impact will be on production runs at the Latrobe plant,” the makers said in the email. “If we receive approval from the states in a timely manner, we’re hopeful that any economic impact will be minimal.”

Though Phusion Projects made the decision to change their formula, the makers continued to defend the beverage, stating in a press release sent out last week they do not believe it is unsafe.

“We have repeatedly contended — and still believe, as do many people throughout the country — that the combination of alcohol and caffeine is safe,” the statement reads. “If it were unsafe, popular drinks like rum and colas or Irish coffees that have been consumed safely and responsibly for years would face the same scrutiny that our products have recently faced.”

But Tavis Glassman, assistant professor of rehabilitation services and member of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Committee at UT, disagrees and said it is the amount of alcohol and caffeine Four Loko contains that makes it dangerous.

“If you have one Red Bull and vodka, which anyone who’s 21 can go get, that’s a lot less risky than drinking one Four Loko,” he said. “The dosage is already high. You can’t drink a full Four Loko in moderation. You’re getting about 12 percent alcohol by content in about a 22 ounce can. I would say [removing the stimulants] is an improvement, but it still doesn’t remedy the problem of a lot of alcohol in a 22 ounce container.”

Glassman said he applauds the FDA for issuing the warning that the beverage should be taken off shelves.

Four Loko is reported to have the “blackout effect,” which is characterized by a

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loss of consciousness. The drink causes the consumer to be more energized, thinking they can continue to drink when they are already heavily intoxicated.

“It’s just too much for people,” Glassman said.

“One drug is telling the body to slow down and another thing is telling the body to speed up. It’s not just the caffeine; it’s the other stimulants in the drink. There are just too many people ending up in the emergency room.”

At Ramapo College in New Jersey, 17 students and six visitors required medical attention after consuming Four Loko at a party in October.

Some universities around the country have already banned the drink from their campuses including Central Washington University, Ramapo College in New Jersey, Temple University and the University of Rhode Island. The drink has also been banned in Michigan and Utah.

UT and the rest of Ohio, however, have not followed the trend.

“The best thing we can do is educate students as to the dangers of drinking this and let them know this isn’t just a normal drink, it’s much more powerful,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Kaye Patten-Wallace.

Patten-Wallace said she has received complaints and concerns from parents concerning their children consuming Four Loko at UT. “They were already concerned about students binge drinking, period, but with this, they are even more concerned,” she said.

Newton said he recommends students not drink Four Loko.

“It would be unwise to drink it for a variety of reasons,” he said. “Just the size of the beverage; it can contain 660 calories. It’s a potent combination, mixing the alcohol and other stimulants. I would choose not to drink it and just drink something that’s safer. They report it can increase the heart rate and cause all other kinds of health related issues, so I really don’t think it’s anything you want to play

with.”

While Glassman said he wouldn’t recommend Four Loko to anyone, he sees one of the biggest problems with the drink is the fact that it is marketed to college students who may use it to partake in drinking games for which Four Loko is too potent.

“It’s one thing if someone just has one of these,” he said. “But let’s say you’re a freshman and you’re an inexperienced drinker and you have four of these: that’s how you end up in the emergency room. What if you’re already drunk and you consume three or four of these? Using this stuff for a drinking game is a recipe for disaster.”

Nine freshman students at a house party in Roslyn, Washington aged 17 to 19 were hospitalized after consuming the drink at an offcampus party in October.

The students had blood alcohol levels ranging from 0.12 percent to 0.35 percent, and one student almost died, according to the Associated Press.

A blood alcohol level of 0.30 is considered lethal.

According to the AP, the students were so intoxicated investigators initially thought they had overdosed on drugs.

Patten-Wallace said while Four Loko is more potent than a typical can of beer, students should make wise decisions in consuming it the same as they would with any other alcoholic beverage.

“My position on drinking is the same whether it’s Four Loko or something else,” she said. “Students need to make wise decisions about how much they drink, when they drink and understanding the impacts it can have on them. Four Loko is just another product. It definitely can be banned anywhere in the country, but there will be another product.”

If students do find themselves in situations involving alcohol poisoning or other effects caused by alcoholic energy drinks, Patten-Wallace said they should make good use of UT’s medical amnesty policy which allows a student to call for help without being charged under the student code of conduct.

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Energy From Page A1 don’t have the same sort of allegiance to coffee that older generations who grew up drinking coffee have had, according to senior analyst from Mintel Bill Richardson in an interview with Time magazine. He said it is unlikely this age group will suddenly begin drinking coffee once they reach middle age.

Bad taste, health concerns and a preference for energy drinks are some of the reasons given in the survey as to why this generation is steering away from coffee.

“It tastes really bitter and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth,” said Megan Gross, a sophomore majoring in marketing. “If you think of people who actually do go to coffee shops, they are getting the sweeter, sugary drinks because they taste better.”

Bryan Carey, a freshman

majoring in chemistry, said he doesn’t like the smell of coffee and started drinking energy drinks because it was similar to soft drinks.

“There wasn’t ever anything that made me want to drink coffee,” he said.

University of Toledo professor of marketing and business Ainsworth Bailey said coffee companies have not been targeting younger people through advertisements and commercials, and attempts they have made have not been effective.

“There’s the Folgers commercial where the dad was talking to his daughter and apparently he knew the guy was going to pop the question ahead of time, and it creates the impression that it’s the type of drink you have with your parents,” Bailey said.

“And I’m not sure if that’s what they want younger generations to see about coffee.”

Bailey, who specializes in

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consumer behavior and promotional activities, said coffee companies will have to give younger generations the chance to taste or re-taste coffee and connect with people through social networking websites.

“If you look at how energy drink companies have been targeting younger people, it’s through guerrilla tactics like having people come on campus and having contests and Red Bull mobiles where they give energy drink samples away,” he said.

Bailey doubts coffee companies will apply these sorts of aggressive, guerrilla-style marketing methods. Instead he sees them attempting to trigger nostalgia in younger people, although he isn’t sure how much coffee is a part of the younger generation’s childhood memories.

While younger generations may adhere more to energy drinks for their caffeine fix, some students said they have actually stopped drinking them because of the crash they’ve felt afterwards and the overall negative effect they’ve experienced.

Chinonso Agubosim, a junior majoring in chemical engineering, said he stopped drinking energy drinks because the crash was not worth the alerted state the beverages gave him, and he now relies on coffee to keep him caffeinated instead.

“It’s not a good thing when you don’t even know what’s in them,” said Shireen Parsai, a senior majoring in exercise science. “How many people even know what taurine or guarine are? But they put them on the top of energy drink cans like it’s a good thing.”

Professor of Medicine David Weldy said the components of energy drinks by themselves are not dangerous, although many of the effects of energy drinks are unknown.

“The prime component of energy drinks is the caffeine, but there are other components, too, that add to the stimulant effect, and we don’t know all of the effects of some of these ingredients,” he said. “The problem is when they are combined.”

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Some guys are coming along great, some guys are not. Either they buy in and we get better and they play or they don’t buy in, they are not going to play and they may choose to leave.

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The eighth-seeded Rockets women’s volleyball team fell to No. 4 Northern Illinois 3-1 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Rockets advanced to the second round by defeating top-seeded Ball State 3-0 on Friday.

“Sure I would have liked a better record,” UT head coach Greg Smith said. “I like the way we ended and that is how we are going to remember this season.”

“Right now we are caught up on the season ending but [beating Ball State] was definitely an accomplishment,” junior setter Kassie Kadera said. “It is something for us to look at, just like we beat Michigan. It’s something that we thought we could never do and we just came in here and proved people wrong.”

Toledo ended their season with a 13-16 overall record and a 6-10 mark in the MAC. “It was an up and down season,” Smith said. “We have some really nice moments like upsetting then No. 12 Michigan. We played some really good ball in there and we almost had Michigan State. We beat Northern Illinois and Western Michigan back to back for the first time in the program.”

The Rockets were led by freshman outside hitter Lauren Rafdal with 15 kills and a .267 attack percentage while junior OH Amber DeWeerdt finished with 14 kills of her own.

In her final game with Toledo, senior libero Katie Westerfeld led the team with 20 digs with DeWeerdt and Rafdal recording 16 and 15, respectively.

UT fell victim to the MAC Player of the Year in NIU freshman OH Lauren Wicinski, who notched 29 kills, 13 digs and a .304 attack percentage.

The Rockets fell in an early 9-3 hole in game one but climbed back to trail by just one at 20-19.

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Freshman point guard Zack Leahy drives past Rhode Island forward Ben Eaves for a layup in a 76-65 loss to the Rams on Saturday.

played scared.”

The Rockets trailed by just With a 64-51 loss yesterday to three with four minutes remaining College of Charleston, Toledo in the half before C of C scored 12 was swept this weekend in three unanswered taking a 36-22 advangames as part of the 2K Sports tage to the half. The Cougars Classic benefiting Coaches vs. stretched their lead to 26 with six minutes remaining in the second Cancer in Savage Arena.

The Rockets lost 57-51 on Fri- half before UT cut down the lead day to Illinois-Chicago (3-2) and to 64-51 as time expired.

Sophomore guard Malcolm 76-65 Saturday to Rhode Island Griffin had a game-high 12 points (3-2).

“I guarantee you College of and five assists in 27 minutes off Charleston will win 20-plus the bench. Freshman center [games] and if Rhode Island can Delino Dear had 10 points and get it together they will win six rebounds while classmate 20-plus,” UT head coach Tod Kow- Hayden Humes had seven points and eight rebounds. alczyk said. “Those Griffin started the teams are very talented. first two games of the “When you look at season but was rethe three teams we placed in the starting have played, UIC is in a lineup on Friday due to very similar situation academics, according as us. The difference is Fri, Nov. 19 to Kowalczyk. they have four seniors, “He’s got ability,” including an all-league Ill.-Chicago 57 51 Kowalczyk said. “He’s player. Rhode Island Toledo got a very good feel for and College of Charles- Sat, Nov. 20 the game. When he ton are flat out a lot more talented than To- Rhode Island 76 plays hard he’s a good 65 player. When he’s foledo and UIC. A lot Toledo cused and plays how more talented. We have Sun, Nov. 21 we want him to play played against some Charleston 64 he’s a very good player. good teams.”

51 “We need that type With the loss to Col- Toledo of consistency out of lege of Charleston (42), Toledo has dropped to 0-5 on him. It’s just about effort, acthe season. The Cougars led countability and responsibility. I from start to finish while UT has look forward to him doing it evonly led in one game this season ery day in practice, academically (No. 22 Temple), with their latest as well as game time. You just lead in a game coming just 1:17 have to do it every day.”

Kowalczyk was critical of in against the Owls at 4-2.

“I don’t think we have started a some of his players after Saturgame yet strong, aggressive and day’s game for not buying into calm,” Kowalczyk said. “I thought his system.

“Some guys are coming along today we had a great pregame and great walkthrough. I thought great, some guys are not,” Kowthe guys were focused and ready alczyk said on Saturday. “Either to go for the first time in awhile. they buy in and we get better and Come game time we were deer in they play or they don’t buy in, headlights. We played like we had — 2K Sports Classic, Page B2 a lot of freshman out there that

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Lauren Rafdal had 15 kills against Northern Illinois in the MAC Semifinals on Saturday. The freshman outside hitter also had a team-best .267 attack percentage.

Toledo’s 14-game winning streak at Savage Arena was broken on Saturday in a 73-69 loss to Missouri State in the consolation finals of the Preseason WNIT. “I don’t think everyone was ready to play when we came out to start, and that’s on every single one of us,” senior forward Melissa Goodall said. “There’s no reason we should have lost to this team. They are a good team but we shot ourselves in the foot. You can’t come out and play one half of basketball against a team this good. They were picked to win their conference just like us.”

Goodall led the Rockets (1-2) with 17 points and eight rebounds. Junior point guard Naama Shafir finished with 12 points and five assists, but shot just 2 of 11 from the field. Sophomore forward Lecretia Smith and junior guard Courtney Ingersoll each had 10 points and seven rebounds against the Bears (2-1).

The Rockets took an early 8-3 lead before Missouri State ran off a 20-5 run and took a 42-29 lead at the half.

Toledo opened up the second half with a 19-4 run to retake the lead but the Bears, led by reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Casey Garrison’s 32 points, held off the Rockets in a 73-69 victory.

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Junior point guard Naama Shafir had 12 points and five assists in a 73-69 loss to Missouri State on Saturday.

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out and just play one half of basketball,” Goodall said. “It showed a better effort that we weren’t going to give up and hang our heads and let them walk over us on our home court. We were making a lot of silly mistakes and even though we were able to get back into it in the second half we still made mistakes and weren’t able to get stops when we needed to.”

Freshman guard Andola Dortch had a career-high nine points off the bench for the Rockets with six rebounds and two assists.

“In the first half I thought she was one bright shining moment,” UT head coach Tricia Cullop said. “When things weren’t going well she took over. She kept us in the game with her defense and her offense. I thought she showed an awful lot of character and really scrapped tonight.

“She gave us everything she had and she’s only going to get better for us.”

The preseason favorites for the Mid-American Conference West Division crown will look to get back on track on the road against unbeaten Cleveland State (3-0) on Tuesday, Nov. 23 at Cleveland State at 7 p.m.

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Junior outside hitter Amber DeWeerdt had 14 kills in a 3-1 loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday.

Eliminated From Page B1 her eighth of the match, 25-22.

In game two, Toledo took an early advantage at 13-7 led by four straight kills by DeWeerdt. The Huskies brought the match to 21-19 but the Rockets held them off to take the game and tie the game at 1.

NIU responded by taking a commanding 8-1 lead in the

third game. Toledo trailed by just two at 15-13 but scored just five points in the remainder of the set and fell behind 2-1.

The teams battled back and forth in the fourth game and were tied at 20 before NIU would take a slight edge at 23-20. UT clawed back to tie the game at 23 but the Huskies would score two straight points to advance in the tournament.

they are not going to play and they may choose to leave. I don’t want that to happen but we are going to do it the right way. We are going to play the right way, we are going to play Rocket ball.”

Following Sunday’s contest, Griffin admitted that he was probably one of the players that Kowalczyk was referring to.

“I feel like I was probably one of the players that wasn’t buying in, honestly,” Griffin said. “We just have to get better and turn it around. [I need to] play defense and have a positive attitude all the time. If I’m going to be one of good players on the team then I have to be a leader. If I show bad attitude it’s going to run through the team.”

“I was very happy with Malcolm today,” Kowalczyk said. “I thought he came with a purpose, was focused and ready to go. I thought today he showed me a lot of character. Now he’s got to do that every day.”

Toledo battled injuries as freshman forward Reese Holliday was held out against Charleston after a head injury diving for a loose ball on Saturday against Rhode Island.

“He got hit in the head. I didn’t know it until after the game,” Kowalczyk said. “I thought he was going to play today. They don’t know if there was a concussion but he did get hit in the head when he dove for a loose ball last night.

“You can see the lack of toughness we had without him. We needed him out there. We are a different team when he’s on the floor. We are more physical. I was going to start him today and I was going to bring Anthony Wright off the bench—he’s earned it.”

Kowalczyk also said that J.T. Thomas’ “mobility is in question” after he reaggravated his foot injury on Saturday. Thomas had surgery on his foot in the preseason causing the freshman point guard to miss the first two games of the year.

Toledo will go back on the road for their next game on Wednesday, Nov. 24 against Youngstown State at 7:35 p.m.

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Freshman forward Reese Holliday was held out of yesterday’s game against College of Charleston after suffering a head injury against Rhode Island on Saturday.

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Review From Page B4 which felt very safe even when the characters were in utter jeopardy,” Yates said. “Suddenly Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to survive out in the big, bad world, and it’s a dangerous place. They feel isolated and alone and very vulnerable. It makes the adventure much edgier and more grownup, which really appealed to me, and to Dan, Rupert and Emma as well.”

Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is featured more than in any previous films. His calm but intense discussions while planning how to kill Harry cast an eerie mood over the movie.

“Voldemort doesn’t understand how this ‘child’ has become his strongest adversary,

but he does know he must be the one to kill Harry Potter,” Yates said. “First of all, it was destined and, secondly, there is the sheer satisfaction of it after being thwarted so often. It’s beyond personal at this point.”

Despite the emphasis on Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange is the creepiest character in the film. Helena Bonham Carter plays the part with such convincing malice.

The movie continues to showcase the internal struggle of Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), who is not a good person necessarily, but is struggling to fully surrender to the side of evil.

“What’s great about the story is the complexity of good versus evil,” Radcliffe said. “It isn’t always a clear split between the characters. Even Harry is obviously connected to

Voldemort, so there are people we have always seen as evil who have good in them and good people who are seriously flawed.”

The franchise continues to push for more box office records. It opened this weekend with more than $125 million domestically and $330 million total worldwide.

The 150 minutes fly by in “Deathly Hallows.” Despite essentially being a teaser and lead-in for part two, it is the most intense and well-made Potter film to date. The lack of resolution leaves the viewer with a slight incomplete feeling, and the movie raises more questions than it does provide answers, but part two is less than eight months away.

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Fans of the Harry Potter series pose for a group photo Thursday night before the premiere.

Costumes From Page B4 Fans of Harry Potter agreed that the fandom of the series is one of the largest among college students because they have grown up with the series.

“It’s something we’ve grown up with and it stuck with us,” said Emily Gardner, a junior majoring in dietetics at Eastern Michigan University. “We were young teenagers when the first book came out and we’ve experienced it all, we grew up reading all the books and we’re not embarrassed to show it.”

Athreya Rajan, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering at UT, said he does not expect any diminishing in the popularity of Harry Potter but rather an increase because of the release of the movie and the second part, which is scheduled for the summer of 2011.

“I feel growing up with

Harry Potter is encoded it in our DNA; once it’s encoded in our DNA, you can’t get rid of it and you don’t want to get rid of it, so why change it if you like it?” he said.

According to Yockey, the fad of dressing up for events such as conventions and movie premieres took off with the television show “Star Trek.” The strong fanbase kept the series alive at conventions by inviting original actors and writers and, of course, dressing up as their favorite characters.

The concept of dressing up to show ones love for a show or movie can be traced to the 1930s with Forrest J. Ackerman, otherwise dubbed as “Nerd Zero.” Yockey said at a science fiction convention, Ackerman dressed as a character from the film “Things to Come.”

Yockey added the point of dressing up goes beyond explicitly showing off a fan’s infatuation with the

show or movie, but helps unite the fans together collectively. “[The value of dressing up] indicates that one, the show is saying something to you and it speaks to you in a particular way, and by dressing up you are confirming that connection, and you are creating a similar connection with other fans,” he said. “The whole process involves an expression of collective and individual identity. It’s very powerful in that sense.”

Fans at the event complemented Yockey’s statement.

One student, Michelle Morris, a senior majoring in international business and marketing at UT, said dressing up “brings it all together” and makes the midnight showing more enjoyable for the audience. “[The midnight premiere] brings not only one college, but multiple to one location and we have a pre-event celebration by dressing up and hyping it up,” Rajan said.

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Those who enjoy Frankenreiter’s mustache can purchase it on his website DonnovanF.com.

Frankenreiter From Page B4 memorabilia at a Planet Hollywood.

“I’ve been collecting those things for a long time, so it’s been super fun,” Frankenreiter said. “It’s cool that I was able to start it with some friends. Every couple of months I go over there to play and jam out.”

His musical career began at 18 with the band “Peanut Butter and Jam” and progressed when he formed “Sunchild” with a group of other surfers. He played guitar in both bands but did not sing on an album until beginning his solo career.

After producing Frankenreiter’s debut album, Johnson helped him put a band together for the tour. He introduced him to his friend Zach Gill, who is currently touring with ALO and Johnson’s band as a piano player and singer.

“Jack just called me up one day and asked if I ever

heard of Donavon Frankenreiter, and I said, ‘What?

Who?’” Gill said. “He sent me an album and introduced us. One day I drove to L.A. when Donavon was doing a show. We jammed for a little bit. It was a good fit. A couple weeks later we were opening for O.A.R. right before his album was coming out.”

“I’ve always been a big fan of Zach,” Frankenreiter said. “He has an amazing singing voice. He writes great songs. He’s an amazing keyboard player, kind of an instrumental virtuoso. I have a great time when I get to see those guys. They are so busy. When I do get to see them it’s refreshing.”

While the two get along great, their careers went in different directions.

“He needed somebody full time, and I didn’t want to stop doing ALO, so it didn’t quite work out,” Gill said. “We’re still friends. I’m pretty close with his bass player Matt Grundy and all of the band. In Jack’s band,

I did a European tour with Donavon. We went around the Barcelona Harbor in boats. We’ve had some good times. He’s a great guitar player.”

The inspiration for Frankenreiter to start a solo career came from his wife Petra.

“It took me a while to get comfortable playing on my own and singing and everything,” he said. “My wife really encouraged me.”

Frankenreiter and his wife have two sons named Hendrix and Ozzy. While their musical names are coincidental, they have heavily influenced Frankenreiter’s career. Hendrix was the inspiration for the song “You Can Call Me Papa” on Frankenreiter’s first album and is even featured at the beginning of the track.

“I had him in the studio,” Frankenreiter said. “He’s on the cut at the very beginning when he goes ‘dada.’ I was holding him in my arms when I sang that song. It was awesome.”

Arts and Life 4 B The beginning of the end “Everything I’ve learned has been through surfing over the years, playing music, meeting people, learning about different countries and cultures, everything comes through surfing. That’s how it all happened for me.”

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‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1’ premiered everywhere midnight Friday

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These books came out when we were younger and as you get closer to the characters it brings the story to life and it brings it back home to when you were little.

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A dementor (left) and Hogwarts student (center) wait in line Thursday.

A fan dresses as Professor Trelawney Thursday night for Harry Potter.

Harry Potter is deathly creepy Dressing up for the show

By Jason Mack Managing Editor

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 1” is darker and more emotional than any previous film in the franchise.

The decision to split the seventh and final book was met with controversy, but director David Yates’ dedication to sticking as true to the story as much as possible was the right call.

There is no definitive start or finish to the movie with multiple antagonists and a mix of conflicts, but it works. Combining the films would have forced them to cut several scenes featured in part one that are integral to the plot.

The film is not for newcomers as it jumps right into the story, offering little background for the uninitiated. Watching the previous six films first is highly recommended.

“Deathly Hallows” is not the kid-friendly movie that was featured in the first Harry Potter

film. Director David Yates was search for the remaining brought into the franchise at just horcruxes.

“Harry, Hermione and Ron the right time. From the end of the fourth novel the books grad- don’t have a home anymore,” ually became more mature. Watson said in a press release.

“They are Yates made the transition in always on mood seamless with his dark the move directorial style and, worse, from the fifth they are bemovie through ing hunted, the latest so they release.

Production don’t know Viewers are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 who to presented with trust. But serious and emoRating PG-13 Grade the stakes tional scenes are high, so ranging from they have to multiple deaths Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma be brave.” to a scene early Watson, Rubert Grint It takes in the film where place in Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) erases many real-world locations. It alher parents’ memory of her so features new locations important to the story, like Godric’s existence.

“Deathly Hallows” is the first Hollow, where has was born and film in the franchise to never his parents were murdered.

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A balanced mix of wizards and muggles alike were in attendance for the premiere of the first half of the seventh installment of the Harry Potter film series Friday morning.

Almost every main character could be found represented in the lines for both concessions and the restrooms in the lobby of Franklin Park 16.

The premiere night turned into more of a late-night social event with Harry Potter trivia in the theaters as well as having all of the theaters open for fans to watch their favorite teenage wizard.

Those who interviewed with the Independent Collegian said what helped turn the premiere into something more were the groups of

people dressed up as their favorite characters from the series.

“It adds more excitement before the movie starts, it turns it into an event and less like a movie,” said Jon Sander, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering at UT. Alex Eding, a senior majoring in interpersonal communication at Bowling Green State University, said the overall social experience of going to a movie is enhanced on premiere night because the social aspect of moviegoing is enhanced through things such as costume wearing and audience reactions.

“I think the way movie-going is, it is impersonal. When I go to a movie, I don’t want to interact with others,” he said wearing a wig, fake beard and six inch platform shoes to perfect his Hagrid outfit. “But on a night like

tonight, the fandom really comes together and it creates a new experience for everybody.”

Assistant Professor of film Matt Yockey studies fans of film and how they watch movies. He said dressing up helps to “express if not facilitate the emotional connection one feels with the film and other fans in the audience who are watching it at the same time.”

“The fact that it happens at the theaters is important because it confirms the appeal of film viewing as a social experience. So to dress up in a costume for a particular film and to be a part of that premiere night with other fans underscores the social component of film, but of course in a very specific and idiosyncratic way,” he said.

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Donavon Frankenreiter rocks Pontiac, Mich.

By Jason Mack Managing Editor

PONTIAC, Mich. ­— Donavon Frankenreiter is touring again after adding an electric sound to his surfer music on his latest album “Glow.” Just like close friend Jack Johnson, Frankenreiter balances his life between professional music and professional surfing.

“That’s my whole life right there: music, surfing and family,” Frankenreiter said in an interview with the IC. Frankenreiter met Johnson in the 1980s when he rented a room from Johnson’s parents on a surfing trip to Hawaii.

“We grew up surfing and spent a winter together,” Frankenreiter said. “We played music. He started playing guitar then I started playing guitar. I started to do my own thing surfing and he went his way.”

Frankenreiter focused on his surfing career while Johnson went off to college to study film. When Johnson broke into the music scene and started his label, Brushfire Records, the two teamed up again. Frankenreiter signed on for his self-titled debut solo album in 2004.

“Once he had his own label, I was kind of singing a lot of songs,” Frankenreiter said. “Right from the start, that was the way to go for me. It was an incredible way to start. I co-wrote a song on that record with Jack and he

produced the record. It was a great way to get things rolling.”

Frankenreiter put together a band and joined a new label for his 2006 release “Move by Yourself” and since then has released three albums, two EPs and a DVD. He teamed up with producer Mark Weinberg for “Glow.” They immediately gelled, writing the track “Keeping Me Away From You” within 30 minutes of their first meeting. Weinberg helped infuse an electric element to Frankenreiter’s acoustic sound.

“It was really great how he took the songs and made them what you hear,” he said. “They were all acoustic. He built them up in a great way.”

John Oates, from pop legend Hall and Oates, has given Frankenreiter’s new electric sound a boost at recent live shows, including Friday night’s performance at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Mich.

“Being able to play all these songs live has been fun. I do a lot of electric stuff when we play live. It’s fun to incorporate all of the electric stuff and have a set flow and do different things, not just stay acoustic the whole time. Plug it in and turn it up a little bit.”

Frankenreiter met Oates while in Aspen and the two hit it off right away.

“I’m getting to know him

better,” Frankenreiter said.

“We’ve been writing a song together on the bus. We’ve just been grooving and hanging out.

Frankenreiter has been encouraged by the crowds’ response to the album during his tour.

“You make a record, put it out and play your songs, and you hope people dig it,” Frankenreiter said. “I don’t know what people think of the music, but we have a great time playing it live.

People seem to really love ‘Glow’ and the other songs off the record. I’m really proud of that album.”

Frankenreiter enjoys crowd interaction and promotes communication between himself and fans. One fan at Friday’s show called him to organize an on-stage proposal.

“Anybody that wants to call and say hi, call 949.233.7381,” Frankenreiter said. “It’s all about the Mustache Manifesto.”

While touring this summer, he started a daily video blog titled “The Mustache Manifesto,” named for his signature mustache. Since then, fans have been showing up at concerts wearing fake mustaches.

“This company I’ve been riding for, Sanuk Sandals, started the whole stick-on mustache thing,” he said.

“It’s kind of taken off. It has a life of its own now. I just roll with it.”

His website, DonavonF. com, even sells an official “Donavon Frankenreiter Mustache.”

Sanuk Sandals is one of many companies to sponsor Frankenreiter’s surfing career. He began his career in 1985 at the age of 12 and has been sponsored by Billabong ever since.

“Whenever I get a chance to get in the water, we’re getting in the water,” Frankenreiter said. “I’m living in Hawaii now so I’m always over there. A lot of the band surfs, so whenever we get near water, we’re out there.”

Frankenreiter credits all of his musical success to surfing.

“Everything I’ve learned has been through surfing over the years,” he said.

“Playing music, meeting people, learning about different countries and cultures, everything comes through surfing. That’s how it all happened for me. I wouldn’t have any of this musical stuff if I didn’t surf.”

Along with music and surfing, Frankenreiter has become an entrepreneur. He started his own label called Liquid Tambourine Records for the release of “Glow” and opened a restaurant in Maui, Hawaii called the Margarita House. The restaurant features most of his collection of surfboards hanging on the walls like Hollywood — Frankenreiter, B3

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Donavon Frankenreiter performing at the Crofoot Ballroom Friday.