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Position unfilled

Former UT Student concerns raised about absence of LGBTQA board member softball coach files Title IX suit

By Colleen Anderson Staff Reporter

UT men out to build off last season’s successes The UT men’s basketball team faces the loss of Rian Pearson and discusses the upcoming season.

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After the departure of program coordinator for the Office of Excellence and Multicultural Student Services Fatima Pervaiz, her position has remained unfilled, raising concerns from members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally/asexual community.

Pervaiz previously worked in the Office of Excellence and Multicultural Student Services and several of her duties related closely to the LGBTQA community.

Because of this, the LGBTQA advisory board referred to her as the Director of LGBTQA Initiatives.

Pervaiz declined comment.

“...a lot that she did was protecting them [LGBTQA students]. She was an advocate for them, a very strong advocate for Spectrum... she was a voice for them when they needed something from the administration, she would put her neck out a number of times for the students, and now they’re missing that,” said Isabel Escobar, chair of the LGBTQA advisory board.

After Pervaiz took a position elsewhere this past summer, her position as program coordinator remained unfilled. Several members of the LGBTQA Advisory Board had concerns about how this would affect the LGBTQA community.

Melissa Brodsky, student member of the LGBTQA advisory board, said she worried about how the environment on campus would change, and how the university’s positive rating for LGBTQA student treatment would change.

“Every year, the [Human Rights Campaign does] an equality index where they rate college campuses based on how friendly they are to the LGBTQA community. The reason we’ve rated so highly is because we had Fatima, because we had someone in this position who specifically handled the gay community on campus,” Brodsky said.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Celebrating differences University of Toledo hosts events for National Non-traditional Student Recognition Week during the week of Nov. 3-7.

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NEWS / 3 »

“Even though students are no longer on the panel, it is important to remember that helping the survivors of tragedy should be the main thought on everyone’s mind.”

EDITORIAL Students don’t always know best OPINION / 4 »

LAWSUIT

MYKENYA THOMPSON / IC

Student Government members vote on resolutions during their Tuesday, Oct. 28 meeting. They also discussed a food bank donation and election day busing legislation.

Student focused legislations take center stage at meeting

By Colleen Anderson Staff Reporter

Tension bubbled briefly to the surface as Student Government members discussed a food bank donation and election day busing legislation.

SG senator Benjamin Lynn, the author of the approved food bank resolution, said he became interested after seeing it mentioned on his friend Zach Rasey’s Facebook page.

“I reached out to [Zach], saying hey, I would love to see how it’s going, what’s your status, and if there’s anything you need from me personally, or if there’s anything you need from Student Government-wise,” Lynn said.

After touring the food bank facility, Lynn noticed there were several areas that were in need of renovations.

“I got a chance to walk around the facilities, take some pictures, I realized it’s not the best facilities, it’s in need of a lot of work,” he said. “…they said they were looking for donations to help

cover the cost of paint to repaint the facilities and fix the kind of structural problems.”

Lynn said he thinks this resolution sends an important message from SG to the student body.

“I think it’s important because it shows we care about our students,” he said, “especially those we’re representing who are in financial need, who are struggling in terms of feeding themselves....”

The resolution raised concerns from some senators over whether SG would be allowed to donate to the food bank. Since the money for SG’s budget comes from the students’ general fees, the money cannot go to anything that will be given outside of UT. Several senators questioned whether the food bank would qualify for donation under these rules.

SG senator Ronald Tallon felt discussions about the resolution should have been put off until next week.

“I was afraid we were violating rules ... I wanted more information before we voted on it, strictly

MYKENYA THOMPSON / IC

Senator Ben Lynn, the author of the approved food bank resolution.

because of that. Not to mention that the legislation was very vague at the end ... as [SG President Clay Notestine] mentioned before, we’re not allowed to pay for anything that would be given off UT in any way, shape or form,” Tallon said.

The food bank was not the only hotly-debated topic at the meeting.

A second resolution concerning busing for students on election days, a service that has been See Legislation / 5 »

By Emily Johnson and Colleen Anderson

Associate News Editor and Staff Reporter

A former University of Toledo softball coach filed a Title IX complaint suit against the university following her forced resignation last November.

Former UT softball coach of five years Tarrah Beyster has listed several complaints according to the suit.

Beyster had extensive experience in athletics before arriving at the university, according to the suit. She won numerous awards while attending Oregon State University, including being named Female Athlete of the Year for four consecutive years. She held a head coach position at the University of Vermont, and assistant coaching positions at two other universities, according to the suit.

“Prior to her termination — and what ultimately led to the retaliation, hostile work environment, discrimination and termination — Coach Beyster repeatedly complained about gender inequity and Title IX violations to her superiors,” according to Amy Zawacki, an attorney from Widman & Franklin, the law firm representing Beyster’s case in an email interview.

Zawacki said Beyster is suing the university for back pay and front pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and for her old job back, along with any attorney’s fees that accompany the case.

According to Zawacki, Beyster desires her job back at UT because “Coach Beyster was devoted to the University and to the student-athletes she coached.

She took a struggling program and enthusiastically invested her time, energy and resources to begin to turn it around… ” Among the complaints, Beyster said that the baseball team was given preferential treatment over the women’s softball team in several instances.

When the time came to update the playing fields, the baseball team had the dirt on See Lawsuit / 7 »

PROTEST

Students write novels during November Carlson Library will celebrate NaNoWriMo throughout November with a series of write-ins and a celebration for writers at the beginning of December.

COMMUNITY / 8 »

Wrapping up Toledo UT students donate blankets to those in need. This year the event will be Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Health Education Building.

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Apartheid wall raises awareness for Palestine

By Trevor Stearns Staff Reporter

Students for Justice in Palestine set up an apartheid wall on Thursday, Oct. 23 outside of the Student Union as they looked to add signatures to their petition.

The Israeli West Bank barrier — the real-life apartheid wall — is set up along the 1949 Armistice Line. Israel claims that it protects its civilians from Palestinian terrorist attacks.

People who oppose the barrier claim it ignores the peace negotiations that established borders between the two nations.

“Basically, what the wall does, is if there is a Palestinian citizen who may want to go pray in Jerusalem, or to go to the grocery store or even to see their neighbor that’s on the other side of the wall, they can’t go without going through one of the abundance of check points that are set up,” said Nadeen Sarsour, a second-year biochemistry major and member of SJP. “At these check points, they ask you for your ID, and often when they see that you are a Palestinian citizen, they don’t let you through the wall.”

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TREVOR STEARNS / IC

Students for Justice in Palestine set up an Apartheid wall on Thursday, Oct. 23 outside of the Student Union as they looked to add signatures to their petition.

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Float Fun at Homecoming

LAUREN LONSWAY / IC

This week in UT history Five years ago: UT is offering free H1N1 vaccines to students. The nasal mist vaccines were made available to students ages 18 to 49 in the Student Union building on Thursday. The vaccine was administered by students from the University of Toledo Medical Center.

35 years ago: No further concerts may be held at the 4,000 seat Field House at the University of Toledo because of damage done during the Oct. 27 Sly and the Family Stone concert and the Nov. 2 Lou Reed concert.

Damage to the basketball court floor was estimated at $375 and repairs are expected to take six working days to complete.

This “Back to the Future”inspired float was created by the Catholic Student Association for the “Blast from the Past” Homecoming parade.

They worked on it for two weeks before the judging at 8 a.m. on Oct. 25. They did not place, but Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Chi Omega won first place.

Jacob Torres and Kendra Stabler were crowned Homecoming king and queen.

Check out more of our Homecoming pictures on the IC Facebook page: www.facebook. com/ICollegian.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

If you were a ghost, who would you haunt?

STUDENT GROUP OF THE WEEK

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc Purpose:

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is a social service organization that was founded upon the development and perpetuation of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, fidelity and brotherhood amongst all men. The motto of the organization: building a tradition, never resting upon; depicts the steadfastness of this organization, how Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. has and will always be about the business of change.

Leaders: Polaris: Donovan Thompson; Vice-Polaris: Justin Gaines; treasure: DiFranco Barnes; secretary: Isaiah Fitzhugh; chaplain: Elliott Pruitt; business manager: Desean Davis; on campus graduate advisor: Frank Sutton; off campus graduate advisor: David Gant Upcoming events: On Oct. 30 we will be hosting a Halloween party from 4-6 p.m. (Carson Club: Boys & Girls Club) at Marshall Elementary School: 415 Colburn St. Toledo, OH 43609. Feel free to join us.

On Nov. 5 at Rocket Hall at 9:55 p.m., we will be hosting a Halloween Centaur Probate Show. Come spend Halloween with us and enjoy the presentation by the newest members of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Gamma Nu chapter.

Be on the lookout for IOTA week, Nov. 2-8: a week of scholastic, leadership, social and service a little something for every hope to see you there.

Learn more: We can be contacted via email: GlassCityCentaurs@gmail.com. We can also be found on Facebook at “Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Gamma Nu Chapter.”

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“If I were a ghost I would haunt the CEO of Chipotle so I could get free Chipotle.”

Julio Greenwood

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“If I were a ghost I would haunt One Direction so I can go to their concerts for free.”

Dalien Dzienny Second-year Pharmacy

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“If I were a ghost, I would haunt Brad Pitt because he is so hot.”

Anita Ofori

Fourth-year Early childhood education

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IN BRIEF

Interim President to give university address Oct. 29 Nagi Naganathan, UT interim president, will deliver the State of the University address Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m. in Doermann Theatre.

Guest parking will be available in the grass lot between Drummond and Goddard roads.

A shuttle from Scott Park Campus will depart at 10:35 a.m. for those wishing to attend the address. It will leave from University Hall at 12:20 p.m. and will return passengers to Scott Park afterward.

Shuttles from Mulford Library on Health Science Campus will depart at 10:10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and take passengers to University Hall. Passengers will be picked up for the return to Health Science Campus at 12:20 p.m.

A reception with light refreshments will follow the address.

Craft show to be held in Rocket Hall Oct. 29 Handmade crafts, jewelry and art will be sold in Rocket Hall on Oct. 29 during the University of Toledo’s annual Rocket Hall craft show.

The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Secor Road lobby of Rocket Hall.

Items being sold will include holiday gifts and décor, jewelry, books and crafts — all of which are created by UT students, employees, alumni and community members.

For more information, contact Lynne Downes at (419-) 530-5810 or email her at lynne. downes@utoledo.edu.

Symphony orchestra to perform Oct. 30 The University of Toledo Symphony Orchestra will perform a Halloween-themed show on Thursday, Oct. 30.

The performance will take place in Doermann Theatre in University Hall at 7 p.m.

Admission is free, but student donations of $3 are appreciated.

For more information, contact Angela Riddel at (419) 530-2452 or email Angela.Riddel@ utoledo.edu.

Fall course withdrawal deadline set for Oct. 31 For any student who wants to withdraw from a course this semester, the deadline for withdrawal is Friday, Oct. 31.

There are several ways to withdraw from a course, though the simplest is through the myUT Portal using the Register/ Drop/Withdraw link found in the My Toolkit menu.

Students can also withdraw in person at two locations. Main Campus students should go to Rocket Solution Central in Rocket Hall Room 1200 and Health Science Campus students should visit the Student Service Center on the first floor of the Mulford Library.

Withdrawal forms can also be found on the UT website and faxed to either the Registrar’s Office at 419-530-4828 (Main Campus) or 419-383-4003 (Health Science Campus). Faxed forms must be transmitted by 5 p.m. on the deadline date.

For further questions or concerns, call Rocket Solution Central at 419-530-8700.

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Honors Halloween Bash to be held Nov. 2 The Jesup Scott Honors College will host their Honors Halloween Bash Nov. 2 from 7-11 p.m. The event will take place in Rocky’s Attic and students can dress up for the costume contest. There will be free pizza, music and dancing. For more information, email cole.robertson@rockets.utoledo.edu or sarah.schaaft@rockets.utoledo.edu.

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Celebrating differences University of Toledo hosts events for National Non-traditional Student Recognition Week

By Ashley Diel Staff Reporter

Non-traditional students are anything but non-traditional these days — about 73 percent of undergraduates are considered “non-traditional students,” according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

As the percent of nationwide non-traditional students grows, so does the recognition these students receive.

National Non-traditional Student Recognition Week, Nov. 3-7, is when nontraditional students across the county will be recognized and celebrated for their hardearned achievements.

“Non-traditional students continue to represent a growing number of students attending college,” said Dennis Lettman, dean of the College of Adult and Lifelong Learning (CALL).

“Many of them face significant challenges, and this week is meant to recognize their hard work and dedication towards earning their degree. The week is also to recognize the value and importance of these non-traditional students and to raise awareness across campus.”

According to CALL, the University of Toledo

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Sherry Tripepi, a member of the LGBTQA advisory board, said she believes it is important for the position to be filled.

“LGBTQ students need a safe contact, support, and advocate on our campus who understands the struggles and discrimination often face by LGBTQ students,” Tripepi said. “I believe this to be true based on the Univeristy of Toledo 2012 Student Climate Survey in which it is clear there is a differentiation of treatment between LGQ students and straight students.”

In 2012, the survey found that 43 percent of gay students, 33.3 percent of lesbian students and 46.2 percent of queer students experienced discrimination. In comparison, only .9 percent of straight students reported having experienced discrimination.

Other members of the board shared concerns that the LGBTQA students on campus would feel negatively affected.

Cyndee Gruden, a member of the LBGTQA advisory board, said, “My main concern is just student safety and stu-

defines a non-traditional student as a student who does not enter into postsecondary education right after high school, attends school part-time, works full-time, has a dependent other than a spouse, is a single parent or does not have a high school diploma.

UT will host several events throughout the week for these students, including a pizza appreciation lunch, a coffee and donut breakfast and various other get-togethers where they can meet and socialize with other non-traditional students.

Despite this recognition week, non-traditional students have had few other opportunities to interact in the past; that is, until two years ago.

Johnny Simmons, a father and non-traditional, fifthyear student majoring in entrepreneurship and marketing, said he saw that students like himself found it harder to fit into the university and that a need existed for non-traditional students to be able to bond and socialize. As a result, he created the Non-Traditional Student Organization (NTSO).

“When I talked to admissions and learned that over 50 percent of the students at UT are non-traditional, I dent comfort, and the impression that this leaves to LGBT and questioning students who are at the university or may be coming to the university, that we don’t think that’s important, that we don’t value their individuality, that we can just group them with anybody else, and anybody can handle them.”

One of the most discussed issues by the advisory board was Safe Space training.

Sharon Barnes, interim chair of the Women and Gender Studies department and member of the LGBTQA advisory board, explained that Safe Space training is a voluntary training hosted for faculty, staff and students who want to be able to create ground-level knowledge on supporting LGBTQA student, including using appropriate language and recognizing homophobic behavior.

Previously, this training was led by Pervaiz.

Barnes said Pervaiz delivered training to 831 students, faculty and staff between March 2011 and February 2014.

This year, the training is conducted by Jeff Whit, the associate dean of students.

The LGBTQA advisory board and Spectrum composed a memo explaining

COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

Non-traditional student JoAnne Grindle studies with her son, Jarrett, in Centennial Mall. As a non-traditional student and a mother, Grindle is one of the increasing number of students who do not fit the stereotypical college-student mold.

wondered why we didn’t have an organization for them,” Simmons said.

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Crystal Glambin, vice president of student success for NTSO, said she their concerns and sent it to Interim President Nagi Naganathan on July 31, 2014.

“... we believe that’s the best way to educate students, and help them appreciate and value the differences and diversity we offer.”

KAYE PATTEN WALLACE

Vice President for the Student Experience

“The LGBTQ student organization, Spectrum, stated that the Director of the LGBTQ Initiatives Office serves as an advocate, a defender, and most importantly an ally. These activities are crucial to maintaining a healthy and welcoming environment for all students,” said the memo, which ended by requesting that Naganathan approve of the position and prevent any future changes to the position in scope.

The correspondence between Naganathan and the board resulted in a meeting with Escobar, Naganathan and Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Kaye Patten Wallace.

At the meeting, five individuals from the OEMSS were identified as taking on the duties previously held by Pervaiz.

“We wrote a memo, and we sent a memo, we met, and at that meeting, Dr. Kaye Patten Wallace said that they had five people at the office that were handling all issues related with all of the individual, diverse groups, that these people were able to handle all different communities within them,” Escobar said.

After the meeting, the administration and the advisory board stayed in contact, which led up to a second memo sent from the LGBTQA advisory board and Spectrum to Patten Wallace and Naganathan on Oct. 10. The memo expressed that they felt the administration’s response to the meeting had not been adequate. “[Patten Wallace] promised that she would meet with Spec-

feels one of the biggest struggles for these students is finding resources.

“The NTSO is really a support system, and a gathering of people who can understand the non-traditional lifestyle,” Glambin said. “We try to let them know that they are not alone in their struggles, and there are other people who understand how hard it is to maintain such a hectic schedule.”

Simmons said the NTSO

also offers a wide range of workshops such as résumébuilding, how to re-enter into the workplace, exercise and healthy living tips.

“The NTSO is a social as well as an emotional support group,” Simmons said.

“We are always trying to find more ways to make them feel more welcomed.”

For more information about the NTSO, contact johnny.simmons@rockets. utoledo.edu.

trum, and that these five people, between all of them, would attend all Spectrum meetings, and officers meetings...” Escobar said. “To date, one of the people from the office, only one went to one Spectrum meeting... we really have not seen the response that we were promised at that meeting.”

The second memo said the board felt their opinions had been dismissed despite attempts to continue dialogue on the issue, and that administration had not yet put in the required effort to solve the issue.

“We were deeply disappointed with your assertion that you weren’t interested in meeting with us to hear our concerns about your imposition of the Safe Space training responsibilities on the EXCEL/OEMSS staff,” the memo said, “This disrespectful behavior is the very antithesis of shared governance and transparency.”

The memo went on to say that the advisory board members are requesting that administration shift the responsibilities of safe place training from OEMSS to the Office of Equity and Diversity. OEMSS staff members are identified in the memo as having the best of intentions, but not yet prepared to offer and host the training “by their own professional assessment.”

The director of OEMSS, David Young, commented that he would let the statements made by Patten Wallace and Tamika Mitchell, dean of students, stand as representative of the viewpoint of the office.

Patten Wallace said the core cause of the disagreement is one of philosophy; while the board has asserted that it would be better for a single person to be in charge of the LGBTQA initiatives, administration believes it would be best for several people to share the responsibilities in order to facilitate their handling in the most efficient way possible. “...We realized that part of the diversity, part of the experience of education for students is to be able to work and appreciate students and staff of diverse backgrounds, and so we want to demon-

strate that in the way we serve students,” said Patten Wallace, “so we intentionally decided not to have isolated staff or isolated populations, so philosophically, we believe that’s the best way to educate students, and help them appreciate and value the differences and diversity we offer.”

Jon Strunk, assistant vice president of university communications, agreed with Patten Wallace.

“Philosophically, you don’t want a single person doing one single thing,” he said, “… you want the entirety of the staff to be well educated on LGBTQA Initiatives.”

Patten Wallace said that this is the direction the university has been moving in for some time now.

Mitchell said there were no duties that were entirely exclusive to Pervaiz, and that the duties were split up even before she left.

“We do not want to fight, we want to work closely ... with everyone, because we want a better community at the university.”

ISABEL ESCOBAR

Chair of the LGBTQA Advisory Board

“The programs and the services are still going...” Mitchell said. “Fatima wasn’t the only person that completed those tasks, she worked along with the entire staff of the Office of Excellence and Multicultural Student Services, so they all worked together...Fatima, she was a great piece of that, but when she left, those services, they continued.”

The board is meeting again Nov. 10 with Patten Wallace and Larry Burns, the vice president for external affairs.

“We’re not looking for a fight, by no means,” Escobar said. “We do not want to fight, we want to work closely with the administration, with Dr. Patten Wallace, we want to work closely with everyone, because we want a better community at the university.”

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EDITORIAL

Students don’t always know best

Having trained professionals on the student code of conduct adjudication panel is a step in the right direction Students have protested the lack of information and services for survivors of sexual violence in front of University Hall on Oct. 20. But one related topic seems to have been overshadowed by the event: students are no longer on the student code of conduct adjudication panel that hears cases about sexual misconduct and Title IX complaints.

While this is a loss of power for students, it is a It’s uncomfortable step in the right direcenough for some tion for the University of Toledo after recent to just report a sexual assault and Title problem, but when IX complaints. other students know We know the IC usually is all about students confidential things, it getting power to help might make some not represent us, but in this case, student representawant to report cases tion isn’t as important as to the university. getting help to survivors of unjust actions.

The spots that the students vacated aren’t empty. They’re filled by professionals trained in sexual assault and Title IX cases.

It’s uncomfortable enough for some to just report a problem, but when other students know confidential things, it might make some not want to report cases to the university.

Removing students from the panel might make more people feel like their peers aren’t judging them and make them feel more comfortable coming forward. Removing students from the panel is removing a barrier to entry. When students are removed from the panel, more people will come forward because something that was preventing them from reporting an issue has been taken away.

Sometimes students aren’t always the most qualified for certain jobs. The student code of conduct adjudication panel deals with very serious cases and serious cases need to be dealt with by professionals who are qualified to make decisions about them. Students usually aren’t qualified for these jobs, and a lot of the staff at UT don’t have the training to deal with these issues. That is why professionals have been brought in to help.

Having professionals on the panel shows that UT is invested in better assisting those who have reported an issue and it adds seriousness to the issues brought up. UT’s hiring of people who are more informed and knowledgeable about these issues shows that they are trying to help everyone get the best care they can give. Having students on the panel who aren’t as knowledgeable could negatively influence the process.

Even though students are no longer on the panel, it is important to remember that helping the survivors of tragedy should be the main thought on everyone’s mind.

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Healing for the haunted

Have you ever had memories be something I can do to help this that seem to haunt you? Memories emotional pain. that may have been good, but when When it finally got too terrible for recalled, they bore themselves down me, I broke down. I finally got my into your heart and begin to answer. I had been eating in a dincause an ache. ing hall when my sadness The recollection of overwhelmed me. I was things that once made fighting back tears, quivme happy now seem ering in fear and shaking to leave a bitter taste in resistance to the tears in my mouth. I think that were welling up of people I knew, inside. When I couldn’t cared about, disliked hold it back anymore, I or just talked to a ran. I grabbed my book few times and I think bag and I booked it to of how different life my dorm where I broke seemed back then. down onto my knees. I I’m still under the finally released all the influence of this perhurt and pain in a flood sonal issue. It has been of tears. In doing so, I haunting me for years sought comfort in someand particularly the one very close to me.

IC COLUMNIST past three weeks. These After talking to that memories keep resurfacing and they person who deeply cared for me, I come in emotional waves of pain. could smile again. I could be happy. I I guess this emotional pain can be knew that the only way to cope with described as mourning for a world that my raging emotions were to face them I’ll never see again. Yes, a part of this head-on. I had been too blind within whole thing is that I miss my home. them to see the obviousness of that. In I miss my family and what few close thinking about it, I learned what it was friends I had. But the happiness I once that had gotten to me. had there just doesn’t seem as joyous “Emerging Adulthood” is what hapas it had been. If anything, it seems to pened. It’s a period between the ages make me feel bitter and spiteful. of 18-25 years old, in which the reality It’s as if the innocent fun I once had of adulthood overcomes the memory seemed to vanish and was replaced of adolescence. It’s when the brain with a harsh dose of reality. I cannot realizes it is time to transition into look back on my life the same way. I new memories. This occurs around the don’t like feeling like this, but there’s transition from high school to college, little else I can do. Is there? the workforce or whatever else occurs As much as I hate feeling this way, afterward. As I said previously, it is as if I feel that nothing can help it. The I am “mourning” for the old memories stress of college, family and my life in and fearful of what new memories I general is nearly tearing me apart. But may create. as sure as it aches, I know there must Upon recognizing this, I realized

DUSTIN JARRETT

what I should have seen from the beginning. I’m not as alone as I thought.

Everyone goes through this stage at some point, especially during college.

I might call it “Puberty: Round 2.”

The only way to go through this stage and cope with it is to face it head-on.

My longing for my home, family and friends mixed with my emotional disorders (major depression and severe bipolar) led to an extreme reaction to this new psychological development, thus leading to the emotional fear and pain that I felt on a large scale.

This happens to everyone, but not at the same time or in the same way. To some, it just occurs and they understand it and step up their game. To others, they breakdown and even drop out of school. When it happens to you, it may be difficult and terrifying. It’s a wave that you can either be drowned in or ride; it’s just up to you to find the surfboard. Even though I didn’t want to vent to anyone, even though I felt that my hurt would be dismissed as “hormones” or whatever, I did vent in my moment of weakness.

I broke down and ached inside. I then knew I had to tell someone. Don’t push yourself to that point. Don’t let it get to the point where you fall on your knees to search for that surfboard. Talk to friends, family, resident advisors (RAs), or counselors at the Counseling Center; they have a good program over there. As much as you may not want to, find someone to talk to who cares about you and your well-being. You’ll be grinning the next day if you do, trust me. Take care of yourselves and find happiness. Remember that there’s always someone who cares.

Dustin Jarrett is a first-year majoring in speech language pathology.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Why extend library hours?

This letter is in response to the article “Hours need to be added,” published on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 in The Independent Collegian.

This article attempts to persuade its readers as to why the library should be open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Its key argument is that “Dorms are not conductive to productivity. When roommates are not watching movies…they’re trying to sleep.” This may be true if someone lacks a studious roommate; however, on a campus with hundreds of honors students, this should not be an issue. Though this article does possess valid arguments, keeping the library open 24/7 is not a logical action that the Carlson Library should implement.

No logical reason exists to extend the library’s hours to such an extreme extent because the majority of people who attend the library sleep rather than study. The administration should not have to fund a free

motel for students. The author does not acknowledge this issue; rather the author merely attempts a sympathetic appeal, which, will not persuade the administration.

The author claims that, “Closing the library is akin to closing…the students’ office.” I personally know many seniors performing very well in school who have never used the library in their academic careers.

The author simply entices us to join the crowd, without providing true reasoning: “Successful universities, like OSU and Miami (Ohio), have libraries open 24/7. Since UT touts itself as an outstanding center of higher education, it should strive to operate like those universities.”

According to the author, in order to become successful, one must attend a university with 24/7 library access.

However, the quality of the school usually has nothing to do with the library’s hours.

Libraries are crucial for students, but are not as popular nowadays with the Internet and personal computers. The administration should not spend more money funding something not completely

used. These funds would most likely come from an increase in tuition; and I ask you, from one broke college student to another, is more debt worth an extension of library hours?

— Gianfranco Giuseppe Rolando, student

Alcohol-free tailgate — a logical way to tailgate Editor’s note: This letter to the editor is in response to the editorial “Alcohol-free tailgating illogical” published in the Independent Collegian on Oct. 1.

Life is full of choices, some easier than others. You can choose to view the cup half full or half empty, either way, it’s a choice. Just like students should have the choice if they want to tailgate with or without alcohol.

Those who choose to tailgate with alcohol should do so if they please

and those who do not want to be around students who are drinking should also have the opportunity to do so. Having an alcohol-free tailgate is not a “good intention,” it is a space where people do not have to be bombarded with peer pressure to drink.

Some people prefer not to be around others who drink because they are recovering alcoholics or have other health conditions that prevent them from being able to partake. Going to an event without alcohol helps them to avoid that awkward conversation.

Tailgating without alcohol does not mean condemning it, but rather a way to celebrate that you are awesome even when you are sober. There is nothing misguided about allowing students to have the freedom to choose between being around alcohol and not being around alcohol.

In respecting people’s decisions, having the opportunity to be alcohol-free at a tailgate should be a logical choice.

Furthermore the comparison between an alcohol-free tailgate and abstinence-only education is a strange way to make a point. Sex and

the use of alcohol are both choices, with sex you can choose to have it or not. You can also choose to be or not be around your friends while they are having sex. Alcohol use is also a choice, and if people want to use it that is fine, and if they want to abstain that is fine. The point is that an alcohol-free tailgate gives those who want it a choice. A choice to not be around a bunch of drunken college students.

In promoting that college students are independent thoughtful individuals who can look at an issue and make their own decisions, including having the opportunity to go to an alcoholfree tailgate is a completely logical choice. Which does not demonize or make either choice “evil”.

In going to college you should be learning to become your own person, with your own thoughts, beliefs, feelings and values. If you feel that you do not want to be around alcohol you should have a place that is designated to you and your values.

— Jessica Sloan, doctoral student in health education

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offered by the university in the past, was also brought to the floor.

On election days, the on-campus dorms are split into two locations — Hope Lutheran Church and Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens on Nebraska. Of the two, Hope Lutheran Church is significantly closer.

Unlike previous years, the resolution proposes busing to early-voting locations as well.

“This is something that the university has not done before, but was an idea that we have fought with,” Lynn said. “A lot of students do not have the availability or the time to go on Tuesday... we’re looking to have… the weekends, the Sunday before, to hopefully do what we can to try and get busing provided from here to the early vote location, which is located all the

way in downtown Toledo.”

Lynn said he thinks the busing is an important step in encouraging student voting. “[Students] are expecting the university to take

“[Students] are expecting the university to take care of them... It’s important to help everyone have access, so they can exercise one of the fundamental core tendencies of the American democracy.”

BEN LYNN SG senator

care of them, and this is one way the university does it, and they’ve done it in the past,” Lynn said.

“It’s important to help everyone have access, so they can exercise one of the fundamental core tendencies of the American democracy.”

Although the resolution passed, some senators voiced several objections, including questioning the relevance of the issue and budgeting issues.

“The busing resolution, in my eyes, is a waste of time,” Tallon said. “It is expensive to charter a bus, because you have to pay for everything, from the bus itself to the driver to the fuel to the insurance, everything. To do something for this when there’s TARTA available, when there is two different times you can go, when there is a lot of availability for it, I don’t see us needing to provide busing.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

UT men out to build off last season’s successes

Women open MAC play with loss to EMU

The University of Toledo women’s swimming and diving team fell short in their Mid-American Conference home opener against Eastern Michigan, losing 193-103 on Friday.

UT managed only six wins out of 16 events in the contest. Some notables for the Rockets in the meet were sophomore Rachael Hester and junior Mary Dombkowski, who finished first and second respectively in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Senior Maria Bargardi helped the effort with wins in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke.

In the diving portion of the meet, senior Allison Belcher was victorious for the first time this season, scoring 281.33 points in the three-meter dive and recording a runner-up performance in the one-meter dive.

UT will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 7, when they travel to take on Michigan State in East Lansing.

Volleyball falls to BGSU The UT volleyball team was defeated on the road by archrival Bowling Green on Friday in four sets, 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21). Both teams traded points throughout the entire match.

Junior Alex Hines assisted on 44 points, and she also contributed 14 digs and four kills with a .333 hitting percentage.

Toledo as a team accumulated a .215 attack percentage in the contest.

The Rockets, down two sets to nil, led the entire third set but fell four points short in the gamedeciding fourth match.

UT returns home next weekend for two MidAmerican Conference matches, the first against Western Michigan, which is scheduled for Oct. 31st beginning at 7 p.m. UT will finish the weekend the next day against Northern Illinois at 5 p.m.

Saturday.

Soccer team defeats Athens Redshirt freshman Isa Echeverri’s brace against Ohio University helped launch the Rockets to a 3-1 victory in Athens on Sunday. UT improved to 4-6-0 in the Mid-American Conference and 7-10-1 overall with the win.

Escheverri started off the scoring with a nasty free kick from 20 yards out, bending around the Ohio wall and sneaking the ball in the far post and giving the Rockets a 1-0 lead.

She would receive her brace in the second half off a UT corner kick.

Junior defender Megan Connor flicked on a header which found Echeverri who then found the back of the net to give UT a 2-0 lead. Junior midfielder Geri Siudzinski also found the back of the net with her goal giving UT a 3-0 lead.

OU would score late in the game on a penalty kick. Junior goalkeeper Sam Tiongson tallied five saves in her seventh win of the season.

The Rockets will wrap up their regular season on Thursday at Scott Park against Central Michigan. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.

It’s not Rocket science trivia A) Sophomore running back Kareem Hunt set a career high with 198 rushing yards in last Saturday’s Homecoming matchup with UMass. What was his previous best effort and who was it against?

B) Who was UT’s head football coach the last time the Rockets won a MidAmerican Conference title?

(Answers on page 7)

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“Losing Rian [Pearson,] we lost a great deal of energy — both positive and negative energy — but it was energy,” said Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk. “We’ve got some guys that have played with more energy and a sense of urgency.”

Sports Editor

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The University of Toledo men’s basketball team went 15-0 at home in 2013-2014, the first undefeated home record the Rockets have boasted since the 1966-1967 season. UT returns four starters from last year’s squad.

How do you replace Rian Pearson?

It is a simple question, but the answer might not come easy for the newest version of the University of Toledo men’s basketball team.

Statistically, the challenge is daunting enough. Pearson graduated with sole possession of sixth place in UT history with 1,589 points scored during his three-year career as a Rocket.

The three-time All-MidAmerican Conference guard led UT last season with 28 double-digit scoring games, contributing 498 points and leading the team to a schoolrecord 27 wins and Toledo’s eighth-ever MAC regular season title.

But Pearson’s contributions last season, as well as his absence this year, have to be measured by more than just stats.

“We just have to try to build on what we have now and just be the best team we can be.”

JUSTIN DRUMMOND UT senior guard

Even with other players stepping up, the Rockets understand that there are big shoes yet to be filled.

“You can never really replace guys like [Pearson],” said UT senior guard Justin

Drummond. “We just have to try to build on what we have now and just be the best team we can be.”

Fortunately for the Rockets, Pearson is the only starter they have to replace this season.

Drummond is back, as well as senior guard Juice Brown, senior forward J.D. Weatherspoon and junior center Nathan Boothe — all starters from the squad which last season posted an undefeated home record.

Behind those four men is where this UT squad really shows improvement over last year. The Rockets enter the 2014-2015 campaign with a lot of depth, enough that Kowalczyk predicted ten to eleven players taking the court for serious playing time each game this season.

“I think the pieces that we have gained are going to help See Men / 7 »

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Toledo women hoping to get back to winning ways

By Robert Hearons Associate Sports Editor

As college basketball season kicks off, it’s quite common for teams who finished the previous year on a high note to reference the success, using it as fuel for the upcoming season.

Not so for the University of Toledo women’s basketball team.

“I think this year is going to be different in many aspects,” said senior forward Inma Zanoguera. “We want to focus on being more consistent, we know we have the talent and potential to do well by the time Mid-American Conference season starts.”

After an up-and-down season last year, the Rockets reached the second round of the MAC conference tournament, a positive end to their .500 season. But this year brings a host of fresh new faces and a clean slate,

according to UT head coach Tricia Cullop.

“Because we have so many new parts we are kind of an unknown commodity,” she explained. “I think we’re kind of relishing in that because in years past people have always known what we had and I think this year people don’t know what to expect.”

“Because we have so many new parts we are kind of an unknown commodity.”

TRICIA CULLOP Women’s basketball coach

This year’s Rockets will have a particularly youthful look. The roster features ten underclassmen compared to just four upperclassman. And

these rookie Rockets also seem to take the roll of unknown commodity as a positive.

“It’s kind of fun because our team can go out and earn the opportunity to be considered one of the better teams,” Cullop said. “Every night we need to pay the price in order to gain some respect.

“We’re going to have to prove it every night by how we perform and how we get better in practice.”

With so many underclassmen in Rockets’ uniforms this season, it will be essential that leadership on and off the court be present. Cullop said even though the team may be young, there is certainly no shortage in leaders.

Zanoguera embraces the role of a leader and sees it as something that comes with being a veteran on the team.

“I feel they see me as a leader and I definitely see

JARED SIZEMORE / IC

The women’s basketball team returns seven letterwinners this season, two of which are starters. UT will also be younger this year, featuring seven newcomers to seventhyear head coach Tricia Cullop’s newest squad of players.

See Women / 7 »

CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL

Women compete at EMU

UT heads to Kent State

By Keith Boggs Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo women’s cross country team has had a really good couple of weeks.

The Rockets recently launched up the national rankings, all the way to No. 27. After a solid showing at the Adidas Invitational in Wisconsin, where UT defeated six nationallyranked teams, the Rockets made the jump 16 spots from No. 43.

UT is the only Mid-American Conference team to reach the national rankings this year, and they’re also the fifth highest team in the Midwest behind Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State.

“It’s national recognition,” said UT head coach Linh Nguyen. “Anytime the university can get national recognition, it’s a positive.”

The past few weeks have been big for the Rockets and they’re looking to continue that success.

Most recently, Toledo competed in the Eastern Michigan University Fall Classic as a tune-up for the MAC Championships. Even without a plethora of top runners, two members of the Rockets’ squad placed in the top 20 at the event.

Junior Sharon Morgan and senior Julia Pusateri followed each other across the finish line, placing 19th and 20th, respectively, out of 115 competitors.

“I feel like we’ve done well the past few weeks building momentum,” said senior runner Liz Weiler. “We’re hoping to be ready to peak at the right time; during the postseason.”

Toledo sat many key team members for the EMU Fall Classic so that they would be fresh for the beginning of the MAC Championships, which kick off next weekend.

“I feel like we had an OK performance,” Nguyen said of the Classic. “Our top nine or ten runners didn’t compete. We wanted to get some of the other runners in there and I felt like we improved from last week.”

The Rockets will now take their dominant finish to the regular season into postseason play.

“We’re confident, we expect to win the MAC,” Weiler said. “Winning the MAC is one step along the way to achieving our other goals.”

One roadblock to UT’s first goal may be the team that hosted the Rockets’ last regular season event.

“Eastern Michigan will be tougher than some of the other teams we’ve faced,” said senior runner Mackenzie Chorjnacky. “We know our abilities and should be fine if we keep doing what we’re doing.”

Confidence and consistency will be key for Toledo this weekend in the Championships. While being ranked nationally is a great measure for past success, UT’s head coach is aware that it won’t determine future triumphs.

“We’re confident, but we’ll have to be on our ‘A’ game,” Linh said. “Personally, the only ranking that matters to me is the result of our last meet.”

The Rockets kick off championship play on Saturday, Nov. 1, in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

By Blake Bacho Sports Editor

On paper it looks too easy.

The University of Toledo football team is undefeated in Mid-American Conference play this season, sitting pretty with a sterling 4-0 record atop the entire MAC. Kent State, Toledo’s next opponent, has not won a single MAC game in 2014. The Golden Flashes have only one victory so far this season, a thrashing of Army earlier in October.

“[Kent State is] a dangerous football team. Our kids know it ... it’s one game, four games left and you’ve got to win every one.”

MATT CAMPBELL UT head football coach

The Rockets lead the conference in scoring offense and total offense, and they are ranked second in rushing offense with the lethal one-two punch of freshman Terry Swanson and sophomore Kareem Hunt. Toledo’s defense has struggled — particularly the secondary — but that young unit ended last week’s Homecoming game with an interception with just seconds left on the clock to seal the win against the University of Massachusetts.

Kent State has the second-ranked passing defense in the MAC, but they cannot stop anyone on the ground,

sitting at 12th in the league against the run. The Golden Flashes are also middle-of-the-pack on offense.

Do you see where this is going yet?

“When you turn the film on with Kent State, you look at them and, yes, their record is a little bit where I’m sure they wouldn’t want to be,” said UT head coach Matt Campbell. “But I think what you see from this football team is they fight. They have been in most of their MAC games right to the end.”

Toledo’s next two opponents after Kent State are Northern Illinois and Bowling Green. The Huskies have been the only thing standing between the Rockets and the MAC West title for years, while the Falcons are Toledo’s archrivals.

In the football world, next Tuesday’s matchup with Kent State may be what is known as a trap game for UT, a matchup that players potentially overlook much to their later regret.

Campbell, however, insists his players will not make that common mistake. “[Kent State is] a dangerous football team,” he said. “Our kids know it, and that’s where us understanding that it is one game at a time, it’s one game, four games left and you’ve got to win every one. They’re no different than any team we face the rest of the way.”

The Golden Flashes don’t even have timing on their side. Toledo returned from their bye week to face UMass last Saturday with ten more days of rest and practice to prepare for Kent State.

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us immensely in many different areas,” said sophomore guard Jordan Lauf. “Guys stepping up, getting better over the summer, the freshmen coming in and helping us out, we’ve just got a lot of different guys that are willing to step up and fill [Pearson’s] shoes and be ready to fill big minutes.”

The main man tasked with taking Pearson’s place on the depth chart is Lauf ’s fellow sophomore guard Jon Jon Williams, who started a few times last season.

Williams, however, isn’t looking to replace Pearson.

Instead, he is looking to make his own mark on a team hunting for its first NCAA Tournament appearance in almost 30 years.

“Rian Pearson, he’s a great player,” Williams said. “He has a real high motor and I’m not sure too many people can fill the void [he left].

“My job is to just go in and play as best as I can play, give 110 percent night in and night out, do whatever the coach needs me to do to help get the win.”

Whether or not Williams’ 110 percent is enough to replace Pearson’s offensive production, the Rockets’ main goal for the new season is to improve on the other side of the ball.

According to Drummond, defense is what kept Toledo from winning the MAC Championship game and earning an automatic invitation to the NCAA Tournament.

“We have so many weapons offensively,” he explained.

“We try to just focus on things we are not great at, which is defense, and we have been getting a lot better.”

Defensive consistency will be key for Toledo this season, particularly in some of the more challenging nonconference games they have scheduled.

“Last year we had some good moments defensively; I just thought we were too inconsistent and simply just had too many mistakes,” Kowalczyk said. “It wasn’t from a lack of effort, it wasn’t from a scheme point of view it was just mistakes. We’ve got to correct those mistakes.”

Perhaps correcting those mistakes and replacing Pearson will be all that Toledo needs to not only get close like last year, but also finish what they want to accomplish this season.

“We had a very good season [last year] and obviously are very disappointed in how we played in the championship game, particularly in the second half,” Kowalczyk said. “It doesn’t diminish the type of season that we had.

I’m not happy with how we played for a fifteen-minute stretch, but overall in the season I think we got better.

“I think we learned from it and we are moving forward.”

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myself as a leader,” she said.

“It’s a 24/7 job and my teammates know they can come up to me for advice anytime and I’m very happy to offer them that and I’m very glad to see they trust me like that.”

The underclassman embrace the idea of a clean slate for the upcoming season, considering the majority weren’t even in a Rocket uniform last year. Freshman Michaela Rasmussen sees the fact that the team is so young as a perfect opportunity to build strong bonds.

“We’re developing really good chemistry among the team,” she said. “With the new offense we are just able to know what everyone else is going to do.

“We’re really fast and we have a lot of tall people this year.”

As a freshman, Rasmussen finds comfort in know-

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There are four more guaranteed games left on the Rocket football team’s 2014 season schedule. UT travels to Kent State next Tuesday, and a week later to Northern Illinois before returning home for a matchup against BGSU and finishing at Eastern Michigan.

ready to go,” Campbell said.

“Now I think you almost don’t have to dramatically shift it as much of practicing your young guys. You can still focus on your older guys and kind of do a really good job of taking care of some detail things we can take care of from last week’s game and certainly preparing for a Kent State football team which again will be a good challenge for us.”

Campbell’s players agree that Kent State provides a challenge, and they aren’t looking past the Golden Flashes, if only because they know their winning streak paints a bulls-eye on each and every UT helmet.

“We are used to having a target on us; we’re Toledo,” said junior defensive tackle Orion Jones. “When we watch film we know they aren’t going to play like they play everybody else.

We’re going to get their

Lawsuit

Apartheid wall

ALEX CAMPOS / IC

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their fields replaced and a new bullpen backstop built, while the female softball team received neither of these things despite requests, according to the suit.

In a statement released on Thursday, Oct. 23 by UT via email said, “While we are unable to comment on pending litigation, we can say that The University of Toledo is committed to gender equality for all student-athletes and athletic programs. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply not true.”

In response to UT’s statement, Zawacki said, “The University of Toledo has a male-dominated athletic department that hires fewer female coaches, pays lower salaries and awards shorter contracts to those women.

[The university] then terminated Coach Beyster for challenging the male-dominated leadership of the athletic department by voicing her objections and advocating for gender equity.”

According to the suit, the

“Both the women and male coaches had locker rooms, but the University assigned the referees and umpires to use the women coaches’ locker room. Male referees and umpires walked in on every female coach, and at least three female coaches were nude when a referee or umpire walked in.”

TARRAH BEYSTER Lawsuit complaint

male team was allowed to keep the revenue from renting the fields, whereas the female team had to turn over their earnings to Facilities.

The complaints extended to criticize funding and staffing for the teams as well.

The male team was allowed to have a full-time graduate assistant while the softball team was allowed to keep their graduate assistants for up to two years.

According to the suit, Beyster had a nepotism rule which favors employment enforced against her by the university after her request to hire a student as a volunteer coach was denied.

When it was time to renovate the field to be incompliance with NCAA requirements, the softball team had to raise almost all the money to do so themselves, which ended up being $103,000 over three years, the suit said.

Beyster said the disparity extended to her personal situation as well. Male coaches received multi-year contracts but Beyster herself was not offered one.

She was also the lowest paid head softball coach in the MidAmerican Conference and never received a raise in the five years she worked at UT. Beyster said she gave a copy of the article “Coaches’ salaries show wide gender disparity in MAC” to Kelly Andrews, senior associate athletics director, but was ignored.

A complaint concerning locker rooms was another issue listed in the suit.

“Both the women and male coaches had locker rooms, but the university assigned the referees and umpires to use the women coaches’ locker room,” according to the complaint file.

“Male referees and umpires walked in on every female coach, and at least three female coaches were nude when a referee or umpire walked in.”

Beyster said she was not met with an adequate response, according to the suit.

“In response to her complaints, [she] was subjected to overt and subtle retaliation, a hostile work environment, and continued discrimination,” the suit said.

In the suit, she said an investigation was launched against her without her being properly informed, and was represented as a ‘friendly conversation’ by

“The University of Toledo has a male-dominated athletic department that hires fewer female coaches, pays lower salaries and awards shorter contracts to those women.

[The university] then terminated Coach Beyster for challenging the maledominated leadership of the athletic department by voicing her objections and advocating for gender equity.”

Amy Zawacki Attorney

Andrews, and Kevin West, the senior director of faculty relations and inclusion officer.

“Almost immediately upon her start at the university, Coach Beyster recognized the glaring inequalities between the men’s and women’s athletic programs, generally, and the softball and baseball programs, specifically,” the suit said on Beyster’s employment in 2009.

In November of 2013, Beyster attended an unannounced disciplinary hearing.

At the end of the hearing, she was found guilty of insubordination. According to the suit, when given the choice to be terminated or resign with 90 days’ pay, she chose to resign.

ing that she can seek many teammates and coaches for advice.

“You’re going to see a much better shooting team this year.

You’re going to see a team that’s a lot deeper.”

TRICIA CULLOP Women’s basketball coach

“The really great thing about this team is I feel comfortable going up to anybody that’s older than me,” she said. “I have really good relationships with all of them.”

One young player, sophomore forward Janice Monokana, has been hard at work crafting her game, and has caught the attention of her head coach.

best so we are kind of used to it.

“The main thing we are focused on is we’re not worried about the caliber of the team. We’re just worried about making us the best we can be.”

Improving on the defensive side of the ball will be crucial for Toledo, evident by the unit’s performance last weekend against UMass’ pass-happy offense.

The Rockets were finding their way to Minutemen quarterback Blake Frohnapfel all afternoon, but the senior signal caller was still finding ways to unleash his arm. Frohnapfel finished with 438 yards passing and five touchdowns.

“You play the game of defense, athletes, they’re Division I players also, so they’re going to make plays,” Jones said. “That’s where we have been maturing on the defensive side. We were able to stay calm even when things weren’t going our way. I was happy we were able to pull out the victory.”

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“[Janice] shows a lot of confidence,” Cullop said.

“She was always a great driver, but now she’s really improved her outside shot which will open up a lot of things for our team.”

Of course all eyes are on improving from last year, even if the players and coaches don’t want to reference what happened last season.

“The overall skill of our team, we’ve got a lot of people who can shoot, pass and handle the ball,” Cullop said.

“Not only that, but having a little bit more length that we had in years past we can post up a lot of kids. We did not shoot the ball well last year “You’re going to see a much better shooting team this year. You’re going to see a team that’s a lot deeper.

We had some kids that were running on fumes last year because they had to play so many minutes and now we can give them some rest.”

For the Rockets to win this week against Kent State, the focus will need to remain on adding a win no matter who Toledo is facing.

“It doesn’t matter to me who I play; I just want to get better week after week,” Jones said. “If someone isn’t that good, I’m still not going to take them lightly. Anything can happen out there on the field so I’m just focused on [myself] and the defense.

“The team, we are just focused on us, making sure we come out with the victory.”

The Rockets kick off at Kent State on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m.

It’s not Rocket science trivia answers (from page 6) A) Hunt rushed for 186 yards vs. Buffalo on Nov. 12, 2013.

B) Tom Amstutz led UT to a MAC Championship in 2004 with a 9-4 overall record (7-1 in the MAC).

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show students what it was like to have to go through the barrier. As students walked past, members of SJP asked to see their IDs and gave them a short description of the wall and what was happening in Palestine and Israel. Afterwards, the students were asked if they would like to sign their petition.

The goal of the petition is to get the university to divest from Rolls-Royce and some other companies it currently invests in.

“Rolls-Royce, you may know them for their cars, but they also make weapons, which are then sold to Israel and are used in their campaigns,” said Derek Ide, a graduate student in the history department and president of SJP. “Basically, what we are asking for is for the university to divest from corporations which are complicit in the occupation which violate human rights and international law.”

According to Ide, this was the third year SJP has done this, although this was the biggest wall they’ve had to date.

“We’ve had overwhelming support for the cause on campus,” Ide said. “We’ve only been open for an hour and we’ve gotten a lot of signatures already.”

During the South African apartheid in the 80s, students

“What we hope to accomplish is just to inform people of what is going on in Israel and Palestine and what is happening to the Palestinians.

It’s just nice to show support for people that are being oppressed.”

MAXIE RATANASRI SJP member

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Students for Justice in Palestine set up an apartheid wall and asked students for their signatures at a petition outside of the Student Union on Oct. 23.

here asked the university to remove their investments from anything supporting that, which they did. This is what the SJP is hoping to accomplish with their own petition.

“We’re not just about Palestine, we’re about any country where injustices occur,” Sarsour said.

Maxie Ratanasri, a community member and a new member of the SJP, was excited to be a part of the event.

“What we hope to accomplish is just to inform people of what is going on in Israel and Palestine and what is happening to the Palestinians,” Ratanasri said. “It’s just nice to show support for people that are being oppressed.”

Logan Anderson, a thirdyear education major, was one of the students who signed the petition.

“I signed the petition because one of the women gave me some solid information on what’s going on, so I decided that if I could help, I would,” Anderson said. “Especially since it was as simple as just signing my name.”

She also said that although this was her first time hearing of this matter, she hopes they can make some sort of change for the Palestinians.

Cinque Anderson, a fourth-year exercise science major was also an advocate

for the SJP petition.

“Personally, I wouldn’t want that kind of stuff happening to me or the people that I support, so I think that it shouldn’t be happening to anybody,” Cinque Anderson said. “I actually learned about this situation from [SJP] and I hope they get the word out.”

Cinque Anderson said he hopes SJP can make a change and that they can get more people involved.

“Above all, above any money that you will ever really have, human life is worth a lot more than that.”

NADEEN SARSOUR SJP member

SJP was looking for a total of 100 votes, according to Ide. Even though the wall and petition were only set up for a few hours on Thursday, he said the group managed to get over 200 signatures.

“What we are saying here is simply that we don’t agree with the university investing in these corporations,” Sarsour said. “Above all, above any money that you will ever really have, human life is worth a lot more than that.”

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Thursday, Oct. 30

7 p.m. -- UT Symphony Orchestra performs at Doermann Theatre. The show will have a Halloween theme. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

Friday, Oct. 31

1:30 p.m. -- Jazz piano master class Guy Mintus performs at the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall. He is a recipient of awards from ASCAP, Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Society and UT Jazz. Admission is free.

Friday-Sunday Oct. 31 - Nov. 2

7:30 p.m. -- “The Adding Machine” UT Department of Film and Theatre presents “The Adding Machine” in Center Theatre. The play is $7 for students, $10 for staff and faculty and $12 for the general public. On Sunday the play will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 7 6 p.m. -- The Mill Magazine hosts a reading at the Memorial Field House Room 1310. There will be free food and drinks.

The Mill is a magazine composed of students’ creative writing. For more information visit their blog, themillmagazine.blogspot.com Sunday, Nov. 9 3 p.m. -- All Steinway Concert will be performed at the UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.

Pianists on the concert include Frances Renzi, Dr. Michael Boyd, Robert Ballinger, members of the Toledo Piano Teachers Association, UT Music alumni, students and faculty performing on two Steinway concert grand pianos.

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ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT

WRAPPING UP TOLEDO UT students donate blankets to those in need

By Joe Heidenescher Associate Community Editor

Old or new, red, green or blue, any blanket will do — at least according to Egor Antipov, the co-chair of Wrap Up Toledo, an annual event at the University of Toledo that collects blankets for the homeless.

This year the event will be on Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Health Education Building.

“The actual event is about collecting blankets and then delivering them to all of the local homeless shelters….

We are trying to help out all those people in need as much as possible and make a positive impact on the community around us,” Antipov said.

Students and student organizations are encouraged to participate in Wrap Up Toledo and make a positive difference according to Ellison Roselle, a fourth-year health administration major and co-chair of Wrap Up Toledo.

“It’s an easy way to get involved,” Roselle said. “Wrap Up Toledo is a simple but effective way to give back.”

Wrap Up Toledo is an interactive event where students and their organizations collect blankets to donate and participate in events to win prizes.

Antipov, a fourth-year chemical engineering major, said the main feature of the event will be a fortbuilding competition and the student organization with the best blanket fort will win a trophy.

The students will construct blanket forts out of the blankets they’ve donated. According to Antipov there will also be a variety of other challenges to win more blankets for their forts.

“This sort of competition gives students the opportunity to have a friendly competition while also being able to lend a helping hand to a wonderful organization,” said Tyler Somerfelt, a fifth-year bioengineering major and president of Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, in an email interview.

COURTESY OF WRAP UP TOLEDO

Students clean up blankets after building blanket forts during last year’s Wrap Up Toledo. Over 1,600 blankets were donated to local homeless shelters, and this year’s goal is 2,500.

Mortar Board is the student organization that is responsible for Wrap Up Toledo every year.

“The founder of Wrap Up America, Harlan Joelson, is from Toledo and he started this organization back in 1993,”

donate to Wrap Up America online.

“If you show proof of three blanket donations online … you can receive a free pizza or a free sub,” Roselle said.

Besides a DJ and free food, Antipov said the event will also feature UT faculty and staff from local shelters speaking about the importance of collecting blankets.

“Recently, we’ve all been

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Roselle said.

According to Antipov, in the past 21 years of the event, the most blanket donations they received were 1,900; this year the goal is to raise 2,500.

In addition to donating physical blankets on the day of the event, Roselle said that students can donate money for blankets online.

Roselle said students can win prizes from Jimmy John’s or Papa John’s if they

What: Wrap Up Toledo Where: Gym courts in Health Education Building When: Saturday, Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m.

Sponsored by: Mortar Board Senior Honor Society What to bring: blankets to donate to homeless shelters

witnesses of extremely cold weather during the winter, especially last winter. According to all the weather predictions, this winter is going to be

even worse,” Antipov said.

Somerfelt said any extra warmth that can be provided will help.

“The fact that the homeless population of Toledo is located generally close to campus helps the cause hit close to home,” Somerfelt said. “As students, it is nice to have the opportunity to give back to the community surrounding campus and this year will offer a new experience following the event.”

Roselle said this year she plans to work with other students to physically deliver and interact with the homeless people she will be helping.

“It’s a philanthropy that hits close to home for some people; I mean, it’s local…. It’s nice to do things locally and know where it’s going,” Roselle said.

Somerfelt said that 13 new organizations have signed up to participate in Wrap Up Toledo this year for the first time.

“All of the student organizations here on campus, they are the ones who make this event successful; without them I don’t think we could possibly have a successful event,” Antipov said.

Somerfelt said that student organizations have begun working in collaboration with Wrap Up Toledo.

“I think that the donations will have a large impact, especially with a new partnership with the Bridge, a student organization which makes PB&J sandwiches and passes them out to the homeless in downtown Toledo,” Somerfelt said. “This year we plan to travel downtown with them and hand out the blankets and sandwiches at the same time.”

Antipov said it is amazing to see how useful a blanket donation can be.

Roselle said they have already received 900 blanket donations online.

“It’s not hard to find three dollars out of your pocket to donate a blanket, even if you have old blankets at home — it’s so simple,” Roselle said.

To donate blankets online visit wrapupamerica.org and follow @wrapuptoledo on Twitter.

NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH

Students write novels during November

By Josie Schreiber Staff Reporter

For those with “write a book” on their bucket list, November will mark another year of National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo. Carlson Library will be celebrating NaNoWriMo throughout November with a series of write-ins and a celebration for writers at the beginning of December.

Ruth Jacobs, library media technical assistant 2 and a host for this year’s UT NaNoWriMo, said the writeins are mainly opportunities for writers to get together.

“These are not writing classes, just time and space with like-minded people in which to unleash your imagination,” Jacobs said.

The only thing participants need to bring to the write-ins is a laptop if they have one, or a pen and paper.

“For those who are timid about others reading their work, there is no need to worry,” Jacobs said. “You may share with the world or keep your novel totally private, the choice is yours.”

NaNoWriMo was started in 1999 by writer Chris Baty in California. He said on the official website about 140 people joined in on the first event.

That number has grown to 310,095 people in 595 regions on six continents, according to Jacobs.

Carlson Library first got involved in NaNoWriMo in 2013.

“I had attended a conference in July and heard about NaNoWriMo for the first time,” Jacobs said. “It piqued my interest so much that I asked my director if we

could host NaNoWriMo in the library.”

Last year was Jacobs’ first time hosting and writing in NaNoWriMo. “I did finish my word count, but have not done any editing,” Jacobs said.

“This year I feel I have a better understanding of the process and potential pitfalls, so hopefully I will be more motivated to see the editing phase through.”

The word count goal participants are encouraged to reach is 50,000 words, or 1,600 words per day.

“Simply completing a goal like this can be very gratifying and good for the self-esteem,” said Lucy Duhon, library faculty department chair.

NaNoWriMo kicked off Oct. 28 with an informational meeting where attendees were shown how to sign up — something that anyone can still do. Jacobs said the host’s job during NaNoWriMo is to provide support and encouragement, offer tips and tricks and try to make everyone comfortable.

“Our most visible time is during the informational meeting,” Jacobs said. “Other than that, we pretty much step out of the way and let people write.”

Lisa Meyer, also a library media technical assistant 2 and committee member with Jacobs, said her first experience was frustrating for a few unforeseen reasons: her laptop broke down, so she could only work on her writing from campus or on pen and paper.

“Since I already felt doomed, my perfectionism kicked in,

Write-in dates Saturday, Nov. 1: Kick-off session Tuesday, Nov. 4: Second writing session Tuesday, Nov. 11: Third writing session Tuesday, Nov. 18: Fourth writing session Tuesday, Nov. 25: Fifth writing session Monday, Dec. 1: Closing celebration All sessions will take place in Carlson Library Room 2010.

which is a quick way to kill creativity,” Meyer said.

Meyer’s advice to participants is to wait to edit until NaNoWriMo is over and not to expect a “perfect” process.

This is Meyer’s second time participating as both a committee member and writer.

Duhon said that many pub-

lished novels got their start at NaNoWriMo. “Carlson Library recently acquired some, but it’s hard to keep them on the shelves,” she said.

Among the books in Carlson library is “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, a novel about a 90-year-old man looking back on his memories

of working in the circus.

“It may seem odd, but a synergy develops when people are writing together in the same room,” Jacobs said. “It is quiet except for the tapping of keys, yet the creativity in the room is almost tangible.”

Duhon said that the NaNoWriMo committee is hoping to have an instructor from one of the academic departments on campus join them for a special guest session.

“This would be someone who has ‘been there,’” Duhon said. “Someone who has actually published a creative work and who can offer insight and advice to students about the reality of completing a novel and seeing it through to publication.”

Duhon said the members of the NaNoWriMo committee don’t want UT students to neglect their schoolwork while participating and that writing has to come after all other obligations.

“The main point of NaNoWriMo is to teach aspiring writers that in order to complete a novel, you have to set aside time to write every day,” Duhon said.

“Even if that is first thing in the morning before you leave for school.”

Jacobs said she believes we all have a desire to create, and writing is an art form that takes only your time and effort.

“You don’t need any expensive tools or equipment,” Jacobs said. “Just your imagination.”

Ben Stroud, assistant professor in the department of English at UT and author of “Byzantium: Stories,” said NaNoWriMo can give students writing practice to build on.

“One of the most important aspects of writing is simply sitting down and doing it,” Stroud said. “NaNoWriMo gives you an occasion to do just that.”

Stroud’s advice to participants is to “think about how you can use the schedule you start here going forward.”

“Your story has value, even if you write it only for yourself. It should be written before it fades away.”

RUTH JACOBS Library Media Technical Assistant 2

“NaNoWriMo can be a way to jump-start your writing,” he said. “A way for you to figure out how to write regularly around your normal life and then take that forward into the months and years that follow if writing is something you’re serious about.”

Meyer said she is surprised to discover how fun it is to wait all year for NaNoWriMo to “nurture her fantasy of becoming a successful and respected and deeply interesting novelist while becoming independently wealthy, rich and famous and living off the royalties while hiding away in a mountain cave producing her next epic work.”

“Your story has value, even if you write it only for yourself,” Jacobs said. “It should be written before it fades away.”

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 | The Independent Collegian | ENGLISH LECTURE

Annual lecture to reshape students’ world perceptions

By Anna Glore Staff Reporter

Every year, University of Toledo students have the opportunity to engage with contemporary scholars.

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, the department of English Language and Literature will host the 25th annual Richard M. Summers Lecture in Libbey Hall from 56:15 p.m. featuring author Vijay Prashad.

“I think Dr. Prashad is a very interesting choice for this series, quite different from many of our previous speakers. His work speaks to widely-debated issues, rather than being of primarily scholarly interest, and he is at a very dynamic stage of his career.”

ANDREW MATTISON English department professor and associate chair

The event is free and open to the public. There will also be a reception and a book signing to follow.

“We’re not 100 percent sure what he is going to talk about, but our understanding is, from the title that he gave us, ‘Letter From a Wound: The World We Live In Today,’ is that he is going to address some temporary happenings in the world around us, and then help us think through why it is important for stu-

dents to be engaged in the world around them, open up their horizons a little bit, and be more aware as global citizens,” said Parama Sarkar, an assistant professor in the department of English Language and Literature.

Sarkar said students will benefit in listening to Prashad’s ideas because it will enhance the reading of literary texts.

“My assumption is that people in history, sociology, political science, international studies, even the law students, who have any interest whatsoever in contemporary politics and contemporary social situation would benefit tremendously,” Sarkar said.

Professors in the English department feel that the speaker will impact students.

“I think Dr. Prashad is a very interesting choice for this series, quite different from many of our previous speakers. His work speaks to widely-debated issues, rather than being of primarily scholarly interest, and he is at a very dynamic stage of his career,” said Andrew Mattison, a professor and associate chair of the English department, in an email interview.

According to Mattison, the English department has been working to bring in younger scholars to speak at the Summers Lectures in order to better relate to students.

Mattison said Prashad is primarily a historian, which is new for the lecture considering that past speakers have had associations with English literature and language.

“Dr. Prashad’s work is devoted to the conflicts and imbalances that the less affluent parts of the world are subject to,” Mattison said. “As we work to broaden the curriculum to include more contempo-

VIJAY PRASHAD

rary, global literature, that context is extremely important for understanding the experiences of writers and readers outside of the Anglo-American milieu that governed our courses a generation ago.”

Prashad is an author of over 15 books, as well as a social historian, and a professor of international studies at Trinity College in Connecticut.

“He’s very well-versed in international politics, issues of race, class, gender and often what a lot of my colleagues and me teach in our classes, it is a lot of reading the texts, but also understanding the contexts within which the literature is produced,” Sarkar said.

Sarkar said the Summers Lecture comes from an endowed fund.

“We have featured very well-known speakers, Sarkar, “we are just continuing that trajectory by bringing someone that we think would be very influential in shaping how our students think.”

By Abigail Sullivan Staff Reporter

University of Toledo students are being challenged to black out their campus.

SEED (Sustainability, Energy, Efficiency and Design), is an initiative at UT that encourages students to conserve energy.

“We’re just trying to build sustainability across campus, it’s larger than just me, it’s the faculty that do sustainability-focused research, and student organizations that are doing projects,” said Brooke Mason, the sustainability specialist.

BROOKE MASON Sustainablitiy specialist

BlackoUT is an annual energy conservation competition that is held between the residence halls on campus and one of the programs SEED is responsible for.

“The whole month of November, each resident

The Jesup Scott Honors College will host Crystal Bowersox on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

Bowersox, a Toledo native, was a contestant on American Idol. She placed second on her season and has since signed record deals and produced two studio albums She will be speaking at Doermann Theatre about “Converstations in Real Time.”

Free tickets are available for students who claim them before Oct. 31.

In order to claim tickets, students must present ID at the College of Communication and the Arts Department offices.

Tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis.

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What: Richard M. Summers Lecture Where: Libbey Hall When: Nov. 5 from 56:15 p.m.

Sponsored by: Department of English Language and Literature

Residence halls cut the lights to conserve energy

“Between understanding the importance of energy conservation and having little habits, this is hopefully something that will last longer than just the month of November.”

Crystal Bowersox to speak Nov. 4

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hall competes against each other,” Mason said.

“Whoever can reduce the most [energy] from last year’s numbers, Nov. 1-30, wins.”

The energy saved is measured by percent, allowing for an even competition between the residence halls.

International House won last year, saving 23.27 percent more energy than they did during the same time last year. In second place was Presidents Hall with 13.82 percent saved, and in third was Academic House with 2.19 percent saved.

Madeline Shaffer, a second-year communication major, participated in the event last year.

“It’s all about the little things,” Shaffer said.

“Throughout the month I took shorter showers, watched less TV and turned the air on low at night.”

Residence halls provide incentives for participating in the event.

IN BRIEF

Last year Presidents Hall hosted a movie night that invited residents to turn off electronic devices in their rooms to watch a movie together. Over 25 people participated in this event.

This year, Presidents Hall will be holding glowin-the-dark bowling and glow-in-the-dark yoga.

“It’s an opportunity for residents to come out and immerse themselves in the Presidents Hall community,” said Colleen Flanigan, graduate assistant hall director of Presidents Hall.

BlackoUT starts Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

Every resident is welcome to participate by conserving as much energy as possible.

“Between understanding the importance of energy conservation and having little habits, this is hopefully something that will last longer than just the month of November,” Mason said.

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