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Student Government

Online system to be implemented by spring 2015 Front end and back end

By Colleen Anderson Staff Reporter

With the introduction of online program OrgSync, significant changes are in the works for how student life at the University of Toledo is organized.

Blackboard for student life

Upgrades at the Rec Pool tables, new weight equipment, and a new gender-neutral bathroom were added to the Rec this semester.

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“The success of this hiring plan can and will either make or break a student’s academic career.”

Editorial Five points to note Opinion / 4 »

OrgSync is a Webbased system designed for organizing and keeping track of student life on college campuses. The OrgSync website said it creates an online community that can be tailored for each user.

OrgSync’s website also said their product “helps [the client] connect and engage with the populations you serve, improves information shar-

ing, minimizes paper usage, tracks co-curricular involvement, and allows [the client] to generate reports on all data collected for annual reports and accreditation.”

Clayton Notestine, Student Government president, said OrgSync is going to be the new online alternative to

the “old paper-and-pen version of organizing student life.”

“OrgSync is essentially the BlackBoard, but for student life,” he said. “It takes a lot of the process for interacting and doing paperwork or your dayto-day operations and makes it electronic, puts it online.”

Notestine said OrgSync is a program that both students and staff of the university will be able to utilize.

“OrgSync is both a front end and a back end; the front end is what the students interact with, it’s everything from having a website for your organization to having online rosters,” Notestine said.“If you’re a student organization president, it’s what allows you to keep track of your membership. On the back end, it’s everything that the University of Toledo staff has to do, whether that be reserving a room, or renewing documents or updating liability forms.”

Tamika Mitchell, dean of students and SG’s See OrgSync / 5 »

Monster BASH celebrates Halloween with games

Student Government debates, tables bill about parking passes Heated debate broke out during a discussion of a proposed bill that would allow students to put the money owed for parking tickets toward the purchase of a parking permit.

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Students play Betrayal at House on the Hill, a supernatural mystery thriller where one player turns against the investigation team to thwart their search. Other games were also played at Monster BASH on Oct. 31, an annual event hosted by UT-BASH.

Carlson Library

Extended library hours expected for finals

By Katelyn Montgomery Staff Reporter

Overnight library usage data from the last two weeks show early-week lows and late-week highs.

In the first extended-hour week, the least amount of students came in Sunday night with a total of 114 students and the most students came Thursday night with a total of 174 students.

The second extendedhour week also had the least amount of students on Sunday night, but inconclusive data prevented a chance for a similar conclusion in the second week.

Data was collected during the trial hours of midnight to 7 a.m. from Oct. 19-23 and again from Oct. 26-30.

Failure to notify a library staff member who was supposed to count students in the library on Oct. 30 altered data for the second extendedhour week, according to Provost and Interim Director of University Libraries Marcia King-Blandford and Senior Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Margaret Traband.

While numbers of students were reported, scanned reports – or names of students who used their RocketCards to get into the library during extended hours – have yet to be received.

King-Blandford said students were counted with both scan reports and headcounts.

“If you were in there before midnight and you just went into the first floor, you would probably be counted in these numbers,” she said. “If you came in after 12 a.m., it used scanned reports.”

King-Blandford said how important the scanned reports are not just in terms of numbers, but safety as well.

“It’s important to us because it tells us who’s denied access, so people who are trying to get into the building that shouldn’t be getting into the building,” she said. “So See Library hours / 3 »

Presidential Address

Naganathan highlights faculty hiring plan, student retention and other topics

By Katelyn Montgomery Staff Reporter

Mid-2000s are back Black Student Union is holding a philanthropy comedy show featuring UT students in a rendition of MTV’s Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out TV show on Nov. 12. community / 7 »

UT begins weekday series with trip to Kent State The Rockets entered the final four-game stretch of the their season Tuesday by putting their undefeated conference record on the line with a trip to Kent State.

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Interim President Nagi Naganathan addresses this academic year’s initiatives at the State of the University Address.

University of Toledo Interim President Nagi Naganathan — along with commentary from various UT administration, faculty and Student Government representatives — unveiled and addressed this academic year’s initiatives at the 2014 State of the University Address Oct. 29.

UT anticipated a disproportionately large amount of retirements due to changes in the state pension system, according to Naganathan. Thus, a new faculty-hiring plan has been initiated under the leadership of Interim Provost John Barrett.

Barrett spoke about this plan via video during the address.

“The most important thing about this process is of course that we hire excellent faculty because faculty are the life-blood of this institution, and if we do this right, it’ll have a positive impact for twenty or thirty years,” he said.

Barrett said all of the lines they authorize will be open for three years, so departments get their top choice in faculty members. He said they may hire about 50 people for next year.

Naganathan said enrollment is important for financial sustainability and diversity at the university.

“Even more important is the value of a

large, diverse student body, which makes the university a vibrant learning community,” Naganathan said.

In recognition of the increasing diversity, he expanded the membership of the president’s council on diversity.

Naganathan also introduced an enrollment goal for fall 2015.

“If you don’t live on the edge, you are taking up entirely too much space,” he said. “In that spirit, today, I am publicly announcing an aggressive enrollment goal of 400 additional students for next fall.”

Students should have direct access to the Office of the President and likewise the president should have contact with the students, according to Naganathan.

The Division of Student Affairs now directly reports to the Office of the President and a new program, Walk with the President, was created.

According to SG Vice President Ali Eltatawy, who spoke on video during Naganathan’s presentation, the newly created Walk with the President program is for Naganathan to engage with students.

Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Kaye Patten Wallace also spoke on video, and See Address / 5 »

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Flu shots to be given Nov. 5

Flu shots will be given at the Law Center on Nov. 5 from 1-5 p.m. in the SLK lounge.

Register for a flu shot by filling out the registration form on the UT website. The form will be located under Community Health/ Health and Wellness/ Influenza Vaccine Registration.

For more information contact the Law Center at 419-530-4131.

CISP informational session to be held Nov. 5 The Center for International Studies and Programs will be holding an information session Nov. 5 from 3-4 p.m. in Snyder Memorial.

The session will cover Education Abroad, the National Student Exchange, Camp Adventure and the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

For more information, email cisp@utoledo.edu or call 419-530-5268.

Tropical Smoothie Café to open Nov. 7 Toledo will become home to the 400th Tropical Smoothie Café in the nation, Nov. 7.

There will be giveaways the entire day and the first 95 people will be leaving with a prize.

The first five people will receive an iPad Mini, a $25 gift card and a voucher for one free smoothie per week for a year. The next twenty people will receive a gift card and a voucher. The 70 people that follow will receive a voucher for a free smoothie or food item.

The café will be located at 5221 Monroe Street.

Gradkowski’s to accept Rocket Card Gradkowski’s will soon accept the Rocket Card for students. Everything should be up and running

by Nov. 7, according to former UT quarterback and restaurant owner Bruce Gradkowski.

“We want students to come make Gradkowski’s their hang out,” Gradkowski said. “Lunch, dinner, late night snack, after studying or whatever!”

He said students should not worry about what they are wearing and instead just get a “good homecooked meal feel!”

Piano concert to be held Nov. 9 The Center for Performing Arts will be hosting a piano concert Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. in the recital hall.

The concert will host pianists performing Spanish-inspired classical musical and two piano pieces. The performers include alumni, staff and current students of the Department of Music.

For more information, contact Angela Riddel at 419-530-2452.

Substance abuse seminar to take place Nov. 10 The Law Center will be holding a Substance Abuse Seminar on Nov. 10 from 5 - 6 p.m. in the auditorium.

The seminar will be presented by Scott Mote, the Executive Director of Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program. The seminar is required for all Ohio Bar Applicants.

For more information, contact Kate O’Connell at Kate.OConnell@ utoledo.edu or call 419530-2937.

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STUDENT RESOURCE UPGRADE

Upgrades at the Rec New equipment, renovations and genderneutral bathroom update Rec Center options

By Trevor Stearns and Emily Johnson Staff Reporter and Associate News Editor

The Student Recreation Center saw many upgrades this past summer and at the beginning of this semester, including pool tables, new weight equipment, and a new gender-neutral bathroom.

“We started this work during the shutdown, you know, right before school starts, and just completed it about two weeks ago,” said Nancy Burhans, associate director of the Rec Center.

“We just had a lot of old equipment and the vice president was able to find some funding for us.”

Among the upgrades were more than 20 new pieces of weight equipment, new weight pads, window cleanings, pool tables, reparations of broken lockers, new paint and new tiling, according to Burhans.

“Throughout the year, we will repair the items that break and replace them with something similar or newer,” said Steve Hardy, assistant director of operations and marketing. “At the end of the year then, with whatever money we have left or set aside, we will buy new equipment, depending on the need and the space or what is old and what might be trending.”

Most of the students have given positive feedback on the new machines. One such student is Kimberly Kaniadakis, a third-year marketing and organizational leadership major.

“What we usually do is that any time that we get new

equipment, we usually put one or two out just to kind of see if everyone likes them,” Kaniadakis said. “Sometimes we even have a survey box next to them so people can rate them on if they like it, if they like the older ones better to see if we should invest in more of that machine.”

Some students, however, are still on the fence about the new equipment, such as Jessica Kukay, a fourth-year biology major.

“I like the machines for the most part, they took out some of the ones I really liked,” Kukay said.

“The pec fly machine is really awkward to use, too.”

She was glad the Rec Center has new equiment and that there is a big improvement in quality between the new and the old machines.

One of the biggest additions to the Rec Center this year, according to Burhans, is the gender-neutral family locker room and restroom.

“We started this work during the shutdown, you know, right before school starts, and just completed it about two weeks ago.”

NANCY BURNS Associate Director of the Student Recreation Center

“About a year ago, we had a student who was transitioning genders, and he said to us that there was

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Jessica Kukay, a fourth-year majoring in biology, added the new leg curl machine as an update to her workout routine. The machine was one of many new pieces of the equipment available for use at the Rec that have been added since summer.

no locker room facility for someone like that and that it was uncomfortable to be changing clothes in either of the restrooms,” Burhans said. “It took us awhile, you know, because we had to find the hot water in that area and the ventilation was a problem, but it is now all ready to go.”

She also said the new weight equipment cost around $46,000 and the new gender-neutral restroom cost around $5,600.

As the Rec Center continues to be upgraded, it is also receiving a new paint job and a multitude of new signage throughout.

“We’ve gotten a lot of the new signage through the university, so that hasn’t been much of an expense,” Hardy said. “Now the paint, what we

do is when something needs to be repainted, we repaint it in blue and gold, rather than the original green color.”

The new paint job has cost a total of $17,000 so far.

With the expenses of the new weight equipment and new restroom, the total is $68,600.

Burhans said there are many things they hope to work on in the future, including cosmetic and infrastructure upgrades.

“We’re approaching 25 years being open and there’s a lot of things when you have that old of a building that you don’t see the money being spent on that you won’t see on like a treadmill, but it’s still happening in the building,” Hardy said.

“As long as the equipment doesn’t break or go bad, that means we have more money

to spend cosmetically.”

Next to the upgrades taking place in the building itself, the Rec Center is also working on upgrading its online presence, including Twitter, Facebook and its own website, Hardy said.

“Right now, we are working on making our website into a mobile app,” Hardy said. “It is updated by our student staff every half hour and it keeps track of how many people are on the courts, how many people are in the cardio area, the weight room and the pool.”

He said it also does more than keep track of the Rec’s current usage.

“It has more than just the usage as well,” Hardy said.

“It has the building schedule, the lap lane schedule and the Rocket-Ex classes as well.”

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG debates, tables bill about parking passes

By Colleen Anderson Staff Reporter

Heated debate broke out during a discussion of a proposed bill that would allow students to put the money owed for parking tickets toward the purchase of a parking permit.

Student Government Senator Benjamin Lynn said receiving his own citation inspired him to write the legislation.

“I had come up with the idea after I firstly had received a nonregistration ticket,” he said. “Even though the university is about 80 percent commuterbased non-traditional students, it is very unfriendly to commuters.”

“With the parking in general,” he continued, “the locations are limited, minimal. The parking tickets, the prices for the permits are expensive, the lots are the first to close come football game, athletics games, so obviously the university values athletics over its academics for the students.”

After the initial twoweek grace period for parking without a permit elapse the changes proposed by the bill would take effect.

According to the bill, to have the $50 ticket fee paid out towards a parking permit, the ticket itself would have to be a ‘non-registration’ violation.

Any other type of citation, including

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Student Government senators discussed and debated legislation Nov. 4 at the meeting.

Among the topics discussed was the bill pertaining to parking tickets and passes, which was tabled for the next meeting.

those issued concerning handicap spots, fire lanes, parking meters, and any reason other than non-registration, would not be applicable, according to the bill.

“Even though the university is about 80 percent commuterbased nontraditional students, it is very unfriendly to commuters.”

BENJAMIN LYNN

SG Senator

Senator Saleh Aburaad agreed with the bill regardless of whether UT’s administration would seriously consider it.

“Honestly, I thought the bill was a great idea,” she said, “just be-

cause it would help the students, and everyone was arguing the fact whether or not the administration would take it seriously. I said ‘screw that, if it gets through, it gets through, and we’ll just hope for the best.’ It wouldn’t hurt to try.”

However, several senators were opposed to the bill, including Katelynn Smith, SG’s legislative secretary, who was one of many who voted to table the bill for two weeks.

“In theory, I think that it’s a very good idea,” she said. “I just don’t think it would be wise to give [students] such a long grace period, and to give [students] such leeway, before they would actually need to purchase a parking pass. I just don’t think it would work, I think it would be chaotic,” Smith said.

Cody Spoon, internal affairs committee chair, thought tabling the bill

was not enough and that it would be better to vote the bill down completely.

“What I wanted is for the bill to be shut down altogether,” he said.

“The bill should be rewritten altogether, in a way that addresses Ben’s concern as to making the process easier, and straying away from giving people an option to not pay for a parking pass,” Spoon said.

“The parking bill does not provide anything useful, it actually encourages students to break the rules and save money.”

RONALD TALLON

SG Senator

The logistics of the bill were a serious concern for several senators, including Senator Ronald Tallon, who is currently on payroll with parking enforcement.

“The parking bill is a waste of time, and it will not fix anything at this university. The parking bill does not provide anything useful, it actually encourages students to break the rules and

save money,” Tallon said.

“For somebody who’s paid the money and followed UT policies, somebody who hasn’t shouldn’t be able to take their spot on campus because they’re playing out a loophole in the rule.”

Tallon said he offered to work with Lynn to write a new bill, as he has his own ideas as to how best tackle the problem of parking at UT. “The one different bill I would have suggested is rearranging what parking lots are available to what students. I would like to see more K [first-year commuter] parking on campus, there are only very few lots with commuters, freshman commuters to get on, and that’s a problem in my eyes,” Tallon said.

He suggested adding additional parking lots and parking garages, specifically in the lawn across the street on Bancroft.

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that’s important to us because these hours are a safety issue.”

Scanned reports are expected to be in within the next few days, according to Traband.

Traband said they do not have a decision as of now, but students can expect all floors of the Carlson Library to be open during finals week.

She said historical data will also be used to determine if extended hours are kept.

“We have historical data that we will bring back and review,” she said. “The provost wanted a review of historical data and this new data to freshen the look of what we’re doing.”

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EDITORIAL

Five points to note

We found out what is on the University of Toledo’s to-do list for the next year, at Interim President Nagi Naganathan’s 2014 State of the University Address. Naganathan covered a list of topics that affect students and faculty alike while also calling this the “year of transition.” Keeping students in mind, we’ve ranked the top five most important highlights of the speech along with our explanation of why you should care.

1. Faculty Hiring Plan Over the course of the next year, Naganathan said the university will lose a large number of professors to retirement. In order to combat this campus-wide loss of educators, Naganathan created a hiring plan that will span over three years to ensure UT students aren’t faced with empty classrooms in the fall. He said hiring experienced and enthusiastic professors is also essential for students’ learning and the fostering of personal interests in their studies.

The success of this hiring plan can and will either make or break a student’s academic career. Without effective implementation, students who enroll at UT next year will face not only a lack of professors in general, but possibly a limited selection of courses and offered times for those classes. Without ample faculty and professors in place, students won’t have the amount of resources and time devoted to them that they deserve.

2. Recruitment/Retention Rates This semester, we had a record high of 70 percent retention in students between their first and second years at UT. To boot, Naganathan also is planning on initiating a recruitment plan for the Fall 2015 semester and wants to bring in 400 new students.

We ranked this second because enrollment rates across the country have been decreasing, an issue which seems to be a trend. The Blade reported in September of this year that UT’s enrollment dropped 1 percent, Bowling Green State University’s enrollment dropped 2.8 percent and Owens Community College dropped 14 percent. Thus, our university’s enrollment should be treated with care, as should our efforts toward recruitment and retaining those students we have recruited.

If UT can maintain a trend of positive enrollment rates, the university’s national prominence will benefit, a goal Naganathan explicitly discussed in his speech.

3. Student Experience Naganathan emphasized two things during the address – the study abroad program, which had more participants this year than any previous year, and sexual assault education and prevention on campus.

The student experience is not something that only one group of people find important. It’s something that affects all students on campus. Naganathan is working hard on implementing a new sexual assault prevention plan that “meets and exceeds the recommendations and requirements of the White House Task Force on Sexual Assault.” It will provide trained professionals and resources to the UT campus.

The university will welcome a professional Title IX consultant to provide an external review of all the university’s policies and procedures, according to Naganathan. These additions help make sexual assault awareness more prominent at UT and also further UT’s national prominence.

On the lighter side, over the last five years, the study abroad program has jumped from 120 students to over 450 students.

This helps students get some of the real world experience that they may not get enough of on our campus alone, and it also allows them to expand on their cultural knowledge. This shows that students are taking advantage of the resources available to them on campus.

4. UT Master Plans These plans are important, but not nearly as cool as they sound.

For the most part, it deals with the university’s external affairs. UT was part of a community effort that resulted in the proposal of the I-475/Dorr St. addition that will cost around $12 million.

This will be important for students who have driven around the campus or anybody in this area who drives a car. Commuters will recognize the value of being able to get off an exit so close to campus instead of driving around to Secor Road.

5. Medicine and Health Care Dave Morlock, CEO of UTMC, said that they wanted to switch from “getting paid to do stuff to patients” to “getting paid to keep the entire population healthy,” meaning they are moving more towards a unity theme, just as Naganathan said the rest of the university is doing. However, there will be no major changes to the way UTMC functions, though you should keep it on your radar because it could intervene with students health care plans that go through the university.

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Humbled by unlikely heroes I’ve always been the klutz in my group officers in two different cars, a fire engine of friends and family. I’ve broken countwith five firemen and two EMTs with less bones, sprained, bruised and twisted their ambulance show up, once again, anything you can imagine. So it wasn’t making me a large spectacle. So eventua surprise when I called ally I’m sitting in the back my mom in tears telling of an ambulance on my her I’d fallen down the giway to Toledo Hospital gantic hill near the Glass thinking I should have Bowl and Rec Center. just stayed in my bed Now you might be this morning and slept laughing as you picture right through my alarm. a freshman rolling When I got to the down the hill, taking hospital the entire place out everyone in her was packed with people path, but it didn’t happen who were a lot more like that. What really deserving of medical care happened was I simply than I was. I began to feel stepped off the side of the like I was making a big sidewalk and my ankle deal out a small situation IC COLUMNIST gave out. I fell down and until the nurse touched smacked my hand, knee my ankle and I screamed. and ankle on the cement. Of course, this Many of the nurses were buzzing event happened right as countless classes about Halloween and the events the were getting out and a Life at College hospital had planned for the children’s event had just been released making my unit. Whispers were heard about Spiderfall the center of everyone’s attention. man, Batman, Wolverine and Superman Normally I would have just gotten up, showing up to deliver candy and spread shrugged it off and hobbled off to my Halloween cheer. It wasn’t much in my next class but the strain of this rotten opinion for someone missing Hallowday suddenly hung over me. Earlier in een, but later I began to realize then this the morning I had locked myself out was a big deal to kids. of my dorm room, got hit by a car and After being X-rayed and wrapped up, forgot my laptop and paper for my class I found out it was only a bad sprain. I in my room. Then after I got my lunch, I crutched out of the emergency room with proceeded to trip and drop it on the side- plenty of disdain for the situation I was walk. I sat there for a second and thought in, and wondering how this day could what a crappy turn my life had just taken get any worse. As I sat outside waiting when I stood up and instantly felt the for my ride to come pick me up, a little pain radiate up my leg. I was now workid toddled up to me in a Transformers ried I had broken my ankle as I hobbled costume babbling about Spiderman and my way across the street and sat down in the roof. He pointed with his small, sticky the grass by the large rocket sculpture. fingers and I followed his gaze. He stood Of course, the first thing any college in wonder as a costumed man stood student who is in a lot of pain and in upon the roof of the hospital waving tears does upon hurting themselves does down at him. He jumped up and down as what any other college student would his father jogged over to retrieve him. do…I called my mom. Unfortunately, her I had now become curious as to what advice was exactly what I didn’t want to was going on, on the other side of the hear; call campus police. After followbuilding so I crutched over to the doors ing this advice I had two campus police to see something that instantly made

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my day a whole lot better: Superman with his red cape was rappelling down the side of the children’s hospital.

Children had gathered outside in their coats, pants and gowns with nurses and staff that had become a part of their family. These kids who have been in the hospital for days — sometimes months — were finally having a day in which they could enjoy themselves.

While to me the whole event didn’t seem like it made up for missing a holiday like Halloween, seeing the faces of the children humbled me.

There I stood complaining about the worst day of my life, acting as if a sprained ankle was the end, but surrounded by children currently experiencing one of the best days they’ve had in a long time; it all seemed stupid. The wonder on their faces as Batman began his decent pausing at each window to wave at the children who weren’t fortunate enough to be able to go outside and watch from my view point, who didn’t have the chance to walk down a hill — let alone attend a normal school or lock themselves out of their room.

My problems seemed minuscule compared to the children surrounding me.

I stood there for a few minutes staring up at the heroes of the children around me, wondering who these men were that devoted their time to repel down the side of a building in order to make a child’s worst days a little bit brighter.

I began to stop watching the superheroes and began to start watching the real heroes, the kids, the parents and staff of the hospital we all stood in front of. There were smiles and laughter all around, even with a few kids who sat in wheelchairs and were connected to IVs, they still had enough in them to smile.

So even though I felt like this was one of the unluckiest and worst days I’ve had in a long time, I looked at the heroes around me, and smiled.

Faith Snyder is a first-year majoring in English.

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Get a flu shot to protect others We are entering November which tions or even death. Children under 6 means we are entering flu season. The months old are not eligible to receive flu season typically starts in October or the vaccine so they have no protection November and peaks in December and against the virus at all.

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By getting a flu shot I am participating The flu’s signs and symptoms are: fever, in something called “herd immunity” cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, which is basically getting enough people muscle aches, headaches and fatigue. in the population to become immune to Some complications that can come a disease which protects the rest from having the flu are of the population that pneumonia, bronchitis, has not become immune. sinus infections, ear If I get the flu shot and infections and increased become immune to the occurrence of asthma flu for that year, then attacks for people I won’t be able to pass who have asthma. The it on to someone else Centers for Disease that hasn’t gotten the Control and Prevention flu shot.

(CDC) notes that every So even if you don’t year about 200,000 people care if you get the flu, get are hospitalized due to flu the flu shot to protect the complications. people in your life who are I am a strong advocate not able to get the flu shot. for receiving vaccinaHesitant about gettions because they preting the flu vaccine? I IC COLUMNIST vent certain diseases. To can help discredit some clarify any misconceppopular views or myths tions, there is no link between vaccines on about the flu shot. and autism.

• You cannot get the flu from getting the You might have the same mindset flu shot. It is a myth that people can get the that I have of, “I don’t care if I get the flu from the vaccine, because there is no flu, I’m young and strong and I will be living virus in the vaccine. The vaccine is sick and uncomfortable for a week if I made up of fragments of a dead virus or catch the flu, but I will fight if off and inactive viruses and there is no way that everything will be fine.” the flu can become active inside of you.

But I get the flu shot not for me, but • Some people who get the flu shot for everyone around me. I come into do not feel well afterwards. That can contact with young children, pregnant be caused by their body forming the women and the elderly population. I antibodies that will help fight off the will probably be able to fight off the virus if you actually come into contact seasonal flu without a problem, but with the live virus. some of these people either cannot get • Other people come down with the the vaccine and therefore are more at flu after getting the shot because they risk for getting the flu, or they don’t get already had the virus in them prior to the shot for another reason and then getting the shot. The flu vaccine takes are at a higher risk than the general about two weeks to become effective population and could have complicadue to your body creating antibodies to

MALLORY RINCKEY

fight off the flu. So, the person could be sick because they already had the virus in them before the vaccine had time to become effective in your body.

• If you got a flu shot in the past, you are not protected against this year’s flu season. Every year scientists get together and create a vaccine based on how the flu virus mutates and changes over time.

This year is a different vaccine and you will have to get a new one next year if you choose to continue being vaccinated.

Many places in the Toledo area administer flu shots. The link to the University of Toledo schedule of flu shots is at this link: http://tinyurl.com/VaccineSchedule2014.

Pharmacies like Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS also administer flu shots.

No, the flu shot is not the only way you can protect yourself from the flu.

Simple things like washing your hands can help to protect yourself. If soap and water are not available, hand sanitizer that has alcohol in it is also a good option. Cover your mouth if you are coughing or sneezing because the flu can be spread from water droplets up to six feet away. Avoid touching your eyes and mouth throughout the day.

Sanitation of surfaces like counter tops and door handles is also important in stopping the spread of viruses.

Please talk to your doctor to know if you are eligible for the flu vaccine and stay informed.

I am an undergraduate studying public health, and I have taken biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology classes, but I am not a doctor. I am not here to tell you what you should do; that is up to you and your primary care physician. I am here to give you options and information that you can use to make a decision for yourself with the help of a licensed doctor.

Mallory Rinckey is a fourth-year majoring in public health.

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OrgSync

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adviser, said OrgSync brings several organizational benefits to both groups, with features that are meant to assist both the students in the organizations and the staff who are overseeing and keeping track of them, while fostering communication between the two.

“It also allows students to be able to promote and advertise events to one another, communicate with one another, have websites,” Mitchell said. “It’s a software that contains a lot of features to really benefit how an organization organizes amongst itself, but also how the university and the staff in student life and the Student Union can support the programs, the advertising, the organization, the leadership, development and that process of running an organization.”

Change is needed The current system handling student life is dated, according to Notestine.

“The biggest problem is infrastructure, how our process works,” Notestine said. “We have a lot less staff than we did ten years ago, and we have more student

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said the program has been a success so far.

“Basically it’s really the president walks to the students, and what he’s done is he’s identified student organization meetings, he’s gone to different programs, and the goal is for him to be available and accessible to students,” she said.

Naganathan said a common element of interest for students is the vibrancy of our library system and also said one of this year’s goals is the reinvestment of library enterprise.

“The university library system is an essential resource for a robust research and educational enterprise on all four campuses,” he said. “We have convened faculty cavities as well as the cavities of student representation as well, who are

organizations, a lot more diverse things happening on campus then we did a long time ago.”

Eric DiBell, SG chair of student affairs, said that students are discouraged from starting clubs or putting on events by the system in place, something that he feels OrgSync will change.

“Students who are new to the university, that are trying to set up clubs or have never put on an event before, are finding themselves put off of the idea by all the paperwork and the red tape,” DiBell said.

Mitchell said OrgSync would simplify some of the procedures that currently surround student life, moving them from paper versions to electronic ones.

According to Notestine, the program is well worth the cost to the university.

“It’s about $50,000 a year, which comparatively to anything else that we’ve spent to try and improve UT student life, is not even remotely a huge cost to us,” he said.

have over their organizations.

SG has a cohesive plan to implement the use of OrgSync. The first step is a large unveiling that will be done in the Trimble Lounge with members of the bigger student organizations, and then SG will reach out to the smaller groups.

“What we want to do is have a large meeting in the Trimble Lounge, invite a lot of the larger organizations, ones that we think that a lot of students are involved in,” DiBell said. “We basically want to give them this huge PowerPoint — why OrgSync, what is OrgSync going to do, what benefits we will get from OrgSync and why we feel it’s a better system than what we had.”

Going forward

Mitchell said OrgSync will have the biggest effect on the level of control students will

Notestine said Kaye Patten Wallace, in agreement with the IT department, ultimately made the decision to buy OrgSync for the university, and started to write a contract in early October which is currently being finalized.

Mitchell said student organizations will be officially transitioning to implement the OrgSync system by spring of 2015.

developing plans to improve board facilities and collections in our library system.”

Naganathan said UT is also committed to help solve many societal problems, including human trafficking.

After a meeting with the Board of Trustees, he recommended the establishment of the human trafficking and social justice institute at UT. Among those topics, Naganathan also mentioned campus safety and sexual assault.

“At the University of Toledo we are working diligently to prevent these attacks through education and to provide resources to assist survivors,” he said.

Naganathan said a Title IX consultant will come to UT in the coming weeks to help provide an external review of policies and procedures in terms of sexual assault.

Ultimately, UT wants to meet and exceed the recommendations and requirements of the White House Task Force on sexual assault by the end of this academic year, Naganathan said.

In terms of student experience, Naganathan talked about the addition of the Lloyd A. Jacobs Immersive Simulation Center on UT’s campus.

“This new facility is already elevating the quality of learning across various areas of study,” he said.

This new addition is available to both the UT community and its partners, according to Naganathan.

Naganathan said while his title is interim, his responsibilities are not.

“When we look back at the end of this year, we want it to be clear to all that this was a year of accomplishments.”

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IN BRIEF

Rockets fall to Buffalo in MAC tournament

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CROSS COUNTRY

Taking home the gold

The women’s soccer team made an early exit from the Mid-American Conference tournament, losing 2-0 to top-seed Buffalo in the first round.

UT finished the season with a 7-11-2 overall record and 4-7-1 conference record. The game was tied until the 63rd minute, when Bulls senior Katie Roberts scored her 11th goal of the season to give Buffalo a 1-0 lead.

Andrea Niper iced the game with a shot from the right side of the box. The Bulls stingy defense held the Rockets at bay and gained a 16-5 shot advantage, including a 6-3 edge in shots on goal.

The loss was the final college action for captains Kirsten Catloth and Meghan Topolewski and defenders Brooke Lawler, Alexis Tice and Rio James. This senior class has 42 wins in their four years, including two MAC regular-season titles in 2010 and 2011 and one conference tournament championship in 2011.

Lancaster named MAC Co-Golfer of the Week Senior Mike Lancaster was named the MidAmerican Conference Co-Golfer of the Week alongside Ball State’s McCormick Clouser, the MAC announced Monday.

This is the first time Lancaster has received the award, and he becomes the fifth Rocket this season to win the honor. He shot a three-round score of one over par (217) to achieve a ten-stroke victory at the Rocket Individual Classic at the Belmont Country Club.

Lancaster shot his collegiate-tying best twounder par in the second round of the tournament.

UT resumes play with the MAC Match Play Championships in Lake Jovita, Fla. starting on February 9th.

Women picked to finish fourth The University of Toledo women’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference West division for this upcoming season, according the league’s 12 head coaches.

Central Michigan was picked to win, not only the West, but the conference championship, receiving ten first-place votes. In addition to the preseason standings, senior forward Inma Zanoguera was selected to the All-MAC West team for her second consecutive year.

Zanoguera averaged 14 points and 8.7 rebounds per game for the Rockets last season and a league-best 35.4 minutes per game.

Zanoguera’s work ethic has placed her as a candidate for MAC player of the year. The two-time team captain has seen double digits in her scoring column 49 times in her career and has 12 double-doubles.

UT tips off the exhibition season this Saturday against Ferris State at noon in Savage Arena.

The regular season will then get underway just six days later on Friday, November 14, at Cleveland State at 7:00 p.m.

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The University of Toledo women’s cross country team took home the program’s sixth-ever Mid-American Conference Championship last Saturday.

Five of UT’s runners placed within the top 15 finishers during the Championships, and the team won with a score of 48. Head coach Linh Nguyen was named Women’s Coach of the Year following the Rockets’ victory. Toledo will now prepare for regionals, which begin Friday, Nov. 14, in Wisconsin. The Rockets are familiar with the trip, having traveled to Wisconsin previously to attend last month’s Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

Rockets win sixth MAC title in program history

By Keith Boggs Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo women’s cross country team placed themselves atop the Mid-American Conference last Saturday, taking home first place at the MAC Championships.

UT took home their sixth-ever MAC Championship title with a team-score of 48. Five Rockets finished within the top 15 during the championships. Eastern Michigan finished in second place with 69 points, and last year’s champions, Miami of Ohio, finished in a somewhat distant third with 103 points.

“We have a team full of hardworking individuals. We put in a lot of hard work during the summer.”

LINH NGUYEN Cross country coach

“It feels great,” said sophomore runner Janelle Noe when asked about the victory. “It was actually the first MAC championship I ran in.”

The experience was nothing new for the Rockets’

senior members, and the younger runners on the team knew what it meant to win their graduating teammates the conference title.

Especially after last year, when the Rockets lost in a devastating fashion, falling three points short to Miami.

“It’s exciting,” said junior Priscilla Timmons. “It’s also emotional since we have a lot of seniors on our team. Last year we lost by three points, so to come back and win this year was awesome.”

It certainly wasn’t an easy goal to accomplish, but the Rockets managed to stay focused all season.

“We have a team full of hardworking individuals,” said head coach Linh Nguyen, who was named Women’s Coach of the Year following his team’s victory. “We put in a lot of hard work during the summer.”

The runners on his team echoed that sentiment.

“Our workouts were awesome,” Timmons said.

“Coach Linh had training in place for us.

“Winning the MAC was a huge goal of ours.”

That kind of confidence tends to start at the top, and the Rockets are no different.

“When we set our goals in the preseason, winning

the MAC was a byproduct of what we wanted to accomplish,” Nguyen said.

“We focused internally. We didn’t worry about rankings or who we beat, we focused on what we did and how we could get better. There’s nothing we can do about what other teams do.”

A successful season left the Rockets with a positive outlook.

“We learned to keep striving towards your goals and never give up,” Timmons said. “Stay motivated.”

In a sport like cross country, staying together

“Our season isn’t over yet.”

PRISCILLA TIMMONS UT junior runner

“Staying close in races really helped us,” Noe said.

“Teamwork was important.”

Toledo’s work isn’t done. The Rockets are happy with a MAC championship, but they want to make sure to avoid compla-

cency, as regionals and nationals loom in the near future.

“Our season isn’t over yet,” Timmons said. “We want to do well at regionals and get a strong qualifying spot for nationals.”

Things are not going to get easier for the Rockets. Toledo will travel back to Wisconsin, where they ran at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 17, for regionals, which begin Friday, Nov. 14.

“We’re happy we won the MAC; it was exciting,” Nguyen said. “But we were back up at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, preparing for regionals.”

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The University of Toledo women’s cross country team posing after winning the MidAmerican Conference Championship. The Rockets won’t have much time to enjoy the victory as they now have to prepare for regionals, which will kick off Friday, Nov. 14.

FOOTBALL

UT begins weekday series with trip to Kent State

By IC Sports Staff

It’s not Rocket science trivia The Rockets’ men’s basketball team has appeared in four NCAA Tournaments, with their last appearance coming in 1980. Their combined record is 1–4 in the dance. What year did they get their lone win?

and working as a team can be essential, something UT’s squad understands.

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The University of Toledo football team spent Tuesday night at Kent State facing the Golden Flashes. The Rockets travel to Northern Illinois next week to face the Huskies.

The University of Toledo football team has said goodbye to Saturdays.

The Rockets entered the final four-game stretch of their season Tuesday by putting their undefeated conference record on the line with a trip to Kent State.

To see how UT fared against the Golden Flashes, visit www.

IndependentCollegian.com/Sports for a recap of all the night’s action.

While all three regular-season games left on UT’s schedule are all against Mid-American Conference opponents, none of Toledo’s remaining games will be played during the Rockets’ traditional Saturday slot.

Next week’s matchup with Northern Illinois kicks off Tuesday night, the following week’s game against Bowling Green lands on a Wednesday evening and the final game of the season against Eastern Michigan is set for Friday, Nov. 28.

Of UT’s final three contests, only the rivalry bout against BGSU will be played at the Glass Bowl. All three games will be either televised or streamed online by ESPN. For coverage of all University of Toledo sports, as well as other exclusive content including our Weekly Launch feature and columns, visit our website, or follow us on Twitter @IC_Sports and like us on Facebook.com/ICollegian.

The Rockets will kick off next Tuesday night against the Huskies at 8 p.m. in Dekalb, Ill.

Answer: 1979 vs. Iowa

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Friday, Nov. 7

7:30 p.m. -- Firefall.

This will be the Toledo premier of Firefall, an exciting new fulldome program that examines cosmic collisions from the birth of the solar system to the 2013 meteor over Russia.

Find out what scientists are doing to better understand these collisions and what they are doing to protect the world from a cataclysmic collision. Admission is $7, adults; $5, children, seniors, and UT community members (children under 4 are free). Call 419-5302650 or the 24-hour information hotline at 419-530-4037 for more information.

Saturday, Nov. 8

1 p.m. -- Two Small Pieces of Glass traces the history of the telescope from Galileo’s modifications to a child’s spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.

It explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers throughout the last 400 years. You will explore the Galilean moons, Saturn’s rings and the spiral structure of galaxies as well as learning about the future of astronomy.

Admission is $7, adults; $5, children, seniors, and UT community members (children under 4 are free). Call 419-530-2650 or the 24-hour information hotline at 419-530-4037 for more information.

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COMEDY SHOW

Mid-2000s are back Black Student Union is holding a philanthropy comedy show featuring UT students

By Josie Schreiber Staff Reporter

The University of Toledo Black Student Union (BSU) is bringing back the mid-2000’s with its own rendition of MTV’s Nick Cannon’s Wildn’out TV show.

Ricki Robinson, a third-year communication major, BSU’s public relations chairman, and the head of this event said UT students should attend because not only is the show going to be entertaining, but the money being raised is going to a great cause.

BSU’S Wildn’out will be held Nov. 12 to benefit the Sickle Cell Project of Northwest Ohio.

Robinson is the head of the event this year and was last year as well.

Tiffany Fulford, a fourth-year education major and the vice president of BSU helped plan the event.

“This event will be a recreation of Nick Cannon’s show, Wildn’out,” Fulford said. “Bringing to the stage improv comedy from the funniest people on campus.”

Fulford said that BSU noticed other organizations like Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council had annual philanthropy programs and BSU wanted to take this opportunity to raise money for those suffering from a disease that typically affects African Americans.

Along with the show, there will also be a presentation about sickle cell disease.

Robinson said last year the event was so successful that they ran out of room and people were spilling into the hallways.

“The great turn out encouraged us to do it again this year as a philanthropy event,” Fulford said.

According to Fulford, over 100 people were in attendance last year.

Fulford said BSU stuck with the theme for a philanthropy event because it had one of their best event turnouts last year.

“I’m glad we’re having it in the auditorium this year,” Robinson said. “The larger space will give the teams more creative freedom and the audience will get a better view with the stage and all.”

“This event will be a recreation of Nick Cannon’s show, Wildn’out.

Bringing to the stage improv comedy from the funniest people on campus.”

TIFFANY FULFORD Fourth-year majoring in education

Fulford said they chose to do this event last year because Wildn’out had been re-aired on MTV for another season and it was really popular at the time.

“We chose to do it on Wednesday because it’s a play on the words ‘Wildn’out Wednesday,” she said.

Fulford said students should attend because it is a fun way to fundraise for a great cause.

Laura Ferree, a fourth-year social work major, said while she was a residence advisor in President’s Hall, she had a resident who had sickle cell disease.

“I had to occasionally check in to see it he was taking his medication,” Ferree said. “He had a lot of medications to take and I was surprised by the amount.”

Due to her work schedule, Ferree will not be attending BSU’s Wildn’out, but she said that sickle cell disease is something that people need to be educated about.

“I knew nothing about sickle cell until my resident told me about it,” Ferree said.

STUDENT PERFORMERS

Students leave campus to perform in the local community

By Catherine McGowan

ness cards since he was in junior high school making his network for gigs large Getting off campus and playing gigs enough that he plays roughly once or locally is important for any person twice a week. pursuing a career in music, according to Nichols’ said her popularity in Toledo Norman Damschroder, professor at the developed in a different way.

University of Toledo Music Department.

She started gigging a significant “It’s that experience. They’re here to amount over this past summer and attrilearn to be musicians — professional butes that to meeting people on booking musicians,” Damschroder said. staffs through other musicians. She said Ben Maloney, a fourth-year jazz perdeveloping relationships with the staff at formance major, agrees. gig locations is important, too.

“You’re not going to gain that exAccording to Nichols, it is important perience unless you go out and get it,” to have good relationships with the Maloney said. musician you play with, but as a profesBy day, the music majors at the sional she said she must be careful not University of Toledo spend their time to get overly involved with her fellow inside the Center for Performing Arts. musicians personally.

By night, however, these musicians play “If it starts getting negative you want a role in Toledo’s local music circuit. to be able to draw back, to be able to “Little things come up on professional talk through things,” Nichols said. “It’s gigs that they’re maybe not going to almost like having a lot of relationships, be aware of or we were not thinking to all at once.” make them aware,” Damschroder said.

Nichols said many musicians set up, He also warns against a student overplay, tear down and leave, without any loading — a mistake he said he made acknowledgement towards the staff. while studying in college.

Nichols said she makes an effort to “It made it more difficult. It made the have a small conversation with others time more intense,” Damschroder said. while she is on a set break.

“But, at the same time, I was making my “Booking people and bartenders are living and paying for school doing that.” people, too. You show any kind of interAs a graduate student studying jazz est in someone’s life they’re going to be performance, Ruth Nichols understands more liable to be like, ‘Oh, yeah can we the importance of offget them back sooner?’” campus gigs but also Nichols said. feels the pains of having “It’s well and good According to Maa full schedule between loney, close, personal to attend all the school and gigging. relationships with other classes and do all “It’s beneficial, but musicians are an imit’s also kind of taxing,” the lessons and get portant facet of gigging Nichols said. and music as a whole. all of your work Nichols’ last gig was “I’m lucky enough done, but the real on Saturday, Oct. 30 at to be able to play with Degagé where she was some very diverse muthingyou have to accompanied by pianist sicians,” Maloney said. do is, you have to Ben Maloney, drum“I wouldn’t have been do it for yourself.” mer Travis Aukerman, able to grow like I have and bassist Steven Knubeen able to if I didn’t BEN MALONEY rek. Her next gig is on make friends with the Fourth-year jazz perforNov. 15 for the military mance major people I’m friends with ball at the Toledo Club, and play with them playing trumpet in a because we learn from brass quartet. each other more than anything else.

The art of gigging is not a simple sysAs for the staff at places Maloney gigs, he tem according Maloney and Nichols. said, “Dealing with people that don’t underMaloney said getting hired, hiring stand the art, in general, can be frustrating.” other musicians and compiling set lists The most important thing musicians is “a difficult and random thing.” need to realize, Maloney said, is that the will He said he has handed out busito play music has to be rooted deep inside.

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University of Toledo graduate student Ruth Nichols performs Oct. 4 at Treo on Main Street in Sylvania.

“It’s well and good to attend all the classes and do all the lessons and get all of your work done, but the real thing you have to do it’s you have to do it for yourself,” Maloney said.

Gigs are not as plentiful as when Damschroder was in college.

“When I was in school I was playing sometimes six nights a week. I don’t think anyone’s really doing that now,” he said.

He also played with the Toledo Symphony and played at least two nights a week at Jazz clubs.

The symphony no longer hires many extras and most jazz clubs in Toledo have closed down, he said.

This doesn’t leave many opportunities for students to gig, but Damschroder said that students are versatile and are willing to play anything, anywhere.

“We do definitely encourage them to go work in a variety of places,” Damschroder said. “I have a student who one day he’s playing with a jazz group, the next day he’s playing with one of the local rock, hip-hop groups.”

The more styles a student can master, the better, Damschroder said.

“Because that’s how the world is going to be when they get out of school,” he said.

According to Maloney, Toledo’s local music circuit may be smaller than some cities, but it still provides UT students with real world opportunities.

“That’s honestly what it’s all about, we’re training here to be able to go out and do it,” Maloney said. “So, it’s nice that Toledo offers real experience.”

Wildn’out will cost $2 per person. Anyone who would like to attend can purchase their ticket at Ask Rocky, located on the second floor of the Student Union in the general lounge area by the Ingman Room.

BSU’s Wildn’out will be on Nov. 12 in the SU Auditorium located on the third floor of SU. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m.

If you go What: Wildn’out.

Where: Student Union Auditorium.

When: Nov. 12.

Time: 7:30 p.m. but doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $2 per person.

Sponsored by: Black Student Union.

IN BRIEF Festival of Lights celebrates Indian culture and cusine on Nov. 8 Each year the Indian Students Cultural Organization (ISCO) celebrates Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Annually ISCO hosts Diya, an event celebrating Indian culture and cuisine, in the fall to commemorate the festival of lights. This year the event will be held on Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.

The event will feature performances and traditional Indian cuisine. This year’s theme is “States of India.”

Audience members will be informed about India’s 29 states, hundreds of languages, and thousands of traditional dishes.

“This event helps bring local community, the university and internationals to interact, learn and build relations with each other and get a glimpse of the rich and diverse Indian culture,” said Sreejit Menon, current president of the Indian Students Cultural Organization.

The Indian Students Cultural Organization is managed by a new executive committee, which has representatives elected from almost every part of India. The main role of ISCO has been to promote cultural awareness among university students, internationals and Toledo community. ISCO volunteers at the Hindu Temple of Toledo during its events and community drives.

ISCO has helped new students with airport pickups and provides temporary accommodations at the beginning of every semester. This year alone they made 42 airport pickups and accommodations.

“Diya symbolizes light,” Menon said. “It is celebrated in India on a big scale (Festival is known as Diwali- Festival of light). It showcases light prevails over darkness and shows good wins over evil always. It’s an event which will show case Indian culture and tradition through music, dance and food.”

Diya is a treat for the eyes and taste buds. In recent years it has attracted not just the university crowd but also people in and around Toledo. This event helps bring together the local community, the University community and internationals to interact, learn and build relations with each other and get a glimpse of the rich and diverse Indian culture.

Tickets are already on sale now and will be available at the door. Tickets are $5 for ISCO members and $15 for general public. To buy tickets prior to the event contact Sreejit Menon at sreejit.menon@ rockets.utoledo.edu.

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