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BUDGET PLANNING

Hiring suspended Eight-month freeze attempts to combat deficit

By Ashley Diel Staff Reporter

Wolverine to Rocket Harris prepares to take the reigns on UT’s courts for the upcoming school year.

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UT students adopt a family for Christmas

The University of Toledo announced an eight-month hiring freeze in an attempt to lessen the current $11.5 million shortfall in the budget.

According to the 2016 fiscal year budget, which was approved this past summer, there was an anticipated 2 percent increase in undergraduate enrollment.

However, according to this fall’s campus census which was recently released, the total enrollment for students fell 1.46 percent with a large majority of it coming from graduate students who had graduated.

“ ... Hopefully all will agree that the hiring delay is a far preferable cost-saving measure to the long-term impact a layoff can have on an employee and his or her family.”

SHARON GABER UT President

measure to the longterm impact a layoff can have on an employee and his or her family.”

Rhonda Wingfield, interim chief executive officer, said the freeze has been in the talks for several months and she

believes it is currently the best solution to help decrease the deficit.

“We have been looking at different things trying to decide the best approach to close the budget shortfall and what is the least pain-

Praise Dance Team

Families in need will receive a helping hand from the UT community for the holiday season.

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With the current enrollment numbers being down, the university extended the current 60-day hiring freeze to an eight month hold effective Jan. 1, 2016.

President Sharon Gaber outlined the strategy in a press release which was sent to vice presidents, deans and business managers within the university.

“I recognize the burden this will place on some departments,” Gaber wrote. “However, when compared to laying off employees, hopefully all will agree that the hiring delay is a far preferable cost-saving

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“At the very least, we are happy that UT is taking the time and initiative to reduce its deficit while not adding more financial burden to students.”

UT bounces back from loss to win 28-23 against the CMU Chippewas SPORTS / 6 »

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“Our relationship with our school is just like electrons and their circuits; the two have the ability to change each other.”

MATTHEW FOLEY We are all electrons in a circuit OPINION / 3 »

Toledo warms up for MAC play in scrimmage UT women’s basketball started their season strong with a win against Findlay.

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BUSINESS

Lecturer tackles business ethics as part of honors series Staff Reporter

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Daijonae Knuckles, a fourth year in cosmetic science, practices one of the dances choreographed and performed by the team. Knuckles, like many of the members, is part of the gospel choir that branched off to form a dance team centered around gospel music. The team is practicing for their performance on Dec. 18th at Calvary Church.

EDUCATION

Rockets rebound

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By Yasmine Abdullah

EDITORIAL Short-term hardship, long term reward OPINION / 3 »

ful,” Wingfield said.

“With this, no jobs are lost so it is one of the better solutions.”

According to UT spokesman Jon Strunk, the hiring freeze will only affect positions that will not negatively affect students. UT will continue to search for and hire high administration positions such as the provost, chief financial officer and Title IX director.

Gaber wrote in the press release that positions involved in direct patient care, admissions and enrollment activity, student services or

NASA gives UT grant for new education programs

By Riley Sproul Staff Reporter

After receiving funding from NASA, the University of Toledo is leading several campuses in an initiative to change the teaching standard for sciences, UT President Sharon Gaber announced on Oct. 27 the successful funding of a $10 million project

by NASA. UT will receive roughly $2.5 million of the allotted money.

In spring of 2014, according to climate and geography professor Kevin Czajkowski, NASA decided to use $42 million to fund a number of academic

“What we want to do is change the way that science is taught in the classroom, and use NASA data and missions as part of that.”

KEVIN CZAJKOWSKI Climate and geography professor

projects across the country. Among these, UT’s multi-partner proposal was accepted. Czajkowski is the principal investigator for the four-year project, putting UT at the lead of the collaboration.

“Whenever [NASA] would launch a satellite, they’d set aside some money to teach the public about that satellite. And what they did recently was take all that money meant for education outreach and then have a call for proposals on how to spend it,” Czajkowski said.

While Czajkowski’s submitted proposal requested $10 million for the endeavor, and the project is promised to be fully funded, UT won’t be receiving all of that money.

“The grant coming will probably end up being a little less than $7 million, and that gets divided up to each partner in the proposal,” Czajkowski said. “The money we’ll likely be able to spend here in Toledo will about $2.5 million over four to five years. We probably won’t know till January just who’s getting how

much exactly; the paperwork isn’t finalized just yet.”

This change in teaching standard is to be instituted in levels K-12 at some campuses, and into some of UT’s courses.

“What we want to do is change the way that science is taught in the classroom, and use NASA data and missions as part of that,” Czajkowski said.

“We want teachers to be more comfortable using projects and using kind of open-ended questionasking.”

Meghan Cunningham, a UT spokesperson, said Czajkowski already does extensive work with students in middle school, which inspired part of the project.

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Travis T. Tygart discussed business ethics and his work on the Lance Armstrong case in Doermann Theater, Wednesday, Nov. 4 as the speaker for the latest honors lecture.

Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), began the lecture with a discussion of how ethics are essential when it comes to sports and how it was tiring but worth it to follow Armstrong’s case so that athletes can compete in TRAVIS TYGART a clean and transparent environment.

Geoffrey Rapp, associate dean for Academic Affairs and Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values at the College of Law, said that Tygart has an interesting career and his investigation attracted lots of attention.

“Tygart is a great person to speak about ethical issues; that’s kind of core mission of USADA — his organization — to ensure that there isn’t cheating in sports that’s motivated by ethical consideration, so it’s a perfect fit for a lecture that’s designed to make people think about how ethics should be part of businesses and organizations that they involve with in their lives,” Rapp said.

During the lecture, Tygart said sometimes media and celebrities tend to support athletes even when they are on the wrong side, but that shouldn’t make us stop following the truth and ensuring the sports environment is totally clean.

“The lawyer in me loved Mr. Tygart’s respect for fairness, rules and due process, and the sports fan in me loved his commitment to a clean and level playing field in sports.”

KELLY MOORE Interim dean of the Jesup Scott Honors College

Kelly Moore, interim dean of the Jesup Scott Honors College, wrote in an email interview that it was wonderful to have Tygart give a lecture as part of the Edwin Dodd Distinguished Lecture Series.

“The lawyer in me loved Mr. Tygart’s respect for fairness, rules and due process, and the sports fan in me loved his commitment to a clean and level playing field in sports,” Moore wrote. “Beyond those See Lecture / 7 »

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“Probably a caramel latte. Tall because, well, I’m broke”

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EDITORIAL

Short-term hardship, longterm reward The hiring freeze promises an advantage in the long run

In times of deficit, the natural and most logical thing to do is stop spending more money — a concept much easier said than done.

Still, that’s exactly what the University of Toledo is aiming to do. UT announced on Oct. 30 that it is going to put a freeze on hiring new faculty, staff and administrators for the next eight months.

According to President Sharon Gaber, UT is facing an $11.5 million deficit from reduced enrollment, an amount that requires some serious attention. The freeze will Hopefully, if help the university save about $5 million. the university is Gaber made it clear in her able to cut costs letter to the UT employees that this plan is not going to elsewhere, they affect the employment of curwon’t have to rent faculty and staff, since raise tuition and they aren’t being fired to cut costs. In fact, Gaber said one they can freeze of the reasons they decided that too, like they on the freeze was to avoid did from 2006-09. laying off current faculty.

We think a hiring freeze is a smart starting place.

Hopefully, if the university is able to cut costs elsewhere, they won’t have to raise tuition and they can freeze that too, like they did from 2006-09. That way, students don’t have to worry about what their tuition will be from year-to-year.

What pleases us even more is that the new administration is actively reviewing policies from the old administration, and when they are financially irresponsible, the new administration doesn’t hesitate to revise.

For example, almost exactly a year ago, a hiring plan was put in place to hire new faculty members after many retired. There was a plan in place for the next three years to hire faculty — mostly new lecturers — to take the place of nearly 100 retirees.

Before this three-year plan ever saw its completion, the people in charge realized that they could save money if they just stopped hiring more staff. If they had gone on to hire replacement professors, it could have meant having to fire some and creating a revolving door effect if the financial situation got worse.

UT is by no means the first school to implement a hiring freeze; we are not walking on untrodden ground. Universities like Cornell and Brown have had hiring freezes in the past.

The shortfall of this freeze is that it will put some strain on departments that are already understaffed. However, with enrollment already being down, these departments shouldn’t feel as strained. It only makes sense that as the number of students decrease, so should the number of professors.

One danger is that consolidating positions can lead to overburdening individuals. An example is the case of the LGBTQA coordinator Fatima Pervaiz’s duties being distributed among already busy staff members, causing a slight disruption among the groups she had previously served.

Dispersing responsibilities or consolidating them is always a difficult change to manage. However, consider the alternative: if the university wasn’t trying to cut money by reducing staffing, they might cut money elsewhere, like student services.

At the very least, we are happy that UT is taking the time and initiative to reduce its deficit while not adding more financial burden to students. As UT plans to undertake even more changes on the administration and college level, a hiring freeze is probably a good idea until the dust has settled. We shouldn’t be adding fuel to a financial fire. Once possible mergers and restructuring are finished and costs are kept under control, then we can focus on attracting more staff to a stable UT.

COMMENTARY

We are all electrons in a circuit It’s an odd comparison to make, science classes where definitive but I feel stuck in electron form answers can be found. In a world here at the University of Toledo. As that needs more STEMM majors, much as I enjoy being here, studydoes this really do anybody justice? ing what I am, I can’t help but feel These programs are usually used like I am being rushed along a path with no supervision, so anybody can and drained of all get 100 percent on my energy along all their homework, the way. I really do assuming they know feel like an electron how to open a new most days — small browser tab. Perand negative —and I sonally I would not feel like I am lightwant to drive across years from whatever a bridge designed by nucleus I am orbiting someone who cheataround here. I look ed their way through around and I see a lot math classes, but of people here, like that’s just me. myself, wanting to set These programs great algorithms in also hurt going the motion, ones that will opposite direction, run great images up on many classes missing a the screen of the world lot of the practical side — wanting to be a part of science and math IC COLUMNIST of something bigger. that peaks interests and The message I want expands horizons. to use my single-electron-power to With programs like PearsonLab get across is that we carry the mesand ALEKS, we the students now sages into and out of this circuit pay extra, on top of tuition, just to board. We have the power, as electurn in homework for a class, and trons and as students, to make bonds, why? Because these programs grade to relay messages and to assign mean- the homework too (sometimes even ing to otherwise arbitrary patterns. marking right answers wrong) so The focal point of my metaphorithat the instructor of the class does cal magnifying glass is the computer. not need to. This allows the class to School has changed so much from the be more or less automated so that time we all started kindergarten: I reundergraduates can teach classes, member using finger paints instead of which is an easy way to save the iPads and when computer use was in a school money. lab once a week instead of where you My psychology class this semester go every day to do your algebra home- requires a Pearson psych lab called work. Whether you believe computers Revel, and it costs about $60-70 in classes are a benefit or a detriment, for temporary access to all of my the fact as it stands right now is they homework and a digital copy of the are being used to short change us of book. In class the grad student who learning. runs it pulls up slideshows, reads Programs for schoolwork are them word for word and we all fill in mostly being used in math and blanks on a handout.

MATTHEW FOLEY

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

An unapologetic call for peace Several days ago I was told by a good friend that he was warned not to come near me. That I was dangerous, aggressive, conniving and that I would inadvertently stab him. I don’t know the person telling him this. They don’t know me. We’ve never seen each other. The only thing they knew about me was that I’m Jewish and he is Muslim. You can imagine how I felt hearing this.

At first, I was damaged by it. Then I started to think about it from their point of view.

If I was shoved into a room with a large group of Palestinians, I would probably feel a little uneasy. Is this fair?

Possibly not, but with the Intifada happening in Israel right now, that fear is there. For those of you who don’t know what’s going on in Israel and Palestine, it is one of the most complicated conflicts going on in our world. Terrorist attacks are plaguing Israel, people are dying on both sides of the conflict and everyone is scared.

This conflict may be thousands of miles away physically but it has bled across the Atlantic and transcended onto our campuses. I do not back away from the love of my country.

I love Israel and consider it my other home. That being said, I do not sit around plotting the downfall of Palestinian students, just like I doubt they do that towards me.

There is a peace movement happening throughout Israel and the United States right now. People are writing “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies” on social media and public bus stops. The amazing thing is the positivity this movement is eliciting.

What does this show? That Jews and Muslims don’t naturally hate each other. It isn’t a genetic defect, we are not born hating each other, and we all want a safe place for ourselves and our families. We are not that different.

Hopefully, with time and acceptance we can learn to love each other as human beings. We are the next generation. We are the future.

Our parents made their decisions, had their successes and mistakes.

Now, it is our turn. The choice

comes down to whether we want to perpetuate a hate culture, lose future children and family members, and cause the blood shed on both sides.

I’m calling for peace. I’m calling for open dialogue, whether it means we agree or agree to disagree. Our future depends on it.

— Kristin Leuchtag, undergraduate student in public health

Classes like this don’t benefit us; they are for the sake of the university’s wallet. Students just follow the path of the circuitry, going in and coming out the same. Education is not about giving information or receiving it, it’s all about interactions and connections, in the efforts of a more knowledgeable, stable and capable society.

Our university is doing us all a disservice in going with these online homework rackets. Pearson’s only real interest is their bottom line and digital products are more valuable to them than books; one website, produced one time, but with millions of subscribers. If all of the homework is on there too, you have to buy it. It’s like they found out how to make money appear out of thin air.

Before you call me a commie or something, just keep in mind that we do have a Blackboard service where the same type of homework can be done, and our staff actually knows how to use that. Also there’s still paper available. If neither of these options will work I’m sure UT has bright people who are more than capable of making a site that can do everything we need it to and more.

We don’t need a third party profiting off of us. We are students, many of whom use at least some public money, attending a public university.

So who are these other guys?

Our relationship with our school is just like electrons and their circuits; the two have the ability to change each other. When it all comes down to it though, the goal of the whole system has a further goal — to make the world better, but before we can, we have to change up the math in our circuits to change the world.

Matthew Foley is a third-year double majoring in law and social thought and philosophy.

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Thursday, Nov. 12

3:30 p.m. — Lecture

A lecture about Scandanavian art will be given by Inger Krog, Special Consultant for Visual Arts The Danish Arts Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Denmark. The lecture will be held in Snyder Memorial Room 2110.

Saturday, Nov. 14 4 - 8 p.m. — Spaghetti Dinner

Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) is hosting a spaghetti dinner in the Ingman Room. Tickets are $6, and are available at Ask Rocky. Activities include performances

by D.E.E.P Poetry and UT’s Gospel Choir and a silent auction. The dinner will raise money for their national conference.

Monday, Nov. 16 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

— Free passport photos The week of Nov. 16-20 is International Education Week. Passport photos, which are usually $5 will be free when you schedule your passport appointment. Go to Snyder Memorial 1000 to schedule your meeting.

6 - 10 p.m. — Swishes for Wishes Chi Omega will be holding a basketball tournament to raise money for the Makea-Wish foundation — their philanthropy. The tournament will be in the Student Rec Center. For more information contact Nicole Raffell at Nicole.

Raffel@rockets.utoledo. edu or 937-564-6365.

Saturday, Nov. 14 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

— The Blade Downtown Holiday Parade This parade is one of the largest in the Midwest, and will feature giant balloons, clowns, floats, horses, and mascots.

The UT Marching Band will be featured in the parade. The route is N. Summit Street starting at Jefferson Street, N. Summit Street to left on Jackson Street, Jackson Street to left on N. Huron Street, N. Huron Street ending at Monroe Street.

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FEATURE

Calling Toledo home Local military veterans share their experiences

By Anna Glore Staff Reporter

On Wednesday, many get the day off to celebrate Veteran’s Day, a day to honor those who have served in the U.S. military. After their service, many vets come home to Toledo, where some are still met with obstacles.

A large number of these service men and women are left unhoused once they return home. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, close to 50,000 veterans are left homeless after their service.

Downtown Toledo is a home to some of these veterans.

A Homeless Veteran

Although he does have some family in the area, Moore said he does not depend on them for anything.

“I’ve got too much pride,” Moore said. “I guess that’s the problem with all of us, pride. I see them anytime I want. I don’t know whether I’m married or I’m not married, you want the truth. I help her out, she’s my wife still. I don’t ask her for nothing.

I gave her the house, gave her the car. Everything I had, it’s all hers and I’m on the street.”

Moore has difficulty finding housing because he is missing his DD Form 214, which are essentially papers that prove you served in the military.

Even though Moore has a hard time finding a place to call home, he still engages in a community of other veterans.

A Staple Personality in the Veteran “See that van there? That’s what I sleep in,” said Gene Moore as he pointed to a large, white utility Community van that was parked on the street.

George Saunders is another regular at the SaturMoore is one veteran who attends Saturday Mornday Morning Picnic. ing Picnics, a volunteer event held downtown that Last Saturday he was hanging out and talking to serves those in need — including homeless vets. everyone that would listen. He was humbly wearMoore is a regular attendant at these picnics, ing his black-and-yellow Korea Veteran cap along usually proudly sporting his Vietnam Veteran with a “I heart voting” sticker emblazoned on his baseball cap. jacket.

After Moore graduated “I’ve been all over the world; I been to Anthony Wayne High School “These young kids every country in Europe. I been down to he joined the Air Force. When Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Norway, out of Berkeley the Vietnam War began, Moore England,” Saunders said. “I was down in joined the Army and was sent ... standing there Piccadilly Square, in London. That’s like to Vietnam. throwing things Times Square in New York — beautiful.

“They weren’t nice. Not Oh, I had a good time.” at us ... They spit nice at all. It was the worst He said these opportunities came thing you’d ever seen. You on you, they did from his time serving in the Navy don’t know who you’re killing anything they during the Korean War. or who you weren’t killing,” Saunders was drafted while he was could do, they was Moore said. “And I got into the attending Kentucky State College at bomber squadron, and I was a rotten.” the age of 18. bombardier. I got out of there; He sailed on a destroyer ship called GENE MOORE I don’t know how many people Vietnam War veteran U.S.S. Perry DD844, and said he was we dropped bombs on that we the first loader of a 40 mm gun at the didn’t know their names.”

Suez Canal during the embargo beMoore said he was in Viettween Great Britain and Egypt. nam for 18 months. Far from receiving a warm “The shell that I had to handle was as tall as welcome, Moore was treated like an outcast after you. And I thought it was so much fun; I saw the returning home. airplanes go by and I said, ‘Get ‘em, keep going, “These young kids out of Berkeley and so on catch ‘em, keep going!’ We’d shoot the airplane and and so forth, standing there throwing things at us, I loved it,” Saunders said. they wouldn’t let us do anything. They spit on you, Although Saunders found ways to find fulfillthey did anything they could do, they was rotten,” ment in his role, Saunders experienced some humMoore said.“It was the worst thing you’d ever seen.” bling aspects of his time in the Navy as well.

Moore has lived in the Toledo area ever since, but “Little kids would come down to our ship and we said it has not been easy for him to find a place to live. would give them money, because they didn’t have no money in the foreign countries,” Saunders said.

“So, we thought it was something because, you know the government was paying me every two weeks or something like that, so it didn’t bother me.”

Saunders grew up in Wheeling, W. Va., but has been in Toledo with his sister since 1956.

A Community Advocate

Tuesday, Nov. 17 1 - 6 p.m. — BG Ball Run People will run a football from the rocket by the Glass Bowl to Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green before the rivalry game. Money raised from the event will go to Global Medical Brigades.

For more information and to register, go to utoledosg.org/ballrun.

The Veterans’ Glass City Skyway was named to honor Toledo vets in 2007.

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Kathie Zastrow, a volunteer for 1Matters, sits with Gene Moore, a Vietnam War veteran. Both are attending Saturday Morning picnics.

In Toledo, organizations such as Veterans Matter and 1Matters work with veterans to find housing and to help them get on their feet.

According to Veterans Matter, they have helped house over 800 vets across the nation and they are currently working on building a housing complex for veterans in Toledo.

Shawn Clark works for 1Matters to help provide some of these services to Toledo vets.

As a veteran herself, Clark has a deeply personal connection to the work she does, one that allows her to relate to her clients.

She was 21 years old when she joined the military in 1991 and was in the service for seven years.

Shawn said that being a single mother, it was tough finding a job, and both of her parents were veterans so she felt as though it was the right thing to do.

“I loved it. I grew up a lot, didn’t have a whole lot of choice, which I think is what I needed. You know, it was a great experience,” Clark said.

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Korean War Veteran George A. Saunders sits and socializes with other Toledo community members at the event Saturday Morning picnics. The gathering is held weekly as a way of feeding local community members in need as well as providing a social gathering.

Although Clark was never homeless, her experience in the military opened up new doors for her when she met Ken Leslie, the advocate-in-chief for 1Matters and Veterans Matter.

“I heard he was looking for somebody to fill a job for him and when I found out that it was for homeless veterans, it really kind of hit home for me,” Clark said. “I pictured my parents in that situation, and my son is now in the military, so you know, I instantly thought, ‘Oh my God, you know, what if they didn’t have a place to live?’ So, I said hell yeah, I’ll take the job.”

Clark said her father’s time in the Vietnam War greatly affected their family, and one event in particular has stuck with her throughout the years.

“I loved it. I grew up a lot, didn’t have a whole lot of choice, which I think is what I needed. You know, it was a great experience.”

SHAWN CLARK Military veteran and veteran advocate

“There was a lot of problems after he came back.

The night that I left to go to boot camp, he had a major meltdown,” Clark said while starting to get choked up. “He was scared to death for me to go.

And in his mind, he was still thinking of Vietnam, you know. He passed away a couple of years ago.”

Clark’s story is probably very similar to many veterans’ stories. She can only imagine what others have gone through, but by putting herself in their shoes, she offers all the help she can.

“What I do is I work with the case workers at the VA, so when we get a new veteran that we’ve gotten into a new housing, they let me know if they need food. Because, yes, we supply their deposit, but if a veteran is coming out of a shelter then they don’t have food. So we supply their start up,” Clark said.

HOLIDAY SERVICE Wednesday, Nov. 18 5 - 7 p.m. — International CookOff International students will be preparing dishes from across the world in International House.

Prizes will be given to the winning team. If you would like to participate too, contact Kristin Keller at Kirstin.Keller@ UToledo.Edu.

CORRECTIONS Last week we incorrectly described the photo that ran with our story “Culture in a new light.” The photo is not a photo from Indian Students Cultural Organization annual event Diya. The photo is from a seperate event and our cutline is incorrect.

We regret these errors.

UT Students

By Emily Schnipke Staff Reporter

The holidays are quickly approaching and through the Salvation Army, University of Toledo students and staff are helping those in need.

Adopt-a-Family is a program run by the Salvation Army in the Toledo area that allows people to give back to the community. Like the name suggests, volunteers metaphorically “adopt” a family in need and help provide Christmas presents and food for families that cannot afford them on their own.

Volunteers are asked to provide a stocking stuffer for each child in the family, three or four new, unwrapped presents for each child and enough food for a Christmas dinner.

UT’s Office of Student Involvement and Leadership has participated in Adopt-a-Family for the past 10 years.

“One of UT’s priorities since our newly elected President Gaber has taken office is to help strengthen the

for Christmas

ties between effort is open to all the university of the UT faculty, and the commustaff and students. nity,” wrote Evita OSIL said that local busiParks, program manager nesses who want to give back COURTESTY OF UT for student involvement, in but don’t have a platform to do so an email interview. “Because Adoptare also welcome to participate. a-Family is an organization geared “Last year we were able to suptoward specifically helping Toledo port 30 families and our goal this families, we would like to give back year is to double our numbers,” as much to the surround community Parks wrote. “We really want to members in any way possible.” give everyone a chance to give back Participation in this community to the community.”

OSIL says they already have around 30 organizations, UT departments and individuals signed up to adopt a family this holiday season.

Volunteers who adopt a family are responsible for providing the family they are assigned with gifts and a gift card to a local grocery store. Volunteers are allowed to choose the size of the family they would like to assist.

Gifts need to be delivered to the OSIL

by Dec. 8 by 5 p.m.

“We want to encourage all to become civically engaged on the University of Toledo campus,” Parks wrote.

Parks also said those can’t afford to adopt an entire family should not be discouraged. Toys for Tots boxes will be placed around campus starting Nov. 16 to collect toys from people who didn’t have the chance to sign up.

For more information or to sign up for Adopt-a-Family, visit the OSIL’s page on the UT website.

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UT bounces back from loss to win 28-23 against the CMU Chippewas

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Sophomore running back Terry Swanson rushes for a positive game against NIU last Tuesday in UT’s 32-27 hiccup. Swanson rushed for 101 yards in the first quarter of last Tuesday’s game.

By Marcus Dodson Sports Editor

MT. PLEASANT, MI —The University of Toledo’s football team squeezed out a 28-23 win over Central Michigan just one week after their first loss of the season.

The Rockets (8-1, 5-1 MAC) were led by junior running back Kareem Hunt who rushed for 113 yards on 20 carriers.

“I felt that I could help my team win the game if they just gave me the ball,” Hunt said. “I was feeling myself and wanted to help put my team in the position to win.”

Senior quarterback Phillip Ely had a solid performance tossing for 322 yards and two touchdowns

on 23 of 39 passing.

Ely’s top target was senior Alonzo Russell who finished the night with 86 receiving yards on just four catches including a game-long 51-yard reception.

The Rockets finished the night with 490-yards of total offense.

The Chippewas (5-5, 4-2 MAC) were led by senior quarterback Cooper Rush. He finished with nearly 400 yards of total offense, including two touchdown passes and the gameending interception.

Toledo won the toss and selected to receive to start the game. The Rockets opened up the game with a 12-play 70-yard drive capped off with a 2-yard

touchdown pass from Ely to junior tight end Michael Roberts to jump out to an early 7-0 lead.

Toledo’s defense responded well, forcing the Chippewas to punt after just four plays.

Toledo jumped out to a 14point lead after a 41-yard touchdown run by Hunt with 1:48 remaining in the first quarter.

Toledo kept the offensive momentum going into the second quarter with a quick threeplay drive capped off with a 36-yard touchdown pass from Ely to freshman wide receiver Diontae Johnson.

Ely escaped the CMU pressure and rolled out to his right finding Johnson just seconds before

being brought to the ground.

CMU answered the Toledo touchdown with three points of their own off of a 48-yard field goal from senior kicker Brian Eavey. Central could’ve gained more on their 10-play 51-yard drive but a 55-yard touchdown reception was called back due to a holding penalty.

The CMU defense came out fired up after the field goal and forced UT into a three and out.

On the ensuing punt, junior punter Nick Ellis shanked the ball off the side of his foot giving the Chippewas ideal field position from the CMU 42.

www.IndependentCollegian.com WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Toledo warms up for MAC play in scrimmage

By Justice Sunderland Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo’s women’s basketball team hosted Findlay in an exhibition game on Saturday and cruised to an 82-51 victory.

The Rockets put on a strong performance, shooting 48 percent from the field including 4 of 14 from behind the arch. Toledo defense swarmed the Oilers forcing 17 turnovers, converting those into 21 points.

“If we continue to improve each day, we can come out and surprise a lot of people,” said Head Coach Tricia Cullop, Toledo was led by senior point guard Brenae Harris with 18 points. She received help from freshman Haylee Printz who chipped in 13 points on five-of-nine shooting.

Also contributing was freshman Kaayla McIntyre and senior Ana Capotosto both with 12 points.

“We have a lot of weapons,” Harris said.

“Anybody can go off on any given night.”

Every player that touched the court for the Rockets scored at least 3 points.

Junior Janice Monakana scored 8 points and 3 rebounds and junior Sophie Reecher had 4 points and 5 rebounds. Sophomore Michaela Rasmussen added 6 points and 5 rebounds including a blocked shot.

“We want to have 4 or 5 players in double figures every night,” Cullop said.

Sophomore Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, sophomore Nancy Kessler, redshirt freshman Lindsay Dorr and freshman Sarah St. Fort all sat out due to injuries.

“I think we have a lot of depth and athleticism.

And I’m very excited to get started.”

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FEATURE

Wolverine to Rocket: Harris prepares to take the reigns on UT’s courts

By Keith Boggs Sports Reporter

If there is one thing that constantly captivates Toledo’s senior point guard Brenae Harris, it’s basketball.

Expectations are high for the senior this season after she was named to the All-MAC honorable mention team last year.

But performance should be no problem; Harris has been shooting hoops with her father since age 5, when the two of them bonded over the sport.

“My dad played for Alabama State, and he didn’t have the boy he wanted,” Harris joked. “He bought me a Little Tykes hoop and it just took off from there.”

Basketball became Harris’ obsession. She played constantly, working her way up through various grade-school leagues until she started seeing results.

“I played at a rec league when I was 10 or 11 with my sister, and then in middle school,” Harris said. “I then realized it was something I wanted to do.”

Her focus and dedication on the court paid off. After Harris’s senior year of high school, she accepted a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Michigan, where she saw relative success.

She started the first six games of her sophomore year, but after a coaching change, Harris decided look for a new school.

“There was a change in coaching staff, and that wasn’t really what I signed up for,” she

TRICIA CULLOP Head Coach

UT is returning with 4 of their top 5 scorers from a year ago. Also returning are Harris and Capotosto, and both seniors are looking to have an impact this season.

Harris started every game last season averaging 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds. The 5’10 guard is physical on both sides of the court and will look to lead the Rockets to yet another winning season.

Capotosto, a 5’10 forward, averaged 7.7 points and 5.6 boards a season ago. She will look to hold down the middle for UT along with Monakana and Reecher.

“I expect to keep building each week,” Capotosto said. “At the end of the season I want to look at what we’ve built upon.”

The Rockets will be without former graduate Inma Zanoguera who led the team with 15.7 ppg last season.

“I think we have a lot of depth and athleticism,” Cullop said. “And I’m very excited to get started.”

The Rockets will look to top last season’s record of 19-14 (10-8 MAC) when they open up the 2015 season on Saturday at noon against

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Senior guard Brenae Harris drives to the basket in a game against Eastern Michigan that the Rockets lost 75-61. Harris averaged 9.8 points last season and helped lead the Rockets to a 10-8 record.

said. “I came here and found a better fit for myself at Toledo.”

Harris plans to take what she’s learned in the Big Ten and put it to use in the MAC. “Playing in the Big Ten taught me how to be a competitor,” Harris said. “In the Big Ten there are a lot of competitive rivalries versus Ohio State and Michigan State, and you have to really bring it in those games.”

Many might regard UT competition as easier, but Harris stresses that it’s not that

“Playing in the Big Ten taught me how to be a competitor. In the Big Ten there are a lot of competitive rivalries versus Ohio State and Michigan State, and you have to really bring it in those games.”

BRENAE HARRIS Senior pointguard

way at all. U of M is a high profile school, but Harris said teams in conferences like the MAC can be just as tough.

“Here it’s the same, if not more competitive,” Harris said. “We’re a mid-major school so people don’t think it’s as competitive.

We actually have more to prove.”

Proving itself is exactly what Toledo has done by finishing 10-8 in the MAC last year and receiving an invite to the WNIT, where they fought hard but still lost to U of M in the end.

This year may look different because the Rockets look to replace some of the scoring void left by Inma Zanoguera.

While it will take a team effort, Harris is one of the battle-tested players that Toledo can count on.

Last year Harris averaged around ten points, four rebounds and three assists, which all ranked close or at the top of the team. She also

performed well on the defensive end where she averaged nearly one steal per game.

This summer Harris showed signs of taking her game to even a higher level.

While playing overseas in Europe, Harris led the team with 15 points per game in their two exhibition contests.

She’s certainly looking to keep that positive momentum going into the season.

While she performs as a standout on the court, she’s no slouch outside of games, either. Harris is a communication major and has been a member of the Dean’s List the past three semesters.

Harris said she hopes to play professionally in the states or overseas, following in the steps of her former teammate Zanoguera.

If she keeps up her performance, then Harris should have no trouble living up to expectations.

Standings Football School

MAC Overall

EAST DIVISION Bowling Green 5-0 7-2 Buffalo 3-2 5-4 Ohio 2-3 5-4 Kent State 2-3 3-6 Akron 2-3 4-5 Miami 1-5 2-8 UMass 0-5 1-8

WEST DIVISION Western Michigan 5-0 6-3 Northern Illinois 4-1 6-3 Toledo 4-1 7-1 Central Michigan 4-1 5-4 Ball State 2-4 3-7 Eastern Michigan 0-6 1-9

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campus safety and security will be exempt from the freeze, said Gaber.

According to the strategic plan, the eight-month hold will save the university approximately $5 million or more, leaving the budget shortfall at $6.5 million.

Grant

from page 1

“As I understand it, Dr. Czajkowski does a lot of work with middle school students. And when he was looking for partners, he was looking for places that work more closely with elementary students and high school students, and so on; to make the project really a ‘K through 12’ program,” Cunningham said.

According to President Gaber, the entire project

Lecture from page 1

aspects of Mr. Tygart’s presentation, Mr. Tygart’s ability to translate the lessons of the Lance Armstrong case to the broader considerations of ethics in our society and business was a great honor to the purpose of the Edwin Dodd Distinguished Lecture Series in Business Ethics.”

Tygart ended the lecture

Gaber wrote this is only one way she plans on decreasing the financial deficit.

“In the medium and long term, it is our plan to grow our way out of these financial challenges by recruiting and retaining more students,” Gaber said.

Wingfield said they ultimately chose to go with the freeze because it will not

negatively affect students.

“To the students this should be very seamless,” Wingfield said. “We purposely put a lot of thought into what kind of positions should be included and excluded. There are a lot of things we are doing to try and make it the least painful on the general population as well.”

is expected to be fully in place within the next four years, and have a significant impact on not just students but, UT’s image.

“We keep talking about increasing the reputation and the name recognition of UT. The more we get out and the more connections we have, the better served our student will be, and the better value your degree is,” Gaber said. “It’s not every day that a faculty member at any university across the country gets a multimillion

dollar grant.”

Several other institutions are also participating in the project, including Boston University, UC Berkley, Tennessee State, WestEd, Raytheon, as well as NASA Langely, a NASA-funded Research Center.

“This is a very largescope project. And there are the partners we’re establishing, when you think about partnering with Berkley or other universities, that’s a great connection for UT,” Gaber said.

by explaining that society needs USADA and such organizations to ensure there are no victims of doping in any sport. Some athletes tend to quit their sports as they refuse to take drugs or break the rules just to win.

These organizations should help them and others stay honest and have a clean win.

Kyle Schaefer, a master’s student of business administration and one of the attendees, said attending such lectures gives students

the opportunity to network with others while listening to issues they face every day, but coming from different places.

“It was interesting to hear the experiences of working in a position that deals with primarily ethical dilemmas on a daily basis,” Schaefer said.

“I think the most important thing to take away is just being truthful and honest, especially when confronted with the truth if we did something wrong. As adults, we understand right from wrong.”

Recovery

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The Rockets’ defense held CMU to a fourth-and-four from the Toledo 40-yard line but failed to stop the Chippewas, giving up a gain of 37 on the play. CMU would need just one more play to score.

Central’s junior running back Jay Roberson fumbled the ball on the one-yard line before being covered by offensive lineman Derek Edwards in the end zone for his first career touchdown, cutting the Toledo lead to 21-10 with just 3:45 left in the opening half.

After the break, Toledo’s defense came on the field to force the Chippewas into three-andout to start the second half.

The Rockets offense struggled finishing their opening drive of the second half stalling out at the CMU 46-yard line.

The Chippewas would respond after the punt with their second touchdown of the night on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Rush to junior Corey Willis to cut the Toledo lead to 21-17. Central needed just six plays to cover 92-yards for the touchdown.

With the third-quarter touchdown grab, the Chippewas broke a UT streak of where the Rockets had yet to give up a touchdown in the third quarter.

Toledo responded well on the ensuing drive making their way inside the CMU 10.

The Rockets offense would get stuffed inside the five and was forced to attempt a 21-yard field goal that freshman kicker Jameson Vest

pushed just wide right.

After the missed field goal CMU drove the length of the field all the way down to the UT 2-yard line.

On first down the Chippewas were called for a pass interference call that backed them up 15-yards. The very next play, Ja’Wuan Woodley came up with a huge sack to pushing Rush and the Chippewas back to the 33.

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Central was then forced to attempt a 51-yard field goal but Eavey’s kick came up just short to keep Toledo’s lead at 21-17.

On the ensuing Central possession, CMU moved the ball down the field before being stopped at the UT 47 on a third down and four. After a Toledo timeout the Chippewas decided to go for it on fourth down but CMU’s fourth down pass was broken up by senior defensive back DeJuan Rogers.

After getting away from the running game in the third quarter, offensive coordinator Jason Candle went with a heavy dosage of Hunt in the fourth quarter.

The junior running back finished off the 10-play 64-yard drive with a much needed 3-yard touchdown

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run to extend UT’s lead to 28-17 with 7:01 remaining in the game.

The Chippewas answered the Rocket touchdown with one of their own with a little help from the Zebras on the field. Cheatham Norrils got called for what looked like two very questionable pass interference calls, one that negated a Toledo interception.

Central scored just one play after the second pass interference called on Norrils making the game 28-13.

The Chippewas elected to go for two but Rush’s pass attempt was no good with 3:26 remaining in the game.

Following the failed twopoint conversion, Central attempted an onside kick in hopes to gain the ball back but the kick failed to travel ten yards and the Rockets recovered the football.

UT would milk as much clock as possible. Vest came on to attempt to put the Rockets up by seven with a 33-yard field goal but the kick sails wide for Vest’s second miss of the game with 21 seconds on the clock.

On the second play of the CMU drive Cheatham Norrils came down with the game-sealing interception to give UT its eighth win of the season.

The Rockets will travel to Bowling Green next Tuesday to take on the MAC East division leaders in the battle of I-75 at 6 p.m. UT has won the previous five meetings against BGSU.

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