Thursday, January 9, 2014
95th year • Issue 17
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HEALTH SCIENCE CAMPUS
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RENOVATION
Athletic complex to get a $5M facelift By Samuel Derkin News Editor
3D sketching Nearly 60 UT art students and some faculty will be showcasing their work in an evolving art exhibit titled “Three-Dimensional Sketching — Repurpose on Purpose,” starting Monday, Jan. 13, at the Center for Visual Arts. COMMUNITY / 6 »
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“You probably don’t need Al Gore around to tell you that plastic bags are bad for the environment.”
IC EDITORIAL BYOB: Bring your own bag OPINION / 4 »
Passing of a music man
Music student Frank Klett passed away Dec. 14, 2013, at the age of 72. He returned to UT in 2009 about 50 years after he first attended the university. COMMUNITY / 6 »
Button ups: start the semester off like a boss Fashion Editor Isis Darks explains how to properly wear the uniform of corporate battles: the button up shirt.
COURTESY OF CARLOS BAPTISTA
These are just a few of the 300 preserved organs and specimens on display at UT’s new Liverato Didio and Peter Goldblatt Interactive Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, which opened to to the public in December. Specimens include an entire spinal cord, a fetus and various animal organs. The museum was entirely funded with resources generated by the Laboratory of Plastination, according to museum director Carlos Baptista
Educational museum of organs and specimens now open on UT’s Health Science Campus By Samantha Rhodes Associate News Editor
Nearly 300 preserved organs and specimens from humans and animals have found a new home in the basement of the Paul Block Health Science Building at the University of Toledo. These samples are on display as part of UT’s new Liberato Didio and Peter Goldblatt Interactive Museum of Anatomy
and Pathology, which opened to UT students and the public in December. Carlos Baptista, associate professor of neurosciences and museum director, said the museum is mainly intended for medical students and healthcare professional students to examine both normal and pathological specimens side by side. “One reason for both the
specimens is to compare the normal and abnormal, but also to educate the students about diseases that are in the books but only a few would have a chance to see it up close,” Baptista said. Prior to the museum’s opening medical students, as well as high school students and graduate students, helped with the dissecSee Organs / 5 »
LEADERSHIP
Student Government gets set for spring By Destiny Washington Staff Reporter
Opening lines of communication with students and wrapping up unfinished business are two of the many items on Student Government’s agenda for this spring semester at the University of Toledo. SG President Emily Kramp said that a few issues students can expect to hear about include: • A proposed UT bike-sharing program. • Rocket Discounts, an initiative that aims to provide ways for businesses that offer student discounts to promote themselves on campus. • Ways for students to give
feedback about UT professors and services. Kramp said she and Vice President Lauren Jencen are proud of SG’s progress. “With the new structure, we’ve been able to accomplish more and allow all levels of SG members to have active roles in the improvement of our university,” Kramp said. “We’ve also been more present to the student body through our interaction hours, and have thus been able to generate feedback and ideas which have been placed in the hands of many influential people on campus.” Senator Tiara Green said she thinks SG’s level of efficiency has risen since Kramp and Jencen
were elected last spring. “I feel as though as an organization, SG has gotten a lot closer and has been able to create greater communications within the SG, which is different than last year,” Green said. “We are now working with administrators to meet the needs of the student body.” External Affairs Senator Nicholas McCullough said social media has played a large role in hearing student voices. See SG in spring / 5 »
The Larimer Athletic Complex is set to undergo a $5 million renovation and expansion, with work beginning in February and ending in mid-July. The renovation will add new offices, double the size of the football team’s weight room, bump out the east and west sides of the building, and expand the complex’s academic center to include four new tutoring rooms, according to Assistant Athletics Director Tim Warga. David Nottke, senior associate athletic director for development and external affairs, said the University of Toledo Foundation has raised nearly $3 million in private donations for the project after almost a year and a half of fundraising. “We’re looking forward to wrapping up our campaign and getting the project moving,” said Nottke, who hopes to have the remaining $2 million raised within three to six months. Nottke said UT is fronting the cost of the renovations through a direct loan, but he expects the money to be repaid over the course of five years as donors make good on their pledges. The renovations will temporarily cause the football team and staff to move into various buildings around campus. “We want to be back in the building before pre-season football starts,” Warga said. Warga said the renovations will add new lockers to the facility as well as a new lobby and decorative graphics. “There will be a nice, grand entrance to the facility, similar to the lobby at the Sullivan complex in the Savage arena,” Warga said. The complex will house academic advisory offices for athletes, as well as a study room and tutoring facilities. “A key part of this project is the academic center for our student athletes,” Warga said. “We’re excited about that as well. I think it’s a nice shot in the arm for our department for the football program.” For artistic renderings, go to IndependentCollegian.com.
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UT offers public training at golf practice facility By Samantha Rhodes Associate News Editor
Adults and teens in the Northwest Ohio area will be able to sharpen their golfing skills this winter at the University of Toledo’s Rocket Golf Performance Center. UT’s Women’s Golf Coach Nicole Hollingsworth will host adult golf practice sessions and junior golf clinics for youth in grades seven through twelve — all in the Rocket Golf Performance Center at the Fetterman Training Center through January, February and March. “If you love golf, this is a no-
brainer,” Hollingsworth said. “Awesome facility, Division I golf coach and great price to use a half-million dollar facility that is not available anywhere else.” These sessions are intended to help golfers get ready for the spring and will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings for $60 a session, which includes three 60-minute practices. Sessions are available starting Jan. 13 through March 13 and run from 6 to 7 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. Both private and group lessons are available. The Rocket Golf Performance
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UT’s Rocket Golf Performance Center, housed in Fetterman Training Center, is now open to students and the general public three evenings a week through March for $60 a session.
Center is part of the Fetterman Training Center, which opened in February of 2010. The facility includes a 3,500-square foot chipping and putting green with real course
variable elevations. It possesses a sand-based surface and multiple hitting areas with removable nets. Rocket golfers also have access to See Golfing / 5 »