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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

THE SEARCH IS ON

Candidates for presidency What do revealed to UT community students want from the next president?

By Emily Johnson and Samantha Rhodes Staff Reporter and Managing Editor

The question is simple: What are you looking for in the new president? We interviewed numerous University of Toledo students and this is what they had to say:

Student-centeredness Back to winning Rockets edge by RedHawks 70-65 for second win in a row. UT improves to 4-3 in MAC play.

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“A journalist’s responsibility is to report the accurate truth to the public in a timely manner; it is not to ensure that the individuals or groups giving them information are fulfilling professional commitments.”

EDITORIAL Conflict of interest?

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The presidential candidates include (left to right) Michele Wheatly, Sharon Gaber and Christopher Howard. They were revealed by the University of Toledo Jan. 22.

By Amanda Pitrof News Editor

The search for the University of Toledo’s new president was narrowed down Jan. 22 to three candidates, two Caucasian women and an African-American man.

UT has had only one president before who was not a white male. Vikram Kapoor — the 14th president — came to the U.S. from India in 1969, according to nanovk.com.

Whoever is picked will be a landmark in UT’s history as either the university’s first female or African-American president.

The three candidates — Michele Wheatly, Sharon Gaber and Christopher Howard — were selected from a list of 29 applicants.

Several of the 4 women and 25 men who applied had prior connections to UT, including Interim President Nagi Naganathan.

INSIDE / 3 >> Find out more information about each candidate’s qualifications, experiences and background.

By Trevor Stearns Associate News Editor

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Military Advanced Education magazine recently named UT a top school for military and veteran education.

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“The experiences we undergo shape our characters, but we can always choose who we become.”

ELONM GBEDEY Boarding school in Benin OPINION / 4 »

Where’s Nagi? / 4 >> Read the editorial expressing the IC staff’s disappointment that Interim President Nagi Naganathan was missing from the list of presidential candidates.

SG passes library UT plans for loss of act, plans to about 100 professors research cost of 24/7 access

UT women’s basketball team is preparing to face BGSU on Saturday, Jan. 31. Toledo fell to the Falcons 66-59 last Groundhog Day.

UT recognized as a top school for military education

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HIRING PLAN

LEGISLATION

Toledo preps for trip down I-75 to face BGSU

President of Campus Activities and Planning (CAP) Andrew Kurtz said he thinks student-centeredness is a musthave trait of the next president, something he feels was not a priority for the last president, Lloyd Jacobs.

“I think that our previous president, not Nagi, but our previous full-term president [Jacobs] had his strengths, but relating to the student body wasn’t one of them,” Kurtz said.

According to Spectrum President LaVelle Ridley, there is no way to tell how a presidential candidate will

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Members of senate vote to pass the library act following much debate on Jan. 27. The final vote for the library hour extension was 21 in favor and 3 opposed.

By Colleen Anderson Associate News Editor

The extension of library hours and protection of technology in the library proposed last week passed on the senate floor during Tuesday’s meeting.

While the protection of technology in the library passed unanimously without debate, the library hour extension was a subject of debate for the second week in a row.

SG senator Ronald Pheils, who voted against the resolution, voiced concerns about the amount of research done on the subject, and talked about possibly exploring other options for study spaces.

“People are getting caught up on the idea of libraries,” he said. “Let’s do some research

and see what we can open without incurring $100,000, roughly $100,000 in debt we don’t have. I’m not opposed to opening the library; what I’m opposed to is jumping in to something that hasn’t been supported by research.”

SG President Clayton Notestine said the resolution is proposing a further investigation into the cost of keeping the library open 24/7, not the specific spending of any amount.

“The legislation is not necessarily endorsing that we go ahead and spend the 100,000and by the way, it is not specifically 100,000, that is an estimate,” Notestine said.

“However, what it is basically going and trying to push is that they [administrators] See Library act / 3 »

With the retirement of around 100 professors by the end of June, the University of Toledo is initiating a new faculty hiring plan that will take place over the next three years.

John Barrett, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, is leading the faculty hiring plan and described how it worked in a more simple manner.

“The easiest thing to do would be to print a copy off so you can read it,” Barrett said.

“Basically, they [deans] get their plans approved, place ads, departBARRETT ment interviews, find somebody they like, and request to hire, which will be given if there is a budgetary spot to do it and if it is in conformity with the plan.”

Barrett also said that by following this hiring plan, the university can look towards saving around $1 million in total salaries because most of the new hires will be “coming in cheaper.”

Linda Rouillard, executive member of Faculty Senate, voiced her concerns about the plan.

“My concern is that the hiring plan will be heavily biased towards hiring lecturers rather than tenure-track faculty,” Rouillard said. “I think that unless this institution is willing to commit itself to people who are committing their careers to this institution, that we will be that much poorer for that.”

Kristin Iacopelli, an English professor, had some concerns of her own.

“The only thing of concern is when you retire older professors, you lose those years of wisdom and

knowledge that not only teach the material, but other valuable information that only comes with life experience,” Iacopelli said.

Iacopelli said she thinks UT is losing an entire generation of instructors who have a more traditional approach to teaching.

“There are trusted names on campus, some of which I have seen leave in the seven years I’ve been here,” said Robert Worthington, a seventh-year law and social thought major. “I just really feel that that hurts the academics here. I think experience is really the key.”

“My concern is that the hiring plan will be heavily biased towards hiring lecturers rather than tenure-track faculty.”

LINDA ROUILLARD Executive member of Faculty Senate

Clayton Notestine, Student Government president, said there could be some negative consequences with the number of professors leaving.

“Naturally, this is going to be at least a little bit negative,” Notestine said. “But, I have faith in both provost John Barrett and President Naganathan and all of the Faculty Senate, that they will be able to handle the issue with this new hiring plan.”

Rouillard said she does not think as many professors will be retiring as the university believes.

“I think that there will not be as many departing as they anticipate,” she said. “I think that with every faculty member that we lose, we are See Faculty hiring plan / 3 »

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 | The Independent Collegian |

Seelio webinar to take place Jan. 29 at 3:30 p.m.

To help students learn how to use Seelio, a free online portfolio, The College of Communication and the Arts will host a 45-minute introduction webinar covering the basics of the program.

To sign up for the webinar, visit attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1737130879175195138.

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CRIME LOG

Jan. 19 ‑ Driver arrested for drunk driving

On Jan. 19, a vehicle was spotted with its hazard lights on in the southbound curb lane of Byrne Road. When the officer approached the vehicle, he could smell a strong odor of intoxicants. When he spoke to the driver, they admitted to drinking alcohol and said they were driving their friends home because they had drank more than they had. The driver’s speech was slurred and they had glassy, bloodshot eyes.

They were asked to exit the vehicle and went through three sobriety tests. After the tests, it was obvious that the driver was not fit to drive and they were arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

IN BRIEF Jan. 29 talk to be rescheduled The talk about the Americans With Disabilities Act in the law center has been cancelled.

It was to mark the 25year anniversary of the act, and featured guest speaker Michael Stein.

The talk will be rescheduled.

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PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

Meet the candidates

Michele Wheatly

Sharon Gaber

Christopher Howard

• Age: 58 • Age: 51 • Age: 45 • Fact: was born in London, Great Britain • Fact: was approved for 25 grant proposals • Fact: earned a Bronze Star with active duty in • Current position: former provost and now • Current position: provost and vice chancelAfghanistan in 2003 professor and senior adviser to the president lor for academic affairs at the University of • Current position: president of Hampden-Sydney of West Virginia University Arkansas College in Virginia • Degrees: bachelor’s degree and doctoral degree • Degrees: bachelor’s degree from Occidental • Degrees: bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a doctorate in philosophy in politics from in comparative physiology from Birmingham College, master’s from the University of Southern Oxford University, and a master’s degree in business University in the United Kingdom, postdoctoral California, doctorate in city and regional planadministration from Harvard University fellowship at the University of Calgary in Canada ning from Cornell University • According to the Toledo Blade, he said, “I’m bring• According to the Toledo Blade, she said, “Clearly I’d • According to the Toledo Blade, she said, ing many experiences including a significant stint as like to build on the merger between the health scienc“I am excited about the opportunities at the vice president and professor and senior leader at the es campus and the University of Toledo into the larger University of Toledo and think that my experiUniversity of Oklahoma. If you look at the categorizawhole. It’s a great time for the health sciences and ences will be helpful in continuing the positive tion of OU and UT, you see a lot of common ground.” that’s an area in which I have a strong background.” trajectory of the university.”

Information for this section was compiled from a Jan. 23 Toledo Blade article and the University of Toledo’s presidential search website.

MAGAZINE RATING

UT recognized as a top school for military education

By Sam Derkin Staff Reporter

The University of Toledo was named a top school for military and veteran education in the Guide to Colleges and Universities section of Military Advanced Education (MAE) magazine.

According to UT News, MAE magazine evaluates military support policies, such as military culture, financial aid flexibility and support services both on-campus and online.

“Most of these awards are based upon an analysis on what an institution offers to their students — that’s their service members and their families,” said the military liaison for the Military Service Center, Lt. Haraz Ghanbari.

Ghanbari said a questionnaire comes out in MAE magazine looking for statistical data on how many students a university has, how much staff and the support groups available at the university.

The questionnaire also includes student workers within the office and how many personnel a university has to work directly with veterans on campus.

“So we [the Military Service Center] try to make sure that when a veteran comes in we can take care

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look into where money could come from in order to do it.”

The final vote for the library hour extension was 21 in favor and 3 opposed.

Trisha Khambadkone, SG external affairs chair, voiced her support for the extension of library hours.

“We’re a university, a place of learning. In order to have the best resources to learn, I feel like as a university we should have a 24 hour policy,” Khambadkone said. “Everybody has different work schedules, study schedules and study habits and having a 24 hour policy, I think, is the best way to accommodate everybody.”

Marcia King-Blandford,

“We will be back open during the ten days for finals.”

MARGARET TRABAND

Vice provost of academic operations

of all of their needs at one location instead of sending them around,” Ghanbari said. “We partner real closely with adult transfer and military admissions, which is in the front of the suite, so once a student’s admitted and they annotate on their application if they’ve had military service, adult transfer military admissions will bring them back to our office.”

“People aren’t typically designed to go at life alone and so in the military we have a saying, ‘you have your battle buddy or your shipmate’....”

LT. HARAZ GHANBARI Military liaison for the Military Service Center

Ghanbari said one of the services UT provides is a robust military lounge in Rocket Hall, which was finished last year with donations from the community.

“That’s another great opportu-

interim director of university libraries, said in a previous interview that having student input has been helpful during the process of looking at library hours.

“We are trying to figure out what works for the students. The quieter floors, the noisier floors, soft seating, tables, group study rooms, tables with partitions, tables without partitions, those are all things we’re concerned about too,” she said. “So it was good to have the students really , have their voice at the table, and get to share this kind of information, something we don’t always get to do if students aren’t being vocally involved.”

Although the act passed, there will be no changes to the library hours this semester, according to Margaret Traband, vice provost of academic operations.

“This term, we will not have any alterations, because we don’t have the resources to do it. But we will be back open during the ten days for finals,” Traband said.

The decision on the extension for library hours and

nity for vets to get with other vets,” Ghanbari said. “People aren’t typically designed to go at life alone and so in the military we have a saying, ‘you have your battle buddy or your shipmate,’ so this is kind of an opportunity to get together with other folks that are going through some of the same challenges as you.”

Although Ghanbari said he was grateful for the recognition, he stressed the importance of looking toward the future.

“That award in a nut shell recognizes the university for all of the things that we’re doing to help our student veterans and dependents,” Ghanbari said. “It’s great to be recognized by outside organizations but, as the military liaison at the university, I can tell you there’s still more work we can be doing. And we’re going to continue to explore way to partner with other organizations in the community and to continue to elevate our support services for our veterans.”

One of the organizations the service center has partnered with is the UT chapter of Student Veterans of America. Dan Hatfield and Tyler Lange are the president and vice president of SVA as well as student workers in the service center.

“We’re a university, a place of learning.

In order to have the best resources to learn, I feel like as a university we should have a 24 hour policy.”

TRISHA KHAMBADKONE

SG external affairs chair

how it will be done should be decided by July 1.

“The budgeting process will begin in a new fiscal year, and the new fiscal year will begin July 1,” Traband said. “As we move towards that budget, that will actually be passed by the board, will it say a line in the budget, you know, ‘this is for the library to open 24 hours?’ No. But there will be a recognition that we’ll have some authorization to hire some additional people to do that if that’s what the decision will be made.”

Lange said that the organization is a good way for older veterans and veterans to connect and create a community.

“It’s the camaraderie; it’s a good way to interact with people who have gone through similar experiences and most of the time veterans go through extremely unique experiences so they don’t really relate to anyone else,” Lange said.

As a student worker, Lange said the office is open to helping all veterans as much as possible.

“Some people stop in, looking to go to UT and end up knowing a lot more and a lot more benefits that they can receive when they walk out the door,” Lange said.

“It’s a one-stop shop. You come in here, even if it’s not related to educational benefits, we’re going to know the answer. And if we don’t know the answer, we’ll get the answer for you.”

Ghanbari said the service center is interested in helping all military personnel regardless of whether or not they find UT to be the right fit.

“We might not offer every program that every veteran wants,” Ghanbari said. “So if I can still help a veteran in this area and direct him to another institution,

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losing some precious resources.”

According to Barrett, if the plan is successful, students should be better prepared for their post-college life.

“We will have the size of faculty in the various departments to allow us to deliver our teaching mission,” Barrett said.

Rouillard, however, said she believes all of the new hires have the potential to negatively affect the students.

“We will have the size of faculty in the various departments to allow us to deliver our teaching mission.”

JOHN BARRETT Interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs

it’s about doing what’s right for the veteran; sometimes it’s not always doing what’s right for the institution.”

Ghanbari said working with other schools in the area was an important tool to providing better services to veterans.

“Bowling Green might be our rivals on the gridiron or on the basketball court but at the end of the day they’ve got veterans on their campus as well. So if there’s things that we can share with Bowling Green to help their veterans we’re going to do it, and we have done it,” he said.

Ghanbari said he was grateful for the recognition of things the Military Service Center has done and for the support from UT staff and the community.

“The things that we’ve done in this office wouldn’t be possible without the support of others across this campus — from other students, to staff and faculty, to senior administration, as well as the support of the veteran service organizations in town,” he said. “This award isn’t reflective of the efforts just in this office; this award is reflective of the support that members of this community have for our student veteran population, which I think speaks volumes.”

“I think that if they hire people as lecturers and overload them with teachers, students will not have the individualized attention that they need,” Rouillard said. “If you’re going to be student-centered, you hire a faculty with schedules that allow them to devote as much time as possible to individual students.”

She also said that if lecturers are hired to teach introductory classes of one hundred to two hundred students, they won’t be able to know their students individually and lead them on to successful professional careers.

Iacopelli said the new hires would be good for students and they would bring a “more welcoming and innovative environment with professors who are connected to the information age.”

According to Barrett, the hiring plan was chosen to take place over three years so that the different colleges have time to find somebody that they are really excited about.

“If you’re going to be studentcentered, you hire a faculty with schedules that allow them to devote as much time as possible to individual students.”

LINDA ROUILLARD Executive member of Faculty Senate

“On the whole, the hiring plan has been very favorably received. I think they like the idea that the plan is more college-centric,” Barrett said. “I’m not pushing some balance or formula, I’m saying that [the departments] need to figure out what’s right for their unit.

I’m trying to build a general perception and culture that when you get the chance to hire, hire the best, the most amazing person you can and fall in love with that person.”

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Conflict of interest?

Questions surround Joseph Zerbey after a Blade story broke

The Blade astonished us last Thursday by posting an update of the UT presidential search just moments after the information was released to the public.

As journalists, we’ve done our absolute best to keep you updated, but we were just as taken aback as you by the sudden announcement of the candidates. Luckily, there was one news outlet that had the spring on the news: The Blade released an article a mere three minutes after the news broke, a margin of time that is nothing short of impressive.

To put this achievement in perspective, here’s a play-by-play breakdown of the release times on Jan. 22, the day of the announcement. 10:43 a.m.: public release. 10:46 a.m.: Blade article released. 11:09 a.m.: 13 ABC article released. 12:01 p.m.: IC article released. 3 p.m.: 1370 WSPD article released. 4 p.m.: Toledo Free Press article released.

The real person of admiration, however, is Joseph Zerbey.

Zerbey is both the general manager of The Blade and the chair of the presidential search committee, as well as being the Chairman of the UT Board of Trustees. Despite the likely temptation to hand over the information, Zerbey instead managed to inspire the Blade to take other avenues. By refusing to betray the trust of confidentiality put in Zerbey by the search committee, he truly lived up to the expectations put upon him as a member of both the Board of Trustees and The Blade.

Despite knowing that giving information to his editorial staff would improve the quality of the paper and the knowledge they could release to the public, Zerbey restrained himself, a decision that many others might struggle with. For Zerbey to have the kind of information that journalists have been vying for since the search began and withhold it from a paper that he is so integrally involved in is an impressive display of self control. The fact that he was put in such a difficult situation to begin with is an unfortunate result of the positions he holds, one he has chosen to shoulder as an ongoing responsibility of accountability to the community.

Due to the nature of the search, almost all of the information, from the name of the candidates to the number of applicants, was confidential. No one on the search committee was allowed to disclose any of these things before it was released by UT. To our knowledge, no one on the search committee was allowed to disclose anything to news outlets before the public release.

Even if The Blade had been given advance information, there would be no breach of ethics on their part. A journalist’s responsibility is to report the accurate truth to the public in a timely manner; it is not to ensure that the individuals or groups giving them information are fulfilling professional commitments.

Despite this, Zerbey’s unique position has been called into question before and likely will be again. The Blade has addressed concerns on conflicts of interest specifically in a commentary in October, by Jack Lessenberry, Blade ombudsman. Lessenberry points out that Zerbey is not actually in charge of the news side of The Blade, meaning he is incapable of exerting influence on the news side of the paper or passing on information. As far as Lessenberry knows, Zerbey has never given inside information about UT to The Blade.

“If he had,” Lessenberry said in his commentary, “that itself would be an ethical violation of his responsibilities as trustee.”

EDITORIAL

Where’s Nagi?

Nagi Naganathan is surprisingly not in the running to be president

The final candidates for president of the University of Toledo were announced last week, and as everyone excitedly checked who’s in the running, it was clear that one person was missing — Nagi Naganathan.

Our first editorial of the school year voiced the Independent Collegian’s support for the current interim president. We stepped out on a limb endorsing him so quickly, but over the course of the semester, he never lost our backing; if anything, he made more and more of us approve of him and his efforts to relate to students.

That’s why the entire IC staff was incredibly surprised and disappointed to hear that he wasn’t included in the final presidential nominees. We were unable to get an interview with Naganathan for a story about his time as president.

The IC staff has respect for Naganathan because he has respect for us. The staff members who had the opportunity to meet him, even if only one time, were pleasantly surprised that Naganathan remembered their names and correctly addressed them the next time he spoke to them. That kind of mindfulness can be rare with upper-level administration, but that isn’t the case with Naganathan. He is genuine, charismatic and has an approachable demeanor.

Naganathan seemed like a great fit for UT president. He has worked at UT for nearly 30 years, proving himself as Dean of the College of Engineering for over 10 of those years.

Students traditionally don’t have much of a connection with the administration. Many students don’t even know who the decision makers at UT are or what they do, but after last semester, it was refreshing to see more students know Naganathan’s name. Communication within the university can be described as a pyramid structure where individuals most commonly talk primarily to the levels directly above and below them — students talk to faculty, faculty talks to faculty senate and the senate talks to the administration.

This dynamic was changed when Naganathan led walks around campus last fall, speaking with students and faculty in an initiative called “Walk with the President.” The program gave those who normally wouldn’t be able to have one-on-one conversations with any member of administration time to talk with UT’s top dog, the interim president. Students voiced their opinions, talked about their college experience and addressed their concerns about the university. Even when Naganathan was the dean of engineering, he also encouraged communication between himself and his students, a practice we will miss immensely.

We had an interim president who was more than well-liked and who bolstered the communication between students, faculty and administration, but now we have three new and unknown contenders who want to be president. Why Naganathan isn’t running is one of the top questions on our minds — and we’re sure we’re not alone.

We don’t know who is best of the nominees is or who we like the most, but we know we are sad to see Naganathan go.

Samantha Heinze COMMENTARY

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Distracted by devices As I start my second semester of tive as I progress into college. college as a freshman, I’ve come to I have no one but myself to truly realize how much technology impacts manage my time and to tell me it’s the way I focus on time to do homehomework, essays and work. I can tell from projects. Lately I have last semester that found that there is I’m honestly getting always a device sitting better at negotiating right next to me while with the slacker in I’m working, whisperme, but it needs to ing its wonders into be better. I think my ears to pick it up that all college stuand see what’s going on dents are constant in the world. negotiating with At the time, in high the slacker; to go or school it was easy to be not to go to class … away from technology that is the question. in a classroom. In my Each day I witness a IC COLUMNIST high school as soon as number of students a teacher saw you with winding down the an electronic device you didn’t get it days until they can just continuously back for the week. Here, in college, sleep and scroll through their feeds it’s become second nature to carry a and dashes to their heart’s content. laptop or tablet to class with you to I witnessed just how much coltake notes and look up information. lege students are connected to their While I have become one of the many phones and devices. When I was in students taking in the technological class last semester, someone’s phone advances with open arms, I’ve found rang. Half of my class bent down to out that it’s not as easy to focus as it check and see if it was their phone, used to be. in the middle of the professor’s lecA simple essay I once could comture. What could that text be? What plete in an hour or two now takes is that text going to tell us, that it’s a whole day between the endless going to get us an ‘A’ on our exams? scrolling of Facebook and Tumblr.

Was it going to suddenly give you Reading a chapter for psychology the link to download the entire is nearly impossible without the information this professor can offer constant nagging to put away my cell to us into our mind? More imporphone and pay attention to the book. tantly, are we really wasting money Technology is getting easier to carry to go to class only to scroll through with you, and more and more addicFacebook and listen to music with

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ear buds the whole time? It’s insane how deep we become engrained with our devices and how hard it is to let them go just for a few hours.

I realize that with technology I have achieved far greater things than I could without; for instance, I write all my essays, papers, novels and other ideas on a computer. I manage what time I do keep track of on an iPad. I use eBooks for classes to save money, and I’m learning that there are apps that can help me keep off social networks while buckling down for schoolwork. Living in a technological world is only going to get more and easier to slack off, but on the other hand it really is making a student’s life easier.

Faith Snyder is a first-year majoring in English.

A simple essay I once could complete in an hour or two now takes a whole day between the endless scrolling of Facebook and Tumblr.

Reading a chapter for psychology is nearly impossible without the constant nagging to put away my cell phone and pay attention to the book.

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IN BRIEF

13 Rockets named to Academic AllMAC team

13 members of the University of Toledo football team have been named to the 2014 Academic AllMid-American Conference team, the MAC Office announced Tuesday.

The Academic All-MAC honor recognizes studentathletes who have stood out both on and off the field. A student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests in their particular sport.

First-year students, as well as junior college transfers in their first year of residence, are not eligible for the award.

Zanoguera one of 30 picked for CLASS Award Toledo senior guard Inma Zanoguera has been making headlines all season for her play, as well as her leadership.

This week was no different.

The senior captain has been selected as one of 30 NCAA women’s basketball student athletes for the 2014-15 Senior CLASS Award.

Zanoguera is the second player in the history of the Toledo program to earn this recognition, joining former Rocket Naama Shafir, who earned the honor twice during her run in the Glass City.

CLASS stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. The Senior CLASS Award goes to the complete student-athlete who uses their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

To qualify for the award, the student-athlete must be identified as an NCAA Division I senior and have outstanding achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition, also known as the four C’s.

The 30 candidates will be narrowed down to just 10 finalists later in the regular season. Those finalists will be placed on an official ballot, which will be distributed nationwide to members of the media, coaches and fans.

The winner of the Senior CLASS Award will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Women’s Final Four.

Men swept by No. 5 Ohio State The University of Toledo men’s tennis team was trampled by No. 5 Ohio State on Saturday.

Toledo was swept 4-0 by the Buckeyes, falling in two of three doubles matchups and three singles matches during the contest.

“We hung around quite well in some of our singles matches, so that was a positive sign,” said UT head coach Al Wermer in a press release. “But we’ve got a lot of things we need to work on.”

The loss drops the Rockets to 1-2 on the season. Toledo will return to the court on Wednesday, Jan. 28, for a road contest against Xavier. UT will then travel to East Lansing to take on Michigan State on Friday, Jan. 30.

Following the back-toback road matches, the Rockets return home for a five-match stint beginning with a doubleheader against Findlay and Ferris State on Sunday, Feb. 1. The first match is set for noon at Shadow Valley Tennis Club.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

BACK TO WINNING Rockets edge by RedHawks 70-65 for second win in a row, UT improves to 4-3 in MAC play

By Blake Bacho Sports Editor

It was a victory that the University of Toledo men’s basketball team desperately needed to stay in contention in the Mid-American Conference West Division.

It was also a game the Rockets almost let slip through their fingers.

Toledo (12-8, 4-3 MAC) defeated the University of Miami 70-65 Tuesday night at Savage Arena. It is UT’s second straight win, coming just days after they defeated I-75 rival Bowling Green to snap a two-game losing streak.

“We gutted out a win,” said UT head coach Tod Kowalczyk. “I’m not sure we played real well, especially offensively down the stretch.

“We gutted out a win.”

TOD KOWALCZYK UT head coach

“We played a little tentatively offensively and I think that really hurt us.”

Miami (7-13, 2-5 MAC) took control early, milking the clock and scoring the first five points of the contest.

Senior guard Justin Drummond put the Rockets on the board from down low and senior forward J.D. Weatherspoon slammed a two-

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UT senior guard Juice Brown during Tuesday night’s game against Miami. The Rockets will hit the road on Saturday, Jan. 31 to face Northern Illinois. Tip off is set for 8 p.m.

handed dunk through the net to draw Toledo within one of the RedHawks with 15:56 to play in the half.

After a layup by Miami freshman forward Logan McLane, Weatherspoon knocked down a trey to draw the teams even. The senior forward, who managed only one point in UT’s victory Saturday over Bowling Green , reached double figures by halftime Tuesday night against the RedHawks.

Weatherspoon finished with 13 points and four rebounds.

“It always feels good to see one of my teammates bounce back,” said UT senior guard Juice Brown. “We need him playing with great confidence, we need players with great confidence to be a better team.”

Sophomore guard Jon Jon Williams sank a corner trey and gave the Rockets their first lead of the night with 12:24 to play in the half.

Weatherspoon got his second dunk of the night from Jon Jon to put UT up 22-16 with 5:56 left before the half.

By the end of the period, the Rockets held a 34-27 edge.

Nothing changed for Toledo coming out of halftime. Before three minutes were off the clock, Jon Jon and junior center Nathan Boothe had joined Weatherspoon in double figures and the Rockets were up 41-33 over Miami.

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COMMENTARY

Momentum on UT’s side against RedHawks Momentum is a funny thing. It’s also unpredictable.

Coming off last Saturday’s win over Bowling Green, the last thing that University of Toledo men’s head coach Tod Kowalczyk and his players needed was a setback.

Momentum is a funny thing. It’s also unpredictable.

The Rockets’ victory over the Falcons snapped a twogame losing streak. A win Tuesday night over Miami would be UT’s chance at establishing momentum before hitting the road to face the Northern Illinois Huskies next weekend.

But the RedHawks were not about to give the game away. Miami took advantage of late turnovers and sloppy mistakes to hang

around with the Rockets until the very last buzzer.

Final score: Toledo 70, Miami 65.

Rewinding a little bit, the initial moments of Tuesday night’s game fit the script of a letdown, with UT missing on their first couple shot attempts while the visitors knocked down a few baskets and stepped out to a 5-0 advantage.

Miami stayed stride for stride with the Rockets for most of the game, knocking down shots from behind the arc and getting to the line to keep it close. But Toledo simply stayed a half step ahead of their opponent, keeping the RedHawks grounded by bending about as far as possible on defense without ever breaking.

UT’s offense, however, was shaky at best.

The surges were there, but ugly dry spells ham-

pered the Rockets from start to finish. Miami played a 3-1 zone defense for most of the night,

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which in effect sped up Toledo’s offense and caused some uncharacteristic mistakes.

It also kept them out of a rhythm, not allowing the

home team to build much momentum offensively.

Fortunately for the home crowd, the Rockets displayed a pleasant surprise on defense on a night where multiple dry spells plagued the other side of the court. The most inspiring aspect of the performance was the fact that Kowalczyk’s boys didn’t take the night off on defense.

Strong ‘D’ was the difference between Toledo establishing momentum and the Rockets falling flat.

UT out-rebounded the RedHawks 35-23 and fought for loose balls as if they had something to prove. Defense is no joke in basketball; it’s a completely different element to the game that requires supreme mental and physical stamina.

Some players, even at the college level don’t play defense or have ever even been properly taught how. That mental stamina

started to show its limits during the final minutes of the game, with Toledo committing three costly turnovers that nearly cost them the ‘W.’ But UT had just enough left in the tank to put up one last defensive stance. Senior guard Juice Brown finally knocked in some baskets, sophomore guard Jon Jon Williams provided the winning points and the Rockets are now officially 4-3 in MidAmerican Conference play.

UT avoided what would have been a catastrophic letdown Tuesday night at Savage Arena. The victory allowed them to build momentum at home before once again hitting the road.

Momentum is a funny thing. It is as big of a component in basketball as rebounding or field goal percentages, but no one can tell you how it will swing from one night to the next.

Tuesday night it swung in Toledo’s favor. The Rockets got the last laugh.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Toledo preps for trip down I-75 to face BGSU

By Marcus Dodson Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team is looking for a little payback.

The Rockets (11-7, 4-3 MAC) are preparing to travel down I-75 to face rival Bowling Green State University on Saturday, Jan 31. Toledo fell to the Falcons 66-59 inside Savage Arena last Groundhog Day, UT’s 11th loss of the season.

“They beat us at home last year,” said junior guard Ana Capotosto. “This gives us a chance to stab them back. As far as the tradition and the rivalry, you have to buy into that coming here to Toledo and I believe I have.

“Regardless of that, this is a conference game, so we need this one.”

The Falcons (9-9, 2-5 MAC) have been hit by the injury bug this season. After starting off the campaign 7-3, BG has dropped six of their last eight games and are sitting fourth in the MidAmerican Conference East Division, which is top heavy thanks to the presence of Ohio (15-3, 6-1 MAC) and Akron (15-3, 5-2 MAC). “[Bowling Green is] a team that had to deal with a few injuries this year,” said UT head coach Tricia Cullop. “Now they are more of a perimeter team and were going to have

to be better defending out there against them.”

Toledo is coming off a tough 75-61 loss against Eastern Michigan last Saturday.

“...This is a conference game, so we need this one.”

ANA CAPOTOSTO UT junior guard

The Rockets have posted a 7-3 record in their last ten games, but have dropped three of their last five.

To get back on track, the Rockets will have to thump BGSU inside the hostile Stroh Center. The last time the Falcons hosted UT, the visitors came out on top with a 48-38 victory.

“It’s a tough court to play on,” Capotosto said. “They have a good team with a good crowd and they come at you.

It will be fun.”

A win Saturday over BG would be Toledo’s second road victory of the season.

UT is 1-4 when away from Savage Arena this year.

Speed has been an issue in the Rockets’ losses.

“We are going to have to fix things offensively not

because of them but because we have been coming out slow lately,” said senior guard Inma Zanoguera.

“We have been having a lot of turnovers, with most of them unforced, so we are going to have to polish that up. But the week of practice will be nice.”

BG will no doubt spend their practices preparing for Zanoguera, who is averaging 16.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 5.7 apg.

For her part, the senior captain has plenty of experience with the Rockets’ rivals.

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Wednesday, Jan. 28

7 p.m. -- Delta Phi Epsilon informal recruitment, come join the girls of DPhiE for coffee, hot chocolate and tea and to learn more about the sorority. Located in the Student Union Room 2592. For more information, contact Kristin Dohner at kdohner@ rockets.utoledo.edu.

Thursday, Jan. 29

6 p.m. -- Service trip fair, University of Toledo Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society will be hosting a service trip fair in Student Union Room 3018. Pizza will provided and no RSVP is required.

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Age is just a number College classes are not just filled with high school graduates, but also high school students

Friday, Jan. 30 6:30 p.m. -- Batman book signing, assistant professor of film at the university of Toledo, Matt Yockey will be discussing and signing copies of his new book BATMAN at the Vault of Midnight Bookstore in Ann Arbor. The book BATMAN is about pop culture’s treatment of iconic Batman since the 1966 TV show.

Above is an example of an entry-level Environmental Science class at the University of Toledo that both PSO students and college students could attend.

Monday, Feb. 2

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7:30 p.m. -- UT Jazz Night, the UT jazz faculty group CrossCurrents and student jazz group will perform at Crystal’s Lounge in the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center. Tickets are $5 at the door for general public, students will be charged $3.

Thursday, Feb. 4 4 p.m. -- Multifaith service learning project, the Center for Religious Understanding will be organizing students to help tutor and mentor 4th-8th graders from Chase Academy, a Toledo Public School in the Old North End, after school. Contact Sabina Serratos at Sabina.Serratos@utoledo.edu or 419.530.2992 to register as a volunteer or for more information.

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Did you know that there are students at the University of Toledo that aren’t even old enough to drive?

These students enter the college atmosphere and aren’t even old enough to vote.

At UT 84 percent of students are under the age of 25, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and even a smaller percent are under 18.

“My high school experience wasn’t your typical one,” said Ashley Stephens, a fifth-year theatre major.“So unfortunately I did not have a traditional college experience either,” she said.

She is not alone; of the roughly 21,000 students that attend UT, about 4.5 percent are not yet 18 years old.

In fall 2014, 993 students under the age of 18 attended UT classes, according to the Office of Institutional Research.

Students under 18 can enroll at UT as high school graduates or as part time post-secondary students in high school.

Lenell Horton is a high school

senior and post-secondary option year bioengineering major. “[We] (PSO) student who began his first enrolled our freshman year, but we college class when his curfew was don’t start taking classes full-time at still 11 p.m.

UT until our junior or senior year of “At first I thought it was going high school.” to be pretty hard,” said Horton, a Since Toledo Early College is lofirst-year accounting major. “I was cated on Scott Park Campus, students 12 when I started like Horton who as a freshman don’t have their “It’s a little at Toledo Early driver’s license intimidating at first College, so I was take a shuttle to a little nervous, Main Campus to being around 19, but the teachers get to their classes. really gave me the 20-years-old, even “It’s a little inolder and you’re just support and told timidating at first me that I could over here, 15, and can’t being around 19, actually do it.”

20-year-olds, even even drive.”

Toledo Early older and you’re College is a Tolejust over here, 15, LENELL HORTON Senior in high school do Public School and can’t even that has enrolled drive,” Horton students at UT said. since 2005. The students are high According to Masters, no one was school-aged, but they take classes on able to tell he was a high school stucampus. dent when he attended Toledo Early “It’s a school where we can take up College, and he didn’t receive any to sixty credit hours at UT, tuitionspecial treatment. free, during our four years of high “A lot of times teachers didn’t even school,” said Dan Masters, a secondknow,” Masters said.

Masters graduated from high school in 2013 and said that taking college classes in high school “benefited the college experience,” and helped him form good habits.

“It laid some groundwork,” Masters said. “I was able to take all my basic math classes and stuff that I would need for my major and get some of those out of the way for my degree.”

However, according to Masters, not all his classes were a breeze. Initially, he said it was intimidating and had to learn to work through it.

“You just have to be willing to try hard,” he said.

Masters said he was able to bridge gaps in his knowledge with help from teachers by studying at Carlson Library or using online resources like Kahn Academy.

To some students, there’s no real distinction between college-aged and high school students — only a differing level of work ethic and attitude that separate the two groups.

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FASHION

A revival of a decade filled with unique fashion styles Black Tights

EMILY MODROWSKI FASHION COLUMNIST

The 90’s were crazy for black tights. I once saw a scan of a picture from a 90’s Vogue magazine and every woman on the page was wearing black tights — every single one. Wear them under skirts and dresses, even shorts if you’re up for it.

They go with any color you can think of. If you want to look extra grungy, tear those tights up.

Ah, the 90’s. The era many of us remember well. The style, the music, the TV shows; we loved it all. And as the saying goes, history repeats itself. So don’t retire that old Oasis T-shirt with the holes in it you thought you’d never wear again. Play a Nirvana CD this morning while you get dressed because the 90’s are making a comeback in the world of style, and I have to say, I’m so ready for it. All you need is a few key items to release your inner grunge.

Dark Lipstick If you’ve been following makeup trends lately, you’ll have noticed that dark lipstick is making a huge resurgence. Dark lipstick is a very bold look that looks great on every skin tone. Pair it with the rest of your 90’s ensemble to get the grunge look. Reds and purples are the easiest to choose from; pick deep maroons and burgundies for red or plums and darker wine colors for purple. You can find these in any drugstore makeup aisle.

Combat Boots Combat boots are a must for the 90’s grunge look. They give you that perfect badass look without even trying. They’re comfortable, easy to wear and go with so many things. You can wear them with skirts, jeans and even dresses.

Doc Marten’s are really in style right now, but I know they can be a bit pricy. Try other stores and brands as well; I got my combat-style boots from Target for around $30.

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If you really want to commit to this Kurt Cobain-grunge style, then you’re going to need a flannel shirt. It is the simplest thing you need to complete this look. You can find flannels virtually anywhere in plenty of different colors. Flannels, like the boots, are also very versatile. Throw it over a T-shirt, or tie it around your waist.

This sounds simple but I’m not talking about skinny jeans. I’m talking about more than that: maybe not Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake red carpet outfit circa 2001 denim, but denim nonetheless. Denim overalls are making a comeback — who would have thought. Pair them with a cute shirt underneath and hang one of the straps off your shoulder and you’ll look fresh out of a 90’s music video.

Emily Modrowski is a second-year majoring in communication.

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three-point land Tuesday night, finishing with a game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds against the RedHawks for his first career double-double.

Rebounding is an area of his game that the sophomore guard has improved on in his second year as a Rocket.

“Coach just wanted me to be a better team player,” Jon Jon said. “I think rebounding just goes with that.

Anything I can do to help my team, whether it’s scoring, rebounding or playing defense, I’m up for the job.”

Miami went on a 6-0 run to draw even with Toledo with 14:12 to play, but Weatherspoon put the Rockets back on top from the charity stripe and sophomore guard Jordan Lauf gave the home team some breathing room.

The RedHawks refused to go away, but Lauf once again widened the gap, putting up another basket to give the Rockets a 50-46 lead with 10:38 to play.

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Zanoguera said. “Bowling Green is always an exciting game to play and I think it will be good for us. It’s extra motivation, especially after a tough loss the other night.

“I am excited, but I don’t take it any different from any other games. It’s always nice to go into someone’s house and beat them, regardless of who they are.”

All of the Rockets understand this rivalry, as well as putting it in perspective.

Juice then scored his first basket of the night and added another point from the charity stripe to put UT up 53-46 over Miami. He may have been shut out in the first half, but the Rockets’ point guard did all his damage in the second half, finishing the night

“I was just playing for my team... I feel like just having fun got me going tonight.”

JON JON WILLIAMS UT sophomore guard

with 13 points and going 7-of-8 on free throws.

“I think we just had other guys that were making plays,” Kowalczyk said. “We were unbelievably efficient moving the basketball in the first half. “[Juice] doesn’t have to get 20 every night for us to be good. He understands that.”

Miami drew within two “If I get too hyped I probably won’t play so well,” Capotosto said. “That’s the type of player I am. It does mean more because of the game, but at the same time you have to think that it’s just a game and try not to make the game bigger than it is.”

It may be just a game, but this game pits Toledo against Bowling Green, which always means something more to the fans.

“This is a fun rivalry,” Cullop said. “It produces one of, if not the best, attendances for a MAC game each season.

“It brings the best out of

with a layup from junior guard Geovonie McKnight at 8:15 to play. Junior guard Eric Washington, who paced his team with 16 points, gave the RedHawks a 55-54 lead with 6:48 left on the clock, but Juice took it away with a jumper.

The senior then widened the Rockets’ edge over Miami, but the RedHawks jumped right back with an 8-0 run to tie the game at 65 with 1:10 to play.

Jon Jon gave UT a onepoint lead from the charity stripe and then padded the edge with another trip to the free throw line. He added a one-handed dunk after one last defensive stance to help the home team escape with a second straight win.

“I was just playing for my team,” the sophomore guard said. “Just trying to get my teammates going, get the crowd going and talk to the bench.

“I feel like just having fun got me going tonight.”

Toledo will travel to Northern Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 31 to face the Huskies. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. the two teams and the competition is always great.”

The Rockets will tip off against Bowling Green at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Looking ahead for the Rockets After Toledo’s game at Bowling Green, the Rockets will head to Buffalo to take on the Bulls.

UT will then return home for a matchup against Ball State before hitting the road again for gamest against Central Michigan and Akron.

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perform, but he believes that if the needs of the students are put first, everything else will fall into place.

“I believe that as long as our new president prioritizes the needs of the entire student body and is considerate of the faculty and staff, then they will be on the right track to an excellent presidency,” Ridley said.

Students want the opportunity to meet the new president — or at least see him or her around campus.

“I want to know the new president personally,” said Diana Eby, a first-year psychology major. “I want to see their face on campus, not just in their department.”

According to an anonymous online survey created by Deeb Eid, president of the American Pharmacist Association, one student said he wanted a president that will invest in UT’s current students rather than focusing on bringing in more students.

“I feel our university works so hard at bringing in foreign students and diversifying our university, but fails to truly connect and invest in the enrolled students.”

Open-mindedness In terms of diversifying campus, Ridley said he wants the president to “work on retaining faculty and staff that are women and people of color.”

“As a representative of a diverse student organization, I believe that our new president should always seek to foster diversity throughout the university,” Ridley said.

Black Student Union President Robert Delk supported that idea, saying the new leader needs to be diversitytrained in order “to deal with the large pool of students.”

“UT is really known for the diverse amount of students they have,” Delk said.

Samantha Knauf, a first-year pharmacy major, emphasized she thinks being a professional president goes hand-in-hand with being open-minded.

“We’re a campus of college kids and they should be open to what we have to say,” Knauf said.

Approachability Student Government Presi-

dent Clayton Notestine said he expects the president to be “very, very personable” and Knauf said he or she “should definitely be friendly and outgoing.”

Ridley believes the president needs to carry himself or herself in a way that is approachable and not stand-offish.

“This person should not be just another administrator that ignores what the students need and want,” Ridley said. “This person should be someone students trust and feel comfortable approaching and communicating with.”

Perseverant and progressive Samantha Heckman, a thirdyear engineering major, said the president must be hardworking and flexible as well as “committed to what they are doing and getting it done.”

According to Notestine, working to unite the various groups on campus is an essential presidential duty.

“I personally would like somebody who is going to unite the different groups, that being especially faculty, med campus and students in general,” he said.

Delk pushed this same idea — the president needs to act as a mediator and create dialogue.

“Maybe even go further and meet with student leaders and administrators when an issue comes up,” Delk said. “Make a dialogue between students and administrators to deal with issues and problem-solve. That would generate a good avenue of approach.”

Notestine said he wants to see the new president “be willing to go create systems and support a culture that is pro-change.”

“Barriers have been set up to basically prevent change from happening on campus,” he said.

“UT is in a stage of stagnation because we’ve basically designed a university around preventative measures. We want to make sure that nothing bad happens so we prevent anything from happening in the first place.”

Extroverted Excellent communication was the most important skill Notestine said he felt the president must have.

“They have to be an extroverted and very competent

communicator,” he said.

Notestine said technical skills are sometimes overvalued in a position such as the presidency; rather, he said the fundamental skills like communication and task delegation are crucial because the work becomes less technical.

“It’s a lot like an actual interview,” Notestine said. “You don’t hire the person for their skills because you can teach them the skills. You can teach them individual knowledge about the university. You hire the person for the person that they are.”

Notestine wants to see “communication become paramount,” serving as the front-and-center issue.

“I want whoever it is that we go ahead and put into the position of president of the University of Toledo to be able to hop and break through a lot of those individual fences and get these people to be able to work within the same collective mindset, which is hopefully to improve UT as a whole,” Notestine said.

Learning from Nagi When answering what students want from the next president, Kurtz simply said “it would be him [Nagi Naganathan].”

“A lot of the students are surprised that Nagi wasn’t accepted, disappointed,” Kurtz said. “His interactions with the students and his vision for the university, the fact that he sat down students, he sat down with the business school and asked the students on how we could do better and he listened and cared what you had to say.”

Both Kurtz and Delk hope the new president implements some of the same initiatives Naganathan did, such as having lunch with students, holding “Walk with the President,” hosting town hall meetings and eating Christmas dinner with UT workers.

“He would’ve been perfect, and these other three candidates might be wonderful and more deservingly qualified people but it’s just hard to see when he was good enough for us,” Kurtz said.

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while she attended high school.

“I wasn’t as involved at UT until my junior year in high school because that was when my brother attended college here your classes that are older have to be at the university,” Covarrubias said. “He smarter than you and just brilliant,” Horton became involved with the Latino Student said, “but when you think about it you’re Union and started to bring me around and I just as smart as them, you work just as hard got involved in that way.” as them; there’s no huge difference between Covarrubias also became involved in being a high school student and being a Filipino American Association and served college student.” as the secretary for LSU last year.

According to Horton, the only difference She said that her college experience hasn’t is how one applies themselves. changed much from taking college classes “As long as you work hard, you can do it just like the people who are older than you,” in high school.

“I make the most of my college experiHorton said. ence by doing the things I like to do or even To Masters, the age gap only matbecause of just getting involved and going tered when it came to getting involved on outside the box of a regular college stucampus. He never signed up for clubs or dent,” Covarrubias said. “Being involved in organizations. multicultural [organizations] has definitely “I made friends in classes, but I didn’t go shaped me.” hang out with people from my classes,” he said.

Masters said his time in high school was In high school Masters said he was more focused on becoming a good college stuinvolved with his high school clubs and dent, but not about becoming an adult. friends. He said he became more involved “It was a really good experience. It preat UT after he graduated and is now a tutor pared me for college and made the transiat the Learning Enhancement Center.

Students like Horton find ways to interact tion easier,” he said.

Although, Masters said that once in with college students despite an age gap. college there was a lot more to learn about “I’m not involved in any activities at UT, growing up —some things you can only but I’m at the rec playing basketball all the learn when you’re a real adult. His high time…I’m still kind of interacting with college students at the rec center,” Horton said. school preparation taught him how to be a good student, but not how to pay taxes, or UT students like Anissa Covarrubias and deal with financial aid — “adult” things.

Stephens never let the age gap bother them.

“I support early college education but I’m They regularly involved themselves in the sure it’s not for everyone,” Stephens said.

UT community despite their young age and “In high school they taught me how to pass they have continued to actively participate college classes but I was never taught that after they graduated high school. you have to find the motivation in yourself “I started real college to complete your education without classes at UT when parents or teachers expecI was only 15,” tations.”

Stephens said. “The next year According to CoI auditioned for a theatre varrubias, college sucproduction, got cast, and cess depends more since then have become on maturity and selfa common participant in motivation rather their work.”

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5 than how much the % Stephens, after her stud of UT student knows. graduation from high “I honestly think school in 2011, has conund ents ar it is totally up to the er 1 e tinued to engage herself in 8 student themselves UT’s Department of Theatre whether they can and Film. She is now the vicehandle it or not,” she president of Alpha Psi Omega, said. the UT theatre honor society.

Horton, who plans to “By the time I finished high school graduate high school in 2015 and attend UT I had already been taking college classes full time in the upcoming fall semester, said for four years, the average length of most there is one thing to keep in mind when it degree programs,” Stephens said. “So when comes to young students in college classI began college I was already on the road to rooms — they are no different from other, graduation and used to the expectations of older students. college courses.”

“We’re all just trying to pass the classes Anissa Covarrubias, a 2012 high school and just learn,” Horton said. “We all have graduate and now a third-year exercise scithe same goal.” ence major, became involved in clubs at UT

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Student Union resturant seeks new name

University of Toledo students’ artwork are being displayed throughout the Toledo area on digital billboards.

The artwork is currently on display and will remain on display until the end of February. The art will be featured on billboards at Reynolds at Glendale, Anthony Wayne Trail at City Park, Alexis at Lewis, Monroe at Laskey, Byrne at Airport and Monroe at Douglas. The students’ that will have their artwork featured are: Aaron Brandt, Nikka Geiermann, Kayla Kirk, Victor Lewis, Michael Miller, Abhishek Mutha, Shaun Nagle, Blake Ody, Grace Parr, Brandy Save, Rebecca Solomon, Michelle Trivisonno and Mark Yappueying.

UT dining services is changing the name of Croutons located in the Student Union. A contest will be held

to rename the student salad bar restaurant. Students, faculty and staff are being encouraged to submit entries for a new name. The entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Feb. 15. The winner will be allowed five free salads per week during operating hours.

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New UT program uses LEGO robots to strengthen English skills of international students PROVIDED BY THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND PROGRAMMING

When you think about Legos, the list of uses is almost endless. But could these plastic blocks lay a sturdy language foundation for an international student?

Definitely — just ask Matthew Krull and Daniel Current, two English instructors in charge of a ground-breaking program at the American Language Institute (ALI).

The idea is to inspire students to design, build and program a personalized Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot, and “hide” English instruction in that process. Krull and Current launched the class this past fall to help international students going into STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“About 75 percent of our population here will go into disciplines of science and engineering,” Krull said, “and we thought this would be a hands on way to get them familiar with the technical English that they’re going to need once they get into their programs.”

And why might two English teachers decide to teach robotics? The choice came about organically from a pair of self-described sci-fi geeks who grew up with Legos.

“The students are hearing things like gear ratios and torque and friction and pitch — if you don’t have the engineering lingo, you’re lost,” Current said. “Just like if I try to talk to a mechanic about a car; after a while I get this blank stare.”

“And that’s being a native speaker,” Krull added. “So imagine what that’s like if you’re not. That’s the sort of experience we’re wanting them not to encounter.”

International students first have to be tested in language proficiency before they can enter into general university courses. If they don’t pass every benchmark, they enroll in UT’s ALI tailored language classes, which are a part of the Center for International Studies and Programming (CISP).

The skills stressed in the robotics class are technical writing and vocabulary students would use in an engineering lab.

Jui Wan, an international student from Taiwan, said the language difference is critical. He’s a first-year UT student pursuing a masters in medical physics, and fall 2014 was his first time in the U.S. “You have to use more professional

words to describe your robots and programming or helping build,” he said. “It’s different than talking about your life or buying food.”

Jui built and programed two robots in seven weeks while enrolled in the very first ALI robotics class offered. Like his fellow students, Jui’s robot was expected to perform a variety of tasks, including making it through a maze following pre-programmed instructions.

Now in his first semester of standard university classes, Jui said this robotics class came in handy for the science classes he’s currently taking.

“The ALI classes of course helped,” he said. “I got familiar with listening to native American speakers in ALI, and I had a whole semester to get used to it.”

Of course, when Jui talks about a standard university semester, he means a span of time that contains two semesters of ALI

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classes. That’s a good thing for this particular class — robotics enrollment has doubled after its premier, and both classes this semester are filled to maximum capacity.

The enthusiasm is inevitable, according to Dr. Sammy Spann, assistant provost for CISP. He believes this program is so compelling because it’s experiential, hands-on learning.

“This transforming experience excites our students and staff alike while giving our students the chance to build on what they learn, to experiment and make changes and finally to see a concrete final product,” Dr. Spann said. “What a wonderful way to learn and grow the minds of our students all while they are refining their English skills.”

It’s OK if you’ve never heard of using robots to teach English to international students — neither have Krull or Current.

They’re pioneering this program, with plans to share their findings with other universi-

ties and the Lego education community.

“As far as we know, these Lego robots are exclusively used to teach the basics of engineering, not used to teach English or language in general,” Current said.

As novel as the idea of combining robotics and English may be, the instructors said the core concept is something they’ve been seeing for years.

“This is very consistent with our overall experience working in ALI and CISP,” Current said. “We’re interacting with the students, identifying their needs and producing a way of satisfying them as creatively as possible. I think CISP is all about that.”

But it’s not all about the grade — there’s the competition, too.

The International ALI Robotics Competition offers students a chance to enter their robots in head-to-head combat, referred to as “sumo,” and race their pre-programmed robots through mazes.

José Viloria, a first-year electrical engineering major, came from Venezuela to UT in October. The language skills he refined are helping him now with his first semester in engineering, and the excitement he found at the ALI robotics competition was unforgettable. Especially the sumo fighting.

“It was the best experience” he said with a smile, “because you were like, ‘I programed that robot and it’s fighting — yeah!”

As thrilling as the competition was, José was more thrilled by the opportunity to have his family watch him compete. The competition is streamed live over YouTube, giving students a rare chance to show off for their families half a world away.

“They are so proud because I’m here, you know,” he said. “I’m just 19 years old and they say, ‘Oh my God, he’s living in another country alone and he’s doing the kind of things that are not open in my country.’ They feel proud, and I am proud.”

Want to see this competition? The next one is Feb. 27 at Snyder Memorial Rooms 1320, 1330 and 1340. The public is welcome to the event, which will provide free refreshments.

Want to learn more about this program?

Check it out online at tinyurl.com/ALIrobot-

ics, stop by the Center for International Studies and Programming at Snyder Memorial 1000, or call the CISP office at 419-530-5268.

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