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Faculty speak out UT faculty share their opinions on what they are looking for in the next president
By Colleen Anderson Associate News Editor
Fittin’ in nicely Sophomore guard Jonathan Williams is acclimating well in his starting role this year, averaging 10.8 points per game.
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“Whatever the outcome of the faculty hiring plan, we sincerely hope the deans and individual departments at UT understand how influential their hiring decisions will be for students...”
EDITORIAL Hiring plan raises concern OPINION / 4 »
This is the second part of a four part series, allowing individuals to voice what they want in the next president. The next installations in the series will be published in consecutive weeks. Now that we’ve looked at what the students want, we asked the University of Toledo faculty the same question: what do you want in the next UT president? After talking to a few professors, these were their responses:
Administration/ Faculty relations Sharon Barnes, interim chair and associate professor of women and gender studies, said she thinks the
relationship between administration and faculty is one of the biggest challenges the new president will have to face, despite the progress she said Interim President Nagi Naganthan’s administration made. “We need a leader who can listen, and who is willing to work with the faculty,” Barnes said. “I think we’ve just had a situation where a lot of decision-making was top down.” According to Barnes, there have been times when the faculty identified issues early on, but “getting word back up through administration rarely resulted in a change that was productive.” Karen Hoblet, president of faculty senate and assistant professor of nursing, said one issue many faculty would like to be addressed is the faculty hiring contract. “I think one of the biggest challenges is that there’s not an agreed-upon contract in place with the faculty,” Hoblet said.
“We need a leader who can listen ... I think we’ve had a situation where a lot of decisionmaking was top down.” SHARON BARNES Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies
“That’s going to be a challenge. And it might be a challenge even getting someone to come here, if the collective bargaining agreement is not finalized with faculty.” According to Linda Rouillard, executive member of faculty senate and associate professor of French, another way for administration to improve relations with faculty is by showing appreciation for them. “[The new president] can be committed to compensating faculty fairly and equitably. They could make an effort to understand better what it is that faculty
Student org gala recognized outstanding groups Feb. 3
do for our students, as opposed to assuming that what happens in the classroom can simply be put on a computer,” Rouillard said.
Finances Rouillard said she thinks the economic situation of UT and the country is “going to create challenges for the new president.” According to Barnes, one source of financial tension stems from the recent lack of state funding to the See Faculty / 7 »
AMENDMENT
High school students could join SG By Colleen Anderson Associate News Editor
Cancer shop opens on UT’s medical campus Breast cancer survivor Renee Schick opened her business to help cancer survivors find all the products they need in a comfortable environment.
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“Perhaps you do not have the opportunity to study abroad. But you have the opportunity to study the abroad at home.” JEANNETTE BEERBOWER Learning about other cultures while living at home OPINION / 4 »
“Looking ahead at either of UT’s basketball teams ... you will have to do a lot of guesswork.”
ROBERT HEARONS It is anyone’s guess this season SPORTS / 3 »
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Guest speaker Joseph Trahan III, president and CEO of Trahan and Associates, discusses the importance of leadership during the UT Public Relations Student Society of America’s sixth annual Student Organization Gala. The event honored all organizations on campus.
TUTORING PROGRAM
Math tutoring program offers discussion-based learning
By Trevor Stearns and Amalie Farah
Associate News Editor and Staff Reporter
ThinkTank Tuesdays is a new resource in the Student Union available to University of Toledo students who are seeking free algebra tutoring. Organized by Michele Martinez, executive director of academic support, ThinkTank Tuesdays take place in Student Union Room 2562 every Tuesday from 3-5 p.m. Sessions focus on a different basic algebra topic each meeting. The discussion-based tutoring sessions began Jan. 20, according to Martinez. “The program was initiated basically to take tutoring out of the library and take it to where the students are, and one of the places the students are is the Student Union,” Martinez said. Dan Ita, a fourth-year majoring in education, is the tutor who leads the meetings at ThinkTank Tuesdays. He said the focus was for students to
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Tutor Dan Ita, a fourth-year education major, leads the meetings at ThinkTank Tuesdays. Pictured above on Feb. 3, Ita teaches a lesson on linear equations, functions and their graphs.
get more reinforcement in the concepts they were learning in class. “The idea for it was to get more general reinforcement closer within people’s peer
groups, can correct misconceptions or clarify things that need clarifying,” Ita said. “It’s just See ThinkTank / 7 »
High school students could be eligible to debate legislation and vote on campus issues if a proposed amendment reaches a three-fourths majority in favor when it reaches the floor in two weeks. If passed, it would change a section of the SG constitution to allow high school students enrolled at UT to be part of senate. However, they would still have to meet all the requirements that current senators are held to under the governing document. The amendment, proposed by SG Senator Robert Worthington, must be read during three different SG sessions before it can be considered in a vote. Worthington said he thinks recruiting members early on could ultimately be beneficial for SG. “I went to Toledo Early College High School; this is my seventh year here,” Worthington said. “I believe the students there will be here longer than a lot of people, so I believe that it’s a chance for student government to get a really good foundation, and then students can become leaders early on.” SG Internal Affairs Chair Cody Spoon said he thinks the input of a non-collegiate student might add a new perspective to SG. “I guess you could see maybe a huge difference in opinion, maybe students with collegiate experience on campus might have differing views,” Spoon said. “But at the same time, that difference in opinion could actually turn into a benefit, as a variety of opinions is kind of what you want in a government.” Currently, the SG constitution includes a section that forbids categorical discrimination based on numerous See Amendment / 7 »
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Aubrey Williams to attend Leadership Forum
University of Toledo sophomore forward Aubrey Williams has been selected, along with Ohio’s Abby Gilleland, as the Mid-American Conference representatives for the 2015 NCAA Leadership Forum in Orlando, Fla., the MAC announced Tuesday. Williams, a Bowie, Md. native who is majoring in finance with a minor in sales, is active in the SAAC, Black Student Union and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. “I am hoping to learn more about the lives and issues other student-athletes like myself are dealing with and to come away with suggestions on how to resolve them,” Williams said in a school statement. “I am also hoping to learn the different things that other student-athletes are doing to help their schools and communities.” The NCAA StudentAthlete Leadership Forum, created in 1997, brings together a diverse representation of studentathletes, coaches, faculty and administrators. It is a networking opportunity for student-athletes, with nearly 5,000 of them having experienced the Forum since it’s inception. This year’s Leadership Forum will take place on April 9-12.
Rockets to face off against Bulls The University of Toledo women’s basketball team is set to reach the midway point of their Mid-American Conference season Wednesday night with a road game against Buffalo. UT (12-7, 5-3 MAC) defeated arch-rival Bowling Green 64-48 in front of 3,498 fans in the Stroh Center Saturday, while Buffalo (11-8, 4-4 MAC) has won back-toback contests, most recently defeating Eastern Michigan 75-63. The Bulls are 4-3 at home this season, but fell to the Rockets at Savage Arena just two weeks ago. Toledo defeated UB 75-63 on Wednesday, Jan. 21 and will be looking for another victory in the two team’s 22nd meeting. The Rockets are 18-3 all-time in the series, having won nine of the last 11 contests against the Bulls. Tip-off for the contest is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN3.
Rockets to announce 2015 recruiting class The University of Toledo football team is about to get an infusion of fresh blood. The Rockets will announce the 2015 recruiting class at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The announcement will take place on Rocket Vision on UTRockets.com, but announcements of individual signees will be posted on Twitter as national letters of intent are received via fax, beginning at 7 a.m. As part of the event, there will be a special presentation from the coaching staff at 5:30 p.m. in the Fetterman Practice Facility in Savage Arena prior to the UT men’s basketball game against Eastern Michigan. Fans wishing to attend the event, which will be a presentation of the 2015 recruiting class, must have a ticket for the basketball game.
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Fittin’ in nicely
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It is anyone’s guess this season
PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICS
Sophomore guard Jonathan Williams (pictured above against Northern Arizona) was named a UT starter prior to the beginning of the season to replace departed Rocket Rian Pearson. Jon Jon is averaging 10.8 points per game.
UT sophomore guard acclimating well in his starting role this year
By Blake Bacho Sports Editor
It hasn’t taken long for sophomore guard Jonathan Williams to acclimate himself with his new role this season on the University of Toledo men’s basketball team. But being the youngest member of a starting five isn’t anything new for Jon Jon. It’s actually a role he has played his entire life as the little brother to four older sisters, Doretha, Vershanda, Kenyetta and Carlisha. The quartet can be seen at many of the Rockets’ games and they are pretty hard to miss thanks to their custom attire. “All of them actually got some shirts made that say ‘Jon Jon’s sisters,’ and they’ve got my jersey number written on it,” Jon Jon said. “They come to most of the home games or the nearby games around the Michigan area.” “My family support system is great. They just try to pick me up, same thing my teammates try to do. If I have a bad game, they don’t like to see me down, they just say I got to worry about the next game, maintain my confidence. They believe in me, I just have to believe in myself.”
“He steps up and makes big shots, we just have to keep him positive and he’ll be fine.” JUSTIN DRUMMOND UT senior guard
Jon Jon was a member of last year’s All-MAC Freshman Team, but he has experienced some hiccups during his first collegiate season as a starter. Against Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 27, however, Jon Jon was the hero. He scored a gamehigh 18 points and notched ten rebounds for his first collegiate double-double, capping the night off with a one-handed dunk just before the final buzzer to kill the RedHawks’ chances at a comeback. “That Miami game gave him a lot of confidence,” said UT senior guard Justin
Drummond. “[Jon Jon] didn’t play well for about two games and he’s young so he’s learning how to handle that. I think he did a great job coming back and playing well in that game [against Miami] and he actually helped us win the game.
“I’m a confident guy...” JON JON WILLIAMS UT sophomore guard
“He was playing extremely well and kind of gave us that extra push at the end. I’m glad he’s back on his game.” Jon Jon carried the momentum generated against Miami into Toledo’s road contest with Northern Illinois, finishing with 11 points and going 3-of-5 from three-point land. “Jon Jon is still a young player learning how to deal with adversity within himself and with the team,” Drummond explained. “He was kind of forcing it a little bit, but that Miami game kind of smoothed it out for him. He’s been playing really well. He had two big threes against Northern Illinois for us that kind of were the dagger at the end of the game. He steps up and makes big shots, we just have to keep him positive and he’ll be fine.” Keeping Jon Jon levelheaded is a task Drummond has taken upon himself, with Drummond mentoring Jon Jon and taking him under his wing from day one. The pair’s friendship took on a larger level of importance this season with Jon Jon making the leap from the bench to the starting five, a decision UT’s head coach said was a simple one to make. “It was an easy decision,” said Tod Kowalczyk. “I think he is a guy that has gotten so much better defensively, he’s a natural scorer and he worked extremely hard in the offseason. “I feel very confident if he has an opportunity to score late in a game that he is going to be able to make shots for us and make big shots.” For a couple weeks those big shots weren’t finding the
bottom of the net. Jon Jon finished UT’s overtime loss to Western Michigan earlier in January with only two points off of six attempts, an example of the inconsistency he has struggled with at times this season. “Young players tend to just kind of be on and off in a sense at times, they’re learning,” Drummond said. “[Jon Jon] being with us, we accept him and we just try to teach him. We don’t let him hang his head on his mistakes because he is young and he will make those mistakes.” The growing pains were to be expected. Jon Jon was tasked with replacing former Rocket Rian Pearson, who finished his three-year career at Toledo ranked sixth alltime in scoring. Jon Jon knew exactly what he needed to work on when he was told he’d be filling Pearson’s vacant starting slot. “[I knew] I had to mature,” he said. “Freshman year I felt like I was a little immature, that’s what Coach wanted me to grow as; he wanted me to be a better team player. I had some big shoes to fill in Rian Pearson, so I just
wanted to get my maturity level up during the summer and come back as a better all-around team player.” Jon Jon’s maturation will pay dividends for the Rockets next year, as three of the team’s starters are set to graduate at the end of this season. Beyond the on-court production, UT will also be in need of a new vocal leader to fill the departed players’ shoes. Throughout everything, Jon Jon has maintained a belief in his own abilities and a confidence in what he can achieve. When the time comes to become a leader for his team, he says he is ready for the challenge. “I’m a confident guy,” Jon Jon said. “Just like in high school, my role changed just about every year so every year I had to step up and be a bigger player. I feel like that comes with more maturity and confidence and hard work ethic over the summer and offseason. “I feel like I can fill those shoes, even though they are big shoes to fill. I feel like I can step up and be a bigger player.”
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Jon Jon (shown driving to the basket against Akron) scored 18 points and notched 10 rebounds against Miami last week, his first collegiate double double.
The University of Toledo men and women’s basketball teams have been here, there and everywhere in between this season. From blow-out victories to head-scratching losses, it’s tough to grasp just where these two programs are heading as we make our way into the month of February and beyond. Good streaks followed by bad streaks, sub-par play followed by breathtaking effort — at this point, it’s really anyone’s guess as to where these teams finish. But I’m going to take a stab at it anyway.
Looking ahead at either of UT’s basketball teams...you will have to do a lot of guesswork. You would be hardpressed to find anyone who saw the men’s basketball team dropping three out of their first five conference games. The sub-par record coming off a difficult non-conference schedule was to be expected; in fact, matchups versus the likes of Duke, VCU and Oregon should have rendered the Rockets battle-ready for conference play. In reality, they have seemed battle-weary. The first half of conference play has simply been a struggle, and while fans would hope that the newly-minted winning streak is a sign of things to come, it’s difficult to have confidence yet in this sporadic group. The winning streak will be put on the line Wednesday night when UT hosts Eastern Michigan, a team that enters Savage Arena boasting a 14-7 record. The Eagles will no doubt be a challenge for Toledo’s defense. The Rockets have struggled on that side of the ball all season, but as of late they have begun to clean up their act. Junior center Nathan Boothe has been engaged on both ends of the floor the past few games, and when he is, Toledo becomes tough to score on down low. On offense, the Rockets are as potent as ever. They still sometimes sink into scoring draughts, but teams always have to put up big numbers if they want to match UT stride for stride. Ok, so we’ve covered the men’s team, but they are only half the equation on this campus. The women’s team has had its share of ups and downs this season as well. The Rockets have left many only able to guess what may come next. A couple weeks in, they See Guess / 7 »
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Hiring plan raises concern
Is the upcoming plan to hire mainly non-tenure track professors best for the university? Take a look at your professors now — they could be part of the estimated 100 retiring this year. While you might be happy to hear this, news of a hiring plan leaves us questioning how well the new professors will teach. The university plans on having individual departments and deans decide whom they would prefer to hire and then they will get the administration’s approval to hire them. This sounds like a smart plan because the decision of who will become new lecturers won’t be outsourced to people who don’t have a clue how the department is run. If the department doesn’t select the candidates, there is no real way to tell if the new professor is going to teach the required material or mesh with the other professors’ teaching styles. The problem with Whatever the the plan is that The University of Toledo outcome of the is probably looking faculty hiring plan, into hiring lecturers we sincerely hope the who are not on the tenure track. It’s no deans and individual secret — it costs less departments at UT in the long run to understand how hire potentially temporary lecturers rathinfluential their er than those who hiring decisions will will become tenured. be for students. Tenured professors are paid more because they have been at UT longer and because they usually are involved in research that keeps them qualified and most capable in their field. And when those 100 most likely tenured professors retire, they will be replaced with others who are paid considerably less and are cheaper to maintain. Even Interim Provost John Barrett said it in last week’s front page story — by following this faculty hiring plan, UT is looking at saving around one million dollars. Tenure is a controversial issue at universities for students, depending on who you ask. Most of us have stories about tenured professors who take advantage of their status, don’t effectively teach the material and expect you to know information that wasn’t covered in the notes, lecture or textbook for the exam. Some of our staff even recall having tenured professors who love to ramble endlessly about off-topic subjects during class time that we paid for. As a result, we’re sure some students are excited to see some of these professors swapped out for new teachers who are more in tune with modern teaching styles. But is raising a crop of non-tenure-track professors the best option? Tenured professors are the ones who will stay rooted here until retirement, providing the university with knowledgeable first-hand experience and expertise in each field. Without them, how can the university maintain such a high academic profile? On the other hand, the potential professors UT is looking into hiring might not be so prepared. Many of the professors who are interested in tenure won’t come here because it’s currently unclear if they will ever be granted tenure. In some cases, this could leave departments scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to find someone to work at the university. And those professors probably won’t be the worst, but they won’t be the best either. So next year where does that leave we students? Well, it could mean sitting in class and hearing a rough lecture from a new professor who is just learning how to teach effectively and getting used to the UT classroom environment. But it could also mean being involved in office-hour conversations and answering questions in class because the new professor is able to spark participation. The University of Toledo has both good and bad professors. Some are tenured and some are not. Whatever the outcome of the faculty hiring plan, we sincerely hope the deans and individual departments at UT understand how influential their hiring decisions will be for students, especially incoming freshmen in the fall. These decisions matter and deserve the utmost attention. LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The new hiring plan will lead to excess work for lecturers To the editor: I wish to add to the comments I made to the IC last week ("UT Plans for Loss of about 100 Professors"). While I appreciate some characteristics of Provost Barrett's hiring plan, I remain concerned about other aspects, namely the consequences of potentially replacing too many tenure-track lines with lecturer positions. My concern is not with the level of commitment or qualification of lecturers, for I take it as self-evident that UT lecturers are dedicated to their disciplines, students and the institution. Lecturers already have a heavy teaching load, often teaching multiple sections with hundreds of students. A reduction in tenure-track faculty will likely add increased pressure for lecturers to perform even more service and committee work than they already do. Faculty are asked to provide more service learning and internships opportunities, in addition to traditional practicums, and clinical training for our students, activities which require coordination, supervision and evaluation. I fear that the decline in the number of tenured/tenure track faculty will mean that lecturers will have to shoulder even more of these responsibilities than they already do. My question is this: will UT respond to the commitments of tenure-track and lecturer faculty with the same level of commitment by creating a good working environment? Remember, faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. — Linda Rouillard, Associate Professor
COMMENTARY
Learning about other cultures while living at home
someone native to the country took an with still talks about going to our It was a cold spring evening. Over interest in you? But you will find that house. Despite being unable to talk to a dozen Chinese students, visiting if you invest in a relationship with an any of us without someone translatscholars and their families milled international student, you ing, he said that visiting an American about my family’s almost-an-acre won’t be the only family was one of his favorite parts yard. A few young boys one benefiting. of his trip to America. My younger jumped on our trampoline That day last brother sometimes exchanges emails with my younger brothers. spring, my family with one of the boys he connected Women stood around had invited the with. When the boy showed pictures chatting about the Campus Bible Fel- to his friends back in China, they garden in the fast-paced lowship Internaquestioned him. They envied him for tones of Chinese. An tional Bible study having an American friend. adorable little two-yearover for a potluck School always comes up in conold named something and bonfire. We versation, so I tried to explain homelike Mau-Mau giggled and enjoyed the authenschooling to women who are used to a patted the cat. Communitic food: a delightful compulsory system so different from cating with a two-year-old Chinese pancake, American culture. For example, in is difficult at best, and with which was more like China, sports (already usually limited one who does not speak a tortilla, spicy fried to a few hours per week) are stopped your language, it is even vegetables, their for a few weeks before midterm exams. more so. But it is amazing ever-popular dump- Teachers really push the students, I how much one can comIC COLUMNIST lings and, as always, have been told by a number of women. municate with smiles and rice. We also enjoyed watching them “I think it is very hard for the kids,” gestures and speech, even if one canhave strawberry shortcake for the first they tell me. But the kids are very not understand the words. dedicated. They have to be because the My dad and one of the visiting schol- time. Some of them had it without shortcake, as they generally do not expectations for school are so high. ars father wandered below the trees As young as eight or nine, a Chinese and through the fallen leaves. Jabbering like sweets. At the announcement of ice cream, however, the irrepressible student’s life consists mainly of school to each other, they pointed at things. squealing showed that the appeal of with very little free time. While the Laughing and nodding, they talked ice cream does indeed women agreed that they on and on. The fact that they did not don’t really like this arunderstand one word the other said did cut across cultures. Then we moved to rangement, American not faze them. They went on as if they Perhaps you do the sandbox in the students, who are idle in were old friends. not have the backyard and lit the comparison, could learn Here at the University of Toledo, we wood for the bonfire. a lot from this different have the amazing opportunity of being opportunity to I think none of them perspective. able to experience the world without study abroad. had been to a bonfire These are the sorts having to leave the comfort of our own But you have the before, and they were of things one learns homes — or more often, our dorms, fascinated. We sang while discussing culture the Student Union or a classroom. opportunity to songs for them. They with non-Americans. Many international students, particustudy the abroad knew many AmeriEnlightening, challenglarly Chinese and Saudi Arabian, come at home. can pop songs that ing, fascinating — these to study at UT, bringing the opportumy family did not. conversations broaden nity for students to experience their American pop culture your mind to different culture with them. is popular in China ways of thinking and Imagine, especially if you have as well. When it was time for s’mores, living. Perhaps you do not have the never learned another language, though hopefully you have, going to they were eager to try them. Little opportunity to study abroad. But you a country you have never been to, Mau-Mau cupped a raw marshmalhave the opportunity to study the where you do not know the language, low in her hand for the first time. She abroad at home. Next time you come the culture or the people. Besides the took a bite and then stood staring at it into contact with an international difficulties of simply surviving, you wonderingly. Then she quickly ate up student, make a new friend and ask to will miss the comfort of a familiar the rest. join in each other’s worlds. language and easy communication. Later, I heard from one of the visiJeannette Beerbower is a third-year Would you not be delighted if a tors that the man my dad had talked majoring in English.
JEANNETTE BEERBOWER
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My attempt to not procrastinate Time is a very important factor very close friend. that everyone, especially students, The next step I took was identifywishes they had total control over, ing the unproductive activities that but unfortunately it has turned out I spent a major part of my time on. to be one of a student’s worst And just like most students, enemies. This is mainly social media was rebecause it goes faster sponsible for about during the holidays and 60 percent of my slower when taking borhabit as a chronic ing classes. Moreover, procrastinator. I most students hold just always got strongly to the belief distracted from that being a student is whatever I found a job on its own because myself doing each of how cumbersome the time I got notifischool workload is. But, as cations from my intense as school work is, Twitter, Snapchat, students never hesitate to Instagram, Faceprocrastinate. book and several I, as a student, have virtuother social media ally loafed through all my accounts. Then I IC COLUMNIST days in school, which has decided to both prevented me from achievtake the bold step ing a lot of the results I have desired. of deleting most of the applications Hence, at the beginning of the fall seon my phone that always kept me unmester, I decided to be accountable for necessarily occupied and to generally every second I spent, especially with stay away from my phone. Initially, it my school work, even though I was felt like I was never going to survive aware of how difficult it would be. it, but it soon became a part of me as I started my travail with time mantime went on. agement by committing everything Afterwards, I bought a pack of planinto God’s hands, as my parents often ners to complement my determination advised me each time I was faced with to “write it all out.” I decided to plan a difficult task. Then I set certain rules my week before I went to bed every and regulations that I intended to Sunday night by making a list of my strictly adhere to. Knowing fully well tasks ahead for the week. And in doing the kind of person I am, I definitely so, I ensured that I made myself a scale needed someone to help me oblige of preference by doing the quick and these rules, so I sought the help of a more important tasks first before doing
LASISI OREOLUWA
the others which are of less importance. Considering my nature as a very bemused person, I wrote out everything that came to mind into my planner, since I not only took it everywhere I went but also went through it more than 20 times in a day. In addition, at the end of every week, I would look back at the list that I had made for the week and account for the things I achieved by being time conscious, things that I did not do properly, things that I needed to pay more attention to and those that I totally neglected. Then, I constantly tried to remind myself of the consequences that I could face if I did not manage my time properly. As often as I did all of these, I regularly tried to encourage myself. I never ceased to remind myself that my sacrifices would definitely not be in vain and that in the end it will all be worth it. I compensated myself by looking at things from the brighter perspective that it was going to make me a more responsible, diligent and accountable person and above all get better grades. In the end, I was extremely overwhelmed at the outcome of this approach to effective time management and I believe every student should also exhibit this habitude especially since the semester just began as it immensely contributes to getting good grades. Lasisi Oreoluwa is a second-year majoring in pharmacy.
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University Women’s Commission Scholarship Applications are now being accepted for the University Women’s Commission (UWC) Scholarships for female students for the Academic Year 2015-2016 All female students may apply if qualified. The UWC will be awarding $1,000 scholarships at the Outstanding University of Toledo Women’s Award Ceremony on Thursda April 16, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Savage Arena, Grogan Room The Application and Guidelines may be obtained on the UWC website www.utoledo.edu/commissions/uwc or the Financial Aid Scholarships & Awards website www.financialaid.utoledo.edu/scholarshipcontents.html and proceed to the General Scholarships Information, then UWC Scholarships. The deadline for submission of applications is Friday, March 6, 2015 Completed applications should be submitted to Ms. Dawn Steinmiller, Office of Financial Aid, Rocket Hall 1200 For more information contact Ms. Terri Hayes-Lepiarz, Scholarship Chair at Terri.hayes@utoledo.edu.
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THEME: BE MY VALENTINE
ACROSS 1. Range rovers 6. Effervescence 9. “Hamlet” has five of these 13. Heads-up 14. Hula necklace 15. Accustom 16. Relating to moon 17. Big coffee holder 18. Three-masted vessel formerly used in Mediterranean 19. *A top Valentine’s Day seller 21. *”How do I love thee? Let me count ___ ____” 23. It follows the note soh 24. *In the ____ for love 25. Golf’s Ryder ____ 28. Flexible mineral 30. *He officiates many weddings 35. Bryce Canyon state 37. Grannies 39. *Love in Paris 40. It distinguishes a father from a son in French 41. Lowest deck 43. Away from port 44. Annoyed 46. Kind of pickle 47. Calf-length skirt 48. Broadband predecessor 50. Capital of Ukraine 52. Bottom line 53. Jab 55. “___, borrow or steal” 57. Desdemona’s suspicious husband 61. Properly deserved 65. Innocent 66. *It’s the loneliest number? 68. Egg-shaped 69. The Dow, e.g. 70. *Barbie’s beau 71. Sherpa’s land 72. Subsequently or soon afterwards 73. *I love ___ 74. Anoint DOWN 1. One of two equal parts 2. Twelfth month of Jewish year 3. Known for gambling 4. A southern _____ 5. “Islands in the ______,” by Rogers and Parton 6. *Bring a date or a ____ one 7. Ever, to a poet 8. Spotted bean 9. Again 10. Target of Bay of Pigs invasion 11. Deuce topper 12. Seconds 15. Outdoor stone seating 20. Endangered species 22. Before skip and a jump 24. Resembling a human 25. *His aim is true? 26. Wombs 27. Winter wear 29. *It often accompanies #19 Across 31. Prayer leader in
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mosque 32. Fluorescent red dye 33. Elvis’s “Blue _____ Shoes” 34. Distinguishing feature 36. Last piece of a loaf 38. Musical composition for one, pl. 42. A military trainee 45. 2-unit house 49. One who’s active in politics 51. *Romeo and Juliet’s hometown 54. Like the Addams Family 56. Established fact 57. “Put a lid __ __!” 58. Hyperbolic tangent 59. What those on the lam do 60. 2 and 4, e.g. 61. *It’s usually full of romantic fare on Valentine’s Day
62. Broken at finish line 63. And others, for short 64. To erase or cancel 67. “New” prefix Last Week’s Puzzle Solved
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4 p.m. -- Multifaith service-learning project, the Center for Religious Understanding will be organizing students to help tutor and mentor 4th8th 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. Saturday, Feb. 7 1 p.m. -- Spike Out Arthritis, hosted by Alpha Omicron Pi, is an annual volleyball tournament fundraiser that raises money for the Arthritis Foundation. The event will be held at the Health Education Building. Monday, Feb. 9 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. 12 10 p.m. -- Pizza for Patients, hosted by Delta Delta Delta, is a philanthropy event that raises money for Mercy Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. Friday, Feb. 20 9 a.m. -- Project Prom Dress, The Catholic Student Association will be collecting prom dresses to donate to Toledo Public Schools students. Drop off dresses at Corpus Christi University Parish by Feb. 20. in advance and $5 at the door.
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Swim laps for a cause
UT students are invited to swim laps to raise money to send children with diabetes to camp By Anna Glore Staff Reporter
For the second year, University of Toledo students will swim laps to raise money that will send diabetic children to camp. The event is hosted by UT’s Lambda Sigma National Honor Society and will be on Feb. 21 and 22 at the Student Rec Center pool. Jacob Pawelczyk, a third-year business major, member of Lambda Sigma and in charge of the marketing for this event, said that 45 swimmers took part in the event last year. “This year we are looking to increase that number to 80,” he said. Students and members of the community are invited to participate and can COURTESY OF UT LAPS FOR DIABETES sign up throughout the day to swim. Participants at last year’s event swim at the UT Rec Center. They raised around $1,300 to send children with “All the money raised is donated to diabetes to a camp that teaches them how to better manage their diets and lifestyles. a great cause. The money raised gives difference in the world,” Bolte said. the opportunity for a kid with diabetes is not the only way to raise money for way for those who have been affected this cause. by diabetes or who know someone The events on Saturday, Feb. 21 will to be sent to camp for a week.” said “Anyone who would like to particiwho has been affected by diabetes to go from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Toebben Bolte, second-year pharmacy pate, but not swim, is also welcomed give back,” Pawelczyk said. Feb. 22 from noon to 4 p.m. major and a member of Lamda Sigma to donate to the cause. Last year we Widener said that he hopes this Pawelczyk said that “mini events” who helped plan the event. had 73 people donate and raised event will show the community the will be held on Feb. 21, such as a relay Bolte said that the goal this year $1,300, ” Pawelgreat things that students do. race, diving contest, biggest splash is to raise at least czyk said. Widener founded this event becontest and water basketball. $1,500 in order to “It has been Pawelczyk cause of how personal it is to him. More information about the send two children something that has said that the “My father was diagnosed with event, as well as sign-up informaCamp Ho Mita event origitype one diabetes when he was 21 and tion can be found on the UT Laps Koda, put on by the indirectly affected me nated because then my uncle was diagnosed at the for Diabetes Facebook page at Diabetes Partnership my entire life.” the founders age of 8,” Widener said. “It has been https://www.facebook.com/lapsof Cleveland. GABE WIDENER said he realized something that has indirectly affected fordiabetes. “Our goal this year A third-year pharmacy major and there weren’t me my entire life. ” is to attract more of the founder of UT Laps for Diabetes any philanthroSince this is only the second year the the student body, If you go pies on UT’s event has been held, members of Lambda faculty and everyone What: UT Laps for Diabetes. campus which Sigma hope it will be an annual event. from the surrounding community,” Where: UT Rec Center. “This is another event for students said Gabe Widener, a third-year phar- supported diabetes. When: Feb. 21 and 22. “Being the only or one of the few to get involved in and change the macy major and the founder of UT Sponsored by: Lambda diabetes philanthropy events on cam- life of a kid for just $10. It gives the Laps for Diabetes. Sigma National Honor Society. students the opportunity to make a According to Pawelczyk, swimming pus, UT Laps for Diabetes is a great SURVIVOR SHOP
Cancer shop opens on UT’s medical campus By Josie Schreiber Staff Reporter
Renee Schick cares about people battling cancer — and about their ability to find cancer-related products with ease. The University of Toledo’s Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center welcomed Renee’s Survivor Shop with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 15. Schick, the shop’s manager and owner of the original Renee’s Survivor Shop, opened her business to help cancer survivors find all the products they need in a comfortable environment. The store carries items to ease treatment side effects, such as mastectomy products, chemotherapy and radiation related items, wigs and head coverings, lymphedema sleeves and post-surgical camisoles as well as other comfort products and gifts. Schick is also a certified mastectomy fitter ANDREA HARRIS / IC and said she consistently keeps up with her Renee Schick fixes one of the scarves certification renewal. As a result, the shop offers on a mannequin at her store. mastectomy fittings by appointment. Schick said she decided to reopen the shop The fittings as well as many of the store’s for the same reason she started it, and that being other products can be billed to insurance. a part of UT has allowed her business proximity Schick is very familiar with cancer-related to those who really need her products. hardships — she’s a breast cancer survivor. Customer Patricia Kohn gave the shop She said was diagnosed at 36 years old positive reviews after searching for hats and with breast cancer. eventually a wig due to alopecia, a condition “At the time I was diagnosed, my doctor that causes a person’s hair to fall out. mentioned that there was about a five per“Renee and her staff treated me with such cent chance that someone at my age would kindness and dignity,” Kohn said. get this cancer,” Schick said. According to Kohn, Schick and her staff She said she had four chemotherapy are highly knowledgeable and very helpful treatments every three weeks while battling to all of their customers. cancer and 36 radiation treatments in total. “I always left the shop feeling better about “I realized that with everything I experienced myself,” Kohn said. “If there was anything from my surgeries and treatments, there was that I needed and they didn’t have it in not a place that carried what I needed for the stock, they would order it.” side effects I experiAccording to Schick, her enced,” Schick said. favorite part about the shop is “We all feel the same Her cancer-related that everyone who volunteers as far as helping struggles inspired her there is either a cancer survivor to open the first Reor has been impacted by cancer cancer patients, and nee’s Survivor Shop at in some way. that is what it’s all 5401 Secor Rd. How“We all feel the same as far ever, she said the shop about.” as helping cancer patients, had been closed for and that is what it’s all about,” RENEE SCHICK the past five months she said. Owner of Renee’s Survivor Shop before moving to UT. Renee’s Survivor Shop, According to Schick, located on the first floor she closed the shop because she found herself of the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center, is getting sidetracked from her main goal. open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. “With all the changes with health care, I to 4 p.m. Private evening appointments found myself being distracted and drawn away are available upon request. from why I originally started my business and To make an appointment with Schick, call 419that was to help other cancer patients,” she said. 383-5243 or email renee.schick@utoledo.edu.
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university. “Stepping back from the faculty perspective, I think the lack of state support for education is just creating a lot of financial pressures,” Barnes said. “We are a public, state institution, but we do not get a lot of state support, and so it makes it really hard.” Vijaya Devabhaktuni, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, said the handling of budget cuts has been a financial issue in the past and is one he thinks faculty will continue to be interested in researching. “In the last couple of years, when Lloyd Jacobs was president, there were a lot of cuts at the colleges,” Devabhaktuni said. “The effect was that when we lost faculty to retirement and relegation to other places, we couldn’t replace those positions.” Devabhaktuni said the important questions to ask are what will happen next and how the new president will handle the cuts.
Enrollment While university enhancement includes many different topics, several faculty members
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to fill in the nooks and crannies with whatever questions they may have lingering once they get out of lecture.” Joe McVeen, a fourth-year electrical engineering major, doesn’t think this new program is different from the UT tutoring sessions in place now. “I don’t see how much it differs from the study tables downstairs in terms of effectiveness on the student end,” McVeen said. Robert Kiser, a first-year engineering major and one
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factors, including sex, orientation and age. Chief Justice Sebastian Wright said Worthington noticed the original line in the constitution concerning age and decided to propose an amendment. “He does come from that background, Toledo Early
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The change worked to perfection, with UT winning five straight games and opening up conference play with a pair of victories. Unpredictability, however, has once again reared its ugly head as of late, with Toledo 3-3 over their last six contests. The Rockets are riding high after defeating Bowling Green on the road last weekend, but heading into Wednesday’s game
gave specific aspects of the university that could be improved upon, such as enrollment numbers. “I think we need to look at our structures; who’s succeeding in increasing or maintaining enrollment? Who’s not?” Hoblet asked. “Are students wanting to come to the University of Toledo? Yes or no? And why do they want to come here?”
ment, Devabhaktuni said, “we could again start hiring faculty, we could open up more services for our students that have been closed, we can spend more resources on instructional facilities, scholarships.”
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Hoblet said UT needs to decide what this institution is best at and promote it more. “We need to capitalize on community relationships and other relationships that extend far beyond our state borders,” Hoblet said. Devabhaktuni said enrollment has been declining gradually since 2008; however, he thinks that if enrollment increases, it will result in “an extremely healthy university academically and financially.” At higher levels of enroll-
Rouillard said one of the most important qualities for the new president to possess will be the ability to collaborate with faculty. “I hope that the new president will make a concerted, genuine effort to listen to faculty, to take counsel from faculty regarding the direction of the institution,” Rouillard said. Her view is shared by Hoblet, who said there are numerous ways for the new president to include not only the faculty, but also the students in the decision-making process. “I think they need to hold faculty forums, talk to faculty, meet with Faculty Senate, involve Faculty Senate and faculty in committee structure that they create within the university,” Hoblet said. Barnes said the recent faculty and administration relationship “wasn’t too good,” which makes collaboration between these two groups essential. “We’re all here for educational purposes but that it’s
of the students who attends ThinkTank Tuesdays, said there is nothing wrong with the program, just that he wishes more students would use it. “I knew that he [Ita] was going to be teaching here today and he just puts math in terms that I can understand and I’ve been away from school for so long that I need that,” he said. However, Ita said the program is being underutilized. So far, no students attended the first week, one student attended the second week, and two students attended Feb. 3. “People who struggle in math tend to be people
who aren’t very social about wanting to practice math,” McVeen said. “They kind of think like ‘I suck at math’ and people aren’t usually willing to express their weaknesses.” McVeen also said the time the program is held may contribute to the lack of attendance. “In my experience probably a little bit later, between five and seven, would be more universally available to people,” McVeen said. “Three to five, a lot of classes are finishing up then.” Ita said part of the reason why so few students have used this program is because if they spend enough time at the study
[College] High School,” Wright said. “I guess just nobody really thought about it before, and he’s trying to make sure that everybody gets representation, because that’s just the kind of guy he is.” Spoon said a possible issue with the amendment would be an imbalance of high school and college students. “I think it should be revised to allow a limited number of them to join, just
in case the situation should arise where there’s more high school students involved than actual college,” Spoon said. “Other than that, I would say it seems like a pretty good idea.” Worthington said he thinks the amendment will be passed. “I think if it doesn’t pass, we show discrimination based on age, and our constitution is pointless either way,” Worthington said.
at Buffalo, it’s anyone’s guess as to what you will see from this squad. Last season, the men’s team earned a bye all the way to the semifinal game, winning that match-up but falling in the Championship round against Western Michigan. The women’s team had to start from the bottom of the bracket and won one game before being booted from contention. This year, neither squad has experienced large quantities
of consistency, but both have shown the ability to persevere and emerge victorious. With the MAC Tournament just around the corner, Cullop and Kowalczyk have their work cut out for them. But neither is wet behind the ears and both know what it takes to win. I still believe both of Toledo’s teams will make waves in the MAC Tournament, but how far they will go is another question entirely. My prediction? Don’t bet against either one.
“Who’s succeeding in increasing or maintaining enrollment? Who’s not?” KAREN HOBLET Faculty Senate President
really important that we work together, that it’s not ‘my way or the highway,’” Barnes said.
Student-centeredness “I would like to see someone who is interested first and foremost in the welfare of the institution, the students and the faculty and staff,” Rouillard said. “That’s not a given, because we have certainly seen in the past how administrators come and go, and use the institution and its resources for their own career purposes.” Barnes said she wants someone who understands and appreciates the diversity of UT’s community. “We want the president to be culturally aware of the needs of our student community, and faculty and staff too, but especially our students,” Barnes said. “Somebody sensitive to diversity and interested in what positive, productive things happen out of the strange and glorious mix of people we have here.” Devabhaktuni said another way for the president to be more student-centered is to work on creating more jobs offcampus for students.
Decisiveness One quality Devabhaktuni tables over the semester, they receive extra credit. McVeen said the two-hourlong sessions were just short enough to keep students’ attention for the duration; however, if there were incentives involved, he thinks the classes could go longer. Ita said students who want to come to the sessions should have some questions ready. “So far it has been pretty fluid,” he said. “People will come in and we can talk about whatever they want. Really, just prepared to come here as they would be to go to their professor’s office hours.”
would like to see in the new president is for him or her to prioritize the university’s problems. “The newcomer has to set our priorities such that when they address those priorities, all our problems are solved,” Devabhaktuni said. “But you can’t have a hundred priorities; if you have a hundred problems, by setting five priorities, you cure a hundred problems.” Hoblet said the presidential candidate must have a good ethical compass and “involve people, be transparent about decisions and make hard, difficult decisions that often need to be made.”
“The newcomer has to set our priorities such that when they address those priorities, all our problems are solved.” VIJAYA DEVABHAKTUNI Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
She said the new president must be able to act decisively, rather than getting caught up in details.
“When there are problems, don’t get mired in paralysis from analysis; otherwise, you analyze the Dickens out of something and can’t make a decision or act upon data,” Hoblet said.
More on the search “I think the job that the search committee has done receives my highest congratulations and accolades,” Devabhaktuni said. “This candidate pool is a five-star pool of candidates.” On the other hand, Rouillard voiced her concerns about the performance of the search firm hired by the university. “Many of us are concerned that the search firm that was hired to do this search could only bring to us 29 viable candidates for this position,” Rouillard said. Some faculty, Barnes said, were surprised to see that Naganathan was not one of the finalists. “I think some folks have been disappointed,” Barnes said. “I didn’t know Nagi really well, but my sense was that the atmosphere on campus was a lot better this year, and so in that sense I’m disappointed.”
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