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Toledo grinds it out The Rockets defeated the Bulls 71-69 on a Johnathon Williams game-winning layup.

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UT class researches algae testing, finds high variability A UT class looks the effectiveness of the ELISA test and Lake Erie.

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“Simply put, the administration is being proactive for the first time since our editors came to the University of Toledo....”

EDITORIAL Administration on track OPINION / 4 »

ADMINISTRATION

Four finalists left in UT’s search for a new provost

By Joe Heidenescher Community Editor

The University of Toledo announced on Feb. 3 that the search for a new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs has been narrowed down to a final four candidates.

The position is currently filled in an interim capacity by John Barrett. The former provost, Scott Scarborough, left to become the president of the University of Akron in July 2014.

The university announced the “The ideal four finalists on Wednesday, candidate for which include: Provost and • Christopher Keil McCord, Executive dean of the ColVice lege of Liberal President for Arts and Sciences at Northern IlAcademic linois University Affairs • Andrew T. will be a Hsu, dean of the College of strategic and Engineering at visionary San Jose State leader.”

University, • Donald UT WEBSITE Siegel, dean of the School of Business at the University of Albany, and • Charles Robinson, vice chancellor for diversity and community at the University of Arkansas.

According to the provost position description on the UT website, “The ideal candidate for Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs will be a strategic and visionary leader, with a strong track record of academic accomplishment and a demonstrated commitment to academic excellence, innovative undergraduate education and interdisciplinary studies, graduate education, world-class research, faculty development, and diversity in the faculty, staff and student body.”

With this job description in mind, a search committee of 14 members was tasked with finding the new provost that best fits the UT community. The committee is led by co-chairs Chris Ingersoll, dean of the College of Health Sciences, and Kaye Patten-Wallace,

RESTRUCTURING

Colleges to reunite under new merger

By Amanda Pitrof Editor-in-Chief

Two colleges will become one if the University of Toledo board approves the merger of the College of Health Sciences and the College of Social Justice and Human Service at a Feb. 15 meeting.

If the proposed merger is passed, this will be the first time in 17 years these colleges will have merged at the request of employees within the college, rather than a mandate by upper administrators.

Though missing the rubber stamp of approval by trustees, the union has been approved

by President Sharon Gaber, the provost, a trustee committee and both colleges.

Christopher Ingersoll, dean of the College of Health Sciences and interim dean of the College of Social Justice and Human Service, said it makes sense for the two colleges to merge because “we want to be good stewards of the resources we have.”

“We still need to deliver the same programs that we have,” Ingersoll said. “We don’t want to erode the quality of these programs for the students, but, for example, we won’t have two deans anymore.”

Not having two deans is already where the colleges are headed, as Ingersoll is currently the dean and interim dean of each. If the merger is approved, he will remain as dean of the new college.

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This chart was part of the presentation sent to the Board of Trustees Academic and Student Affairs Committee. The chart explains the steps involved to develop the merger.

Pooling assets is something Paralegal Studies Program Director John Schlageter III said he wants.

“I think there will be greater resources,” he said. “Maybe collectively we can do more as a larger college than we could as a smaller one.”

Although many in leadership are excited about the merger, Health and Recreation Professions Chair Joseph Dake knows there will be short-term challenges.

“I think that faculty and staff have mixed feelings,” Dake wrote in an email interview.

“There has been so much change in recent years at UT that many are change-weary.”

However, Dake ultimately thinks the change will create opportunities for students.

“While I am not sure yet what will actually change, I am hopeful that we see more interdisciplinary collaboration, greater opportunities for students to work with faculty from a variety of disciplines, and re-

“We don’t want to erode the quality of these programs for the students.”

CHRISTOPHER INGERSOLL Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Interim Dean of the College of Social Justice and Human Service

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search and grant opportunities that previously may have been overlooked,” Dake wrote.

“Maybe collectively we can do more as a larger college than we could as a smaller one.”

JOHN SCHLAGETER, III Paralegal Studies Program Director

Ingersoll said while all programs from the original two colleges will remain, they will be grouped together differently within the new college. The 18 programs – 16 undergraduate and 2 graduate – will be restructured into four separate schools within the college which are not yet named.

Other than that, everything will stay mostly the same.

Ingersoll will remain as dean, and according to Schlageter, the programs should be able to continue to function as they do currently.

Ingersoll said he doesn’t expect students will have difficulty navigating the college after the merger, and updates will help update the new college to reflect present-day standards.

“We feel like team-based care and working together is the future of healthcare and See Merger / 10 »

PERFORMANCES

Let’s talk about vaginas UT celebrates Valentine’s Day with the Vagina Monologues

Tebow comes to UT Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow will be speaking on Feb. 17 about Christianity and philanthropy.

By Emily Schnipke

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A steady beat The women’s golf team is spreading awareness of heart disease.

SPORTS / 6 »

Associate Community Editor

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Lily Ostrander, left, and Al Korsog, right, perform their monologue, “my vagina was my village,” at the 2015 version of the Vagina Monologues. The monologues were written in 1994 by playwright and activist Eve Ensler. The play has sparked new conversations with women about their bodies, their rights and their survival.

February is known for Valentine’s Day, where people across the globe proclaim their love with flowers and chocolate. Even before the Feb. 14, there is another V-Day that many celebrate — it’s a day dedicated to vaginas.

V-Day is a “global activist movement” to end violence against women of all ages, according to their website. By promoting creative events, V-Day is increasing awareness and promoting anti-violence organizations that fight to stop rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slavery.

Through V-Day campaigns, college students

around the world produce and dramatically perform readings called the Vagina Monologues. Written by playwright and activist Eve Ensler in 1994, the Vagina Monologues is a compilation of dozens of

If you go What: UT’s production of The Vagina Monologues.

Where: Driscoll Alumni Center.

When: Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 13 at 12 p.m.

How much: $5 for students and $10 for general admission Presented by: the UT Counseling Center, the Sexual Assault Education & Prevention Program, and the UT Feminist Alliance.

interviews conducted by Ensler. Through her play, a new conversation has been started with women of all types about their bodies, their rights and their survival.

“Eve Ensler interviewed women about their bodies, their vaginas and their own sexual experiences,” said Reem Barakat, co-director of this year’s event. “She got women to start talking about the issues that worried them and this was the beginning of a global movement to end the violence.”

This year’s Vagina Monologues cast consists of 16 women who have volunteered their time to put on the performances. The event

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IN BRIEF

Pianist to perform at Art Tatum Memorial Jazz Concert

Jazz pianist, Bill Gunliffe will be the guest performer at the annual Art Tatum Memorial Jazz Scholarship Concert on Monday, Feb 15 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the event cost $10-15 and the proceeds will go to towards the Art Tatum Memorial Jazz Scholarship, which honors famous Toledo jazz musician Art Tatum.

The scholarship provides funds to minority students who are pursuing a jazz degree.

For more information contact Angela Riddel at TheArts@utoledo. edu or 419-530-2452.

To order tickets visit http://utoledo.Tix.com.

Women’s law student association Valentines Day bake sale The Women’s Law Student Association bake sale will be continuing through Feb 11 from 11:30-1 p.m and 5-6 p.m. in the Law Center. The Valentine’s Day-themed bake goods can be bought outside of Room 1002 or be delivered to anyone in the Law School.

For more information on the sale contact Marissa Fitzpatrick at Marissa.

Fitzpatrick@rockets. utoledo.edu

Law Center hosts voting discussion

Professor Daniel P. Tokaji of Mortiz College of Law will be discussing the Dimensions of the Rights of Voting on Monday, Feb15 from 11:45-1 p.m in the Law Center Room 1006.

Discussion will include voting rules, redistricting, campaign finance, the Robert’s court decision and current issues in voting laws. Pizza will be provided.

For more information contact Kate O’Connell at Kate.OConnell@Utoledo.edu or 419-530-2937.

UTMC Chilli Cook-Off Championship The University of Toledo Medical Center is hosting its inaugural Chili Cook-Off Championship Wednesday, Feb. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Four Seasons Bistro Atrium.

Twenty-one departments on the Health Science Campus held chili contests, from which winners were selected to participate in the championship.

The competition will be judged by UT President Sharon L. Gaber, Dr. Christopher Cooper, executive vice president for clinical affairs and dean of the UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences, UTMC CEO Dave Morlock, and Daniel Barbee, vice president of clinical services at UTMC.

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HEALTH

Graduate students work to raise smoking age

By Lauren Gilbert Copy Editor

Groups all over the country are advocating to raise the legal smoking age to 21 as part of a national campaign, and one of those groups is here at the University of Toledo.

Debra Boardley, a graduate professor in public health, leads a course called Methods and Materials for Public Health. The class aims to introduce students to materials and methods used for public health education, and involves a community project.

After she learned about Tobacco 21 from Amy Thompson, her colleague and fellow health science professor, Boardley decided to use it as her Fall 2015 class project.

Tobacco 21 is a national advocacy campaign committed to reducing the number of smokers, and doing this by raising the legal age to 21.

The organization believes that

by raising the legal age, fewer people will begin smoking at such a young age, reducing the overall number of smokers, according to their website.

“Dr. Boardley and myself came up with this idea to work with our students on this topic, and we thought it would be something we could make change,” Thompson said. “The fact that just limiting the sale of tobacco could decrease youth smoking by half is pretty amazing … you could save lots of money, lives, health care costs — environmentally, it’s better. Really, there’s not a downfall to this.”

Now, months after the classes have ended, three students, Boardley and Thompson are still working on the project, with the added help of two undergraduate Central Michigan University students and a CMU professor.

This group of eight is based in the Center for Health and Successful Living, where Thompson is one of the directors for the

center and the two CMU students are interns.

“It’s kind of rotating because it obviously takes a while to get ordinances passed,” said Mallory Rinckey a second-year public health graduate student and one of the students from Boardley’s class.

The group — and groups across the United States — are trying to talk to city councils of smaller cities before they talk to any large city councils.

The local group has spoken to the city councils of Sylvania, Waterville and Oregon.

Rinckey said the reception in Sylvania and Waterville has been very good and that a lot of people have asked really good questions.

“We really like this ordinance because there’s already enforcement being done, so it’s not been an issue of enforcing … so there hasn’t really been an issue with business owners being that upset,” Rinckey said.

Rinckey said the only bit of resistance the group has

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had is that if people can join the military at age 18, why shouldn’t they be allowed to purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products at age 18?

“But that’s been the biggest issue,” Rinckey said.

“Other than that people have been very supportive, they’ve said, ‘I wish that we had done this a while

ago because I started when I was 15,’ and that’s how people get hooked.”

Thompson said even though underage people will find ways to use tobacco, raising the legal age will make it more difficult and eventually reduce the total number of new smokers.

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STUDENT INTEREST

WATER

UT class researches algae Community testing, finds high variability supports injured athlete “I think it is important to always

By Colleen Anderson Managing Editor

While most Toledoan residents probably saw the water crisis in the summer of 2014 as an inconvenience at best and a disaster at worst, Associate Professor of Environmental Science Song Qian saw something else: an opportunity for learning.

Qian’s curiosity was sparked by the report of the high levels of microcystins found in Lake Erie, which was reported as being above average. Qian wanted to know the accuracy of the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) test, which was the kit used to measure the toxin levels.

“We went through the crisis and I realized there’s a problem in this whole process,” Qian said. “Because you have high uncertainties in your data, and we don’t have a means to quantify that uncertainty.

Therefore, whenever you have a high-stake decision to make and you don’t know for sure what’s the actual toxin concentration,

“You tend to get very different answers from test to test, that’s why we said the variation is high,.”

SONG QIAN Associate Professor of Environmental Science

what do you do?”

With this question in mind, Qian created a class in fall

review our scientific knowledge base and standard operations to determine if new knowledge of the subject or incorporating other facets of science can help us enhance or reconfigure our techniques and methods.”

JESSICA SHERMAN Graduate student majoring in Environmental science

2014 to look into the issue.

The class consisted of UT graduate students and collaborated with a researcher from Ohio State University.

Jessica Sherman, a graduate student in environmental science, wrote in an email interview that some students focused on gathering data while others analyzed the ELISA test itself.

“Often times in science, a method of analysis is discovered and then widely accepted as the way to conduct science and there is sometimes little regard for finding alternative methods,” Sherman wrote.

“I think it is important to always review our scientific knowledge base and standard operations to determine if new knowledge of the subject or incorporating other facets of science can help us enhance or reconfigure our techniques and methods.”

Mark DuFour, a graduate student in the class and now a Ph.D. student in environmental science, said the class aimed to discuss both the problem itself and better ways to communicate results to the public, as well as solutions that would allow

public officials to make decisions based on public health with more certainty.

The issue, according to Qian, is that the tests at the time of the water crisis were showing very different results. According to the city’s report, the unusually high point that caused the “Do Not Drink” advisory was a lysed sample reading of .6 for microcystin. However, Qian said some of the other test results were relatively low, which caused him to look into the whole process.

“You tend to get very different answers from test to test, that’s why we said the variation is high,” Qian said. “So initially what we did is try to say, ‘How much variation is there in the tests?’”

The class summed up their findings in a paper titled “Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Estimated Microcystin Concentrations from the ELISA Method,” which was published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal produced by the American Chemical Society.

After concluding the test was highly variable, See Algae / 9 »

UT lecturer to address cardiovascular health

Author and physician Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. is to visit The University of Toledo to discuss nutrition and its affects on cardiovascular disease.

His lecture, “The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease: Fact or Fiction,” will take place Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. in Collier Building Room 1000A on UT’s Health Science Campus.

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In the summer of 2014 a “Do Not Drink” advisory was issued after testing results showed unusually high microcystin levels in the water from Lake Erie.

By Lauren Gilbert Copy Editor

Following the severe burn injury that University of Toledo student and cross country runner Janelle Noe suffered on the night of Jan. 15, the UT community has rallied support in order to raise funds during her recovery process.

A GoFundMe page was created Jan. 16 by Noe’s friend Joe McVeen to garner financial support for Noe’s medical costs.

The page was created with a goal of $30,000.

As of Tuesday evening, Feb. 9, the page has raised $23,381. Interested parties can donate, view updates on Noe’s condition and express support at www.gofundme.com/8pjjudhb.

A few of Noe’s teammates wanted to find a way to raise funds on her behalf. Tony Zaworski, associate athletic director of finance, offered to sell T-shirts and donate proceeds to her recovery.

Zaworski runs Rocky’s Locker in Savage Arena and at the Franklin Park Mall, and so they realized they had a good vehicle already in place to sell T-shirts.

Zaworski said the initial ideas for the Tshirt came from flyers put together by some of Noe’s teammates. The final design featured a saying which reads, “She believed she could, so she did.” The shirt also has a cross country arrow, Noe’s initials, the Rocket symbol and a red ribbon sparked by a gesture from Noe’s teammates.

“The other thing that

kind of stands out — a lot of her teammates started wearing red ribbons in her hair … to kind of remember her as they were competing in knowing that she couldn’t be there. So we just incorporated all those designs into it and it turned out really well,” Zaworski said.

At first print, 250 shirts were produced.

In two days, they had already sold 230 of them and realized they needed to reorder.

Zaworski said that in addition to the T-shirt fundraiser, outside parties have contacted the department to see what they can do to help fundraise.

Northview High School, of which Noe is a graduate, Dave’s Running, and Second Sole all reached out and asked if they could also sell the shirts to help raise money.

“So between the three outlets and all the folks who are trying to help around town, I believe we’ve printed 750 shirts already, which is a lot,” Zaworski said. “I don’t have counts what the running stores or any of those folks have sold or how Sylvania’s done, but in our store alone plus online, we’ve done like 350 shirts I believe.”

The shirts are selling for $20 and 75 percent of the money brought in from the shirts goes right to Noe. Zaworski said the cost to print each shirt is around $5.

“Between the original person that had helped them out with the GoFundMe and what we’re doing here, the hope is that you’re giving the family everything they need to kind of get through this from a financial standpoint,” Zaworski said.

Noe’s cross country coach, Linh Nguyen, said he has been in to visit Noe quite a few times and that she’s doing well throughout her recovery process.

“I’ve been to see her a bunch of times and she’s doing well … The See Recovery / 10»

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Administration on track

President Gaber initiates community and transparency at UT

A recent student assault has made it in the spotlight after an explosion of tweets pushed it into everyone’s attention, including the UT administration’s. Rather than choosing to turn a blind eye or sweeping the incident under the rug, President Gaber’s initial response was to reply directly, and the administration’s response didn’t stop there. Gaber and other administrators have reached out to students via email and social media, even holding diversity forums, where students were given updates on the incident and also given the chance to speak their mind on the subject.

However, these diversity forums weren’t a part of a triage strategy or emergency response. They were scheduled weeks before the incident even happened as part of Gaber’s diversity plan for the university, including the hiring of Dr. Willie McKether.

Gaber saw what was happening with the University of Missouri protests on racial issues, and wanted to work on any similar issues at UT before they had a chance to emerge on campus.

Simply put, the administration is being proactive for the first time since our editors came to the University of Toledo, and for some of us, that’s four years or more.

This is very different from anything we have seen in our time here as both students and reporters. For example, the Title IX issues of 2014’s fall semester sparked an enormous response from the UT community. Our Student Government kicked off the “It’s On Us” campaign, and several community members and students held a protest against how a sexual assault survivor’s case was handled. The administration also took action by revising the sexual assault policies and hiring new people to handle sexual assault incidents. But they did this only after they

received pushback from the community on the incident. one-year transfer agreement when it expires on July 31.” And yet, It felt like exactly what it was — a reaction. While these Jacobs is quoted in the April 23, 2013, issue of The Independent were all very good changes, they happened because they had Collegian as saying, “I never knew there was such as a thing as the to, and we were all left to wonder and speculate as to whether Ohio Right to Life until pretty much after the fact.” those changes would have happened if the case hadn’t gone A culture of fear and apathy formed and spread rapidly. We public. It doesn’t seem like that anymore. would try to interview people for stories and they would refuse, Following the student assault, one of our editors interviewed telling us they were afraid they would lose their jobs.

Gaber and we could see taking care of the situation and having an This fear carried on from the Jacobs administration to former informed campus were personally important to her, rather than interim president Nagi Naganathan’s, but Naganathan began to try being just an apathetic, administrative duty. This falls in line with and breach the divide between administrators and the UT commuher inauguration speech, which strongly emphasized unity and nity. He reached out to students with his Walks with the President community. What better way to create a sense of trust and unity and by attending Student Government and Faculty Senate meetthan by being open and honest? ings. He got the ball rolling on being more involved with students The diversity forums also gave a similar amount of attention and getting students more involved. and value to student opinions. This was evident as McKether Gaber, however, hit the ground running. From her initial address took notes on what students said, and the information gathto now, she has made every attempt to interact with the community ered from those forums is supposed to be the foundation of and remain transparent. She has sent students email updates and the future diversity plan. A student survey is also coming in responded on social media, both in the student assault incident and the following months, which will give adin the past, showing that she is making an effort ditional opportunities for students and UT to reach out to the community. For the student Both the president and staff to give their input. assault case she has been especially active on administrators are actBoth the president and administrators Twitter, sharing updates every couple days and are acting more transparent and studentdirectly tweeting at two students who reached ing more transparent focused, and we like it. But why are we so out to her via twitter. and student-focused, surprised that they would be willing to From what we can see, it’s working. Students and we like it. interact with the UT community? Shouldn’t seem to feel like UT cares about them, and so this rapport be natural at universities? We they have started to care about UT. They are bethought about this, and it wasn’t long before coming more involved, attending forums and we came up with an answer — Lloyd Jacobs. taking stances on university issues.

Under Jacobs’ time as president of UT, he refused to discuss They are also more willing to speak now because the administraimportant issues and often punted the blame off into left field tion has, proactively, put into place ways to do so. Students know without explanation or owning his choices. there are people to talk to about things like diversity issues or sexual A memorable example is when Jacobs cancelled a transfer agree- assault issues. Most importantly they know who those people are. ment with an abortion clinic and decided not to renew a transfer The administration is finally taking an active role, watching naagreement with another abortion clinic. The Toledo Blade reported tional trends and preparing for them ahead of time. It’s not just luck that “Ohio Right to Life today shared copies of letters it received the diversity forums were scheduled before the assault case. These from UT President Lloyd Jacobs indicating the university has notidiscussions are being held nationally, and UT decided to get ahead fied Capital Care Network in West Toledo that it will not renew the of these issues instead of being late to the game.

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My dad’s disease

LAUREN ANN YEBOAH-MANTEY

My dad, the loving, patient father of three children, has always been a source of strength in my family. About a year ago, my dad began to have strange health problems that baffled even the doctors. Although he had always been very healthy for a man in his fifties, he suddenly began to have severe fatigue. Sometimes it was so severe that he would be unable to even help my mom unload groceries from the car.

In the middle of last semester, he was finally diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, a rare blood disorder where abnormal protein deposits occur. These abnormally folded proteins deposit in various organs, causing organ shutdown. In my dad’s case, they are depositing in his heart. This disease is so rare that very little is known about it, and it does not have a cure as of yet. Chemotherapy is used to ease it, but it is not powerful enough to fix the underlying issue.

The disease is brutal. My dad is deficient in roughly 20 vitamins and minerals, and his blood is as thin as an old man’s blood on Coumadin. His heart is so clogged with malformed proteins that it cannot expand and contract easily, causing his blood pressure to be so low that he feels like he will pass out whenever he stands.

A week before my wedding, I went to my parent’s house to stay with them. During the day, I would watch my dad drag himself around the house, moving slowly because of his difficulty with breathing. On bad days, he had to pause after every few sentences because he would become so out of breath. During the nights, I lay on the couch in my room upstairs, listening to him breathing loudly in his bedroom. When I couldn’t hear him, I would check on him to make sure he was still breathing.

Although this disease is rare, fatal and incurable, I have faith that a miracle cure will heal my dad. I never worry about his dying, but I do worry about his quality of life. I hate to hear him breathe so loudly at night. It hurts me to watch him take time to breathe just so he can speak a few more sentences. I hate the fact that he has to eat protein every few hours just to function at this substandard level.

I hate watching the combined effects of the disease and treatment form the perfect recipe for misery and torture for my dad. It’s worse knowing that I cannot do anything.

Chemotherapy results in heart stress, fatigue, mild hallucinations, difficulty breathing, stabbing pains in the back and lightheadedness in my dad. The steroids he takes as part of his treatment cause him to have difficulty breathing, make him struggle in sleeping, and make him feel dizzy, irritable and nauseous.

As rigorous as his chemo is, it is not giving the results the doctors expected it to help him. His heart is showing greater signs of stress, than it did before, because of the chemo. My dad is now in stage three of heart failure. Stage four is a heart attack.

The stress in his life is compounded by the fact that the chemotherapy costs are $2,000 per week. As of January 22nd, my dad has had 10 chemo treatments, which brings the chemo bill to $20,000.

The bill will probably be larger by the time you read this. This figure does not even include the cost of doctor’s visits, stays at the Mayo clinic and the medical tests.

Sometimes, life throws us curves without giving us many ways to fight back. Disease is one of those curves. There’s no way for me to reason or argue with it. The only way I have left to cope with this is by supporting my dad and asking others to help support. Things like this are impossible to soldier through alone, and we both need support to help carry us through this. If there is any way you can offer help, please go to https://www.gofundme.com/6njw7fws.

Living an invisible life

college student lying in the middle of manthe road, or did they think I had laid Oddy down for a mid-morning nap? Queswhen tions like this are a reality to not only sudLiving with an invisible illness me, but to many University of Toledo denly everything went black and I is one of the hardest things to go students who face NCS as well. couldn’t move. It’s a strange sensathrough on a daily basis. I’ve faced tion when you are unconscious; people who have simply dismissed you feel like you can tell where you my symptoms, doctors who gave are and how horrifically awful you me the wrong diagnosis over and Had they simply not seen feel, but you can’t move or speak. I over again, and some people who knew I was laying face down on the simply say I fake the entire thing for an unconscious college asphalt of the dead-end street near attention. I have Neurocardiogenic student lying in the middle Bowman-Oddy. I was aware of the Syncope. of the road, or did they people who had gathered around NCS is a disorder where I can me, but even though lose consciousness think I had laid down for a I could hear their because my blood mid-morning nap? voices, it sounded pressure drops along muffled, almost as if with my heart rate.

I was underwater.

While it’s more comWe are not always educated about I’m not sure how monly known for the what to do when you encounter a situlong I was unconfainting it causes, ation like this. This is especially true for scious, but I know the disorder comes rare diseases like NCS. However, I can it felt like an eterwith a whole delighttell you certain things you can do, or at nity. When I finally ful package of other least things I would’ve wanted someone opened my eyes, I symptoms that can saw that people were to do if they’d bothered to help me. cause discomfort First, make sure they’re on their back. walking around and and chaos in my life, Then lift their legs 12 inches above past me to reach the including constant their heart to increase blood flow to the sidewalk; none of tiredness, nausea, brain. These bring me back to normal them checked to see headaches, digestive in seconds if I become unconscious. if I was okay or even issues and more. Due One last thing, call someone such as alive. In the entire to these issues, I have IC COLUMNIST the police or notify a school official, span of time I lay unto constantly be aware who will know how to get the person to conscious, many stuthat I’m drinking an emergency room or the appropriate dents had passed; however, not one enough water and using sufficient stopped to offer help, call the police, medical care. salt on my food to maintain high Should you come across someone or even ask if I was OK. A more terblood pressure.

Most of the time I can navigate life rifying fact than being ignored while who looks out of place lying dangerously unresponsive in an unusual lying unconscious on the sidewalk, without the fear of fainting. Usuplace and seems to be in an awkward was that when I opened my eyes, I ally when I feel suddenly weaker position — please stop. Even if you realized my head was an inch away or flushed, I know my body isn’t are late to class and it’s exam day, at from the curb. If I had I hit my head going to cooperate with me today least stop and check if the person’s on that curb and no one stopped to and it’s on its way to becoming ice OK; it could check on me, cold. However, last semester I was be the differI could have ambushed by an episode on my way ence between died or been to class.

Should you come across life and death seriously inI guess I hadn’t realized how someone who looks out of jured. for them. Trust invisible I had become, because of place lying dangerously Looking me; if you help the disease, until I experienced a back, I always me when I’m in frightening and surprising event unresponsive in an unwonder what this situation, I last semester. It was this moment usual place and seems to those students will be grateful. that I had realized how scary and be in an awkward position who ignored I felt invisdangerous my syncope could be. I my unconscious ible that day on had woken up late that morning and — please stop. body were the pavement. was feeling like my usual self. I had thinking. What Please do the been a little stressed and was hurrywas it about my right thing and ing, but I hadn’t noticed any physiunconscious body — sprawled dangerdon’t make a person feel as though their cal signs that I was going to end up ously across the path, with my head invisible illness erases them as a human fainting on my way to class. almost reaching oncoming traffic — as well.

I was rushing past the Performing made them think that I was OK? Had Faith Snyder is a second-year maArts center after crossing the bridge they simply not seen an unconscious joring in English. near A-House heading toward Bow-

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9-2 20-4 Junior guard Jonathan Williams passes an Akron defender in the Rockets 78-64 victory over the Zips. Williams finished with 15 points and four assists on the day.

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Rockets fall 4-2 in third place match

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Freshman Mike Lee looks at his ball rolling to the hole after his putt.

By Jackson Rogers Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo men’s golf team opened their spring season on Monday at the fifth-annual Earl Yestingsmeier match play at the Lake Jovita Country Club in Florida. The Rockets finished in fourth place after a 4-2 defeat to Miami in the third-place match.

Toledo finished Day 1 with a record 1-01. As the No. 3 seed, the Rockets defeated No. 6 seed Dayton in the opening round by a score of 3.5-2.5.

Against the Flyers, sophomore Stephen Watts, sophomore Colin Joseph and freshman Spencer Shoemaker earned wins for the Rockets. Senior Otto earned a half point for UT after a draw in his matchup.

In the semis, the Rockets tied the No. 2-seeded Notre Dame 3-3. The Fighting Irish won the tiebreaker as a result of the combined margin of victory in their individual matches against the Rockets. That is, Notre Dame performed consistently better than the Rockets, even though a few big plays from the Rockets evened out the score in the end.

Watts, Black and freshman Cameron Mills picked up wins for Toledo against the Irish. Notre Dame won the match based on their combined 12-hole lead from Miguel Delgado and Kevin Conners.

Toledo faced No. 1 seed Miami on Tuesday in the third-place game.

Sophomore Colin Joseph picked up UT’s lone victory against the RedHawks and finished the tournament tied with classmate Stephen Watts for the team lead with two wins in three matches. Mills and Watts also earned one half point each for the Rocket in the 4-2 defeat.

The Rockets will return to the links on March 7, when they travel to Bluffton, SC in the Colleton River Collegiate hosted by Michigan State.

Rockets beat Buffalo 71-69 with Williams game winning layup

By Marcus Dodson Sports Editor

The University of Toledo men’s basketball team escaped with a 71-69 victory at Buffalo thanks to junior Johnathan Williams’ gamewinning layup with 1.4 seconds left in the game.

Williams scored the final five points for the Rockets, a three from the corner to tie it at 69 all and the game winning layup.

Toledo (15-9, 6-5 MAC) moves into first place with their third-consecutive win and second road win.

UT was led by Williams with a team-high 15 points. Joining him in double figures were senior Nathan Boothe with his 12th double-double on the season, dropping 11 points and 11 rebounds on the night.

Sophomore Stuckey Mosley finished with 10 points to go along with a team-high five assist. Junior Zach Garber finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds and freshman Nate Navigato contributed 11 points off the bench.

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After shooting a seasonbest 63.2 percent from threepoint range against Kent State on Saturday, the Rockets struggled tremendously against Buffalo finishing the game at 23.1 percent from beyond the arch.

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UT shot 37 percent from the field as a team but won the game on the line draining 19 of 23 free throws on the night. UB took just nine free throws on the entire night.

The Bulls (14-10, 7-4

MAC) was led by Nick Perkins with a game-high 17 points. Blake Hamilton was also a force for Buffalo with 10 points and 8 assists on the night. Joining the two in double-figures are CJ Massinburg and Jarryn Skeete with 12 and 10 points respectfully.

Boothe started off the scoring with a three from the top of the key. Both teams traded baskets over the next ten minutes and Toledo trailed 12-11 after a Mosley layup at the 10:11 mark.

The Rockets regained the lead and had a 24-23 point advantage with 4 minutes left in the opening half.

Buffalo went on a 12-2 run hitting five straight shots and jumped out to their largest lead of the half 35-26 with a little over a minute remaining.

Boothe ended the run with a jumper from the corner but Buffalo finished the half with a layup from Hamilton and took a 37-28 advantage into the locker room.

After a successful fall season, the Toledo women’s golf team looks to complete its best season in school history and on that journey, in the month of February, the Rockets will celebrate heart month.

Head Coach Nicole Hollingsworth, who is in her 13th year as head coach, tackled heart disease head-on after experiencing first-hand the severity of the condition.

In the summer of 2015, Hollingsworth found herself facing a near-death experience after collapsing one afternoon. She quickly called 911, later saying that doing so helped save her life.

“I had lost 73 pounds before all this happened and that is probably what saved my life,” Hollingsworth said. “It might take me a day to feel better than I used to, but I don’t feel like I’ve missed a beat.”

She suffered from a heart condition that, according to medical professionals, was due to stress.

“I wasn’t sure if they would release me to ever coach again because it was a heart condition,” Hollingsworth said. “But we re-evaluated and it’s very clear that I will be able to continue to coach because we have figured out how to do it and not be as stressed doing it.”

For one day at each of their February tournaments, the women’s team will wear red shirts with UT and heart logos to celebrate National Wear Red Day and each player will hand out a facts card to other competing players.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Toledo splits weekend to YSU and ICU

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UT survives, 67-64 on the road at Kent State

Freshman Claire Aleck uses her forehand technique to return the serve over the net in a match earlier this year.

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By Keith Boggs

Toledo women’s basketball team scraped by with a 67-64 road victory at Kent State on Saturday. The Rockets improved to 12-9 overall and 7-3 in MidAmerican Conference play.

Sophomore Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott led the Rockets with 16 points and 4 assists. Joining her in double digits was senior Brenae Harris who notched 15 points and dished out 5 assists to go along with 3 steals. Freshman Halee Printz contributed 10 points off the bench.

Fellow freshman Kaayla McIntyre almost had her first career double-double with 6 points and 11 rebounds.

Kent State was led by Jordan Korinek with a game-high 23 points followed by Larissa Lurken with 13 points and McKenna Stephens with 12.

The Rockets struggled with shooting the ball, finishing the game at 36.2 percent from the field. UT won the game at the charity stripe converting 17 of 20 free throws, while Kent shot just 11 free throws in the entire game.

The Golden Flashes started the game on a 9-0 run. The

The University of Toledo women’s tennis team split their home matches this weekend at the Shadow Valley Tennis Club with a 4-3 win over Youngstown State on Saturday and a 5-2 defeat to University of Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.

Senior Emily Mazzola won in two straight sets for the Rockets in the No. 1 singles, defeating YSU’s Annina Brendel 6-0, 6-2. Sophomore Colleen O’Brien followed up with a win in the No. 2 singles beating Julianna Heino 6-3 in both sets.

The Penguins picked up their first win of the day in the No. 3 singles. Sofia Macias won the final two sets 6-1 after dropping the first set 6-3 to Toledo’s Sidnay Huck.

YSU’s Nehel Sahni followed up the win with one of her own with an exciting match in the No. 4 singles. Sahni defeated Toledo’s Megan Miller 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.

UT’s Claire Aleck broke the tie breaker, trumping Ana Store 6-3 in two sets in the No. 5 singles match.

Victoria Ferry of Youngstown State tied the game at 3-3 before the doubles competition, defeating Toledo’s Lauren Thai 6-2 in two sets.

The Rockets secured the match victory with 6-0 wins in both the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.

Toledo returned to the courts Sunday morning, this time to face off with the Flames of UIC. The Flames (1-1) proved to be a solid test for Rockets.

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Sophomore forward Jada Woody takes the ball down the lane where she is met by Bowling Green defenders.

Rockets struggled missing their first 8 shots. However, Toledo eventually found their stride going on their own 9-0 run featuring six free throws.

Ana Capotosto drained a 3 and a layup after the teams traded baskets to give the Rockets a narrow 18-15 lead after the first quarter. UT got good looks at the rim to start the second quarter building a 10-point 29-19 lead at the 5:28 mark.

KSU went on a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 34-28 but Printz hit a three to give the Rockets an 9-point lead.

Toledo went into the half up 38-30.

The Rockets started the second half similar to the way it started the game, missing their first 8 shots of the third quarter. UT scored just 11 points in the third quarter.

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The event is free and open to the public.

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Knock at the back Anal sex and “taboo” topics door with Dr. Kimberly McBride

By Joe Heidenescher Community Editor

It’s Valentine’s Day, and you and your significant other planned something special. You go out to dinner, watch a movie, share gifts of chocolate and flowers, but the real treat comes when you get under the sheets. You may want to try something new, and one of you might even suggest “the back door.”

But before this freaks you out, or causes panic, it’s important to realize that it’s less

taboo than you think.

UT professor Dr. Kimberly McBride makes it her goal to provide much needed answers to some uncomfortable questions.

“One of my interests is really around heterosexual anal sex and anal sexuality and I think it’s something that from statistics we see is happening fairly often, but people aren’t really talking about it,” McBride said.

McBride’s Ph. D. studies and post-doctoral research

Q: Is it uncommon to have

anal sex?

A: McBride said heterosexual anal sex is not

uncommon, just not as openly talked about: “Sex research shows us that anal intercourse, a man putting his penis in a woman’s anus, is not uncommon. Large-scale studies have found that over 40 percent of adult women and 39 percent of adult men have tried it at least once in their life. If we look at how often people are doing it, about 8 percent of women and 4 percent of men age 18-19 are having anal sex at least once a month. People in committed relationships are most likely to have anal sex on a regular basis.”

has included health behavior, human sexuality and sex, gender and reproduction.

She now specifically studies heterosexual anal intercourse and has been quoted in Cosmopolitan and Men’s Health magazines on the topic.

She said the most important thing to do first is to “do your research.” So we asked her a few questions we think our readers might find beneficial before engaging in anal intercourse.

Q: Is it unclean/unsafe?

A: “People often worry that anal sex is ‘dirty,’” Mc-

Q: Is it “gay” to have anal sex?

A: McBride said no, and it “is a really un-

Bride said, but “as long as waste has been eliminated in advance, cleanliness shouldn’t be an issue. However, going back and forth between anal and vaginal can cause bacterial infections. If you are using a condom, it needs to be changed in between behaviors.”

fortunate myth that persists in our society.

Actually, more straight women are having receptive anal sex each year than gay men.”

Q: Is it going to hurt? Can I

hurt myself?

A: McBride said “if it is done wrong, it can

Spectrum UT Spectrum UT is hosting a concert featuring New York singer/songwriter Mal Blum. The concert will take place in Rocky’s Attic in the Student Union and is free to the public. For more information, check out the Spectrum UT Facebook page.

Thursday, Feb. 11 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Pizza for Patients Delta Delta Delta sorority will be selling pizza to benefit Mercy Children’s Hospital at their house in McCommas Greek Village. Tickets are $4 for pre-sale and are $5 at the door (credit card only).

Q: Should I ever consider

bleaching or shaving my anus?

A: “Pubic hair removal is really com-

mon these days,” McBride said, but “anal bleaching is definitely a no. In fact, some of the ingredients in anal bleaches are known carcinogens [cancer causing agents] and they are banned in other countries, including the UK.” Shaving and waxing can also be dangerous according to McBride. “The Brazilian wax is certainly a favorite, even among women who aren’t having anal. We do know that shaving or waxing can cause little micro-tears that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These tears can make it more likely that a person will contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Some women also report allergic reactions to waxing, which can be uncomfortable.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 17 6:30 p.m.

Zeta Phi Eta Meet & Greet The national professional fraternity in the communication arts and sciences, Zeta Phi Eta, will be hosting spring recruitment in the Student Union in Room 2584. There will be free Jimmy John’s for those who attend. Bring a copy of your resume and come out to meet Zeta. If you have any questions, please email Abigail at abigail.sullivan@ rockets.utoledo.edu

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Q: I’ve always wanted to try it, but what if my partner is uncomfortable with it? How do I ask?

A: “Communication is critical in sexual relationships,”

McBride said. “Asking is the best way to find out what your partner thinks. If they feel uncomfortable, honor that and don’t keep pushing them to do something they don’t want to do.” McBride said it is as simple as saying, “Hey, I just read an article about anal sex. Would you ever think about trying it?”

Friday, Feb. 12 8 - 10 p.m.

The UT Chomedy Club is hosting an open mic night at Rocky’s Attic. All students and groups on campus are welcomed to perform music, stand-up comedy acts, recite poetry and showcase other talents on the stage. Tickets are $5 for presale during this week in the SU and $5 at the door.

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hurt.” She said the important part is to know that penile-anal sex is very different than penile-vaginal sex and it requires help from lubrication.

“The anus doesn’t naturally self-lubricate in the same way the vagina does and the tissues are more fragile. If you’re going to try anal, having lots of water-based lube on hand will be important. Not only will it make it more comfortable, but it will protect against tearing. Relaxation is also key to a comfortable and pleasurable anal experience. Going slow and listening/giving feedback to a partner are important. It is probably best to start out with a finger or toy before going straight to penile-anal intercourse.”

Q: Isn’t the anus “only an exit”?

A: McBride said the short answer is no.

She says “anal penetration can be pleasurable. In fact, the anus is rich in nerve endings that make it sensitive to sexual stimulation.”

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Heisman-winning quarterback comes to UT

Tim Tebow to speak about Christianity & football

By Amber Thomas Staff Reporter

Tim Tebow — two-time college football national champion, first round NFL draft pick and Heisman trophy winner, will be speaking at Savage Arena on Feb. 17.

The event is sponsored

by Toledo Christian Schools, and Mike Bartley, Director of Development at TCS, said Tebow was chosen to speak because of his Christian history.

“I think he is a great role model not only for kids, but for adults too.

His faith and all that he is doing are definitely big reasons why we got him,” Bartley said.

The event will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Christian education at

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TCS, and Tebow will also talk about his journey of how he became the man he is today.

According to Tebow’s website, he grew up with missionary parents, making his passion for the word of God and serving those in need very important to him. After moving to Florida as a child, he returned to the Philippines as a teenager to be an evangelist and missionary.

“I think he is a great role model not only for kids, but for adults too.

His faith and all that he is doing are definitely big reasons why we got him.”

MIKE BARTLEY Toledo Christian Schools director of developemnt

While in college, Tebow continued making efforts to contribute to charitable causes. Throughout his football career at The University of Florida, where he led the

Gators to two championships, he also raised money for pediatric cancer patients and disadvantaged children.

In 2010, he created the Tim Tebow Foundation which exists to bring “faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need,” according to his website.

The foundation provides services that include helping children with illnesses get medical care, working to find youth with special needs prom dates and providing grants to families who adopt international children with special needs.

Along with his philanthropy, Tebow is currently a college football analyst for the SEC Network, which launched in 2014. He appears as the cohost of SEC Nation, which is a traveling pre-game show. He also contributes to numerous ESPN Platforms including SportsCenter, ESPN Radio and coverage of the network’s Heisman Trophy.

Prior to joining SEC Network Tim Tebow played three years in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, New York Jets and New England Patriots.

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Kent State took advantage of the poor shooting by scoring the final 5 points of the quarter to tie the game at 49-49 going into the final ten minutes of regulation.

The fourth quarter was a tense one, with no team gaining more than a 5-point advantage. Kent took over the lead for the first time in the second half with a jumper at the 2:34 mark. Down 1, Bravo-Harriott knocked down a jumper of her own to give the Rockets a 1-point lead with just over 2 minutes remaining in the game.

The Golden Flashes turned the ball over and Harris hit an elbow jumper to make the score 62-59 with just over a minute left in regulation.

With UT leading by 4, Lurken got fouled on her shot and converted the and1, cutting the Rockets lead to 1 with just 14 seconds remaining. Kent was forced to foul Harris to stop the clock but the senior drained both free throws to put the Rockets back up by 3.

The Golden Flashes got a good look at a three-pointer to force overtime but Tyra

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“What’s cool is you’re going to get a bunch of young girls out there wearing red at a blue school and people are going to say, `Why are you wearing red? You’re the University of Toledo,’” she said.

Hollingsworth is hoping to help educate other young women about heart disease and how to stay healthy throughout the month of February.

According to the American Heart Association, one out of three women die of heart disease every year, which is killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds.

“It might not be what you see on the outside,” said Hollingsworth. “I mean you could be the healthiest-looking on the outside but you don’t know what is going on in the inside.”

While she is not at 100 percent yet, Hollingsworth says she is feeling good after just completing a four-month long cardiac rehab that took longer than normal due to her busy schedule.

“You figure out what is important and what’s not important,” she said. “Yeah, winning college golf tournaments is important but in the scheme of things, it’s not as important as if I wasn’t here. “ Not only has Hollingsworth proved to her medical team that she can continue to coach again, but she has proved it to the university as well.

The team, led by seniors Manisa Isavas, Sathika Ruenreong and Morgan Salm, is averaging a team score of 299 per tournament, which according to Hollingsworth is two or three strokes better than any time in school history.

“It’s the real deal,” Hollingsworth said.

“These seniors have brought it and that’s the key. It’s not off and on; they have brought it every single time and that’s why we’re the best in school history.”

Before the end of the fall season, the Rockets won their final three tournaments, something that has never been done at UT. “With it being our last semester, we want to put in the best work we can,” Salm said.

James saw her attempt bounce off the rim.

The win marked the eighth straight for the Rockets over the Golden Flashes.

UT returns home Feb. 10 as they host Buffalo at Savage Arena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the game can also be seen on ESPN 3. Toledo has a 9-0 record against UB in Savage Arena, including the last seven games by double digits.

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Junior Janice Monakana drives past a defender towards the basket in Toledo’s 75-61 victory over Bowling Green.

“We want to get as far as we possibly can because after this we’re done.”

To carry on the past success from the fall into the spring season, UT will need to continue to work on ball striking and putting.

“We have to have the same focus on our game,” Isavas said. “Every stroke counts, you just have to stay focus and keep playing.”

During the offseason it can be a challenge to golf due to the weather but Toledo has found a way not letting that affect their game.

“Yeah, winning college golf tournaments is important but in the scheme of things, it’s not as important as if I wasn’t here. ” NICOLE HOLLINGSWORTH Head Coach

“We are very fortunate because we have a great practice facility,” Hollingsworth said. “So we can really get a lot of those things done and there is not a lot we miss except for playing on a golf course because of the weather.”

The Rockets haven’t competed since late October where they finished first in the FIU Pat Bradley Invitational. But, according to Hollingsworth, having that four-month gap between tournaments is good for the team.

“To have that break gives the players a chance to be a normal student,” Hollingsworth said. “Every day, it’s a competition.”

The women’s golf team had the Toledo athletics high 3.714 GPA for the fall semester while the overall athletic department averaged for a 3.216 GPA. When you’re in contention to win four out of five tournaments and don’t have to worry about your players’ grades leaves for one stress-less coach.

The Rockets leave for Florida this Wednesday where they will compete in the Florida Golf Coast University Eagle Invitational over the weekend.

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(Left to right) Head coach Nicole Hollingsworth and senior Morgan Salm look out over the golf course. Toledo is on pace to finish best in school history.

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Buffalo’s momentum continued in the second half and the Bulls extended their lead to 43-32 in the minutes of the second stanza.

A Boothe layup and Sanford three cut into the Bulls lead at 43-37 with 16:08 remaining in the game.

Buffalo continued to lead by double-figures with a 51-41 lead with under 13 minutes left in the half. Garber got fouled on layup and hit his free throw to convert the and-1 opportunity and cut the lead to 7 for the first time in the second half.

Buffalo was able to hold an eight-point lead over the next several minutes until Williams knocked down a three from the corner to cut the Bulls lead to 64-59 with 5:25 left.

The Bulls were able to extend their lead with Perkin’s third three-pointer on the night giving UB a 67-59 lead with 3:35 left in the game.

After a pair of free throws Navagato drained a three from the corner to cut Buffalo’s lead to 66-67 on the tail end of a 7-0 UT run.

With a chance to take the lead UT junior Jordan Lauf turned it over to Buffalo who converted a layup to go up by 3 with just under 2 minutes to go.

After a Toledo timeout Williams knocked down a corner to tie the game at 69-69 with :39 seconds to go.

Massinburg had a chance to take the lead for Buffalo but his shot bounced short off the iron and into the hands of Boothe.

He outlet the ball to Williams and with the time expiring, Williams drove through traffic to the basket and laid the ball up with 1.4 seconds remaining for the UT win.

Toledo led for just under five minutes in the game and never led by more than three points on the night.

The Rockets will look to continue their three-game winning streak when they Host Miami on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Savage Arena.

The game can be viewed on BCSN or ESPN3.

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Sophomore guard Stuckey Mosley soars through the air over two Akron defenders on his way to the basket.

Splits

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UIC went up early on Toledo, winning two of three doubles sets. Oana Manole and Rachel Comber of UIC defeated Mazzola and Huck 6-4 to take the No. 1 doubles.

The Rockets duo of Rani Goodland and Mackenzie Bowman defeated the Flames in the No. 2 doubles 6-4 leaving the No. 3 doubles to decide which team received the point for the match.

UIC’s Bianca Zuzu and Jackie Tansarnai overcame the tandem of Toledo’s Lauren Thai and Claire Aleck, 6-4 to claim the point for the Flames.

The Rockets once again got off to a fast start. Huck quickly dispatched of Manole by a score of 6-4, 6-2, in the No. 3 singles.

O’Brien continued her solid weekend by fighting off Hahn 7-6, 6-3 in a tough-fought battle in the No. 2 singles.

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Senior Emily Mazzola gathers herself for a lefty forehand return. Mazzola was victorious in two straight sets over YSU.

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Monologues

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is presented by the UT Counseling Center, the Sexual Assault Education & Prevention Program and UT Feminist Alliance.

“This play brings awareness to issues that are still considered taboo,” said Lily Ostrander, co-director of this year’s Vagina Monologues. “However, the issues presented in the play won’t go away by themselves. They have to be discussed and brought to the public’s awareness. To the V-day cast, if bringing awareness means yelling vagina at the top of our lungs, we are not afraid to do what it takes.”

Ostrander, a secondyear pharmacy major with a minor in women’s and gender studies, believes people gain inspiration and motivation from the performance to help spread awareness.

“I think people realize that the play has funny moments, sad moments, is easy to relate to and is all around an important reminder that there is absolutely nothing inherently wrong about the female body,” Ostrander said.

The Vagina Monologues

Algae

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microcystin levels that involves using more data to create a more accurate picture of the situation. Qian said he is in the process of talking to the manufacturer of the ELISA method about ways to incorporate their findings into the test.

In addition to uncovering valuable information about the water crisis that could benefit the city if a similar situation were to arise, Qian said the research also benefits the students involved, who get to learn about real-world applications of research methods.

brings the realities of violence and social stigmas about race to light, said Barakat, a fourth-year majoring in the visual arts.

“This community event not only serves as an educational piece on the issues women face, but aims to create a sense of solidarity amongst our campus and community and to encourage a sense of empowerment,” Barakat said. “We want the audience to take away an understanding of the importance of talking about the difficult things, because once we begin to talk we can begin to change.”

Proceeds from this year’s performances will be donated to Northwest Ohio’s YWCA Hope Rape Crisis Center. Tickets must be purchased at the door.

Prices are $5 for students and $10 for general admission. The first performance will be on Friday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. and the Saturday, Feb. 13, show will begin at noon. The performances will be held in Driscoll Alumni Center.

An hour before the performances, a resource fair will be held by organizations that empower women in the Toledo area, including Khroma Maga-

“The point of doing this for me is ... there’s an interesting research question. … second of all, there’s a teaching question” SONG QIAN Associate Professor of Environmental Science

“The point of doing this for me is, first of all, there’s an interesting research question … second of all, there’s a teaching question, and when you have graduate

zine, UT Feminist Alliance, Spectrum UT and Women of Toledo.

Former Vagina Monologues director and UT alum Alcy Barakat will be representing Women of the Toledo in the resource fair before the performance.

“The monologues are so important to me because of the voice they give to women experiencing different joys, sorrows, frustrations and atrocities,” Alcy Barakat said. “So many people around me have been affected by sexual violence and I am keenly aware of the fact that it could happen to anyone.”

Alcy Barakat said she’s always been passionate about the monologues and they feel like a part of her.

She believes in the importance of bringing the show to the UT community.

“Everyone should attend because they are either a woman who was touched by any of the subject matter, or they have a woman in their life that they can support through their attendance as an act of solidarity,” Alcy Barakat said.

“It’s a beautiful experience that I enjoy being a part of year after year, even as I venture out as an alum and community member.”

students taking classes, we want to use problems related to local issues,” Qian said.

DuFour said he thinks the class was beneficial to all those involved, and was a practical learning experience that paid off for all those involved in the end. DuFour doesn’t directly study microcystins or algal blooms, but he said he uses same statistical techniques they practiced in his own research.

“It was a real-world kind of hot topic situation for students to look at and get excited about,” DuFour said. “That was a really high profile issue, not just for ecologists — this affected everybody.”

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senior vice president for student affairs.

“When you look at the present depth of our academic programs,” Patten-Wallace said, “it’s essential we have a leader who can come ANDREW in and take the T. HSU reins, and move us forward in terms of our agenda for advancing the university…. Having a chief academic officer that’s second in command to the president to lead that academic initiative is critical.”

Patten-Wallace said student voices and opinions are being included in the process through spots on the comCHRISTOPHER mittee for the Student GovernKEIL MCCORD ment and Graduate Student Association presidents. One student perspective is the input of SG President Cody Spoon, who is a member on the committee.

“What makes the University of Toledo so unique is that we are a comprehensive university,” Spoon said, “so finding a provost that actually had provost experience or high administrative experience with a comprehensive or similar to a comprehensive university is really hard to come by.”

Besides being given a chance to

Merger from page 1

human services, so this will be an opportunity to expand that,” Ingersoll said.

These two colleges in particular have quite a bit of history together, and Schlageter is excited about potentially “renewing some of the collaborative effort between programs.”

“I think there would be more angst and trepidation if we were going to other programs that we just didn’t have any history with,” Schlageter joked.

The two colleges were originally part of one large, umbrella college along with the Judith Herb College of Education. Former President Vik Kapoor

interview candidates and help narrow them down, the UT community also has the chance to ask questions in a series of open forums, similar to the presidential search conducted during the 2014-15 academic year.

Each candidate will speak at two open forums, on main campus and the medical campus, where attendees can ask questions. These forums will be held between Feb. 10 and Feb. 19.

Patten-Wallace said a candidate should be chosen DONALD after the forums SIEGEL have taken place, which will help narrow down the candidates further.

Patten-Wallace said a candidate should be chosen by the end of March.

“As we talk to the candidates, all of them understand the importance of students, and being here for our students,” Patten-Wallace said.

Patten-Wallace said the best way to maintain focus on students is through a healthy relationship with the faculty and providing the faculty with the resources they need to best educate students.

According to the job description, “the Provost is responsible for defining and pursuing institutional, educational, research, and funding priorities, with operating authority over the academic budget of CHARLES ROBINSON the university.”

divided the larger college up into two colleges in 1999, creating the College of Health Science and Human Services as one and the Judith Herb College of Education as the other.

The two colleges were later merged back together into one large college in 2010 by former President Lloyd Jacobs, a widely unpopular decision which many faculty members opposed.

The merger happened at the time when Jacobs also proposed splitting the College of Arts and Sciences.

The colleges remained together until 2013, when former Provost Scott Scarborough split them back into three as part of his five-year plan.

Look for an update on the merger and the board’s decision in next week’s paper.

Tebow

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My Eyes, the No. 1 bestselling sports and religion book in 2011, which tells the story of his faith, his life and his football career.

“We hope they are inspired by Tim’s message; everyone is probably going to draw something different from this event and we hope that it touches people’s hearts and they get something positive from it,” Bartley said.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. followed by entertainment at 7:30 p.m. from Sidewalk Prophets, a national award-winning contemporary Christian band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band has played at Winter Jam and has been featured on K-LOVE.

If you go What: Tim Tebow speaks.

Where: Savage Arena.

When: Wednesday, Feb. 17. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Event begins at 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by: Toledo Christian Schools.

The proceeds from the event will go toward Toledo Christian Schools, as well as the Tim Tebow Foundation.

Close to 1,500 tickets have been sold and it is expected to reach over 2,000.

If you are interested in attending this event, tickets start at low as $20 and go up to $60 with discounted tickets for groups ($3 off of 11 or more).

A VIP package for two is also available which includes a VIP reception with Tim Tebow at the price of $1,000.

To purchase tickets call 419-530-GOLD, by visiting www.UTRockets.com or www.ToledoChristian.com.

For more information regarding VIP packages please contact mbartley@toledochristian.com.

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“For a while, they decreased the alcohol drinking age to 18 and they realized that wasn’t a good idea and they raised it back to 21,” Thompson said. “Any time you pass a policy like this you’re going to make it harder, and by making it harder you’re going to reduce the total number new smokers and you’re going to cut down on the number of cigarettes smokes.”

Rinckey said that any

Recovery

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thing about burns is that the healing process is, a lot of times, the most painful process because the nerve buds are growing back,” Nguyen said. “She’s actually in a lot of pain right now, but she’s doing really well and the doctors seem to think that she’s healing at a really good rate, which is probably due to her fitness and her youth.”

Nguyen said Noe is keeping a positive outlook and working with physical and occupational therapists with the goal of getting back to her everyday life.

“Every time I see her and talk to her, she’s extremely positive. She’s very determined — she wants to get back,” Nguyen said. “Every time I see her, she’s in there working really hard, trying to get everything back.

She wants to be able to get back to school and get back to running and just kind of normal everyday life stuff.

She’s really, really positive and really focused.”

Nguyen said that some of Noe’s teammates and also future roommates visit Noe almost daily.

“There are some girls who are going to be her roommates next year that are kind of like her three closest friends, and they’re all on our team. They go and see

community members are welcome to attend city council meetings or write advocacy letters to show their support.

There will also be two programs on March 15 where people can learn more or become involved. They will be held at 12 p.m. on the Health Science Campus and at 5 p.m. on Main Campus. Both events are free and open to the public.

“I hope people come out and hear because it really does have the ability to — in Boston, it cut teen smoking in half,” Boardley said. her almost daily I think, at least one of them. They’re all really close with her.”

The teammates are Marissa Rossetti, Emily Wyrick and Maya Pacaric, but they were not able to be reached for comment at this time.

Any donations to Noe’s recovery fund can be mailed to UT athletics at 2801 W. Bancroft St., Attn: Tony Zaworski with “Janelle Noe Recovery Fund” written in the memo. Donations by credit card, can be called into Zaworski at 419-5302412.

“Every time I see her, she’s in there working really hard, trying to get everything back. She wants to be able to get back to school and get back to running and just kind of normal everyday life stuff. She’s really, really positive and really focused.”

LINH NGUYEN Janelle Noe’s Cross Country Coach