April 15, 2015

96th year • Issue 29

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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SEXUAL ASSAULT

Title IX report is in Recent review prompts administrators and staff to examine sexual assault policies and procedures

By Colleen Anderson

Ealy’s story

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How former Toledo QB Chuck Ealy went from an unknown player from Portsmouth to a Rocket legend.

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“UT’s logic is that if a student spends less time in college, he or she will accrue less financial burden and therefore have a five percent cut in the cost of attendance.”

EDITORIAL Ambiguous senate bill raises questions OPINION / A5 »

Students participate in 13-hour dance marathon at UT This year’s RockeTHON will be held on April 18th in Savage Arena from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. This year’s goal is to raise $102,150 for Children’s Miracle Network.

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“We all have the same amount of time; it’s how we choose to spend it that varies from person to person.”

JORDAN BUDREVICH Make the most of your summer OPINION / A5 »

Toledo works to end violence The University of Toledo will join together with the community April 18 at their annual Take Back the Night event to bring awareness to domestic violence and other issues women in the community face every day.

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“This season that song remains the same, only with a twist.”

ROBERT HEARONS Next in line SPORTS / B1 »

From the creation of a new position to a website revamp, students can expect to see big changes following a review of the university’s sexual assault policies.

The University of Toledo is taking steps to improve their prevention and handling of sexual assault in order to comply with Title IX, a federal law forbidding discrimination based on sex in educational institutions.

A few of the biggest changes involve updating sections of UT’s website to make information easier to find and starting a new ‘It’s

On Us’ educational awareness campaign this fall, according to Senior Vice President of Student Affairs Kaye Patten Wallace.

“I hope that the students will first of all recognize that our primary goal is student safety, and making sure that students feel safe on campus and know what resources are available to them,” Patten Wallace said. “I hope the students will understand and appreciate, which I do believe that this is a key priority for them at the University of Toledo, and that they will individually and collectively embrace it.”

The university is also looking for a full time

“I hope that the students will first of all recognize that our primary goal is student safety ... and know what resources are available to them.”

KAYE PATTEN WALLACE Senior Vice President of Student Affairs

Title IX coordinator at the suggestion of the review, and has already moved on appointing deputy coordinators from the UT staff, according to Patten Wallace.

“Jovita Thomas-Williams, who’s our vice president of human resources and talent

development, actually has a search underway now to find the Title IX coordinator,” Patten Wallace said. “We’re looking for an experienced person who has done this at other institutions who can bring their expertise here.”

Sexual Assault Awareness Month events Clothesline Project: April 9 & 16 The UT Counseling Center uses Tshirts in a new, unique way — to bring an end to sexual assault and violence against women. The project takes place April 9 in Centennial Mall and April 16 in UTMC cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Denim Awareness Day: April 29 The UT Counseling Center will have a display in the Student Union taking donations and passing out information about Denim Awareness Day. This day was started when the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a girl implied consent to be assaulted because her jeans were too tight. The booth will promote wearing jeans to work and accept donations to be given to YWCA Hope Center.

Denim Day Walk: April 12 Denim Day Walk will be held to support Denim Awareness Day with a two mile wellness event held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Donations for the YMCA HOPE Center will be collected during the event.

Take Back the Night: April 18 UT will join with other universities for this annual event, which will be held at the UAW Union building to advocate for the end of domestic and sexual violence.

LGBTQ Panel Speakers: April 23 The UT Counseling Center will host a panel of experts to discuss a wide array of LGBTQ issues, including resources, suicide prevention, transgender advocacy, and how to be an ally. The event will take place in Student Union Room 2584 from 6-7 p.m.

These changes are being made in response to a review of UT’s Title IX policies and procedures conducted by Olabisi Okubadejo. She is a member of the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP, the firm UT hired in October to conduct the review.

“We wanted it to be very comprehensive so we brought in an expert, someone who works for the Office of Civil Rights who does this for universities across the country,” Patten Wallace said.

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STUDENT LIFE

Engineering students race concrete canoes at conference

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Proposed senate bill may lower cost of attendance Joe Heidenescher

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Students competed in the concrete canoe race at the 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers North Central Student Conference. This year the race took place at Maumee Bay State Park.

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In the Ohio Senate, a bill has been introduced that would challenge universities in Ohio to lower the cost of in-state student attendance by five percent in 2016-2017 academic year.

The bill was proposed by State Senator Keith Faber, president of the Ohio Senate (R-Celina).

“My colleagues and I in the This graph shows the total cost of tuition and general fees for Ohio Senate issued the Ohio in-state students taking 12 – 16 credits per semester between 2004 and 2014 at the University of Toledo, according to the Senate ‘Five Percent ChalUT Office of the Treasurer’s financial brochures. lenge’ asking Ohio’s public costs of attendance without because the bill has not colleges and universities to decreasing the quality of the been passed yet, it is hard reduce student costs by five education or making direct to develop a fully-realized percent for the next academic cuts in tuitions. plan about the possible cuts; year,” Faber said in an email The University of Toledo however, Wingfield said interview. “We believe five has already UT is looking into creative percent is a organized a ways to lower the cost for very realistic “We’re looking at committee students to attend UT. goal, and the dedicated legislature is “So for us, and for many more aggressive, to putting ready to help of us in Ohio, there’s really or as the state together them achieve not a lot to cut because we such a plan would call it, it.” have held our tuition low,” if Faber’s Wingfield said. “So we’re Senate Bill intrusive advising, proposed at more creative No. 4 would injecting ourselves bill passes. looking ideas, how we can help our require uniAccording students graduate on time, into the students’ versities and to Rhonda complete quicker, helping institutions lives more early on Wingfield, our students with advising of higher and throughout director of services. We’re looking at education the Office more aggressive, or as the across Ohio their career here.” of Financial state would call it, intrusive to submit RHONDA WINGFIELD Planning, advising, injecting ourselves “a plan to Director of the Office of Analysis and into the students’ lives more reduce stuFinancial Planning, early on and throughout Budget and dent cost of Analysis and Budget a member of their career here.” attendance Wingfield said UT is not the commitor all in-state considering cuts in tuition tee, the group is made up of students by five percent” by and general fees as a part of representatives from faculty, September 2015. this five percent challenge. the provost’s office, finance, According to Faber, the “We’ve held our tuition student affairs and several bill is intended to challenge low for so many years, a five other offices. universities “to think outside of the box” and reduce See 5 percent bill / A6 » Wingfield said that

Approximately 300 students from 10 universities throughout Ohio and Michigan participated in the American Society of Civil Engineers North Central Student Conference this past weekend.

The two biggest events at the conference included a concrete canoe race and a steel bridge competition, with the concrete canoe race taking place on Saturday at Maumee State Park. The conference allowed engineering students to get hands-on experience in their field as well as have an opportunity to network with students from other universities.

The canoes were judged “The conference on aesthetics, is so important design paper, presentation to us, not only and the race as a profession, itself by a panel of 25 judges. but as students.”

Katie Burns, KATIE BURNS a fourth-year Conference Chair civil engineering student and conference chair, said she believes the conference is a great opportunity for students.

“The conference is so important to us, not only as a profession, but as students,” Burns said. “This gives us the opportunity to apply what we have learned in the classroom in a hands-on environment and the opportunity to network with students from other universities and professional engineers.”

According to ASCE, the conference and its activities allowed for students to “gain hands-on experience in planning, design, construction, material sciences, estimating/ budgeting and public speaking all in friendly competition among regional universities and also increase awareness among industry leaders, opinion makers and the general public of civil engineering as a dynamic and innovative profession that is essential to society.”

Matt Creed, a fourth-year civil engineering student from the University of Michigan, said

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Using mainly guitars, University of Toledo students created a jazz ensemble April 14 in the Center for Preforming Arts recital hall. Norman Damschroder, senior lecturer of jazz history, conducted the event.

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IN BRIEF

‘Drive Away Cancer’ fundraiser to be held April 21 The University of Toledo’s communication fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, along with Campus Activities and Programming will host a fundraiser on Tuesday, April 21.

The fundraiser will take place in Rocket Hall Parking Lot 25 from 4-9 p.m.

Kistler Ford, the event’s sponsor, will bring six cars to campus to be test driven. For every testdriven car and subsequent survey, Ford will donate $20 in Zeta’s name to UT Relay For Life.

All proceeds will then go to the American Cancer Society.

CAP will also provide free pizza and refreshments to participants.

For more information, contact Andrew.Kurtz3@ rockets.utoledo.edu.

UT author to talk about book April 16 Barbara Floyd, director of the Canaday Center, will be talking about her new book on Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. in the Carlson Library’s Ward M. Canaday Center of Special Collections.

In Floyds’s book, she discusses the history behind how Toledo got its famous nickname.

Her talk is free and open to the public. for more information, contact Floyd at 419.530.2170 or barbara.floyd@utoledo.edu.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Toledo works to end violence

By Jessica Harker Staff Reporter

The University of Toledo will join together with the community April 18 at their annual Take Back the Night event to bring awareness to domestic violence and other issues women in the community face every day.

Sharon Barnes, the interim chair of the women’s and gender studies department at UT, helped organize the event to help end violence against women here in Toledo and all over the country.

“Because we live in a culture that is largely uncritical of violence against women, and children, and men, and we sometimes even celebrate it, so this is a chance to say that we object to and reject the pervasive culture of violence and victimblaming that we live in and we believe a better world is possible for all of us,” Barnes said.

The event will take place starting at 6 p.m. at the United Automobile Workers union on Ashland Avenue, and will be broken up into three sections, Barnes said.

The first part of the event is a resource fair where different groups will have booths set up so that people can walk around and gain a better understanding of the resources available to help them in times of crisis.

Angela Daigneault, a social worker at UT’s Counseling Center, will be working the first part of the event, where she will run the booth for the T-Shirt Clothesline Project.

Barnes said the clothesline project is her favorite part of the night.

“Every year when I hang the shirts, I recognize ones I have hung in previous years,” she said. “I think about all of the women, men and children whose lives have been so negatively impacted by violence against women, yet who came and made their shirt as a testament to their experience and their healing or to their loved ones who did not survive, and I am amazed at their strength and the power of their will to survive.”

If you go What: 21st Annual Take Back the Night event.

Where: UAW Local 12 Union Hall on Ashland Avenue.

When: Saturday, April 18.

Sponsored by: Community groups, social service agencies, UT Feminist Alliance and university departments.

The fair will be run from 6-7 p.m., Daigneault said, and is held “to talk about what we offer on campus.”

After the research fair, there will be a women’s march and a men’s event held until 8 p.m. and afterwards there will be a survivor speak-out for the duration of the event, Barnes said.

The survivor speak-out is a part of the event where survivors in varying stages of recovery come

FUNDRAISER

Water walk to fund purification units

By Anna Glore Staff Reporter

Have you ever had to walk miles for a drink of clean water? Chances are, all you have to do for a glass of water is walk into the next room and turn on a faucet.

But not everyone is so lucky.

Clean Water for the World will host Walk for Water, a 5K at the University of Toledo’s Centennial Mall on Sunday, April 19.

“Walk for Water is a fundraising 5K run that raises money for Clean Water for the World to build, ship,

install and maintain water purification units for people around the world,” said Ashley Mathias, event secretary and a third-year nursing major. “Throughout the walk, participants are encouraged to carry jugs of water that we will provide as a way to simulate the distance that women and children often have to travel to get clean water in developing countries.”

According to Mathias, in the past two years, UT has raised enough money to buy units for communities in El Salvador, Jamaica, Haiti, Guatemala and Uganda.

“These 10 units provide 1,080,000 gallons of clean water to about 1,400 people every year,” Mathias said.

According to the Clean Water for the World website, one water purification unit produces up to five gallons of purified water per minute, or 300 gallons per hour, and uses less power than a 40 watt light bulb. These units use ultraviolet light to kill viruses and bacteria in the water and can be run by either electric or solar power.

Those organizing the event hope

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This week in SG Resolutions • A resolution to allow SG to use up to $200 for the creation and maintenance of a new SG website for a one year trial period passed.

• A resolution to allow the Student Activities Endowment Fund at the UT Foundation to become part of the SG fund to help support the operations and expenses of SG passed.

• A resolution to allocate $250 to purchase Croutonz for an Earth Fest celebration on April 22nd passed.

Constitution • Senators made amendments to a draft of the constitution.

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UT’s existing policy and interviewed approximately 100 members of the UT community. Among those interviewed were the current Title IX coordinator, members of the UT police department, student conduct officers, administrators, faculty members, resident advisors and students.

Interim President Nagi Naganathan sent out a summary of the results via email on April 13.

“I want to thank Ms. Okubdejo and her team for the work they have completed to help move The University of Toledo into a leadership position when it comes to sexual assault prevention and response and to assure the safety of students and employees,” Naganathan wrote.

Naganathan’s email provided a link to the full report and highlighted the main points UT will be focusing on.

These points included: • Streamlining Title IX policies for consistency The report said UT’s current policies are “well-intentioned,” but contradictory at times and overly numerous. Their recommendation was to reduce the number of policies and to make it clear which policies applied in what situations.

• Appointing a Title IX coordinator While UT does currently have a Title IX coordinator, the person holding the position also holds numerous other responsibilities unrelated to Title IX. In order to ensure maximum efficiency and timeliness, the report recommended hiring someone whose duties were primarily Title IX related, as well as hiring deputy coor-

dinators for the major campus constituencies.

• Revising the reporthandling process To eliminate any uncertainty about the logistics of handling reports, the firm advised UT to establish clearcut procedures for the filing, investigation and processing of reports. Suggested measures included adding timeframes and coordinating with UTPD.

“For far too long, it came up as kind of an ugly topic, a dirty topic and we kind of blew it off, basically. It’s a great time for people to begin to sort of wake up and realize there’s concern — there’s a problem.”

STANLEY EDWARDS Director of the UT Counseling Center

• Education In order to better educate members on campus about matters relating to sexual assault, the firm suggested the implementation of an awareness campaign. The campaign would educate students on things like prohibited conduct under Title IX, reporting sexual misconduct, UTPD’s role on campus, how to obtain resources and how complaints are investigated and resolved.

• Website The firm suggested that in addition to UT’s current website, UT should add electronic resource

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forward to tell their story and to speak to the other members of the community about the real issue of sexual and domestic assault, Daigneault said, and is a very powerful portion of the event.

“I think there’s an education component to it,” Daigneault said. “To understand what survivors have been through, to get a better sense of community resources that are available to survivors,

guides with more information and have the website coordinated between the Counseling Center, UTPD and Student Affairs.

• Campus Climate Assessment Based on recommendations from the White House Task Force and OCR, the firm advised UT to “develop an instrument to assess the campus climate with regard to sexual harassment,” along with possibly holding roundtable discussions on the topic to encourage dialogue.

• Case Review In order to make further improvements, the report suggested that UT review previous responses to Title IX matters and consider their handling of past issues.

Along with making suggestions, Ballard Spahr’s report also commended UT, specifically senior administrators and UTPD, for their dedication to “providing safe campus communities and a prompt, effective response to sexual misconduct in University programs and activities.”

Stanley Edwards, director of the UT Counseling Center, said he is looking forward to the streamlining of UT’s policies and increased awareness.

Edwards said he hopes people embrace the push for education about issues related to sexual assault.

“For far too long, it came up as kind of an ugly topic, a dirty topic and we kind of blew it off, basically,” Edwards said. “It’s a great time for people to begin to sort of wake up and realize there’s concern — there’s a problem.”

a huge awareness component, then an empowerment movement overall is what it is.”

The event is expected to have a large turnout this year, ranging anywhere in the past to having 100 guests to over 400 guests, according to Barnes.

Barnes said that everyone should attend in order to “show support for the cause, to demonstrate their desire to live without violence, to express their experiences with violence, and to heal.”

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EDITORIAL

Ambiguous senate bill raises questions How UT plans to cut the cost of attendance matters to students

The Ohio Senate introduced a bill that would require Ohio universities to submit an action plan to reduce the cost of attendance for in-state students by five percent.

“We leave the ‘how’ up to the leadership at our great colleges and universities because we understand there are many ways to accomplish these savings, and we recognize they know how to do this best at their particular institutions,” Senator Keith Faber, the bill’s sponsor, told the IC. The bill would not require these cuts to come from tuition and general fees that universities collect, which is the heaviest financial burden students carry.

This proposal of lessening financial burden sounds wonderful in theory, but we feel the ambiguity of the bill allows for institutions like the University of Toledo to loosely interpret what lowering “the cost of in-state student attendance” really means.

UT is already planning and formulating where a possible five-percent cut might come from. We have been told that the committee tasked with creating this plan interprets the cut as a reduction in “the cost to instruct a student,” according to Rhonda Wingfield, director of UT’s Office of Financial Planning, Analysis and Budget.

As college students, this concerns us slightly. That’s why we choose to attend college in the first place — to be instructed, learn valuable skills and receive the best possible education for our money. Cutting costs in instructing students could imply various outcomes and we’re left with more questions than we have answers for.

If students are encouraged to utilize fewer valuable and costly university resources, such as textbooks, professors, counseling centers and parking, then obviously it will cost less money to educate a student, which would indeed achieve a five percent cut. But is this really best for students’ well-being?

One of the main ideas UT has put forth is to reduce the amount of time that students spend at UT working on their degree, thus accelerating their path to graduation. UT’s logic is that if a student spends less time in college, he or she will accrue less financial burden and therefore have a five percent cut in the cost of attendance.

We do acknowledge that UT’s only idea isn’t to expedite the graduation process and turn this school into a degree mill, but we also want to stress that we don’t want to go down that path – or be pushed into incentive-based discounts for students who stay on the four-year degree track.

As students at UT, we pray and live for cuts in the cost of our college education — after all, most of us are practically broke. If our tuition was lowered by five percent, we would be keeping an extra $200 in our pockets, although it’s a shame that in reality, it would only be $200 less in loans we’d still owe.

Now, we aren’t actually asking for a decrease in tuition; we understand that a good education warrants an expensive bill and that we are only going to reap the benefits if we are collectively willing to pay for them. But we also don’t want to be hurried out of college with only a piece of paper saying we have a degree after so many years of hard work and studying.

A five percent cut in student cost of attendance would greatly help students, and maybe it’s possible to work with students to find out where cuts make the most sense.

As a group of students, we think costly aspects of attending college also include paying for textbooks, parking permits, housing every semester, and the cost of food or a meal plan.

Consequently, we would love to hear UT brainstorm some creative ways to reduce these costs of attendance.

On a related note, we don’t just want our classrooms and books to become online forms of virtual reality in an effort to try to cut costs, and we don’t want our libraries to flood when it rains. Instead we would prefer that the university uses the money it does have to fix very pressing issues on our campus.

Cuts do make financial sense, but we hope UT will be very careful and vigilant that these cuts by no means intrude on the welfare of the student body or impede on the quality of our education.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why can’t I use the Rec? This letter is to notify your enterprise about the misallocation of money, in the manner of fees, towards endeavors not in the best interest of student wellness. More personally, I recently went to the Student Recreation Center to work on enhancing my own personal health and was told that I had to pay past a number of visits because I was part-time. Also, a fellow student had the same unfortunate experience. I am imagining countless other part-time students have had the same scenario happen to them.

I am aware of my approximately $500 per semester general fee going towards my ability to attend all athletic events. The importance of the Recreation Center for creating an intentional co-circular learning environment is only overshadowed by its significance to each individual student in developing healthy behaviors and managing the developing and evolving interpersonal changes that occur during emerging adulthood. More so, it’s imperative for students to obtain the exercise needed to reduce stress and proactively fight the increasing prevalence and risk of obtaining a comorbid condition like diabetes...

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COMMENTARY

Tips on long-term relationships We sat in his bedroom giggling over yourself, you are able to help your partcartoons and comedy specials on Netfner understand you too. lix. The two of us already devoured the box of chocolates I bought, the mushDo big things together room, feta and garlic pizza and a sixThis may seem contradictory, but pack of hard cider. I’m sitting next to the doing big things together, like meaningone I love, curled up in my sweatshirt. ful life events, can also help to strengthen It was Valentine’s Day number seven your relationship. with my boyfriend, Alex.

We do a lot of little In the back of my mind, things together, like I knew we were “supgo to the movies or posed” to be out at a to friends’ parties. fancy dinner or having But doing big things some sort of romantic together helps to evening to ourselves. But show your support the comfort and pure joy for each other and we felt, without having to gives you experigo over-the-top to show ences to bond over. it, was important to us.

About a year ago, In a long-term relaAlex hosted a catertionship, learning how ing event in Tecumto withstand the wear of seh and wanted me time with the other person to come along to see is important. This can be a firsthand what he did challenge, but in my sevenSTAFF REPORTER at one of these events. year relationship experiIt was his first caterence, I’ve learned a few things that help ing event on his own, and I knew it was keep my relationship going strong. a big deal for him. He had been working toward this for a long time, and he was Do things apart super nervous to be putting on the event At the beginning of our relationship, solo. My being there the whole time we always wanted to do everything showed him that I truly support him, together. As freshmen in high school, which gave him more self-confidence we would always eat lunch together and helped our intimacy. and would even go so far as to try to schedule our classes together.

Communicate Fast-forward seven years — now This I cannot stress enough, espewe’ve learned the need to do things cially when there is an argument or separately. This gives us both the opportunity to grow as individuals, as well disagreement. In the seven years we’ve as helps make our relationship stronger. been together, we have never broken up or taken a break. Though we’ve had our When you grow on your own as an share of disagreements, we always manindividual, you are able to understand age to say what we honestly feel and are yourself better. When you understand

TORRIE JADLOCKI

able to talk about it.

When you and your partner get in an argument, your emotional level is always high immediately afterwards.

Consequently, this is actually the worst time to try to sort things out. Wait a couple of minutes, breathe and then try and talk to your partner.

Always say plainly what you mean.

Don’t dance around the issue or say “I’m fine,” when you’re clearly not. Your partner can’t read your mind, and this will only lead to more complicated issues.

Don’t rush Especially since we’ve been together this long, I’m constantly asked questions by family and friends about when we’re moving forward with our lives — “When are you getting married?” or “When are you having kids?”

Often, other people will try and push you into making decisions. People would always tell me: “We were married when I was your age” or “The clock is ticking.” Unless you are in a relationship with them, don’t worry about what they have to say; they have no bearing on your relationship.

You have plenty of time to do these things, so take your time and do things at a pace you’re comfortable with.

We, for example, are both waiting to get married until we feel stable in our financial situations.

These four tips have been lifechanging for me. They’re things Alex and I have been working on, and we’ve found they dramatically improve our relationship as time goes on. Give these a try, and I guarantee they’ll work for you too.

Torrie Jadlocki is a fourth-year majoring in communication.

COMMENTARY

Make the most of your summer Spring has finally sprung, which means summer is just around the corner. Unfortunately for we college students, summer has stopped being a four-month vacation and has become the time to build up our résumés and try to get ahead in our various fields.

Summer has become a “vacation” filled with exhausting internships, long work hours and summer classes, leaving little time for the fun and freedom we so ardently crave. In an effort to take back our summer, I have put together a list of five ways we can enjoy summer and make it a memorable one, in the midst of our busy schedules.

Go somewhere

Summer was designed for adventures. It’s the time when you get to explore and create memories that you’ll never forget. Even if you’re busy working or taking summer classes, make sure you make a little bit of time to do something you really want to do.

Set aside a week, a weekend or even just one day to experience that summer magic.

Go on a trip with your best friend to some place you’ve never been before.

Go to the county fair or hit up a baseball game and stay to watch the fireworks. Head Get outside bang at a concert or be a movie critic for a day While this may seem at a local film festival. like a no-brainer, unless IC COLUMNIST Make sure you take you have a job working in advantage of your summer, because soon construction or as a lifeguard, odds are you’ll be stuck indoors for the majority we’ll be approaching the time when summer vacation is but a distant memory and of the day. Nine to five is arguably the May through August is simply another best and brightest time to be outside, four months of the work year. so make sure you schedule in opportunities to make the most of the summer sun. Sunlight helps your body produce Volunteer vitamin D, lowers cholesterol, lowers Volunteering is doubly advantablood pressure, builds the immune sysgeous.

Not only do you get both the tem and can aid with depression, so it’s rewarding and enjoyable experience vital that we soak up as much of those of giving back to your community in a rays as we can. field that you’re passionate about, but Help schedule some sunlight into your it’s also a great résumé enhancer. There days by talking a walk after work, or are literally thousands of different before work if you can manage, take your places to volunteer, for people of all lunch breaks outside, and be sure to do ages, interests and abilities. If you’re a some outdoor activities on the weekends, even if that just means chilling with a book cooking enthusiast, you could work in a soup kitchen. If you adore children, in a hammock in your backyard. While I you can volunteer at a shelter that love staying indoors as much as the next watches children while single mothers introvert, getting some outdoors time is go out searching for jobs. If you love vital to both your health and happiness. the outdoors, volunteer to clean trails So enjoy the sun while you can, before it at your local national park. If you’re disappears on us again for the winter. passionate about something, there’s

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a place for you to volunteer and give back to the community; your only limit is your imagination.

Hang out with family and friends This one requires little explanation.

Make sure you set aside some time to hang out with your friends and family, especially the ones that you don’t get an opportunity to see during the school year. Having a strong network of friends and family is vital to maintaining your happiness, plus you can do some of the other actives on this list with them and kill two birds with one stone.

Do that thing you’ve been meaning to do We all have that one thing in the back of our mind that we keep putting off until we “get more time.” We all have the same amount of time; it’s how we choose to spend it that varies from person to person. If you’ve been putting off getting in shape, start doing that this summer. If you’ve got a craft project you’ve been dying to start, dust off your supplies and begin it. Start writing the novel you’ve been narrating in your head. Learn tai chi or yoga. Become an expert bird spotter. Memorize every line of “Romeo and Juliet.” Whatever it is you’ve wanted to do, do it this summer. Pick one thing, whatever’s at the top of the list, and just jump right into it.

And when you finish that, start the next thing on your list, and you’ll be amazed what you can accomplish by the end of your summer.

While this is by no means an exhaustive list, hopefully it gives you some ideas and a little inspiration on how you can make the most of and take back your summer this year.

Jordan Budrevich is a first-year majoring in bioengineering.

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that participants will get a glimpse of what it would be like to have to walk miles for access to clean water.

“Last August, Toledo had a water crisis, which gave us a small glimpse of the struggle of lack of clean water,” said Lucy Hosenfeld, a Clean Water for the World board member and a fourth-year chemical engineering major. “By participating in WFW, the people of Toledo build solidarity with their brothers and sisters world-wide to provide clean water for all. It is a local way for the people of Toledo to be part of the global community.”

Hosenfeld, who is also a Walk for Water leadership team member, said the struggle to obtain clean water is an issue worldwide with “quite shocking” statistics.

“One in nine people lack access to clean water and every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-borne illness,” Hosenfeld said.

She also said the amount of water participants carry during the race is significant to the cause.

“In 2014, the participants carried 240 gallons over the 3.2

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percent reduction would be a real hardship to the university,” Wingfield said.

Student Government President Clayton Notestine said he thinks UT doesn’t need to suffer more cuts than it already has.

“There are some universities that need the five percent decrease more or less than others,” Notestine said.

“The University of Toledo has had its tuition frozen for several years, when other universities were raising their tuition. This is the first year in a long time, other universities are trying to freeze their tuition and UT isn’t, so we’re different in that regard.”

According to the UT Office of the Treasurer’s Finance Brochures, from 2004 to 2014 UT tuition and general fees per semester for in-state full-

miles,” Hosenfield said. “The 240 gallons represents on average the daily amount of water used by four people in the United States and 54 people in the developing countries of Africa, according to the World Health Organization.”

Adam Simpson, a fourthyear professional sales and marketing major as well as the project leader for Walk for Water, said UT students play a tremendous role in the annual event.

“I see that one girl on our donation page has raised over $1,000, which can provide a unit to a village,” he said.

“That one Toledo student just changed the lives of a whole village of 300.”

According to Simpson, over the past two years, approximately $8,000 each year has been raised with about 170 participants at each event.

“This year, we already have over 130 people registered with an expected 70-100 more,” he said. “And we have already raised more money than last year as we are at $9,200. We hope to reach $15,000 this year.”

Hosenfeld said she hopes this event will change students’ perspectives about the worldwide water crisis and motivate

“One in nine people lack access to clean water and every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-borne illness.”

LUCY HOSENFIELD Fourth-year chemical engineering major

them to take action and help save lives.

“We hope that it will [bring] awareness to everyone who hears about the event and participates,” Hosenfield said. “People have to be aware of the crisis before change can be made.”

According to Mathias, there will be an award for both the Greek and non-Greek team that carries the most water per participant during the race as well as for the team that raises the most money overall.

The event is open to the general public. Registration costs $15 or $10 for students.

Sign in starts at 1 p.m. and the race will begin at 2 p.m.

For more information, email walkforwatertol@gmail.com.

“I’m not sure if I’m willing to go ahead and get a cheaper education at the expense of cheaper academic experience.”

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time students (1216 credit hours) have increased by 31%. Last year UT only increased tuition by 2.5%.

“If you’re for the 5 percent cuts, then I hope that you enjoy the leaks that happen in the library,” Notestine said. “If you want your education to be less expensive, I understand, I had to pay for my education too; however, I’m not sure if I’m willing to go ahead and get a cheaper education at the expense of cheaper academic experience.”

Wingfield said UT will explore options such as reducing the number of credits required to gradu-

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he thought the conference was a great way for students to utilize their talents.

“We put in two semesters of hard work into these canoes and I think it is really cool that we can use what we learned in the classroom in a real-world application outside of class,” Creed said.

“This is the kind of thing that is going to get people in my field jobs, not just a degree, but actual experience.”

ate, offering discounts to students that complete 30 credits a year and reducing the costs of classroom materials like textbooks.

“I think the goal of what the state is proposing is something that the university is very much in favor of and we are always doing whatever we can to make sure the cost of higher education to students is as low as possible but while ensuring the highest quality,” said Jon Strunk, associate vice president of university communication and UT spokesman.

Notestine said his major concern with a five percent cut is that valuable

Several students were excited to participate in the conference.

“This is my second year participating in the concrete canoe race and it is still just as exciting as the first time around,” said Jordan Bick, a third-year civil engineering student from Wayne State University. “I think that all the students participating this year will learn a lot and take away a lot of good experience and skills as well as improving upon the ones that they already have.”

services at UT might be cut in order to reduce costs.

“You get what you pay for, I suppose,” Notestine said. “I think that if students on this campus are concerned about the price of their education, which they should be, they shouldn’t be asking for a five percent cut in tuition or anything.”

Wingfield said a five percent cut would affect the university and the students, but UT is doing what it can to assure these cuts minimally affect the overall integrity of student life.

“We’ve made great efforts to already reduce the costs, but of course we can always do more and we’ve been working towards that for quite some time,” Wingfield said. “So we’re looking at that plan and looking at what we can we do without affecting the students’ well-being and welfare.”

Rules for the concrete canoe completion were released early in the fall semester to give students two semesters to design the mold, select an optimal mix, pour the concrete and give the canoe a theme.

“Civil Engineering is a dynamic profession where one is always learning and adapting to the situation at hand,” Burns said. “The conference is a great example of how dedicated students are to their profession and how they prepare themselves for full-time careers.”

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IN BRIEF

Toledo’s baseball team blanked against Dayton on Tuesday.

University of Toledo baseball team was blanked on the road in a 3-0 loss on Tuesday against Dayton.

The Rockets fall to 12-23 on the season.

Freshman RHP Kyle Rago picked up his second loss of the season giving up one run on three hits in five innings on the mound.

Dayton catcher Matt Poland launched a solo home run in the bottom of the second, before UD added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh in their winning efforts.

UT had a chance to get on the board in the top of the eight with a leadoff double to left center from junior John Martillotta. The Rockets would fail to capitalize on the opportunity, stranding Martillotta on third.

Toledo will travel to South Bend on Wednesday, April 10 when they take on Notre Dame. Freshman Alex Wagner will be taking the bump for the Rockets.

UT women’s golf team win second tournament of the year.

The Toledo Rockets women’s golf team won their second tournament of the season against Youngstown State this past Sunday.

Competing in the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational at the Stone Ridge golf course, the Rockets shot 15 over par on both cards, to finish 30 over par.

Junior golfers Manisa Isavas and Sathika Ruenreong both finished in the top five, with Isavas finishing second to individual champion Emily Dixon of Youngstown State, with a two over par 146.

Ruenreong finished third, scoring three over par 147.

Toledo travels to Columbus, OH to face the Buckeyes April 1819. It will be their last tournament before the Mid-American Conference tournament.

It’s not Rocket Science!(Trivia) Who was Toledo’s head football coach in Chuck Ealey’s final season?

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The National Football League consisted of 26 teams at that time. In 1972, the NFL Draft was 15-rounds long, meaning plenty of opportunities for a team to take a shot on an undefeated quarterback from Ohio.

But Ealey knew well beforehand that his chances were slim. When scouts showed up in Toledo to see him, they were more interested in his athleticism then his skill set under center.

“You just had to look at the NFL,” he said. “The National Football League didn’t have any black quarterbacks and they weren’t thinking [quarterback] when they come down and asked you to come and run a 40-yard dash. Nobody asked Tom Brady to run a 40-yard dash, so you kind of know.

“Who asks a quarterback to run a 40-yard dash? You don’t run. After four years of college it doesn’t take an Einstein to figure that one out.”

Ealey refused to change positions just to please the scouts. If the NFL didn’t want him as a quarterback, they weren’t going to get him at all.

With the encouragement of his agent, Ealey wrote a letter to all 26 teams prior to the ’72 Draft, making it clear that picking him as anything but

The University of Toledo football team shook off the last of the winter cobwebs last Saturday in their annual spring game at the Glass Bowl.

Last year at this time, much of the talk that surrounded the Rockets focused on who would eventually line up under center. This season that song remains the same, only with an added twist.

Who the heck is going to line up along the offensive line?

The one security blanket Head Coach Matt Campbell held in his back pocket last season while shuffling quarterbacks was an O-line consisting entirely of fifth-year seniors.

It was a cohesive group led by center Greg Mancz, who knew the offensive scheme about as well as anyone who took snaps from him.

But Mancz, along with the four other starting linemen, is gone now. That’s going to sting for a bit.

The center is responsible for much more than assuring the quarterback receives the ball. He is the micro-manager of the offense and breaking in a new one is never easy.

Having to also break in four new faces around the center could prove to be a nightmare for Campbell this offseason.

The offensive line is what made this offense tick last season. The wall of seniors protected UT’s offense to the number one offense in the Mid-American Conference.

Running back Kareem Hunt put up gaudy numbers last season racking up 1,631 yards on the ground.

The one-cut human highlight reel will need to prove that he can do it behind any O-line.

Replacing the line will be something emphasized going into the season. Positions like center and tackle carry a lot of weight when they need to protect two quarterbacks returning from injuries and a beat-up backfield.

Watching the quarterback play last year and even in the spring game this past weekend,

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Former University of Toledo star and current Toledo hall of fame member Chuck Ealey takes a snap from under center. In his three years as a starter, Ealey led the Rockets to a perfect 35-0 record from 1969-1871.

Former Toledo QB started as an unknown and became a legend

By Blake Bacho Sports Editor

Former University of Toledo quarterback Chuck Ealey’s name has become synonymous with the midnight blue and gold.

In three years as Toledo’s starting signal caller, Ealey led the Rockets to a 35-0 record.

The Mid-American Conference Player of the Year also won three Tangerine Bowls and was a Heisman Trophy finalist during his time at UT. Former Rocket Tom Duncan was a standout defensive back and teammate of Ealey’s. A sophomore when Ealey arrived on campus in 1968, Duncan had no idea what this quarterback from small-town Portsmouth would end up doing when the two first crossed paths.

When Ealey arrived in Toledo, Duncan really had no idea who this new teammate was. And he really didn’t care.

“Chuck, when he hit the campus, it wasn’t a big deal like ‘oh man, Chuck Ealey is here,’” Duncan said. “He had to earn his way.”

In those days, for freshmen to earn respect — and playing time — they first had to spend time as tackling dummies for the varsity squad. At the time, freshmen were not eligible to play until their sophomore season.

While it took a little while

for Ealey to earn the starting quarterback position, it certainly was a shorter process than the one that landed the eventual Heisman Trophy finalist in Toledo in the first place.

Ealey finished his time at Portsmouth’s Notre Dame High School with a perfect 27-0 record as a starting quarterback. In the modern era of college athletics, that kind of performance would make a signal caller a top-ranked recruit on any program’s board.

But for the top programs at the time, Ealey’s skin color meant more to them than his resume. When programs did come calling, they envisioned Ealey as a defensive back or at wide receiver, not at the helm of the offense.

The best shot it seemed Ealey would have at playing QB was an offer from legendary college coach Bo Schembechler. Then at Miami of Ohio, Schembechler extended a chance at third-string quarterback and a partial scholarship to Ealey.

Ealey refused. Then he heard from a man named Frank Lauterbur, Toledo’s head coach, who said he had an offer of his own to extend.

“He just said ‘ok we will give you a shot at quarterback and we’ll give you a full scholarship.’” Ealey said.

“The scholarship at Miami was two-thirds of a full scholarship and one-third of what you call ‘hardship,’ because we couldn’t work.

“It was technically a full scholarship with a little nuance to it, but it still wasn’t sounding as good as when Frank said they’d give me a full scholarship and a chance to play starting quarterback.”

Ealey took over in his second year and the rest is history. While racism swirled throughout the country, he and his teammates saw only jersey numbers and helmets as they continued to rack up victories.

“All I wanted to do was get my degree and use football as the vehicle to get there. The rest I could do on my own.”

CHUCK EALEY Former UT quarterback

As Ealey’s days in the Glass City drew to a close, however, the National Football League began to poke around. And racism once again returned to the equation.

Answer: John Murphy

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New community women’s rugby team tackles gender norms in Toledo Joe Heidenescher

and soccer,” Chau said. “The ball is a little wider than a football, but the thing To the untrained eye, watching a is you can’t pass forwards — it has to be group of women tackle one another in a backwards pass. It’s continuous, unlike the middle of a grassy field might look football and more like soccer.” like a full-out brawl, but a closer look What also makes rugby different is will reveal that it’s actually a group of that they ruck, maul and tackle withlocal women playing the aggressive out any sort of protective padding or sport of rugby. helmets — just a mouth guard.

“Well, we’re actually both from Mas“Even though there is no protection sachusetts. I came out here for school, or padding or anything, it’s actually she’s my girlfriend, and we played in un- safer than football because you’re not dergrad together,” said Izzy Robinson, using your helmet or padding as weapa first-year grad student studying bone ons,” Chau said. “You actually have to biology at the University of Toledo. tackle properly.”

Robinson and her girlfriend, Robinson chimed in about her Stephanie Chau, have been trying to tackling experience. revive and organize “I have a bad habit the Toledo Celtics of high tackles, and “It’s the same no Women’s Rugby team. that’s illegal so you There is already the matter whether can get called for Toledo Celtics Men’s those,” she said. you’re playing Rugby team which has According to with the girls or been around for about Robinson, the game 40 years. In 2003, a has strict rules the boys, same women’s team was because it can get rules. Same started in collaborapretty aggressive. length of game, tion with the Celtics, And after watching but fell apart. the Women Celtics same field, same The nine-member play for only a few ball.” team is currently in the minutes, it’s clear to STEPHANIE CHAU process of recruiting see they aren’t afraid Toledo Women’s Celtics more players. Howof being aggressive or Rugby Player ever, the women have getting muddy. already played several “I hate how people games against other assume that girls teams in the area, including a Bowling can’t be aggressive,” Robinson said.

Green team.

“First of all, boys are frustrating so The game of rugby features seven, or clearly we’re building up some type in some cases 15 women on each team of stress and aggression.” competing for possession of an ovalWith a more serious tone, Robshaped ball for two forty-minute halves. inson said that women can be just “I guess the most common way to as aggressive as men are, especially describe it is it’s a mix between football when they grow up with rowdy Associate Community Editor

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The Toledo Celtics Women’s Rugby team takes on the Cleveland Iron Maidens on Saturday, April 11.

brothers like she did.

“If you’ve grown up with brothers, there’s a high chance that you’re aggressive,” she said. “I have an older brother and a younger brother and we used to play football for fun outside and tackle each other as kids and stuff.”

However, finding a way to exert her pent-up aggression isn’t exactly how Robinson fell into loving rugby.

“I first heard about it at my first year at UMass Lowell and I was like, ‘No, I’m not going to play that; that’s stupid,’” Robinson said. “I remembered her [Chau] talking about rugby, and I remembered that I had classes with them, and they were always hyper about rugby, so I was finally like, ‘Okay, I’ll try it.’”

After recalling her first sweaty prac-

tice, Robinson reminisced on how her team experiences led her to develop a love for the sport.

“I loved it. The first practice was fun, and the first game was even better,” she said, smiling. “I guess I’m aggressive, so yeah … My first two years in undergrad, I wanted to join a sorority, but they didn’t have one that I was interested in on campus. Then I gave up on the idea and decided to play rugby, and that was basically my sorority.”

According to Chau, being a sorority girl is no different than being a rugbyplaying girl — you don’t have to fit a stereotype to join either group.

“There’s a fear in playing rugby for girls, you know the ‘Oh I don’t want to get hurt, oh it’s too rough for me,’” Chau said. “But we have girls that after

you play a game, you go out with the other team and you have girls that dress up and they’re all girly-girl.”

Robinson interrupted with a comment.

“Myself included. I like to wear dresses,” she said.

On the field though, Chau said the girls are “the toughest people out there.”

She explained that her favorite thing about rugby is it puts women on an even playing field, unlike many other women’s sports that have different rules from their male counterparts.

“The thing I love about rugby is … it’s the same no matter whether you’re playing with the girls or the boys,” Chau said. “Same rules, same length of game, same field, same ball.”

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ROCKETHON

Students participate in 13-hour dance marathon at UT

By Alexandria Saba Community Editor

The University of Toledo’s annual dance marathon is all about raising money for the kids — and this year’s goal is to raise $102,150 for Children’s Miracle Network.

RockeTHON will be held on April 18 in Savage Arena from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. This year’s theme is, “Join the Dance, Create the Miracle.”

“RockeTHON is the largest student run philanthropy event on UT’s campus,” said Julianne Putano, public relations chair for RockeTHON and a second-year double-majoring in business management and marketing.

“It is a 13-hour dance marathon that celebrates our year long fundraising efforts for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.”

Chris Sneider, overall director for RockeTHON and a fourth-year major-

ing in electrical engineering, said the event will be packed with entertainment, food, fun and friends.

“The day is broken up into several theme blocks where students can dress to the theme and the entertainment events we have correlate with the themed blocks,” Sneider said.

According to Sneider, attendees will hear personal stories from miracle families every hour.

“They tell us about their time with Mercy Children’s Hospital and how what we are doing has made their treatment possible,” he said.

Putano said every hour, on the hour, students will also learn part of a dance.

“The participants will learn part of the ‘Morale Dance,’ which is a line

dance that everyone can participate in throughout the day,” said Tyler Clark, RockeTHON internal director. “Then they all do the entire dance together at the end to close out the event before we announce our total.”

Along with the dancing, Clark described a variety of entertainment, including “endless amounts of games and activities for students to participate

If you go What: RockeTHON. Where: Savage Arena.

When: April 18.

Time: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

in, plenty of food and a rave.”

According to Putano, each year the RockeTHON committee sets the bar higher for their fundraising goal. They said, they are really pushing their limits this year.

Last year, Sneider said RockeTHON broke the six figure mark and raised about $102,258 for Mercy Children’s Hospital.

According to Clark, since 2001 students, faculty, family and friends have come together to raise over $600,000 for Mercy Children’s Hospital.

“One hundred percent of the money we raise stays local and helps local children,” Sneider said. “Since our founding, RockeTHON has raised $664,725.39 for Mercy Children’s Hospital.”

According to Putano, this year’s focus is entirely on the kids and is reflected by the slogan. “’For the Kids’ is a universal and centralized slogan that unites all dance marathons as well as all entities and sponsors of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” Sneider said.

For Sneider, helping children is his ultimate motivator — and he longs to see them smile.

“Everything we do, day in and day out, is for those kids, and the feeling a person gets when they see the smiles on those kid’s faces, even with all of the struggles they go through each day, is absolutely heartwarming. There is no greater feeling in the world,” Sneider said. “So no matter where you go, if you see a CMN Hospital balloon or a Dance Marathon logo and you say ‘For See RockeTHON / B4 »

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a quarterback would simply be a waste of a selection. The night of the draft, Ealey and his agent waited and watched as the first several rounds slid by.

Fifteen rounds came and went and Ealey’s name was not called. After the draft, he received calls from a few organizations still interested in bringing him in as a defensive back, but Ealey maintained his position on the matter.

He was a quarterback. If the NFL didn’t see that, it wasn’t his problem. “[Chuck was] not going to push the issue,” Duncan said. “He knew the situation; everybody knew the situation in the NFL. Maybe there were one or two black

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Chuck Ealey (left) holds the Tangerine Bowl MVP trophy with UT’s legendary head coach Frank Lauterbur (right).

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it’s obvious problems exist within the QB position. Each signal caller that received playing time last season struggled throwing the ball consistently down the field or at times showed the inability to take care of the football. UT ranked in the middle of the pack in the MAC in passing offense as eighth-best.

This speaks volumes about the previous offensive line considering they tore through defenses all season long, ranking first in total offense, rushing offense and scoring offense with four different play callers lining up under center.

Putting the eventual starting quarterback behind an O-line that doesn’t consist of all fifth-year seniors will spell trouble if it’s not the number-one priority going forward. If this offensive line suffers next season every aspect of the offense will as well.

Hunt may have a set back when it comes

quarterbacks in the entire NFL back when he was a senior.

“He kind of knew the score, so he didn’t run it into the ground and take an attitude towards it. It was easier for him to switch gears.”

Switching gears for Ealey meant switching countries. The former Toledo star headed north to join the Canadian Football League as a member of the Hamilton Tiger Cats.

Ealey became the starting quarterback four games into his rookie season. He finally lost a football game — a 25-23 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Allouettes — but he also won the 1972 Grey Cup, Canada’s version of the Super Bowl.

Ealey was the first African-American quarterback to win the Cup and he earned MVP honors and the CFL Rookie of the Year award in the process. After playing for two more teams over a seven-year career, the former Rocket retired to the business world.

He and his wife Sherri had three children and they still call Canada home.

“All I wanted to do was get my degree and use football as the vehicle to get there,” Ealey said. “The rest I could do on my own. I know today that decision was perfect because I probably made googobs more money in the business world with what I chose to do than I would have playing five or six years in the professional league at that time and then being done.”

There were bumps along the road, but for Ealey there are no regrets. The NFL was never his ultimate goal and the fact that it wasn’t in the cards doesn’t bother him.

Ealey had a plan. He always did.

“Chuck has always been one of these guys that have a plan,” Duncan said. “He doesn’t go and show it, but it unveils as his life goes on.

“Skill-wise he was good, but his mentality towards winning and his ability to make big plays at the right time really set him apart.” to his impressive stat line when he won’t be running behind one of the best offensive lines Toledo has seen in recent memory.

Hunt wasn’t the only back who enjoyed running behind those seniors. Tailback Terry Swanson averaged 6.5 yards a touch while running back Damion Jones-Moore picked up yards in chunks as well averaging 5.8 yards per carry.

Replacing an entire offensive line will take a lot of time and repetition and that process may extend well into the season.

Junior center Storm Norton will be considered the veteran and leader of the new group of linemen coming in. He started in the final three games of the season in place of the injured Mancz.

The questions at quarterback and the health of the running backs are big issues this spring for UT but the line will be the number-one issue going forward.

If the coaching staff can find five players to make the O-line, then the other issues will fix themselves.

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College of Medicine hosts 5k in order to bring attention to CommunityCare Clinic Torrie Jadlocki Staff Reporter

ence Campus, featured over 100 runners and 10 walkers.

According to event director Sudipa Biswas, a little over $1,000 was raised.

“The event is held by The University of Toledo CommunityCare Clinics (CCC) as well as The University of Toledo chapter of the American Medical Association,” said Sudipa Biswas, a first-

The University of Toledo College of Medicine is helping Toledo residents find medical care while simultaneously placing an emphasis on health and having competitive fun.

About 113 participants between the ages of 19 to 62 took part in the CommunityCare Clinic 5K run and 3K walk last Saturday, April 11.

Finish reading this piece online The event, which took place in front of www.IndependentCollegian.com the Mulford Library on UT’s Health Sci-

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the Kids’ to them, they will know exactly what you are talking about and they will smile.”

Over the years, the money raised at RockeTHON has gone toward a variety of programs at Mercy Children’s Hospital.

“It has helped fund the Mercy Autism Centers in Toledo, the child life program for reducing stress and trauma of hospitalization experienced by infants and the hippotherapy program — a physical, occupational, and speech therapy treatment strategy that utilizes the movement of horses alongside an integrated treatment program,” Sneider said.

“The money has also gone towards funding for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, whether it be for preemie diapers, pacifiers, and even the incubators that cost $40,000 per unit.”

Those interested in volunteering can help run various events, man tables or work security. For more information, email Kaitlyn Casper-Mayer at Kaitlyn.CasperMayer@rockets.utoledo.edu.

To sign up as a participant, make a donation or learn more about the event, visit RockeTHON.org.

The only difference between men and women’s rugby is that more men actually play rugby, said Robinson. But she believes this simple fact has nothing to do with the women who do play.

“I think that when you have women that play rugby, they’re just as passionate as men that play rugby,” she said.

The team is looking for more players to join; they currently have about nine members and would like to see that number grow to 25.

“Just show up and give it a shot. Just come once — if it’s not for you, it’s not for you, but you never know if you don’t try it,” Chau said. “It’s like the best thing ever.”

The team practices on Tuesdays and Fridays from 5-7 p.m. at Sterling Park, 99 Center Street, Toledo.

“You have all these girls around you all the time, so yeah there’s drama,” Robinson said.

“I mean with anything you do there’s going to be drama, but because of what you’re doing — tackling — you get offended when someone tackles your teammate. It’s like you build a sisterly bond that’s nice to have.

You really do grow really close.”

For more information about the team, call Izzy Robinson at 413-336-6005 or email her at Isabelrob1991@gmail.com.

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