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DIVESTMENT

UT Divest put to vote

By Colleen Anderson Co-News Editor

Two international students at UT have had to flee their homes in the hope of finding security.

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“It’s shameful that it took the mishandling of a sexual assault case to make these changes, but we are glad they are finally happening.”

EDITORIAL UT’s Title IX policy is improving OPINION / 4 »

Stomp Fest returns

Stomp Fest returned to UT campus April 17 following a six-year break.

NEWS / 3 »

“In their eyes, Hunt will be walking across a stage and accepting a jersey and hug from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this time next spring.”

BLAKE BACHO Hunt has legitimate shot at NFL SPORTS / 6 »

“It was a call from Palestinian civil society saying that they wanted to try ... to boycott Israel, boycott companies that are complicit in Israeli human rights violations.”

SHAHRAZAD HAMDAH

SJP steering committee member

The Beginning Students for Justice in Palestine began raising awareness for their divestment campaign at their annual Apartheid Wall event in October 2014.

SJP held its annual Apartheid Wall event at the University of Toledo and began to collect signatures in support of divestment.

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Feb. 17, 2015

The UT Student Government’s Student Judicial Council ruled the divestment resolution ‘unconstitutional’ in a vote of 5-4.

March 3, 2015

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March 4, 2015

UT Interim President Nagi Naganathan and UT Foundation President released a statement saying that UT would not divest from companies with ties to Israel.

SG passed a divestment referendum, allowing the whole student body to vote on the issue of divestment.

The campaign generated emotionally-charged debate from both sides of the issue, especially during Student Government meetings addressing legislation related to it.

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Oct. 2014

SG passed a revised version of the divestment resolution with a vote of 21-4 after overturning its previous ruling of a divestment resolution as unconstitutional.

Voting for the divestment referendum opened via MyUT portal.

March 31, 2015

April 20, 2015

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STUDENT ORGANIZATION

Jewish religion and culture celebrated

By Ashley Diel Staff Reporter

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Decorated t-shirts hung from clotheslines on April 16 in the UTMC cafeteria to raise awareness on sexual assault and violence against women. The project was sponsored by the UT Counseling Center, and was part of a series of events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

An armed self-defense class, free falafel and a movie night — while all seemingly unrelated, they are all a part of this year’s Jewish Heritage Month on campus.

The Jewish campus organization, Hillel, has been putting on events all month for students to be able to learn more about the Jewish religion and culture. Although the event usually takes place in May, it is being held on campus in April because classes end in early May. Some of the events included Give Chick Peas a Chance, where Hillel gave out free falafel and

If you go What: Krav Maga.

Where: Student Recreation Center Oak Room.

When: April 29.

Sponsored by: Hillel.

hummus, a Hava Nagila movie night where students could see a showing of the movie “Hava Nagila,” and a Gift of Life Shabbat.

“For the Gift of Life Shabbat, we just partnered our normal event that we have every Friday with signing up with the registry to See Culture / 8 »

STUDENT LIFE

Mock crash raises drunk driving awareness Staff Reporter

Fashion columnist Emily Modrowski offers fashion advice.

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1987-1989

The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s newspaper, published an article about MIT and Harvard’s joint petition for their respective schools to divest. This was the beginning of the national divestment movement on college campuses.

Clothesline Project

By Jessica Harker

Five trends for spring

Tensions Rising

UT divested from the South African apartheid.

Divestment throughout the years

Seeking solace here

From an idea shared by a few students to a movement involving hundreds of supporters, UT Divest is making noise on the University of Toledo campus with its referendum this week.

The referendum, which went live April 20, asks the student body whether they think the UT Board of Trustees and the UT Foundation should divest from companies “complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine” until the companies are no longer involved in those actions.

According to Shahrazad Hamdah, an SJP steering committee member, the idea began as an international movement, and 2014 was when SJP decided to begin taking action on it.

“It was a call from Palestinian civil society saying that they wanted to try and get institutions all over the world to boycott Israel, boycott companies that are complicit in Israeli human rights violations, just because that’s the only thing that will only change the situation,” Hamdah said.

UT isn’t the first school to consider divestment.

Harvard and MIT were the first two schools to propose divestment on their campuses, followed by Loyola University, the University of Michigan, and University of California Berkeley.

The movement has gained attention from multiple student organizations; the International Student Association, Jewish Voices for Peace, and Community Solidarity Response Network have all voiced public support for the campaign.

Two cars stood mangled in Carter Field last Wednesday evening. Police officers and firefighters rushed to the scene as the emergency evacuation helicopter landed in the opening to carry the survivors to the nearest hospital. One of the girls involved in the crash was deceased upon impact, and two more severely injured.

This was the scenario being acted out by the Pi Beta Phi sorority at their event, Mock Crash, early last week.

Lauren Valigosky, a first-year

majoring in speech pathology and a member of Pi Beta Phi, says the sorority hosted the event to help bring awareness to the real consequences of drinking and driving, specifically to those on campus.

“It’s actually because one of our sisters, 20 years ago, got in a really fatal car crash and actually died because of a drunk driver hitting her,” Valigosky said. “And so we thought it would be perfect to put on an event to spread awareness on how bad it is to drink and drive.”

The event had three stages, she said, beginning with the fake crash portion in Carter Field.

Will Pecsok, the director of the Counseling Center, worked with Pi Beta Phi to organize the event and was at the field when the fake crash occurred.

“I think that was a very powerful thing,” Pecsok said, “when the police actually arrived on the scene.”

During the scenario, Valigosky played one of the three girls injured in the crash itself and said it was a

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Professionals demonstrate the process of rescuing a mock victim of a car crash. This included a helicopter, an ambulance, a fire truck and a mock trial. The purpose was to show students the consequences of driving drunk.

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IN BRIEF

Dr. Marie Gottschalk to give lecture on April 22

Dr. Marie Gottschalk, political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, published her book, Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics, in 2014. In it, she discussed significant racial disparities in those who are incarcerated, dramatic flaws in the criminal justice system, and how political dynamics caused the growing numbers of people in the American prison system.

Dr. Gottschalk will hold a lecture at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22 at Libbey Hall entitled “Caught: The Future of Penal Reform, the Carceral State and American Politics” along with the statistics of America leading with as the top incarcerator on the planet. The lecture is free and open to the general public.

For more information, contact Renee Heberle at renee.heberle@ utoledo.edu.

Corrections The Independent Collegian misspelled Chuck Ealey’s name wrong twice. We regret this error.

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EVENT

Stomp Fest returns Trevor Stearns Co-News Editor

Stomp Fest returned to the University of Toledo campus April 17 following a six-year break. UT’s chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council provided a $1,500 prize to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., who won the competition.

Five groups participated in Friday’s event, including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., Imagine Clay Step Team and TDST Step Team.

“Stomp Fest is a competition in-

volving the ancient art of stepping,” said Ryeon Wedley, a third-year film major and president of UT’s chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. “Stepping is a dance where a performer creates drum-like sounds with the clapping of their hands and the stomping of their feet.”

Tiffany Fulford, a fourth-year education major, said Stomp Fest was able to make a comeback this year because the NPHC believed it was capable of bringing it back.

“Putting on a step show is a very daunting task, but NPHC was up for the challenge,” Fulford said. “We

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very different experience being involved.

“It was way more real for me,” Valigosky said.

“I know they made it completely silent and when the EMT’s came in, one of the girls that got flung out of the window was actually like crying and I could hear her.”

The next portion of the event was the faux funeral for the girl that passed away in the crash, held in the Greek Village.

Amanda Mager, a third-year studying adolescent young adult integrated science education, attended the event.

“I attended it as a Greek Week event with some of my sisters in Delta Phi Epsilon,” said Mager.

Mager said one of the most powerful portions of the Mock Crash was the portion where they put on the fake funeral.

“It really hit home for me when we walked back to the village and the girl who died had a funeral ceremony. There was a casket cover with her face on it. They were handing out cards with pictures of her to remember her life,” Mager said.

“I just remember seeing a baby

wanted to relive the tradition.”

She said that bringing the event back for this year was a learning experience and that the group can “only go up from here.”

According to Wedley, they are “definitely looking to make this an annual event.”

Fulford said the event is something people do not get to see very often.

“People should be interested in this event because it’s an entertaining tradition coming from historically black Greek letter organizations,” Fulford said. “As a whole we don’t do much together, but when all the sororities and

picture and then a graduation picture with her and her parents and I thought about all the plans she had and how they were taken away due to someone else’s carelessness. It wasn’t fair.”

Next, the event moved to the Law Center for the third and final portion of the event, the mock trial of the person who was drinking and driving.

The Counseling Center had a large part in putting together this portion of the event, according to Pecsok, going as far as to bring in people to play lawyers and a real judge to reside.

At the end of the fake trial the judge sentenced the driver to three years in jail and three years of probation, Pecsok said.

“The mock hearing really put a lot of things into perspective for me,” Mager said. “I was really thinking about Jacob [the driver] and everything he had to live with. Sure, he was only sentenced to three years in prison, had to pay fines, and he had to pay for the funeral expenses, but he has to live the rest of his life knowing that he killed an innocent girl.”

The sorority and the Counseling Center hoped to use the event as a way to show everyone on campus what really happens when you drink and drive.

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fraternities do come together under NPHC, it’s awesome to see Greek unity.”

Wedley agreed, saying the event itself is very entertaining and “some of the motions and stunts that teams pull off are amazing.”

According to Fulford, 10 percent of the proceeds were donated to RockeTHON, while the remaining amount will be used to try and bring this event back in following years.

“One of the reason it didn’t come back was the funds were low,” Fulford said. “That money will give us an opportunity to make this a UT tradition again.”

“I think the goal of the event was to create a situation that students here could relate to. It took a public safety announcement and gave it a face.”

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dangers they’re in and the risks they are taking.

And hopefully take a look at adjusting some of these behaviors,” Pecsok said.

This was the first time the sorority put on the event, according to Pecsok, but it was successful, and was able to work towards helping the community.

“I think the goal of the event was to create a situation that students here could relate to. It took a public safety announcement and gave it a face,” Mager said.

According to Pecsok, the Counseling Center and Pi Beta Phi hope to keep working on this goal, getting DUI numbers in the area down drastically, hopefully to zero.

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EDITORIAL

UT’s Title IX policy is improving

The University of Toledo is updating its policies to comply with Title IX, a federal law forbidding discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. There have been a few Title IX complaints this academic year, and in at least one instance that involved a student who was sexually assaulted, the handling of the case was not up to par. This is why we are glad the university is taking extra steps to make sure it is up to code.

One of the biggest improvements being made is the addition of a full-time Title IX coordinator. The person who used to run the program had other jobs to do as well, but with the full-time Title IX coordinator, their only job would be to ensure UT is compliant with Title IX, and to manage any Title IX complaints and paperwork the university needs. There will finally be a figurehead for all people with Title IX issues at the university to go to. This makes it so the person handling Title IX complaints will be able to make them a priority, rather than adding them to a list of a dozen other things they need to accomplish as part of their job.

We like that UT is taking problems to heart and not just blowing off the recommendations. They went outside of the university to have an independent source who has experience with Title IX cases evaluate the system. UT has a plan to address each point the independent firm brought up, and has already moved on making some of these changes.

They are: 1. Streamlining the Title IX processes. By reducing the number of policies and making them clearer, people will know exactly which policies apply for their own situation. A victim of sexual assault should know exactly where to go to find the university’s policy, and be able to understand it easily. By streamlining and clarifying the process, UT is taking steps to make this possible.

2. Revising the report-handling process. Being bogged down in paperwork and logistics isn’t specific to the Title IX process, but making the whole process from start to finish simpler makes it easier for victims to know what they’re expecting once they file a report. This would have helped a former UT softball coach who wasn’t informed that her case was being investigated.

3. Updating the website. Having an up-to-date website would be good for those who don’t feel comfortable to find assistance in-person. They can get a lot of the first-step questions online, and when they get the information, they will probably feel comfortable enough to go in.

4. Assessing the campus. This is necessary because as time goes on people change. People’s needs will change as time goes on.

By having discussions with people on campus they can see how people’s needs change and how the department needs to change with it. Title IX isn’t going away. We need a system to make sure UT continues to evolve and improve its policies, and having a way to assess the campus helps maintain accountability.

5. Educating students. The university is going to make an awareness campaign to educate students. Title IX can be a somewhat confusing subject, and an awareness campaign can help clear up any misconceptions. This will be good to help prevent Title IX complaints, but also to help those who need to file a complaint. It will help people know exactly where to go for help.

While we are glad the changes are happening, it’s important to recognize they could and should have been made a long time ago. In September, a student filed a Title IX complaint against the school for the mishandling of her sexual assault case. If changes were made to the program before this, they could have helped that student. A few years ago, the University of Toledo Feminist Alliance held events protesting the removal of a Title IX coordinator, and people have been complaining about the lack of updates to UT’s website for ages.

It’s shameful that it took the mishandling of a sexual assault case to make these changes, but we are glad they are finally happening.

COMMENTARY

My mid-college crisis I’m halfway done with college, but done with college, I am starting to I am completely done with homerethink my decisions. work. It is 11 p.m. on a Monday, and Rethink is too calm of a word. Panic I look at the stack of books I still is more like it. Is that even what I want have to read and I cry to do anymore? on the inside. But EngDid I choose too lish is the major I chose, quickly with not and now I have to pay enough thought? the price for it.

I’m panicking Most of the time I love because I am so reading and doing my close to being done, homework, but lately I’ve but what if there been wondering if my is another job or a lack of interest in what different major out I’m doing stems from a there that I would be lack of interest in the field even better at that I I’ve been saying I want don’t know about? to go into. I made the It kind of sucks decision that I wanted to that everyone is be a book publisher when good at a lot of I was 18. And aren’t all the things, and somedecisions we make at 18 the times it is hard to OPINION EDITOR best? I have loved reading find a career where since I was in seventh grade when I all those things that someone is good decided the books on my bookshelf at are combined. Sometimes you just were better company than the students have to pick the thing you will do best in my class. And in high school when at or the thing you want to do the most. everyone was talking about what they And sometimes those things aren’t the wanted to do with their lives, I just same. If I could juggle fire and ride on a chose to be a book publisher because I unicycle, my life would be set. I’m sure like to read. But now that I’m halfway someone could make money doing

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that.

During the time I feel sure of what I’m doing and that publishing is what I’m supposed to go into, I still kind of freak out. I worry that I am not as qualified as other people to get internships or to get a job later.

I feel like other students feel this kind of stress too. It definitely contributes to people changing their major midway through school.

I’m not quite sure how to deal with this pseudo-existential crisis, but it kind of helps me to do research on other majors and other careers. It helps to see that I am still interested in doing those things. And when I don’t feel qualified, I look into internships and things companies expect me to know, and I go out and try to improve myself by trying to learn new things.

I don’t know at this minute whether I should change what I’m doing or not, but I know I need to get through today and this week before I can get to next year.

Morgan Rinckey is a second-year double majoring in English and communication, and she is the Opinion editor for The Independent Collegian.

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Neo-Nazis revisit Toledo The neo-Nazis rallied on April 18 in downtown Toledo outside of One Government Center to support and promote their beliefs of hatred and their ideology of Hitler, which is extremely racist and unacceptable in our society today. People should spread love, not hatred. But because of the freedom of speech and the right to protect it, the people have a right to go to downtown Toledo and participate in the rally — which I do not agree with, because the Nazis are a group of people that should not even exist due to their violent words and actions.

Last Tuesday, I was in scrolling through Facebook looking at my

news feed and suddenly I saw an article stating that the neo-Nazis are coming to march through downtown Toledo. At first, I thought it was a joke and not a real article because I assumed the Nazis did not exist anymore. I believed they were just a thing in the past. Throughout the week, I kept on overhearing people saying, “Did you hear that the Nazis were coming?” and “Oh, don’t go near downtown unless you want to IC COLUMNIST get into a riot!” I was getting confused. I knew who the Nazis were and what they stood for, but I did sometimes commits violent acts.” not know what a neo-Nazi was, so I then ended up Googling, “neo I looked up the definition. On the Nazis in Toledo,” and there it was — a Merriam-Webster website it delist of articles about the event. I was fined a neo-Nazi as, “A person who shocked to see that it was... belongs to a group that believes in the ideas and policies of Finish reading this piece online at Hitler’s Nazis and that www.IndependentCollegian.com

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COMMENTARY

The dos and don’ts of breaking up As we all know, breaking up is hard to do. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do it in a tactful, respectful way that doesn’t make an upsetting situation even worse. If you’re a decent person, there are just certain social rules regarding break-ups that I believe everyone should adhere to. How you deal with someone during a break-up says a lot about your character, the dos and don’ts listed below show that it is still possible to break up with someone in a classy way.

Don’t: Go ghost

they did wrong and what is wrong with them.

Do: Offer Closure

Give them your reasons for leaving.

Don’t play the blame game, just keep it simple and tell them that you just don’t think you two are right for each other.

If they tell you they want more of an explanation, choose your words carefully, and be kind. Remember, your parting words to an ex echo long after you are gone. End it on a classy note that will leave your ex feeling like that are better for having known and loved you.

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DEVAN LUTZ

Nothing is more hurtful than when someone just stops responding to texts, emails and calls. Cutting someone off without warning is not only immature, but it is also cruel. The point of dating is to not only learn what you’re looking for in a partner, but to also learn about yourself. When you don’t end things properly, it leaves your ex not only wondering if you will ever reappear, but it will also leave them to always wonder what

Don’t: End it via text or email

This is the coward’s way out.

Nothing says, “I have no respect for you,” more than a, “This just isn’t working,” text. Remember the Post-it note guy from “Sex and the City”? Well, if you don’t, Google it…Nobody wants to be THAT guy.

Don’t: Break up by changing your Facebook status

This is just about as immature and cowardly as you can get. Finding out you’ve been dumped from other people could possibly be one of the worst feelings ever. It’s kind of like that song “I heard it through the grapevine;” no one deserves to be the last to know that they’ve been dumped. Being dumped is already hard enough without having social networks involved.

Do: End it face to face It takes a lot of courage to open up, trust and love someone. So your partner deserves that same amount of courage from you to end it in a manner that dignifies the feelings you once had for each other.

Don’t: End it in public Many people assume that breaking up with someone in a public setting will make your partner less likely to cause a scene. Oftentimes, this is not the case and then what could’ve been a calm, rational, parting of ways, could result in a messy public outburst, which ends in hard feelings and them not only humiliating themselves, but you as well. Being

hurt is already horrible, but being hurt while other people are around to watch is almost unbearable.

Do: End it privately Choose the right moment and place to explain your feelings and how you want to end the relationship. If they get emotionally upset, it will be just between the two of you, where you should still supportive and understanding of their feelings, and tell them you’re sorry to cause them this pain, but it’s what you feel is right.

Don’t: Stay in touch or occasionally still hookup Oftentimes people tend to make sure their exes stay bonded to them somehow, as a way to ensure that they are not emotionally free to move on.

This is not only counterproductive, but it is extremely selfish and even a little control-freak psychotic. What could be more selfish than not wanting to be with someone, yet wanting to keep them around because you don’t want them to move on, in case you happen to realize you made a mistake, or for fear of ending up lonely?

Do: Cut the cord Set your ex free emotionally so that

they can heal and move on to find happiness someday. You should want happiness for them, even if it’s not with you, because remember, not everyone is compatible. If they were, there would be no point in dating and we’d all just pick a person and stay with them. So give them the chance to find the person is actually a good fit for them.

Don’t: Move on before telling them it’s over Diving into a new relationship without trying to mend the issues of your current relationship is immature and selfish. It’s like testing the waters before going for a swim, and it’s a dishonest, manipulative, cowardly thing to do.

Not to mention if your new prospective partner finds out, I can promise you that won’t turn out well either.

Then you have two hurt and betrayed people to deal with, rather than just confronting the situation head-on and ending things in a respectable manner.

Note: If someone cheats on you, no rules apply. They were selfish and had no consideration for your feelings or respect for you. Therefore, you owe them nothing, especially not respect or consideration for their feelings when breaking up with them.

Devan Lutz is a third-year majoring in communication.

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UT Hillel and members of groups like Christians United for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Toledo strongly opposed both the resolution and referendum on the issue.

Jessica Moses, president of UT Hillel, said the campaign will create a negative campus atmosphere.

“It’s a very negativebased campaign, and when students hear about it and they start realizing what they’re [divestment supporters] trying to say about Israel and people who support Israel, I think it’s just going to bring a negative influence on campus,” Moses said.

Moses said she would prefer not to comment on whether she knew of any discrimination against Jewish students after the resolution passed.

SJP steering committee member and SG senator Sam Aburaad said he faced an attempted impeachment over his activities in the UT Divest campaign.

“I was attacked for exercising my right of free speech, and I was put up for impeachment for speaking for the students,” Aburaad said. “It was made to sound like it was my conduct, but it was thinly veiled. It was definitely about Divest.”

Aburaad said discriminatory remarks were left on pro-divestment posters.

He made a police report to keep the incident on file.

“I was attacked for exercising my right of free speech, and I was put up for impeachment for speaking for the students. It was made to sound like it was my conduct, but it was thinly veiled.

It was definitely about Divest.”

SAM ABURAAD SJP steering committee member and SG senator

“On our various flyers and posters around campus, we’ve gotten notes like ‘go back to your country, you guys are terrorists,’ that sort of thing,” Aburaad said.

Turmoil in Student Government Initially, the proposed resolution was ruled unconstitutional by SG’s Student Judicial Council in a vote of 5-4 after presentations from both sides of the argument.

On March 2, attorneys from Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter formally challenging how SG ran their meeting, claiming that SG had violated SJP’s first amendment

rights and the Ohio Open Meetings Act. SJP also organized a petition calling for SG to reverse their decision.

According to Ide, the petition had over 5,300 signatures from 43 countries and over 50 organizations.

In response, SG overturned their decision of unconstitutionality. A revised version of the resolution was proposed and passed two weeks later with a vote of 21-4.

Both throughout and after the resolution passed, SG came under criticism from members of both sides for their handling of the process.

Jacob Richart, a freshman at UT, said during the March 3 meeting he felt that SG overturning their decision of unconstitutionality was a result of manipulation.

“What these past two weeks have taught me is that bullying is an accepted form of currency at UT,” Richart said during the meeting. “What these past two weeks have taught me is to expect intimidation and manipulation of my peers at UT.” During the same meeting, Moses also said she felt that revisiting the vote undermined SG, and that it was a result of external pressure from members outside the UT community.

“We must consider who we permit to give voice on our campus community,” Moses said. “The process of the reintroduction of this vote has come to you through external individuals, wanting to influence a campus issue.”

Nadeen Sarsour, a member of both SG and SJP believes the outcome was ultimately a positive one.

“I think it was a really good experience, not only for us [SJP], but for student government,” Sarsour said. “Because I think we got to have a really good dialogue with them, and everything we did, we wanted them to be along with, because they’re our representatives.”

Wording changes cause controversy On April 20, the first day of voting for the referendum, members of SJP and supporting organizations met with the SG steering committee to discuss changes made to the referendum after it had passed.

The changes were discussed and agreed upon

by SG president Clayton Notestine, SJC justice Dillon Marx, and Tamika Mitchell, the dean of students.

Mitchell said “the language of the referendum was clarified to ensure the topic was presented neutrally and the issue was clear to voters.”

Ide said the fact the referendum text was changed after the SG body had already voted on it was underhanded. He felt it was wrong to imply that SJP was the only student organization supporting divestment.

“We believe it’s a dirty,

“What these past two weeks have taught me is that bullying is an accepted form of currency at UT. What these past two weeks have taught me is to expect intimidation and manipulation of my peers at UT.” JACOB RICHART UT Freshman

sly tactic to unilaterally change something that everyone had already agreed upon,” Ide said.

The outcome The day after the divestment resolution passed, Interim President Nagi Naganathan and UT Foundation President Brenda Lee released a statement which read that UT had no plans to divest from companies involved with Israel.

“Just like at many universities and colleges across the nation where during the last 15 years this debate has taken place, The University of Toledo and the UT Foundation do not support divesting from companies that engage in business with Israel,” the statement said.

The statement released was the university’s only statement on the matter.

Hamdah said the decision was not a surprise, and it would not prevent the supporters from trying to change the administration’s mind.

“I think we expected it. It doesn’t make us lose hope or anything,” Hamdah said. “We’re still strategizing on how we can kind of reach out to the administration and tell them where we’re coming from.”

Moses said divesting from companies with ties to Israel would hurt students in their searches for future jobs.

“I do think that if you start divesting from companies that are fully invested in the University of Toledo, like GE who basically built the engineering campus, it’ll start hurting … opportunities for students here on campus,” Moses said.

Moses said she thinks UT probably won’t divest at any point from the companies outlined in the resolution.

Sarsour said the goal of the movement was something bigger than UT itself, and isn’t going to be settled by UT’s decision one way or another.

“This isn’t really something us as a university can resolve,” Sarsour said.

“The purpose of the campaign is we’re joining the rest of the nation and the international community in divesting from these corporations.”

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Tennis team earns fifth seed in Tourney

Toledo’s women’s tennis team earned the number five seed in the MAC tournament.

The Rockets will look for some revenge in the first round as they take on MAC rival Eastern Michigan.

The Eagles defeated the Rockets on April 10, in a close meet. The Rockets won the doubles points, but the Eagles battled back to win four consecutive singles matches and for and overall score of 4-3.

The tournament will be hosted by top seeded Miami of Ohio at Hepburn tennis courts in Oxford.

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UT takes two of three against NIU

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Mid-American Conference All-Academic team winners Three women basketball players were named to the MAC All-Academic team.

Senior Inma Zanoguera along with juniors Ana Capotosto and Brenae Harris were named to the prestigious list.

Zanoguera becomes only the fifth Rocket to be named to the team on three separate occasions.

She majors in communication with a minor in business and currently holds a GPA of 3.61.

The sharp shooting Capotosto, who is an early childhood major, has an impressive 3.78 GPA. Harris also majors in communication and round out the trio with a 3.54 GPA. Zanoguera was also named an All-MAC honoree after another outstanding season. She averaged 15.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5 assists, while shooting almost 46% from the field.

Harris, who was an All-MAC honorable mention, averaged 10 points, four rebounds and three assists. In the 2014-15 season.

UT’s golf team finished tied for seventh Toledo’s golf team finished tied for seventh at the Boilermakers invitational.

Playing in Purdue at the Kampen Course, the Rockets shot 19 over par, good enough for seventh out of 15 teams.

Toledo finished the tournament 54 shots behind first place Illinois who shot an impressive 35 under par as a team.

The runners-up, Louisville, fell 32 shots off the pace and shot a more realistic score of 3 under par as a team.

Senior Chris Selfridge had a solid day, finishing sixth on the individual leaderboard with a score of two under par.

Seen as one of the leading candidates for MAC player of the year, Selfridge rocketed up to no. 98 in the world golf amateur rankings.

Junior Otto Black put together a nice performance as well, finishing tied for 19th at two shots over par.

This was the Rockets’ final tune-up before they partake in the MAC Championships, which take place at the Sand Ridge golf club in Chardon, OH.

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Senior RHP Cameron Palmer (above) struck out nine batters in a 4-1 victory against Kent State earlier this season. Palmer leads the Rockets pitching staff with four wins on the season and an ERA of 2.08.

The Rockets explode, out-scoring the Huskies 12-4 over the weekend

By Keith Boggs Sports Reporter

Riding high off of a midweek 5-0 win over No. 25 Notre Dame, the Toledo Rockets baseball team took this weekend’s series against Northern Illinois by winning two of three games.

Toledo (15-24, MAC 8-7) won their first game 5-0 and their second game 4-0 before dropping the series finally 4-3 in game two of Saturday’s double header.

On Friday, UT’s senior pitcher Cameron Palmer started, delivering a performance worthy enough to earn him Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week honors.

Palmer (4-5) pitched seven dominant innings and yielded just one hit with four walks while retiring 11 batters. He holds a teambest 2.08 ERA. Junior relief pitcher Ross Atcher secured the shutout giving up only one additional hit.

“You have to start with the guy on the mound,” said Head Coach Cory Mee. “[Palmer] was outstanding. He gave us exactly what we needed in game one of the series. It’s the best I’ve seen him pitch for us this year.”

job. They’ve worked really hard for us. They go out there and compete well,” Mee said. “And what really impresses me about them, they are not shy about situations. They go up there in big spots and put together solid at-bats.”

“We’re pitching better and playing good defense. That’s why we’re playing better. There’s talent on this Rockets team, but they’re starting to do the little things right.”

CORY MEE UT’s head baseball coach

Offensively, freshman A.J. Montoya led the way with three hits and two runs batted in, including his sixth home run of the season. Freshman Dalton Bollinger also got in on the long ball when he belted his first collegiate home run in the sixth inning.

“All three of the freshmen have done a great

The Rockets were able to wrap up the series early on Saturday winning game one of the double header 4-0.

On the bump for UT was last week’s MAC pitcher of the week Steven Calhoun. He threw 5.3 scoreless innings, while striking out six. Senior pitcher Andrew Marra came in relief and shut the door on the Huskies, completing the

third consecutive shutout for Rockets.

On the offensive side of the ball, junior SS Deion Tansel saw the ball well and went 3-for-4 at the plate. Junior Lucas Sokol, and freshmen Montoya and Matt Henson all finished with two hits in the game as Toledo was credited with 12 hits in the game.

“Defensively, we played well,” Mee said. “We made a couple outstanding plays.

Matt Henson in particular made a couple nice plays.

“We kept grinding. We were facing a tough pitcher but we made him work and finally we broke through.”

Toledo could not complete the sweep against the Huskies, falling short in game two of the doubleheader by a score of 4-3.

Senior Alec Schmenk earned the no decision after tossing six innings of work and giving up two earned runs.

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Is it too late for this?

With April showers come the NBA playoffs.

After an 82-game season filled with drama and excitement, the top eight teams from each conference will now compete for the beloved Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy in the 2015 NBA playoffs.

Many of the NBA’s best teams reside in the Western Conference. Seven of the eight playoff teams in the West hold a .600 or higher winning percentage compared to only three teams in the Eastern Conference, and with teams and the excitement becoming better and better each round, it becomes must-see television.

But living in the Eastern time zone, we are forced to stay up late and many miss the chance to watch the best

teams in at 10:30 basketball p.m., I find during myself, the most like many important Americans part of their on the season. east coast, As a fan, fighting my normal to stay routine awake to when watchsee halfing the game time and is to prop passing my legs up out before on my couch the second and grab a half starts, snack from no matter the kitchen. how good I turn up the the game ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR volume of my is.

TV to make Doing it feel like I’m so, I also sitting courtside and to block miss the post-commentary out the outside world while I review on the game which zone in on the action. sometimes can be more But when coverage begins entertaining than the game

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Kareem Hunt isn’t shy when it comes to discussing his dreams of playing in the National Football League.

Actually, Toledo’s star tailback isn’t shy period. But he’s really adamant about this professional football thing.

And he isn’t the only one who thinks he can make it.

Hunt’s sophomore campaign was one for the record books.

The Ohio native finished the 2014 season with 1,631 rushing yards, a number good for tenth-most nationally and second most ever at UT. He struggled with injuries, yet still managed to put the Rockets on his back and carry them into the postseason, averaging 8.0 yards per clip and 163.1 yards per game.

While Hunt hasn’t said anything to fuel the rumors, people already believe he will wave goodbye to the Glass City after next season. In their eyes, Hunt will be walking across a stage and accepting a jersey and a hug from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this time next spring.

The truth is that those rumors don’t mean jack squat, at least not until Hunt answers a few more questions for NFL scouts.

In case you haven’t heard, Toledo will lose its entire offensive line to graduation this offseason. Gone is the single-minded unit that barreled through opposing defenses last year. Five new faces will now be responsible for opening running lanes for Hunt and the rest of the Rockets’ stable of rushers.

This is a chicken-or-theegg type problem, one that will be extremely important to Hunt next season. Did the running back make the offensive line look good, or will the star tailback lose his luster behind a rookie unit?

Whether or not the star tailback can stay healthy is another huge question mark following Hunt into the summer. It’s mind-boggling to think of the numbers he could have posted had he played the full schedule last season.

Heading into the spring still banged up, Hunt will need to prove to NFL scouts next year that he can play a full slate of games without issue.

It’s mindboggling to think of the numbers he could have posted had he played the full schedule last season.

itself. You never know what you might get out of Shaq and Charles.

When I do manage to stay up and watch an entire game I find myself tired and groggy much of the next day. If I can’t make it for the entire game, then I’m forced to watch highlights and read the recaps on ESPN the next day.

The late-night starts affect the playoff experience in many ways.

You miss out on fourthquarter comebacks or remarkable performances by certain players.

It’s also difficult to form your own opinion on who you think played well or how a series is going when you are unable to view the entire game.

In game one of the San Antonio and Los Angeles

Of course this is all assuming Hunt really does wish to skip out on college a season early.

But why wouldn’t he? Assuming Hunt has another monster year, and assuming the Rockets finally find a way to handle Northern Illinois, a victory in the Mid-American Conference Championship game would be all that’s needed to tie up the running back’s collegiate career in a nice little bow.

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7 p.m. -- UT Jazz Vocalstra Ensemble Concert, Jon Hendricks’ Vocalstra, a vocalese performance ensemble, is made up of a wide variety of people, ranging from college students to seasoned professionals. Located in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.

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Frank Sutton, head of the event, said “I do this event for the countless children that are taken away daily, as well as those that are actively battling this disease: my friend Bridge, my fraternity brothers Devon Still’s daughter, and for the recently deceased Greg Smith.” The event will have dance performances, step and stroll performances, a 50/50 Raffle ticket drawing for prizes, a silent-auction and much more. The event will be held on Friday, April 24 in the Student Union. The event begins at 6 p.m.

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STUDENT FEATURE

Two international students at UT have had to flee their homes in hopes of finding security

By Sandy Rose Schwieterman For the IC

Students at the University of Toledo come from all different sorts of backgrounds, from suburban American neighborhoods to war-torn countries around the world.

Nearly one out of twenty of these students come from outside the U.S. according to UT’s Center for International Studies and Programs (CISP). These students come for a variety of reasons.

Two university students said it wasn’t easy to leave their home countries, but because of economic turmoil or political insecurity, they were almost forced to.

A UT student who comes from Syria, whose name and identity we cannot use for safety reasons, and Valentina Diaz Trejo, who comes from Venezuela, are among them. They say they carry a heavy burden of fear and can talk at length about terrifying things they and their families have faced in their home countries.

Diaz Trejo said that economic disturbance and violence in Venezuela is part of the reason why she came to UT. According to an article from Forbes, the Venezuelan economy’s inflation rate rose to 64 percent in 2014. The higher the inflation rates, the higher the prices will be.

Diaz Trejo said the issues behind these statistics couple with the oppressive government to cause mass uncertainty and, oftentimes, violence.

“When we were stopped at a traffic light in Venezuela last summer, two gunmen on a motorcycle stuck a gun into my mother’s face and demanded the ring they could see and also stole her phone,” Diaz Trejo said.

Diaz Trejos said her worst worry this semester isn’t just crime back home. She also wonders how she will pay her tuition and living expenses here in Toledo.

High rates of exchange, according to Diaz Trejo, make it difficult for her parents to buy enough American dollars. The rates of exchange from Venezuelan bolivars to U.S. dollars have doubled since 2014, according to a CNN article in February.

She said her parents have trouble accumulating and transferring the money she would need for school or for living.

“Sometimes there is no food in my apartment,” Diaz Trejo said, but she said she is keeping herself focused.

“I don’t want to seem fragile,” she

said, describing her coping mechanisms. “Sometimes I just block things out so that I can succeed in my studies.”

Diaz Trejo said she also works hard, keeping her family in mind.

“I just want to do well so someday maybe I can bring my family out of there,” she said.

Diaz Trejo isn’t the only UT international student escaping from violence.

“I am doing well today, but I just heard that two of my cousins were beheaded in the last three months,” the UT student from Syria said.

This UT student said their journey to UT began when their middle class family and millions of other Syrians buoyed by the Egyptian Arab Spring and participated in protests that started in March 2011, in the hopes of ending government corruption.

Over time, these protests escalated into violent uprisings from protestors and violent reactions from Bashar AlAssad’s government.

The violent nature of the conflict once found our UT student in the middle of the action. They were identified as a protest leader and were arrested after a demonstration was over.

“I just want to do well so someday maybe I can bring my family out of there.”

VALENTINA TREJO DIAZ UT business student

“The government knows they cannot kill everyone, so once the crowd leaves, they come in the night for the leaders,” the UT student said.

The UT student was interrogated twice. They did not want to share what happened during those detentions, except that it involved being beaten. The student said they continue to have medical complications from these injuries.

The student said they were forced to flee Syria to a refugee camp in Turkey when there was a possibility of being detained a third time. The student eventually came to stay with relatives in Toledo and is currently seeking asylum.

In Syria alone, about 200,000 people have lost their lives according to a BBC article published in March.

The aforementioned UT student said

Nearly 1 in 20 students at the University of Toledo are international students, according to CISP.

several of their family members are included in this number.

The student has a personal connection to those facts because of their constant fear of family and friends in Syria being in danger of arrest or detention. For two of their cousins, this fear was realized when they were beheaded.

The student said the reason for one of his cousins’ death was because the man was a dentist and was suspected of supporting protestors when spies found him collecting alcohol swabs.

“You cannot go into a hospital within six months of a protest, or the government thinks you were injured while protesting,” the student said.

The student said the family tried to pay the $50,000 ransom that was placed on their cousin’s head.

“His mother had paid $20,000 of it, but then he was beheaded anyway,” the student said. “They won’t give us the bodies,” they said, “because that can prove human rights violations.”

The student said it’s hard to deal with these problems emotionally, but there are resources on campus that can help.

When the anxiety over the fate of family became overwhelming to the point the student could not come to classes, a teacher put them in contact with the UT Counseling Center.

“We are always willing to come to meet the student in the faculty office if the student is more comfortable there,” said Stanley Edwards, director of the Counseling Center.

Edwards said the Counseling Center’s graduate assistance recruitment program has yielded two or three international students, which adds a fresh perspective

Five trends for spring EMILY MODROWSKI FASHION COLUMNIST

Spring has finally sprung and I know that I couldn’t be happier to wave my last goodbye to the snow flurries. But now that we’ve entered a new season, it’s time to enter a new part of our wardrobe. Here are five super-fun trends for spring.

Pastels We all know that florals are great in spring. Pastels look beautiful with all skin tones and hair colors. There is a color out there for you, I promise. The soft colors really bring out the tones in skin and make hair pop.

Pastels are light and fun, and they work nicely with the colors of spring.

Pairing them is a trend I’ve grown especially fond of because there really aren’t any rules: any pastel matches with any other. You really can go all out with no consequences.

Socks with Sandals/Heels I know what you’re thinking, “Socks with sandals? Since when do fashion columnists take advice from uncles at family barbecues?” But trust me on this, this trend is coming back and it totally works; you just have to have the right type of sandal or high heel.

The 90’s style jelly sandal is adorable paired with some cute socks. Sandals, or heels, with a lot of openness showing skin with straps across the top of the toes and around the heel are also good choices for this look. This style makes heels look more casual, so you can get more use out of them because you can wear them more casually.

It also allows you to show off your

favorite cute socks in a great way, and if you’re like me, you have plenty of those socks to choose from.

Khaki Jackets Khaki jackets give the perfect balance between practical and adorable.

They have a cool, casual look while also being the perfect type of jacket for spring weather. They can honestly make an entire outfit truly work. Leggings with boots, a T-shirt and a khaki jacket is a really nice look that makes it look like you put in a lot of effort, but really it’s incredibly simple. And there are a variety of color options: khaki, navy, black, army green or a mix of these. From my experience, I would say that army green is the most popular and the most versatile.

Windbreakers Let’s not lie to ourselves; we will never truly be over the 90’s. It’s the decade we love to miss, and that includes the fashion. Windbreakers are practical in the spring with all of these rain showers. They give you a bit of a vintage-y look while simultaneously keeping you dry and happy. They do come in practical colors, but what’s the fun in that? Go all out and get yourself a true 90’s windbreaker: bright, neon colors that will surely make you stand out in the crowd.

Baseball Caps Let me just say it. I. Love. Baseball caps. They are so cute and are really starting to become everyday fashion wear. You can so easily incorporate one in a casual outfit. High-waisted jeans with a shirt tucked in and a jacket with some little Ked-like shoes or Converse

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Modrowski poses (above) in her army green jacket.

paired with a baseball cap is an adorable, casual look for spring. You can also put amusing pins on your hat to add a more personal touch. Not only will it look cute on you, but it’s an easy way to hide a bad hair day or to keep your head dry in the rain.

Spring is a great time to explore new fashion trends. There are so many little ways to update your wardrobe with practical, cool and cute pieces to make outfits that are perfect for this weather.

Emily Modrowski is a second-year communication major.

on the international student’s needs.

UT also has resources available that can help a student cope with rising bills and costs. Diaz Trejo said she has used these resources to help with her money problems recently.

Assistant Vice Provost Sammy Spann, head of CISP, was able to help find her scholarship support to help pay her tuition bills and living costs.

Spann said CISP has an open-door policy to all students and a strong, team approach to find resolutions to their problems.

“CISP has a phone tree of sorts, a listing of those who might be of help to a troubled student, working in conjunction with the departments of Student Conduct, Scholar Services, Foreign Languages and the Counseling Center,” Spann said.

Despite UT administration efforts, both Diaz and the UT student said they often have a sense of isolation here.

According to them, the loneliness comes from a seeming indifference among domestic classmates. Sometimes, the lack of curiosity seems tinged with ignorance.

“People see my skin and think ‘Mexican’ and assume things based on what they think they know of that country,” Diaz Trejo said.

She wants everyone to know about her proud heritage, her hard-working family and her father’s plans to take her into the family accounting business when she finishes her degree.

“In my country, before the Civil War, we hosted exchange students and wanted to know everything about their cultures and customs” the UT student said.

“Here,” they said, “no one asks us about who we are.”

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donate bone marrow and porphyrias stem cells to help mainly children with cancer but also anyone with a terminal illness that would benefit from stem research or stem cell donation,” said Mitchell Horn, vice president of Hillel.

Hillel’s main event, Yom HaShoah, took place on April 15.

“Yom HaShoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day,” said Hillel member Joel Robbins. “It’s important because the Holocaust was a big turning point for the Jews; it was one of the more major tragedies of the Jewish people. I mean, six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis and it’s more of a way to say, ‘Let’s not forget this happened so it doesn’t happen again.’”

The event consisted of students from Rossford High School who presented a play based off of the book, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” which is a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in a concentration camp.

According to Peter Felmeier, the Murray/Bacik chair in Catholic Studies and world religions expert, celebrating different religions is something that students at the University of Toledo should embrace.

“These are some of the things that all of us, whether we belong to that religion or not, should pay attention to because whether you want to accept that religious framing or not, it enriches you to the religion in ways that you might not have done so otherwise,” Felmeier said. “So you become a richer person by encountering the spiritual richness of other people, so that is one thing that I think makes this a particular possibility for all of us.”

“We hope to show the students of Toledo how fun the Jewish culture is and why it is important to us.”

JESSICA MOSES Hillel President

Hillel President Jessica Moses said she agreed students should come out to their events since it is a fun way to learn about the Jewish heritage.

“We hope to show the students of Toledo how fun the Jewish culture is and why it is important to us,” Moses said. “It is important to celebrate Jewish heritage because it is who we are. We are proud of being Jewish and we

want to educate people a little more about the Jewish Heritage in the world.”

The last event for Jewish Heritage Month will be a Krav Maga class, according to Benjamin Whiney, a resident adviser for Carter Hall.

The class will take place April 29 in the Recreation Center in the Oak Room.

“Krav Maga is basically Israeli fighting skills,” Moses said. “It’s a good way for people to learn about Israeli culture and the Jewish heritage in general.”

Robbins said while the Krav Maga demonstration does help to teach others about the culture, there are also other reasons why students should plan on attending.

“It’s pretty much a way of armed self-defense,” Robbins said. “We’re a university, so selfdefense is a must.”

After the demonstration, students will also get the chance to write letters to Israeli Defense Force soldiers and also learn more about the things currently going on in the Middle East.

“You’re going to meet different kinds of people from different backgrounds,” Robbins said.

“I think these events for Jewish Heritage Month will help to expand students’ knowledge of culture and their sensitivity towards other cultures.”

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Rossford High School students act in “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a play based on the poems, artwork and stories of middle school children in concentration camps during World War II. The play was directed by Julie Zatleo, a 2000 University of Toledo graduate, and took place on April 15 in the UT Center for Performing Arts building. According to Assistant Director Ryan Mahaffey, the play “presented a side of history rarely mentioned in school textbooks.” The play was part of the Holocaust Remebrance Program and was one of many events that celebrated Jewish Heritage Month on UT’s campus.

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series, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin combined for 58 points in a game that the Clippers controlled against the defending NBA champions. Unless you stayed awake until after 1 a.m., many sport fans missed the ending to one of the most intrigued matchups in the first round of the playoffs.

first, Montoya scored in the first inning off a Tansel single up the middle. NIU would answer with two runs of their own in the top of the second taking a 2-1 lead all the way to the seventh inning.

The Huskies tacked on one more in the top half of the frame before Toledo managed two of their own.

With the game tied 3-3 in the ninth, NIU’s Justin Fletcher singled in the goahead run for the Huskies

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I find myself, like many Americans on the east coast, fighting to stay awake to see halftime and passing out before the second half starts.

What the NBA should do is set a final start time cap of 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, allowing home games by Portland, Golden State and Los Angeles to start 6:30 p.m. local time.

This hour-earlier start would allow for more viewers to still be awake at the start of the second half. Then it would be up to a star performance or the excitement of a close game to keep the common fan awake when the late hours of the night start creeping in.

After six months of the regular season, the final two months that matter the most should be shown at a time convenient for all basketball fans.

When the games begin to have more meaning further along in the playoffs, and the matchups become more competitive, I know that I don’t want to spend more time trying to stay up for the game than actually being able to watch it.

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There’s a lot of assuming going on there, but Hunt and the Rockets have proved that you shouldn’t bet against them. If everything goes according to plan next season, UT has yet another legitimate shot at being MAC Champions.

Where Hunt fits in among the 2016 draft hopefuls would be up for debate, especially since his position has been so undervalued at the professional level in recent years. The 2015 draft class looks like it will change that, but nevertheless Hunt will still face stiff competition in the battle to be drafted.

The fact that he hails from

and claiming their first win of the series.

Junior Caleb Schillace took the loss for the Rockets, giving up five hits and two earned runs in just three frames.

Toledo has now won five of their last eight games.

“I think we’re starting to play better,” Mee said. “We’ve talked about limiting the free bases we’re giving up. We’re pitching better and playing good defense. That’s why we’re playing better. There’s talent on this Rockets team, but they’re starting to do the little things right.”

the MAC will also count against him when being compared to players from the power conferences.

But Hunt’s numbers stack up favorably against all of them and even with a new offensive line I don’t see that changing much next season.

The Rockets’ 2015 campaign will be makeit-or-break time for Hunt.

He has already established himself as one of the greatest tailbacks in UT history, but to reach the next level he must answer all the questions and prove worthy of all the hype.

If Hunt keeps doing what he’s been doing and doesn’t slow down anytime soon, he may yet hear his name called at next year’s NFL Draft.

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