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Gaber receives new home The UT Foundation recently purchased a new house for UT’s new president, Sharon Gaber, which cost about $922,000.

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TRANSITION

Coming and going Getting to know UT’s first female president

By Amanda Pitrof Editor-in-chief

Advocate for choice A fourth-year medical student fights for women’s rights to equal reproductive healthcare and services.

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“This has been a year of transitioning at the University of Toledo. Many things have changed and are going to be different in the future.”

It’s time to move again.

Sharon Gaber is no stranger to moving. After five moves across several state lines, the newly elected University of Toledo president is familiar with the process of packing up her things and getting used to a new area. “I have lived in different areas,” she said in a phone interview. “Grew up in California, went to school in New York, and then went to Nebraska, then to Alabama, then to Arkansas, and now to Ohio ...

Every place is different and the culture’s a little different.”

The board of trustees announced March 12 that Gaber

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SHARON GABER

By Trevor Stearns

would be the 17th UT president — and UT’s first female president.

While Gaber is now a leader with several positions in academia under her belt, she wasn’t always the one running the place. Her experience at universities began during her time as a college student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California — a college that was smaller, in fact, than her high school.

Gaber saw the small student population as an opportunity to be involved and get to know people, and she took that opportunity by becoming an RA in the dorms for

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As the semester comes to an end, so too is Interim President Naganathan’s time as acting president for the University of Toledo.

Currently, Naganathan is in the middle of a transitional period, moving from interim president back to dean of the engineering college.

“I’m happy to help the incoming president in any way that I can,” Naganathan said. “I have been impressed with Dr. Gaber and have offered my assistance in any way to help her transition as she comes in as the new president of the university. We all care about the university and our students, so we are united in our mission.”

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Bring Your Child to Work

Former interim president to return to engineering campus The key to success

Clayton Notestine, former Student Government president, spoke highly of Naganathan. Notestine said he was an “awesome president” and that he hopes Naganathan will stay involved in campus life.

“President Naganathan knew if he was going to get anywhere, he needed to have people,” Notestine said. “Everyone really liked him and more importantly, he really liked them, which is something that you don’t always see on this campus. He worked with everyone from the individual faculty and professors to the administrators he

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FACILITIES

Recap of several maintenance and construction projects this year

EDITORIAL The year in review OPINION / A4 »

UT wins rubber match After dropping game one, Toledo’s pitching staff shut down the Cardinals in Sunday’s doubleheader.

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Children were brought to the University of Toledo on April 23 for National Bring Your Child to Work Day.

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Cones block off an area under construction on UT’s Stadium Drive.

PREVENTION

Last August’s water crisis raises questions about potential future incidents

By Jessica Harker Staff Reporter

UT club treading water The club water polo team is looking for new members.

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Northwest Ohio faced a difficult crisis last year when local officials discovered unsafe toxins in the region’s water supply. As summer approaches, Toledo leaders are working to prevent the incident from occurring again.

Isabel Escobar, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is researching ways to solve the problem.

“I led the Water Treatment Subgroup,” Escobar said. “We are in the process of studying different water treatment alternatives in their ability to remove and/or destroy algal toxins.”

The crisis was caused by an unhealthy amount of poisons called microcystins, which according to Escobar was made present by an abnormally large amount of algae in the water.

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The Ottawa River runs through UT’s campus.

“The advisory was due to the presence of a cyanotoxin produced by a cyanobacteria in Lake Erie called microcystin-LR in the drinking water supply that has a World Health Organization provisional guideline of 1 milligram See Water / A7 »

By Colleen Anderson Co-News Editor

From fixing potholes to water main breaks, the facilities and construction team has been busy this year keeping UT’s campus up and running.

Facilities and Construction worked on several major projects from July 2014 to June 2015, from making parking garage repairs to renovating the Larimer Athletic Center. Jason Toth, assistant vice president of facilities and construction, wrote in an email interview that the department’s biggest accomplishment this year was an efficient use of their resources.

“University Facilities is saddled with a very significant backlog of deferred maintenance,” Toth wrote. “We have wisely used limited capital resources to resolve a great deal of facilities maintenance items on campus.”

One of the biggest issues facilities faced this year were the water main breaks, which caused shut downs in Student Union eateries and heating problems in buildings.

Toth wrote that the breaks are a result of older systems and cold weather, and that the problems faced by UT were experienced all over the City of Toledo.

“Many of the waterlines are significantly older. Unfortunately underground utilities are susceptible to failure.

The freeze/thaw cycle every year is a major cause of these failures,” Toth wrote. “This is not something that we can anticipate but rather something that we need to address when it happens.”

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Women & Philanthropy to hold human trafficking event May 1

University of Toledo community organization Women & Philanthropy will hold a free public discussion on human trafficking Thursday, May 7, from 6 - 8:30 p.m. in the Richard & Jane McQuade Law Auditorium.

Speakers will include Celia Williamson, a social work professor at UT, attorney Megan Mattimoe and Ohio State Representative Teresa Fedor.

The deadline to RSVP for the event is Friday, May 1. To RSVP, contact Christine Spengler, director of advancement relations in institutional advancement, Women & Philanthropy member and administrative contact for the organization, at chris.spengler@utoledo.edu or 419.530.4927.

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Divestment referendum results In a university email, former Student Government President Clayton Notestine announced the results of the referendum calling for the UT Foundation to divest from companies that do business with Israel. The referendum did not pass, failing to meet the two-thirds vote requirement.

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PRESIDENT

Gaber receives new home

By Ashley Diel Staff Reporter

The UT Foundation purchased a new presidential house as incoming president Sharon Gaber is set to begin her new position.

The UT Foundation recently purchased the house at 2464 Forestvale Road in the Ottawa Hills neighborhood for $922,000, according to Matt Schroeder, the foundation’s chief operating officer.

Schroeder said the foundation has been planning on purchasing a new house for several years and with Dr. Jacobs transitioning out, it seemed like the perfect time.

“The advantage with Dr. and Mrs. Jacobs transitioning out at the end of June affords us the ability in the summer and early fall to put Levis House on the market for sale,” Schroeder said. “The advantage there is that over the next few months with that property being actively marketed for sale, proceeds from that sale

will be applied to Forestvale.”

The house was purchased with private dollars provided by donors. The money earned from selling Levis House will also help to cover some of the cost, according to Schroeder.

The current presidential house, known as Levis House, is located at 3883 Bancroft St. and was appraised for $835,000 several months ago.

Schroeder said they chose the Forestvale house because it is a better venue to entertain donors of the university.

“Forestvale was built in the mid 80’s and has some renovations done by its former owners in mid-2000’s that facilitate whether it’s a small dinner party to a larger size reception, and done in a way that everyone can mingle and meet really in one room versus being segmented in different rooms,” Schroeder said.

According to the Lucas County Auditor’s Office records, the new house was built in 1984 and has five bedrooms, four full baths,

and two half-baths. It is also 7,253 square feet, which is larger than the 6,457 square feet in the Levis House.

Schroeder also said the new house will help raise more money for the university as well as students.

“This one is a little more intimate and a little bit more designed to facilitate an environment that allows a donor to be ANDREA HARRIS / IC comfortable and at the The $922,000 house, purchased by the UT Foundation, same time achieves the is located at 2464 Forestvale Road in the Ottawa Hills ultimate vision or goal neighborhood. The new house is located closer to campus. coming out of the president’s office, which is to ships to attract top-tier facthat it is an absurd amount.” raise more private dollars ulty,” Strunk said. “These are Brit said she feels the doto help ultimately offset the real tangible ways in terms of nors should put money into cost of tuition,” he said. helping students.” the students instead.

Jon Strunk, university However, some students “Students need to be spokesperson, said the new are a bit skeptical about just the top priority,” she said. house will ultimately help how much a new house will “Instead of buying a bigger the new president to make actually change things. house, since they do already the university all around a “It is almost a million-dollar have a giant house, they better place. home,” said Crystal Brit, a third- should instead donate that “The money she is raising year communications student. just to the students to help will be for scholarships, new “I understand that it is being them in their education, be facilities, renovated facilities, bought with private dollars, but it through scholarships or to perhaps endowed professorat the same time I still think upkeep the university.”

STUDENT CLUB

UT club treading water

By Samantha Rhodes Managing Editor

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Protestors chanted “Drop Seeds, Not Bombs” as they marched holding signs from the University of Toledo ROTC Center to the Interfaith Center.

The march was held on Earth Day to protest war.

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After marching to the UT Interfaith Center, the protestors listened to a speech read on the impact of war on the environment and then planted a tree to mark the occasion.

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Concerned community members and members of the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition gathered on Earth Day to protest the effects of war on the environment. Josie Setzler, who read a speech on how the environment is damaged by war, said they were trying to make a connection with the younger population of college students on campus. The theme of her speech, “Seeds and Trees, Not Bombs and Bullets,” was reflected on several of the signs carried by the protestors. Around 20 people attended the march and stayed to watch a tree planting at the Interfaith Center.

FRATERNITY

Hazing at UT

The University of Toledo’s chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is under investigation for an allegation of an undisclosed form of hazing.

According to NBC 24, an anonymous tip was sent to their newsroom Wednesday, April 22 that reported supposed hazing.

“The University of Toledo is in contact with the national Pi Kappa Phi fraternity regarding an anonymous tip that is being investigated alleging hazing during initiation week at the local Beta Iota Chapter,” said Jon Strunk, UT spokesman. “UT has zero tolerance for hazing, bullying or harassment. Should any be found to have occurred, UT will take appropriate disciplinary action.”

NBC 24 said the national chapter of Pi Kappa Phi has placed a temporary suspension on the fraternity in order to investigate the incident.

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According to the University of Toledo website, Pi Kappa Phi is the fastest growing national fraternity and is among the “Top 10” of all national fraternities.

They have also won five of the last seven Songfests.

It was founded at the University of Toledo in 1951 and nationally in 1904. The fraternity is currently placed under suspension for hazing allegations until further information can be found.

Combine rugby, soccer and water, and voilà — you have water polo.

Sound like fun? The University of Toledo’s club water polo team is recruiting new members.

“Water polo has been a very relaxed, fun experience where you get out whatever you put in,” said Ryan Kremer, a UT water polo player and third-year chemical engineering major. “Some days I do it for the workout, others for a break from studying, and sometimes just to have fun in the water.”

Kremer, a seasoned high school athlete, joined the team his freshman year of college with no prior water polo experience and said he has no regrets about his decision.

“It’s been a great transition into college where I am less interested in killing myself physically and more attracted to having fun as a team,” Kremer said.

Believed to have originated in England in the 19th century, water polo is a seven-player team contact sport with four-quarter games. The object of the game is for the players to try and score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team’s net. The ball is similar in size to a soccer ball, but is constructed of waterproof nylon.

Adapted from an older game played on horseback, this form of polo is played entirely in water — usually in a 6-feet or deeper swimming pool so players cannot touch the bottom.

This forces them to develop excellent stamina and swimming skills.

Historically speaking, the sport has been a brutal one. Outright violence, injuries, and near-drownings were part of the game in 1870 where underwater wrestling would leave some players barely conscious, according to the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s website. Modern water polo shares little resemblance to earlier versions and the game now focuses on skill rather than brute force.

For those hoping to avoid injuries and focus on the pure enjoyment of the sport, Kremer said UT’s co-ed club team is a good fit.

“At the club level, the gameplay is more relaxed and does not involve the same physical fitness, nor is it as intensely violent or competitive,” he said.

Still, because the game involves constant submergence in water, Kremer said potential players often underestimate their swimming abilities. Kremer, who’s played the sport for nearly three years, advises people not to let the idea of treading water scare them away.

“You very quickly get used to the technique, and your muscles get used to it,” he said.

The eggbeater kick, a handsfree water treading technique that consists of alternating one-legged breaststroke kicks in order to keep the player vertical, is a must-learn for water polo players.

However, aside from gameplay and scrimmages, Kremer points out that players don’t spend an absurd amount of time in the water.

“Most practices do not even involve any swimming,” Kremer said.

“Worst case, we do a few hundred yards for warm-up.”

Though swimming experience is preferred, club president Jon Smith said it’s not necessary for joining the team. In fact, the club doesn’t hold try outs because it doesn’t cut players.

“Anyone who wants to join is more than welcome,” Smith said.

For Smith, a first-year double majoring in marketing and professional sales, water polo has always had “a huge impact” on his life.

“At the club level, the gameplay is more relaxed and does not involve the same physical fitness, nor is it as intensely violent or competitive.”

RYAN KREMER Third-year chemical engineer major

“I started playing my freshman year of high school and playing this taught me how to play on a team and how to rely on a team to help me to improve,” Smith said. “It can provide players with a sense of being a part of something bigger than themselves.”

For Kremer, that feeling came during his first tournament at Ohio State University in Columbus, a memory he said he still enjoys reminiscing.

“I got to see some great players and really see what the sport is all about,” he said. “At practice, you just can’t get the full experience.”

The club season runs during fall and spring semesters with practice three times a week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30-10:30 pm in the Student Recreation Center.

The team currently consists of 14 players — 12 men and two women.

Smith said the team usually travels to other universities a few times each semester for tournaments.

Kremer said because it’s not an official UT team, the players are more understanding about missed practices, and the team’s policies are more lenient.

“While we do take practice seriously, we are not so strict that people cannot miss practice occasionally if they have to,” he said.

Maintaining good health and a variety of relationships is important to Kremer. In his mind, playing water polo has helped keep him on track while at college.

“Being in college, most people lose their desire to have the discipline to work out,” Kremer said. “Water polo gives you more opportunity and structure in your life to keep you motivated. It’s also a lot of fun, and you immediately make good friends with other players on the team.”

For more information about joining the team, contact Jon Smith at Jonathon.r.smith13@gmail.com.

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EDITORIAL

The year in review

Looking back at the year reminds us of the changes that have been made This has been a year of transitioning at the University of Toledo. Many things have changed and are going to be different in the future.

Hired a new president We started off the year with an interim president, but we will end it with a full-time president. Interim President Nagi Naganathan did a lot for UT in his short time in charge. He helped bridge the gap between the faculty and administration that had been nearly destroyed during Lloyd Jacobs’ time as president.

Sharon Gaber is going to be acting president next semester.

We have high hopes for her as president to continue in Nagi’s footsteps to unite administrators and faculty. She seems to be involved positively at her current campus, and we think she will transfer that attitude here.

The Title IX program is being revised Title IX is a federal law forbidding discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. The program is improving because they are adding a new, full-time Title IX Coordinator. His or her only job will be to ensure UT is compliant with Title IX, and to manage any Title IX complaints and paperwork the university needs. We are excited because there will finally be a figurehead for all people with Title IX issues at the university to go to.

Other improvements with the program are also being made.

The Title IX program will be streamlined to clear up policies and make it known what rules apply in which situations.

Procedures for handling Title IX complaints will become more strict with time frames, and the website will be updated in the process. Sexual assault prevention will be brought to the forefront with awareness campaigns.

Things seemed to always be broken on campus The facility problems continued from the spring 2014 semester. In October, a pipe burst in Croutonz’ (previously known as Croutons) ceiling, closing the business for the following few days. We are sure everyone remembers when the water main broke and the eateries in the Student Union were closed. And just recently a pipe in the second floor bathroom of Carlson library broke, causing water to seep through the ceiling into the first floor computer lab. Some of these issues are still being worked on.

Student involvement has changed Students seemed to be more interested in social issues this year as opposed to other semesters. The campaign for UT to divest from companies sponsoring Israel started in October when Students for Justice in Palestine collected signatures at their apartheid wall. From there, more and more students showed their support for both sides of the debate.

All around, students have been actively participating in volunteer activities. Around 2,500 students participated in the Big Event where individual students and student groups went into the Toledo community to volunteer. Students also participated in RockeTHON, which raised funds for the kids at the Children’s Miracle Network.

Administrators were lost this year This year saw the loss of Larry Burns and Godfrey Ovwigho to the University of Akron. They are leaving to join former UT Provost Scott Scarborough in Akron. Former UT Medical Center Chancellor Jeffery Gold and former UT President Lloyd Jacobs left in 2014. Besides Sharon Gaber replacing Nagi Naganathan, we don’t know who will fill the position of main campus provost. The chancellor position was eliminated after Gold left.

While some events in the last year have been excellent, others have been mediocre. This has been a year of transition at UT, and we hope next year will bring new changes, growth and good surprises. As always, we want UT to continue to strive for improvement.

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The year from a freshman’s perspective It’s the moment I thought would never come: the end of spring semester has arrived.

With outlooks of sunny summer days, seeing old friends and a break from schoolwork on the horizon, it’s hard to keep a focus on anything else. It’s hard to believe that 12 months ago I IC COLUMNIST was a scared and overwhelmed potential student on a tour of campus. I didn’t know if I’d even end up at UT, let alone what activities I’d be taking part in, what friends I would meet, what experiences I would have, if I could handle the demanding workload and what college life was really all about. I was both excited for and terrified of the unknown.

I spent all summer preparing for the fateful first day of fall classes. Soon enough, however, I realized the ins and outs of college life. It was on that day that I removed my lanyard and ID card from my neck, thereby leaving ‘freshmanhood,’ and became a confident, label-free student.

So how’d it go? How did I make it? Did it live up to expectations? Was it worth it? It was a wild ride. One week was a little slower and laid back, followed by...

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COMMENTARY

Marching down to freedom land If anybody ever said college students tension just because of being white.

This is why: I realize that UTDivest can’t make a difference, tell them they I feel not only white guilt, but I feel isn’t a Palestinian-Israeli issue, it’s a are damn wrong. guilty for all of my privileges, because face human issue. The Israeli government I’m on my way to Washington DC for it: as a white college student in Ohio, I am is consciously colonizing the West a conference while I’m told this. During privileged. It has taken me a long time to Bank and knowingly arresting the the eight-hour ride there this message come to this realization, but I finally have. development of the Gaza Strip. As a resonates with me.

My chain is ighuman being, I want this to stop. It’s Could I — a meager norance, and I fully very clear to see how events like this English major with a intend to break have played out in history. Need I passion for justice — those chains so I can remind people about the colonization make a difference? I help others who are of the Americas or Africa? mean, I hope so. chained for a number With the power in the privilege I My group, a collecof unjust reasons. have realized, I can use that power for tion of other college stuMy new objective something other than getting what I dents from Ohio, and for the conference is to want. I can work to get others what I arrive in the nation’s learn everything I can. they want — freedom. capital — a little groggy Throughout the conThe greatest power I have are words and cramped, but ference my group and I and consumerism. As a college student nevertheless ready to do continue to mill about, majoring in English, I have some say in something, anything. collecting pamphlets, what I pay for and what I write about.

The conference’s going to workshops and From the lobby of this convention goal is to educate and listening to speakers. I’m center I forever choose to write about motivate its attendees to trying to soak up as much what is right and spend my money on ASSOC. COMMUNITY respond against systems information as I can. I tell what is not wrong. I would prefer if of mass incarceration in them it is imperative if we my university did not invest money EDITOR the U.S. and the world. want anyone to be free. on companies that perpetuate crimes Sound intimidating? I thought so too, So we learn. We learn that immigration against humanity. but I gave it as much attention as I is another way of punishing people unfairSo, in addition to our consumer could, without any coffee. ly in order to fill bed quotas in detention voice, my group marches on Capitol Our group takes our seats in the lavcenters. We learn that Native Americans Hill to use our actual voices. We meet ish crystal ballroom of the convention have been unfairly reduced and impriswith our representatives and senators center eager to be jolted into action. oned by American culture, surrounded in Congress. We urge them to pass The speaker, a preacher who spent on all sides in legislation that much of her time at Ferguson, Missouri reservations. We would end manI begin weeping. in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s learn that Gaza is datory minimum death, walks onto the stage. the global example sentencing and Weeping because I can She opens in song — a song sung of an entire nation end immigration see the issue, it is clear, during the Civil Rights era, an era she being imprisoned, detention center argues is not over. colonized and arbed quotas. Our large and dark. Mass “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me rested. voices were being incarceration isn’t just around, I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, After each heard. the people in prison, it’s keep on a-talkin’, marchin’ down to workshop, my After five hours freedom land,” she sings. understanding inof sleep, four cups every single person in Not long into her speech, I begin creases. I expand of coffee, countchains as a result of our weeping. Weeping because I can see the these lessons to less meetings on a punitive sense of justice issue, it is clear, large and dark. Mass the bigger picture; Monday mornincarceration isn’t just the people in I think about what and our collective apathy. ing, my voice prison, its every single person in chains I can do to help. still echoed in as a result of our punitive sense of jusMy friend and those long marble tice and our collective apathy. This issue I spoke about hallways. encompasses race, class, gender and the workshop on Gaza and I mention Someone had to have heard. Because many other weapons of division. It’s as that at the University of Toledo, there we weren’t just a-talkin’ and we weren’t if the motto is ‘divide and imprison.’ is a campaign that calls for the divestjust a-walkin’, we were marching, I’m livid. I’m sad. I’m guilty. I’m ment of companies that profit in Israeli marching down to freedom land. distraught. How could I not see this? territories in Palestine. A passerby And I don’t plan to stop now. If you How could I not care? What on earth overhears and butts in, “A divestment is don’t believe college students have a have we done? a bunch of crap.” voice, just watch.

The message ends and my group of I ignore this, for the safety of that Joe Heidenescher is a second-year friends start debriefing. Overwhelmpasserby. I might’ve said some very majoring in English, and he is the ingly they agree that they now feel ‘white choice words not appropriate for the associate Community editor for The guilt’ — a result of feeling bad for racial conference setting.

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Students and leaders should be applauded for supporting U.S. Israel relationship Editor’s note: This column was groups like Hamas over democratic alsubmitted independently by Treasurer of lies like Israel, my message is clear: Ohio, Josh Mandel.

Not only do I reject your call for As Treasurer of the State of Ohio, I divestment from Israel, but to the was proud to learn about the numerous contrary, I proudly stand by the individuals on campus who recently millions of dollars that Democratic stood up against the and Republican Ohio Israel divestment effort Treasurers have inby the University of vested in Israel Bonds Toledo Student Govover the past decade ernment.

– including the $105 These individuals inmillion in the curclude Chairman of the rent Ohio Treasury UT Board Joe Zerbey, portfolio.

Board Member Steve Israel Bonds have Cavanaugh, Interim not only been a strong President Nagi Nagainvestment for Ohio nathan, Foundation taxpayers, but these inPresident Brenda Lee vestments also send the and students Kelli Marmessage that as Ameriket and LaVelle Ridley. can policy leaders, we TREASURER OF OHIO recognize Israel as our I write today to publicly stand with them and applaud them for friend, ally and beacon of American protecting the American values of free- values in the Middle East. dom and democracy that we hold dear.

For instance, in many locations I also write today to publicly stand with in the Middle East, equal rights and every student, faculty member and democracy are not the standard.

Board member who recognizes the im- However, in Israel, women are treated portance of the U.S.-Israel relationship. equal to men, democracy is embraced And to the small group of students and celebrated like in America, and the and faculty at UT who are so out of justice system operates with the same touch with most Americans that they independence and rule-of-law that we actually side with radical Islamic cherish here in the United States.

JOSH MANDEL

In Israel, Arab citizens are protected, do not have to fear for human rights aggressions, and can live in a society that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender and beliefs. Moreover, Arab families in Israel have one of the highest standards of living in the entire Middle East.

Israel is also proud to claim amongst its citizenry over 160,000 Christians. In Israel, these Christians live in safety and peace among their Jewish and Muslim neighbors, just as one would observe on the streets of Toledo or Columbus.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East that values the same level of freedom of speech and freedom of religion that we hold dear in America. As Dwight Eisenhower said in 1952 and still holds true today, “Israel is democracy’s outpost in the Middle East.”

I was truly inspired by what Mr. Zerbey, Mr. Cavanaugh, Dr. Naganathan, Ms. Lee, Ms. Market and Mr. Ridley did recently when they stood strong for the values we hold dear as Americans and for the tight bond America has shared over many generations with the state of Israel. I encourage students, faculty and staff across campus to join them.

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to shut down the boiler plant in the basement of Savage Arena, which impacted several buildings on campus. Along with closing restaurants, the issue also caused a men’s basketball game to be cancelled and later rescheduled.

According to Toth, the UT Facilities team worked with staff, independent contractors and the City of Toledo Water department around the clock for more than three days to resolve the problem.

Other projects the facilities team worked on included adding underground steam and chilled water lines, which caused the temporary closing of Stadium Drive while they were being installed. While working on the steam lines, facilities faced complications which caused a sewer line failure that was later repaired.

The parking garages will also be closed this summer after graduation for repairs and will not open until classes begin in the fall.

Student Government Senator Robert Worthington said he has noticed more facilities work being done in the past few years.

“I can say I’ve noticed more, especially from my time in Student Government. I’ve noticed we’ve actually tried to get things done,” Worthington

“I’ve noticed we’ve actually tried to get things done.

For the most part, I think they do a good job.”

ROBERT WORTHINGTON Student Government Senator

said. “For the most part, I think they do a good job.”

The SG Campus Affairs committee also worked with Director of Grounds and Offsite Facilities Doug Collins to make improvements to UT’s campus. Some of these projects included: • planned the installation of a sidewalk from President’s Hall to Lot 25 this summer • looked at putting in an exercise station along the bike path, although it is not yet funded • eliminated “low spots,” especially near the West Parking Ramp • adjusted snow removal procedures • looked at updating or adding additional exterior lighting • discussed possibility of adding branding for ‘Rockets’ along Stadium Drive.

• fixed low spot in McComas Village that flooded Two potential projects that were ultimately unsuccessful were the proposed

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A construction vehicle works on the new Academic Village being built. Other facilities and construction projects included fixing the water main breaks this year and installing an underground chilled and steam line.

adding of a crosswalk behind President’s Hall leading to the village, and the renovation of the “steps” on the side of Parks Tower.

The idea of a crosswalk behind President’s Hall was shot down by the railroad company that UT works with due to legal issues. Currently, there is a dirt and mulch path there for student use.

As for the renovation of the steps, Collins said they were never meant to be a working staircase at all. The “steps” are actually landscape fixtures that were meant to help with erosion control, and were not added for the students’ use.

The grounds team plans on adding plants to the fixtures to keep students from using them next year, as the cost of adding an actual set of steps isn’t in the budget.

Collins said working with the SG members has helped him gain a better perspective on what students see day-today and he feels the communication between the facilities team and the students has been very beneficial.

“Actually, it’s been very helpful just to see the eyes of what the students are seeing. You know, we’ve walked the path that traditionally people go back and forth to class,” Collins said.

Many of the projects completed this year were a result of ‘Walks with Doug,’ when members of Campus Affairs would walk commonly traveled paths around campus with Collins. Maria Antonescu, the SG campus affairs chair, took the lead in the project, and Collins commended her for her dedication to the project.

Facilities is already looking ahead for future projects.

Several items are already on the agenda for next year, according to Toth. Several of the planned projects include campus energy reduction, performing maintenance on campus infrastructure and upgrading mechanical systems and elevators. The University Computer Center, the Ingman Room in the Student Union and several other buildings will be undergoing renovations.

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a year and working internships. Her time at Occidental taught her “the importance of having small communities, activities for students to be involved in, the ability to know your faculty and to have support groups.”

“It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it, and the faculty that I worked with were supportive and encouraged me to go on to grad school which was very nice.”

Gaber looks back fondly on her time at Occidental, but one class in particular came to her mind as a favorite memory.

“I was in an econometrics class,” Gaber said,”and I was sitting in the back row of the class and the professor stops the class and he said, ‘Okay, let me go over that point again,’ and I was thinking, ‘Well thank goodness’ and he looked at me and he said ‘Sharon, I can tell. I gauged the entire class on the expres-

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had to work with on a daily basis.”

Interim Provost John Barrett said there were a number of things that made Naganathan successful, from the way he treated people to his daily motivation.

“First, he is an incredibly kind, caring, gracious person.

He always makes people feel valued and when you feel valued, you work harder,” Barrett said. “Secondly, he’s operated in a transparent manner, so we know what’s going on.

Third, he likes to say, ‘Let’s do the right things for the right reasons.’ He doesn’t look for gimmicks, he doesn’t look for things that are flashy but don’t work — he tries to build things that are real.”

Barrett went on to say he believed there was a certain key to Naganathan’s success as interim president — the way in which he broke down tasks into manageable chunks.

“When you work with President Nagi, sometimes you don’t see how far you’re moving or how much you are doing because it is all practical steps that move piece by piece, then when you look back, you’re like ‘Oh my, look at how far we’ve come,’” Barrett said.

“But what he does is he breaks things down into manageable actions that allow you to move everything forward.

Accomplishments

When asked about his accomplishments during the past year, Naganathan said it is “more important others describe it” than for him to do so, although he does believe that bringing everybody together was significant.

“I think we have been able to come together early in the fall when I made the presentation at the State of the University Address,” Naganathan said. “The theme of the speech was ‘Together We Can’ and that is really what we have done. This has not been just a year in transition. We made a commitment that this will be a year of accomplishments, and thanks to everybody’s contri-

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per liter [of water],” Escobar said.

Escobar said the effects of the crisis were not severe on campus because students were on a break.

“Of greater significance was that all surgeries and most hospital activities had to be stopped because instruments could not be sterilized,” she said.

Though the situation only lasted a few days, Escobar and others at the University of Toledo continue to work on preventative measures to avoid another incident.

“There will always be a chance of this happening since cyanobacteria blooms can occur and release

sion that you have, and right now I can tell that you didn’t get what I said.”

Gaber found it interesting that the professor had realized how the whole class felt by her expression, and thought it was good that he was paying attention to the class.

“And then I decided that it was time to have a little more of a poker face,” she said, laughing.

While in college, Gaber immersed herself in business-oriented classes, never imagining she would become a university president one day.

“When I was in college … I was an economics major and then I did urban studies,” Gaber said. “My interest at that point was either to go work in business — whatever that meant — or work for a city in the planning department.”

She did work for a city’s planning department for a while as a graduate student, but she realized it wasn’t quite the right fit for her. While the job wasn’t what she would grow to pursue a career in, she still

butions, we have accomplished a lot this year.”

Barrett said Naganathan has worked to develop several new degree programs, including the cosmetic science degree in pharmacy and a cyber-security and simulation gaming degree is being prepared for release next year.

Linda Rouillard, associate professor of French, said she thought Naganathan paved the way for a more trusting atmosphere on campus during his time as president.

“I think he has helped transition from a very difficult time in UT’s history during Jacobs’ presidency,” Rouillard said. “I think that President Naganathan has prepared the ground for a new culture — one that I hope will be much more trusting, much more transparent and one that will be much more dedicated to the greater good than we saw during president Jacobs’ presidency.”

In Notestine’s opinion, one of the most important things Naganathan did over the past year was create unison among faculty members.

“I think he really brought together a lot of the faculty. They feel like they were incorporated into the shared governance in Toledo,” Notestine said. “I know Faculty Senate really appreciated his leadership.”

End of a presidency, return to a deanship

Instead of feeling like he is ‘stepping down,’ Naganathan said he feels his departure will be more of a completion of the responsibility he agreed to take. He said he’s excited to be moving back to the engineering campus.

“That is something I have been a part of for 28 years,” Naganathan said. “I look forward to going back and resuming many of the good things that I was part of as an engineering dean.”

According to Barrett, Naganathan’s return to the engineering campus was not unexpected. However, he said Naganathan will be missed and has done great work over the past year.

toxins,” Escobar said.

“The difference is that we will be more prepared if it happens again.”

The focus of the research has been on earlier detection, Escobar said. The main issue is knowing when the algal bloom will occur.

According to Escobar, the warning system will be able to alert people 12 to 24 hours ahead of when the algae blooms occur. She is also investigating potential conditions that may promote the production and release of algal toxins.

According to U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur’s communications director Matt Sonneborn, not only are UT professors

really enjoyed urban planning and decided to get a master’s degree in it.

“While I was getting my master’s degree I enjoyed it and was selected as the outstanding graduate,” Gaber said. “I went on to get a Ph.D. in it.”

She enjoyed urban planning so much that she became a faculty member and taught it, becoming the only female professor in the department.

“I … wound up learning a lot more about the department because half the students were female,” she said. “I’d wind up talking — they were looking for a mentor, role model, someone to talk to — and I spent time learning much more about the department than did a lot of the other faculty because I wanted to make sure it ran well and that the students enjoyed it.”

This desire to make sure everything worked well helped Gaber become the department chair.

“All of a sudden I started doing this administrative thing that I didn’t really plan on but

“I think Nagi has done a fantastic job this year, and the university has moved forward in significant ways,” Barrett said. “Nagi has been helping [Gaber] learn what she needs to know so that she can hit the ground running and has really done nothing but be kind of the perfect partner in moving this transition forward.”

Lessons learned

Naganathan said that during his experience as acting president, he’s had many takeaways — the most exciting of which was being able to work with a larger group of people.

“I got to appreciate the university in a wider circle,” Naganathan said. “I got to work closely with students from all of the colleges. One of the programs we initiated this year — we kind of labeled it Walk with the President — gave me an opportunity to get close to the students, listen to them.”

Final thoughts

“I would like to say that he [Naganathan] has been an absolute pleasure to work for,” Barrett said. “He is a man of integrity that has done a great job. I would just personally like to say thank you to him for all that he has done to make the University of Toledo a better place and for stepping up into this role this year.”

Notestine had a similar message, thanking Naganathan for the experience that he has given him.

“There’s not much to say.

I am so happy to call him a mentor, and I want so desperately to be like him when I am in a position like his someday,” he said. “I cannot find any fault with the man.”

Naganathan said he was grateful for the entire experience and hopes the university will keep striving for improvement in future years.

“I want to thank all of the students, faculty and staff that I’ve had the pleasure to work with. It is due to their cooperative engagement that we are able to get things done,” Naganathan said. “And I think if we come together, this university will continue to get better every day.”

working to find a solution to the ongoing problem, but Kaptur is also working on projects to help early detection of algal blooms.

Kaptur sent out a press release stating she is working with other legislators on a bill that would ensure there is a coordinator at the EPA who could work with the appropriate legislators, to help address this problem in Ohio.

“This legislation reflects the kind of long-term strategic planning necessary to track and prevent algal blooms now and in the future,” Kaptur said in the press release. “Assigning a point person not only ensures EPA takes

responsibility for our federal algal bloom response, it creates accountability. This is especially important as we move into another algal bloom season and ramp up investments in algal bloom research, tracking and prevention initiatives.”

Sonneborn said Kaptur is also working with different agencies to start using satellite imagery to detect the possibility of algal blooms.

Kaptur released a statement on April 17 detailing her plan for a $3.6 million initiative to use satellite data to provide early warning for toxic and nuisance algal blooms in a 5-year collaborative project.

found that it seemed to work well,” she said.

It wasn’t until she realized it was working well that she became interested in a position as president.

Her journey through higher education was not always easy.

In February 2011, the annual mammogram she expected to be normal prompted doctors to schedule a biopsy for Gaber.

The result was not what she expected.

“They did the biopsy. I guess I didn’t really think much of that either. And then you know the doctor called me that night and said, ‘We’ve discovered you have breast cancer’ — that was a Thursday — ‘and we’ve scheduled you for surgery on Tuesday.’ I’m like, ‘Wait, what?

Holy cow!’”

Gaber said it was a tough situation to go through, and she was surprised by it because her family had no history of breast cancer. It was difficult, but she learned a lot from it.

“I feel very fortunate that family, friends, the university

community was really great to me,” she said. “It was very interesting because I went through and I had surgery, and then I had to do chemo, and then I had to do radiation, and during all of that the campus community sent me cards, and notes, and emails, and flowers, and food.”

She said everyone’s support, protectiveness and kindness to her was touching during such a trying time.

“That was just really, really overwhelming that people were that wonderful,” she said.

In spite of the difficulties she faced, Gaber said she kept working and tried not to take a lot of time off from work. With everyone’s support, treatments and time, she received some good news.

“I am completely and absolutely free and never have to go back ... In October 2014 he [the doctor] said, ‘Well, you’ve done it. You’ve gone through all the post-checkups; you don’t ever have to come back. You’re clear and good.’”

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The very support system that helped Gaber get through her battle with breast cancer is one of the things she will miss most about Arkansas when she says goodbye to her current home and embraces a new one.

“I’ve got great colleagues, I’ve got great friends, I’ve got great neighbors, a great community — the people.”

However, Gaber isn’t planning on dwelling on the sad parts of moving. She is already looking forward, and said she is also excited about moving to Toledo and becoming part of a new community, especially because the people she has met from Toledo “have been fantastic.”

“I envision having all of that there. It’s just meeting new people and being able to make that shift, but right now I’ve got … a great group of people, and that’s what I look forward to at the University of Toledo, is having that great group of students, faculty, staff and the broader community to become a part of.”

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BGSU takes game one against Rockets

The men’s baseball team dropped a 5-1 decision on the road against rival Bowling Green.

Starting pitcher Alec Schmenk picked up his second loss of the season He gave up three earned runs on three hits and three walks in just two innings of work.

BG jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning before picking up one more in the fifth inning.

Pitcher Kyle Rago came in to relieve Schmenk and pitched five innings, sitting down four BGSU batters.

The Rockets out hit the Falcons nine to eight but struggled defensively with three errors.

Catcher Corey Tipton and third baseman Nate Langhals paced the midnight-blue and gold with two hits a piece.

UT committed two throwing errors on the same play which resulted in three runs.

Toledo will be looking for revenge when they host the Falcons on Wednesday April, 29 at Scott Park. First pitch is slated for 3:05 p.m.

Soccer team ends spring unbeaten The University of Toledo women’s soccer team finished their 2015 spring season with a 1-1 tie against Michigan State then defeating IPFW 4-1 in the season finally.

In the game verses Michigan State, freshman Chiara Paradiso scored on a free kick from 25 yards out in order to secure the tie.

In the offensive showing verses IPFW, junior Geri Siudzinski paced the Rockets with a brace. Redshirt freshman Hannah Scafaria and sophomore Lauren Taylor tailed a goal of their own in the 4-1 victory.

UT will take a break this summer before reuniting the fall in preparation for the 2015 season.

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Junior SS Dion Tansel (left) and sophomore Steven Calhoun (right) both gave large contributions to the Rockets in the weekend series against Ball State. Calhoun pitched a complete game on Sunday, striking out nine in a 6-1 win. UT’s pitching staff boast three of the top five ERAs in the MAC.

After dropping game one, Toledo’s pitching staff shut down the Cardinals in Sunday’s doubleheader

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The University of Toledo’s baseball clinched their third Mid-American Conference West Division series with two wins over Ball State this weekend.

The Rockets (17-26, MAC 10-8) sit tied for second place in the MAC West Division with only nine conference games remaining.

“The guys put in work all year,” said Head Coach Cory Mee. “Our goal has been to get better from the beginning, to the end of the year

in hopes of playing our best baseball down the stretch.”

The series started on a down note, with the Rockets dropping Friday’s opening game by a score of 4-3.

Down 4-2 going into the top of the ninth inning, Toledo was able to make things interesting by scoring off a BSU error. However, UT could not capitalize on the Cardinals mistakes and leaving runners on first and second to end the game.

“One thing I’ve been impressed with is how we’ve competed from the first

pitch to the last pitch of each game,” Mee said. “We’ve played a lot of games that come down to the last pitch.”

In game two, the Rockets bounced back behind the efforts of LHP Steven Calhon defeating Ball State 6-1.

Calhoun (4-4) dominated on the mound. The lefty sat down nine on just five hits and gave up an unearned run in nine innings of work.

He was recognized for his performance winning the MAC West co-pitcher of the week award as he holds a measly 2.57 ERA.

“[Tansel] is an outstanding shortstop. He makes the routine plays and every day he makes a spectacular, ESPN web gem type of play.”

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“He was working down in the zone, throwing all of his pitches for strikes,” said Mee.

“He’s done an outstanding job for us.”

After a slow start, Toledo jumped out to a 3-0 in the top of the fourth. Centerfielder John Martillotta doubled to left center, knocking in two runs.

UT’s offense was able to tack on three more in the sixth putting the game out of reach.

“We’ve been playing better over the past month,” Mee said. “We’re getting great pitching performances and really swinging the bats well.”

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COMMENTARY

Just one more for the road I consider myself selectively sentimental.

Show me a baby picture of yours truly and I won’t shed a tear. Finding one of my old yearbooks probably won’t generate waves of nostalgia.

And you’re barking up the wrong tree if you think I’d get choked up over my first bicycle.

But I carry a binder full of notes written for me by my fiancée. An old family pocketknife is one of my prized possessions. And I still have a busted-up plastic Detroit Lions football helmet that was a part of one of my earliest Halloween costumes.

It might be hard to see a difference, but for me it’s about what resonates.

My time at the University of Toledo has certainly resonated.

I’ve spent three years at UT and at The Independent Collegian, where I’ve had the privilege of covering the Rockets’ various athletic programs. My opinions are based on a pretty small sample size of games when you consider the university’s long history.

But since when has a small sample size ever stopped a sports writer from voicing an opinion?

BLAKE BACHO

SPORTS EDITOR

For me, everything started with men’s basketball.

It was my first beat when I

began as a writer at the IC, and the team I followed the longest and got to know the best. Rockets Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk has elevated the UT program from one bogged down by a former regime’s mistakes to one that consistently expects victory.

Players like Rian Pearson and Juice Brown are gone now, but will be back before you know it to accept their spots in the Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame. Juice may return even sooner than that to take a spot on Toledo’s bench as an assistant head coach.

As for the players still wearing the midnight blue and gold, things ended on a sour note this past season. But Kowalczyk has proved he has a knack for surviving adversity.

I see a third-straight trip to Cleveland for the late rounds of the Mid-American Conference Tournament next year. After all, the Rockets’ NCAA Tournament drought has to end eventually, right?

UT’s other basketball team, the women’s squad headed by coach Tricia Cullop, is a perfect example for the men’s team to look at. Cullop’s

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squad has been bleeding great players in recent years, losing stars such as Naama Shafir and Inma Zanoguera within a mere couple years of each other.

And yet the Rockets are constantly one of the MAC’s most dangerous teams, especially when people assume they’re down and out. Expect nothing less next winter from Cullop’s players.

But before either Toledo basketball team hits the hardwood, UT’s Glass Bowl will be the place to be on campus.

The Rockets football team came within a few untimely injuries of a MAC Championship last season. This offseason, much of the talk will be focused on the departed offensive line, the rebuilding of the defense and yet another quarterback competition.

Fortunately for Toledo, Kareem Hunt will be lining up at running back for at least one more year.

Hunt’s junior year will firmly cement his place in UT history, and his numbers will catch the attention of the National Football League. Who knows if he will return for his senior season, but you can bet that you won’t want to miss his junior campaign.

And as for Campbell’s QB conundrum, there may not be a wrong choice. Senior Phillip Ely has the arm and the calm demeanor to take the Rockets far next year, while junior Logan Woodside has the experience, not to mention a bowl victory under his belt.

This may be a battle that stretches into the regular season next year, but that might be the only way to truly pick the best player available.

My guess? If Ely is 100 percent recovered from his ACL tear, I see Woodside’s turnover issues forcing Campbell to go with the senior next season. Ely and Hunt will finally carry the Rockets over Northern Illinois before bringing a MAC Championship title back to the Glass City.

No matter which way the competition shakes out, Toledo’s depth at the signal caller spot will be the deciding factor in 2015.

So this is it, the end of my last column and I believe the spot where I am supposed to say something snappy to wrap it all up. I don’t have any catchphrases, at least none I’m willing to admit to, but I do have a lot of memories and lessons that will definitely serve me into the future.

College has been a wild ride — and a fun one too. I don’t know what’s next for the Rockets, and I don’t know what’s next for me, but I do know at least one thing.

I can’t wait to find out.

Growing with the elements

and third baseman Nate Langhais paced the Rockets with three hits apiece.

Tansel missed the first 15 games of the season with a broken hand. Since returning, he has batted .301 — good for second best batting average on the team.

“Offensively, not only does he get on base, he steals bases and puts himself in scoring position, and he can drive in runs,” Mee said.

“When Deion returned to the lineup, defensively it stabilizes our team. He’s an outstanding defensive shortstop.

“He makes the routine plays and everyday he makes a spectacular, ESPN web gem kind of play.”

Toledo took the rubber match winning 8-3. Starter

RHP Caleb Schillace gave UT five strong innings, giving up one earned run and seven hits.

The Rockets took a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth before seeing the game tied again in the bottom half of the inning.

UT would break the tie quickly in the seventh inning. With the bases loaded, catcher A.J. Montoya had a bases clearing triple to right center breaking the spirits of the Cardinals.

Relief pitcher RHP Andrew Marra (2-1) was credited with the win.

“We’ve been playing better over the past month,” Mee said. “We’re getting great pitching performances and really swinging the bats well.”

UT will take on archrival Bowling Green on Wednesday, April 29 at Scott Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 p.m.

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICS

Chris Selfridge (above) ranks fourth in the MAC with a team best 73.3 stroke average. The northern Ireland Native looks to continue his golf career by going pro.

Senior golfer Chris Selfridge’s game has developed with help from mother nature The city of Toledo is no stranger to Scottsdale, Arizona. brutal, cold winters. The annual gray “Places like LSU and Florida, it’s nothing skies and stony winds that engulf the like it is here,” Selfridge said. “Bad weather glass city from late November until early is normal in Toledo, if they came up here April keeping just about to play, they’d see what we everybody inside. practice in.”

But for senior Chris So when it comes to faSelfridge, and the rest of vorite courses it’s no surprise the University of Toledo Selfridge didn’t pick one in a men’s golf team, the cold warmer climate. rain and snow bring out “The University of Purdue their best stuff. course is perfect,” he said.

“The weather in “The amount of challenge Toledo really has helped versus the reward for a good my game overall,” Selfshot makes it an almost perridge said. “I’m mentally fect course.” tougher because of it.”

Hailing from CastledawWith golf season son, Northern Ireland, he for collegiate athletes is a top 100 amateur in the stretching from Septemworld and averages a team ber all the way through best 73.3 stroke per round the end of April, Rocket in five tournament starts.

SPORTS REPORTER golfers get a taste of The senior standout has shot every season and the par or better on six different course conditions that ensue. instances which is a team high.

“We beat up our players,” said Head Selfridge hasn’t limited himself to only Coach Jamie Broce. “It’s 45 degrees out collegiate golf by competing in amateur there with 10 mph winds, the weather alone competitions across the globe, which enmakes it hard on our players.” ables him to keep his game sharp.

Over the summer he successfully defended his title at the North of Ireland Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club as well “You can’t over think as tying for tenth place at the 15th-annual World University Golf Championship. everything; you just have to Looking to turn professional after graduaroll with what you’ve got. tion, Selfridge isn’t fretting over the process, Rain or shine.” taking it in with a stride of confidence.

“It’s the same as any other sport, if you’re CHRIS SELFRIDGE good enough you’ll get there,” he said.

Senior Golfer But in terms of attributing his success, Selfridge was quick to point out that the fundamentals and weather conditions ToBut nobody has seemed to benefit more ledo brings weren’t the only factors. than Selfridge, who’s picked up MAC Player “Time management is what I’ve learned, of the Week honors on five separate occabeing able to maximize your time,” Selfridge sions, and it’s no mistake. said. “My freshman year I was pretty bad at “It should really be more,” Broce said. this, sophomore year I got better, junior year “He’s one of the best ball strikers I’ve ever I was good at it and this year I’m great at come across.” managing my time.”

The weather conditions in Toledo have Broce has no doubt Selfridge is going to helped Selfridge in preparing for the succeed wherever he goes, and fully believes unpredictable variables that come about he has a shot at the pros. during competition — obstacles that “When he qualified for regionals individgolfers from other universities don’t see. ually we got to spend time with each other,” “Understanding how to play competitive Broce said. “He’s got a big heart and cares a golf, there are so many variables in comgreat deal about the city of Toledo.” petition that are different from practice,” Selfridge is going to approach the pro tour Selfride said. “Some are so fortunate to and any other challenges down the road the always play in the sun but when the weather same way he’s approached the game of golf becomes worse they aren’t used to it.” while at the University of Toledo.

Over the course of the season, the Rocket “You can’t over think everything; you just men’s golf team has traveled to compete have to roll with what you’ve got,” Selfridge in places ranging from Naples, Florida to said. “Rain or shine.”

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 | The Independent Collegian | COMMUNITY EVENT

Students can exchange plants with the Toledo community on May 2 Spring is here, and so are flowers.

Toledoans will once again take over the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library Parking Garage as a space to trade plants, flowers, gardening tools and much more.

On May 2, the 11th-annual Toledo Plant Exchange is being held from 8:3011 a.m. Plant drop-off will be held from 8:30-10 a.m.

“The Toledo Exchange is the grandmother of the area exchanges,” said Christine Coultrip, an organizer of Toledo Plant Exchange.

According to Coultrip, there are many other events like this that take place in Bowling Green, Oregon and Port Clinton; however, Toledo got the ball rolling on this event.

It was Tahree Lane that first came up with the idea of a plant exchange. She discusses this in an article she wrote over the history of the Toledo Plant Exchange.

Lane said that in 1999, she first became inspired when she attended a plant exchange in Livonia, Michigan.

“Believing the idea was worthwhile, I researched and gathered ideas from similar events around the world, looking for a different model than the Livonia event,” Lane said.

Coultrip said this event is open to anyone who may be interested in gardening.

“Gardeners of all kinds are expected and we have a lot of people who are beginning gardeners. They find this an opportunity to

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other students at the Center for Choice, a local clinic that provided abortion services.

“We made a partnership to the local clinic in town, the Center for Choice, and they were cool with having students in there to observe and watch the procedure,” Payne said.

But this partnership was cut short. In 2013, Lloyd Jacobs, the UT president at the time, did not renew transfer agreements with the two abortion clinics in Toledo on the grounds that UT should take a more neutral stance on the issue.

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Carolyn Payne checks a patient’s chart before going into an appointment.

In Ohio, there is a law that requires freestanding surgical centers to have transfer agreements with a local hospital that says the hospital will take emergency transfer cases from clinics. If there is no transfer agreement, the clinic cannot operate legally.

However, Payne disagreed that this neutral position was the right choice.

“The reality of that is that when you don’t have that agreement, the clinic closes, which means that women don’t have access,” Payne said. “So that, in fact, wasn’t a neutral position at all.”

Payne believes the unwillingness of Jacobs to sign transfer agreements was unconstitutional.

“A woman has the right to have an abortion as determined by the Supreme Court in 1973, and the university making this decision, it was placing what further Supreme Court decisions have called an ‘undue burden’ on women,” she said. “You’re allowed to put restrictions on women’s access to abortions so long as it doesn’t create an undue burden for her to access that service.”

After the Center for Choice was forced to close, Payne and her fellow students could no longer volunteer or receive education there.

“There’s all these backhanded ways that they are cutting off access to abortion ser-

get “free” plants, gardening tips and information,” Coultrip said.

This year, the Toledo Zoo will also be coming to the Plant Exchange giving a presentation on Native Plants in the library at 11 a.m.

If you go What: Toledo Plant Exchange.

Where: Toledo-Lucas County Main Library Parking Garage.

When: May 2.

Time: 8:30-11 a.m.

Lane described the first Toledo Plant Exchange as hectic, but worthwhile.

“The First Perennial Exchange was on May 21, 2005 … It was chaotic with people dropping off boxes of plants on a couple of tables along the sidewalk.

People grabbed what they could, and it was a free-for-all when Chris Coultrip pulled up in her red truck brimming with plants,” Lane said.

Coultrip said this event is open to the community, and helps promote an environmentally helpful message.

“This event gives the Toledo community an opportunity to start a garden at little or no cost. One never knows what one might find. We have all kinds of plants and garden paraphernalia,” Coultrip said.

Coultrip also said this event is for a good cause.

“Plants are very prolific and every year we need to split and divide our plants. If we cannot find new homes for them they would go into the compost bin,” Coultrip said. “Here we have the chance to keep our plants alive, and share the fruits of our labor.”

Those who bring plants will receive plants in exchange, however even if you show up without any plants, you are still welcome to five free plants. Items such as ornamental grasses, raspberries, houseplants and seeds are present at the exchange.

The event is to take place rain or shine. vices,” she said.

Payne said that across the county, antiabortion laws and regulations have become increasingly popular. Consequently, according to the Guttmacher Institute, 1.1 million American women obtained abortions in 2011, and that number has continued to decrease since 2008.

According to Payne, this can be explained by both the increased usage of highly effective contraceptive methods as well as increased barriers to abortion services that inhibit some women from accessing them.

Payne said Ohio has a lack of skilled providers to perform second-trimester terminations. According to Ohio law, a woman must consent to spending 24 hours after an initial consultation deciding whether she wants to carry out the decision. If she’s a minor, the woman must obtain parental permission.

A bill is currently sitting in the Ohio Senate that would make it illegal to terminate a pregnancy if a heartbeat can be detected. According to New Health Guide, a baby’s heartbeat can be heard during the sixth week of gestation.

The bill has already passed the Ohio House of Representatives.

“Our barriers are political, so that’s where I have focused a lot of my efforts,” Payne said.

Through her advocacy for the American Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Ohio State Medical Association and National Abortion Rights, Payne is determined to engage herself in the nationwide debate.

In addition to changing the political atmosphere, Payne said the fight for these feminist issues has to be a social one too.

“We try to make parallels to the gay rights movement,” she said. “It’s no longer mainstream, or publically acceptable to discriminate against the LGBT community — but 30 years ago this community was very publically stigmatized.”

So what happened to change this?

“I think that what happened is that more and more people that identified as LGBT ‘came out’ to their friends and communities, and in doing so people realized people who identified as LGBT were not weird or deviant people,” Payne said. “They were their loved ones; they are normal people deserving of equality and human rights like everyone else.”

According to Payne, abortion activists are attempting a similar strategy, encouraging women to tell their stories with the hope of destigmatizing the experience.

Payne said abortion hasn’t always been illegal. As she speaks, her words come quickly and fluently — like her attitude toward advocacy, she doesn’t stop.

She also said she believes women are losing their equal right to reproductive health, something she said she is passionate about fighting for.

“I went into medicine to make a difference,” she said. “Providing abortion services is something that I can do to make huge positive difference in a woman’s life.”

Food

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“Dining services at the University of Toledo does a great job keeping excess food to a minimum in the dining halls, but generating no waste is almost impossible,” Mason said.

However, UT’s chapter of FRN isn’t solely focused on the university’s dining halls.

Crisp points out that the purpose of the organization is to “help end hunger within the community,” which she believes can be accomplished by involving a variety of local businesses and organizations.

“By recovering excess food from UT’s dining halls, local restaurants, country clubs and hotels, students will deliver food to those in need,” Crisp said. “FRN will work with UT student organizations to assist in food recoveries as well as with partners in the Toledo community capable of donating excess food or serving it to the hungry.”

Crisp said they’ve also partnered with Cherry Street Mission Ministries and The University Church Toledo.

“Our organization has grown from the two of us to an ambitious group of nine members,” Crisp said.

According to Crisp, they are working to schedule a date for a large food recovery on

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campus at the end of the semester and plan to begin regular recoveries in the fall.

She wanted to highlight that although she believes UT’s dining services “values sustainability and makes the arrangements necessary to ensure there is very little excess food after mealtimes,” FRN recognizes every bit of wasted food is an opportunity to feed someone else.

“FRN believes that any amount of food is important because it is food someone may not otherwise have,” she said. “We appreciate UT dining services’ generosity in sharing the little food they may have leftover for our purposes.”

Crisp encourages students interested in helping the cause to contact her and find out how they can get involved.

For more information, contact Crisp at anna.crisp@rockets.utoledo.edu or visit foodrecoverynetwork.org.

“FRN believes that any amount of food is important because it is food someone may not otherwise have...”

ANNA CRISP Vice President of FRN

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Saturday, May 2

11 a.m. -- Percussion Ensemble Concert, The concert is located in the Center for Performing Arts’ Recital Hall; admission is free.

7:30 p.m. -- Opera “CABARET” Concert, Singers from UT will perform show tunes.

Tickets are available from students in the UT Opera Ensemble and the UT Center for Performing Arts Box Office online at utoledo.Tix.com. All seats are $10.

Sunday, May 3 1 p.m. -- Student Saxophone Recital Nina Schueren, Accompanied

by Robert Ballinger on piano, Nina’s diverse program will include the music of composers Lawson Lunde, Johanne Sebastian Bach, and Ryo Noda — a leading Japanese composer of music for the saxophone — among others. The concert is located in the Center for Performing Arts’ Recital Hall; admission is free.

4 p.m. -- Student Recital Travis Aukerman, The jazz concert will be located in the Center for Performing Arts’ Recital Hall; admission is free.

4 p.m. -- University Wind Ensemble, The concert will be held in Doermann Theatre in University Hall Admissions are free, but donations are welcome.

7 p.m. -- Student Recital Tyler Aukerman (Jazz guitar), Aukerman’s program will include music from Pat Metheny, Sam Rivers, John Coltrane and more. Aukerman will be playing jazz on guitar.

The concert will be located in the Center for Performing Arts’ Recital Hall; admission is free.

8 p.m. -- Student Recital Estar Cohen (Jazz Voice), Cohen’s program will include a couple of her own tunes as well as songs for which she wrote lyrics to the music of Herbie Nichols and Reid Anderson. The concert will be located in the Center for Performing Arts’ Recital Hall; admission is free.

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Saturday, May 9 All day -- Summer begins.

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Advocate for choice WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

How one medical student fights for women’s rights to equal reproductive healthcare and services

By Joe Heidenescher Associate Community Editor

Abortion is a highly controversial and polarizing subject that’s usually spoken about in hushed whispers — but Carolyn Payne wants to talk about it out loud.

Payne is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Toledo who has spent time volunteering in abortion clinics since she was a freshman at the University of Michigan. She plans to become an OB-GYN and abortion provider and is advocating to alleviate barriers that prevent women from getting the medical procedure.

Last week, the National Abortion Federation presented her the Elizabeth Karlin Early Career Achievement Award for her advocacy work.

“It was really important for me to see that procedure and to see the women who went there and to work with them,” she said.

Payne recalls first growing interested in the cause during a women’s and gender studies class that discussed abortion and women’s reproductive rights.

“I think that abortion is probably the most divisive issue in this nation,” Payne said. “People get very worked up about it; people have very strong opinions about it. As a freshman in undergrad, I just really wanted to form my own opinions

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Carolyn Payne poses for a photo outside of UTMC. Payne is a fourth-year medical student studying to become an OB-GYN and abortion provider.

about this topic that people felt so passionately about. I always think the best way to have an opinion about something is to learn about it for yourself firsthand.”

During the summers of 2012 and 2013, she started volunteering at a Planned Parenthood in Cleveland where she gained first-hand knowledge and perspective about the issue from physicians, staff, patients and even the protesters outside the clinic.

“From there, it made real, clear sense to me why women needed this service,” she said. “I felt a lot of empathy and compassion towards

them, and I felt sad that so many of them have to travel so, so far to get the procedure done.”

As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Payne said she became involved with Medical Students for Choice, a student organization that advocates for women’s rights to reproductive health.

Once she graduated and came to UT, Payne founded the UT College of Medicine’s MSFC chapter.

Payne said the organization is important to her and other students at UT because it adds to the limited view they learn in the classroom.

“For the most part, it’s not in our medical curriculum,” Payne said. “They say one-in-three women will have an abortion. It’s so common, yet it’s just not talked about in our medical curriculum.”

To further teach medical students about how abortion services work, Payne and other members organized lectures, journal discussions and hands-on activities.

“Using the same devices that doctors use to perform abortions in their office setting, we are able to simulate on papayas how to actually dilate the cervix, or dilate the fruit, extract the contents and teach them hands-on,” she said.

The organization quickly began holding regular formal and informal meetings and used its time to advocate on these issues.

“Due to our shared passion for advocacy and social justice,” said Julia Roberts, a UT medical student and MSFC secretary, “we helped to revitalize the group, gain visibility on campus and organize collective protests and meetings with administration when our school-affiliated hospital refused to accept patients from the local abortion clinics in the case of complications.”

During her second year of medical school, Payne volunteered with See Abortion / B3 »

UT ORGANIZATION

A new organization to cutdown food waste in dining halls and the UT community

By Alexandria Saba Community Editor

40%

of all food is thrown away in the U.S. every year.

One in six Americans face food insecurity, or the lack of access to enough food.

Yet 40 percent of all food is thrown out in the United States every year, totaling about $165 billion of wasted food that could feed roughly 25 million Americans, according to DoSomething.org.

Sirena Mason was horrified by these statistics. After watching a video on Upworthy.com about Food Recovery Network (FRN), she knew then and there that she wanted to start a chapter at the University of Toledo to help reduce the amount of food waste.

“I contacted FRN and applied to make the University of Toledo a chapter this past fall,” said Mason, a fourth-year majoring in biology and vice president of public relations and community outreach for FRN. Founded in 2011, FRN is a nationwide organization that unites students on college campuses to fight waste by donating surplus unsold food from their colleges to hungry Americans.

Each chapter works with on-campus

dining halls and off-campus eatercess, Mason said she isn’t the only ies to divert food from the landfill to one who deserves recognition. She community members in need, while knew the group needed a passionate also raising awareness on issues of president who could devote the time food waste and hunger in America. and energy that she alone couldn’t According to FRN’s website, it has provide — so she asked her friend, grown to include Anna Crisp, to join chapters at more the cause.

“I believe that than 140 colleges “She was so enthuand universities in 35 siastic about Food if UT can help states that have recovRecovery Network our community ered nearly 800,000 from the start that I pounds of food. knew she would do in need in any Mario Toussaint, a phenomenal job as way possible, we senior director of president of our chapshould.” operations at UT, said ter,” Mason said. “She he is currently talkhas worked so hard to MARIO TOUSSIANT ing with FRN and is get this organization Director of operations at UT excited by its promise off the ground and has for local change. inspired me so much.”

“This organization Crisp said she “eahas worked on other Aramark higher gerly agreed to help” and accepted the education facilities with great sucposition of president on the spot. cess,” he said. “I believe that if UT can “I was very excited about the idea help our community in need in any and honored that she had reached out way possible, we should.” to me about it,” she said.

According to Mason, FRN is now Both Mason and Crisp believe UT an official organization and is workis a perfect venue for food recovery ing to finalize a partnership with UT’s due to the buffet-style dining halls, dining services. which typically warrant leftovers.

Despite the organization’s sucSee Food / B3 »