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SAEPP committee makes game plan for new year

By Jessica Harker Staff Reporter

Reliving childhood A visiting artist calls upon his childhood in his latest exhibiton.

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Swift’s opportunity From walk-on player to scholarship athlete, Swift talks about his path to Toledo.

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“Feminism is taking back the notion that “sex sells” and instead of using it to objectify women, it’s using the concept to shine a light on important, valid topics.”

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The University of Toledo’s Sexual Assault Education Prevention Program, or SAEPP, is kicking the new school year off by continuing annual programs and starting new initiatives.

The program works very closely with the Young Women’s Christian Association, according to Stanley Edwards, director of the Counseling Center, and they hope to create an office for one of their representatives at the center on campus.

“They (YWCA) train our advocates, they work with us to provide education and there are times when some of our students may want an advocate that’s not affiliated with UT directly so they help us with that too,” Edwards said.

Edwards also said a new position was created as the coordinator of SAEPP and the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs program. This position will help the center run these programs more efficiently and be able to do more with them.

The position’s responsibilities will include the planning and execution of all SAEPP and ATOD events, said Lena Salpietro, a graduate student working for SAEPP. “Right now I am the one who plans and executes the events,” Salpietro said. “But that will change as soon as a new coordinator is hired.”

Together with the YWCA and the team members of the SAEPP, the counseling center looks to start a new year off well with their first event: the Clothesline Project, according to Edwards.

The Clothesline Project is an event sponsored every year by SAEPP. The event is a display of T-shirts from sexual assault survivors that are hung up to spread awareness.

“The Clothesline Project is going to be displayed,” Edwards said. “As well as we are going to have an umbrella-decorating contest where we’ll invite whoever to decorate umbrellas, certainly about the educational message of sexual violence.”

The event this year is also being held simultaneously with the national event of Rape Abuse Incest National Network day, according to Salpietro.

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If you go What: Clothesline Project Where: Trimble Lounge in

the Student Union When: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sponsored by: SAEPP

College of Medicine and Life Science sees increase in its local attendance numbers Staff Reporter

Otto Black and Colin Joseph start out with strong performances

By J He oe Fea iden ture esc s E her dito r

Cam Cruickshank officially stepped down from his position at the University Toledo on Sept. 4, making him the fourth administrator to leave UT in the last four months.

As the UT vice president for enrollment management and online education, he was responsible for the enrollment, recruitment and retention of UT students.

According to a news release from UT Spokesman Jonathan Strunk, President Sharon Gaber set new goals to retain more “better academically-prepared students” during her tenure.

“As the strategy to achieve these goals is developed, Gaber and Cam Cruickshank … have agreed that Cruickshank will leave the university,” Strunk wrote.

According to a source speaking on the condition of anonymity who was a part of the meeting when the announcement was made internally, Cruickshank and the new administration had

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Getting into the swing of things

sored across the nation on college campuses ... to raise awareness about sexual violence across the country,” Edwards said.

This event will be held on Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Trimble Lounge in the Student Union.

The program continues to host many other events throughout the year including the silent witness, a 5K race, and a variety of guest speakers, said Tressa Johnson, a committee member for SAEPP. “It’s to make sure we’re educating our students, that were providing lots of avenues of resources, and several events that educate and support our students,” Johnson said.

The program is to meet for the first time this year on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to discuss upcoming events.

The program leaders will meet with the committee members to hear about new ideas and the planning of new projects to see what different and exciting things they can accomplish this year, according to Johnson.

“It’s to see if anyone has any good ideas we haven’t thought of yet,” Salpietro said.

The committee gets together with new ideas and thoroughly researches them to understand exactly what they are bringing to the campus and why, said Johnson.

“It’s a really thought-out process, and that’s one thing I appreciate,” Johnson said, “It’s not that you have this block of time and you need to do this many events in this block of time.”

The group continues to work on campus and collaborate with different organizations to bring awareness about sexual assault, Johnson said.

“The main goal, for me, is to work with students to get good information out and to see what we can do better,” Salpietro said.

Another UT admin departs

More Toledo students chose to stay close to home this year as the College of Medicine and Life Sciences saw a rise in local student attendance, with students from Northwest Ohio making up 25% of the population.

A news release from Sept. 1 explained that 131 of the 177 students who began classes in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences were from Ohio, 48 from northwest Ohio and 26 from Lucas County. In 2014, there were only 30 students from northwest Ohio and 16 from Lucas County.

“It’s been a very small increase over the years,” said David Pearson, assistant dean of medical school admissions. “In fact, the students themselves may not notice that there’s more Toledoans in the class.”

According to William Maltese, chairman of the department of biochemistry and cancer biology, it’s hard to find work-ready graduates in the Toledo area because they tend to leave right after graduation in hopes of finding a career elsewhere.

“Northwest Ohio in par-

ticular is an area of concern where we tend to lose many of our graduates who move away from the area,” Maltese said.

According to Christopher J. Cooper, dean of the College of Medicine and Sciences, the recent affiliation with ProMedica is another reason why UTMC hopes to keep more graduate medical students in the area.

“One of the key elements of the affiliation agreement with ProMedica was to strengthen the educational programs for our students and our residents. That was really the driving force behind that decision,” Cooper said.

Maltese said he agrees with UTMC’s decision to affiliate with ProMedica and that there are potential benefits for the graduate students.

“This ProMedica affiliation is going to be a big step in that direction because it’s going to provide much more training opportunities to stay in the region,” Maltese said. “They can get a great residency here at our local hospitals as opposed to going to Columbus or to Michigan.”

Another incentive UMTC provides for the local graduate students in the college is eligibility for the Better

Together Scholarship. The scholarship will provide a minimum of $25,000 per year to each of eight students, according to UT’s website.

“One of the criteria we’re looking for when we award this scholarship is people who have a connection to this area,” Pearson said.

ProMedica also assisted with the funding of this scholarship

along with UTMC. “It’s partly paid by UT, partly paid by ProMedica,” Pearson said. “Jointly what we’re looking for is students that are going to come to UT medical school and then stay here for residency and then stay here to become physicians in this area.”

According to Pearson, aside from the financial assistance and potential residency at one

of Toledo’s major hospitals, graduate students truly need to have a love for this area to stay.

“We hope that they enjoy their time in Toledo,” Pearson said. “If they’re going to be committing themselves to spend four years of medical school here and three years of residency education, that’s a big time commitment to spend in Toledo.”

SARAH ELLIOT / IC

The College of Medicine and Life Sciences reported an increase in the number of local students attending. Students attending from Lucas County increased from 16 in 2014 to 26 in 2015, and 30 students from Northwest Ohio in 2014 to 48 students in 2015.

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“differing opinions of direction of enrollment strategies.”

Cruickshank was hired in May of 2013 under the JacobsScarborough administration.

UT’s enrollment numbers have decreased from 22,624 in 2011 to 20,325 in 2015.

“Cruickshank said that given the change in leadership, it made sense to step aside and provide the president a chance to bring in someone that most closely aligns to her vision and style,” Strunk wrote.

Controversy surrounded Cruickshank when he was

hired too.

Some union faculty members were upset at that time. In a 2013 faculty senate meeting, senators debated Cruickshank’s contract and his alleged involvement with Ivy Bridge College with the provost at the time, Scott Scarborough.

Ivy Bridge College was an online offshoot of Tiffin University, but the program closed after five years because it could not obtain independent accreditation separate from TU. According to The Blade, Cruickshank — vice president for enrollment at TU at the time — was involved in turning Ivy Bridge College

“Cruickshank said that given the change in leadership, it made sense to step aside and provide the president a chance to bring in someone that most closely aligns to her vision and style.”

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into a for-profit center of higher education. There was controversy surrounding claims that Ivy Bridge would be able to operate without independent accreditation.

“Here is what I am going to say, it’s been fully discussed with Cam,” Scarborough said in a 2013 Faculty Senate meeting. “Anybody in this room can request a meeting with him to talk about this and Cam is willing to sit down with anybody to tell the story — at least from his perspective — what happened with Tiffin University and Ivy Bridge.”

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EDITORIAL

Too little, too late

Administrators come and go, and some will be missed more than others.

Cam Cruickshank, vice president of enrollment and online education, recently stepped down from his positon at the university, although it’s unclear whether he made the choice himself or whether he was encouraged to step down by others.

From what we’ve been told, his methods for achieving enrollment goals conflicted with the ideology of the new administration at the University of Toledo and he stepped down for that reason. The UT news release said President Sharon Gaber and Cruickshank made this decision mutually.

However, it is anyone’s guess as to how the decision was really made.

The possibility of a new administration asking someone to step down made us curious. We were oblivious to any controversy associated with Cruickshank, but after some research we believe Cruickshank shouldn’t have been hired to begin with.

According to a UT news release, Gaber is making “retention of more, better academically-prepared students one of her primary goals for the university moving forward.”

Cruickshank, on the other hand, focused a lot on marketing and recruitment.

While this disagreement in philosophies may have contributed to Cruickshank’s stepping down, maybe the new administration realized some haunting facts about Cruickshank’s past.

Cruickshank was hired under the Jacobs-Scarborough administration to curb the drops in enrollment UT had been suffering since 2010. UT is still suffering from drops in enrollment.

Hired as a contracted consultant who was paid $1,200 a day, he was allowed to operate and consult other universities on his days off.

Looking back, we feel this should have been a red flag, and it was to some faculty members at the time. Being allowed to consult other universities while working at UT feels like a blatant conflict of interest.

Cruickshank was also involved in some questionable business in the past that casts doubt to us on whether he really has students’ interests in mind.

An example of this is when he was the vice president of enrollment at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio. During his time there, Cruickshank helped create an online offshoot school called Ivy Bridge College.

He and his colleague started a company — Altius Education — to manage Ivy Bridge College, and the college became a for-profit arm structured under TU’s non-profit accreditation.

Ivy Bridge College closed of its own accord; however, a federal investigation was opened to look into Ivy Bridge’s making false claims that it could continue operations without independent accreditation.

We have some major ethical objections to this sort of leadership. If Cruickshank conducted this sort of work at his past position, what makes us want to trust him with UT’s enrollment? More importantly, what made the administration at the time want to hire him? Recruiting students with false claims doesn’t exactly seem like the best way to go, and helping other schools recruit possible future Rockets seems counter-productive.

When the faculty raised concerns about Cruickshank in their faculty senate meetings, he was defended by Scott Scarborough, the provost at the time.

“It’s been fully discussed with Cam,” Scarborough said in a 2013 faculty senate meeting. “Anybody in this room can request a meeting with him to talk about this and Cam is willing to sit down with anybody to tell the story at least from his perspective what happened with Tiffin University and Ivy Bridge.”

But some faculty members complained that they never got the chance to have a meeting with Cruickshank about the issue.

Since he was hired in 2013, enrollment at UT has not stopped decreasing. That said, enrollment has only dropped by less than one percent from 2013 to 2014, which fares better than other years. Enrollment dropped by 5 percent between 2011 and 2012.

Maybe Cruickshank had some effect to reduce the decline in these numbers, but there are too many variables to definitively prove his management style was the decisive factor in that change.

Overall, Cruickshank didn’t dramatically affect much at UT besides being on the payroll, and his apparent insignificance doesn’t outweigh the risk of another Ivy Bridgelike incident.

We aren’t choked up about Cruickshank’s departure. We wish we would have done more research when he was originally hired.

We are looking forward to a new administrator who will work with Gaber on her enrollment goals, and we’ll be sure to do our homework this time around.

COMMENTARY

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JORDAN BUDREVICH

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Creating your own internship opportunity From Joan McLachlan

More and more employers today want, or even expect, college grads to have had one or more internships during their college career.

If internships are not a formal part of your college or university curriculum, you will need to find them on your own.

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Do a serious reality check Once you decide to do an internship, don’t

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Then think about costs of relocating and supporting yourself away from your school or home. Remember, many internships are not paid or are low-paying. You are doing your internship to get real-world experience that employers value. It’s an investment in your future.

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be taken down for violating policy. This hypocrisy has led to a trend for women to Photoshop nipples of men over their own nipples in photos that would otherwise be taken down for “nudity.”

The glaring double standard these images display are so blatantly grotesque that it would be laughable if it weren’t so ridiculously misogynistic.

The real kicker for me about the Free the Nipple campaign comes from the fact that the majority of states in the U.S. ordain that it is technically legal for women to be topless in the same settings that it is legal for males to be topless such as at the beach or walking around city streets. However, this is not the social norm for most states and women continue to get wrongly arrested for being topless, even in states where it is fully legal such as New York and Ohio. In both of these states, the wrongly-arrested women have sued the city and won large settlements for their harassment. There are 35 states where it is effectively illegal for women to be topless, including both states where waist-up nudity is completely illegal in all circumstances, even breastfeeding, and states where it may be legal to be topless, but the statutes contain loopholes which allow for discrimination or disregarding the law entirely.

What many people don’t realize is that it was also illegal for men to be topless in public until 1936. Women are only trying to close that gap and gain a little ground on the continual struggle to end sexism and discrimination by achieving equality.

We need to free the nipple to help end unnecessary censorship in the media, desexualize the female nipple and bring us one step closer to terminating sexism and triumph in equality.

Jordan Budrevich is a second-year majoring in bioengineering.

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The Rockets prepare for Arkansas on Saturday

The Toledo Rockets football team travels to Arkansas to take on the No. 18 ranked Razorbacks this Saturday at 4 p.m.

Toledo will be playing its second game without star running back Kareem Hunt and defensive lineman Allen Covington, who both were suspended before the season for violating team policies.

The Rockets may also be without sophomores Terry Swanson and Trevon Mathis along with senior Chase Murdoch who are questionable for Saturday’s game due to injuries.

Toledo is deep at the running back position with the likes of juniors Damion Jones-Moore and Marc Remy, who ran for 75 yards on only five carries against Stony Brook before the game was cancelled and the stats were thrown out.

Toledo will need to rely on the leadership and arm of senior quarterback Phillip Ely in order to spread out the stingy Arkansas defense which allowed 19.2 points per game in 2014 which ranked 10th-best in the nation.

On the other side of the ball, Toledo may have its hands full with the Razorback offense.

Arkansas racked up 490 total yards of offense on UTEP in route to a 48-13 stomping in the opening weekend of the season.

Brandon Allen, the Razorbacks quarterback, threw for 304 yards on only 14 completions. Running back Alex Collins ran for 127 on 12 carries and scored twice.

UT will have a chance to defeat its second ranked opponent in three years and their first ever South Eastern Conference opponent if they are able to complete the upset.

Toledo’s last win against a ranked team came against No. 18 ranked Cincinnati in a 29-13 thriller in the Glass Bowl.

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Swift’s opportunity

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Former walk-on and now current UT scholarship athlete Connery Swift preparing for positional drills in Tuesday’s practice in preparations for Saturday’s game at Arkansas. Swift will be a part of Toledo’s nickel package and looks to help a passing defense that let over 291 passing yards per game last season.

Former walk-on and current Toledo defensive back Connery Swift’s earns scholarship after 2014 season

By Marcus Dodson Sports Editor

Last season the University of Toledo’s football team was plagued with injuries in its secondary with both seniors Cheatham Norrils and Cameron Cole missing the entire 2014 season and former Rocket Jordan Haden going out in the second game of the season against Missouri.

Their misfortunes would open the door for an unlikely candidate who was prepared to make an impact on the field — and he did.

As a redshirt sophomore walk-on, Connery Swift was given the chance he had been working towards: an opportunity to play division 1 football.

“With those injuries and having to step up I kept a focused mindset and was ready for my opportunity,” Swift said. “I feel like I made the best of them when I was needed to come in and help the team. I would come in every day with the mindset of, ‘let me get something out

of today and do everything to the best of my ability to keep working to my goal.’”

Swift would play in all 13 games and started the final three games, racking up 16 tackles by the end of the 2014 season. His hard work and contributions did not go unnoticed as he earned a full Athletic scholarship in the offseason.

“We had player-coach meetings after the bowl game and I had my meeting with Coach [Matt] Campbell,” Swift said. “That was the first thing he said to me and it was very emotional. It was something I’ve been working for and something I came into the mindset of trying to get.

“Just hearing those words was just truly a blessing.”

But the journey to becoming a scholarship player isn’t an easy one, especially being a walk-on.

The Waynesboro, Va. native played his high school ball at Wilson Memorial High School.

He earned all-state honors as a senior rushing for 1,914 yards with 31 touchdowns but still

struggled to get the Division 1 looks he desired.

“Out of high school I had a lot of looks,” Swift said. “At the end of my senior year of high school nothing was really put on the table for me so I had to take a look at the Division 2 offers coming my way.”

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Sophomore Colin Joseph (left) and senior Otto Black (right) have qualified for the amateur Four Ball Championship next spring in addition to breaking the school for a 36-hole score.

Golf isn’t everything for Toledo’s Otto Black, but it has played a big part in the senior’s life.

“I’ve been playing as long as I can remember,” Black said.

“Since I was little.”

Sports in general have been big for Black, a high school letterwinner in basketball and golf.

“I really like the atmosphere of golf,” Black said.

“My dad and my swing coach have probably been my two biggest influences.”

Black’s time and efforts to his craft haven’t been a waste as he has received the accolades to back that up. In his first three years at UT, Black has been named the All-Mid American Conference freshman of the year and has been named to the All-MAC team all three years, including first team last season.

He has also been named MAC golfer of the week on two separate occasions.

This season has gotten off to a great start not only for Black but also for sophomore Colin Joseph.

Black and Joseph finished

first at a USGA qualifier event combining to shoot 10 under par 62 at the Four Bridges Country Club in Liberty Township. They automatically qualified for the amateur Four Ball Championship next spring.

The pair also led the Rockets on their way to breaking the school record for a 36-hole score, shooting 282-285-567 at the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge two weeks ago.

In spite of their success, the two have taken different paths to get there.

While Black started off with

McDonald who had recruited me to go to William and Mary, he was now at Toledo.

He told me he could offer me a [preferred] walk-on offer with a chance to earn a scholarship in the future “So I decided to take that risk and roll with it.”

“... That was the first thing he said to me and it was very emotional. It was something I’ve been working for and something I came into the mindset of trying to get.”

CONNERY SWIFT Redshirt junior cornerback

He started his collegiate career at the University of Virginia-Wise where he led the team in rushing with 671 and five touchdowns and was named all-conference honorable mention.

“After being at Wise that first semester I started contacting coaches,” Swift said.

“I talked to Coach [D.K.]

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a club in his hand from an early age, it was not Joseph’s first love.

“I didn’t start taking a bigger interest in golf until high school,” Joseph said. “I played hockey up until seventh grade.”

The two do have some things in common though — starting with their success on the course.

Joseph doesn’t have the accolades that Black did after his freshman season, but still had a solid year, posting a 78.0 stroke average for the season.

This season, he’s shown signs of improvement shooting a 73.0 stroke average to start the 2015 season, providing a spark for Toledo during the aforementioned kickoff event, as well as the USGA qualifier.

Their success doesn’t just stop on the links as both are hard workers in the classroom.

Black’s leadership is paving the way for Joseph’s success on and off the golf course.

Black is looking to finish up his degree in business this upcoming spring and Joseph, majoring in supply chain management, was named to the Dean’s List his first semester at UT. If Joseph can continue to follow in Black’s footsteps on the course and continue his success in the classroom, you should expect to see the Toledo’s golf program to have success.

Swift would arrive in Toledo for the 2013 season where he had to sit out because of NCAA transfer policies.

“I really took the mindset of, ‘okay I can’t play this year so any type of opportunity or chance I get to work I’m going to take it,’” he said. “So being on scout team I used that as a chance to just get better.”

The rigors of going up against the number-one offense day in and day out is no simple task. But being a walkon, not getting those monthly scholarship checks and paying your way through school takes a toll on you mentally.

“Walk-on life is a tough life to live,” Swift said. “I had to count on my family and a lot of guys here also helped me get through the process by just letting me know if you keep working and take advantage of any opportunity you get, good things will come.”

His journey to a scholarship may be complete but his hard work hasn’t stopped. He entered the 2015 season as the starting nickel back corner in the Rockets’ defense — a long way from scout team.

“It’s been a journey for me,” Swift said. “Starting at D2, making the transfer, walkingon and then to get that scholarship — a lot has been put in to get that scholarship.

“I’m just thankful to be able to play for this team.”

SOCCER MORE ONLINE

Rockets drop fifth straight road game The Rockets closed out their six-game road trip with a 3-0 loss to No. 19-ranked Pepperdine on Friday and a 1-0 double overtime to Loyola Marymount on Sunday.

After starting the season off with a 3-2 overtime win against Detroit, UT dropped their last five STAFF REPORTER games and has been outscored 16-0 in that span.

The Rockets (1-0-5) started Friday’s game out strong, holding nationally-ranked Pepperdine scoreless in the first half.

Toledo had two opportunities to score from senior Megan Connor and sophomore Regan Price but both were ultimately unable to finish.

Though in the 49th minute, the Wave (4-1-1) would finally make their way onto the scoreboard. Pepperdine midfielder Bri Visalli ripped a shot from 30 yards out finding its home in the right corner of the net.

Just minutes later defender Jamie Van Horn would record a brace on headers during two set pieces in the 54th minute and in the 65th minute.

Pepperdine would finish the game outshooting the Rockets 14-7. UT senior keeper Sam Tiongson recorded four saves during that contest...

JENNA NANCE

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CALENDAR

Thursday, Sept. 10

12 p.m. -- Stranahan Lecture part 1: David Harris, distinguished faculty scholar and professor of law from the University of Pittsburgh to speak. Located in UT’s Law Center, McQuade Auditorium.

Friday, Sept. 11

All day -- Amazing Rocket Race, for more information on times and details contact Rachael Decker, the Rec Center’s associate director of programs. Her email is rachael.decker@utoledo.edu and her phone is 419-530-3702.

Monday to Friday, Sept. 14 to 18

7 p.m. -- Fraternity Recruitment, is all week in McComas Village from 7 until 9 p.m.

All week -- CISP information sessions, CISP (center for international studies and programming) will have informational sessions going on all week, 12-12:30pm on MWF and 3-3:30pm on T/ TR. Located in Snyder Memorial.

Tuesday, Sept. 15 4:15 p.m. -- Community-Supported Agriculture Pick-up, community members can join members of Riehm Farm and choose to have locallygrown, chemical-free produce delivered every Tuesday at Clean and Alternative Energy Incubator. Located at 2600 Dorr St., behind Engineering.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 1 p.m. -- Resume vs.

Cover Letter, information session on what to send to employers and how to do so. Sponsored by the College of Graduate Studies. Located in Student Union Room 3020.

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ART EXHIBITION

Reliving childhood One artist uses his past as an inspiration for his artwork which will be displayed at UT

By Emily Schnipke

recreated some of the outfits from his childhood using the sewing A photographer is reliving his skills he learned from his mother. childhood through an exhibition at “Creating the outfits and environthe University of Toledo. ments for the resulting photographs be“My work up to this point has came a process that became an homage been not necessarily quiet, but it’s to her and to the singular period that I never been very loud,” said Zachariah know as my childhood,” Szabo said.

Szabo, an artist visiting UT. “I’d love Szabo is originally from Richfield, to make some work that is obnoxious Ohio. He attended the University of and makes your teeth hurt.”

Akron where he received a bachelor’s In his latest exhibition, Szabo degree in fine arts and photography. He explores his connection to his then went on to attend the Cranbrook mother, who died of Academy of Art in cancer in 2009.

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

“Creating the “I definitely befor his master’s in fine outfits and lieve that my passion art and photography. for photography, and Szabo first started environments art in general, comes experimenting with for the resulting from my mother,” photography durSzabo said. “When photographs ing a 4-H project I was growing up, became a process at the age of 13. At she would always be the time, he didn’t that became an taking pictures of me think of it as a fuand she took me to a ture profession, but homage to her ... lot of museums and maintained interest that I know as art classes.” in it as something my childhood.”

When he was he wanted to pursue. younger, Szabo said Later he received adZACHARIAH SZABO his mother often vice from a professor Artist visting UT sewed clothing and who knew Szabo’s costumes for him to work and suggested wear. After she passed, Szabo was that he consider an MFA. searching for pictures of her when “I was accepted into Cranbrook he rediscovered the photos his Academy of Art and that’s where I mother took of him as a child. He really began to consider myself an noticed that these photographs of artist, beyond just being a photograhim wearing the costumes displayed pher,” Szabo said. odd choices in poses and outfits.

Szabo said he has been influ“A tension between nature and nurenced by artists like Cindy Sherture became apparent and that sparked man, Stephen Shore, Barbara Kasmy interest in recreating and reliving ten and T.R. Ericsson. Shore and those moments as an adult,” Szabo said. Kasten each influenced specific Szabo’s exhibition at UT is called bodies of work in Szabo’s under“‘ZACH’ in person.” Influenced by graduate career. his late mother, the images in the Szabo’s exhibit will be on display, exhibit highlight objects that relate along with the works of other artto personal memories. Szabo has ists until Oct. 3 at the UT Center Staff Reporter

COURTESY OF ZACHARIAH SZABO

Zachariah Szabo’s latest exhibition features self-portaits that highlight his childhood memories and help him honor his mother’s memory.

for the Visual Arts Main Gallery at 620 Grove Place, next to the Toledo Museum of Art.

A public reception featuring the artist will be held on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 5:30 until 9 p.m.

AWARENESS WALK

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Pictured are some survivors who participated in last year’s Ovarian Cancer walk.

By Anna Glore

Associate Community Editor

In recognition of ovarian cancer awareness month, Ovarian Cancer Connections and the University of Toledo’s Medical Center are providing the community with a chance to support the cause.

The OCC’s 11th-Annual Ellen Jackson Ovarian Cancer Walk, presented by Buckeye Cable System, will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, at UTMC’s Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center.

According to Christine Valentine, member of OCC and a graduate of UT’s nursing program, OCC is a local non-profit organization that raises awareness about ovarian cancer and offers financial assistance to women with ovarian cancer who are undergoing treatment.

“My passion for spreading awareness about the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer comes from friends and the many patients I have taken care of as a registered nurse and as a certified nurse practitioner,” Valentine said.

Two of Valentine’s very good friends and fellow nurses passed away from ovarian cancer.

“Less than one year after we became nurses, she [Sharon Goodell] was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer at the age of 33,” Valentine said. “Another friend, Kristine Faykosh, was a LPN who I worked with in my first nursing job. A couple years later, at the age of 25, she was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer.”

Goodell and Faykosh were 40 years old and 29 years old, respectively, when they lost their battles with ovarian cancer.

Valentine said ovarian cancer survivors find this walk to be a great way to show their support and to raise awareness.

“I am very grateful. I try to do as much as I can with the Ovarian Cancer Society; they’ve

helped me out in so many ways,” said Alexandria Kuznicki, a seven-year cancer survivor and a member of OCC. Kuznicki was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer when she was 15 years old.

“I didn’t attend the walk until I turned 18; I think it was partially because I wasn’t accepting of it [her cancer] for a long time,” Kuznicki said. “My first year there was very, very hard for me because no one really believed me because I was so young.”

Even with the obstacles she faced, Kuznicki said she was able to make it through high school with a lot of help from her teachers and she is very thankful for all that OCC has done.

Tiffany Johnson, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014 said OCC and the walk itself both made her journey a little easier.

“Because [her cancer] was an aggressive and rare form of ovarian cancer, I needed a stem cell transplant,” Johnson said. “In the next few months, I went through fertility appointments, meeting with doctors in Columbus, Ohio for the transplant and getting my port placed for chemotherapy.”

Johnson said OCC checked on her regularly and donated gas cards to her and her husband for the long trips to Columbus.

Johnson could not attend the walk last year because her health was too poor, but she had friends who attended.

“It’s very humbling to see a community join together for a great cause and origination,” Johnson said. “It’s very important to get the information about ovarian cancer out there and talked about.”

Registration for the walk will begin at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremony is to begin at 9:30 a.m.

COURTESY OF CHRISTINE VALENTINE