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INSIDE

On the road again Rockets prepare for the first MAC road challenge against Western Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in Kalamazoo.

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Wall commemorates the liberation of East Germany Students are free to write their own messages on the smaller version of the Berlin Wall that was constructed by the UT German Club. It will stand until Oct. 3.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIGIL

Sharing their stories A candlelit vigil Oct. 6 for those impacted by domestic violence seeks to support survivors

By Samantha Rhodes Managing Editor

Nearly 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States alone, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV).

In one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.

The University of Toledo Feminist Alliance (UTFA) and Take Back the Night Collective want to give survivors of domestic violence an opportunity to speak out about their stories and seek support.

This support will take place in the form of a candlelit vigil on Oct. 6 from 8-10 p.m. on the Student Union front steps. “[The vigil] is being hosted to give a voice back to people that have had their voices taken away from them,” said Matthew Evans, a third-year student majoring in sociology and women’s and

“[The vigil] is being hosted to give a voice back to people that have had their voices taken away from them. It is important to honor survivors because everyone deserves to have a voice and be free from abuse and violence.”

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“Condemning alcohol means telling a whole group of people they’re being reckless, that they’re doing something wrong. It means a subtle implication that drinking is correlated to some lack of moral compass, no matter how safe that drinking is.”

gender studies as well as co-president of UTFA. “It is important to honor survivors because everyone deserves to have a voice and be free from abuse and violence.”

Evans, his mother and his sister were all survivors of both physical and emotional abuse at the hand of another family member, leading them to live in a domestic violence shelter the summer before Evans entered sixth grade.

He also knows several people who are rape survivors.

“I chose to get involved with this issue because I want to make sure that bad things do not happen in vain,” Evans said.

According to Evans, the issue of domestic violence against women is improperly perceived. Rather than it being viewed as a women’s issue, Evans feels it should be considered a men’s issue because he says the men committing these crimes are the problem, not the

MATTHEW EVANS UT Feminist Alliance Co-President

women being victimized.

“When the vast majority of men who are good do not also speak out about rape and domestic violence as women have been doing for years, it sends an implicit message to the few men who commit these crimes that we do not care about these issues,” Evans said.

Although NCADV states that one in five women have experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, the issue clearly does not only impact women — one in seven men have also faced severe physical abuse from an intimate partner.

Lauren Merrell, a trained advocate from a local rape crisis center and UT alum, said there are

A NIGHT IN THE LIFE

Students sleep in cardboard boxes for one night to raise awareness

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many types of power and control issues that can be considered domestic violence, including physical, mental, emotional, financial, sexual and even social abuse.

According to Merrell, the issue of domestic violence is everyone’s problem as it impacts not only the survivor, but also numerous people connected to the survivor.

“The truth is, it’s all of our problems,” Merrell said. “It’s a human issue. It’s our responsibility. Not women and not men, but all of us.”

The undeniable fact that domestic violence is such a big problem has led UT students to voice their opinions about the survivor vigil.

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LEGISLATION

SG wants to remove students from grievance council

By Katelyn Montgomery Staff Reporter

UT’s Rec center offers students a new fitness class this semester Rocket Fit classes are offered every Friday at 4:15 p.m. and last 45 minutes.

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Second UHeart Digital Media Conference to be held Oct. 9 and 10 The conference will focus on utilizing digital media for business and communication purposes.

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COURTESY OF EMILY RADY

Students build cardboard homes in 2012’s Cardboard City event. This is a free event hosted by Habitat for Humanity on Oct. 3-4 to raise awareness for homelessness.

By Emily Johnson Associate News Editor

Cardboard City is a free event that Habitat for Humanity will be hosting Oct. 3-4 to raise awareness for homelessness.

Last year, 900 people in the city of Toledo were homeless as well as an estimated 300 families. Toledo was one of nine cities that had the largest number of homeless people, according to a study conducted in 2013 by the Coalition of Homelessness and Housing in Ohio.

The numbers have gone down in recent years, due in part to a spreading awareness of the issue. One way people

are learning more about this problem is through programs like Cardboard City.

The free event will begin on Friday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. on Centennial Mall and continue until 9 a.m. the next day.

The students who wish to participate will be given cardboard boxes to build a shelter to sleep in for the night,

If you go What: Cardboard City Where: Centennial Mall When: Friday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. through 9 a.m.

Oct. 4 Sponsored by: Habitat for Humanity.

according to Emily Rady, a third-year biochemistry major and advocacy chair for Habitat for Humanity.

There will be contests to see who can build the most innovative and practical house but it is not a solo effort. Students can group with other students to create a makeshift village.

“There are contests, games and snacks and pizza for participants to enjoy,”Rady said.

“There will also be a speaker to educate students about homelessness.”

She said students do not have to stay the entire night.

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Student Government voted in favor of barring students from grievance council hearings pertaining to sexual assault Sept. 30 to maintain privacy for students involved in an assault case.

The resolution passed with an overwhelming majority and is expected to take effect this month.

As author of the resolution, SG President Clayton Notestine advocated the legislation.

“This isn’t about power anymore,” he said. “SG usually is all about going and getting students more footholds on campus, but this issue is not about that, it’s about the survivors.”

Notestine also noted that according to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, statistics show students are less inclined to speak out about abuse with students around.

Not all were in favor of this resolution, including SG senator Ronald Tulan who expressed his concerns with the legislation.

“Although they weren’t victims themselves they can relate better than an adult can and I think taking away that relation, taking away that whole, ‘we understand what you’re going through’ is going to put a big harm on the conduct board and a big harm on the interviewing process altogether”.

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Umbrellas and T-shirts for change

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Umbrellas and T-shirts lined Centennial Mall in front of the Student Union on Sept.

25 for Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) Day and the Clothesline Project. The umbrellas had messages against violence to raise awareness for sexual violence on campus. The T-shirts were decorated by women affected by violence to help with their healing.

This week in UT history 35 years ago: Wednesday was proclaimed “Ward M. Canaday Day” in Toledo by Mayor Doug DeGood at ceremonies marking the dedication of a new rare book archive on the fifth level of the University of Toledo’s William S. Carlson Library.

50 years ago: Sen. Barry Goldwater faced one of the most antagonistic crowds of his campaign as he made his last northwestern Ohio whistle stop in the University of Toledo field house. Confronting a large group of unruly students in the crowd, he commented by quoting Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey’s statement “Democrats never boo.” Goldwater added, “He’s been wrong like he has been wrong all his life.”

75 years ago: A plan to cut down on calls made from University office telephones to outside points was inaugurated this week. Too many outside calls have caused congestion in the University switchboard, making the new rule necessary, President Philip C. Nash said.

STUDENT GROUP OF THE WEEK

The University of Toledo UNICEF Initiative

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What would your spirit animal be?

“Siberian tiger. It stands out from other tigers. It is majestic, yet docile.”

AJ Cechner

Third-year Human resource management Purpose: The University of Toledo UNICEF Initiative aims to build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. This campus organization will put forth its best efforts to advocate, educate and fundraise in the name of UNICEF to advance the cause of humanity and improve the life of every child.

Leaders: Mahbod Pourriahi; VP: Trisha Khambadkone Tentative plans for the 2014-2015 school year:

Wristband Sales — where we educate on UNICEF on the first Friday of every other month, bake sales for holidays, canned food drive over the holidays, donate to local shelter, work at food bank in the months of October, November and December, a Chipotle fundraiser at the end of the first semester, an art show in December and World Water Month in March — educating for the cause, selling UNICEF shirts, raising awareness on the Tap Project.

Learn more: Email: utoledo.unicef@gmail.com; Facebook page: The University of Toledo UNICEF Initiative Would your group like to be featured as the IC’s Student Group of the Week? Email Morgan Rinckey at mrinckey@independentcollegian.com.

“Butterfly. They are so beautiful and bring beauty to the world, and they’re a big part of nature.”

Miranda Hermes

First-year Art therapy

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“A hyena because it’s a creepy, weird beast.

And it’s tamable.”

Darren Todd First-year Civil engineering

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IN BRIEF

Kappa Delta to host 5k The men of UT’s chapter of Kappa Delta Fraternity will host their third-annual Shamrock N’ Run 5k on Saturday, Oct. 4.

The race will take place at Swan Creek Metro Park in Toledo.

Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the race will begin at 10 a.m.

Early Bird registration costs $20 and registration at the event costs $25.

All proceeds will benefit Prevent Child Abuse America.

For more information, visit Facebook.com/KDShamrockNRun5k.

Workshop to be held Oct. 7 to help students prepare a portfolio The College of Communication and the Arts will present a workshop and informational session Tuesday, Oct. 7, to teach students how to prepare a portfolio using Seelio.

The workshop will take place from noon to 2 p.m. in the Student Union Ingman Room.

Students who have used the program before will be present to offer tips and successful UT alumni will also attend to share their strategies.

The event is free and open to all students, regardless of major.

For more information or to learn how to have your portfolio reviewed, contact Kelly McGilvery at 419-530-7353 or Kelly.McGilvery@ utoledo.edu.

Yoga poetry class to return in spring For the second time, UT Associate Professor of English Melissa Gregory will teach a unique version of Reading Poetry (ENGL 2730) this spring.

This course combines poetry and yoga and examines the relationship between poetic rhythm and the body’s rhythm as well as the relationship between meter and heartbeat.

The class will meet from 9-11:30 a.m. on Fridays in the Student Recreation Center Aerobics Room next spring. Each session will begin with a 50-minute workout and will transition into the study of poetry.

This three-credit-hour course fulfills the UT humanities requirement or the language, literature and social sciences English literature requirement.

For more information, contact Gregory at melissa.gregory@utoledo. edu or visit tinyurl.com/ yogapoetry.

Medieval Japanese lecture to be held Oct. 1 University of Michigan Art History Professor and Associate Chair Kevin Carr will speak Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts Room 1039.

The free, public talk titled “The Limits of Compassion: Insights From Medieval Japanese Buddhism for Contemporary America” will be followed by a reception.

The talk will include topics such as Buddhist conceptual maps and comparing compassion in modern American society with Japanese ideas.

Free visitor parking will be available in areas 12, 12S and 12W. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/ kl3x4bv.

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Harvest Festival to be held Oct. 3 The University of Toledo’s CAP will host Harvest Festival Friday, Oct. 3, in Lot 25. The event will take place from 5-7 p.m. Hayrides, a pumpkin carving contest, various games, WXUT music and prize giveaways will be available. There will also be free food. For more information, contact capactivities@utoledo.edu.

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DIGITAL MEDIA WORKSHOP

UHeart Digital Media Conference to be held Oct. 9 and 10

By Colleen Anderson Staff Reporter

What do The Toledo Symphony, Shazam, The Detroit Lions and Good F*cking Design Advice have in common? All of them will have representatives at the UHeart Digital Media conference on Oct. 9 and 10.

This is the second year the conference, which focuses on utilizing digital media for business and communication purposes, will be held. According to the event’s website, attendees will learn a number of necessary skills including “[leveraging] social media to build your digital brand,” and “[targeting] niche markets.”

Kevin Taylor, events and licensing manager, said, “We think that students will definitely want to attend, especially if they have interests in media and the direction it is heading. College is a tremendous time to take in as much information as possible, and this conference will provide

unique perspectives from highly successful speakers.”

The conference costs $80 for early registration which ends Oct. 1, $55 for student registration, $100 for registration after Oct. 1 and $150 for registration and a hotel room.

“The university is at the forefront of technology and digital media, and we wanted a way to provide information to interested individuals throughout the region.”

KEVIN TAYLOR Events and licensing manager

Although the last conference was held in the Student Union, this year’s

two-day event will be in the Radisson Hotel on the Health Science Campus.

Larry Burns, vice president for external affairs, said that the change in location is meant to draw attendance from a wider geographical range.

“The reason we went from having it in the Student Union, from last year, to now the Radisson, is because of the hotel trying to appeal to people that would come from, let’s say, from Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago, wherever.”

As for the speakers, Burns said that a small committee sits down and decides what they think people would like to hear, both individually and as a company.

“We start with sort of the big picture people,” Burns said. “Once we have sort of the national scope of speakers from the really big organizations, we try to find organizations and people that might be leaders in what they’re doing, but not quite as well known,

Choosing not to drink

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University of Toledo students enjoy an alcohol-free tailgate in the Flatlands on the afternoon before the Sept. 27 game against Central Michigan. UT later went on to win the game against the Chippewas with a final score of 42 - 28.

Students can enjoy an alcohol-free environment in tailgate form before each home football game. These alcohol-free tailgates are implemented by the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs prevention program.

FACULTY SENATE

Teacher evaluations may receive update

By Torrie Jadlocki Staff Reporter

Teacher evaluations will receive an update if Faculty Senate agrees with Student Government Vice President Ali Eltatawy. He spoke Tuesday, Sept. 30 about using a system akin to the popular Rate My Professor website for student evaluations of teachers.

“Many students use things like Rate My Professor to help schedule their classes,” Eltatawy said. “We could work to achieve a similar approach to evaluations.”

Eltatawy also said having faculty members take ALICE training – that’s Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate – will prepare them for campus security emergencies.

He also said SG wants to work towards using audio and video to make lectures accessible to those with disabilities, as well as allow credits for “co-op” learning for all colleges.

Later in the meeting, clinical social worker and UT counselor Angela Daigneault presented on the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program, and the program’s response to White House initiatives.

Daigneault’s presentation highlighted initiatives which included “Haven training,” an advocacy training which will be open to faculty members starting in October.

“The training goes through the YWCA Hope center,” Daigneault said, “whom we’ve worked with before.”

She also said the program now has four advocates, rather than one, to better help survivors.

“We do educational awareness through trainings and presentations, … through different sponsored events … and we do survivor support through advocacy,” Daigneault said.

and then we add some local speakers as well, to give it a local presence, too.”

The keynote speaker for the conference is Brian Kibby, president of McGraw Hill Higher Education. Burns said that Kibby will be speaking on how technology has changed his company, from textbooks to online learning.

The conference began from an idea to bring people to campus from the region and provide exposure, while establishing UT as a leader in businesses as related to technology.

“The university is at the forefront of technology and digital media, and we wanted a way to provide information to interested individuals throughout the region,” Taylor said.

“One of the suggestions that was made was to have two different tracks, one for beginners, one for more experienced people ... so we listened ...”

LARRY BURNS Vice president for external affairs

The first year was only a one-day event, which received numerous positive reviews, according to Burns. This year’s conference has made several changes to better accommodate attendees. Besides a change of location and extending the duration from one day to two, several panels have a ‘track,’ or an intended audience.

“All the reviews from the attendees regarding the speakers were very good,” Burns said. “One of the suggestions that was made was to have two different tracks, one for beginners, one for more experienced

people ... so we listened, and this year we have two tracks, a beginner’s track, and one for a more sophisticated person.”

According to the website, one of the highlights of the conference is a special event called Pitch and Pour.

During this ‘Shark Tank’style event, entrepreneurs whose applications have been selected will get a chance to pitch their idea for a start-up to a panel of judges. The winner will receive start-up money and support for their company.

With five minutes and five slides, the applicant will have to impress panel judges Bradley Hoos of Grand Circus, Richard Shulman of Skribl, Brian Biurge and Jason Bacher of Good F*cking Design Advice and Kristen Kiser of Communicã. Unlike the rest of the conference, Pitch and Pour will be held inside the Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex, and busing will be provided for participants and observers.

Over the next few years, Burns hopes to see the conference expand even more.

“I would love to see it be a real regional conference, meaning people from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis — that they would come and see this as something worth their while.”

About 230 people attended last year, which was 30 more than the projected number.

This year, Burns hopes to see at least 250 people in attendance, if not more.

Taylor said he would like more speakers to be added to see the conference grow.

“The general hope will be to continue to grow by providing highly relevant speakers that people want to hear,” Taylor said. “The conference can be something that individuals throughout the region look forward to attending each year, and it is fantastic to think that this can take place right here at the University of Toledo.”

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EDITORIAL

Alcohol-free tailgating illogical The university shouldn’t be holding the alcohol-free tailgates.

Everything you love is bad for you. Cars are just huge hunks of metal that get in crashes and kill people in accidents, have malfunctions and guzzle gas like there’s no tomorrow. Cell phones turn everyone’s minds to mush, robbing people of face-to-face interaction. Soda rots your teeth and dehydrates your body. Burgers clog your arteries with every bite. And alcohol, the evilest of demons, causes puking, blackouts and unusual behavior, to say the least.

With all these negative side effects, all these things must be bad. Right?

It’s easy to be dramatic and exaggerate the negative effects to highlight danger, but at some point, it just gets ridiculous.

Alcohol isn’t inherently evil, and some kinds of alcohol — like red wine — are good for your health. However, alcohol-free tailgating would have you believe otherwise.

Alcohol-free tailgating stems from a very admirable intention. The idea of wanting to dissuade underage college kids from drinking, and to discourage the excessive beer-chugging that sometimes goes on before games, is a good one. No one wants to ruin pre-game spirit by having to call an ambulance for a passed-out friend. The intention is good, and theoretically, the idea is a win-win. Unfortunately, a good idea isn’t always enough, and we all know what they say about the road to hell — it’s paved with good intentions.

The harmful part comes out when people start condemning drinking altogether, instead of condemning drinking in excess.

There’s nothing wrong with drinking in moderation, just like there’s nothing wrong with indulging in a bar of chocolate from time to time.

Condemning alcohol means telling a whole group of people they’re being reckless, that they’re doing something wrong. It means the subtle implication that drinking is correlated to some lack of moral compass, no matter how safe that drinking is.

It’s not just a matter of a ‘teaching moment’ gone wrong, either; the university is expending valuable time and resources on this misguided venture. If there’s a group of people that really feels so passionately about the tailgate, then they should be the ones in charge. The university already has a system for start-up organizations; if students want something, they’ll find a way to make it happen.

We don’t mean to make light of excessive drinking, alcohol abuse or addiction. All three are serious problems that are fully deserving of attention, and that people need to be aware of, but this isn’t a zero-sum game. It isn’t that you can either care about those problems or drink. You can make your own decisions, and respect those of others as well.

For comparison, consider abstinence-only sex education.

Believing in abstinence is a personal choice that every person has the right to make, but realistically, not everyone in the world is going to swear off sex to make sure they don’t get pregnant. The people who still want to have that experience deserve education, not condemnation.

In the same way, trying to vilify alcohol won’t dissuade everyone; instead, it prevents people from realizing there’s a safe way for them to drink, and normalizes the idea that all drinking should result in getting plastered.

Turning drinking into two sides of a battlefield isn’t helping anyone. No one should have to make a choice between getting wasted or adopting some Puritanical attitude that alcohol is the source of all evil. Finding a middle ground might sound cliché, but that doesn’t make it any less of a right answer. We should be promoting the idea of college students being independent, thoughtful individuals who can look at an issue and make their own decisions, including seeing a bottle of beer at a tailgate and making their own choice of whether or not to pick it up.

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It all comes down to faith It is a commonly known fact that life at college can be hard and stressful; you don’t need me to point that out. Many students have their own ways of coping with the stresses of college: homework, studying, time-management, employment, relationships and even religion.

How one handles the difficulties of these everyday stresses IC COLUMNIST not only demonstrates what that person believes in, but it can often leave a huge impact on how they remain strong in that belief through those stressful times.

So what is it that leads us to our actions towards coping with anything? I call it faith. When someone hears the mention of faith, the initial thought is that it’s in reference to God or some deity, meaning the principle, iconic figures in a religion.

But faith can be something different than religious views. In my opinion, faith is a person’s strong belief in an ideal that can affect how they view themselves or the world.

One can have faith in many things, whether it be faith in loyalty, faith in friends, faith in love, faith in internal will and or ability, faith in set principles, and yes, faith in a religion or in God or gods. How one acts based on that faith often defines that person’s strength and ...

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COMMENTARY

Tips for life abroad inconveniences. Remember: if you wantOne of the common concerns as a ed to do something simple, you wouldn’t new student is meeting new people and have chosen to study abroad. Buses are making friends. Some people are not late and computers malfunction in the good at it, and some find it daunting to United States, too. Don’t overreact. take a step outside their little bubble. It’s not easy to mingle and integrate with people for Meet locals anyone, let alone for inWe know it's comternational students. It’s paratively easy to bond a perfectly understandwith others on your able concern. study abroad trip, but In most cases, if don't discount making you have grown up friends with locals. in one place, you've Try new things and ask probably made friends plenty of questions. Get who are similar to you out there, participate and are interested in the in a language exchange same things. But when program, visit cafés and you study abroad, you restaurants and have automatically become IC COLUMNIST fun with the fact that a citizen of the world. talking to strangers isn't We become a part of the action with considered as weird in some places as it spotlight, an adventure to live, and have is in your home country. Don’t be just a bigger story, because you expand your a visitor, an outsider looking in. But worldviews. This transformation is not go to at least one dinner where you are for everybody. the only foreigner and try out the local But everyone who wants to study language and food. Be spontaneous abroad and get a good degree has to go and have fun! through such a transformation. Sometimes these transformations are small, while some are huge.

You will probably be To all new international students, confused 80 percent of the I’m sure I know what you all are going through in these few initial months. time There was this one day, I remember, Classrooms change. Materials can where I stood in a crowd and took a heavy breath. No mom, no dad, no sib- be available once in a blue moon. Class can be canceled and nobody tells you lings and no friends to give me a smile — or tells you why. Your final paper of encouragement. I knew no one. All prompt or assignments make no sense I saw around me were people speakto you. And that's just university issues ing English, and to make it even more — let's not even get into our disastrous frightening, at a non-understandable attempts to read maps. speed. No ethics known, no lifestyle Many of us are spoiled by our culture familiarity, nothing. One way to start of instant gratification. And no matter living is to first start making friends. how many guidebooks and prep materiTo all my friends from everywhere, als you read, or how many movies you learn to be bold. watch, there are just going to be practices For all these brave souls, don’t panic. and situations that will take you by surI’ve got a handful of tips for not just prise. Tasks as simple as buying somemaking friends, but for also making a thing at the grocery store will take on all lifelong circle of friends. sorts of challenges. Once you get used to it, though, it'll become second nature.

SHAGUFTA SAMI

Don’t be afraid of differences

As scary as that sounds, this is perfectly OK — ideal, even! The whole point of study abroad is being introduced to different people and cultures that you have never had the opportunity to experience. Just lose yourself in the euphoria and excitement of your adventure. Accept the fact that there will be difference everywhere. The way you talk, the way you dress, your humor, your preferences, food, timing, will all be different from a local. You constantly have to work upon these differences and take them positively. You don’t have to change yourself, but don’t try to be “too” yourself and be a closed book, either. Blend a little, mix a little and try to be a part of public.

You can’t eliminate all surprises — nor should you want to — but embracing differences will make adjusting easier and quick. But this isn’t particularly easy. Not everyone is understanding. There will be those few odd people who will laugh at your accent, will not laugh at your humor and find everything you do weird. Live with it; they will learn to move on and accept the differences just like you did.

Learn to expect the unexpected, and try not to get overwhelmed. Resist blaming an entire country or culture for a few

You are bound to offend someone Oh, language and culture barriers.

You have to be prepared to make constant mistakes and feel like an idiot half the time — saying "wed-nes-day" instead of "Wednesday," or mixing up the bring and brought. Most blunders are harmless, and people understand that you're bound to mix up your words when you're not a native speaker. But it might not be a bad idea to find out how to avoid saying anything terrible. Find a trusted friend and interrogate him or her on the words that are used.

Unfortunately, the problem isn't just verbal — cultural norms vary, in terms of everything from how to correctly greet people to where and when it is appropriate to remove your shoes. Again, you're bound to make some mistakes at first, and hopefully people will be understanding, but just try to follow the lead of others, and you should figure things out fairly quickly.

You may have to resign yourself to the reality that people won't initially see what a polite and intelligent person you are, but it's supposed to be a learning experience, after all.

Become friends with your boss or professor Talking to your elders is the best way to have a broader, higher and more mature outlook on life. You learn, stand and fall, in front of them. No one has the best advice for you than them.

Give them time to understand you; it’s not easy for them either. I know when things go out of control, I have my boss who will help me with humorous advice.

Just give them the opportunity. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to find a sibling in your colleague, a parent in your boss and a home in your class.

Get involved with something you’re passionate about With all the newness going on, it might feel good to just participate in something you already love and bond with others on this already-established shared interest. So, get involved with a volunteer project or sports group. You can find opportunities, like joining some student organizations, writing for a newspaper, providing photography for a magazine and so on. It will feel great to meet people who share your interests and passions. Plus you already know at least one thing you have in common and can use this to break the ice.

If you already speak the language, then there is a whole host of other organizations and activities that you can join which will introduce you to new people. The University of Toledo as well as International Student Association (ISA) sponsor lots of events and trips for students, and most specifically international students. It’s a perfect platform to be ourselves and just be involved.

Bond over weekend getaways So, you've met some new, cool folks and things are going pretty well — why not further the bond by planning a weekend getaway for your new group of friends? If no one else has offered up any ideas, make your own plans and invite others along.

Ask local friends for some tips and they might agree to play tour guide. Share hotel rooms and tents, and have at least one adventure via public transportation. Do at least one thing that scares you or that you have never done before. Years later, you will nostalgically look back at photos of the night you spent camping under the stars or enjoying the beaches of California, having the adventure of your life. These new friends will have seen you at your best and your worst and they will love you for who you are.

Travel has a way of making people bond — and traveling in studying abroad helps create lifelong friendships. And that happens when you start thinking more for others. After all, there's nothing quite like relying on another human being for your survival and your sanity, someone who will comfort you when your flight gets delayed for the third day in a row, someone who will hold your hair back when that local street food did not sit well, someone who, when you are lost will come pick you up. No matter how many years pass, in spite the home sickness, every reunion will feel like you only just saw each other the day before.

Shagufta Sami is a first-year computer science graduate student.

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“I think it’s a really good thing,” said Bailey Snyder, a first-year student majoring in social work. “A lot of times, we think that these are just stories on the news and we don’t realize that they happen to actual people in our community.”

As a survivor of domestic violence herself, Snyder said she thinks it’s important to recognize the journey toward healing that survivors undergo afterward.

“I think it’s great they’re honoring them as survivors and not victims because it makes them feel stronger,” Snyder said. “Calling them survivors makes them feel stronger because you’re acknowledging their struggle.”

Talking to others and accepting what has happened is what Snyder considers to be the best therapy for survivors attending events like the vigil.

“For me at least, when I feel like somebody thinks of me as a victim, it makes me feel like they pity me, which in turn, makes me pity myself,” Snyder said. “Doing that every once in a while is OK, but when it’s

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midnight and students are welcome to leave before then, or after midnight.

Rady said they just ask that students take down their houses to aid in the cleanup effort after.

She and the rest of the board have been “eagerly awaiting” this year’s Cardboard City.

Rady has attended Cardboard City since 2010 and is eager for a big turnout this year.

“Cardboard City was one of the highlights of the semester.

I was able to listen to speakers and make new friends all while having a fantastic time,” said Adam Novak, a fourth-year pharmacy major, recalling when he attended the event in 2011.

In addition to the games, Rady said they will be collecting toiletry items to make bags for the homeless; they plan to make between 25-50 bags.

Travel-sized items are best in order to help lower costs and build more kits, according to Rady.

“We are asking for smallsized soaps, shampoos, conditioners, hand sanitizers, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, wash cloths and towels,” she said. “We are basically asking students to bring what they would need in day-to-day life that is often taken advantage of.”

Rady also mentioned that the 10 students who bring in the most donations will win a free Cardboard City shirt.

She said students are not obligated to bring donations, but they must bring something

constantly how you’re feeling, you can’t overcome it. That’s honestly the only thing you can do when something like that happens — accept that it happened and overcome it.”

The event is free and open to the public, and attendees are welcome to bring their own signs and candles.

Evans said the vigil will begin with statistics read aloud about domestic vio-

“I think it’s great they’re honoring them as survivors and not victims because it makes them feel stronger.”

BAILEY SNYDER First-year social work

lence, followed by an explanation of how this event was spurred by the recent Title IX complaint brought against the university.

“Several people will tell their personal stories about being victimized by both an attacker if they want a free T-shirt.

Students who wish to be more involved with the after-efforts of this event are encouraged to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and Bridge, another organization at UT which works in aiding the homeless, to distribute the bags.

“Sleeping in a cardboard box might be exciting for one night, but students should ask themselves, ‘what would it be like for this to be my life?’”

EMILY RADY Habitat for Humanity Advocacy Chair

Formally known as The Bridge, the club meets every Friday to make sandwiches that they will distribute the following day at the downtown library, said Ken Leslie, founder of 1 Matters and Tent City.

Leslie, who will be speaking at Cardboard City, said he has attended the event since 2007 and is always excited to come every time it is held.

Leslie was homeless himself in the 1980s when he was a drug addict and an alcoholic.

He said learning that 60 percent of homeless people are families and children is what pulled him out of being homeless. Leslie didn’t want to be a statistic, and he wanted to help lower the percentage by raising awareness.

Leslie was a comedian before he started his own

and a system that is perhaps not adequate to meet their needs,” Evans said. “People in attendance will be allowed to tell their stories as a survivor, speak in honor of a friend or family member and discuss their experiences with the systems that are supposed to help them after an attack.”

Evans also said that several trained advocates will be present at the vigil for survivors to talk to.

“Resources will be handed out to ensure that everyone knows where to turn if someone they know is victimized,” Evans said.

According to Evans, students can also help survivors by listening to and believing them when they first disclose their story.

“It is important to tell survivors that it is not their fault as survivors often blame themselves for what someone did to them,” Evans said. “If a friend discloses that they were sexually assaulted or abused, it is important to remember that you should not tell them what to do or what not to do. The goal is to help them gain back power and control over their own lives.”

If you have a friend who organization, 1 Matters, and has worked with Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.

Leslie is a self-proclaimed advocator of compassion, and said “UT is one of the most compassionate universities I’ve been to.”

According to Rady, Leslie will be speaking at 9 p.m. about his experiences with homelessness and how it shaped his idea of life and how he wanted to live. He will also speak about compassion and the importance of having it.

Rady believes while students will have “a lot of fun due to the games and activities,” they will learn what it is like to be homeless. She hopes the feeling resonates with the students.

“Sleeping in a cardboard box might be exciting for one night,” Rady said, “but students should ask themselves, ‘what would it be like for this to be my life?’”

Leslie feels similarly about raising awareness of homelessness.

“People need to know that this can happen,” Leslie said.

“At any given moment, it could be you; you could end up homeless.”

Rady said if students want to get involved in the effort to help end homelessness in Toledo, they can volunteer with Food for Thought, the Cherry St. Mission and Leslie’s program, Tent City.

“These are brilliant kids with a brilliant level of compassion,” Leslie said, “Cardboard City will hopefully help them realize how truly powerful they are and can accomplish anything, including ending homelessness.”

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SG Senator Robert Worthington also opposed the new resolution.

“We should be represented first of all, and then we should be respected well enough to have a vote on something. Just because it’s a serious issue, students shouldn’t be taken off of it and especially because it’s something that can happen to the students as well.”

Members who will replace current student advocates will be qualified counselors trained to handle sexual assault.

“That is not a hope,” Notestine said. “That is a promise, an expectation that is being made by the both the Office of Civil Rights and also Dr. Kaye Patten Wallace’s office.”

The resolution complied with the current campaign SG is working on called It’s On Us, which is, according to its mission statement, “a rally cry inviting everyone to step up and realize that the solution [to sexual assault] begins with us.”

Not all colleges are involved in this campaign, but Notestine expressed how Toledo is at the right point in time to make a motion of this nature.

“The It’s On Us campaign is both a proactive measure but

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Stanley Edwards speaks at a Student Government meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30 about Not on Our Watch.

also a reactive measure to the climate that we currently have.”

According to Notestine, this campaign will coincide with the university’s campaign to improve campus life, Not on Our Watch.

SG members were encouraged to make a pledge to promote a stop to sexual assault and change the way sexual assault is thought about.

They were also encouraged to change their social media profile pictures to

the It’s On Us logo and ask students and organizations to do so as well.

Worthington also introduced a resolution to wear red tops with white ribbons on Abuse Awareness Day in October.

“What it will do is spread awareness about more close-to-home abuse issues, domestic violence being a big one,” he said. “It has even helped me be a better guy, a better boyfriend, a better man.”

is a survivor of domestic violence, Evans said you can offer them resources which

“It is important to tell survivors that it is not their fault as survivors often blame themselves for what someone did to them.”

MATTHEW EVANS UT Feminist Alliance Co-President

will better equip them to decide for themselves the best course of action.

The Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program at UT can be reached by calling 419-530-3431 and the YWCA Rape Crisis Line can be called at 419-241-7273.

Evans also said students can be more proactive in their daily lives by confronting those who are being abusive or sexist.

“The goal is to challenge the attitudes and belief systems that lead to rape and

domestic violence in the first place,” Evans said. “People can confront peers who are being abusive, which entails belittling and putting down their partner, constantly checking up on them, pressuring them to have sex, playing mind games, et cetera.”

According to Merrell, “a campus the size of this university will experience 350 rapes per academic year,” making it important for students to attend events like the vigil.

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should not view this issue lightly, and that if they have not experienced domestic violence or sexual assault, chances are they will know someone who has before they graduate.

“We want students to know how to support survivors, resources to refer them to and how to get involved to change the climate on campus,” Merrell said. “Most of all we want them to know that we are here to support them, as a campus and as a community.”

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CALENDAR

Friday, Oct. 3

7:30 p.m. -- Ritter Planetarium: Firefall, this will be the Toledo premier of Firefall, an exciting new fulldome program that examines cosmic collisions from the birth of the solar system to the 2013 meteor over Russia. Find out what scientists are doing to better understand these collisions and what they are doing to protect the world from a cataclysmic collision.

Are we doomed like the dinosaurs? Find out in Firefall. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students, children and seniors, children under 4 are free. For more information, call 419-5302650 or 419-530-4037.

Saturday, Oct. 4

1:00 p.m. -- Two Small Pieces of Glass, this show traces the history of the telescope from Galileo’s modifications to a child’s spyglass -using two small pieces of glass -- to the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy. It explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers throughout the last 400 years. You will explore the Galilean moons, Saturn’s rings, and the spiral structure of galaxies as well as learning about the future of astronomy. This is a great program for kids ages 8 and up. Located at Ritter Planetarium. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students, children and seniors, children under 4 are free. For more information, call 419-5302650 or 419-530-4037.

Doors open thirty minutes before the show.

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Keep on wheelin’ UNICYCLE GROUP

UT students bond over unicycles

By Joe Heidenescher Staff Reporter

Whether you see them, pass them by or join them, the unicycle group that meets outside of Carlson Library has been gaining students’ attention.

Although they are not an official campus organization, they have been regularly meeting and growing in numbers, said Brad McQuistion, co-founder of the group and a first-year electrical and computer engineering major.

“We’re not planning on making it officially a club, because we would have to jump through hoops and write stuff and all that,” McQuistion said. “We’re just here for a good time.”

According to the Office of Student Involvement, the unicyclists would need at least ten active University of Toledo students, elected officers and a written constitution.

McQuistion said they have a fleet of five unicycles, three cyclists and at least six people wanting to learn; therefore, they aren’t looking towards being a club anytime soon, but it could be in the long-term plan.

“When you fall, you’re going to fall, you have to get back up again” FAITH SNYDER First-year English major

“We’re not quite sure if we’re going to make it official or not, we’re just here to get together and have fun,” McQuistion said.

Some future plans include learning to play baseball and basketball on a unicycle, McQuistion said.

Members of the group, like Faith Snyder, a first-year English major, suggest there are more reasons to the club than just becoming an official organization.

Snyder said the friends she has are

from the group.

“I planned on joining clubs, but nothing like this,” Snyder said.

After McQuistion and his brother Kyle Solomon began riding their unicycles in between the Student Union and the library they attracted a group of friends.

“They brought their other one [unicycle] in and I started riding it and then people started coming, I brought my friends,” said Lyann Hatoum, a secondyear pharmacy major.

Hatoum said she has been trying to learn how to ride the unicycle from McQuistion, but keeps falling off and receiving minor injuries.

“I’m learning, I can ride it a little, it’s just really hard, especially because I’m short,” Hatoum said. “And they’ve put me on hold for a few days, which just makes me really sad because I really want to learn how to do it but they like to rub it in my face that I don’t know how to do it.”

McQuistion said there is a learning curve to learning to ride the unicycle. He said it involves plenty of chaffing and a decent number of falls.

Even after four weeks of being persistent, McQuistion said he doesn’t know how to turn right.

“It’s not really a trick,” McQuistion said. “It’s a lot of perseverance and remembering to pedal.”

The unicyclists have noticed their perseverance and constant pedaling seems to have generated some chatter around campus.

Hatoum said the people who stop by range from those that want to give the unicycle a try and those that hate the cyclists.

Snyder said she can almost hear people judging them as they walk by.

“There is someone who said, ‘the unicyclists should get hit by a bus,’” Snyder said. “Then there are people that think, ‘this is genuinely awesome.’”

McQuistion said that the group is pretty infamous on Yik Yak, a social media site that allows people to post

anonymous statuses.

Hatoum said that they are a unique group, and people that are different are judged the most, but the unicyclists don’t let that affect them.

“I think we are just so confident in the friends we do have,” Snyder said.

McQuistion said that students can easily feel left out or feel antisocial. He said it’s amazing that a unique thing like unicycles can bring people of substantial differences together.

“I’m an Arab sitting on a Unicycle,” Hatoum said. “We’re all drifters to be honest. I walk up to people and say ‘hi.’

I think that if you really want to get to know someone, there’s no trick. If you’re going to be accepting of people, just join them.”

Hatoum, McQuistion and Snyder didn’t let their differences keep them from joining a community, they created a new one.

“Get outside your box; I never imagined that I was going do this, at all,” Snyder said.

She said that even if being outside your box makes you vulnerable, you shouldn’t give up on meeting people.

It’s like riding a unicycle, “When you fall, you’re going to fall, you have to get back up again,” Snyder said.

The unicyclists meet every Monday and Wednesday at 2 p.m. and Tuesday at 3 p.m. in between SU and Carlson Library.

“Come on down, we’re always around here, we accept everyone,” McQuistion said.

They might even teach you to ride a unicycle.

REMEMBRANCE

Wall to commemorate the liberation of East Germany

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A chalkboard wall was created as a replica of the Berlin Wall that was built in Eastern Germany in 1961. The wall was built by UT’s German club. Students are allowed to use the supplied chalk to write and leave their mark on the wall. The wall will stay up until Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. when a take-down ceremony will take place.

By Trevor Stearns Staff Reporter

Students are writing chalk messages on a 32-foot long and 8-foot tall student-created version of the Berlin Wall outside of the Student Union.

The Berlin Wall was a 65-mile long and 11-foot tall wall that was constructed by Eastern Germany in 1961 as an attempt to keep westerners from entering and ruining their “socialist state,” according to History.com.

This smaller version of the wall on campus was constructed by the University of Toledo German Club on Sept. 27 and 28 in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall will stand until Oct. 3.

“The wall was raised at seven on Monday morning before classes and the German Club wrote their message on it,” said Hannah Kissel, a fourth-year biology major and president of the German Club.

Jessica Harker, a first-year communication major, said she thought building the wall was a great idea.

“I think it was a really unique idea that could have some really positive feedback,” Harker said.

While the wall stands, the German Club invites other students and organizations to write, draw and leave their mark on the wall as long as they respect it and don’t write anything inappropriate.

Neil Hetrick, a fourth-year education major and vice president of the German Club, said this student dialogue has important historical context because leaving messages on the actual Berlin Wall was the way some protested in Berlin during the time.

Hetrick said that due to some vandalism concerns from the university, spray paint will not be permitted for writing messages on the wall. Rather, chalk is the chosen alternative.

“The university was a little opposed to us using spray paint, but we just adapted the plan,” Hetrick said. “Instead, we’ll just be using chalkboard paint on the wall and students can bring some chalk and draw on the wall.”

Other than the medium to be used on the wall and debate over location, Kissel said there was no real opposition for this project.

“We had to relocate from our original position across Centennial Mall,” Kissel said. “Grounds told us we had to move to in front of the Student Union steps, but

that was only because of a sprinkler issue.”

Other student organizations have also held similar projects regarding cultural heritage.

“Students for Justice in Palestine did something similar to this,” Kissel said. “They did it to represent an apartheid, and they actually

“I think it helps today’s students, who were born after the events of the Berlin Wall, to possibly understand a little better when people talk about events such as this in their classes” KATHY BEST UT associate lecturer of German

had checkpoints where they asked to check students’ IDs to go past the wall.”

However, Hetrick said they got the idea for the wall from students at another university.

“I know a couple of students from Boise State, and they do this every year and it’s

a very big event on their campus,” Hetrick said. “I was interested in bringing it to our campus, and I’m hoping that the student body likes this so that we could possibly make this an annual event.”

Kathy Best, UT associate lecturer of German, said that it was good for the students to be exposed to cultural events such as the wall.

“I think it helps today’s students, who were born after the events of the Berlin Wall, to possibly understand a little better when people talk about events such as this in their classes,” Best said.

Harker also said that she believes the wall is a good marketing tool to help get students to join cultural student groups involved on campus.

“I think it makes students more aware that cultural clubs like this exist and are active,” Harker said. “It could convince them to join more clubs like this.”

According to Best, this event offers a great learning opportunity for the students who see and do more research about the wall.

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Men hold open tryouts

Hoops season is right around the corner and UT men’s head coach Tod Kowalczyk is looking for new blood for his team.

Kowalczyk announced Monday that, on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Grogan Room of Savage Arena, there will be a meeting for all fulltime students interested in a walk-on tryout for the basketball team.

Students interested in trying out as a walk-on must attend the meeting to try out and also bring a copy of their 2014 fall semester schedule.

Rockets to call Inverness Club home The Rockets’ golf teams officially have new digs.

The historic Inverness Club, home of the 1986 and 1993 PGA Championships, four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, and two NCAA Men’s Golf Championships and a U.S. Amateur, will now be the home course for the University of Toledo’s men and women’s golf teams.

“We’re so lucky to have the Inverness Club serve as our home course and this is a dream come true for our program,” said women’s golf head coach Nicole Hollingsworth in a school statement. “The Inverness Club has always supported us during my 12 years at Toledo, and having the chance to practice and play at a course with so much history is something that will help take Rocket Golf to the next level.”

Founded over 100 years ago, the Inverness Club takes its name from the town of Inverness, a small village located in Scotland.

Donald Ross originally designed the course, which was updated in 1997 by Arthur Hills and is known as one of America’s great golf courses. Golf Digest ranked the Inverness Club the 40th-best course in the United States in 2010.

“We’re thrilled to be able to call Inverness our home and have the opportunity to hone our games on such a challenging course,” said men’s head coach Jamie Broce in a school statement. “It’s also going to be a big benefit for our guys to be able to utilize their short-game practice area, especially since Inverness is only five minutes from campus. This is certainly a big boost for our program to be associated with a club that is filled with great golf history.”

Woodside earns another MAC West Offensive Player of the Week award Rockets’ sophomore quarterback Logan Woodside has been named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks after his performance against Central Michigan.

Woodside has been impressive as the starter since coming in for the injured Phillip Ely, who went out for the season during UT’s game against Missouri.

“I’ve never looked at Woodside as the backup, always as our starter,” said head coach Matt Campbell.

“Every one of his teammates and all his coaches have the utmost confidence in him and he does a really good job distributing the football for us.”

Woodside threw for a career-high 339 yards on 23-of-34 passes with a touchdown against the Chippewas. He also accounted for 43 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Woodside is now 2-1 as the starter and Toledo is ranked first in the MAC in scoring offense and yards per game.

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FOOTBALL PREVIEW

ON THE ROAD AGAIN Rockets preparing for first MAC road challenge

By Blake Bacho Sports Editor

Grab a suitcase and don’t forget your toothbrush because the University of Toledo football team is on the road again.

After back-to-back home games, the Rockets will spend the next two weeks away from the Glass Bowl, starting this Saturday with a matchup against fellow Mid-American Conference member Western Michigan.

Toledo (3-2, 2-0 in MAC) will look for their third straight victory when they suit up against the Broncos (2-2, 0-0 in MAC) in the Rockets’ first conference road game of 2014.

“Going on the road for the first time in the MAC is going to be big,” said UT sophomore quarterback Logan Woodside.

“Western Michigan is a real good team, so we’ve got to get in the film room and watch them. It will be a real big challenge for us Saturday night.”

This will be the second away game of the season for Toledo.

Five more of the Rockets’ games are set away from home, a challenge head coach Matt Campbell says his team is ready for.

“Great teams play great football anywhere,” he said. “You could play in the parking lot — wherever it may be, you better be ready to show up. Our hope and our goal is that, someday, we’d like to be a great team here.

“No matter where we play the game at, we’ve got to do a great job executing.”

Execution hasn’t been a problem lately for UT. The Rockets are coming off a 42-28 win over Central Michigan last Saturday, a game in which Woodside set a new personal best with 339 yards passing and two touchdowns.

Woodside also led Toledo to a 34-23 victory over Ball State two weeks ago.

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The Rockets (shown above in last week’s victory over Central Michigan) are preparing to face Western Michigan in Toledo’s first Mid-American Conference road contest of the year. The Rockets are 2-0 so far in MAC play this season.

“I feel like I’m growing,” against Murray State. he said. “I feel like I’ve got to “The biggest thing I’ll say continue to get better each day, about P.J. is that I think he has going out to practice tomorrow a vision for what he wants his and work on the things I need football program to look like,” to improve so we can get ready Campbell said. “He’s recruited for Saturday.” extremely hard The for that vision Rockets have I think “Great teams play and notched four that’s what great football consecutive you’ve got to victories do when you’re anywhere...” over Western building a MATT CAMPBELL Michigan, program. You UT head football coach with two of better believe in those wins what you stand coming for and what against current Broncos’ head your program stands for and coach P.J. Fleck. you’ve got to attack it. P.J’s done Fleck and his team have a really good job of that. already matched their win total “He’s someone who is really from last year with a road win passionate about what he beover Idaho and a home victory lieves in and he knows how to

execute what he believes in.”

Western Michigan’s newfound success comes largely thanks to a ferocious running attack. Freshman running back Jarvion Franklin currently sits atop the MAC in rushing with an average of 154.5 yards per game to lead the No. 3 ranked scoring offense in the conference.

Franklin’s debut collegiate season is so far highlighted by his 211-yard performance in the Broncos’ victory at Idaho, but he will have to face a much-improved Rocket defense Saturday.

That defense has become very skilled at getting to an opposing team’s signal caller.

“It’s basically just effort, getting to the ball,” said junior

defensive end Trent Voss.

“Getting to the quarterback is really just how determined you are. We could be blitzing seven or we could be rushing four upfront. If we want to get to the quarterback we’ve got to do the best job of doing it.”

Toledo will need all three phases — offense, defense and special teams — to be firing on all cylinders in their first MAC road test.

“It’s definitely going to be a big game,” Voss said. “It’s the first MAC game on the road and we just need to stay poised, stay in control. It’s going to be a great environment.

“It’s going to be a big game for both teams.”

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in Kalamazoo.

FOOTBALL FEATURE

Olack a quiet leader for Rockets during Toledo’s 2014 campaign

By Robert Hearons Associate Sports Editor

While some argue an effective leader must be in the center stage and in your face, senior wide receiver Justin Olack is leading a young and talented Toledo wide receiver corps his own way.

He’s leading by example.

“I take pride in trying to teach young receivers the right way to go,” Olack said.

“I think being the teamoriented guy is way more important than being involved with yourself.”

Because Olack doesn’t have the in-your-face personality that other leaders may possess, he chooses to instruct through his play.

“I take pride in trying to teach young receivers the right way to go. I think being the teamoriented guy is way more important than being involved with yourself.”

JUSTIN OLACK UT senior wide receiver

“He’s a guy that is kind of quiet,” said sophomore wide receiver Corey Jones. “He really proves all of his points by actions; instead of talking he’ll show you how to get it done.”

Jones has looked to Olack for advice and Olack has helped reshape much of Jones’ attitude and the way he conducts himself on the field. “[Olack] gave me that attitude, I’m probably the guy that kind of talks on the team,” Jones said. “He just showed me that I should really let my plays speak for me instead of my mouth.”

Olack has played all four years of his collegiate football career in Toledo.

His senior campaign looks to be the most promising, as he has already almost matched his entire 2013 production, including recording his career-high for reception yards against Eastern Michigan.

The senior wide receiver has become a security blanket of sorts for sophomore quarterback Logan Woodside. After taking over for previous starting quarterback Phillip Ely, who was lost to a season ending ACL tear, Woodside has targeted Olack early and often in his first two games under center, letting Olack use his height and length to go up and snatch balls over defenders heads.

“Yeah, anytime we’ve got a big receiver it’s better for me, I’ve got more opportunities to get the ball his way,” Woodside said.

“He’s a bigger target, so if I throw a pass that’s a little off I know he can go up and make the catch.”

Olack’s physical stature isn’t the only plus that Woodside

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Senior wide receiver Justin Olack (shown above during Toledo’s victory over Central Michigan) has taken on the role of quiet leader for the Rockets’ wide receiver corps, taking pride in teaching and encouraging Toledo’s young pass catchers this season.

has appreciated, citing his work ethic when learning the routes and how to run them in the most efficient way.

“All of our receivers have pretty good hands but [Olack] does a really good job of getting his route and getting open,” Woodside said. “The way they run their routes is really how they get open.”

Olack may be the experienced veteran in Toledo’s

wide receiver room, but that doesn’t mean he is done perfecting his own craft.

“I’m trying to lock in every catch better and trying to get more yards per catch and win this MAC Championship,” he said.

When asked about whether or not he was a big reason for Woodside’s easy transition into the starting quarterback position he was quick

to brush off any personal compliments, deflecting the praise to his teammates instead — just the reaction you would expect from someone who silently leads by example.

“I think it’s just we’re spreading the ball around and Logan does a good job of making the right read,” Olack said. “It just happened to work out that way.”

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Renowned pianist to kick off 8th annual piano series

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By Josie Schreiber Staff Reporter

Pianists from as far away as Greece will be traveling to the University of Toledo between October and March for the eighth annual Dorothy Mackenzie Price piano series at the Center for Performing Arts recital hall.

Each pianist will present a master class one day and a recital the day after. Both events will be free and open to the public.

The piano series will open with William Wellborn on Oct. 4 and 5.

Wellborn is a pianist, teacher and lecturer, and has concertized widely on three continents, as well as in 28 states in the United States.

Wellborn teaches piano in the precollege division and Piano Pedagogy in the collegiate division for the San Francisco Conservatory for Music.

Wellborn’s master class will be held Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon.

His recital will be on Oct. 5 and will begin at 3 p.m.

“I began to study at the relatively late age of 12, but music was the important focus of my life even before then and still is,” Wellborn said.

According to the piano series press release, “Wellborn’s recital program will include Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz and Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31#3. He will also be performing sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and some Schubert songs transcribed by Liszt.”

If you go What: Dorothy Mackenzie Price piano series.

Where: Center for Performing Arts recital hal.

When: Oct. 4 and 5.

Tickets: free and open to the public.

Wellborn is the founding president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Liszt Society and is also on the national board. Wellborn has also been on the faculty of the Austrian International Piano Seminar and Festival in Wiener Neustadt, Austria since 2008.

After one of Wellborn’s concerts, Wellborn said a listener met him backstage and told him that he “traveled”

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“The more students can learn about things like this, the better,” Best said. “This means less of the America-only centric they might see in the world.”

Kissel said the German Club constructed the wall from scratch, and that they used

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Above, students participate in last week’s Rocket Fit class. Classes are every Friday at 4:15 p.m. at the Rec center. Classes only last 45 minutes and are open to everyone, including faculty and staff. Classes are free with a UT ID or valid Rec membership.

UT’s Rec center offers students a new fitness class this semester

By Abigail Sullivan Staff Reporter

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while listening to the concert.

“I looked puzzled, and he explained that the music had taken his imagination on a journey, and I decided I rather liked that compliment,” Wellborn said.

Wellborn has played at UT several times before and he said he is delighted to be returning.

Angela Riddel, promotions specialist for the UT College of Communication and the Arts, said students should attend because they will have the opportunity to hear one of the finest pianists in the country play classical music.

“If they come to the master class, they will see several talented students play and hear Wellborn’s critique of their performance,” Riddel said. “Students who play piano benefit from these master classes even if they aren’t playing because the presenter often provides insights helpful to any pianist.”

Other performers in the series are the piano duo of Ning-Wu Du and Helen Sim and Greek pianist and professor at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece, Lambis Vassiliadis.

“I think the program is an enjoyable one,” Wellborn said. “There is a lot of variety in the music, and much of it is just as fun to hear as it is to watch.”

For more information on William Wellborn, you can visit his website at www.williamwellborn.com.

two-by-four boards, wooden triangle supports and dry wall for their construction.

“Obviously it isn’t exactly like the Berlin Wall, so it won’t be too difficult to take down, but it will stay there,” said Kissel. “That is, until the takedown ceremony, at least.”

Kissel said the take-down ceremony will be held Friday,

Weightlifting, pushups and sit-ups are all included in the new fitness class, Rocket Fit. Rocket Fit was introduced to students and faculty members at the beginning of the semester as a rendition of Crossfit.

“Crossfit is a high intensity interval training, it helps you burn more calories in a less amount of time,” Ryan Schropp, the trainer of Rocket Fit, said.

The main goal of Rocket Fit is to keep your heart rate up, Schropp said.

Schropp said the reason behind creating the class was to “bring students new and different exercises.”

The Rec Center has offered classes like classical bike training for many years, so Rocket Fit was created to change up the classes held at the Rec. For students who are are budgeting their time, Rocket Fit classes only last 45 minutes and are held on Fridays at 4:15 p.m.

Over the last few weeks, a wide variety of participants have attended the class, ranging in both age and gender.

Ellie Vogelsang, a first-year secondary education major, learned about the class through a flier she saw at the Rec Center early this

Oct. 3, at 3 p.m. Any and all students are welcome to join in taking down the wall as long as they bring their own tools.

“It’s important to be able to commemorate an event like this in such a way,” Kissel said. “And I’m glad we could engage the student body in such a major cultural event.”

LGBTQA History Month Events 2014 The University of Toledo will celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Ally and Asexual (LGBTQA) history month with several events in October.

These events are sponsored by UT Spectrum and the Office of Excellence and Multicultual Student Success.

“I believe LGBTQA History Month is important to recognize because it signifies to the entire community that LGBTQA individuals are as valid and worthy of celebration as anyone else,” said LaVelle Ridley, president of UT Spectrum. “The fact that we are able to put on events in celebration of our heritage demonstrates the University of Toledo’s commitment to fostering diversity, especially among students.”

For more information on these events, call the UT Office of Excellence and Multicultural Student Success at 419.530.2261.

Wednesday, Oct. 1

“Taking Pride in Our History” by Tyler Quinn Parkins, UT student, 12:30 p.m., Student Union Room 2500.

Marriage Equality Reception, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Student Union Room 2500.

Thursday, Oct. 2

Spectrum Hate Crimes Candlelight Vigil, 8 to 10 p.m., Student Union Steps.

Wednesday, Oct. 8

National Coming Out Day Celebration, noon to 2 p.m., Student Union Room 2500.

Stop by and receive a “Gay? Fine by me” T-shirt and show your support.

Thursday, Oct. 9

Spectrum Meeting on Transgender Community and Identity, 8 to 10 p.m., Student Union Room 2582.

Friday, Oct. 10

Safe Place — LGBTQA Ally Training, 1 to 4:30 p.m., Rocket Hall Room 1530.

Tuesday, Oct. 14

OUTLaw Film Screening, “Bridegroom,” 8 to 10 p.m., Law Center Room 1006.

Thursday, Oct. 16

LGBTQA Short Stories with the Honors Book Club, 4 to 5 p.m., International House Multipurpose Room.

Spectrum Drag/Talent Show, 8 to 10 p.m., Rocky’s Attic in the Student Union.

Monday, Oct. 20

Honors Film Screening, “Beginners,” 8 to 10 p.m., MacKinnon Hall Room 1370.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

All Love Photo Shoot, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Student Union Room 2500. Free professional shoot that will provide prints to all participants.

Thursday, Oct. 23

Spectrum UT Film Screening, “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 8 to 10 p.m., Student Recreation Center Oak Room.

Tuesday, Oct. 28

“Queering Blackness: Representations of Black LGBTQ Figures” by LaVelle Ridley, student in the Jesup Scott Honors College and president of Spectrum UT, 5 to 6 p.m., Student Union Room 2591.

Thursday, Oct. 30

Kenote address by writers Carl Phillips and Mark Doty, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Student Union Room 2592. Phillips is a professor of English and African and Afro-American studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and his books include The Art of Daring: Risk, Relentlessness, Imagination (2014), Silverchest (2013), and Quiver and Arrows: Selected Poems, 1986-2006 (2007). Doty won the 2008 National Book Award for Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, and his Dog Years was a New York Times bestseller in 2007.

Friday, Oct. 31

Spectrum UT Halloween Ball, 8 to 10 p.m., Student Union Room 2582.

semester, and has been attending the classes ever since.

“My friend comes with me every Friday, she pushes me to want to come,” Vogelsang said. “If one of us doesn’t want to go, we’re like no, we have to.”

Vogelsang said there are both short-term and long-term benefits from being involved in Rocket Fit. “Short term is that I feel good, especially when it is the weekend,” Vogelsang said. “Friday is the beginning of the weekend, and when I attend, I feel great all weekend.

Long term it’s good because you get in better shape, and you feel good about yourself.”

Rocket Fit is not just for students, but also for any member of the Rec Center, including faculty.

Rick Clark, a success coach in the College of Adult and Lifelong Learning (CALL), not only attends the class weekly, but encourages the students enrolled in the CALL to also attend.

“Because we work with the adult population, we know we have a task at hand to make sure our students are not just commuting to class and then running back home,” Clark said. “We want to give them a great experience and get them involved.”

Clark and his fellow success coaches have created a new way of

keeping CALL students engaged.

Rocket Fit is one of the many activities the three coaches have set up for their students.

Not only have these changes affected the students, but also the success coaches.

If you go What: Rocket FIt. Where: UT Rec center.

When: Every Friday.

Time: 4:15 p.m.

Cost: Free for all participants.

“It’s changed because the students were so afraid to open up, but the success coach idea has always been just ‘open arms,’” Clark said. “Now that students know who we are, because we’ve made regular contact with them, they don’t mind calling us. The coaches within Adult and Lifelong Learning are very into trying to meet student needs, we’re not creating programs just to create programs.”

Rocket Fit classes are held in the Fitness Studio at the Rec Center.

The cost is free with a valid Rec membership, or a valid Rocket ID. Fitness class schedules are available in the main office of the Rec Center and can be found online at http://tinyurl.com/rocketfit.

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THEME: SCARY MOVIES

ACROSS 1. Sir Toby of “Twelfth Night” 6. Mosquito enemy 9. Wide river valley 13. Part of soft palate 14. Grassland 15. Hamelin’s child abductor 16. Awful smell 17. Banned insecticide 18. City in Belgium 19. *”One, two, ______’_ coming for you...”

21. *”The People Under the ______,” 1991 23. Seek damages 24. It’s more commonly called a pika 25. Onomatopoeia for collision 28. Young salmon 30. Maneuver for attaining particular goal 35. Show horse type 37. Fireplace smudge 39. Famous march composer 40. Yugoslavian leader during World War II 41. Chef’s headgear 43. It will 44. To impede 46. Lowest brass 47. Not made up 48. “___ ___ Margery Daw” 50. *Like a lot of horror movie scenes 52. First responders 53. Metal enemy 55. Face twitch, e.g.

57. *1976 prom night thriller 60. *Movie about a cursed videotape 64. Antique shop item 65. Federal procurement org.

67. Was dishonest with 68. DVD player button 69. *Don’t take one if you star in a Krueger flick 70. Fourth letter in Greek alphabet 71. Fancy-schmancy 72. Be in the red 73. Winter driving hazard DOWN 1. In the ____, like a skinny-dipper 2. *”What ____ Happened to Baby Jane?”

3. Stringed instrument with pear-shaped body 4. Oafs 5. Desperate or badly-off 6. Another name for an Oldsmobile

7. Nourished 8. String bean’s opposite 9. IV+IV 10. Imitator 11. 1983 ZZ Top hit 12. “... ___ he drove out of sight” 15. Mexican beaches 20. Brewer’s staple 22. Big bang maker 24. Lawn pastime 25. *Norman _____ 26. Get off the chair 27. Opposite of glossy 29. Place of origin 31. Coconut fiber 32. One who is tutored 33. Muhammad’s religion 34. *”When a Stranger _____” 36. Fans reactions 38. London subway 42. *”Hellraiser III: Hell on _____” 45. *”Scary Movie 2” bird 49. Writing under influence, in text 51. Bears or cedes 54. Dal _____, in music

Last Week’s Puzzle Solved

56. Angler’s basket 57. *Rabid St. Bernard 58. Aphrodite’s lover 59. “Lifestyles of the ____ and Famous” 60. Measuring roll 61. Doing nothing

62. Post-it ____ 63. Buzzing pest 64. Large edible mushroom 66. *Movie with same name as certain tool

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