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Money Mule

Scammers can target UT students through RocketJobs

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Many University of Toledo students receive scam emails through their Rocket email. The scams offer easy money. By Amanda Pitrof News Editor

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“We need books to inspire us, to challenge our way of thinking, to take us to faraway places and give us experiences that we never would have had otherwise.” Jordan Budrevich We read, we imagine, we dream Opinion / 3 »

Halloween Ball celebrates the autumn season UT’s Ballroom Dance Society will host their first-ever Halloween Ball and will take place Oct. 18 from 8-11:30 p.m. in the Ingman Room in the Student Union. Community / 6 »

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Members of the Toledo area cut the ribbon for the new UT Student Food Pantry on Oct. 12. The crop walk raises money to feed people in the Toledo area and the food pantry on campus this year to raise awareness about college student hunger.

It’s simple — take a check, usually from outside the country, and deposit it in your bank account. Then, withdraw the cash and wire it to your “employer” after you’ve taken a cut. But the trick is that the check you just deposited is either fake or stolen. That cut you received for such easy work has made you a criminal. You’ve just become a money mule. And you’re one How do they of thousands of people this steal your happens to every day — including on the University of money? Toledo’s campus. Real check It might sound easy to • Scammer sends the recognize, but a UT stucheck dent who wished to remain • You take your peranonymous was almost centage out taken in while looking for a • Either you mail the part-time job on RocketJobs. rest, or you buy products and ship them overseas, She said she received several where they are sold on emails with job offers that just sites like Ebay did not sound quite right, so • Usually used when she ignored them. But after an laundering dirty money employment dry spell, she went Artificial check back through her Rocket email • Scammer sends the account and reached out to the check least fishy offer she could find. • You take your per“He had gotten my résumécentage out from RocketJobs, and so that • You mail the rest where you are told to seemed like the most legit out • The check bounces, of all of them,” she said. but the bank has cashed The scammer’s responding it through your account, email claimed he was overseas so someone else gets on a business trip, and wanted your money the student to run some errands for him while he was away, including shopping and bill payments. Immediately, alarm bells went off in her head. “You’re not going to send money to someone that you’ve never met without a background check or anything like that,” she said. “But again I’m going, ‘Well, okay he offered basically $15 an hour to do his stuff. And again, it’s really good money and came through the school.’” The scammer sent her a check and told her to put it in her own account, and said there would be directions on what to do with the money later. She received a $2,200 check and some texts that asked her to deposit the money immediately. Instead of throwing in the towel, she decided to be extra careful. She went to a bank, told the manger her story, and opened a separate account for the transaction. See Money mule / 4 »

Safety Regulations

Worker safety protocol violated at UT

By Amanda Pitrof and Emily Johnson News Editor and Associate News Editor

Industrial Power Systems was issued a citation Oct. 7 for one willful and one serious safety violation for work done this past summer on the University of Toledo campus, with a proposed $75,000 in fines. Two of the company’s employees were exposed to cave-in hazards while putting in steam and chill water piping for the construction of the Recreation Center on Main Campus. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began the inspection Aug. 6, 2014, after a compliance officer observed the work-

ers in an unprotected, 10-feet-deep trench, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA’s safety regulations state that protections against cave-ins are needed in all excavations made 5 feet or deeper. There were no protective systems in place to prevent trench collapse, which the investigation found to be a willful violation of standards. The serious violation charge was for not giving workers a way to exit the trench, like providing a ladder. “A willful violation is one committed with intentional disregard for the law’s

requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health,” according to the news release. “… A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.” According to Rhonda Burke, U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Director for Public Affairs, the inspection was initiated by the National Emphasis Program for Trenching. Burke said that it is not a requirement of See Safety / 4 »

Note-taking

Flashnotes deal could mean more money for students, but a bad deal for professors By Torrie Jadlocki Staff Reporter

Are we likeable? Students discuss the impact of digital socialization. “Men, Women & Children,” will be in theatres Oct. 17 that discusses the impact of the Internet. Community / 6 »

A business deal with Flashnotes.com has students making up to $5,000 a semester and University of Toledo professors concerned about their intellectual property rights. UT entered into a business deal with Flashnotes in July 2014. The online service provides a marketplace for students to buy and sell notes, study guides and flashcards for courses. According to Associate Provost Kelly Moore, this partnership was reached in hopes of being useful to students with accessibility needs. A student attends class, takes notes on their professor’s lectures, and uploads their notes to the Flashnotes website. From that point, the Office of Student Disability Services will see how much a student made on Flashnotes. Through this office, students can earn up to $100 a semester as a note-taker, according to Toni Howard from the Office of Student Disability Services. Students cannot double-dip and be paid by

both Flashnotes and UT after they cross UT’s $100 limit. Once that limit is reached, students’ compensation comes exclusively from Flashnotes users.

How much can you make? Minimum: $100 No matter how many hours you pull, the UT Office of Student Disability Services will pay $100 for volunteer note-taking. Maximum: $1,000+ According to Flashnotes account coordinator Maria Kennedy, students earn about $31 an hour, which can equal “over $5,000 a semester” for some.

In comparison, websites such as Flashnotes are promising students “an average of $31 per hour,” according to Flashnotes account coordinator Maria Kennedy. “The top student sellers across the nation are racking in over $5,000 a semester,” she said in an email. Despite UT’s partnership with Flashnotes, many faculty members are concerned about where their materials fit into this partnership.

“The question is,” Moore said, “what is our relationship with Flashnotes, and how does it protect professors’ intellectual rights in their lectures, lecture materials, that kind of thing.” The regulation of these websites is a concern of many of the faculty members. “One of the biggest problems is that there seems to be no regulation,” said Faculty Senate President Karen Hoblet. “Anyone can purchase notes anywhere.” Kennedy said this service is more regulated than other services. “Professors are worried about their own lecture notes which they post online for students to download,” said communication professor Jacqueline Layng, “then students are selling these notes on the site so they feel like their work is being stolen and the students are receiving compensation but not the professors who created the lecture notes.” Several of these websites are able to be accessed from students across the country. “I actually got a lovely email recently from a student at the University of Minnesota thanking me for how well my class notes were that See Flashnotes / 4 »

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Purpose: Eta Sigma Gamma is a health education honorary, based on teaching, service and research. This honorary is open to any student at any level of study in health science, health education, community health, public health or a related field. Leaders: President: Jessica Sloan; VP: Mallory Rinckey; secretary: Gabbey MacKinnon; treasurer: Jeannine Everhart; historian: Megan Glynn; research chair: Monita Karmakar; service chair: Beth Deakins; education chair: Laurasona Leigh; social chair: Alexis Davis; advocacy chair: Amy Nagel; fundraising chair: Raymond Crews Upcoming events: Many gammans will be attending the Health Educators Institute conference on October 23-24, and many will have presentations. We have a monthly speaker series where a public health specialist gives a presentation on a topic that they specialize in. Last month’s topic was Resumes, and our next one will be on emergency preparedness, on Monday, Oct 20. We will also be at Welloween on Oct. 31 promoting health education. Learn more: Email us at esg.iota.ut@gmail.com. You can also find us on Facebook at “The University of Toledo Eta Sigma Gamma-Iota Chapter”

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IT’S ON US

Why we joined the White House’s sexual assault awareness initiative — and why you should, too About one in five women have been the victim of attempted or completed sexual assault, and in 2011 over 1.3 million women were raped, according to the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. These crimes can happen anywhere: in a home, on the street, in a dorm. This is why The Independent Collegian, as an institution, has decided to publicly stand with Student Government as well as other student organizations, to support the “It’s On Us” campaign to stop sexual assault. By supporting this initiative we pledge: To recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault. To identify situations in which sexual assault may occur. To intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given. To create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported. The “It’s On Us” campaign is designed for students and community members to feel like it is their responsibility to help prevent rape before it can happen. We all play a part in sexual assault, whether we think we do or not, because when one person is attacked, we should all feel attacked. The White House implemented the campaign on Sept. 19, 2014 and colleges nationwide are promoting it. In Ohio, schools like Bowling Green State University and Kent State University are already taking part. And to all the non-believers out there who think taking a stand and changing a Facebook photo won’t work, look at the awareness raised around amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Even if people didn’t participate in the challenge, they still learned about ALS in the process. And like the Ice Bucket Challenge, the “It’s On Us” campaign has a lot of support from 200 universities, countless institutions like MTV and the NCAA, celebrities By supporting this like Jon Hamm and initiative we pledge: Kerry Washington, as To recognize that well as some of your friends on Facebook non-consensual sex is and Twitter. sexual assault. Sexual assault is To identify situations one of the best topics for an awareness in which sexual assault campaign because, may occur. as much as people To intervene in situa- don’t talk about it, affects both men tions where consent has itand women. Even if not or cannot be given. people don’t participate in “It’s On US,” To create an environthey will see people ment in which sexual publicly making a assault is unacceptable stand against sexual violence, and from and survivors are that it will be intersupported. nalized and hopefully the trend of sexual assault on and off campus will be reduced and eventually ended. Student Government did a good job about getting on the “It’s On Us” bandwagon. They signed the petition on Sept. 30, and publicized the initiative to other student organizations. By supporting this cause they are reacting in a positive way to the assault cases that have been reported at UT this year, rather than just sweeping problems under the rug. It’s on us to help end sexual assaults, and we as a community need to ban together to help both the women and men who are affected by it.

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We read, we imagine, we dream

“Davis, Colin. Davis, Colin.” At tastical, we can relate to the characters the sound of his name, a boy, Colin, and even use their own experiences whom I had never met before, stepped to sort through are current, real-life forward. At that moment, there was troubles. Who can’t relate to the Max, no one in the entire world that I the disobedient child in “Where loathed more than that the Wild Things Are,” boy. What right did he who just wants somehave to get his copy one to notice him and before I got mine? No tell him that he is right at all. But then, loved? Or how about I heard it. My name, the lovable Bilbo at last. Well, at least Baggins, a true staya variation of my at-home Hobbit, who name. “Bud-ray-vac? is essentially thrust Buder-itch? Jordan? out into the world and Jordan Bud...?” I cut must learn to adapt the announcer off. I just and thrive or risk loscouldn’t wait for him to ing his life in J.R.R. fumble through the proTolkien’s novel, “The nunciation of my name Hobbit?” Or, yes, even any longer. “It’s Budrevthe clumsy Bella Swan ich.” The guy checked from Stephanie Meyer’s IC COLUMNIST my name off of a long Twilight series who list and handed me my coveted prize. constantly has to fight to keep from I glanced at my phone. 12:02. My six losing the people she loves? hours of waiting in line had paid off beAs the critically acclaimed writer cause I held, in my own two hands, one C.S. Lewis said, “Friendship is born at of the first-released editions of “Harry that moment when one person says to Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” another, ‘What? You, too? I thought While it may seem a tad bit exI was the only one.’” Friendships are treme to wait in a line for six hours to forged through similarities — common receive a book I probably could have interests, experiences or situations that just pre-ordered off of Amazon, my allow people to relate to and underpassion serves a greater purpose. I stand each other on a deeper level. didn’t wait in line for a book; I waited Society has always loved stories, in line for a story. whether they come in book, movie, Stories serve as the foundation of or even e-book form, because they any intelligent society. Stories serve not provide an opportunity for everyone to only to entertain, but also to instruct, build a relationship and feel a bit more to inform and to engage. Stories have understood, even if the person who substance; they contain characters that understands them is not entirely real. we can empathize with, plot lines we When we read we think, we imagine can relate to and life lessons we can and we dream. Take that away and learn without actually having to make what would we become as a society? the mistakes ourselves. We need books to inspire us, to chalEven in novels that are purely fanlenge our way of thinking, to take us to

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far-away places and give us experiences that we never would have had otherwise. Books allow us to travel through all of time and space without leaving the comfort of our own bedrooms. We must not let literature die. We need to encourage parents to sit down with their children and read. My parents did, every night. Even when I was older, and wanted them to stop, they still did it. And that copy of the Deathly Hallows that I got? I wasn’t allowed to read a single word of it, or any of the other Harry Potter books, by myself. All 4,224 pages were read to me, out loud, by my father. As embarrassing as that might be to admit, it did teach me the value of reading, exploring, questioning and imagining at a very young age. We need to encourage the importance of stories. Not just books, but movies and music, too — any medium to get people thinking and imagining, anything to get people to form their own opinions in a country where we are still allowed to do so. In the Medieval Times, entire cities would gather around the town storyteller to listen to them weave stories of knighthood and romance, bravery and betrayal, of lost princesses and evil queens. That was in the midst of the Black Plague and one in every three people dying. Despite all of the fear, the terror, the death, I’d still go, I’d still be there. Because if they thought stories were important enough to risk swelling, incredibly high fever, internal bleeding, delirium and eventual death, then shouldn’t we at least value them? After all, as Ray Bradbury put it, “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Jordan Budrevich is a first-year majoring in bioengineering.

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You are such a nerd

and always had been, but if you had told me back then I would be proud to be a nerd, I When I was in fourth might have told you it grade, I had to wait for wasn’t true. the librarian to find books I grew up loving challenging enough for me, school; I didn’t cry while the rest of the class when my mom left me eagerly sifted through the behind at preschool. I shelves in the elementary ran off without telling school. Sometimes the her goodbye. I stayed librarian had books in the indoors at recess to orschool she brought from ganize my fourth grade her own personal collecIC COLUMNIST teacher’s bookshelf by tion and others she brought the Dewey decimal over from the high school. system. I was always getting in trouble It was on library days I heard the for sneaking up to the older kids’ endless stream of, “You’re such a classrooms to get more books. I know nerd!” how to sing the whole Periodic Table Nerd was synonymous with the song from beginning to end. Steve Urkel look-a-like with large When I got older, I discovered glasses, high-water pants and susHarry Potter, Doctor Who, “Superpenders. It was horrible to be called natural,” Sherlock, “Star Trek” and a nerd at your age. It meant that you Marvel, and I evolved into a fandom were going to be ostracized by all of nerd. Being a nerd has allowed me to the other kids in school except, well, meet many interesting people along the other nerds. the way and make so many new I was never afraid to be a nerd. I friendships that I normally would suppose it was because I was a nerd

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have missed out on. So why is it so bad in our culture to be a nerd? Why is it that being smart and passionate about a subject is uncool? After all, who created the smart phones you text on, the video games you play, the cars you drive and the shows and movies you watch? Nerds! Nerds are everywhere. I’m proud to stand up and say I’m a nerd. I’m a total nerd and I’m fine with it. Apparently, someone calling me a nerd is supposed to make me cry and retreat into my nerd cave forever, but honestly it’s a compliment. It’s a compliment that you’ve called me a smart, passionate, driven and successful person. Where would the world be without the nerds who have made it the way it is? Can you live a day without Wi-Fi? Can you imagine still using a phone attached to a cord? Some of the most genuine people I’ve ever met are nerds, and not because... Finish reading this piece online at www.Independent Collegian.com

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Car show to be held on Oct. 19 By George Wechter Staff Reporter

Vroom vroom! The sound of car engines will blare during a student-hosted car show Oct. 19. The University of Toledo Tuners, a student organization that enjoys cars and aims to bring all car enthusiasts together, will host their second annual car show from noon to 4 p.m. in Lot 25 behind Rocket Hall. “It is a good place for people to come together who enjoy cars, to hang out and learn about them and share their passion for them and build friendships off of that,” said Hunter Rawson, president of UT Tuners and a fourthyear mechanical engineering major. The event is free and open to the public. To enter a car in the show, it costs $5 with proof of a student ID or $10 for non-students. Simply bring the car to the event and fill out a registration sheet. According to Rawson, there will be different categories of judging, such as lowest car and loudest exhaust competitions. “Everyone is going to show their cars and there will be voting for each category, like best muscle car and things like that,” Rawson said. The money collected from the event will be donated to Honor Flight, a non-profit organization that honors veterans for their service by raising money to send them to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials. A portion of the money will also be used to raise awareness about drunk driving. The State Highway Patrol will be present to

speak about the topic of drunk driving and inform students about its dangers. UT Tuners meets weekly and welcomes any members who have an interest in cars. According to the group’s Facebook page, some members participate in organized autocross races via the Sports Car Club of America, and race at locations such as the Toledo Airport, Chrysler Machining, Alex Products and the Honeywell plant in Fostoria. Rawson describes the group as “a big family” which likes to attend car shows together or just hang out for fun. “Everybody is there to help each other out,” Rawson said. Fiona Bather, a first-year music education major, said she feels hosting an on-campus car show is a good way to raise money from students. “I love car shows,” Bather said. “They always bring in a big crowd. It would definitely bring in a good amount of money.” Anyone interested in joining the group or learning more information can attend the show, come to a meeting, or check out the group’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ groups/UTTuners. William Edwards, a UT alumni and last year’s president, urges any student who is even slightly interested in vehicles to join the organization. “If you like cars, if you like bikes, if you like anything that has an engine and wheels, then we are the place to go,” Edwards said.

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Presidential search disscusions now online at utoledo.edu/presidential-search By Trevor Stearns Staff Reporter

As the presidential search progresses, the search committee continues to keep others updated as they post their transcripts to the website and plan their next meetings. The transcripts from the four open forums that took place in early September were posted to the UT presidential search website on Oct. 1, and are available at utoledo.edu/presidential-search. “The transcripts are a great way of seeing what information we’re gathering and using,” said Clayton Notestine, a fourthyear political science major and president

Money mule from page 1

“I need a separate account so I can be meticulous, saying this is where every penny of what you gave me went,” she said, “and then if it turns out not to be legit, it’s also not mixed in with my account.” She put the check in the newly-opened account on the Saturday she received it, knowing it would not be processed until Monday. “That weekend, Sunday, he kept texting me asking for updates, and I was like, ‘Dude, it’s a Sunday. There’s no update. There’s nothing to do on a Sunday. There’s no banking, no anything,’” the student said. Because she knew her bank would put a hold on such a large check, the student used the extra time and a photo she’d taken of the check to call the bank from which the check supposedly came. “They got back to me and they said ‘Yeah, we have no record of this check,’” the student said. She called RocketJobs and left a message about her experience, and has since filled out an online report with the FBI. Sergeant Brian Boerst from UT’s police department said multiple students have come to UTPD after encounters with scammers. Though he didn’t work with the student who came forward, he said he’s worked with several students at UT, at least one of whom fell victim to the scam. “[The scammers] can look up anyone with a UT email,” Boerst said, “and send them a fishy email saying work from home, record your hours and we’ll send you a check for X amount of money.” And when it comes on RocketJobs, Boerst said students should still be careful of the business opportunities they go after. “Anyone can join RocketJobs to be an employer,” Boerst said. According to Matthew Junod, information security officer and manager, “it’s a matter of registration.” An employer is usually a representative of a company, and they apply to be able to post jobs. “The submission is reviewed by the Career Services folks down in the Student Union before it is posted,” Junod said. But Junod said prevention is an uphill battle — IT blocks over a million spam messages per day, but “the scammers are working constantly to make messages look like legitimate messages to evade our filters.” Junod said marking messages as spam will help the system better filter them out in the future. Boerst said when UTPD gets checks from money muling scams, they “are either involved in taking the check and doing a police report and putting it in as evidence,” or they destroy the check.

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OSHA to inform UT of the investigation. University of Toledo Police Department Sergeant Brian Boerst said if there had been an incident on the site, UTPD would be the first ones on the scene, but “OSHA has no obligation to call us and say what’s going on.” Boerst said he had seen that there were the cave-in support beams at the worksite during construction, but were not in use during the construction. There are six ways a company can be penalized for OSHA violations. Penalties are given based upon the severity and if there is a repeated violation, according to the OSHA website, the lowest penalty is $7,000. “This company has had three inspections in the past five years,” Burke said, “the

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they had purchased from another of these sites,” Moore said. Few scholars sell their work for a lot of money, according to Sharon Barnes, a women and gender studies professor. “Many of us are squeamish about having someone potentially mess with our intellectual property,” Barnes said, “like the student notetakers who sell their notes on Flashnotes, identify it as ours, with all of the notetaker’s errors, interpretations, et cetera, and make a profit from it.” Flashnotes board member Lester Lefton thinks peer-topeer learning is more effec-

of Student Government. “If someone feels as though an important note hasn’t been brought up or not brought up enough, the transcripts will let them know so they can speak up.” Meghan Annesser, a first-year civil engineering major, also thought having the transcripts posted online was a good idea for students and others watching the progress of the search. “I haven’t paid much attention to the search, but I think that it’s good to.... Finish reading online at www.IndependentCollegian.com “People can solicit anyone on email so there’s nothing that can usually be done about it,” Boerst said. To prevent getting scammed, Dean for the Student Experience Tamika Mitchell said to watch for unusual payment requests. “I would err on the side of caution any time a student is looking for any type of service or job where the request is to pay money up front,” she said. “I’ve never in all of my years of working had the request where you need to pay before you have the opportunity to work this job.” Mitchell also recommended looking at the email address to see if it is from a UT email. “We’ve had scammers come across our portal and look legitimate saying they’re from our IT department ... but when you look closely, it may not be from a UT email address,” Mitchell said. She stated that UT’s IT department will never send an email out asking to verify information. Junod suggested sending questions about suspicious emails to the IT helpdesk. “If a student suspects that a job offer posted on the RocketJobs site is fraudulent or suspicious,” Junod said, “the student should let Career Services know so that the fake posting can be taken down.” But despite precautions, students are still getting scammed. And in that case, Junod recommended filing a report with UTPD. “The more that are reported, the more attention and resources the police and federal law enforcement put into investigating the incident,” he said.

Signs of a scam There are several signs a job offer could be a scam, according to Junod. These include: •Demands for payment prior to starting work •Use of webmail like gmail.com or Yahoo Mail (This is not always bad, but can be one more thing to look out for) •Work-from-home jobs (not always fraud, but one more thing to look out for) •The company requests you to install software on your computer to get a job •Requests for personal details, like SSN or bank account number via phone or email •Suspicious job titles, like “Payment processing agent”, or “Funds transfer agent” •Fake or misspelled business names, addresses and phone numbers •Any job that requires the person to wire (wire transfer) money, especially when the student gets to keep a “commission” for themself •Anything that sounds too good to be true

current one, one on Aug. 20, 2012, where no violations were found, and one serious violation found in an inspection on April 21, 2011 for exposing workers to an electrical hazard. The company paid a penalty of $1,300.” Despite having a serious violation, the Industrial Power Systems website states that they have no OSHA violations. According to their website, “IPS has an exemplary safety record, with no OSHA violations… ” The citation and notice of penalty sent to IPS stated that the company has 15 business days upon receiving it to respond, either through compliance, requesting an informal meeting with OSHA’s area director, or to send a letter of intent to contest the findings in front of OSHA’s Review Commission. For more information on OSHA’s safety standards, go to http://www.osha.gov.

tive than professor teaching. “Flashnotes.com is emerging as a leading force in helping to reshape higher education,” Lefton said, “and has the potential to create real change by helping students to learn from one another — and to succeed academically as well as financially.“ Lefton believes Flashnotes is more in tune to the students’ needs. “Students know what other students want and need to know,” Lefton said. “Students trust their peers for insights. They intuit what other students don’t understand, and it goes back to the earliest educational model, one-on-one tutoring.”

The process is monitored by their review board, according to Kennedy. “We only accept notes and study guides which are the student’s interpretation of the lecture material,” Kennedy said. “That way, the professors still get their intellectual property rights, and the students get to take advantage of the system.” Lefton said Flashnotes “gives a student insight, interaction and a student focus,” making it another resource a student can use for learning, “and that is the ultimate goal: providing students learning tools so they can succeed.” Howard said changes may be made to the business deal later in the week.

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O’Brien to be inducted into MVC Athletic Hall of Fame

University of Toledo Vice President and Athletic Director Mike O’Brien will spend the weekend in Missouri, where he is to be inducted into the Missouri Valley College Athletics Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place this Saturday in Marshall, MO. as a part of MVC’s Homecoming celebration. O’Brien played basketball at Missouri Valley College from 1973 to 1975, serving as a captain during his senior season before graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Science in education. He also participated in numerous other activities on campus, including being a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. “I am very grateful to the Missouri Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame induction committee for this tremendous honor,” O’Brien said in a school statement. “I enjoyed my time at MVC, and owe much of my success to the mentoring I received there. I am honored to be joining numerous great studentathletes, coaches and administrators in the MVC Athletic Hall of Fame.” O’Brien, currently in his 13th year at Toledo, holds the second-longest tenure among current MAC athletic directors. The Rockets have won or shared a combined 27 Mid-American Conference championships in nine different sports during his time at the helm. O’Brien has also supervised numerous athletic facility renovation and construction projects, such as the $30 million Charles A. Sullivan Athletics Complex and Savage Arena, which opened in 2008.

Final round of Sagamore Fall Preview cancelled The University of Toledo Rockets’ men’s golf team is heading home from the Sagamore Fall Preview earlier than expected, and wetter than they probably would have liked. The third and final round was canceled Tuesday morning after conditions at Sagamore Golf Club became unplayable due to heavy rain. Due to the cancellation, the scores revert back to round two scores, meaning Toledo finishes the event in 13th place. Many teams began playing Tuesday morning only to be drenched just 30 minutes into play. The forecast called for more rain throughout the rest of the day, leading tournament officials to cancel the final round, completing the tournament with 36-hole scores. Toledo notched rounds of 305-310-615 to place 13th at 39 over par. Senior Chris Selfridge and junior Otto Black set the tone for the Rockets with a 6-over par 150, tied for 26th place. The Rockets close out the fall schedule Monday, Oct. 20, with the two-day Georgetown Intercollegiate in Beallsville, Md.

Detmer honored Senior placekicker Jeremiah Detmer has once again received recognition from the MidAmerican Conference. Detmer was named MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week for a 3-of-3 field goal performance at Iowa State on Oct. 11. He also sent five of six kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks against the Cyclones. This is Detmer’s second MAC Player of the Week honor this season, and the eighth of his collegiate career. The 2013 first-team All-MAC pick was named MAC Special Teams Player of the Year last season.

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UT ATHLETICS

THE BEST MEDICINE Dr. Kruse spending career in service to all Rockets By Robert Hearons Associate Sports Editor

Chaos and change are normal in college athletics, and things are no different at the University of Toledo. Coaches come and go, players arrive and conquer, and last season’s champions don’t always get a second crack at the trophy. In a 33-year career as a team doctor at Toledo, Dr. Roger Kruse has seen a lot of this change while also remaining a reassuring constant in the lives of Rockets’ athletes. “It’s been a great ride,” Kruse said. “Just helping the kids, when they come back and look you up or say ‘Hi,’ it’s just neat. “It’s kind of like you have your own little family of all the college athletes that have gone through.” An athlete himself in college, Kruse said he has always had a passion for sports and he knew he wanted to make a career out of this passion. After finishing his family practice residency, Kruse began working for UT as a team doctor in 1981, eventually forming his own fellowship. “They didn’t have anybody in general practice covering the teams,” he said. “It was from there that we started.” Kruse has also taken his expertise global as a drug-crew chief for the U.S. Olympic Committee. As part of this committee, he has attended the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1996 Summer Olympics. He served as head physician for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. These are all impressive achievements, but for Kruse it’s been all about the kids he worked with over the years. “[There have been] a lot of great athletes we have taken care of,” he said. “A lot of friends that have remained friends. ‘It’s been fun’ is the best way to put it.” Kruse’s emphasis on the well-being of student athletes, as well as their complete

COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICS

Dr. Roger Kruse (pictured above tending to an injured Rockets’ football player) has spent the last 33 years as a team doctor for University of Toledo athletics, the last 25 of which have been spent as the Rockets’ head physician.

rehabilitation, has been a key principle during his tenure at UT.

“It’s been a great ride. Just helping the kids, when they come back and look you up or say ‘Hi,’ it’s just neat.” DR. ROGER KRUSE UT Athletics head physician

“As the head football coach it’s great to have somebody with [such] medical expertise,” said UT head football coach Matt Campbell. “You have to appreciate that he always puts his kids and your kids in the best position. “That’s probably the most important thing you can ask out of a physician is that

they’re going to try to do what’s best for their players.” Campbell didn’t have to reach back far to cite an example, pointing out sophomore running back Kareem Hunt’s recent leg injury and the road to recovery he is traveling. “[Kareem’s] really had a chance to understand just how important Dr. Kruse is to this team,” Campbell said. “[Kruse has] put a great plan together to bring Kareem back at 100 percent.” Along with Kruse’s tenure as a UT team doctor — 25 years of it spent as head physician — he will now be adding a spot on the Committee of Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) to his resumé. “It’s great for me, it’s great for the university and it’s great for the Mid-American Conference,” Kruse said of his new position. “It’s really great; there are only three positions in the United States.” The committee, one of the

MEN’S TENNIS

Men’s tennis team successful during Rocket Invitational By Keith Boggs Sports Reporter

The University of Toledo men’s tennis team took care of home this weekend with a strong showing at the threeday Rocket Invitational. The Rockets wasted no time asserting themselves, winning 11 of the 12 matches that they played on Friday, Oct. 10 against Wayne State and Youngstown State.

“We have to make sure we’re not too confident. We do feel like we could be the best team in the conference.” AL WERMER UT men’s tennis coach

Sophomore Stjepan Sisko won two singles matches against Wayne State (6-3, 6-4) and Youngstown State (6-2, 6-4), continuing to build on his stellar freshman season with an impressive second year. “I’m more confident in my skills this year,” he said. Senior Nicky Wong also had a good first day, winning a singles match against Wayne State (6-1, 6-2) and teaming up with junior Garrett Cona to win a doubles

match over Youngstown (7-6, 7-6). The second day against Duquesne and a Purdue/Western Michigan split squad wasn’t as dominant, but the Rockets certainly held their own. Toledo won seven out of 11 matches, including a sweep of Duquesne in five. The Rockets received a singles victory courtesy of junior Ryan Jorgensen (6-3, 3-6, 10-8 over Purdue) and a doubles victory from the team of Wong and senior Mark Singnil (6-2, 6-4 over WMU). “The team chemistry is really good,” Wong said. ”We do a lot of things together, and we communicate really well.” The Rockets finished up in day three with a really strong performance. Against Cleveland State, Toledo took both doubles matches and three of four singles against the Vikings. Sisko again took care of business, winning a singles match (6-1, 6-4), while Cona and Wong again teamed up for a hard fought doubles win (6-4, 7-6) and Jorgensen and freshman Stephen Miller were victorious in a three-set match (3-6, 6-4, 10-5). “I feel like we played pretty solid, a couple of hiccups, but we played good overall,” said UT head coach Al Wermer. “We have to make sure we’re not too confident. We do feel like we could be the best

team in the conference.” Wermer’s players agreed with their coach’s words, and they are eager to show their school what this team is capable of. “We want people to start coming to the games,” Sisko explained. Toledo will hit the road for the ITA Regionals, which kick off Thursday, Oct. 16, in Ann Arbor.

NCAA’s most significant, exists to provide leadership and expertise in supporting all aspects of student-athlete safety. Kruse didn’t initially seek the committee spot but was nominated by the MAC, an invitation that is hard to decline. “They called me and asked if I was interested in doing it and I said I would look at it and, you know, this is the most influential medical committee in the NCAA,” he said. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone familiar with Kruse. “It’s huge when you get national recognition like that,” Campbell said. “Especially when it comes from not only our athletic department, but certainly somebody like Dr. Kruse who has had a profound effect on all University of Toledo athletics. “To have one of our own [with that recognition] says a lot about our university and certainly gives us another key

part of the puzzle.” Although Kruse enjoys working with each and every student athlete on campus, some of his finest memories come from helping his most gifted athletes in their biggest moments. His favorite memory is of a football player who, it’s safe to say, is well-known in these parts. “Bruce Gradkowski in the championship game of the MAC conference in 2004, when he dislocated his shoulder and broke a hand,” Kruse recalled. “He was able to finish, throw three touchdown passes and be the MVP. “That was probably the most memorable moment [for me].” Kruse’s passion for the students and for sports medicine will be something that aids him in his new NCAA committee spot, the latest chapter in his adventurous career at Toledo. “It’s been a great ride,” Kruse said. It’s certainly not over yet.

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COMMUNITY

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ARE WE

Students discuss the impact of digital socialization By Joe Heidenescher Associate Community Editor

Walk into any classroom at the University of Toledo and you will find people interacting with their cell phone screens more than with each other. According to third-year psychology major, Elsie Almodovar, face-to-face interaction between people has declined since the creation of social media. She said social media has become the norm when it comes to connecting with people. “All we want to do is be connected to each other … not on a personal level, but on a technological level,” Almodovar said. Almodovar isn’t the only person noticing how anti-social social media is. Other UT students have noticed, parents have noticed, and Hollywood has noticed. “I think social media is at its height right now and maybe we’re just trying to figure out what to do with it,” said Kaitlyn Dever, a star of the new Paramount Pictures’ film “Men, Women & Children,” directed by Jason Reitman. According to Dever, the movie is about how teens and adults have to navigate through a new world of online social media. “I think [Reitman] definitely just wanted to tell a true and honest story about what’s going on in the world right now, and how humans are … connecting with each other online,” Dever said. Other UT students said that connecting online has become increasingly difficult. “I can’t connect with people over social media,” said Gabriella Nusbaum, a first-year biology major. Nusbaum said she constantly struggles with having a presence on social media. “I just feel like I’m peer-pressured to be on it,” Nusbaum said. “There are some days where I feel like I do know what’s going on because I’m on here, and there are some times where this is so distracting and time-sucking and I don’t even really enjoy it.” She said it’s hard to post online because everything is constantly being judged. “I feel like somebody is going to judge me on this. So I don’t even like to post things anyways,” Nusbaum said.

Social media is not always harmful though, according to Almodovar. “It can be used in a way other than just tweeting selfies and ‘Woman Crush Wednesdays.’ It can be used in a political way, to get news out,” Almodovar said. Almodovar said social media is how the world found out about the protests happening in Ferguson, Mo. in late August. “I think social media is a really resourceful platform and I guess what comes most to mind is how recently it’s been used as a really political platform, like in Ferguson when the media wasn’t really reporting about it, so many people were tweeting about it,” she said. Almodovar said most social media is used to tell people what is happening and how to “conform to societal norms,” however, she said there is online media that tells you the opposite. “There are a lot of positive, uplifting places you can go on the Internet,” Almodovar said. “For example, I love Tumblr. I use it a lot, and on Tumblr there are a lot of people that are trying to create a space where people can be themselves; people can be proud of who they are.” Dever said her character in the film secretly uses social media as an outlet. “I think she has a secret Tumblr because she’s trapped in this world where she didn’t know what to do with herself and it’s her only escape,” Dever said. “I think a lot of teenagers will relate to that aspect of [her] character. It’s just like they’re growing up and they’re trying to decide who they are as people.” Almodovar said that how someone defines themselves shouldn’t be based on what other people post online. “This stuff truly has an impact on us as a society, and we should care that people get so sucked into and consumed by this online culture that they change themselves, or do things they’d never do or kill themselves,” Almodovar said. Almodovar said it’s easy to get sucked into these “negative spaces” on the Internet and think you’re not good enough. She said you have to ignore it. Nusbaum said online interactions and posts are exaggerated, and they make you feel lonely.

BALLROOM DANCE SOCIETY EVENT

Halloween Ball celebrates the autumn season By Abigail Sullivan Staff Reporter

Strap on your dancing shoes and brush up on your foxtrot, because The University of Toledo’s Ballroom Dance Society’s (UTBDS) first-ever Halloween Ball will be held Oct.18. UTBDS gives students and members of the community who want to dance the opportunity to do so. Sean Coyle, a fourth-year majoring chemical engineering, is the president of UTBDS and said the idea of Halloween Ball was created by the society’s executive board. “This is the first Halloween Ball that we have held,” Coyle said. “Our traditional school event is the Yule Ball, held in December.” Since it is Halloween-themed, costumes are welcome at the ball, but not required. Those who do dress up will be in the running for a prize. Kyle Solomon, the vice president of the

competition, said Yule Ball is based off of the fourth book of the Harry Potter series. “We’ve had a ton of success with the Yule Ball as an event,” Coyle said. “We thought we would try to replicate that for our favorite fall holiday.” Although not a charity event like Yule Ball, the money raised from Halloween Ball will benefit UTBDS. “We are hosting this event to raise money for our travels,” Solomon said. “We try to keep the costs as low as possible so that everyone is able to participate.” The Halloween Ball will be held from 8-11:30 p.m. in the Ingman Room in the Student Union. Admission is $5 and everyone is welcome to attend. “Nothing makes us happier than seeing the UT student body up and dancing,” Coyle said. “That’s the driving force behind the event.”

Homecoming 2014 Events Sunday, Oct. 19

-- Ice Cream Social 8-10 p.m. in the I-Care Room (Ottawa East) Come enjoy ice cream and hang out with friends while listening to the hits of the 50s.

Monday, Oct. 20

-- Cornhole Tournament 5-8 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. Join us in raising money for the Ronald McDonald House of Toledo while enjoying 60s music and pizza.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

-- Field Day 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Centennial Mall Celebrate Rocket Tradition with free food, games, music and fun. Top 10 Homecoming Candidates will be announced. -- Kickball Tournament 6-8 p.m. at the Glass Bowl Stadium. Participate in a friendly kickball tournament on the football field. For a registration form, email Alana. brooks@rockets.utoledo. edu. Registrations must

be turned in by Oct. 20 by 5 p.m. to the Office of Student Involvement. Sponsored by the Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council.

Wednesday, Oct. 22

-- Powderpuff Tournament 6:30-9 p.m. Fetterman Athletic Complex. Girls, get together with six other friends and partake in our first powderpuff tournament and men are welcome to come cheer them on to victory. -- Midnight Breakfast 11 p.m.-1 a.m. at Parks Tower. Breakfast at night. No cost, but donations are welcome (cash or pop tabs). All proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House. Also, a UT traditions game show will be hosted by Blue Key.

Thursday, Oct. 23

-- Ultimate 90s Experience 7-10 p.m. at the Basketball Courts behind McComas Village. Outdoor roller skating,

90s songs, and Nintendo 64 on a giant screen. All of this and more for a donation of 5 pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Top 5 Homecoming Candidates will be announced. Sponsored by C.A.P.

Friday, Oct. 24

-- Making the Band 11 a.m. -2 p.m. in the Student Union Room 2582. Bring your best voices and cheer on friends with a boyband karaoke contest. $10 per group participating. Registrations forms available at “Ask Rocky” in the Student Union.

Saturday, Oct. 25

-- Annual Edward C. and Helen G. Schmakel Homecoming Parade 9 a.m. Watch as floats, dignitaries, fellow alumni, honorees, the Rocket Marching Band, Rocky and Rocksy take the streets of Old Orchard! Don’t forget to vote for your Homecoming King and Queen. First round of voting begins Oct. 17 at midnight.

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Kaitlyn Dever (left) and Ansel Elgort (right) star in “Men, Women & Children,” a movie about how the Internet changes people’s lives, relationships, self-image and communication with others around them. The movie will be in theaters Oct. 17, 2014.

“I know there are people that are like, ‘I’m going to post this because it makes me look so cool,’ but really they’re not doing that cool of stuff,” Nusbaum said. Almodovar said social media has the ability to make people lazy and anti-social. “I feel like you have to literally stop completely and just go out and talk to people,” Almodovar said. Not only are UT students reacting to social media, but other social users have begun to ask the question: how social is social media? Within the last two weeks, a video titled “Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?” by artist Prince Ea went viral. The video now has over five million views on YouTube. In the video he said social media makes us less human. “I’m so tired of performing in a pageantry of vanity and conforming to this accepted form of digital insanity. Call me crazy, but I imagine a

world where we smile when we have low batteries, because that will mean we’re one bar closer to humanity,” Prince Ea said in his video. Almodovar agreed with Prince Ea’s message. “It was like a tiny epiphany,” she said. “It honestly made me want to put my phone down for a good while and remember what it feels like not to be attached to and stressed out by technology and social media.” Almodovar said as social media continues to grow, more people rethink how its used. The film “Men, Women & Children,” also starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner and Ansel Elgort, will premiere in theaters on Oct. 17. “It will make you think twice about not looking down at your phone as much, or maybe just looking up for a minute or two,” Dever said. “And I think it will just make everyone more aware.” To see Prince Ea’s full YouTube video, visit http://tinyurl.com/princeeas.