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Graduate studies
Faculty say provost’s plan will hurt grad programs By Nell Tirone Staff Reporter
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The University of Toledo Graduate Council is expressing their concerns about the survival of the university’s graduate programs. A letter was sent to President Lloyd Jacobs, Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough and Health Science Campus Chancellor Jeffery Gold this month, stating the
proposed workload policy and new class size requirements would “ultimately damage research and graduate education” at UT. “Graduate students account for almost one in five students and the university earns almost double the subsidy and tuition from the typical graduate student than it does from an undergraduate,” the letter read. “Members of the Graduate
Council perceive the proposed workload as a threat to the reputation, income, and survivability of the University.” The current policy states that all tenured and tenuretrack faculty members must have at least 12 semester credit hours for each semester. It also requires at least 30 undergraduate students and at least 15 graduate students
per class. Scarborough said faculty workload increases reflect issues that universities across Ohio are going through, not just at UT. “I think those involved in graduate education are worried about the impact … as universities struggle to kind of balance their budgets,” Scarborough said. See Grad studies / 8
Student Government Elections
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In brief UT Anime Society to finish spring film series Students can still catch the final few episodes of the shows featured in UT Anime Society’s spring anime series. The group meets on alternating Thursday and Friday nights at 6 p.m. in Student Union Room 1503. The viewings scheduled for Thursday night are “Higashi no Eden,” “Black Lagoon,” “Princess Princess” and “Ebiten.” The viewings scheduled for Friday night are “Darker then Black,” “Hachimitsu to Clover,” “Toradora,” “Princess Tutu” and “Strawberry Panic.” For a detailed schedule, visit utanime.com.
UT to host Prison Week Reform in the prison system will be highlighted during Prison Week starting Monday, April 8. University of Toledo faculty and local community members will host lectures, discussions and presentations at different locations around campus, including the Student Union and McQuade Law Auditorium. The event will culminate in a meeting inside the Toledo Correctional Institution. The week is sponsored by Toledoans for Prison Awareness. For a complete schedule or more information about Prison Week, visit tinyurl.com/ prisonweek.
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Students listen as both Student Government presidential tickets discuss their plans to help improve student retention and “Rocket Pride” at Tuesday’s first ticket debate of the year.
Candidates detail plans at ticket debate By Josh Egler Staff Reporter
The Independent Collegian held the second annual Student Government Presidential Ticket Debate on Monday where the candidates debated issues ranging from Rocket Pride to diversity. The debate started with both tickets promoting their platforms. The Emily Kramp and Lauren Jencen ticket’s platform includes plans to “construct and renovate” UT, make SG more transparent, promote Rocket Pride and improve the student experience on campus. The Chris Dykyj and Nikeya Wilson ticket’s platform includes improving advising and student life, as well as increasing Rocket
Pride and creating more “real world experiences” for students. The Kramp-Jencen ticket has, as part of their platform, a resolution to give every business that offers student discounts a rocket logo as a means to promote Rocket Pride and make chains and local businesses more accessible for the students. “We would like to somehow post it, make it accessible to students so students know what businesses offer student discounts,” Jencen said. Kramp added that the program will, “advertise on the storefronts so people will see that it offers student discounts. See Debate / 8
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Presidential candidate Emily Kramp (left) and her running mate Lauren Jencen.
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Crime
Drugs involved in December on-campus stabbing, coroner says By Danielle Gamble and Lindsay Mahaney
Editor-in-Chief and News Editor
A synthetic drug was involved in the Dec. 19 stabbing death of Josiah Galat on the University of Toledo’s campus, according to the Lucas County Coroner’s office. Dr. James Patrick, a coroner from the office, confirmed today that a hallucinogenic drug named 25iNBOMe, or 25i, was found in Galat’s system. Senior engineering major Galat died of multiple stab wounds to the neck while staying at UT’s Horton International House residence hall over winter break. Erik Littleton, 19, who was also an engineering student at the time, was hospitalized after the incident and later returned to his home in Detroit. Chief of Police Jeff Newton said at this time no charges have been filed against Littleton and the investigation is still active and ongoing. Police have taken into account 25i was found in Galat’s system. “If you do a little research on the drug, you’ll find it’s caused quite a bit of problems across the country,” he said. According to the Erowid Center, an organization which provides information on psychoactive substances, 25i can be ingested in multiple ways, including smoking and dissolving drug tags under the tongue. The drug has been compared to LSD, and symptoms can include increased heart rate, unusual body sensations, confusion, euphoria, nausea, fear and panic. Alexis Blavos, outgoing director of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Program, said there was “no way the students could have known what was going to happen” in the December incident because of the natural unpredictability of synthetic drugs. Though she has never heard of this specific drug before, Blavos said that’s common with “designer drugs.”
Presidential candidate Chris Dykyj and his running mate Nikeya Wilson.
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Student Leadership
Applications available for student Board of Trustees representative By Jayme Mersing Staff Reporter
Students interested in influencing university policy can apply to be a student member of the University of Toledo Board of Trustees for the 2013-2015 term. Brittney Brown, current student trustee and a senior marketing major, said others should get involved with the board because “it’s nice to see what is really happening” with UT rather than relying on “biased rumors.” “This is one of the most influential positions for students attending
UT,” Brown said. “By being on the board, it’s a very different experience to see the major decisions being made that impact the entire university.” Kaye Patten Wallace, vice president for the student experience, said in an email that students should apply if they are “eligible and a hard working student.” She also stressed that candidates do not have to be members of Student Government. Even though student trustees do not have an official board vote, they
attend all public board meetings. Student trustees must attend all board meetings and will be appointed to another committee within the board. They will be required to report the information discussed at the committee meetings to SG Senate. Applications are available now under the “About UT” tab on the UT home page. The applications are due to Dean of Students Tamika Dobbins on April 1 at noon in the Student Union’s Office for the Student Experience, room 2521.
Requirements Students interested in becoming a Board of Trustees representative must: n Have 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA n Be enrolled full time n Have attended UT for three semesters as a full-time student n Have a clean conduct record with the university n Be a registered Ohio voter n Submit an application by April 1 at noon to the Student Union’s Office for the Student Experience, room 2521
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“Big Day” event
Mary Page Drymple, a senior in nursing, picks up remains of a burnt house with the group Blue Key during the “Big Day” restoration event.
Student group of the week
“The Dykyj/Wilson; because he has experience serving under President Bongratz and if she respects him, then he must have something going for him.” Ross Benner Senior Accounting
Mortar Board College Senior Honor Society Purpose: Mortar Board is a senior honor society that focuses on scholarship, leadership and service. Leaders: President- Karen Grajczyk, Vice PresidentJill Fabo, Secretary- Sarah Dickey, Treasurer- Khayla Finnegin History: The Peppers chapter of Mortar Board started in 1924. It started off as Pepper’s Women’s Honorary and was formed to increase the support and attendance for campus athletics and other events. In 1983, Peppers became a chapter of Mortar Board National Honor Society and began admitting men. Currently, Mortar Board consists of a co-ed group who have demonstrated exemplary leadership, maintained high academic achievement and participated in campus activities and community service. Upcoming events: Songfest on April 6 How to learn more: contact Karen Grajczyk at Karen.Grajczyk@rockets.utoledo.edu, or visit the Facebook page: UT Mortar Board Peppers Chapter Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Benjamin Jendrzejak at bjendrzejak@independentcollegian.com.
This week in UT history 25 years ago: After 25 years at the University of Toledo, an era has ended. Dr. George P. Guthrie, professor of philosophy, has retired and been granted professor emeritus status. 50 years ago: Frank X. Lauterbur is the 10th
man to take over the reins as head football coach of the University of Toledo since the end of World War II. 75 years ago: A sound movie on syphilis shown at the Central YMCA was attended by members of the university biology and pharmacy classes.
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“I think the Dykyj/Wilson ticket has the best chance because I have heard the most information about them.” Thomas Singleton
Grad student Higher Education Policy & Administration
“The Dykyj/Wilson because Chris has a lot of previous experience.” Alexis Trotter Sophomore Pre-pharmacy
“The Kramp/ Jencen ticket because they have the biggest advertisements.” Kyle Winfield
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In brief UT artists featured in graphic design magazine A group of artists composed of UT students, faculty and alumni will be featured in HOW Magazine as part of the “You Are Here Toledo” project. “Here Toledo” consisted of 100 dots placed in historically significant locales around the city, and each dot was designed to artistically represent its location. The project was set up by The Arts Commission and coordinated in part by Dan Hernandez, assistant professor of interdisciplinary art. It ran last year from May through October and will receive an Outstanding Award from the graphic design magazine, one of 20 out of 242 design projects. To view an archive of the project, visit youareheretoledo.com.
Women’s symposium slated for Scott Park “Women of the World,” or “WOW,” is the theme of a new conference at Scott Park Auditorium scheduled for Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature a keynote address from Margaret Wong who will discuss her experiences as an immigrant and information about female-oriented shops, crafts and health. Attendees will also be treated to performances, presentations and vendors, and door prizes will be awarded throughout the day. The conference is free to attend, but donations are accepted. To register or for more information, visit wowtoledo.org.
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Faculty Senate says changes to constitution could make UT more vulnerable to lawsuits By Angela Peluso Staff Reporter
Faculty Senate members said this week that an administrative mandate to change the group’s constitution would leave the University of Toledo more open to legal problems. The March 26 discussion concerned an administrative decision made earlier this year requiring all university organizations to revise their constitutions and bylaws to include two new clauses by June 30. One clause would say nothing in the Senate’s rules can conflict with the constitution of the recently formed University Council and the other would state that the Faculty Senate’s power has been delegated to it by the trustees. In an interview after the meeting, Faculty Senate vice president Linda Rouillard said that with a clause stating the Faculty Senate’s authority comes from the Board of Trustees, a student could more easily sue UT over grading policies passed by the senate. Rouillard said currently Faculty Senate decisions are seen as purely academic, and the court system “tends to not get involved.” However, this additional clause would make those choices “come back to the administration, and the courts could make the university more vulnerable to lawsuits.” She said she doesn’t want the university to be more susceptible to legal action, especially from a clause that is “unnecessary.” “There’s no need for it — we’ve been operating quite fine without it,” Rouillard said. If the senate does not make revisions by the deadline, its constitution will be suspended by the board. John Barrett, recently appointed vice provost and previous chair of the constitution rules committee, said during
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Steven Scherer makes a play during a December match.
Toledo Firebolts head to World Cup tourney By IC Staff
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Faculty Senate President Mike Dowd said at Tuesday’s meeting that changes to the senate’s constitution, which were mandated by the University Council and the Board of Trustees, could expose UT to legal problems.
the meeting that if the constitutions are not revised with the new clauses added, the constitution will be suspended — not the organization. Faculty Senate President Mike Dowd said he met with Jacobs and told him the delegation clause declares all decisions are administrative and no longer academic decisions. “I encouraged him to speak with the university lawyers about this issue,” Dowd said. Dowd encouraged all members of Faculty Senate to bring any proposed changes to the Senate constitution to the group’s April 9 meeting. Once all proposed changes are accepted by Faculty Senate, the revisions will be sent to all members for ultimate approval. In other Faculty Senate news: n UT archivist Barbara Floyd was appointed to the constitution rules committee,
Constitution changes The following clauses are required to be inserted in the Faculty Senate Constitution, Rules, and Appendix: (1) Nothing in this Faculty Senate (Constitution, Rules, or Appendix) shall conflict with the University Council Constitution as approved by the Board of Trustees of the University. In the event of a conflict, the University Council Constitution and Bylaws shall prevail. (2) The authority and power of the Faculty Senate to take the actions set forth herein has been delegated and, in the ordinary course of events, will continue to be delegated from the Board of Trustees through the President and Officers of the University to the Faculty Senate.
which she will also chair. n Health Science Campus Chancellor Jeffrey Gold mentioned the idea of creating a college of dentistry. He said it would be an enlargement of the Health and Science Campus and no construction would need to take place. n Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough spoke about Intern in Ohio, the new internship matching program UT is piloting. Faculty Senate members raised
several questions, including concerns about professors being able to stay in touch with students on internships. n The Judith Herb College of Education’s implementation team will begin meeting weekly to decide how to structure the current education, health science and human service college’s split into three new colleges. Danielle Gamble contributed to this story.
The UT Firebolts will play in World Cup VI, a national Quidditch tournament, on April 13 and 14 in Kissimmee, FL. The Toledo team is a Division II entry and will compete against 20 teams from all over the country. Firbolts captain Alex Scheer, a senior music performance major, said the team is taking 10 players, and is one of two teams from Ohio. “Personally I’m really excited,” he said. “I think this is a good opportunity for our team to become a further staple in the Quidditch community, and will reflect well on UT and its legacy.” In other news, the Firebolts took the top spot March 23 at the inaugural Dobby Memorial Tournament, hosted by Ohio University, which included a moment of silence for the fictional house elf Dobby from the Harry Potter book series. Toledo finished 4 to 1 after competing against three additional teams.
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No more shame
WXUT DJ’s Twitter post was only one symptom of a national problem Recent remarks on Twitter by a WXUT DJ put UT’s radio station in the spotlight, but we must also shine the spotlight on a larger problem: our national tendency to blame the victims of sexual assault. Jimmy Momenee, a volunteer DJ for WXUT, resigned last week after he posted a message about the Steubenville rape trial on his personal Twitter account, saying, “If you’re drunk/ slutty at a party, and embarrassed later, just say you got raped!” These words are sickening, and someone who represents this university presenting those beliefs is intolerable. The station shouldn’t suffer as a whole for his words, having taken appropriate action by suspending his show and saying that his remarks “directly condradict” UT’s values. But we still need to discuss this issue because it is much larger than one DJ at one radio station at one university. Momenee’s remarks were an example of “slut shaming,” a phrase that refers to verbally attacking a woman who actively expresses her sexual identity, whether through her actions or her appearance. Nobody deserves to be subjected to these kinds of attacks, We still need to especially those who are discuss this issue already dealing with trauma from an event, such as because it is much sexual assault. larger than one DJ at This sort of treatment one radio station at destroys a woman’s selfone university. esteem. There is no room for anyone here at UT who believes that being drunk or acting “slutty” excuses someone else of committing sexual assault. This needs to stop — now. The growing tradition of Slut Walks, which are protests where women dress provocatively in opposition to slut shaming, allow women to speak up with a collective voice against these accusations. And even though Toledo doesn’t host its own Slut Walk, the Toledo chapter of the National Organization of Women hosts events and protests against crimes on womanhood. Also, organizations like UT’s Feminist Alliance work with the university to put on programming that promote equality and respect for women. We can all take a stand against sexual violence, even here at UT. editorial
Let your voice be heard Student representatives on the Board of Trustees are an outlet for student opinion We all want a say in what happens at UT because it affects the academic experience we pay for. But it seems like there is a belief among several students that opportunities to make an impact on university policy are hidden or impossible to get into. That belief couldn’t be more wrong. They are everywhere, and it doesn’t take much to get active. Join a student organization, spend a few extra hours a week at a Student Government meeting or apply for a student trustee position on the Board of Trustees. There are many outlets for you to be heard. The student voice is a powerful thing and should not be taken for granted. Who else knows this campus better than the students? One of the most overlooked opportunities is the Student Board of Trustees representative position. The president of UT is overseen by the board to ensure outcome balance of power. While student trustees don’t have voting power, their position as students gives them a lot of political sway. Get up, get out there and let your voice be heard.
commentary
The war in Iraq: a dreadful legacy I remember the night of March 19, ways. After the U.S. invasion, the Iraq 2003 like it was yesterday. Sitting in my Museum was robbed of priceless hissafe, comfortable home in my pajamas, torical artifacts; many religious shrines I literally cheered as the first images of and archeological sites were destroyed, explosions in Baghdad reached my TV never to return. Environmental degrascreen. That’s because we were going to dation has deeply affected agricultural kick Saddam Hussein out of power, outputs and an exodus of educated keep ourselves safe from his massive professionals has created a brain drain stockpile of powerful weapons, get effect, handicapping the Iraqi economy back at all of those terrorists that atfor years to come. tacked us and spread democracy to the To top it all off, the strategic objecArab World. It was all very exciting to tives of the war were either unfulfilled a 13-year-old who or moot. There were no played Grand Theft weapons of mass deAuto and loved to struction. Al Qaeda in watch 24. Iraq (AQI) was created, Ten years later – yes, not destroyed, as a re10 years – it is difficult sult of this conflict since for me to write about they were never there in the United States’ war the first place. Saddam’s in Iraq. This is partly replacement, Nouri albecause of my initial Maliki, is not much reaction to it, and partmore democratic or inIC Columnist ly because few words clusive than Saddam possess the ability to was, and he has allied aptly describe the destruction, inexplihis Shi’a-dominated government more cability and sheer tragedy of such an closely with that of Iran’s than the event. United States. So in addition to a huFor several years after the “shock and manitarian disaster, the War in Iraq has awe” of that night, I followed a trajecbeen a major geopolitical setback to tory most Americans did: watching the United States, not to mention the with excitement as we easily overcame damage done to its standing in the Arthe Iraqi Army and toppled Saddam, ab World and in the international comand turning away with apathy when munity. The only “winners” of this war things went awry. For several years, I were Western oil companies, who have even passively continued to support the profited handsomely from the de-naconflict even as the news got worse and tionalization of Iraqi oil. worse. To me, however, these were still disAfter the fall of Baghdad – once one tant or irrelevant issues as I completed of the world’s greatest cities, a center high school and entered college. I for government, thought and trade – could have easily read about them and the city quickly fell into chaos. A power realized the horror of what my country vacuum left in the wake of the end of had done, but I didn’t give it much Saddam’s Ba’athist regime resulted in a thought – until I met someone who deadly civil war between extremist sec- had been personally affected by this tarian groups; a crucial contingency for atrocity. which the Bush administration had not Zaina lived in Baghdad until late calculated. 2006, at the height of the violence. At Much is made of the more than about 5:30 a.m. local time, as I sat in 4,000 American troop deaths and high my basement with my eyes glued to the cost of the war to American taxpayers. television, Zaina was probably awoken But what is mentioned less is that at by the sounds of explosions a few miles least 150,000 Iraqi civilians – innocent away in the city center. It wasn’t the men, women and children who never first time; she had lived through the volunteered to fight – perished during much-worse bombing campaign of the the course of this war. Countless others 1991 Gulf War and the 1998 “Desert have been affected, and their nation Fox” air strikes. torn apart by a carelessly executed war. I met Zaina last summer. When I Iraq has suffered in many other learned that she was from Iraq I asked
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her about her experience and was amazed by what I heard. She told me of the days before the war, when she and her classmates were full of hope and excitement at the prospect of Saddam being removed from power. She told me of the first weeks of the war, when American soldiers were treated by Iraqis as guests of honor. She told me of how quickly things deteriorated after that; the sound of bombings became a part of everyday life, traffic grinded to a standstill whenever U.S. military convoys passed through and a close friend’s uncle was shot to death after driving too closely behind an American tank. Zaina told me of a pre-war Iraq where sectarian differences simply didn’t matter; although her family is Sunni Muslim, her Shi’a Muslim neighbors would share food with them during festivals. In her opinion, it might have been better for Saddam Hussein to stay in power than what transpired. I began to comprehend just how little I knew about the world and my own country; I’ve never had to “just keep going” about my daily life and school, as Zaina had to amid the turmoil of armed conflict. But she did, and she survived to tell an awe-inspiring story. The U.S. War in Iraq is a single event encompassing a million tragedies. Although last week’s morbid 10-year “anniversary” of the invasion has been brought up often in the media, it is something most Iraqis would prefer to ignore. After all, though American troops have packed up and left, the violence continues. The division continues. The people of Iraq are simply trying to survive, rebuild their country and salvage what’s left of a true Iraqi identity. I now think of March 19, 2003 and can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of guilt; as if by applauding, I was somehow complicit in all that senseless destruction. But it doesn’t really matter how I feel; I’ve led a safe, sheltered existence for the last ten years and my life will go on. But for the people of Iraq, so much has been lost, and it’s never coming back. Adam Dellinger is a master’s of science candidate in industrial engineering.
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Not an original: the weight of education College is a time of open doors, conEducation is your best bet for perchallenges we would face otherwise. fusion and growth. That means that sonal growth. If you simply stop being We have many questions to answer for while we are looking steadily to better influenced by people in their past, or ourselves, regardless of what we have ourselves and chase after our dreams even media and pop culture, you don’t been told to follow or believe throughlike kite tails, we don’t always know get much of a chance to think for out the years. It is your responsibility what we’re doing. yourself. Thinking for yourself is one to choose for yourself. When I started my of the most liberating Originality is harder to achieve than undergrad at the Uniexperiences that huwe have been told. It is not about our versity of Toledo, I mans have accomclothes or our friends; it’s about the switched my major plished. We are a form way we carry ourselves and how clearly more times than I can of intelligent life. We we can think for ourselves. It’s about remember. I thought are the only species the choices we make to make this my major would dethat has formed civiliworld a better place. You may take your fine not only the way zations, languages and college years lightly, but education is my peers perceived culture. We have risen not limited to an institution only. It is me, but essentially the to the occasion also your duty to continue learning afrest of my future. throughout history. ter graduation. Education is imporEach new idea is based I myself cannot claim to be an origitant. Nobody can steal on a past one. This is nal. Everyday new ideas are thrown my IC Columnist knowledge and wishow we have survived way, and new thoughts and perspecdom from you once with our intellect. tives are forming in my mind. Where gained, and that is something to be What this means for us today is we are in life, we are young enough to proud of. However, your declared mathat we have so much more to build spring into action passionately, and jor in a university does not dictate who on than our ancesmature enough to be you are. It is simply a reflection of who tors did. We can take taken seriously. This Nobody can steal you are and your passions. their thoughts, exto treasure, knowledge from you isas aittime As often as we’re told that we ought amine them and won’t always be once gained, and that around. Your life does to be original, I have to remind you grow based on what that nothing we do today is original. we learn. That is the not begin after graduis something to be We are a collection of people and expe- weight of education, ation, and assignproud of. riences that were present in our childthat with your new ments are not a daily hood, our teenage years and even tofreedom of thought routine anymore; it day. What we do with those factors is you have a new responsibility. A rebegins right now, with you choosing to what allows original thoughts to form. sponsibility to grow and help others grow. On your own, you are not an original. around you grows as well. That is a This is why education is encouraged bigger challenge we realize. Veralucía Mendoza is a former University of Toledo student who last ateverywhere; it is the key to a brand The challenges that education poses tended in the spring of 2012. new perspective. for us are much harder than the
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puzzles THEME: SPRING IN THE AIR
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I want to ride my bicycle About two weeks ago I to my friends about acno carbon footprint during decided to go out and purcomplishing, but an easy my travels, which tends to chase a nice road bike for bike ride is a considerably make me feel a little bit betmy commute to and from better workout than an ter about myself at the end class. At the time, I was so easy car ride. Also, I found of the day. excited to have a nice, new to my great surprise that it Clearly, the benefits greatbike to ride. I expected it to took me less time to get to ly outweighed the costs carry so many advantages class on my bike than it when I decided to ride my for me in my daily life, since did in a car. The path for bike to school. However, the I live within my bike al- next day it was 30 degrees five miles lowed for once again. I grabbed my from my gym absolutely car keys and headed to class. and the unino stops. I I did so the next following versity. This was able to days. Actually, I have only was right find a side taken my bike to class once around the street that since buying it. time when the took me to Was it the fact that it has weather startBancroft, been below or near freezing ed getting nicwhich took every day since I have purer, and it me to the chased my bike, and I really IC Columnist seemed like University did not like the feeling of all spring was in Trails Path, of my fingers being frozen full-swing and then the which I could take all the and numb when I got to weekend ended, and temway to campus. class on the one day that I peratures dropped back In contrast, the route I did ride my bike? Was it the down into the 30’s. Still, dewould have taken in a car lack of accommodating and termined to test out my new would have caused me to convenient paths to ride my wheels, that Monday I stop up to 11 bike to grabbed my book bag and times, if I school, Also, I found to my my bike, and set out for my were to causing first class. have hit ev- great suprise that it me to I have four classes in a ery red jump from took me less time to row on Mondays, so my light and to get to class on my bike road book bag is stuffed full of every stop road to than it did in a car. textbooks, notebooks and sign. That bike trail? my laptop, weighing in over includes Was it the 30 pounds. I live off Dorr entering the Southeast park- fact that I’m just incredibly Street, down by Reynolds ing garage, struggling to lazy and couldn’t take riding Road, so, if I wanted to trav- find a parking spot, and the 6 to 10 miles (or whatever el safely I have to find a diffive minute walk to my class short trip it was to and from ferent route instead of going in Stranahan. I estimate that class) on my bike in a day? straight down Dorr, since it I saved about five minutes It was most likely some had no sidewalks and no on my commute. combination of all of the bike lane. It was so cold Another benefit was the above. I plan to start riding during the trip that halfway fact I spent no money on to class once again, after the to campus it began to snow, gas for the trip. With gas weather rises to a temperaalbeit very lightly. prices nearing $4 per gallon, ture where I don’t have to All of the negatives takreducing my usage of my worry about feeling my en into account, I did in car should never be considcheeks when I get to my fact get a nice easy workered a bad thing. Finally, for first class. out in. It was nothing whatever it’s worth to each spectacular and definitely individual, I was incredibly Christian Davis is a senior nothing that I would brag eco-friendly that day. I had majoring in accounting.
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letter to the editor
Don’t let corporate masters destroy UT Our University is in financial trouble and Supreme Commander Scarborough’s nefarious plan to save us from a financial crash is egregious for students. The provost’s budget, which I painstakingly drudged through, labels students as “customers” who need to be “marketable outputs” to the economy. Scarborough, along with Lord Jacobs, has colluded with Wall Street to write the report. In the budget power point, Moody’s Investment Services is quoted several times. That is, our Supreme Commander has used the advice from the very blood sucking corporation that contributed to the financial collapse of 2008 causing a global recession. I do not have retrograde amnesia. I haven’t forget how our parents lost their mortgages and their retirements — have you forgotten? What will our Lord and masters do to our education and our higher educational system? If a large, powerful corporation is allowed to inflict the business model view of higher education upon our
institution, we will have a dystopic vision on the purpose of education that is skewed toward the advancement of the production of cheap laborers who are incapable of thinking abstractly. Students’ stamped-out, watered-down degrees will be nothing more than technical training for the workforce — not for a more just, equal, collective, peaceful society. After all, higher education’s purpose is: social mobility for the lower economic class, self-awareness, metacognition, and creating freewilled citizens capable of the abstract thought processes and reasoning that is required to be an active participant in Democracy and in society. Now, “Imagine 2017” when the privatizing of our University will continue to keep the poor from reaching higher consciousness and create robotic technocrats incapable of functioning properly in community with other human beings. This will bankrupt us further foisting upon us (the taxpayer or the students) the bill as the administrators abscond with our money and create further inequities. The humanities and arts will be lost in a way that slowly squeezes them out of higher education completely. Combining the traditional liberal arts studies by first integrating them with other more “employment oriented” classes is just a strategy
to eliminate them entirely. The recent college graduates, now prosaic and apathetic laborers lacking the time or ability for metacognition, will be forced into huge amounts of debt to satisfy the investors’ wallets and provide the transfer of wealth to the investing classes and those institutions which manage their investments — for a fee, of course, that we pay, indirectly. Then the majority of the students will have to take a low-wage job to pay their insurmountable debt. This is the same old neoconservative battle against organized, free-thinking, abstract thought capable labor, only manifested in higher education and its “outputs” in the market. How much is the “market” price for a person, or in Moody’s lexicon a commodity, now? Return our institution to the public because the free-market has no place in higher education! Students are not marketable commodities that can be exploited perfidiously by rapacious corporations like Moody’s. Please for the veracity of my argument, read the budget report by contacting the Office of the Provost at 419.530.2729 or email Maria.Stachowiak@utoledo. edu. Peace. Love. Unity, — Zachary I. Rasey, student
ACROSS 1. Father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra 6. Young newt 9. Perching place 13. Fungal skin infection 14. Tap order 15. Less than right angle 16. On pins and needles 17. Bottom line 18. Isabel Allende’s “Portrait in _____” 19. *Say ______ to winter and hello to spring 21. *Celebrated saint 23. One of peeps 24. Cobbler’s concern 25. Mudbath site 28. Cellist great 30. *The ______ Spring, led by Alexander Dubcek 35. Snaky swimmers 37. *Daffodil or tulip, originally 39. Yuletides 40. Competitive advantage 41. Skedaddle 43. Profit 44. REM picture 46. Fuzzy fruit 47. Second-most traded currency in world 48. Kinda 50. One who speaks a Slavic language 52. OB-GYN test 53. Boor 55. *These sox train in spring 57. *Precedes May flowers 61. Okinawa martial arts 64. Great reviews 65. Lawyer group 67. She turned to stone 69. Amber _____ 70. “Family ___” 71. Ar, atomic number 18 72. Homework to a student 73. a.k.a. Tokyo 74. City on Rhone River DOWN 1. “Harper Valley ___” 2. Sign of engagement 3. A fan of 4. Famous for his fables 5. *Dance-around-thepole holiday 6. _____ button from Staples 7. 1918 pandemic, e.g. 8. Dancer’s beat 9. Maple, to a botanist 10. Brazilian indigenous people 11. Relating to the ear 12. Reach a high 15. Rearward
20. Splotches 22. European peak 24. Lonely musician? 25. *Garden’s beginnings 26. Peter in Spain 27. Tattered Tom’s creator 29. Exclamation of disgust 31. First rate 32. “Faster!” to a horse 33. U in UV 34. To impede 36. The Vatican to Catholics, e.g. 38. B in BCS 42. Miss America’s topper 45. Harass 49. Either ___ or against 51. *Occurring now 54. Utilization or employment 56. Farm type 57. 32-card game 58. Maui dance 59. Lyric poem, pl. 60. W in W=Fd 61. Boxer’s last blow 62. Not for here 63. Jet black
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in brief Free WNIT game tickets, giveaways for students Once again, all UT students can attend Thursday’s WNIT game free of charge, courtesy of President Lloyd Jacobs’ office. Students must show their ID’s at the gate to gain admittance. In addition, two $25 gift cards to the Rocket Shop, three $50 cash prizes and an iPad Mini will be raffled off to students, courtesy of head coach Tricia Cullop. The Rockets take on the Illinois Illini in the third round of the tournament at 7 p.m.
Men’s golf team takes seventh at snow-shortened tournament The Toledo men’s golf team finished in seventh place at William & Mary’s C&F Bank Intercollegiate at Kingsmill Resort River Course in Williamsburg, Va last weekend. The final two days of the tournament (Monday and Tuesday) were cancelled due to snow. Sophomore Chris Selfridge was UT’s best performer with a one-under 69 and finished tied for fifth, two shots back of the leaders. Sophomore Mike Lancaster fired a three-over 73, the second-best round for the Rockets. He finished in a tie for 48th.
Softball team adds several games to schedule The Rockets softball team added six games to their schedule Thursday, March 21. Instead of playing only at Oakland April 23, Toledo will now have a homeand-home series with the Grizzlies. UT will host a double-header with Ohio and play an additional game with the Bobcats at Oakland. The Rockets will also take on the Michigan State Spartans April 17 in East Lansing. A week later, UT will play an away doubleheader at Detroit.
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Rockets set to battle Big Ten’s Illinois in third round of the WNIT at Savage Arena By Jay Skebba Sports Editor
The University of Toledo women’s basketball team has tried to schedule Big Ten teams in the past, but not many of them have a willingness to come to Savage Arena where the Rockets have lost just nine times in the last five years. Illinois — one of the teams Toledo attempted to bring in — won’t have a choice Thursday night at 7 p.m. when the two teams clash in the third round of the WNIT. The Illini (18-13, 9-7 Big Ten) will give the Rockets a rare opportunity to measure themselves against a team from a power conference. “The WNIT has brought quality opponents in here that we couldn’t schedule a home-and-home with, and we tried,” said head coach Tricia Cullop at a Tuesday press conference. “And yet in this tournament, they come here. It’s not up to them, they’re in the tournament and it’s up to the WNIT and the bids. We’ve gotten opportunities to play opponents we could never schedule a home-and-home with.” Home sites for WNIT games are determined by home attendance — and UT ranks 20th in the nation. They led all MAC women’s programs for over two decades straight and outdrew all but one men’s team in the league this year.
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Sophomore forward Inma Zanoguera is averaging 20 points per game in the WNIT to lead the Rockets. Toledo will host Illinois Thursday night at 7 p.m. with a spot in the tournament’s third round on the line.
In addition to Illinois, UT also tried to schedule Butler and Youngstown State during the regular season, the two teams Toledo beat in this year’s tournament to get to this point. All three have now been forced to come to Savage for the WNIT. Finding quality opponents
in the non-conference season has been extremely difficult for Cullop and her staff in the last few years. “It’s really tough to get a Big Ten opponent in here,” she said. “I think the only reason we were able to get Indiana and Northwestern for the three-year run that
we did was because I just took the job and coming off that many losing seasons, they agreed to it pretty quickly. As we started to build the program, those phone calls weren’t returned as often.” The fan support that UT receives provides an
intimidating environment for opposing teams not often seen, even in the bigger leagues. “There are certain hotspots in the country for women’s basketball and we’re certainly one of them,” Cullop said. See WNIT / 7
football
Byron Best aiming to latch on with NFL team Former Rocket safety has drawn comparisons to Lions’ Houston By Blake Bacho Sports Reporter
Hawkins to remain with Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals tendered a contract to former UT receiver Andrew Hawkins, meaning he will stay with the squad. Hawkins caught 51 balls for 533 yards and four touchdowns last season. Hawkins is entering his third year in the NFL — all with the Bengals. He began his career in the Canadian Football League.
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Former safety Byron Best flattens Central Michigan receiver Cody Wilson during a game Oct. 6, 2012.
The dream to play in the National Football League is one many college football players share. They shed their blood, sweat and tears in the hopes that one April evening in Radio City Music Hall, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will step up to the podium and announce them as the next new NFL player. Former University of Toledo safety Byron Best is closer to this dream than many of his fellow athletes will ever get. Best participated in UT’s pro day event, a chance for players who were not invited to the NFL’s annual combine to show off their athletic abilities to the league’s scouts. The 189-pound, 5-8.5 safety far outperformed his size and
stature by recording times and heights in the various events that rivaled and surpassed stats recorded at the combine. Best tied the scouting combine’s fifth overall vertical jump for his position with a score of 36 inches, and his 4.37 seconds 40 time tied for second overall with Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner — widely predicted to be a top ten pick in this year’s draft. He also tied Milliner’s seventh-best broad jump score, and his bench press effort tied the second-best of the combine’s participant’s with 18. Best’s agent Soji Awe — who recorded his client’s pro day results - compared the safety’s speed and stats with those of Detroit Lions cornerback Chris Houston, a
six- year veteran who recently signed a five-year, $25 million contract to remain in Motown. For Best, who was approached by members of Detroit, as well as the Houston Texans scouting staff, the comparison to Houston is fitting. “He is a great player,” Best said during a phone interview. “I know he is a SEC guy, and I think our numbers kind of match for some things in terms of speed and strength. I think if Detroit picked me up we could do a whole lot of things in the secondary.” NFL teams are in the advanced stages of draft preparation and they’ve started to show interest in Best and his athletic prowess. See Best / 7
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What: WNIT - Round 3: Toledo Rockets (29-3) vs Illinois Illini (18-13) Where: Savage Arena When: 7 p.m. TV: BCSN Radio: AM 1230 What to watch for: Toledo aims for their 30th win of the season, which would be a new school record.
“We are very fortunate to have a fan base in this community that really appreciates basketball — but more importantly for us — women’s basketball. They really have done a great job supporting this program for many years. “Maybe their favorite team got knocked out of the NCAA Tournament and they miss basketball and they know it’s winding down, so they come watch us and they get hooked. I’ve heard that story a million times in the offseason.” The Illini are led by a 6-2 center in Karisma Penn who is averaging 19 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. She is one of four players who average at least 12 points a game. “She can take you off the dribble and she’s very, very good on the low block at finding an opportunity to go one-on-one and score,” Cullop said. “She’s also a great shot-blocker and she can also go out and get 13 or 14 boards. You’ve got to get a body on her, deny her the basketball and make sure file photo by vincent d. scebbi / IC
Right-handed starter Ryan Wilkinson fired a complete game March 23, against the Ohio Bobcats in Athens, Ohio. He allowed just two runs on four hits, fanned four and at one point, sat down 14 straight hitters.
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Rockets take two of three from Ohio to begin conference play
“No one has called me yet, but my agent explained that they are not going to start calling until after all the pro days are over with,” Best said. “I should be getting calls sometime around April 3rd to the 10th. After my pro day I spoke with the Lions and I shook hands with the Texan’s scout. I would not be surprised if Detroit drafted me.” The NFL combine has long been known as a chance for the 32 teams to poke, prod and examine each athlete as intensively as possible in order to determine the player’s chance of success in the league. Best said that the process for pro days is a little different. “It is pretty extensive, but not as bad as the combine,” Best said. “They treat all the guys the same. Nobody is different like at the combine.” Even if a particular player is invited to participate at the combine, the results do not always accurately represent the athlete in question. Pro days are no different, but Best believes his performance reflects the player he can become. “I feel my numbers are very good,” he said. “I feel that it tells how athletic I am and, to me, all that ties together and shows what type of football player you are. It just proves how athletic you are when you put up big time numbers.” Indeed, Best’s big time numbers make him a potential sleeper in this year’s draft class. Many of the NFL’s greatest players throughout the years were sleepers in their own time, and they traveled a similar path as Best. “Absolutely, I feel that I could prove a lot of people wrong,” he said. “I feel that whoever decides to take a chance on me would not
By Nick Delwiche Sports Reporter
The University of Toledo baseball team grabbed its first conference series win over the weekend when the Rockets took two of three games against Ohio University. Toledo now stands at 9-12 overall and 2-1 in the MAC. UT opened play against the Bobcats (4-18, 1-2 MAC) on Friday where they won 8-5 with an impressive showing of pitching and hitting. The Rockets brought in four runs in the sixth inning to grab a lead they would not surrender for the rest of the game. Senior Kyle Shaw (2-3) got the job done on the mound for Toledo, allowing five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts through 8 full innings of play. Senior Adam Tyson came on in relief in the ninth to shut the door on OU and grab his first save of the season. “Kyle Shaw did a great job,” said UT head coach Cory Mee. “I wouldn’t say that he had his best stuff but he really competed like a champ and gave us eight really strong innings.” Senior Ben Hammer had the big stick in the sixth inning when he blasted a three-run homer to give the Rockets the lead. Senior Matt Delewski, junior Wes White and sophomores Anthony Smith and Nate Langhals each went 2-for-5 on the day with a run scored. Delewski and Langhals also recorded one RBI each. Collectively the Rockets put up 11 hits against four Ohio pitchers.
Toledo played a double header on Saturday where they split their final pair of games against the Bobcats. Toledo fell 9-3 in the first game of the day after OU put up eight runs in a two inning stretch. “The story of the game is we just put too many guys on base for them,” Mee said. “It doesn’t matter who you’re playing, if you do that it’s going to make it very difficult to win.” Freshman Kyle Slack (1-2) took the loss, allowing four runs on four hits with three strikeouts through four innings. Slack managed to keep the Bobcats off the board through the first four innings but surrendered four runs in the fifth to end his day. The Rockets grabbed an early 3-0 lead but couldn’t produce offensively as Ohio scored nine unanswered runs to secure their first conference win of the season. Delewski led UT offensively, going 3-for-4 with a run scored. Hammer led the way in scoring, bringing in two of the Rockets three runs on two hits. Toledo took the rubber match later in the evening, defeating the Bobcats 5-2 due in part to an impressive outing from junior Ryan Wilkinson. Wilkinson (2-1) pitched a complete game for the first time this season, allowing two runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Wilkinson sat down 14 straight Ohio hitters, retiring the side on six occasions. After surrendering
two runs in the second inning, Wilkinson pitched seven consecutive shutout innings to close out the game. “Ryan Wilkinson was the star of the game,” Mee said. “He was just fantastic.” The Rockets were not short on offensive power either. Junior James Miglin was perfect on the day, going 5-for-5 with one RBI and a run scored. The Toledo catcher went 6-for-9 in the double header and singlehandedly outhit Ohio in the final game of the series.. Freshman Ryan Callahan recorded three RBI’s on three hits, including a two run homer, while White and Hammer recorded two hits each. Toledo was down 2-0 early in the second inning but brought in three runs to grab the lead in the fourth. The Rockets then added one insurance run in the fifth and ninth innings to close the book on the Bobcats. “I was really proud of our guys,” Mee said. “A tough loss in game one of the double header, then we have to turn around and play game two immediately following that which is the rubber match of the series. Our guys really responded well to that challenge on the road.” Toledo’s game against Ohio State Tuesday night was cancelled due to snow. UT’s next challenge will be their weekend series against Miami (OH) for their home opener. Game one of the three game series is set for Friday, March 29, at Scott Park.
you’ve got a good matchup on her that can contain her. It’s not going to be easy because she’s a phenomenal player.” Cullop added that Penn is a bigger version of Youngstown State’s Brandi Brown, the talented post player that UT shutdown last Saturday. As a whole, Illinois is a long and athletic team that could give Toledo some fits. “Even though they weren’t a team that was at the top of the Big 10, they’ve got a coaching staff that did a tremendous job at Green Bay,” Cullop said. “We’re very familiar with their style of coaching because we played a home-and-home with Green Bay last season.” Illinois runs a distinct style of defense called the 2-3
Buzz Zone. A standard 2-3 zone is commonplace in today’s game, but this version is a unique defensive blend. “[It] has some quirkiness to it,” Cullop said. “They’re not going to let you make passes, they’re going to trap you a lot. It’s not a 2-3 that’s very passive. We started working on it before we even knew who we were going to play just in case because it’s something very different. “A big key to the game is making sure we block out because they can out jump us at almost every position.” The Rockets may look towards sophomore forward Inma Zanoguera who has had the hot hand throughout the tournament, scoring a total of 40 points in the first two games. She recently poured in a career-high 24 points to lead UT over YSU. “Inma’s one of our best players,” said senior forward Kyle Baumgartner. “I think she’s becoming the player that we all knew she could be. I really wouldn’t be surprised if next year – what she did in the last game – becomes her regular season average.”
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Byron Best recorded 25 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery as a senior in 2012. His 4.37 40-yard dash time, along with some of his other impressive measurables at pro day, have made him a potential sleeper.
regret it. I feel whoever takes a chance on me would like me enough that I could fit in that organization and system.” The National Football League has moved fully into a pass-first era. Wide receivers are growing taller and faster every single year, and each team’s secondary needs to be able to match up against these towering athletes. Best knows he is slightly undersized for his position, but believes his numbers show how much his athleti-
cism outdistances his stature. “They had me at 5’8” but I think my vertical proved a whole lot,” Best said. “I think my height didn’t really matter when it came to me jumping to 36”. I feel that all the numbers that I put up opened up a lot of eyes and proved that I have the potential to be a great player on the next level.” Best will discover just how much he proved to the league next month when the annual NFL draft begins April 25th at Radio City Music Hall.
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In brief Holy Week events set This week is Holy Week – the last week of Lent for Christians. Corpus Christi University Parish has several service times throughout the week. Wednesday: Tenebrae Mass at Rosary Cathedral – 7:30 p.m. Students should meet at Corpus Christi to carpool at 6 p.m. Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper – Corpus Christi at 7:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place after Mass until midnight. Good Friday: The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord – noon Sung vespers – Corpus
Drugs from page 1
“The challenge is with these synthetic drugs is there’s a new one every week,” she said. She estimates less than .01 percent of UT students take “hard” chemical substances like 25i, and she said she has not heard of other students using this particular drug. Kristyn Nichols, a freshman with an undecided major, said she doesn’t think there are a lot of drugs on campus, but if
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Much of the plan involves increasing the workload while decreasing the workforce, relying more on fulltime faculty and less on parttime faculty. Faculty members said they were concerned about due to “negative consequences,” which they cited in the letter. “The high cost of making changes can offset expected savings which can then plunge a company into serious decline,” the Graduate Council wrote, citing Edwin C. Thomas, co-author of “The Challenges of Cutback Management.” The Graduate Council said they were also concerned that if class were eliminated, students would not be able to graduate in a timely manner. “The consolidation and reduction of course offerings reduces the educational opportunities available to students and places timely degree completion at risk,” they said. “Students will avoid the university once it is discovered that we cannot guarantee that a course offered will not be cancelled. Students will find delays to graduation, and subsequent delays to entering the workforce, to be intolerable and unacceptable.”
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“That way we will see Rocket Pride around the community and see more rockets.” Another topic debated was the low student retention rates of the university and each ticket’s plan on how to change that. “We’re here to make sure the retention is better is starting up with the advising,” Dykyj said. Dykyj said he is trying to change the “brand” of the university to make it more prestigious. Vice presidential candidate Nikeya Wilson discussed the future housing incentives as programs their ticket is trying to do to increase student retention. “Residence life will be making housing incentives because they believe if you live on campus, you’re more apt to go to on-campus events,” Wilson said. Kramp said her ideas on how to increase student retention revolved around getting freshmen more involved on campus, which will in turn lead to students being more apt to stay at the university for the next four to five years. “I think the issue is that the freshmen that come in do not feel involved in Toledo,” Jencen said. “We encourage them to
Christi at 7:30 p.m. Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night – Corpus Christi at 8:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: Mass – Corpus Christi at 11 a.m.
Students in their fourth year of the Christian Leadership Program, a scholarship program through Corpus Christi University Parish, are working to complete their final service projects for the program. CLP is a nationally recognized scholarship program that prepares students at UT for a future in church
leadership. David Gosser, a member of CLP, said the fourth year challenges students to brainstorm and create a project which gives back to the program or the community. It reflects the knowledge gained from the program. CLP has put together 16 “lesson plans” for instructors that teach students about “different types of relationships in regards to the liturgy, environment and servant leadership.” “The goal of the project is to provide a resource for a variety of settings from retreats and youth group meetings to actual classes,” Gosser said. The presentation will take place April 21 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at CCUP.
someone wanted to get drugs they would know where to find them. The best way to prevent incidents like this from happening is to educate the students and make them aware of the effects synthetic drugs have, she said. Josh Tantari, a freshman majoring in chemistry, agreed that students should be better educated on synthetic drugs and what goes into them. “They always have bad results,” Tantari said.
“Something should be done to stop such dangerous situations.” Amanda Nusbaum, a junior majoring in psychology, said that drugs should be better regulated, but so should weapons. If weapons were better regulated, then the incident would not have been as serious, she said. Nichols also said better safety measures could have helped prevent the stabbing. “There should be more security over the break, particularly in the dorms,” she said.
Faculty members also said they were concerned about the plan affecting future students’ decisions to attend UT. “…[T]he indiscriminate loss of many of these undergraduate and graduate programs also has the potential for a devastating impact on our ability to retain and recruit high quality faculty and the students they attract.” The letter also spoke on how the quality of student’s education would decrease as faculty members were given a larger work load. “This wholesale approach to establishing instructional loads, while ignoring institutional needs for service and research, emphasizes quantity of work over the nature and quality of the work performed,” it read. Scarborough said that it doesn’t matter how many students are in a class, the professor and the students would give the same amount of dedication and attention to the class no matter how many individuals were enrolled. The letter suggested several alternatives that would avoid risking any faculty member’s position, which include: n Decentralize decision-making. n Collaboration between faculty and enrollment officers.
n Each college developing its own plans to deliver instruction more efficiently, based on student population and needs. n Providing incentives to faculty who deliver instruction more efficiently or economically. Despite the letter’s concerns, Scarborough said he found the letter to be “very positive and constructive . . . in its tone.” Jacobs, Scarborough and Gold responded to the University Council Executive Committee with a letter of their own, stating that they “agree that graduate education is a strength of the University,” but that they found parts of the letter to be “incorrect and possibly irrelevant.” Scarborough said the letter will not affect the administrative decisions already underway. Faculty Senate President Michael Dowd said at the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon that he was not pleased with the way the president and provosts responded. “I am disappointed the president chose to not respond to the Faculty Senate and instead chose to address the University Council,” Dowd said. “Disappointment is an understatement.” Lindsay Mahaney contributed to this story.
get involved, and that way they will enjoy it . . . That’s one of the most important parts of the freshmen becoming acclimated to Toledo.” Another topic brought up with the candidates was the alleged SG “disconnect” with the students. After the concealed carry resolution, voted upon by Student Senate in February, was rejected, many people accused SG of being disconnected from what the students really want. Dykyj said he believed this was false. “I don’t think the word disconnect would actually accurately depict what happened there,” Dykyj said. “We did our job as Student Government. We brought in legislation from an outside organization as if any other organization would draw something from Student Government.” Clayton Notestine, public relations chair, asked at the debate why the candidates have not put their plans into action with their current SG positions. Kramp said she did not feel like she had the experience before this year to run for president. Dykyj said he felt in his current administration he was doing a lot of work writing legislation and helping it get passed.
Notestine said he doesn’t think the tickets understood his question and did not answer it adequately. “You have these plans; you have these goals. Why haven’t you worked towards them?” he said. Notestine said he was disappointed in the candidates’ responses during the debate. “In my honest opinion it lacked content and conflict,” he said. “At least last year, despite the chaos, there was critiques of the other platforms.” The topic of Rocket Pride was discussed, and both tickets had similar ideas. “Rocket Pride is really loving your university or having pride about the fact that you go to the university,” said presidential candidate Emily Kramp, a junior pharmacy major. “I think that’s important that all of our students feel happy and proud of the education you’re receiving on campus.” Presidential candidate Chris Dykyj said Rocket Pride is, “having pride in your university but also, you want that experience that is supposed to be the best years of your life. “We want to recreate the student experience,” he said. However, Notestine said he wanted Emily Kramp and Lauren Jencen to win this election. “Of the options they are the best,” he said.
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From sketch pads to galleries New CVA exhibit showcases ‘interesting mix’ of senior works By Jessica Liner
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Art students are drawing more than a crowd as they spotlight their work in this year’s BFA Thesis Exhibition. This year’s exhibit will showcase the work of 10 students spread across two
shows. The first group of senior fine art students — David Folck, Lisa Franko, Morgan Hayward, Kevin Leiter and Austin Tuttle — already have their work on display in Center for the Visual Arts Main Gallery. An artists’ reception, which will be free and open to the public, is scheduled for Friday, March 29, from 6-8 p.m. This annual exhibition is one of the final stepping stones in the BFA program. “What we do expect from our BFA students is that they do learn more than one medium [and] that they become strong with a number of them,” said CVA Gallery Director Ben Pond. He said he deliberately
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Morgan Hayward, a senior majoring in new media, poses next to her piece “Barber Bob,” part of her installation for the first half of the BFA Thesis Exhibition at the CVA.
grouped students he felt would provide an “interesting mix of media” for the show.
“I think the range of possibilities that [the] students are showing is really broad. It’s
really strong, it’s really dynamic and it’s really contemporary. Students are really thinking about art and how it fits today,” Pond said. Tuttle’s work is primarily abstract sculptures and installations, while Folck created a series themed around insects. Hayward used photography and film to capture the heart and faces of her smalltown community. “I kind of describe [my pictures] as instances that don’t exist everywhere, like a moment in time that wouldn’t happen so elegantly again,” she said. The BFA exhibition isn’t just an occasion to celebrate her art, but to celebrate the
art of all the peers she has known through her time at UT. “I love it just because I personally know these people and can feel their struggles with everything. I can understand where they’re coming from,” she said. She’s grateful for the “tightknit” community and small classes UT’s art community offers. “My professors here have been a really great support to everything I’ve done,” Hayward said. “It’s really great to have small classes and that interaction with a professor you can get in a creative school.” See Exhibit / 10
Greek Life
Cooking like an Iron Chef
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Toledo sorority to don blue for autism awareness days leading up to Light It Up Blue so curious students The ladies of Alpha Xi can inquire more about the Delta may look a little blue event. She added that stusoon, but it’ll be for a good dents can show their support cause. on National Autism AwareThe sorority’s UT chapter ness Day by changing light will celebrate National Aubulbs to blue, wearing blue tism Awareness Day by parshirts or jackets, or wearing a ticipating in “Light It Up blue ribbon on their clothing. Blue,” a national movement Alpha Xi will continue meant to increase awareness their autism awareness camof autism. paign after Light It Up Blue. Alpha Xi members will The sorority’s annual wear blue t-shirts and install “Fuzzie Funnel Cakes” is blue-tinted lights around scheduled for Thursday, their house in April 11, from McComas If you go 10 p.m. to 2 Village on a.m. Students What: Light It Up Blue, Tuesday, can stuff themhosted by Alpha Xi Delta April 2. selves with endsorority The event Where: McComas Greek less funnel cakes Village was estabfor $4 presale When: Tuesday, April 2 tickets or $5 at lished by Autism Speaks, the door. All the a national advocacy that proceeds will be donated to funds autism research and Autism Speaks. promotes awareness of the Alpha Xi will also host disease. families and members of lo“The main thing that we cal autism groups during the want to do is raise awareevent from 8-10 p.m. ness,” said Taylor Nelson, Members of the sorority Alpha Xi’s vice president for have also promoted autism public relations and a junior awareness outside of Alpha psychology major. “There’s Xi. only so much money you can Ashlee Banas, a member raise, but getting people of Alpha Xi, used her unique aware is what we want to skills as one of Toledo’s feado.” ture baton twirlers to start a As part of that effort, Nelbaton training seminar with son said members of Alpha Xi will wear blue on the By Jayme Mersing Staff Reporter
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Representing the Arts Living Learning Community, from left, Lauren Kerr, a vocal major; Kate Abu-Absi, director of the ALLC; DJ Kulp, a chemical engineering major; and Taylor Fowler, a psychology major, prepare a dish for the UT Iron Chef Competition on March 20. Five teams cooked head-to-head in the style of the popular cooking show, which included secret ingredients, a 60-minute time limit and guest judges.
Faculty
Professor’s new book to dissect the walking dead By Josh Egler Staff Reporter
UT professor Brian Anse Patrick puts a new spin on everyone’s favorite rotting monsters with his upcoming book. Patrick’s book “Zombology: Zombies and the Decline of the West (and Guns)” uses the images and mythology of the decaying ghouls to discuss what he sees as the decline of Western culture. “The zombie phenomenon represents a disturbance in the Western collective unconscious concerning the decline of Western civilization,” Patrick said. In the book, he argues
that the technological revolutions over the past decade have actually made modern culture more isolated and stunted, with cell phones and computers being some of the most distracting offenders. “We no Brian Anse longer have Patrick religious vi- Author of the forthcoming sions or “Zombology” dreams of the Blessed Virgin or the saints because no one knows what the hell those are anymore,” he said.
“Now we just have dreams of zombies.” Patrick said that “the zombie is the perfect symbol of the times” because they represent the death and decay of Western culture and the hive-mind mentality replacing it. “The zombie themes are getting deeper and deeper and appealing to more people. It’s the only thing that is deep enough or basic enough to symbolize the disturbances in this collective unconscious,” he said. According to Patrick, guns became relevant to the book because “one of the collective anxieties that zombies
are representing are the same anxieties that gun people are interested in. You think society is falling apart [and] you want to have some sort of insurance policy.” In the book’s first chapter, titled Zombies R Us, Patrick notes other similarities between the living and the undead. One example he offers is the prerequisite shopping mall scene in films where zombies shuffle aimlessly from store to store. “In a sense it’s also us. We know we’re walking around half dead. We’re spiritless pieces of meat,” he said. See Dead / 10
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work featured in the exhibit. from page 9 “The program really For Leiter, who focuses pushes to you to take a hard on silkscreen, the BFA exhi- look at your work and what bition is a learning you’re doing,” she added. “It opportunity. really just pushes you to ex“I feel like the way I pres- pand your horizons and ent my work and the way I look at different artists.” go about presenting things Franko said she now aphas matured. You just learn proaches her work in a what people respond to by more professional manner. showing your work so “I hope my work is wellmuch,” he said. “Just having received, but it’s most ima chance to display, you see portant to me I’m happy how people react and what with it,” she said. they like or don’t like.” The second half of the As a freshman, Leiter BFA Exhibition will run didn’t see himself becoming from April 19 to May 12 at an artist, let the CVA and alone having If you go feature the What: 2013 BFA Thesis work in a talents of Exhibition I artists’ gallery. Alyssa Brown, reception “Initially, Jeremy PelWhere: The Center when I came lington, Josh for the Visual Arts, Main to UT, I was Gallery, next to the Toledo Kline, Jessica studying po- Museum of Art Ostrander and litical science When: Friday, March 29, Noah because I 6-8 p.m. Free and open to Roszczipka. wanted to be the public “We hope a lawyer,” he that this besaid. “So things definitely comes a nice sort of celehave a way of changing.” bration for them, that we His interest in politics can recognize their successhasn’t deserted him — porful achievement in the protraits of Saddam Hussein gram and that they present and Osama bin Laden are strong work, a strong show,” among his works featured Pond said. “It’s supposed to in the gallery. be a capstone experience “There are things we’re for them and for us to sigsupposed to know about nify the completion of this that are supposed to be program.” public, and it’s very privaThe first BFA Exhibition tized actually,” Leiter said. reception will be held Fri“I’d say all my work has a day, March 29 from 6-9 little bit of political p.m., and BFA II Exhibiovertone.” tion’s reception will be FriFranko said she was “honored” and “really excit- day, April 19 from 6-9 p.m. at the CVA. ed” to have her abstract
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her coach and twirling partner. This year, half of the seminar’s proceeds went towards autism research. “It felt so great to put on a phenomenal clinic for young girls and also support autism which I feel so strongly about,” the junior accounting and finance major said. Nelson said that every member of the sorority knows at least one person who has autism. “It’s so prevalent, that everyone, whether or not they really know it, they have a connection with it,” she said.
Breaking down autism n Autism is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the U.S. n 1 in 88 children are affected by autism. n Only 5 percent of research funds for childhood diseases goes towards autism. — Info courtesy of Autism Speaks
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The book details the zombie phenomenon’s rise and development, from George Romero’s classic 1968 film, “Night of the Living Dead,” to the over 500 zombie movies which followed it. He also used television shows and books for his ideas. Patrick feels that the zombie phenomenon says a lot about where people think they are going in the future. “We don’t believe we’re about to enter a Golden Age,” he said. “Now most people are wondering when we’ll hit the point of asking, ‘Where will we be getting electricity next week?’ It’s concerning.” Patrick said the book is in the final stages of publishing and will be released on ebook and print formats. He expects it to be eye-opening to most people. “I would use this as part of a class. If I could I would do an honors seminar on zombies,” Patrick said. “The zombie is a powerful symbolic archetype, and it’s working.”