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Today Is: February 9, 2016
FREE CONCERT—Rockabily Fusion Band
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FREE CONCERT - Rockabilly Fusion Band to be Featured at TU Saturday, February 13, 7 p.m. Lost State of Franklin brings its unique fusion of rockabilly, jazz, country, rock and roll and beat poetry to Osceola Theatre for a free concert on Saturday, February 13, at 7 p.m. In its ten years of touring, the Clevelandbased band has performed over 500 American shows and multiple times in Europe, entertaining audiences with their unique hybrid style inspired by Johnny Cash and Nirvana, Metallica and Elvis, Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline, Heart and Alice In Chains, Chet Baker and Ozzy Ozbourne, among many others. Led by vocalist, songwriter, poet, trumpet player and guitarist J. Scott Franklin, the band also features singer and stand-up drummer Tyler Postma and upright
bassist Jeremy Cotrell. The band has earned wide acclaim including nominations for Scene Magazine's "Songwriter of the Year," and The Free Times' "Americana Band of the Year." The band's name was inspired by the State of Franklin, an unrecognized and autonomous territory in what is now Tennessee, which was ceded in 1784 to the federal government by North Carolina, and later lost a bid for US statehood. Lost State of Franklin has performed several times in Tif in, both at TU and as part of The Ritz Theatre's Friday Night Live series.
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Scott Franklin will be conducting a songwriting workshop with TU students at 4pm.
For more infomation, call 419.448.3366 or email gig@tif in.edu.
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MISCELLANEOUS Sleep Talk! Lack of sleep is nothing to brag about! In much of our culture, especially in the workplace, going without sleep is consid‐ ered a badge of honor. Yet 24 hours without sleep is the equivalent of a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent—at which point you are more than legally drunk. Naps make you smarter! Naps are an incredible performance enhancer; we should be more open to napping at work. “The Huffington Post” has nap rooms! Sleep comes when you stop figh ng it! If you find yourself worrying about not falling asleep, you may suffer from what researchers call “fear of sleeplessness.” Finish every day and be done with it! You have done what you could! Dreams really do come true! Many geniuses have said they first envi‐ sioned their inven ons in their dreams! (i.e. Google cofounder Larry Page). Page’s advice: “When a great dream shows up, grab it!” Glamour March 2018
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TU’s Diane Kidd Gallery to Host “Piano Man” What can an artist do with an old piano? In the hands of the right artist, it can live a new life as a mythical “Piano Man.” Tif in University’s Diane Kidd Gallery will host “Piano Man,” featuring Artist Ken Arthur at its next gallery exhibition. A special opening reception will take place on Wednesday, February 24, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The exhibition will also feature several members of the Tif in Art Guild and students from Ontario High School. The reception will take place at the gallery, located inside the Hayes Center for the Arts on TU’s campus. The reception is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Ken Arthur’s artworks are assemblages with found objects focusing on elements from pianos. “Throughout the community I hunt and gather various pieces for my creations,” Arthur said. “I receive calls telling me about an attic, basement, or outbuilding that someone is clearing out asking me if I would care to salvage the contents. One such telephone call was for a destroyed baby grand piano. As I removed the pieces from the porch, I saw in them a torso, a head, arms and legs. The Piano Man was born.”
Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. For more information, email Assistant Curator Joseph Van Kerkhove: vankerkhovejm@tif in.edu or by calling 614.519.8241.
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TU Announces Graduation Speaker 2016—Mr. Zachary Lemnios has been Vice President for Research Strategy at IBM Research, Inc., since December 2012. Mr. Lemnios is responsible for the formation and execution of IBM's research strategy and operations across IBM's twelve global laboratories and network of collaborators. Prior to joining IBM, he served as Chief Technology Of icer at M.I.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory, a federally inanced research center for advanced technology with national security applications, and served as a Senior Of icial at the Pentagon's futuristic research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. His own career charts a path from being a chip guy who later champion and fund arti icial intelligence research. He served three terms in high level civilian leadership in the Department of Defense, as The Honorable Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) where he served as DoD's Chief Technology Of icer. At Darpa, he promoted initiatives for "cognitive systems," an approach to arti icial intelligence that embraces a learning model of computing rather than more purely statistical methods. He serves as a Member of Industry Advisory Board at SiNode Systems, Inc. Mr. Lemnios holds four patents on semiconductors that use gallium arsenide, an alternative to silicon. GRADUATION IS APRIL 30, 2016 — More Info to follow!
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FINANCIAL AID NEWS Submit Your News To Dragon News!
LOOKING FOR A JOB? Have you considered community work study? Tif in University offers many opportunities to earn your federal work study funds in a paycheck at off campus locations in the community! You must be eligible for federal work study in order to apply. You can check your inancial aid package to see if you were awarded federal work study at inaid.tif in.edu or you can stop by the Financial Aid of ice located in Seitz Hall and just ask. If you are eligible for federal work study and you have transportation, you can pick up and submit an off campus work study application in the inancial aid of ice. The places you could work include: Mercy Hospital Humane Society Seneca County Family & Children First Council Ritz Theater Salvation Army (Must have availability between 8am-3pm) Bridges Community Academy (Must have availability between 8am3pm) United Way (Seeking majors in the areas of business, social work, accounting. Marketing, Public Relations, or General Field with some background of customer service) Calvert Elementary school (Must have availability between 8am-3pm) Community Hospice Care (Must have availability between 8am-5pm) Job and family Services: Ohio means jobs department (Must have availability between 8am-5pm) All of these locations may hire at any time during the fall and spring semesters, so, you can apply for all of the locations that you’d be interested in with one application!
For more information, email: Tangi Slattery slatteryt@tif in.edu
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BOOK TALK —Spying & Spies—by Dr. Jan Goldman A Discussion on the Central Intelligence Agency The CIA is a United States government organization that is unlike any other because it conducts covert warfare, surreptitiously collects information, and engages in espionage. Dr. Jan Goldman will discuss his new publication, “The Central Intelligence Agen-
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cy: An Encyclopedia of Covert Ops, Intelligence Gathering, and Spies. “ This talk is free and open to the public on Thursday, Feb. 11 in the Main Classroom Building Room 14 at 7 p.m.. Questions: Dr. Jan Goldman 419.448.3029 or email: goldmanj@tif in.edu
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TU's student newspaper, The Tystenac, needs staff members: writers, reporters, poets, storytellers, photographers, videographers, editors, and everything in between. To reach its full potential, we need your help! We meet Mondays and Thursdays at 7:45 p.m. in Hertzer 106. Stop by or email Nick Buchanan, editor, at buchanannj@tif in.edu for more information The Tystenac began serving Tif in University in 1933. After a few hiatuses and name changes, The Tystenac moniker was restored and the student newspaper launched online at the beginning of last semester. Access it at http://www.tutystenac.com. In addition to traditional news, feature, opinion, sports, and entertainment pieces, the online edition of the newspaper showcases creative iction and non- iction, artwork, photography, videos, podcasts, and much more.
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Mark Your Calendar!
TU’s 25th International Dinner A RED CARPET GALA CELEBRATION! Saturday, March 19 Gillmor Gym WE ARE LOOKING FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
Submit your favorite dish from you home country by Friday, February 19 to Carol at cmcdanne@tif in.edu (Salads, entrees (main dish), vegetable dishes, or other!) Be sure to include the country of origin!
Volunteer?
Limited number of student volunteers—volunteer & receive a FREE TICKET!
Other students wishing to attend must purchase a ticket!
Perform?
Auditions will be held on Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Chisholm Auditorium. If you are interested, please email Carol at cmcdanne@tif in.edu. Your act must be 5 minutes or less, performance-ready, ad must be the piece you plan to perform the night of the dinner!
Attend?
Tickets are $15 per person!
Students may purchase a table of 8 for the price of 7.
Get VIP seating at the diner when you purchase a whole table!
Get ready for the big show?
We will have a inal meeting for all volunteers and performers on Wednesday, March 16 at 11 a.m. in Chisholm Auditorium located inside of Franks Hall!
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Sports News EQUESTRIAN The Tif in Equestrian team traveled to Lake Erie College for a two day competition on February 6. The Tif in University Equestrian Hunt Team, reached their goal and are 3rd in the region with 182 points! It was just last year that they just broke over 100 points. Way to go Dragons!
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place marks led the way. Robyn Banks was second in the 400 in 56.11, while Tif in University dominated the competition at the 4x400 relay squad of Whitney Bornthe D2 Challenge, with the men winning over 13 horst, Adaysha Parker, Alexandria Coleman, other teams and the women taking 3rd of 16 and Banks took second in 3:54.83. teams. Other top performers The men totaled 121 included Parker (3rd in points, outdistancing Lake Erie with 102.5. The the 200 and 400), Ashley Linton (3rd in the women had 87 points, mile), Jamie Lombartrailing Winston-Salem State with 151 and West do (3rd in the 3000), Kyrha Hollins (3rd Virginia Wesleyan with in the high jump), 102. and Kristen Massey (3rd The men were led by four in long jump). Men's Basketball NCAA provisional The Tif in University marks. Lamar Harmen's basketball team grove took irst in the 200 with a time of 21.85, fought hard on Saturday, but a Findlay Oilers' 24while Joel Johnson was 11 run over the inal 10 also irst in the 400 in minutes of play, downed 48.54. Dylan Cornthe Dragons 94-75. well won the pole vault with a mark of 16-6, The Dragons put the irst and Kevin Roberts also won the triple jump with points on the board, with Jonathan Suther47-3.5. lin starting the party with an alley-oop jam. The Macerio Clark (49.22 in teams traded buckets the 400), Michael with both sides shooting King (60 in 22.05), and Davis Bowers (14-11 over 58% from the ield. An 11-4 run late in the in pole vault) had 2nd 1st half increased place marks, while King Findlay's lead to 11 at 40 (6.97 in 60), Nigel Carl-29. The Dragons tried to ton (1:58.2 in 800), and Roberts (22-9.25 in long chip away in the inal minutes of the half, but jump) posted 3rd place their de icit shrank only marks. to eight points. The Oil For the women, two 2nd ers, hitting eight three
point buckets in the half, held a 45-37 lead at the halftime horn. The nine points of Tony Kynard led the Dragons at the break, with Alex Brown adding seven, and Jonathan Sutherlin pitching in with six points. The Dragons held a shooting advantage from the ield, hitting at a 61.5% clip. Findlay shot 58.6%, but they made their hay from deep connecting on 8 of 12 three point shots. The Dragon offense continued to hit on all cylinders, cutting their eight point halftime de icit to three at the 15:00 mark. Tif in closed the gap to three points ive different times, but never got over the hump. The Oilers, holding a 71-66 lead with 8:19 remaining, ended the game on a 239 streak to end the Dragons' hopes of a comeback. Tif in shot 55.6% from the ield, 42.9% from three, and 75% from the free throw line. The Oilers made 56.9% of their shots, with 12 of their 33 makes coming from beyond the arc (36%). For the second game in a row, the Dragons were beaten in the low post, losing the rebound battle
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Sports News continued 32-22. Alex Brown and Tony Kynard led their squad with 18 points each. Juwan Johnson added 12 points on 5 -12 shooting. The loss drops the Dragons to 10-14 overall and 6-11 in GLIAC play. Women's Basketball The Tif in University women's basketball team fell on Saturday afternoon to the Findlay Oilers 71-65. The Dragons' hopes of sweeping the season series fell short late in the contest. The 1st quarter was a slow go for the two sides, with the Dragons mustering only three points. Findlay did hit double digits, racking up a 10 points. The pace of play and scoring both skyrocketed in the 2nd quarter. The Dragons, struggling from three in the 1st half, did their damage inside the arc. Tif in poured in 21 points in the 2nd, but allowed the Oilers to score 22. At the half, Tifin trailed the Oilers 3224. Bre Nauman led the Dragons at the break with ive points, while Rachel Price and Ali Schirm-
er added four points. The two squads were tied in the rebounding category with 20, but Findlay doubled up the Dragons in paint points at 20-10. Tif in made their move in the 3rd quarter, racking up 23 points, including four made three point buckets. Tif in's defense held Findlay to 18 points in the quarter. Ali Schirmer connected on two long range buckets for TU, pulling her team even in the 3rd period. Tif in and Findlay played the vast majority of the 4th quarter within ive points of each other. It wasn't until late in the inal period when the Oilers used a short run to put the game away, splitting the season series. Tif in was led by Ali Schirmer with 17 points. Allie Miller added 11 points on 4 of 7 shooting, and Bre Nauman scored 7 points and collected 12 boards. The loss drops the Dragons to 6-16 overall and 413 in GLIAC play.
Penzone (125) and Lawrence Blackful (133) were both pinned while Travis Salyer (141) lost 9-5. Mike Screptock (149) got TU on the scoreboard with a strong 16-6 win, but TU dropped the next three decisions by narrow margins. Sam Viengmany (157) lost 6-4, Jett Hurt (165) fell 3-1, and Chris Baker(174) fell 5-2. Jared Chambers (184) won 3-1, while Jake Cramer (197) won 16-7 and Garrett Gray (285) won via pin in 1:23 to give TU a strong inish, but it was too little, too late.
Equestrian Saturday February 6, the Tif in Equestrian team traveled to Lake Erie College for a two day competition. To start off the day, Elizabeth Volk had a phenomenal course ride in Intermediate Fences Wrestling Tif in University got off to and placed 5th earning a slow start and could not the team 2 points. Carcatch up late, falling to olyn McCurrach, Paige Findlay 24-17. McCaslin placing 4th The Dragons found them- and Rachael Dowczek selves in a 15-0 hole after placing 4th competed dropping the irst three in Novice Fences all weight classes. Giuseppe
with outstanding rides. Next up was Lauren Satter ield earning the team 2 points by placing 5th in her Open Flat class. Kelsey Salyer placed 4th in Advanced Walk Trot Canter, and Katie Stone earned the team 5 points by placing 2nd. Elizabeth Volk and Carolyn McCurrach went into the ring for Intermediate Flat with con idence and Carolyn McCurrach came out with 2nd place earning the team 5 points. Competitively Kier Scott competed in Beginner Walk Trot Canter and was placed 5th. The Novice Flat class brought the team 5 points earned by Rachael Dowczek for placing 2nd. Also competing in the Novice Flat class was Taylor McClusky placing 5th and Paige McCaslin.To end the successful day, Taylor Clawson placed 3rd in Walk Trot and Morgan Lynch placed 4th earning the team the inal 3 points. Tif in Equestrian Team ended Saturday with an overall 22 points and placed them 3rd in the Region!
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Sports News continued Equestrian (Cont) To begin the Sunday show, Elizabeth Volk had a competitive ride in the Intermediate Fences. Paige McCaslin and Rachael Dowzcek both rode with con idence and Carrie McCurrach placed 2nd in Novice Fences winning the team 3 points. Beginning the Flat portion of the day was Lauren Satter ield in the Open Flat with 3 points. Elizabeth Volk rode competitively and Carrie McCurrach placed 2nd in Intermediate Flat adding 4 points on the board. Racheal Dowzeck placed 6th ,Paige McCaslin placed 4th, Taylor McClusky and Kate Stone both placed 5th Novice Flat winning the team another 2 points. In the Advanced Walk Trot Canter Kelsey Salyer placed 6th and Ashley Koszalka put another 4 points on the scoreboard. To inish the day off, Morgan Hixenbaugh placed 3rd and Taylor Clawson placed 5th, winning the team their inal 2 points. The
team inished the day with a total of 18 points. The Tif in University Equestrian Hunt Team, reached their goal and are 3rd in the region with 182 points! It was just last year that they just broke over 100 points. Way to go Dragons! This show was the Hunt teams inal show of the season as well as senior day. The team celebrated the 3 seniors, Lauren Satter ield, Emilie Seyfang, and Elizabeth Volk’s years of hard work and dedication to the team.
ATTENTION FACULTY & STAFF WHO: TRACK DRAGON INVITE WHEN: SATURDAY, FEB 13 Noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: HEMINGER CENTER‐TRACK
Do you have dreams of being a star track athlete, but missed your opportunity in high school and college? Well it’s time to make your dream a reality! At the TU Track and Field Meet on February 13, there will be a special 60 meter dash just for the TU Faculty and Staff! It is open to the irst 6 people who respond and register through the TU Athletic Department. To reserve your spot email Lauren Caminiti at caminitiL@tif in.edu with your name and department. These spots will ill up quickly so be sure to email ASAP to guarantee your racing lane!
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Recruiting Research Participants in a Study about Learning Have you ever learned a second language? Have you ever experienced learning new words while walking? Have you ever compare which you learn better - sitting while learning or walking while learning? Here is the chance for you to ind a new way to study - Our new research project welcomes you to join us to ind out which way is better for you to learn a new language. There are three sessions in the experiments. (Each trial lasts within 30 minutes.) Physical exam Session one, sitting while learning 30 Chinese characters Session two, sitting while walking on the treadmill. Data collecting (Jan.25.2016 - March.19.2016) March sign up the times: Session 1 March: 7, 12, (choose one) Physical exam March: 2, 9, 16 (Wednesday) (choose one) Session 2 March: 5, 14, 19 (choose one) If you are interested in the project, please contact Cindy Yu Yux@tif in.edu Phone number: 567-230-2323
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Mega Star Ticket Program The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Mega Star Ticket Program, gives the Tiffin University family access to purchase general admission tickets online at a discount rate. This is an online only promotion and they do accept vouchers To see a full list of benefits visit, h p://www. ffin.edu/alumni/benefits/