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College of LLSS dean dies at 75By Sura KhuderNews Editor

Alice Skeens, dean of the Col-lege of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences, passed away at the age of 75 Saturday morning.

Faith Burress, Skeens’ niece, said the cause of death was un-confirmed but speculated to have been caused by either a heart attack or blood clot.

Skeens underwent hip re-placement surgery on Oct. 19 and was hospitalized for three weeks after returning to work early this month. Burress said she is unsure if Skeens’ cause of death was related to this

surgery.Skeens was originally from

Lovern, W.Va. She studied at Concord College, Athens, W.Va., where she received a Bachelor of Science in 1956. Skeens re-ceived a master’s degree from West Virginia University in 1960 and a doctorate in education from UT in 1972.

Before coming to UT, Skeens was a teacher in the McDowell County Schools and Mercer County Schools in West Virginia from 1956 to ‘63. She also served as a part-time instructor at Blue-field State College in 1962.

She came to UT in 1963 where she served as an instructor in the Community and Technical

College. Throughout her career at To-

ledo, Skeens served on various admissions, general studies and student development counseling committees.

Skeens became assistant pro-fessor in the College of Arts and

Sciences in 1966 and was pro-moted to associate professor in 1982. She served as assistant dean for CAS from 1973 to ‘76, when she was named the col-lege’s associate dean for student affairs. She also served as an as-sistant to former UT President Frank E. Horton.

“She was a very special person that just was so loving and car-ing about everyone,” Burress said. “I just couldn’t say enough about the good things she’s done for me and other people.”

She served as Faculty Senate chair from 1982 to ‘83.

Skeens was named The Catha-rine S. Eberly Center for Courtesy of the University of Toledo

Dean of the College of Language, Literature and Social Sciences Alice Skeens passed away Saturday morning.

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Putting up the WNIT banner

Yesterday during the UT basketball game against the University of Dayton, the banner commemorating the Rockets WNIT Championship was unveiled.

SAAB addresses racial issuesBy Randiah GreenEditor-in-Chief

The student who passed out fliers, which questioned Affir-mative Action and called for no racist or racial student groups, attended a Student African American Brother-hood meeting two weeks ago with several racially-charged questions.

SAAB President Christo-pher Scott said some of the group members recognized the male student immediately since he approached them with the fliers while they were raising money for Susan G. Komen in the Student Union Building.

“Mind you, there were two or three other organizations there,” Scott said. “When this student came down, he came

to our table specifically with a flier that had our symbol on it. If he wanted to talk about this issue, he could have given some fliers to our table and the other groups that were there, giv-ing everybody information.”

Scott said the student threw about 30 copies of the flier on their table.

“We asked to stop after about the fourth flier, but he obviously kept going,” Scott said. “He was basically saying he didn’t like our organization.”

During the meeting,

the student asked the group questions, such as why are there scholarships specifical-ly for African-Americans and

other minori-ties but not specifically for w h i t e students.

“He asked a lot of ques-tions that made every-one uncom-fortable, but we remained calm and tried to answer the questions to

the best of our ability,” Scott said.

Other questions included, “Why does UT do Affirmative

Student who passed out racist fliers attends SAAB meeting

UT celebrates Indian Festival of Lights

File photos by Kevin Sohnly

The Diya festival was hosted by the Indian Students Cultural Organization on Saturday. The festival is a celebration of Diwali, which is the New Year fesitval in the Vikrama calendar.

— Flier, Page A2

— Skeens, Page A2

She was very com-passionate and very

passionate about what she did. She just loved

teaching and you could tell.

Chelsea WymerUT Alumnus ”

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Unfortunately this student is misin-

formed since you don’t have to be black to join

the Black Student Union...

Matt RubinPresident,Student Government ”

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By Sade Ganey For the IC

Swirls of bright colors and the smell of rich spices filled the Student Union Building Auditorium as the Indian Stu-dents Cultural Organization celebrated Diwali, a New Year festival in the Vikrama calendar that is highly anticipated.

Also known as the Festival of Lights, the event took place Saturday night.

In Indian culture, Diwali signifies starting over. The meaning behind the festival is receiving hope, renewing of friendships, goodwill and cel-ebrating the joys of life. It is also finding the light through darkness and gaining knowl-edge where there is ignorance.

According to Ishan Laheri, a senior majoring in pharma-cy administration and a mem-ber of ISCO, the festival tech-nically began Oct. 26, but is only celebrated for five days in the U.S. and only one day at UT because of classes. In India, Diwali is celebrated for 20 days and students are giv-en a break from school. The renewing and cleansing of each home occurs during this time; all homes are filled with

oil lamps as a symbol of keep-ing evil spirits from the home.

“It’s a holiday where we pray to our god, light fire-crackers and just enjoy the day,” said Payal Patel, a se-nior majoring in pharmacy.

Indian students came to-gether and participated in the many activities and rituals of Diwali, including the lighting of diyas, oil lamps made of clay or brass.

This year, there was a fash-ion show were students mod-eled traditional Indian wear, with females wearing color-ful, beaded outfits known as saris. Also, different panels of Indian students participated in a dance competition, per-forming routines to a mixture of Indian, pop and hip-hop music. Tandoor Cuisine of In-dia served traditional food, such as spicy chicken 65, naan bread and samosas, a deep-fried pastry.

According to Ruchin Gor-wala, a sophomore majoring in pharmacy administration and vice president of ISCO, the festival here in Toledo is a close rendition of how it is celebrated in India.

Gorwala said celebrating Indian culture in a foreign country with a community

that differs from their own helps him feel at home.

“Diwali means a lot to me,” Laheri said. “We have a formal dinner and I get to meet all of my friends and family. It makes me feel at home being with oth-er people who have the same religion as I do.”

The turnout of the celebration was a big hit among students outside of the Indian culture, including students from the In-ternational Student Association.

The ISCO was founded in the 1990s at UT, and this was their 10th year celebrating Diwali on campus.

File photo by Kevin Sohnly

This year’s festival featured sev-eral dances and performances.

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Action hiring and why is there no European Student Brother-hood group on campus,” ac-cording to Scott.

Scott said the meeting end-ed peacefully but the student did not seem satisfied with the answers he was given.

“We could tell he came in with a lot on his mind,” Scott said. “We gave him a chance to get out his point of view but he didn’t seem to feel any better about the situation af-ter the meeting.”

NaSheena Gover, a junior majoring in social work who

was at the meeting, said the incident made the group think about how they could reach out to people of other races to avoid any misconceptions and let them know students of all ethnicities are welcome.

“Just because it says ‘Afri-can-American’ in the title does not mean it’s for blacks only,” she said.

Gover said the members of SAAB told the student if he wanted to start a European Student Group, he could.

“Unfortunately, this student is misinformed since you don’t have to be black to join the Black Student Union, and if he wants to start a White Student Union, he could,” said

Student Government Presi-dent Matt Rubin.

Vice President of the Stu-dent Experience Kaye Patten-Wallace said the university cannot take any action against the student because he did not violate any university policies.

“That’s what life is about,” she said. “One of the things important in academic set-tings is to have dialogue about it so we can educate people about opposing viewpoints. He had every right and he ex-pressed his opinion, which probably is not the view of the majority of students on this campus.”

Patten-Wallace said the

university has not officially identified the male who passed out the fliers, but Ru-bin told the Indpendent Col-legian the male in question is a UT student.

Despite the university not being able to take action due to freedom of speech, Scott said UT is not doing enough to combat the issue.

“It’s fine if people have their opinion, but the way it was expressed is concerning,” he said. “Once it starts making students uncomfortable or unsafe, that’s where you draw the line.”

Though the members of SAAB did not react negatively towards the student, Scott

said others could react violently.

“What if a student who feels strongly opposed to this guy’s fliers or comments that doesn’t have anything to lose comes in contact with him,” he said. “We did our responsi-bility to not act negatively to this. We’re not going to harm anybody, but we don’t want anybody to get hurt or induce violence on this campus. It’s bad for business.”

Scott said UT should do more to prevent the issue from progressing any further.

“It really makes me sad,” he said. “We keep saying this is a learning experience but what if the experience is not over

yet? Are we waiting for a riot to break out on campus to say this is part of the experience? When students are concerned and feel unsafe on campus, the university should do something about it.”

Rubin said if members of SAAB feel threatened, “they have every right to file a stu-dent code of conduct issue if they do feel like they have been a victim of harassment.”

“It wouldn’t be the flier it-self that was intimidating,” Rubin said. “But it wasn’t just the flier − what really hurt [Scott] and their group was the aggressiveness and the way the other student ap-proached them.”

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Bill McMillen, provost and

executive vice president for

academic affairs, said in an

email that the university is

deeply saddened to learn of

Skeen’s passing.

“Dr. Skeens’ wisdom,

friendship and decades of

service to UT are an irre-

placeable loss. She and her

family are in our thoughts

and prayers,” McMillen said.

Bronwyn Rose Hazard, a

2011 music graduate, had

Skeens for Principles of Psy-

chology during fall 2005.

“She had a very command-

ing presence when she entered

the room. She had a wonderful

20th century, old Hollywood

actress voice,” she said. “I

think the best words to de-

scribe her were strong-willed,

exceedingly patient, kind, and

very insightful and knowledge-

able. If you had any question

that branched off a topic, she’d

be able to answer it fully.”

Chelsea Wymer, a 2011 gradu-

ate in psychology, had Skeens for

Principles of Psychology the

spring semester her sophomore

year. Wymer served on a focus

group in this class where she said

she became close with Skeens.

“She was very compassionate

and very passionate about what

she did. She just loved teaching

and you could tell,” she said. “She

was really student-centered and

wanted to help. She was more

than willing to go the extra mile

for you.”

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ence when she entered the room. She had a

wonderful 20th century, old Hollywood actress

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Organizations enrich community

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The University of Toledo offers an abun-dance of organizations focused on ethnici-ties, genders and sexual orientations. Critics argue these organizations divide the commu-nity, but in reality, they exist to equalize by informing students and encouraging diversity.

UT’s organizations aren’t just secluded to the people they are themed around; anyone is welcome to attend. People struggling with their ethnic or gender identities can find themselves a home. They can be educated about who they are not only as a person, but as a Mexican, a Caucasian, an Asian or, most importantly, an American. It’s through these organizations that UT students can find a place in their community.

In this way, some organizations help in-crease self-esteem, such as the women orga-nizations on campus. They offer a group set-ting where afflicted women can feel empow-ered and begin to build a sense of self-worth. These women can freely discuss pressing is-sues without feeling isolated. For some, the ability to talk or find friendships with others in a similar situation is the best therapy they can receive.

The United States is becoming an increas-ingly diverse nation. Time spent at these orga-nizations could be invaluable because stu-dents learn how to deal with people different from themselves. They’ll learn how to cooper-ate and effectively deal with ideas that might make them cringe. For instance, a social worker’s client from another country may despise Americans. Through these organiza-tions, the social worker can learn about key events that may have occurred in that per-son’s country which developed that attitude.

It’s important to be open-minded, especially on issues involving race, religion and gender

— and these organizations offer a place just to do that.

Such organizations should be encouraged, not shunned, because they exist to inform about topics they might not ordinarily con-sider. Caucasian or Asian students may be insensitive to issues relevant to Hispanics or African-Americans simply because they are ignorant. Issues raised in these organizations help unite the UT community because they promote awareness and help people of vary-ing backgrounds empathize with each other.

People, regardless of their ethnicities, gen-ders and sexual orientations, can meet and talk at these organizations’ meetings. Topics debated are often personal; opinions come forth on each issue. Naturally, being exposed to something new will drive curiosity, which will empower students to become engaged in their community. Students will become well-acquainted with others in time, which could lead to new friendships. This is important because people from similar backgrounds of-ten house homogenous ideas. They gravitate towards others like them; they think in the same voice. Exposure to something new will keep them from being too gender or racial-exclusive on issues today.

Without these organizations, UT wouldn’t be the community it is. These organizations help students stay connected to society and discussions that occur at these organizations can even offer good material for essays for assignments or scholarships. For many UT students, these organizations are something to be treasured, not trifled with.

This anticipatory eulogy for the University of Toledo was written to predict its unfortu-nate future if certain patterns continue. UT’s decline in qual-

ity, safety and overall status as an institution of higher l e a r n i n g has been the subject of conver-sation for faculty and s t u d e n t s

alike. My dear University of Tole-

do, my alma mater, the place which nourished my mind for nearly half a decade, you will be missed. The day your halls ceased to educate was May 5, 2015; they became void of the desire of knowledge and find-ing methods of improving the human condition.

Your cause of death dis-turbs me because I know I could have helped prevent it. Many dug the knife in you, and you were left ravaged on the killing floor by the most unat-tractive elements of human nature: greed, ignorance, sloth and unbridled hedonism.

Your administration chose to pursue a high quantity of admitted students rather than a high quality. The retention rate dropped drastically. You began hemorrhaging money from your jugular vein.

The academically gifted stu-dents who loved you trans-ferred to other universities, for they felt they had no choice. They came to me personally

and told me, “I don’t feel safe at UT;” “What has happened to UT;” “I am always worried someone might break into my room;” “It was never like this before;” “I can’t believe what people are doing on my cam-pus;” and most striking of all, “I am leaving UT because it has gone so downhill that no professional will take me or my degree seriously once they see where I got it. The profes-sors are great but it’s the stu-dents. I no longer feel like To-ledo can provide a good envi-

ronment for my education.”I knew the end was near

when a professor asked why a student had a quizzical look upon his face and the student replied with a vacant stare. The professor said, “Let me speak in UT: ‘You look confused!’”

I can blame the United States, I can blame the state of Ohio, I can blame the adminis-tration; but who I feel deserves the most blame is myself and my fellow students, the ones who saw what was happening and did nothing.

We should have realized that you, UT, exist to educate

us, to nourish our minds and provide a way by which we can provide for ourselves. We didn’t realize that you be-longed to us, that you were our responsibility and there-fore, we refused to act; we re-fused to make our voices heard, always telling one an-other it was someone else’s problem to fix. It was ours, and I am sorry we failed you.

It is the responsibility of cur-rent students to prevent UT from becoming decrepit. We must band together and make the changes necessary to keep our alma mater alive. Should we neglect our responsibili-ties, it will only be a disservice to ourselves, inhibiting our personal and professional suc-cess as students and as future leaders. We must demand higher standards for UT as well as for ourselves, and nev-er cease until our goal is met.

If you agree with what was written, please email [email protected]. Please voice what you see as unac-ceptable at our dear university and tell Students Fixing UT what you want to see done about it. We will create chan-nels by which our vision for UT can come into being. No matter what the obstacles may be, we will persevere, we will overcome and we will do so together.

— Jantzen Ridenour is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in religious studies.

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The evidence of inflation is visible every-

where as price tags skyrocket. Many stu-

dents have pursued higher education at UT

because of the university’s affordability. But

with tuition rising, classes are becoming un-

affordable and UT’s retention rates are fall-

ing. It seems the number one attribute that

first drove students to UT is becoming the

number one reason students are leaving.

In years past, the university has improved

the curriculum in many ways, including

large-scale renovations and state-of-the-art

equipment. UT offers several excellent pro-

grams and is home to many superb

students.

However, more and more students are be-

ing forced to drop out due to rising tuition

costs. This is a loss to Toledo since many

talented students aren’t able to refine their

skills because of their financial situation.

Their contributions to the world after gradu-

ation could greatly improve society, but in-

creased tuition costs have hindered them

from accomplishing their dreams.

Efforts should be increased to preserve

the affordability of UT. The university was

attractive to people across the state because

they could receive a quality education com-

parable to top schools without having to pay

the same price. This might not be the case

anymore as tuition fees turn potential stu-

dents away.

UT’s “Gateway Project” is an attempt to

transform Toledo into a college town. Al-

though a college town is a perk, the number

one thing driving students to UT is their abil-

ity to receive an education at a decent cost.

The importance of having a Starbucks café

or a new bookstore on campus shouldn’t

undermine UT’s need to constantly improve

its academics. In the end, coffee once a day

is nice, but the education received is what’s

going to stick with students. They want a

classroom experience that’s going to be

worth spending the rest of their lives paying

off.

It’s the academics, abundance of programs

and financial affordability that will attract

students to UT.

It is the responsibil-ity of current stu-

dents to prevent UT from becoming

decrepit.

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www.IndependentCollegian.com Joe Mehling – Editor

I think that this game gave us the confidence that we can do something special this year.

Naama ShafirUT Point Guard ”“

Rockets swarm Dayton in 2011 season opener 61-51By Joe Mehling Sports Editor

Two days after routing Bowling Green, the Dayton Flyers trip up I-75 ran into a road block in Savage Arena.

Toledo dismantled the Fly-ers, 61-51, avenging last year’s defeat in Dayton, in large part to a swarming de-fensive effort.

Toledo held the Flyers to just 13 first-half points, forced 24 turnovers and had 14 steals in the 2011 home opener.

“We did really well on de-fense and that’s what we wanted to do,” said junior guard Naama Shafir. “The sec-ond half we didn’t start the same way we did the first half but we found a way to finish.

“I think we showed today that we have good chemistry. We communicate well, we play together well, and we showed that.”

Shafir picked up where she left off last season scoring 16 points while dishing out five assists while her partner in the backcourt, sophomore Andola Dortch, scored 17 points and added seven rebounds.

“When Naama is amped up and ready to go, so am I,” Dortch said.

Dayton was led by forward Justine Ratterman, with 13 points and nine boards, and guard Patrice Lalor with 10 points.

Lalor and Ratterman were the only Flyers to score in double digits yesterday

afternoon. The Rockets set the tone

early on defense as they jumped out to a 10-0 lead with Dayton’s first bucket coming at the 13:43 mark of the first half.

Toledo kept up the defen-sive pressure and pushed their lead to 31-9 with 2:16 left before the break.

The Flyers managed to score four unanswered points before the half to cut the lead to 18 points.

Despite the large deficit, Dayton came out firing in the second half and began to chip away at the UT lead.

With 12:23 remaining the Flyers cut the lead to just 12 points but a quick 7-0 run capped off by a pair of Court-ney Ingersoll free throws stretched the lead to 19.

Just four minutes later the lead was just nine after a pair of free ones from the charity stripe by Lalor. The Rockets once again answered the bell and stretched the lead back to 14 points.

The Flyers ran out of gas af-ter the late UT run and were dealt the ten point loss.

“It gives us confidence that we have talent and that we are a very good team,” Shafir said. “I think that this game gave us the confidence that we can do something special this year.”

The Rockets return to ac-tion on Wednesday Nov. 16 when they travel to face Wis-consin-Green Bay.

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UT center Yolanda Richardson had eight points and four rebounds in yesterday’s game against the University of Dayton.

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Un“Luck”y The Browns may not have a lot of wins in 2011 but they might have too many to draft stand-out Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck in the 2012 NFL Draft.

UT ousted in overtime of 2011 NCAA tounrament

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Senior Ana Reynolds is just one of six seniors that will need to be replaced for the 2012 Rocket team.

By Nate Pentecost Assistant Sports Editor

Less than a week after cap-turing a record fourth Mid-American Conference title the Toledo soccer team saw their season come to an abrupt end Saturday in Milwaukee.

The Rockets (14-7-2) pushed No. 23 Marquette (18-3-0) to extra time at Valley Fields before falling 1-0 in the opening round of the NCAA Championship.

“This is who we aspire to be and where we want to be,” said UT head coach Brad Ev-an. “I think we belonged on the field today. Give credit to Marquette. They have a very good team and they found a way.”

A pair of teammates set up

Marquette sophomore mid-fielder Taylor Madigan who netted the match’s only goal in the 97th minute during the first extra period.

Advancing on the right side of the field, sophomore for-ward Maegan Kelly played a ball deep into Rockets terri-tory to junior Lisa Philbin who found Madigan in front of the goal.

Madigan booted a low shot just inside the near post past the outstretched arms of UT goalkeeper Vicki Traven to end the match and advance the Golden Eagles to the sec-ond round for the second-consecutive season.

The Rockets All-MAC keep-er made seven saves before allowing the decisive goal ear-

ly in extra time. “You start in August with

defense and it comes together for this time of year,” Evans said. “Everybody did their part. But it’s the bounce of the ball, that’s soccer.”

Evans has a number of young, talented reserves and a strong group of returning starters to draw from.

Toledo will return three 2011 All-Conference perform-ers next season, including First-Team All-MAC selec-tions Rachel Macleod and ju-nior defender Natalia Gaitan, as well as Second and All-Freshman Team selection midfielder Alexis Tice.

The Rockets ended the 2011 campaign with a 12-1-1 record in conference play.

ArtsandLifeMonday, November 14, 2011

www.IndependentCollegian.com Megan Aherne — Editor

Jazz legend to perform for faculty and students

Artist Spotlight: Michael Koludrovich

An engineer of the arts By Danielle GambleCopy Chief

Legendary jazz lyricist Jon Hendricks will be celebrating his 90th birthday with the UT Jazz program at Crystal Lounge tonight and at the Center for Performing Arts tomorrow night.

Hendricks will perform to-night after CrossCurrents, the jazz faculty group, and Jon Hen-dricks’ Vocalstra, a student jazz vocal group. Tomorrow, he will perform with the Vocalstra on their concert in the CPA Recital Hall, and the Jazz Lab Band will also perform.

“We can’t believe he turned 90 this year and he’s as spry as ever,” said Gunnar Mossblad, professor of saxophone and di-rector of jazz studies.

Hendricks, UT distinguished professor of jazz, is a world re-nowned jazz writer and singer, and is considered by many crit-ics as the “Father of Vocalese,” the art of lyricizing instrumen-tal jazz lines.

In an interview with National Public Radio, Hendricks said lyrics make a song.

“You find a word that exactly describes that sound, and then you’ve got it. Words are very flexible things,” Hendricks said.

He has written vocalese ver-sions of pieces from jazz artists such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and arranged Rim-sky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” for the Volcastra, premiering it

By Caitlin ArthursAsst. Arts and Life Editor

To some, art can be a pas-sion, a release, an avenue of expression and a form of joy.

For Michael Koludrovich, a junior majoring in mechan-ical engineering, canvas painting is all that and more.

Given his major, one might not expect to see Koludrov-ich picking up a paintbrush. But despite his mechanical mind, his soul is one of an artist.

“I just love doing art,” Koludrovich said. “It’s kind of funny because I’m a me-chanical engineering major, and I just do it for fun.”

He experiments with many different mediums and is constantly trying to find new methods that work.

Currently, one of Koludrov-ich’s passions is spray paint-ing scenes from outer space.

“I just chose that style be-cause not a lot of people do it,” Koludrovich said “I love outer space. So, when I saw someone do [spray paint art] for the first time, I thought, ‘I

have to.’ I just loved the de-tail in it.”

After watching countless videos and repeatedly ex-perimenting with the pro-cesses, Koludrovich finally developed his own technique to create the perfect plane-tary scene, using only spray paint, a few circular objects and other common house-hold items.

He has left his mark on many unexpected types of backgrounds, including old records, skateboards, mir-rors and, more recently, guitars.

“[The guitars] are probably my favorite thing I’ve ever created with the spray paint,” Koludrovich said. “Just the idea of taking somebody’s regular painting and putting it to something that I feel is a little more iconic, like a guitar, is awesome.”

Spray paint isn’t Koludrov-ich’s only medium of choice. The artist also dabbles in acrylic paint, but not in its typical usage.

“I water down acrylic paint

and still do a water color ef-fect, but I feel like I’m able to do a lot more with the acrylic and the colors are a lot more vibrant,” Koludrov-ich said.

Koludrovich realized his passion for art at a young age.

“As kids, my mom brought [my siblings and me] up making crafts every day of the week,” he said. “We nev-er really watched TV. My mom would take us out to the craft store to get crafts, or we’d go down to the base-ment and we’d just craft.”

Koludrovich also works at Cedar Point as a Screamster during Halloweekends. He puts an immeasurable amount of time into develop-ing his character.

“I don’t just jump out at people; I actually have a background story and I have a character name,” Koludrov-ich said. “Once you can de-velop that character and people ask you random things, you’re able to answer in character.”

He details every inch of his costume and makeup design to make the experience more authentic.

“The newest thing that I created this year was the mask that I wore,” Koludrov-ich said. “Almost every sin-gle night I got complimented on it. I even had the head of the costume department at Cedar Point personally come up to me and complimented me on my costume.”

Though some of his work is terrifying, most of it is used to bring joy to the clos-est people in his life.

“Most of the artwork that I do, I give away to people just because I love doing that. I love seeing people’s expres-sions,” Koludrovich said. “I am also a huge fan of origi-nal work. I love original art-work and stuff, so I love giv-ing it away as gifts. The big-gest success that I’ve had is probably just giving away something that I’ve worked eight to 10 hours on. There’s this definite labor of love behind those.”

Photos courtesy of Michael Koludrovich

Michael Koludrovich’s creates art in unique places, as seen in his space-themed guitar made with spray paint. During Halloweek-ends, he performs as a Screamster and thoroughly details his makeup, costume and character each year he participates.

Changes to a timeless musicalBy Matt RubinFor the IC

In a much needed break from campus politics, I at-tended the 25th anniversary tour of “Les Misérables” at the Stranahan Theater.

The intricate story by Vic-tor Hugo follows several characters in 19th century France and climaxes with the June Rebellion of 1832 when a rebel group, consisting mostly of students, built a barricade in the streets of Paris and inevitably perished fighting government soldiers.

I first experienced this epic tale of revolution, love and redemption in Detroit in 2003 and later consummated my relationship with the show as a high school senior, playing the role of Thénardier, the “Master of the House.”

Having seen a previous na-tional tour and studied the script as an actor, I observed this company’s interpretation with a critical eye.

The lead role, Jean Valjean, was played by J. Mark McVey, who has performed the role over 2,900 times. The crowd roared after he sang the soft and spirited, “Bring Him Home.”

Andrew Varela, who played Valjean’s nemesis Javert, was equally impressive, adding re-latable elements to the char-acter as he belted “Stars.”

The supporting cast was brilliantly portrayed, with the exception of Éponine, played by Chasten Harmon. Although Harmon had by far the stron-gest female vocal talent in the show, her powerful presence

Photo courtesy of Matt Rubin

Matt Rubin with actors Richard Vida as Thénardier and Shawna M. Hamic as Madame Thé-nardier after a production of “Les Misérables” at the Stranahan Theater this past weekend.

failed to encapsulate her character’s lowly and ne-glected nature.

This production touted “new and improved” score and staging.

Although these changes did not damage the show’s overall production value, I found them detrimental to the mystique and grandeur of one of the longest running musicals of all time.

“Les Misérables” is re-nowned for featuring a large, rotating set piece allowing for smooth and speedy scene changes and perspectives from both sides of the barri-cade during battle scenes.

The signature turntable stage was ditched for rolling set pieces and Victor Hugo paintings projected on back-drop screens.

The highly emotional scenes were derailed due to the absence of the rotating

barricade.Although “Les Misérables”

is not fully dependent on a rotating stage, I found my-self pining for its return during the deaths of revolu-tionary leader, Enjolras, and the audacious young-ster, Gavroche.

Their demises were moved offstage, softening the emo-tional blow of losing the bold, red-vested leader and the innocent, courageous child.

Later, both are seen on the back of a push cart, unfortu-nately recalling the famous “Bring out your dead!” scene from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

The pace was also kicked up a notch, eliminating breaks in music and abbrevi-ating certain songs.

The entire show seemed unnecessarily rushed, leav-ing the audience little time to

catch their breaths after ma-jor plot developments. First- time viewers were at a disad-vantage if they were unfamil-iar with the story.

Although written in 1862, “Les Misérables” connects with college students today. Like its characters, we must accept defeats and celebrate victories in our own battles, while weighing the impor-tance and purpose of our actions.

We experience an array of emotions, from feeling the flurry of love, to the pain of neglect and loss. “Les Mi-sérables” shows that life hap-pens without our control and in the end, those who at-tained redemption did so by making the best of their situ-ation and showing love to others.

— Matt Rubin is president of Student Government.

Time is power, thought is lostBy Max PeltierIC Staff Writer

The old saying “time is money” has never rung as true as it does in “In Time.”

This sci-fi action-adventure from “Gattaca” direc-tor Andrew Niccol tries to use the idea of time as currency to limited success.

The basic premise of the movie is that instead of money, people spend and earn the time they have left to live.

Everyone ages normally un-til they are 25, and at that point, they are given a year to spend and invest.

Will, played by Justin Tim-berlake, is a factory worker who lives in the ghetto of Dayton, and is almost out of time after only being alive for 28 years.

At the beginning of the movie, he has roughly a day left and it seems to be the end for him until he runs into a stranger in a bar who has over one hundred years.

Local criminals hear about this individual and attempt to capture him to steal his time. Will saves this mysterious stranger and, in gratitude, the man donates the rest of his time to Will.

He takes the man’s time and decides to go to the rich sec-tion of town to take down the entire time system. As ex-pected, things get complicat-ed when law enforcement, criminals and a love interest get involved.

The movie boils down to a social commentary about the current socioeconomic status of the United States.

After receiving a century of free time, Will gives a decade to his friend. If this movie were defending the poor, then his friend might have invest-ed it or escaped the ghetto. Instead, his friend uses his new wealth to drink himself to death, wasting the many

years left on his clock.This goes against every-

thing the movie stands for and insinuates the poor can-not handle money. There is

no real rea-son for the interaction.

One aspect that should have been ex-plored was how every-one in the world looks 25. This con-cept is ad-dressed once during an inter-action where

Will is not sure if Sylvia, played by Amanda Seyfried, is some-one’s wife or daughter.

The typical lines of what people look like are blurred so that someone who is 105 years old looks the same as someone who is 25. Such an age gap in a relationship is also acceptable in their society.

There is a lot of solid tal-ent in this movie, such as Timberlake, Seyfried, Cillian Murphy and Vincent Kart-heiser. All of these people have shown incredible skill in the past, but for some rea-son it does not show in this movie.

The pacing is unrefined and the actors seem to be calling it in.

The best acting comes from Kartheiser, but his act-ing might just be layover from “Mad Men” where he plays a similar character.

In the end, the movie is not terrible, but it really lacks proper direction and acting.

I feel that if the movie spent less time being an ac-tion-adventure, chase movie and spent more time explor-ing the repercussions of time being used as currency, it could have been more interesting.

There is nothing inherently terrible about “In Time,” but it felt incomplete because there were so many meta-phors that could have been explored and it did not pur-sue any of them.

Photo courtesy of Angela Riddell

Jazz legend Jon Hendricks turned 90 years old this year.

with the Toledo Symphony Or-chestra in 2003.

One of Hendricks’ more fa-mous collaborations was with the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. His arrangement of “Birdland” on their 1979 album “Extensions” won a Grammy, and their 1985 album “Voca-lese,” which Hendricks wrote all the lyrics for, won seven of the 12 Grammy nominations it received.

Crystal Lounge is housed within the Ramada Inn on Sec-or Road, one mile north of cam-pus. The cover charges for both performances are $5 for the general public and $3 for stu-dents and seniors.

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