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END OF AN ERAFormer SG President and VP reflect on two years of service

New SG leaders sworn into positionsSamantha WatsonCopy Editor

Student Government cele-brated this year’s accomplish-ments and welcomed new members who were sworn in at Student Senate Tuesday night.

Senate held their last ses-sion of the school year as

well as the first session of the upcoming year.

During the session, former SG President Matt Rubin gave the State of the Students Address.

“I’m very happy to report that the state of the students is good,” Rubin said.

Rubin went on to discuss this

year’s SG accomplishments, in-cluding the installation of bike corrals, the addition of “Share the Road” signs put on campus roadways, the largest Big Event and an updated SG web-site because of web adminis-trator Ernie Brancheau.

Rubin also acknowledged

several other senators and their individual accomplishments, like Senator Omar Subei for his work on getting an Islamic ritu-al cleansing room installed in the Student Union Building and Senator Tony Bova for his work on the UT Green Fund.

Rubin said the elections this

year would be a learning ex-perience for SG.

“You’re the future and I be-lieve in you,” Rubin said while addressing the senate.

The first people sworn in during the first session of the next school year were SG Pres-ident Paulette Bongratz and

Vice President Chris Dykyj.The Student Judicial

Council approved four new members, including Tate Stricklin, who replaced Aaron Dau as chief justice.

Dau said SJC represents

By Danielle GambleNews Editor

Even after two years together as Student Government presi-dent and vice president, which concluded Tuesday night, Matt Rubin and Jordan Maddocks still have their disagreements.

“I called him the night before it all was due, around midnight — Jordan was asleep,” Rubin said about the night he asked Mad-docks to be his running mate. “Jordan kind of mumbled, like, ‘Well, um, maybe. Why don’t you call me in the morning?’”

“No,” Maddocks interjected with a smile. “That’s not how — ”

“That’s how I remember it,” Rubin interrupted. “How do you remember it?”

The duo eventually established the details of their election year, the beginning of an administra-tion that shaped the UT student experience and brought Rubin and Maddocks closer than ever.

Two halves of a whole president

The “brothers four-times-over” have been members of SG, Blue Crew, Blue Key Honor Society and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity together. However, the self-described “co-presi-dents” are vastly different.

“We’re pretty much other halves,” Rubin said. “Jordan is really good at everything I’m

not good at and vice versa, and we know that and respect that about each other.”

When collaborating with administrators, Rubin and Maddocks said their policy has been, “you catch more flies with honey.”

Maddocks said it is a mis-take to believe that students and administrators want different things.

“In actuality, we’re all seeking the same thing — at the end of the day, we want to improve UT and make it one of the leading universi-ties in the nation.” Maddocks said. “When we both realize that we’re trying to accomplish the same thing and we can utilize our indi-vidual talents and resources to-gether, you know – collaboration gets you a lot further than sitting around and fighting.”

Even with two years’ worth of accomplishments, Rubin and Maddocks remain realistic about their impact at UT.

“The changes we’ve made on campus are not sweep-ing, but they’ve been things that have enabled students to succeed,” Rubin said. “We’re not going to be able to drastically affect every student on campus, but if we can sig-nificantly improve even a few student experiences at UT, then that makes all the difference.”

Changes to Lot 25

Ryan Clair / IC

Former Student Government Vice President Jordan Maddocks and Matt Rubin, who served for two terms, ended their tenure Tuesday night as the new leaders were sworn in.

By Josh EglerIC Staff Writer

Lot 25 by Rocket Hall will be closed beginning May 7 as it receives a new look, said Facilities and Grounds Ser-vices Director Doug Collins.

“The safety of pedestrians and drivers will be enhanced and the Rocket Hall area will be more attractive and acces-sible to everyone in the UT and greater Toledo communi-ties.” Collins said.

The project will add 185 to 200 extra parking spots to the UT campus, with an addi-tional 40 to 50 spots on the north side of the lot.

Collins said plans have been underway for over eight months and cost close to $2 million.

The new parking lot, part of the UT Gateway Project, will have new features to go along with the added spaces, which will add to the safety and look of the lot, Collins said. Some of the new features will include:

• Parking area restruc-turing and repaving

• A pedestrian walk-way from Central Avenue to residence halls on West Rocket Drive

• Landscaped and curbed islands with native trees

• A handicap-accessible crosswalk to Americans With Disabilities Act standards

• Concrete crosswalk and bus drop-off entrance to Rocket Hall

• LED parking lightsStudents like Marla Rayle,

a freshman majoring in as-tronomy, are excited about the new changes.

“Most students hate the lim-ited parking,” she said. “The new additions will really help the students out.”

While the lot is closed, tem-porary parking will be available at the University Medical Cen-ter as well as Lot 27B, the lot adjacent to Ottawa House and The Crossings lot, Collins said.

UTMC parking will be used for students, while the Ottawa/Crossings lot will be used for handicap and visitor parking.

In the early stages of plan-ning, Facilities and Grounds Services first checked the soil to see if it was safe to build on.

Latino Youth Summit to be held at UT next monthBy Chelsea Scott IC Staff Writer

Over 800 students from the Greater Toledo area will ex-perience educational and in-teractive workshops next month at UT for the 10th an-nual Latino Youth Summit.

The summit, meant to pro-mote the importance of high-er education to the Latino

youth, is open to seventh through 12th graders and will take place May 8 in the Stu-dent Union Building.

Sabina Elizondo-Serratos, associate director of Multicul-tural Student Services, said this event provides students and parents with information to give them a better guide of the educational system.

“Latinos are the fastest growing population and larg-est ethnic group in the coun-try, but unfortunately His-panic youth are less likely to complete high school and at-tend or graduate from col-lege,” Elizondo-Serratos said.

Cecilia Rivera, LYS and Greek Life coordinator, helped organize the event for 10 years.

“I am excited for what it has become,” she said.

Rivera said the students arrive in the morning and experience hands-on work-shops throughout the day. She said younger students create things with the engi-neers and older students are taught things like how to finance money.

The staff tries to keep the events different every year, and this year’s presentation boasts keynote speaker Roy Juarez Jr.

Juarez, a former homeless teen, is speaking as part of his “MyBag, MyHome: Homeless by Choice Tour.”

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It is an initiative meant to inspire students with “his personal message of hope, perseverance and the importance of a higher ed-ucation,” according to the tour website.

“It teaches them about the hits in life and how you can overcome that,” Rivera said.

She also said while the event is targeted to Latino children, anyone is welcome.

The summit usually gets a total of 100 students and community members to volunteer, but Rivera said they are unsure about how many people they will have for this year.

“We have volunteers who are here for the entire event or for just a couple hours,” she explained. “It’s a great recruit for UT students to get involve to influence kids.”

Volunteers get a free t-shirt in appreciation for helping.

She said in order to make this summit happen,

Over the summer they will be re-stoning and putting new asphalt on the lot, along with adding more spots.

Collins said this will be added because “pedestrian safety is important and the original lot had lived its life.”

Collins said he hopes the new parking lot will provide better safety, better park-

ing and become an interac-tive area for students, fac-ulty and visitors.

The parking lot will be reopened Aug. 13 before students return in the fall.

students in code of conduct hearings and oversees official SG judiciary business such as elections and impeachments.

Stricklin plans to use his position to help make stu-dents more aware of what SJC does and to revise and enforce both the SJC and Election Board manuals so they can be used properly.

Stricklin said his experience with the Ohio Revised Code makes him an “excellent can-didate for the position.”

The other new justices were Danielle Gamble, Alejandro Vera and Kaitlyn Filzer. James Adams was appointed but will be sworn in next semester because he could not attend

Tuesday’s meeting.Also sworn in were 12 sen-

ators and one senator at-large, Brent Teall.

Lauren Jencen and Emily Kramp were elected as the new senate chair and vice chair respectively, replacing Heather Engle and Mike Hicho.

Jencen plans to get the caucus chairs in the senate more involved with their col-leges as well as bring the senate closer together.

“I’ve noticed a lot of hostility, especially in debate,” she said.

Jencen said she wants to plan events where the senators can get to know one another better.

She said despite having a rough year, she feels SG is in good hands.

“I can already tell that we have a great year of senate com-ing up and we’re going to learn

from our mistakes,” she said.Various senate committee

chairs were also elected, in-cluding Matt Ellis as Finance and Operations Committee chair, Clayton Notestine as Public Relations and Member-ship Committee chair, Bryan Kitchen as Academic Affairs Committee chair, Adekemi Ademuyewo as Housing and Residence Life Committee chair and Ben Lynn as Student Services, Information and Public Safety Committee chair.

The senate also elected for-mer senate chair Engle as legis-lative secretary and Katherine Saine as recording secretary.

Senator of the Year went to former SSIPS Chair Jim-my Momenee, and Cabinet Member of the Year went to Justin Veigel.

LeadersFrom Page A1

Ryan Clair / IC

Newly appointed SJC Chair Tate Stricklin takes his oath at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.

Law student wins awardBy IC Staff

UT student Zack Hohl is helping the environment and winning awards along the way.

Hohl, a third-year student at the UT College of Law, was presented the Ohio State Bar Association Environ-mental Law Award Monday at the OSBA Environmental Law Symposium.

He also received $1,000 for his winning paper, “The Great Lakes Compact: States Suffering from Withdrawal.”

“I was excited to win the award,” Hohl said in an email. “I was already happy to be one of the finalists so that I could attend the symposium, but winning the award was just that much better.”

The contest called for pa-pers which will advance the

application and practice of environmental, energy or resources law in the state of Ohio, according to a press release.

Hohl said his paper deals with the Bottled Water Ex-emption under the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Ba-sin Water Resources Com-pact. The bottled water ex-emption allows for companies to withdraw water for drinks.

Hohl first became interest-ed in the compact and Bottled Water Exemption when he heard about it in a law class.

“I am from the area and we have a lot of water qual-ity issues,” he said. “The more I researched the topic, the more interested I be-came with the implementa-tion of the [c]ompact.”

The goal of the compact is to limit diversions outside of the Great Lakes Basin and to minimize withdrawals of the water in the basin.

He said if the compact is weakened by removing water to fill bottles for drinking, it will be very difficult for the states to act on their own. To maintain sustainable use of the regional waters, Hohl said states and individuals should follow the compact exactly.

He said the Environmental Law Award is an annual award that any currently enrolled law student is eligible for.

He said McMahon DeGu-lis, an environmental firm out of Cleveland, sponsored the award and various attor-neys in Ohio read and judged the submissions.

Youth SummitFrom Page A1

collaboration between the community, staff and stu-dents is necessary. She add-ed that UT is the only school which has this event.

“It has been shared and presented at a conference but it’s something that hasn’t been done on a national lev-el,” Rivera said.

Rivera said at a price of about $7,000, the event is partially funded by UT and the Office of Multicultural Student Success.

The event is free for kids because Toledo Pub-lic Schools provides transportation and UT provides meals and work-shops for the students.

The Latino Youth Sum-mit will take place May 8 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Build-ing. To be a volunteer, contact Melanie Muñoz at melanie.munoz@rockets.utoledo.edu or visit the Latino Student Union in Student Union Building Room 3513.

Ryan Clair / IC

Changes made to Lot 25, adjacent to Rocket Hall, will begin May 7 and reopen Aug. 13.

Lot 25From Page A1

As some of you may have read or remembered, the world celebrated Yom HaS-hoah last Thursday. The translation for Yom HaShoah from Hebrew means Holo-caust Remembrance Day or Holocaust Day. Now, why should such a sensitive sub-ject be rehashed? This is something we can all have a

meaningful relation to.

Over 70 years ago, not too long for the thread of time, trav-esties that still radiate

within our minds were com-mitted against the world. These unforgettable misfor-tunes tore families apart, re-shaped nations, and worst of all, killed millions of people. When people think of the Holocaust, the plight of the Jewish people comes imme-diately to mind. As horren-dous as it was for the Jewish people, other groups suf-fered the same injustice. It is estimated around 11 million souls were lost during this dark time.

Not only six million Jews were killed during this time,

but also Poles, Slavs, homo-sexuals, mentally and physi-cally disabled people and many others suffered at the hands of the Nazi regime. The records indicate any-where from 10,000 to 15,000 homosexuals were beaten and killed, as well as over 2.5 million Poles, Jewish and non- Jewish.

Why remind ourselves of such an awful event on the wheel of human history? To say never again. To remind us that no group, person or individual should ever be subjugated at the hands of such tyranny. Some Jewish people growing up had al-ways used the pronouns ‘we’, or ‘us’, when referring to the Jewish people, subconcious-ly without realizing it. It nev-er really seemed strange to do so due to having such strong pride in their cultural background; it is like second nature to speak that way.

However when speaking to people of other faiths and cultures, they don’t refer to the entirety of their culture or faiths in plurality. This in-spires the thought, what does it take to have everybody re-fer to each other as their plurality? Many remember that dark time which united not only one people but also numerous peoples to say ‘we will never again stand for this.’

This should not only be viewed from the Jewish per-spective but by all who have the same right to exist here on this earth. It is certainly a challenge, which we as a people of the world have overcome. It teaches us that just because things are the way they are, it does not mean things will stay that way. The world has learned as in the words of Albert Ein-stein, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for to-morrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Never stop questioning for if we have to ever think we have a reason not to ques-tion, then we open ourselves to that very folly which befell us so many decades ago.

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The past year at UT has been nothing less than memorable. We’ve seen everything from protests and political activism to the squab-bling of Student Government. Students made their voices heard through discourse, panel discussion and public outcry in response to events including the Trayvon Martin case, UT’s attempt at an innovative parking sys-tem, the designated smoking zones and the plight of the Syrian people. Let us take this time to acknowledge these efforts and other notable occurrences which have affected the UT community this year.

Issue 2: Earlier in the year, students, fac-ulty and staff rallied against Issue 2. This bill was signed by Ohio Governor John Kasich, but the people immediately stood in opposi-tion of it. Had it passed, it would have cut wages, benefits and effectively destroyed the education system. It was shot down in the Nov. elections.

Rally for Syria: Students called for Bashar Al-Assad to stand down and to “stop drinking Syrians’ blood” at last month’s dem-onstration. When people are posing as slaughtered civilians and next to “blood soaked body bags,” it creates an atmosphere of shock for unaware students walking to class. Others were inspired and made aware of the situation in Syria.

Band members injured: Northern Illinois University players ran onto the field early and injured four UT marching band members. The players were specifically told not to run onto the field until the band had exited. Jamaal Bass, a linebacker for NIU was suspended and recently indicted for his actions.

SOPA/PIPA: Protecting the intellectual property of those who post material on the internet is a worthy goal. Doing so at the cost of personal freedom, however, is not accept-able. No good comes from censorship as it is usually a sign of a new regime taking over. Opposition and action against SOPA was sup-ported by many who value free thought. Search engines such as Google and Wikipe-dia shut down for a day in protest and caused difficulties for students. Despite the inconve-niences, the greater reality is that if this bill was not fought against this would be a daily inconvenience. The bill was not brought to a vote as a consensus was not met. PIPA met a similar fate due to public outcry.

Shafir sits season out: Naama Shafir, an experienced and valued basketball player, was forced to refrain from playing this season. She tore her right anterior cruciate ligament. The news saddened UT coaches and sports fans alike but Shafir retained her sense of optimism and didn’t allow her injury to keep her from the sport she loves. She was able to stay in-volved and coach fellow teammates from the sidelines. The team had to rework their strat-egy to accommodate her absence. In the game following her injury, they pulled off a solid vic-tory and made the Women’s National Invita-tion Tournament. Shafir will return next sea-son to very supportive teammates and dedi-cated fans.

New parking system: UT developed a new system to incorporate both license plate rec-ognition and a scanning system. Students were required to register make, model, color and year of vehicle in conjunction with the plate number. The intention was to make things easier for students. Unfortunately, many stu-dents reported that it made things more diffi-cult since the system malfunctioned and stu-dents began to park wherever was convenient.

As a result, the UT Police Department made citations in person to enforce proper park-ing. Throughout the malfunction, UT’s De-partment of Auxiliary Services maintained that the $175,000 spent on installing the sys-tem will balance out.

Smoking policy: Under the new smoking policy, which went into effect this year, smok-ers are restricted to “designated smoking zones” throughout campus. However, people visibly disregard these policies and smoke where they please. One might ask, was it even worth it? Those who follow the new policies suffer segregation and nothing really changed for those who don’t.

Student Government: SG was a headache. A senate meeting where motioning to rid the constitution was just the tip of the iceberg. SG disrespected their adviser, their constitution and their constituents. They made plain their disregard for the core mission and didn’t oper-ate as a cohesive group. An extension of these issues was manifested in the election. Through a gradual process of shameful actions and petty bickering, five tickets were reduced to one viable option.

Trayvon Martin: Many students were shak-en by the death of Trayvon Martin. The unjust killing of any person is a tragedy but a death related to racial profiling and prejudice is sim-ply intolerable. UT students responded to the killing by coming together to stand against Martin’s death, to honor his memory and raise awareness. It could be said that activism and protest detract from the educational experi-ence, but college campuses are a place where activism should be encouraged.

Birth of Students for Justice in Pales-tine: The amount of involvement and compas-sion for Palestine generated by SJP was inspir-ing. One of the big events hosted by SJP during Israeli Apartheid Week was a panel discussion about whether or not Israel should be called an apartheid state. In the public eye, support-ers of Israel and those who fight for the Pales-tinian cause openly debated through the IC’s forum section. Though the discussion gar-nered verbal assaults by a Zionist, the majority of audience members politely engaged. The discussion centered on how severe conditions are in Palestine.

Diversity Week: Diversity week wrapped up the year and was an overall success. Many people came out to experience the various cultures of the university. It was both interest-ing and eye-opening in regards to issues such as the abuse of women and the struggles of immigrants. The major downfall of diversity week was poor advertizing. You could hardly find anything about it on the Internet, and the posters detailing all the events for the week were scarcely placed on campus. This event was organized by newly-elected president Pau-lette Bongratz. Her campaign was very well advertized with huge posters, so why wasn’t the same done for diversity week? If this is any indication of how next year’s SG will be orga-nized, we should be worried.

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habits, including an affinity for a certain ‘Courage Wolf’ meme. They say the descriptor “Bite off more than you can chew — then chew it,” became the catch-phrase of their administration.

“I think it embodies our men-tality that nothing is beyond our limits and we can’t be afraid of anything,” Maddocks said. “A lot of people are too scared to even take action, but in the time it takes to sit there and think about two ways of doing something, we can go out and try both ways.”

Rubin said it was so impor-tant that the two asked those interviewing for SG Cabinet po-sitions to define the meme.

“To us, what it means is peo-ple assume they have limits to what they can do and what they’re capable of, and you nev-er really know what you truly can do until you take on too much,” Rubin said. “Whether it’s been missing deadlines or mismanaging people, we’ve failed infinitely more times than we’ve succeeded. But the fact that we have had the courage to take every single risk – the suc-cesses are that much bigger.”

Maddocks said while one must have ambition to start things, success means seeing those ideas to completions.

“There’s the ‘bite off more than you can chew’ aspect, which is initial ambition, but then you can’t just run from that. We’re still here and we’re still chewing it,” he said.

The lighter sideRubin said despite their task-ori-

ented ideology, there are some mis-conceptions about how the duo views themselves.

“We’re just a different breed,” Rubin said. “I know that we’re public figures… but I feel like people who actually know Jor-dan and I know that we don’t take ourselves seriously at all. We’re not programmed to be se-rious and controlling or over-bearing in any way. Whether we’re president and VP or not, we’re still the guys who are walking around on campus, smiling and offering help to peo-ple we pass by. Our personalities just work with our position.”

Because of this philosophy, Rubin and Maddocks are open with their more unique quirks, like Maddocks’ affini-ty for removing clothing while in the office.

“It started out innocent enough – it began with me just taking my shoes off,” said Mad-docks. “And then, I real-ized the best way to make sure your pants don’t get wrinkled is don’t wear them.”

Maddocks admitted he once held a 15 -minute conversa -tion with an administrator while sitting be-hind his desk, pant-less.

Rubin acknowledged sev-eral oddities of his VP, includ-ing what the former presi-dent sees as a disturbing hoarding habit, and said he has “walked in on Jordan do-ing some weird things.”

“He’ll be asleep on the couch, even with the door open, and as soon as someone walks in, he’ll just jump up, sprint to his desk, and just sit in it. I don’t know why — it’s just how Jor-dan rolls,” Rubin said.

The strugglesWhile Rubin and Maddocks

often joke, they admit the road has not always been easy.

“It’s no walk in the park to be in this position,” Rubin said. “You take a lot of heat for a lot of things, you’re held accountable for things that are out of your control and people make assump-tions about you.”

Rubin and Maddocks admit-ted their greatest hardship was not changing policy but foster-ing leadership in SG.

Rubin said while his ma-jor involves business man-agement, he was forced to trade managing SG for advo-cating on behalf of students, something he said was his primary goal.

Rubin said the two were unclear with some, including the four Chiefs-of-Staff the administration saw.

“We assumed every student could have their own little

American Dream at UT,” Ru-bin said. “They could come in, get tossed into a leadership position, take charge and learn from it all. But in truth, not everyone is like that, and to expect that attitude from ev-eryone is unrealistic.”

During the second election for their SG of-fice, the pair ran unopposed and Rubin remem-bers the experi-ence with disap-pointment.

“One of the worst feelings I’ve had in office was leaving that Sen-ate meeting and knowing no one was going to run,” he said. “And in-

stead of taking that as a compli-ment, I took it as an absolute failure. Instead of inspiring peo-ple to become leaders, we did the opposite — we inspired them to be more complacent.”

Maddocks said while he rec-ognizes their pitfalls, he and Ru-bin did what they could under the circumstances, and he is still confident in SG.

“Our organization still has a plethora of leadership, and any student in there is a leader at heart,” he said. “It won’t take much to culture that leadership and develop it.”

Their footprintIn the twilight of their ten-

ure, Rubin and Maddocks disagree on one final issue — how they would like to be remembered.

As a former football player, homecoming king, actor and Zumba instructor, Rubin said he wants people to remember to not limit themselves.

“You don’t have to stick to one area to be happy in life,” he said.

Maddocks, on the other hand, said he prefers not to be remembered.

“I want SG to be remem-bered,” he said. “I don’t want to be the standard. SG isn’t a fleeting idea – it’s a meaning-ful group of students, and it can only get better.”

However, both agree their experience has been one-of-a-kind.

“I don’t know if UT will re-member us, but we’ll never for-get UT,” Maddocks said.

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IC NFL Mock Draft 2012By IC Staff

With the 2012 NFL Draft taking place tonight, the IC Sports staff has combined its NFL knowledge to pro-duce our fourth annual mock draft.

The draft choices were picked by a consensus from Managing Editor Nate Pente-cost, Sports Editor Jay Skeb-ba and IC Sports contributor Nick Delwiche.

To keep the mock as ac-curate as possible, we have not included possible trades we believe could take place. So even if it is likely that the Vikings at No. 3 or Jaguars at No. 7 may wish to trade down, we have kept each team locked into their origi-nal draft position.

Picking a mock draft is nearly impossible, espe-cially with the smoke-screens that each team puts out before the draft begins. Then there’s the thought process that each team goes through. Even if 31 teams don’t see some-one as first-round talent, it takes just one to make that selection. This is our best guess of how to-night’s draft will play out.

1

Andrew Luck Stanford QB

Robert Griffin III Baylor QB

Matt Kalil USC OT

Trent Richardson Alabama RB

2 3 4

No surprise here. Tuesday Indianapolis confirmed the worst kept secret in sports – the Colts will be drafting the most complete quarterback prospect since John Elway. Andrew Luck will make an immediate impact for India-napolis and should provide them with a franchise QB for years to come.

— Nate Pentecost is the Managing Editor and a se-nior majoring in commu-nication. He has contribut-ed to the Toledo Free Press and FOXSportsOhio.com.

The Redskins moved up to the No. 2 pick last month to draft Robert Griffin III. Sending St. Louis three first round picks and one second rounder, they’re risking the future of the franchise on RGIII. Griffin has a cannon for an arm and has tremendous mobil-ity, but sometimes looks uncomfortable inside the pocket.

— Jay Skebba is the Sports Editor and a ju-nior majoring in communication.

The Vikings need more depth on the offensive line to protect Pro Bowl run-ning back Adrian Peterson and second-year quarter-back Christian Ponder. Matt Kalil offers a solid op-tion at the No. 3 pick should the Vikings opt not to move the pick. Some candidates to trade up include Tampa Bay at five and Miami at eight.

— Nick Delwiche is an IC Sports contributor and a junior majoring in communication.

Pentecost: Taking a running back with the fourth-overall pick is con-sidered risky enough but Richardson also under-whelmed scouts with his 40-yard dash time (4.58 seconds) at Alabama’s Pro Day. If Richardson returns to his previous form the value adds up here though. Cleveland is in desperate need of playmakers and when he is right Richard-son is powerful, explosive and has good pass-catch-ing ability coming out of the backfield.

6. St. Louis Rams Justin Blackmon WR

Oklahoma StateDelwiche: Picking up

Blackmon at No. 6 will give the offense exactly

what it needs -- a play-maker. A new toy for young quarter-back Sam Bradford could do won-ders to help a lackluster Rams offense.

7. Jacksonville Jaguars - Fletcher Cox DT

Mississippi State Pentecost: Do not be

surprised to see Jackson-ville trade this pick. The

Jags do not appear to have a franchise quarterback in Blaine Gabbert and they need to improve their offensive line and add depth at receiver, regardless. However, Cox is good interior rusher capable of fitting into any defensive scheme. He provides great value here if they choose not to or cannot move the pick.

8. Miami Dolphins - Ryan Tannehill QB

Texas A&MSkebba: Since the end

of the college season,

Tannehill has shot up several team’s draft boards. He possesses an NFL-ready arm, but often locks on to his targets and has difficulty reading defenses. Tannehill is far from a sure thing, but the Dolphins are one of the most QB-desperate teams in the league. They’ll have hard time passing him up with his college head coach Mike Sherman taking over as offensive coordinator.

9. Carolina Panthers - Melvin Ingram DE

South CarolinaDelwiche: Carolina

produced plenty of yards last year with Cam New-

ton under center but the defense left a lot to be desired. Melvin Ingram can help to bring some stability on the defensive side of the ball.

10. Buffalo Bills - Riley Reiff OT

IowaPentecost: The Bills

have a few needs that could be addressed with

this pick. Michael Floyd will be tempting if he is still on the board but there is depth at receiver in this draft. With his size and strength, Reiff would fill in nicely on an offensive line that sometimes

struggled with pass blocking last season.

11. Kansas City Chiefs - Luke Kuechly ILB

Boston CollegeSkebba: After making

the playoffs in 2010, the Chiefs took a huge step

back last year, going 7-9. Their de-fense had big problems stopping the run, ranking 26th in the league. Kue-chly is a smart and fundamentally sound player who tackles very well. He won’t raise too many eyebrows from an athletic standpoint, but he can play right away.

12. Seattle Seahawks -Quinton Coples DE

North Carolina Delwiche: Seattle has

needs all over the field, but with the offseason

addition of Matt Flynn it is a good idea for the Seahawks to look to the defensive side of the ball. De-fense pressure starts up front and adding a player like Coples will be helpful..

13. Arizona Cardinals - Michael Floyd WRNotre DamePentecost:

Some consider Floyd to be the best overall wide receiver in this class. He possesses solid size, good hands and can beat you anywhere on the field. With Steve Breaston now in Kansas City, Floyd would take pres-sure off Pro Bowler Larry Fitzgerald and be a good second option for Kevin Kolb.

14. Dallas Cowboys - Mark Barron S

Alabama Skebba: Barron will

upgrade a Dallas second-ary that ranked in the

bottom third in pass de-fense in 2011. He is regarded as the best safety in the draft and shows great instincts. Barron is your clas-sic “ball hawk” who reads the quar-terback’s eyes very well. He’s will-ing and able to hide in the backfield and then move up to jump a route.

15. Philadelphia Eagles - Michael Brockers DT

Louisiana StateDelwiche: Philly had a

tough time stopping the rush last year. Adding a big

defensive tackle like Brockers will give the Eagles someone to plug the middle on run plays.

16. New York Jets- Courtney Upshaw DE

AlabamaPentecost: This could

be a little high for Up-shaw, as some scouts

have questioned his speed and what position best suits him at the next level. That said, if there is anything Rex Ryan loves nearly as much as talking it is defense. Upshaw is at the least, a high-energy, versatile player with pass-rush skills. He could make an immediate impact on Jets defense that did not look nearly as dominant last season.

17. Cincinnati Bengals- Dre Kirkpatrick CB

AlabamaSkebba: With two picks

in the first round, Cincin-nati has a few options. They have several corner-

backs that see the field, but neither of them is in the elite category. Kirk-patrick doesn’t have blazing speed, but he has tremendous size at 6-foot-2 and isn’t afraid to rough-up a wide-out at the line of scrimmage. He especially excels in man coverage.

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Morris Claiborne LSU CB

Skebba: Despite failing miserably on the Wonderlic test, Morris Claiborne is still a top-five prospect. The Buccaneers have sev-eral needs on defense, es-pecially in the secondary. Claiborne has great speed and isn’t afraid of contact. He should significantly bol-ster a unit that ranked in the bottom third in passing defense last year. But don’t count out Richardson with this pick if he is still on the board as Tampa could use a running back to compli-ment LeGarrette Blount.

Rockets hope to be picked in NFL Draft

Toledo upset by NW Ohio By Nate PentecostManaging Editor

When Eric Page made the de-cision in January to bypass his senior season, the Rockets all-time leading receiver seemed like a lock to be chosen in the 2012 NFL Draft. Page, however, is not the only Rocket hoping to hear his name called.

The multi-talented Page (WR/KR/PR) said he was projected to be nabbed as a mid-round pick after declaring before turning in a disappointing performance at the NFL Combine.

Scouts then showed up to watch Page on UT’s Pro Day, though his only major drill was the 40-yard dash as he tried to improve upon his combine time of 4.6 seconds. Page trimmed his 40 time to 4.49 seconds, but the story of the day may have been his teammates Mike Van-DerMeulen, Desmond Marrow and Adonis Thomas emerging as draft darkhorses.

Two-time All-MAC left tackle Mike VanDerMeulen was an an-chor up front for an offense that finished eighth in the country with 42.2 points per game in 2011.

A first-unit player in all 50 of his games at Toledo, he is the only left tackle to start all four

years for the Rockets since for-mer Patriot Nick Kaczur (2001-04).

The 6-foot-7, 300 pounder showed off an astounding 32.5 inch vertical leap and ran a 5.08 40-yard dash. Among the 47 line-man at the NFL Combine, those totals would rank him second and fifth, respectively.

“I think I surprised some peo-ple with my athleticism, which is what I wanted to do,” VanDer-Meulen said. “It definitely bene-fited me.”

Marrow, who had 71 tackles and a team-high three intercep-tions his senior year, also upped his draft stock at UT’s Pro Day. At 6-foot-2, the First-Team All-MAC honoree possesses unusu-al size for a cornerback which made his 4.49 40-yard dash all the more impressive.

Scouts found Marrow’s 40 time and performance in other drills so outstanding, in fact, that he has since worked out for the Dolphins, Texans, 49ers and Seahawks.

While Marrow has drawn the attention of NFL squads, there is no doubt that teams have re-viewed his injury history. The sixth-year senior missed two full Vincent D. Scebbi / IC

Toledo junior starter Jared Locke took the loss against NW Ohio giving up three runs in six innings of work.

By Nick DelwicheFor the IC

After sweeping Northern Illinois on the road last weekend, the Rockets lost 3-1 to Northwestern Ohio yesterday afternoon.

Toledo (20-21, 9-6 Mid-American Conference) strug-gled offensively, leaving eight runners on base and scoring only one run on nine hits.

Junior third baseman Wes White paced UT, going 3 for 4 marking his fourth straight multi-hit game. Senior desig-nated hitter Matt Delewski added two hits and freshman Dan Zuchowski brought in the Rockets only RBI.

“You can count on Wes for a good at bat all the time,” said UT head Coach Cory Mee. “That’s what I expect from our guys.”

Junior pitcher Jared Locke (3-5) took the loss after sur-rendering three runs (one earned) on six hits in six in-nings pitched.

UT got off to a good start in the bottom of the third when freshman right fielder Dan Zuchowski smashed an RBI triple into right-center field. Zuchowski’s RBI gave UT their one and only run of the contest.

The Racers responded in

the top of the sixth, produc-ing offensively and taking advantage of Toledo mis-takes. Northwestern Ohio drove in three runs on three two-out singles from Fabian Plancencia, Kevin Cyrus and Dylan Brammer. A costly fielding error allowed a base runner to reach first with two outs and eventually score on the Cyrus single. UT finally closed the door after freshman pitcher Alex Schmenk came on in relief of Locke.

“You can’t give a team extra outs and we did in that in-ning,” Mee said. “We have to find a way to overcome it.

“We really put ourselves in a tough situation and you can’t afford to do that. I think we got what we deserved today.”

Despite the lack of of-fense, the Rocket bullpen was solid once again. Schmenk, junior Cody Um-bright and senior Tyler Scott all pitched shut-out innings in relief of Locke.

Toledo was able to draw two walks and single three more times but could not string together any signifi-cant offensive production.

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seasons and part of another at UT while suffering from hamstring and knee injuries.

“The teams that were at my Pro Day saw me moving around well,” Marrow said. “I haven’t heard much about the injuries since.”

Thomas is another former Rocket who understands the impact an injury can have on a player’s draft stock. The shifty running back missed three games in 2011 after breaking his arm in the first quarter of the controversial loss to Syracuse.

“Any injury your senior year will draw a red flag for a team,” Thomas said. “When people invest millions of dollars they want to make sure they get the best player possible with the least amount of mileage on his body. I think if it was knee or a leg injury a lot of teams would have been afraid to deal with me because it would probably hamper me later in my career. I think because it was my arm ev-erybody is going to look past that.”

Thomas’ bounce-back per-formance should help teams overlook his relatively mi-nor injury. Despite missing

time, Thomas still finished with 12 touchdowns, leading all UT rushers with 1,071 yards and picked up Second-Team All-MAC accolades.

His career numbers speak for themselves too. Thomas finished ninth on UT’s ca-reer rushing list (2,325 yards) and tied for first in yards per carry (6.1) with eight-year NFL veteran Chester Taylor.

“[The stats] show teams that I don’t really need a lot to get good results,” Thom-as said. “I don’t need that many attempts to get going and I bring a lot of versatility.”

That versatility was also on display at Toledo’s Pro Day when Thomas turned in a 4.41 40-yard dash and dis-played his exceptional route running ability to earn work-outs with the Jets and Giants.

Each of these former Rockets have shown they have a legitimate shot at joining Page among the 36 Toledo alumni who have al-ready been chosen in the NFL Draft. But should they not, they will in all likeli-hood be grabbed in free agency.

Don’t forget, six of the eight former UT players cur-rently on NFL rosters went undrafted.

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18. San Diego Chargers -David DeCastro OG

StanfordDelwiche: With

the loss of Kriss Dielman at offensive

guard, the Chargers have a big hole to fill. While DeCastro is not as physically dominant as Dielman, he is a solid choice to help fill the void.

19. Chicago Bears -Cordy Glenn OT

GeorgiaPentecost: The

defensive rush has killed the Bears the

past few seasons and Jay Cutler has absorbed the worst of it. At 6-foot-5 and 345 pounds Glenn is huge, powerful, yet surprisingly quick on his feet. There is de-bate about whether he is a better fit at guard, but either way Glenn should provide some relief for the Chicago backfield.

20. Tennessee Titans -Nick Perry DE

USCSkebba: After

recording an AFC-worst 28 sacks last

season, the Titans defense is hungry for a pass-rusher who can get to the quarterback at will. Perry led the Pac-12 with 9.5 sacks in 2011. His 6-foot-3, 271-pound frame enables him to play both defensive end and line-backer. Perry is a relentless pass rusher who plays with a lot of passion. He could be a huge bargain at the 20th spot.

21. Cincinnati Bengals -Jonathan Martin OT

StanfordDelwiche: Tak-

ing an offensive lineman is a good

choice here. The Bengals acquired quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiv-er A.J. Green last year and will need a tough offensive line to help protect a devel-oping quarterback. Martin is

a solid and safe choice here. 22. Cleveland Browns -Kendall Wright WR

BaylorPentecost:

Since the Browns let go veteran Tony

Pashos, right tackle has become a legitimate possi-bility with this pick. However, Cleveland might find better value at wide receiver with this pick and Kendall Wright fits the bill. He is undersized and is not known as an excep-tionally heady player but he has the big play ability the Browns have been lacking.

23. Detroit Lions -Stephon Gilmore CB

South CarolinaSkebba: Gilmore

will bring some sta-bility to Detroit’s

secondary, which is one of the weakest areas of this young Lions team. He ran a 4.40 at the combine and has excellent speed to keep up with burners on the outside. Gilmore excels in zone cover-age and knows his assign-ments on every play. He’s also a great run defender who tack-les well and hits hard.

24. Pittsburgh Steelers -Dont’a Hightower ILB

AlabamaDelwiche: Pitts-

burgh has always been a defensive-minded team, so

adding a linebacker like High-tower would be nothing out of the ordinary. Hightower is the perfect choice to inject some youth in an otherwise aging defense.

25. Denver Broncos -Dontari Poe DT

MemphisPentecost: If

the Steelers do not nab Poe as the

heir to Casey Hampton, the Broncos could swoop in to take him. At 6-foot-4, 346 pounds, Poe is obviously a physical force but he pos-sesses impressive speed as well. He needs to develop in

a number of areas but he has the potential to be an impact player.

26. Houston Texans -Andre Branch DE

ClemsonSkebba: With the

departure of All-Pro Mario Williams,

Branch could fill the void at either defensive end or linebacker. At 6-foot-4, 260 pounds, Branch could play both positions. J.J. Watt could use a running mate on the other end and Branch could also shift to linebacker to form a nice tandem with Bri-an Cushing. His pass-rushing ability and explosiveness could definitely be better.

27. New England Patroits -Chandler Jones DE

SyracuseDelwiche: New

England was strong offensively, but the

defense allowed way too many yards last year. Assuming the Patriots do not trade this pick or their pick at 31, drafting Jones here makes sense.

28. Green Bay Packers -Shea McClellin OLB

Boise StatePentecost: Last

year, the Packers defense experi-

enced a huge drop off from their championship cam-paign in 2010. By season’s end, the pass rush was as bad as any facet of the unit. New England has shown in-terest in the Boise lineback-er as well but if he is still on the board, with his mix of size and speed, McClellin could be part of the solution for Green Bay’s struggling defense.

29. Baltimore Ravens -Peter Konz C

WisconsinSkebba: Konz is

just the latest in a long line of domi-

nant offensive linemen from Wisconsin. His 6-foot-5, 314-pound frame is ideal for the center position and he

possesses very good mobility. Konz is an exceptional run-blocker who can pull to either side and create some big lanes for All-Pro back Ray Rice. Baltimore signed 35 year old Matt Birk recently, but Konz would provide a great long-term solution.

30. San Francisco 49ers -Stephen Hill WR

Georgia TechDelwiche: San

Francisco had ar-guably the best de-

fense in the NFL least year, but the offense lacked pro-duction. Drafting Hill is a good choice, giving the Niners another weapon offensively and opening up space for Ver-non Davis.

31. New England Patriots -Janoris Jenkins CB

North AlabamaPentecost:

Some consider him to be the best

corner in the draft but char-acter issues are expected to cause a number of potential suitors to shy away from Jenkins. The former Florida Gator can plug a hole in a porous New England sec-ondary and with plenty of veteran leadership on the Patriots squad, he might be provided with the kind of mentorship that will allow him to change his reputation as well.

32. New York Giants -Coby Fleenor TE

StanfordSkebba: In re-

cent years, NFL teams have put an emphasis to find

tall and big, yet speedy tight ends such as Vernon Davis and Jermichael Finley. Fleen-er could definitely fit that mold at 6-foot-6, 250 pounds with 4.5 speed. He is reliable pass catcher and has great athleticism and leaping abili-ty. With the departure of wide receiver Mario Manningham, Fleener could provide Eli Manning with another nice target.

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“Our lack of offensive ex-ecution gave the momen-tum back to them and they took advantage of it,” Mee said. “You have to give credit to N o r t h w e s t e r n Ohio. They did a good job of staying and playing the game.”

N o r t h w e s t e r n Ohio starting pitcher Pichi Torres (2-0) grabbed the win, allowing one run on seven hits with five strikeouts through the first six innings. Austin Park shut Toledo down in

the ninth and earned his second save of the season.

This loss comes two days before the Rockets take on conference foe Ball State. UT is looking to improve of-fensively and cut down on

mistakes.“We just have to

keep working to get better every day,” Mee said. “I expect us offen-sively to really bounce back this weekend. We’ll

have to get better at prac-tice tomorrow and get ourselves better for Friday.”

Toledo will host the Car-dinals this Friday at 3 p.m.

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By Carol HolmGuest Columnist

For many of you soon-to-be college graduates, the last four years of your life were probably based around pa-pers, exams and late night pizza. But with graduation looming on the horizon, your focus now switches to one of two things: more school as you enter a graduate program, or your imminent arrival into the “real world.”

Entering the job market and finding a career can be an in-timidating thought, especially now since our society seems to revolve around social me-dia outlets like Facebook and Twitter, both of which make your life an open book. It’s easy for friends and loved ones to keep up to date on your every move, so when you are tackling an endeavor like finding a job, the pressure in-creases dramatically when your Mom is posting links to job ads on your Facebook wall.

There’s no denying the world has changed and the path you have to travel to find a career has changed as well. The following are some ideas on how to remain optimistic and make the most of this time in your life:

1. Remember your col-lege experience was more than just academic learning

For most people, college was the first time they left home and became indepen-dent. So it’s no surprise that college is a great place for figuring out who you are and what your values are. When it comes to hiring, many compa-nies don’t necessarily base their decisions on what you specifically studied at school but more just the fact that you

went to school. They know college does a lot for personal maturation, and your college attendance shows you took time and made the effort to better yourself.

2. Don’t set unreal expectations

Many college grads assume that they will land their dream job right after they graduate, after all that’s how it used to happen for previous generations.

Unfortunately it doesn’t work quite the same way any-more, so don’t set unreal ex-pectations for yourself when it comes to finding a job. With today’s tough job market, it’s OK if you don’t land that per-fect job right away. Think about it this way, people change jobs an average of 11 times during their work life, so if your current job is not your dream job, view it as a stepping stone to help you get there.

3. Be an entrepreneurial employee

As consumers, we expect companies to offer their goods and services faster, cheaper and more efficiently. So in order for businesses to stay competitive they must find ways to meet the con-sumers demands. This means they can no longer afford to have employees that simply show up for their 9 to 5 shift.

They need employees who bring value, ideas and creativ-ity. By becoming an entrepre-neurial employee, this will make you an indispensable asset to a company and in-crease your chances of pro-m o t i o n s a n d recommendations.

4. Make a mental picture of what you want to achieve throughout your career

One of the most effective ways to do this is to create what I call a “Dream List “ – this is a list of the 10 most important things you want to accomplish during your ca-reer. So take a minute, close your eyes and imagine that you have just found Aladdin’s lamp and the Genie has given you 10 wishes. What would those 10 wishes be? Become a Wall Street CEO? Have a home-based business? Make enough money to have $1 mil-lion at retirement? No matter what your dream, this is your chance to imagine your career at its most ideal. Look at this list often because you’re more likely to achieve something when you think about it regularly.

Over the past four years you have worked hard to earn your degree. Be proud of that – it’s a feat that many people do not accomplish. And even though it may not seem like it right now, your time at college was prepping you for your ar-rival into the “real world.” Re-member to take everything one step at a time and contin-ually work on making your-self an asset instead of an employee. Be patient, and eventually you’ll make it to the job of your dreams.

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A month before planning to hold a senior recital, a mu-sic student must pass a hear-ing — a run-through of his or her planned performance in front of a group of faculty members, which Conley said is a “critical point.”

The hearing is used to gauge a student’s prepared-ness, according to Ballinger.

“If a student is not pre-pared, it shows,” he said.

Archer said the hearing consists of the student’s pri-vate instructor and one or two instructors from the same “family of instruments,” and it allows a senior to work on any weak areas of their recital.

“If the hearing has any in-consistencies, then the stu-dent has an opportunity to work them out,” he said.

Vasquez said she failed her initial hearing due to nerves and distractions.

“It was hot in the room and I was nervous,” she said. “So, yeah, I bombed it.”

Vasquez said she came back a week later and breezed through her second hearing.

The final recital is similar

to a professional concert, complete with fancy attire and an intermission.

Archer said he is always impressed at the level of dis-cipline and endurance the students show.

“It’s easy to watch TV for three hours because your brain is in neu-tral,” he said. “But playing an instrument, your brain’s in overdrive.”

Conley said she felt some of that profes-sional pres-sure when one of her accom-panists had to go to the hos-pital several hours before her recital. Luckily, McCage was able to secure a replacement for the piece.

“I found out after the re-cital that [the replacement] was the same lady who per-formed on the original re-cording I used to practice the piece,” Conley said. “Need-less to say, she was really good.”

Upon completion of a re-cital, Ballinger said music

students are typically re-lieved and elated.

“There’s a huge sense of relief,” he said. “It is a huge accomplishment.”

Conley said completing her recital in front of her friends and family was a huge emo-

tional moment.“You’re like,

‘Thank God I’m done,’ but at the same time, it’s the most rewarding feeling in the world,” she said.

Since the recital counts as a course, the music students receive a grade for the class. Archer, however, said a student’s entire ex-perience is taken

into account for the grade.“It’s kind of a rite of pas-

sage,” he said.Vasquez said her recital

was one her best UT experiences.

“To see my progression from when I started out as a freshman to my being on that stage as a senior, I think that was the most gratifying part [of my experience],” she said.

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quote of the WeeK“80 percent of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn’t read.”

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Today On Campus

Asian Cultural DayCelebrate Asian-Pacific American History Month with free food, art and music provided by UT’s Asian- and Pacific-American groups. The festivities begin at 11 a.m. in the South Lounge of the Student Union Building.

CAP ConcertRising hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar will perform at Rocky’s Attic tonight with opening act K-Von the Great. Lamar is currently touring with Drake and has collaborated with notable rap acts, including Busta Rhymes, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. General admission is $5, free with a Rocket Card.

‘Art on the Mall’ ApplicationsApplications for the UT’s 20th Annual Art on the Mall are now available online. Artists wishing to display their works should visit the UT Alumni Association website (www.toledoalumni.org) for entry details. Applications are due April 30, and the event is scheduled for July 29.

Photo courtesy of WikipediaHip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar performing at this year’s Coachella Festival.

By Russell AxonArts and Life Editor

While most seniors spend their final academic year raising grades, applying for graduation and job-hunting, music majors prepare to perform.

A senior music recital is a concert performance meant to showcase a senior’s growth in musical skill and knowledge over four years. It is a degree requirement of all music education and music performance majors.

“[The recital] serves as the capstone of the undergradu-ate performing experience,” said Robert Ballinger, associ-ate lecturer for the music department. “The goal itself is to present a picture of a young artist.”

In a phone interview, Thad-deus Archer, a part-time trumpet instructor for the music depart-ment, said senior recitals offer music students an experience outside most people’s comfort zones.

“It’s not something that comes up very often unless you purposely do it,” he said.

Music students are expected to spend enormous amounts of time preparing for their recitals.

“Students should be preparing from the first day of school,” Archer said.

Chelsi Vasquez, a senior music educa-tion major, said she began seriously pre-

paring in August of last year.“Preparing for this recital

was one of the most emo-tional and stressful things I’ve done,” she said. Vasquez completed her French horn recital at the beginning of this month.

Laura Conley, a senior ma-joring in music education, recently completed her re-cital on the clarinet. She es-timated she spent at least 100 hours preparing for the performance.

“All the time that you have free goes straight to that,”

she said.Although only music performance ma-

jors are required to hold junior recitals, both Conley and Vasquez elected to also perform recitals their junior years to bet-ter prepare for their senior recitals.

A music student must select a handful

of pieces totaling approximately 50 min-utes, according to Ballinger.

Many music students also work with accompaniment for select songs, which requires group practices.

As a skilled pianist, Ballinger com-monly accompanies seniors for their recitals.

“They spend many hours with their ac-companiment,” he said. “The effort is re-ally a collaborative one.”

At the start the semester, senior music students must register for the “senior re-cital” course. Each individual music stu-dent works with a personal instructor.

“You generally work with the same teacher from the time you come into the program,” Conley said. “So they know how you play, and they know what you’re capable of, and they know where to tell you to go so you can improve.”

Conley said her instructor, Lesli Mc-Cage, was extremely helpful in selecting her performance pieces and refining her technique.

Vasquez said her instructor, Alan Tap-lin, supported her 100 percent.

“He was very encouraging,” she said. “He didn’t just let me give up.”

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Senior music education major Laura Conley performs a clarinet piece for her music recital, which is required of all music majors.

Last song for music majorsSenior music recitals cap off music education and performance degrees

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Communication professor gives poetry reading at Canaday CenterAward-winning poet, Jim Ferris, UT associate professor of communication and director of the UT Disability Studies Program, read selections from his new book of poetry, “Slouching Towards Guantanamo,” at the Can-aday Center on Monday. Additionally, Ferris is the Ability Center of Greater Toledo Endowed Chair of Disabil-ity Studies, and his work was also featured in the anthology “Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability.”

By Kimberly RolandIC Staff Writer

For many students, the must-watch film season be-gins during summer break with million-dollar block-busters. For UT senior film majors, i t begins tomorrow.

The UT Senior Film Show-case starts tomorrow at the Center for Performing Arts. The showcase will feature a sprinkling of different film genres and narratives, in-cluding documentaries and experimental films.

Tammy Kinsey, associate professor of film, said all seniors majoring in film

were not required to submit pieces but a good handful typically do.

Katie Martin, a senior honors student majoring in film, submitted one of her films for the showcase. She is also the president of the UT Film and Video Society.

Martin’s piece follows a rock star’s glory days and is seen through the perspec-tive of the faded manager. She said it has the appeal of a show like VH1’s “Behind the Music” but with a film major’s touch.

Martin said she worked on the film as part of her “Directing for Camera” course.

According to Martin, it is not her best work and things are not com-pletely pol-ished, but she prefers it that way.

“I want people to be able to laugh,” she said. “I want them to know that a human made this – not ev-erything has to be perfect.”

Martin said she hopes the audience can see all the hard work she and other seniors put into their

pieces. She also wants to raise

awareness for the One Million Bones Project, a cause stu-dents from the Arts Living Learning Com-munity have worked on for the past few months.

“A trailer for One Million

Bones will be shown at the showcase,” she said. “I’m hoping many are impacted by the footage we’ve taken of our students actually making [clay] bones to

contribute to the project which has gone universally with other universities across the country.”

The One Million Bones Project deals with the dev-astating aftermath of geno-cide occurring in Africa.

Martin, a former biology major, said her decision to switch followed a realiza-tion that her interest in film was more than just a hobby and she wanted to pursue a career in it.

She said although some might be skeptical of job placement post-graduation, she’s not worried and plans

on pursuing a master’s de-gree in California.

The theatre and film de-partment hosted a similar event back in March. The Student Film Showcase was a juried competition and awarded prizes to the top films. The competition was open to all film majors. 20 films were viewed at the showcase, including two from Martin.

The senior film showcase is scheduled for tomorrow and is free and open to the public. Donations are ac-cepted and will go towards the future of UT’s theatre and film department.

Senior films to premiere in showcase tomorrow

I want them to be able to laugh. I

want them to know that a human made

this – not everything has to be perfect.

Katie MartinSenior film major ”

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Poet of CripplesLet me be a poet of cripples,of hollow men and boys gropingto be whole, of girls limping towardwomanhood and women reaching back,all slipping and falling toward the cavernwe carry within, our hidden void,a place for each to become full, whole,room of our own, space to grow in waysunimaginable to the straightand the narrow, the small and similar,the poor, normal ones who do not knowtheir poverty. Look with care, look deep.Know that you are a cripple too.I sing for cripples; I sing for you.

NormalAcross Oak Park Avenueis a city park, lushand busy, where men play softball all

evening, too far awayto watch, their dim voicedrifting across the green. Their cars line

the streets as faras I can see. Sammy and I,Robert and I, Hoffman and I call out

the makes and modelsas the cars pass. Dodge Dart.Chevy Nova. We are seldom wrong—Corvair,

Pontiac GTO—we who drivewheelchairs and banana carts—Mustang, VW, Rambler American—who have not yet

rounded second—’57 Chevy! My dad had one of those—who watch out windows of a world so soft—T-bird—

so fair—Corvette—so normal—Ford Fairlane—a world going on, going by, going home.

All poems by Jim Ferris.Courtesy of mainstreetrag.com/Jim Ferris

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