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bob taylor / ICMorgan Yeager, a freshman majoring in nursing, grabs some salad in the Ottawa House Dining Hall. Students will soon be able to take surveys rating their dining experiences.

Students can sound off through SG’s secret shopper programBy Michael GammoStaff reporter

Students will have the oppor-tunity this semester to rate their campus dining experience through a new initiative hosted by Student Government.

The Secret Shopper pro-gram, a student-driven initia-tive aimed at getting ideas for improving dining services, will be open to all students who wish to voice an opinion about dining on campus.

“Any student that uses a dining hall can take the sur-vey and rate the quality of the food and if they liked anything else,” said SG Din-ing Liaison Elizabeth Greer.

A link to the survey will be available online through the Auxiliary Services page later this semester.

SG President Paulette Bon-gratz said the survey will eval-uate things like food, service and cleanliness, as well as

polling student suggestions. In addition to rating din-

ing hall experiences, students will also be able to comment on the selections and service of Provisions on Demand, al-so known as PODs.

Data from the surveys will be collected by the university’s IT department and analyzed by the dining committee which is composed of members in SG,

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DanIelle Gamble / ICMichael Green, director of energy management, explains how the University Computer Center will remain cool because of the new cogeneration system. Excess heat from the system will be funneled into heating the Student Recreation Center’s swimming pools. Green said this system is the first of its kind in the country.

Scarborough gets approval, takes over as Main Campus Provost

By Danielle Gamblenews editor

Administrators are striving for a more bike-friendly cam-pus as three new initiatives aim to put bikes in students’ hands and expand the trails they ride on.

These University of Toledo initiatives include an expan-sion of the six mile Universi-ty Parks Bike Trail, a new bike-sharing initiative and a new international student bi-cycle loan program.

A resolution passed Mon-day at a Board of Trustees’ meeting allocates $2 million to expand the bike trail by about one and a half miles and add 1,000 new parking spots on Main Campus.

The project, known as Phase I of a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project, is part of the Long range Facilities Mas-ter Plan passed in 2005.

Details of the plan include the addition of trails from Oakwood Avenue to Savage Hall, the removal of the rail-road bridge over Bancroft Street and the Ottawa river and a new pedestrian bridge over Douglas road.

Chuck Lehnert, vice presi-dent of Facilities & Construc-tion, said funding will be tak-en from the budget of fiscal year 2014. He said the project is underway now so con-struction can be coordinated with city initiatives in order to reduce cost.

“This is important because part of our connection to the community stems from our bike trail,” he said. “The me-tropark system and our bike trail is a comprehensive way to participate in wellness and see the community.”

Bicycle initiative approved

by IC Staff

Scott Scarborough was ap-proved as provost and executive vice president for academic af-fairs Monday at a Board of Trustees meeting.

Scarborough’s salary will be $389,000 with a bonus of $100,000 at the end of December and two additional bonuses of $75,000 in June 2015 and June 2017.

Scarborough’s base pay is a $139,000 increase from the

$250,000 salary listed in former provost Bill McMillen’s one-year contract.

“As the chief academic and op-erating officer, Dr. Scarborough’s role will be expanded as com-pared to previous persons in the provost position, now including the strategy and implementation of the enrollment, research and student experience goals of the institution, in addition to the ac-ademic enterprise of the Main Campus,” UT President Lloyd

Jacobs said in a statement.McMillen is now serving as as-

sistant to the president.Scarborough came to UT in

2007 as a senior vice president for finance and administration, and began working at UTMC in 2010.

“I believe he will not only bring this knowledge to bear, but also his passion, dedication, ex-pertise and versatility — leader-ship traits which he has demon-strated most effectively during his short, yet highly successful

time leading UTMC,” Jacobs said in a statement.

Scarborough, former senior vice president and executive director of the University of Toledo Medical Center, was selected by Jacobs in August from four candidates.

norma Tomlinson was ap-pointed interim executive direc-tor of UTMC to succeed Scar-borough. Tomlinson moved from her former position as UT-MC associate vice president and associate executive director.

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A new, eco-conscious technology at the University Computer Center is under construction and set to be finished this semester.

This new system, known as cogeneration, will be used to simultaneously power the Computer Center and heat the pools in the Student recreation Center said Di-rector of Energy Manage-ment Michael Green.

“Cogeneration means that you put one fuel in and you

get two products out of it,” Green said. “This takes natu-ral gas in and one of the things that comes out is elec-tricity, and the electricity powers the computer center.”

Created by Capstone Tur-bine Corporation, this gasoline turbine functions like a jet en-gine, except this doesn’t fly planes — it powers a building.

“We fire the gas, it spins the turbine, the turbine spins then it spins the motor,” Green said. “In a coal fire plant, they use coal to make steam to spin the turbine —

here, we’re using natural gas.”Green said while there has

been a similar Capstone sys-tem at the Center for Visual Arts in downtown Toledo since 2006, the old structure does not have the same ca-pabilities as the new system.

“The downside of co-gen is that if you can’t use the waste heat all the time, you can’t run it all the time,” Green said. “We have a couple of them to reduce our costs down there, but we can only run them for about six months of the year.”

Green said this new

system will not only run continuously, but will also protect the university’s com-puter network, which is sup-ported by the Computer Center, from going off-line during a city power failure.

“If you wanted to back up two spots for critical power on campus, you’re going to want the hospital and the computer center,” Green said. “If University Hall loses power, yes, the president’s going to be without

new system aims to reduce carbon footprint

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SCaRBOROUGHConfirmed as main Campus

Provost on monday

See Bike / 8

parking lot closures for football games announced

With the rockets football season in full swing the University of toledo Police Depart-ment has released its schedule of parking lot closures for games at the Glass bowl.

Parking lot closures began Saturday, Sept. 15, for the Ut-bG game and will remain in effect for all home football games.

lots 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, including the Greek Village loop and Park tower loop will close starting at 7 a.m. on game days. Vehicles that are parked in lot 9 on game days will be towed.

lots 3, 4, 18 and 28 will be closed begin-ning at noon.

Study abroad fair set for Monday

the second annual Study abroad Fair will be held in the Student Union building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. monday, Sept. 24.

the fair, sponsored by the Center for Interna-tional Studies and Pro-grams, will host study abroad program repre-sentatives, faculty mem-bers who lead their own international programs and financial experts to answer questions costs.

For more information about the Center for In-ternational Studies and Programs, visit utoledo.edu/cisp.

Purpose: Associated with Corpus Christi Uni-versity Parish (CCUP), the Catholic Student Associa-tion serves as the Catholic student organization on campus, fostering spiritu-al, social, and academic growth through organizing retreats for the UT com-munity, planning religious events in conjunction with CCUP, providing service to the local community, arranging educational opportunities and planning social activities.

Leaders: Mary Page Dalrymple, President; Kara Hovest, Vice President of Committees; Samantha Stacks, Vice President of Outreach.

History: CSA was founded as the Newman Club at UT in 1939. In 1999 the name Newman Club was offi-cially changed to the University of Toledo Catholic Student Association. CSA continues the tradition of Catholic campus ministry at UT.

Upcoming events: A drive-in showing of “The Hunger Games” will be held in CCUP’s parking lot on Sept. 22.

How to learn more: Email CSA at [email protected] or visit their website at www.utoledocsa.org

Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Nate Pente-cost at [email protected].

What was your favorite band at Music Fest?

Gloriana because it’s country and they put on a good show.

Michael Mueller Freshman

Exercise Science

Bowling for Soup. They were the on-ly band I have heard of.

Andrea FaggionatoSophomore

Speech Pathology

Bowling for Soup. I like their style and how they interacted with the crowd.

Kyle Blosser Freshman

Civil Engineering

Gloriana was be-cause they sing my favorite song.

Sabrina LookerFreshman

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web pollHow strong of a presence do “green” initiatives have on campus?

this week in Ut history

15 years ago: After nearly four years of si-lence, the sounds of flowing water are once again filling Centennial Mall as the Edison Memorial Fountain was rededicated Monday afternoon. The fountain had become a controversy on campus in recent years after it was turned into a flower pot in 1994 when a then-estimated $30,000 repair cost was unavailable.

25 years ago: The University of Toledo is enclosing a second main campus parking lot which will provide an additional 60 parking spaces. The new parking lot will be located immediately east of the newly completed McMas-ter Hall, including the area between McMaster Hall and the Engineering-Science building.

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next week’s poll question: What is your favorite dining option on campus?

Photo courtesy of Anthony Tscherrne

new citizens sworn in at the University of toledoMembers of the toledo community were sworn in as U.S. citizens Monday at the Stu-dent Union Building as part of the University of toledo’s Constitution Day celebration.

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releAses

Wednesday5:30 p.m.: Introduc-

tion to Entrepreneurship lecture, part one in series, Tucker Hall, room 0180, general admission: $10; free for students.

Thursday11:45 a.m.: Cannon

Lecture, “An Improbable Life: From Feminism and Advocacy to the Bench,” by Judge Nancy Gertner, Law Center Auditorium.

FrIdayNoon: American

League Institute 35th An-niversary Backyard BBQ, Snyder Memorial.

8 p.m.: showing of “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity,” Ritter Planetarium, general admission: $7; children, seniors and UT staff and students: $5.

MOnday11 a.m.: Study Abroad

Fair, Student Union Build-ing.

11 a.m.: Women’s Suc-cess Series, Tucker Hall, room 0180.

4 p.m.: Chemistry Seminar, presented by Dr. Greg Hillhouse, Bowman-Oddy Labs, room 1059.

7:30 p.m.: UT Jazz Night, Crystal’s Lounge, general admission: $5; seniors and UT students: $3.

Tuesday7:30 p.m.: Northwest

Ohio Candidate Forum on Clean Energy, Scott Park Student Center.

COMICs“Captain America and

Hawkeye,” trade paper-back by Cullen Bunn and Alessandro Vitti. Pub-lished by Marvel. Avail-able Wednesday.

“Doctor Who: Dave Gibbons Collection,” by Pat Mills and Dave Gib-bons. Published by IDW. Available Wednesday.

“Green Lantern Corps. Vol. 1: Fearsome,” by Pe-ter Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin. Published by DC. Available Wednes-day.

“Vampirella vs. Dracula,” by Joe Har-ris and Ivan Rodriguez. Published by Dynamite. Available Wednesday.

MOVIes“Dredd 3D,” starring

Karl Urban, Lena Headey and Olivia Thrilby. Opens Friday.

“End of Watch,” star-ring Jake Gyllenhal and Michael Peña. Opens Friday.

“House at the End of the Street,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue. Opens Friday.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson. Limited open Friday.

“Trouble with the Curve,” starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. Opens Friday.

BOOKs“Confessions of a Mur-

der Supect,” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Available Monday.

“Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama,” by Ann Coulter. Available Tuesday.

“Waging Heavy Peace,” by Neil Young. Available Tuesday.

Cds“>album title goes

here<,” by Deadmau5. Available Tuesday.

“Awakened,” by As I Lay Dying. Available Tuesday.

“Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1,” by Lupe Fi-asco. Available Tuesday.

“Only Forever,” by Anita Baker. Available Tuesday.

“Push and Shove,” by No Doubt. Available Tuesday.

“St. Peter and 57th,” by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Available Tuesday.

“Uno!,” by Green Day. Available Tuesday.

By amanda eggertStaff Reporter

Nerf Blasters in hand, the team split into smaller groups and spread out from Ut’s spirit rock.

they cautiously treaded across the grass looking for their targets, but the threat of something else was in the air.

Suddenly, someone shout-ed the last word anyone wanted to hear: “Zombies!”

foam darts and rolled-up socks flew through the air stunning the vicious swarms of undead whose numbers grew with each fallen human.

this was the scene last thursday at Ut’s annual Hu-man vs. Zombies event.

Sponsored by Ut BASH, this year’s event featured a new name — “oUtbreak” — along with new rules and missions meant to re-define the game.

“We’ve got a wide variety of missions that involve moving items, difficult puz-zles and requiring some se-rious teamwork on the part of the humans,” said Jeremy Wong, an event administra-tor. “Humans, after all, can only be tagged once, [while] zombies have their num-bers. We are trying to re-verse the mindset.”

Wong said the new mis-sions also allowed for more aggressive play.

the thursday night mis-sion tasked the humans with locating and rescuing four stranded humans. teams were given maps with the lo-cations of the humans and possible zombie hordes.

Wong said the weekly missions combined theater elements with capture the flag, and they encouraged the humans to work togeth-er for survival.

Natasha fisher, a sopho-more majoring in environ-mental science, was tagged by a zombie early in the game, but she said it made her less paranoid for the re-mainder of the event.

“i survived longer last year, but this year is much better,” she said. “it’s really fun.”

Prior to the event, players had to attend at least one of four safety and rule meetings.

the game began Wednes-day, Sept. 12, with one play-er as the “original zombie.”

this player was disguised as a human for the first 24 hours, but then began tag-ging humans.

Players were distin-guished by the placement of their yellow bandanas — a human sported it on her arm or leg, a zombie around her head.

Humans used Nerf blasters and “grenade” socks to hold

off the zombies. if an undead was hit by the one of the pro-jectiles, then they were stunned for 15 minutes.

However, if a zombie tagged a human, they per-manently became a member of the walking dead.

According to Ut Bash figures, the event attracted over 180 participants.

the game’s finale took place tuesday night.

“About the grand finale, anyone who is expecting a big standoff will have their expectations [turned] on their head,” Wong said pri-or to the event.

remaining human players had to stop a group called “the Hand” from resurrect-ing more zombies.

Jessica torres, a freshman majoring in biology, was tagged by a zombie the first day of the game, but she of-fered some advice for next semester’s event.

“future players — don’t get cocky.”

By Caitlin arthursStaff Reporter

Every once in a while, an opportunity arises which can potentially change a person’s life. UT senior Jer-emy Pellington recently took one of those opportunities.

The fifth-year sculpture and film double major was chosen to participate in a five-day performance class at the Museum of Modern Art PS1 Summer School in New York City.

According to the Mo-MA’s website, the PS1 Summer School program is “modeled after European summer academies,” and artistic professionals from multiple disciplines work with the students.

“It is truly an amazing opportunity for an artist such as Jeremy,” said Tam-my Kinsey, professor of film and video at UT.

Kinsey alerted Pellington to the highly selective program.

“The class Jeremy was admitted to only took twelve students, so this is an amazing set of circum-stances,” she said.

Pellington’s class was taught by performance pio-neer Marina Abramović, who teaches the art of us-ing the body as a medium. Her style pushes the limits of the performers and chal-lenges their dynamic with the audience.

Pellington said he learned much from Abramović’s class.

“Meeting Marina was such a wonderful experience,” Pellington said. “What she and her assistants had to teach us was very helpful in terms of having a greater awareness of my body.”

This year’s Museum of Modern Art program fea-tured master classes taught by Abramović, Steve Paxton and Genesis Breyer P-Or-ridge, with final public per-formances from select mem-bers of each class.

The Museum of Modern Art PS1 Summer School annually accepts a limited number of art-related ma-jors, including film, mu-sic, drama, creative writ-ing and visual arts. This year’s applicants required a resume, a statement of intent, an academic refer-ence letter, and basic proof of enrollment and identity.

Along with being a rare opportunity to learn from “the greats,” Pellington said the school offered other lasting benefits for his career.

“I think the class will have an impact on my re-sumé,” Pellington said. “It was also a great opportu-nity to network with the other students in the class, who were all extremely talented.”

Though this was a great success on Pellington’s part, he admitted he owed part of it to the influence and instruction he re-ceived at Toledo.

“The professors at UT have all been very helpful, willing to have discus-sions and critiques outside of class,” he said. “I have had a wealth of inspiration from the whole faculty.”

Kinsey, who wrote the letter of recommendation which helped secure Pel-lington’s spot, was less than eager to take credit.

“I told him about the opportunity, and greatly encouraged him to apply, but he made it happen,” she said. “My recommen-dation letter was but one component.”

Either way, this was a one-of-a-kind chance that, according to Kinsey, couldn’t have gone to a better candidate.

“I believe he is indeed a perfect fit for this master class,” she said. “I find Jeremy fascinating to teach and truly a joy to work with. [His] future is wide open.”

By Victoria GillStaff Reporter

Quidditch is a big sport at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the famous Harry Pot-ter series by J.k. rowling, but the magical game of Quidditch is becoming quite popular among col-lege students here in the “muggle” world.

Ut students recently es-tablished a Ut Quidditch team as a club sport.

Alex Scheer, a junior trumpet performance ma-jor and Harry Potter fan, had the idea to form a Quidditch team after jok-ing about it with friends at ohio Northern University.

“the idea never really went through [at oNU],” Scheer said. “But i always kind of wanted to do it.”

When he transferred to Ut, Scheer got in contact with an international Quid-ditch Association, or iQA, representative, filed the pa-perwork and began market-ing the team and recruiting members via facebook.

According to Scheer, about 20 students are cur-rently members of Ut’s Quidditch team.

“You know the old say-ing, ‘if you build it, they will come?’ i built the facebook page and they’re coming,” he said.

the team will wear the signature rocket blue and gold, but they’ll play as the toledo firebolts.

Quidditch teams are ap-pearing rapidly throughout the country. in 2005, Quidditch was altered by students at Middlebury college in Vermont to ac-commodate regular peo-ple, and the first real-life Quidditch game was played there on oct. 9.

Since this landmark in Quidditch history, hundreds of American colleges have started Quidditch teams.

there are now 747 doc-umented Quidditch teams in the United States, ac-cording to the iQA.

Not including Ut, there are 26 teams in the state of ohio.

Scheer said he wants to schedule a Quidditch match be-tween Ut and Bowling Green State University is in motion.

in the Harry Potter books, players fly on broomsticks and make goals in hoops far above the ground, and to end the game one of the players must catch the snitch, a fly-ing golden ball.

in order for non-wizards to play, some modifications were made to the game.

the game that was once played with magic now requires only a large field, various differ-ently sized balls and hoops, and of course, broomsticks.

the iQA rulebook describes the sport as a mix between rug-by, dodgeball and tag.

BOB TAYLOR / ICsteven scherer, a junior accounting major, launches the quaffle during a practice of the uT Quidditch team. Based on the fictional sport in the harry Potter series, there are currently over 700 Quidditch teams on cam-puses around the nation, with a World Cup in Florida.

Quidditch for uT ‘muggles’

New rules, missions bring freshness to annual ‘Humans vs. Zombies’ event

UT film and art major accepted to NYC master class program

“We’ve got a wide variety of missions ... requiring some serious teamwork.”

JereMy WOnGUT Bash,

“oUTbreak” Administrator

oUTbreak on campUs

“[The class] was also a great opportunity to net-work with other students, who were all extremely talented.”

JereMy PellInGTOnSenior, film and sculpture

GRAPHIC BY BOB TAYLOR / IC

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More onlineCheck out the IC’s

Facebook page for more photos of UT’s Quidditch team practicing. Also, keep following the IC for news on any upcoming Quidditch matches.

OPINIONSend letters to the editor to [email protected] www.IndependentCollegian.com

Valuable new teaching tool

editorial

In his State of the University address, Lloyd Jacobs said the University of Toledo will soon be emulating the methods of Samuel Khan, an education innovator who creates videos for coursework as a tool for improving education.

It’s good that UT is taking steps to explore and to innovate because this is necessary to remain a useful and evolving uni-versity. However, this must be done with caution and always in the best interest of the students.

With these methods, professors can focus on fine tuning their course work and more effectively use class time. With something like Khan’s methods in place, students will be able to learn the basics of their coursework at home through vid-eos. They will be able to review the videos in order to refine what they’ve learned in a way they can’t in class. This allows the professors to begin building upon the basics of the course work in the classroom after watching the videos.

It will make UT’s curriculum innovative and interactive. If UT is to be a top university, it must continue to discover the best methods for education and these videos could help. The method allows UT to be a frontrunner in new methods for education. It grants students op-portunities for more advanced material in more advanced courses because they won’t have to learn the basics of the curricu-lum in class before building upon them. It will allow them to go further in their studies.

It will allow professors’ class time to be reserved for helping students understand the intrica-cies of the subject of the course. UT professors will be able to spend class time addressing the individual questions and con-cerns of students instead of addressing broad topics which may fall short of a student’s potential and knowledge base or be beyond a student’s current knowledge base.

Concerns with this method are UT’s integrating it fully be-fore research shows it’s effective and students’ allowing it to work. It’s easy for an institution to get caught up in a craze and for students to simply decide not to watch a video.

The best way to address this is to acknowledge a student’s education is that student’s responsibility. Also, how does a professor address the individual personal questions of a class of 150 students? How well will this work in upper level semi-nars? How will students be assessed in this system? Is this bet-ter as just a supplement? These questions and others must be addressed before moving forward.

editorial BoardVincent D. Scebbi: Editor-in-ChiefNate Pentecost: Managing EditorZachary R. Dehm: Opinion Editor

Danielle Gamble: News Editor

Although some questions remain, UT president’s proposed new methods

may help school stay up to date


earlier editorial was unfair

IC opinion piece should have given a more balanced assessment

commentary

This week, I learned something about myself — I am a perfectionist. I get the feeling most people my age despise peo-ple like me, and sometimes, I truly un-derstand why they’d feel that way. Whenever I work on a presentation or class project, I want it to be taken seri-ously and done right, but not necessarily perfect at every point. Because I’m a cu-rious individual, I decided to take a per-sonality test to determine whether or not I truly am a perfectionist.

As it turns out, my need for every-thing to be managed just right, my fear of failure and my desire to achieve all make me a qualified candidate for per-fectionism. Yes, I’ve gotten C’s on pa-pers and have been home past my cur-few several times. But overall, I’m highly critical of myself and I see the mistakes before anything else, some traits of a perfectionism.

Certain traits make a true perfec-tionist, some of which I agree with and others I don’t. I didn’t even know the true definition, which is why I decided to look it up myself.

Perfectionists have a critical eye. They’re critical of themselves and even their own work, always looking first at the small mistakes. When I’m handed back a paper I’ve done, I’ll admit that I look at the red marks first, whether they’re good or bad.

Another trait is the “push versus pull” theory. Perfectionists tend to be pushed toward their goals because they have the fear of not reaching them, which would constitute as “fail-ure” to them. I hope I’m like most

when I say I don’t care for failure, but I’ve learned to accept it.

Unrealistic standards start with goals being initially formed out of one’s reach, and perfectionists aren’t as suc-cessful because of this “flaw.” I, howev-er, believe I’ve been somewhat success-ful in certain areas of my life. I’m an intern in a corporate office, I’m in a wonderful and loving relationship and I’ve made it to the top 10 percent of my College of Business graduating class. I don’t think that’s too bad.

We only see the goal, the prize at the end of the race. Normally when I do a project with a group, I don’t care how the rest of the group does their part of the project, but I want the end result to be close to perfect.

When perfectionists can’t meet their goals, they feel a disappointment from the “failure.” We mull over what we couldn’t reach and think negatively about our work. I do beat myself up for

things that are either out of my control or just not worth worrying about. I should work on that.

We’re all victims of this next trait—procrastination. Perfectionists take the time for every project to be free of all mistakes and end up turning in their work at the last minute. I check my work so many times that I almost memorize it. I would rather spend more time to turn in an excellent pa-per than take little time and hand in a mediocre paper.

Perfectionists are also incredibly de-fensive. I defend myself on many occa-sions, but a lot of times I’m not sure why. I feel like I have the right to explain my reasoning to those who just might not understand my need to meet the grade.

Low self-esteem is the final perfec-tionist trait. My thoughts on this come and go. Some days I love myself and think God made me perfectly and beau-tifully like everyone else. Then there are other days when there’s a bad hair day, I feel 50 pounds heavier or I just feel like the ultimate failure. Out of all the per-fectionist characteristics, this is one I’d change about myself the most.

So, are you a perfectionist? Take a perfectionist test and let me know. I would love to hear from my fellow per-fectionists! Trust me, I hate being a perfectionist, but that’s how I was cre-ated. It’s who I am, and I’m learning to accept it.

Megan Gross is a senior studying marketing and minoring in communications.

Perfectionism brings goods and bads

commentary

We live in a society today where the Earth and Her resources are being ex-ploited, violence and war are celebrated and commonplace, poverty is rampant, irreplaceable animal and plant species are becoming endangered and extinct, and women and other subordinate groups are demonized, degraded, dom-inated and demeaned beneath a patri-archal social hierarchy.

The human race itself has become fragmented, divided and disconnected —focusing on our religious, racial, ethnic, economic, sexual and gender-related dif-ferences rather than our more important, deep-rooted similarities. We fear those who are different from ourselves.

Despite the fact that we walk the same Earth, breathe the same air and live under the same sky, we’ve lost touch with the sense of oneness which I be-lieve we had at the beginning of time —the sense of family, the idea of the plan-etary web that unites and connects and affects all people and all of Nature.

If we, as a planet, can begin to put these principles of universal oneness and Earth-consciousness into practice, we could, es-sentially, save the world. This world is growing smaller and dying a little more everyday with our current way of life.

In the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) “Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction,” it is predicted that if we don’t change our self-destructive ways by the year 2050,

world energy demand will be up 80 percent, and 85 percent of our power will come from fossil fuels.

Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise 50 percent, driven by the expected 70 per-cent increase in energy-related CO2 emissions from fossil fu-els. The world is expected to experience a six degree rise in temperature over the next 38 years, which is three times the two degrees that scien-tists would consider “safe.”

Forests are set to shrink 13 percent due to expanding agriculture and cli-mate change by 2050. World water de-mand is expected to increase by 55 per-cent, due to a 400 percent rise in con-sumption for manufacturing. It is esti-mated that 40 percent of the world pop-ulation will be living in areas affected by water stress in 2050.

Air pollution is predicted to become the world’s top environmental cause of premature death, and by 2050, is expect-ed to result in over 3.6 million untimely mortalities. It’s also estimated that 1.4 billion people will still be without access to basic sanitation in the year 2050.

Taking a look at those cold, hard facts makes apocalyptic predictions, such as the Mayan end-of-the-world prophecy set for Dec. 21 of this year, seem a little less ridiculous. However, Dec. 21, is also the Winter Solstice, which is traditionally the time of year when the days begin to get longer

again, and as a result, is known as a time of renewal, hope and rebirth. To add to that theme of regeneration, the

end of 2012 will also be the end of the Piscean Age, which has lasted 2,150 years, and the start of the Age of Aquarius, which is predicted to be an age of innovation.

Regardless of whether or not you believe the Mayan prophecy, or even in Astrology, it is undeniable that the world is in a state of disorder, not just en-vironmentally, but as evidenced by other world events around us, politically, so-cially and economically. It is irrefutable that the need for a new way of life is vital to our survival.

Personally, I don’t believe the world will end in December. However, I do believe that we are living in an impor-tant time right now and that the end of this year will bring about a crucial turning point for our planet.

I see the Earth right now as contained within a sort of chrysalis like a butterfly waiting for the warmth of spring—a chrysalis of change, if you will – and when we get out of this cocoon, we can either unite, blossom and fly or, divided, fall and die. It is up to us what we choose. This is a time of transformation and we cannot look back.

Calinda Lowler is a junior double majoring in religious studies and women and gender studies.

End of year brings new opportunities

CalindaLowler

IC Columnist

Everyone makes mistakes. The IC Editorial Board is no dif-ferent and two weeks ago, we made one in the editorial titled “Sexual assault victims require private space.”

That doesn’t mean our overall opinion is wrong. We still believe caution must be taken when deciding the location of the Office of Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Pro-gram. Regardless of whether it is supposed to be used in this way, victims may still use the office as a safe haven for guid-ance and wish to keep their visits private. Moving to a more public location could be problematic.

Where we erred was in un-fairly condemning Dean of Stu-dents Michele Martinez. The editorial was written without all the information in the story and also leveled accusations without supporting them or giving the people in question a chance to respond.

n We repeated without ques-tion a claim that Student Af-fairs “dismissed” a petition from the UT Feminist Alliance. While the allegation was made, we should not have assumed it to be true without getting both sides of the story.

n We accused Student Affairs of handling the situation poorly, but in the end, they showed they were willing to listen to students and postpone the decision. This editorial was written without considering the news story and the procedur-al error was never caught during production.

n Lastly, we proposed a hypothetical scenario of what the Office of Student Experience “might” say and argued against it when the argument was of our own creation.

The Independent Collegian has an obligation to present a fair version of events to our readers and in this case, we fell short. By correcting our mistake publicly, we wish to show the UT community that we take this duty seriously.

Megan GrossIC Columnist

It’s good that UT is taking steps to explore and to innovate because this is necessary to remain a useful and evolving university.

The editorial was written without all the informa-tion in the story and also leveled accusations with-out supporting them or giving the people in question a chance to respond.

letter to the editor

Thank you for the support

To UT Students,On behalf of the players and coaches

on the Rocket football team, I would like to thank all the students who came out and packed the Glass Bowl for our great victory over “that team down south” on Saturday. It was inspiring for our team to

step out onto the field and witness a sea of gold in the student section, and simply awesome to sing the fight song and alma mater with you at the end of the game. The atmosphere in the Glass Bowl was electric, and there is no doubt in my mind that it was one of the keys that helped us win that game.

But our work is just beginning. We have five more home games to play in our quest to win the MAC Champion-ship. We need you at every game,

beginning with this Saturday’s game vs. Coastal Carolina (don’t forget to wear Midnight Blue for this game). We are all in this together. Players, coaches...and you. You always hear that UT has the best football stadium in the Mid-Ameri-can Conference. Well I say we have the best student section in the MAC, too!

Go Rockets and we’ll see you at the game!

—Matt Campbell, Head football coach


Manhood is more than being macho

Shhh... silence should be observed

A few winters ago, I was in class when an acquaintance of mine made a remark that has been with me to this day. As it was a proper Ohio win-ter, it was quite cold that day and I had on a scarf. This friend looked at me with my scarf and said to me, “Brad, why are you wearing a scarf? I never took you to be a scarf person.”

I told my friend that I was unaware of my lack of “scarfy-ness” and asked him, “Did you think I was the kind of person that enjoyed having a cold neck, or is it on some way not masculine for me to be wearing a scarf?”

The second option was a jest, but when it seemed to unnerve him, it dawned on me: he associated, in some odd way, the wearing of a scarf as a lack of mas-culinity. I was just cold.

As a straight man, it seems that the only char-acteristic I’m challenged on is how “man-ly” I am, like there is going to be a ran-dom inspec-tion of my person and be-longings to determine if I am meeting my Manly Quota. Assumed gender roles are something that we all combat everyday.

All too often, we men like to pretend we define what is or isn’t proper behavior for someone else. We have infor-mal lists of what is and isn’t

masculine. Should any of us stray too far from that nar-row definition, we are ostra-cized and labeled as “other,” in yet another attempt by hu-man beings to establish an “Us and Them” philosophy.

My friend’s remarks in no way affected how I perceived myself. The things I do are fulfilling to me, because I do them and I feel no shame in

so doing. I sing, though not well; I can dance, on-ly slightly better than I sing; I can cook, which is my strong suite; and I can throw a perfect spiral.

In high school, I played football and was in choir, speech and the

musical. I can tell you the names of every professional football, ice-hockey and bas-ketball team and also rattle off last-year’s Tony Award winners. I like red meat and red wine, football and Foot-loose. My self-perception isn’t created by someone else or by their arbitrary conven-tions. I’m the only person

who decides my own worth or identity.

But is that enough? More and more the perceptions of others seem to be percolating into our ascribed gender sub-conscious. A July 17, 2012 article by The Huffington Post, “Women Making More Money: Macho Men Can’t Find Happiness In Women’s Financial Success,” discussed a Fordham University study where it was found women are becoming the primary wage-earners. Brava, I say.

The study suggests the commonly assumed gender role of the male bread win-ner is being challenged and men are finding it difficult to cope with. I can imagine this is true.

But I’d say this is not a bad thing. Too often “being a man” means putting on a front of stupidity, degrading women and being less than rational. Think of how many videos of guys doing reckless crap you’ve seen compared to women ... exactly.

Perhaps this is exactly the kind of realization we need in order to become better husbands, boyfriends, brothers and friends. May-be if we stop shutting out the parts of the world that scare us, we can finally start creating a society where dif-ferent is just a word, mascu-linity is a false construct and where it’s OK for a guy to grill when he’s hungry, cry when he’s sad and — for crying out loud — wear a scarf when it’s cold.

Bradley Sommer is a senior studying history.

When people find out I’m a librarian, one of the first images that may come to mind is ‘the shush,’ that I’m a brutal enforcer of si-lence. Of course, anyone that has been to the Infor-mation Commons on the first floor of Carlson Li-brary is quickly disabused of such a mental image. The library has many ac-ceptable levels of sound on different floors, and on the first floor ‘silence’ is not one of them. Hint: for the old-school library experi-ence head up to the 5th floor quiet study area.

I often see thankful tweets about the eerie quiet that per-vades the upper reaches of Carl-son Library. Some days, I work at Mulford Library on the Health Science Campus, and the respect for silence there is so deep that it is more often that the library staff get shushed by the students!

I’ve only occasionally had to deploy ‘the shush’ in a professional capacity, but in my non-work life, my relationship with si-lence is more ambivalent. At times, I tend to fill ev-ery moment with sound. My car radio is on when my car is, and I often have my iPod’s earbuds lodged firmly in my ears while walking around campus. Yet, I also seek out silence on a regular basis: I choose the trails at the Metroparks that take me furthest back in to the quiet of the woods, I prac-tice a form of prayer that entails sitting in silence for long periods, and I haven’t had a television for over a decade, in part because I prefer silence over empty noise.

This last point is particu-larly significant during cam-paign ad season. Perhaps you find yourself with the same love-hate relationship with noise? This is only ref-erencing the sounds that we

intentionally bring into or exclude from our environ-ment. Often, especially if you live in a residence hall or apartment building, you may have even less control over your sonic landscape.

Silence has become rare in our world, and like most rare things, this has in-creased its value. Last week I was re-minded of this on the anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11 when

many paused for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. We give silence as a gift to mark moments of particular rev-erence or import. However, its rarity also lends it an air of unfamiliarity and dis-comfort, as well.

Socially, we don’t know what to do with silence, and in a group situation, silence is often modified by the ad-jectives ‘uncomfortable’ or ‘awkward’. It’s this rarity that causes us to have to seek out si-lence; rather than being the default condition, we must actively look for or create silence if we are to enjoy it or benefit from it.

How might we benefit from silence? One positive effect of silence is to slow us down in a very busy world. While we may think we don’t have time to slow down, that the over-sched-uled life of a college student precludes it, even a short period of intentional silence may be just what we need.

Often in silence, I have

the opportunity to plan, or-ganize my thoughts and set priorities based not on im-mediacy but on real, objec-tive importance. Thus, a period of silence may actu-ally make my busy life more efficient, as it gives me time to order my life and be pro-active rather than reactive.

Another benefit is in at-tention. We all have proba-bly had the experience of being distracted by a nearby conversation, intrusive mu-sic or other auditory intru-sions while we try to absorb and process new informa-tion. Silence can train us in attentiveness and focus. In composer John Cage’s infa-mous piece “4’33,” consist-ing of just over four and a half minutes of silence from the performer, he challenges the audience to be attentive to the other, ambient sounds in the performance space.

These sounds were pres-ent already, and would be drowned out by the other music performed, but Cage’s conceptual piece in-vites us to listen to that which is present by un-heard in normal life. Si-lence can function similarly in training us and in giving our undivided attention to a task, when our normal habits may tend toward the questionable efficiency of multitasking.

So, where does a college student go to experience si-

lence? Aside from the lofty heights of the library listed above, what are other places that can be relied on for providing a

temporary escape from the noise and busyness of our lives, whether the noise be external or metaphorical? I am fond of the Cloister room at the Toledo Muse-um of Art, and the paths of the Toledo Botanical Gar-den. What spaces do you know of?

Wade Lee is an associate professor in Carlson Library.

COmmentary

COmmentary

We give silence as a gift to mark moments of particular reverence or import.You’ve gotta get the name right

Over the last few months, I’ve been making a lot of new contacts and have received nu-merous e-mails and phone calls from individuals I’ve nev-er met in person before. Throughout these correspon-dences there has been one common error: my name. No one can seem to get it right.

I receive e-mails to an ad-dress that contains my full name in it yet the body of the message is addressed to Paula or Pauline, neither of which are my name, nor have I ever gone by these names. Then I will receive a phone mes-sage after these e-mails also calling me by the wrong name.

I am dumbfounded by these indiscretions. I’ve never written an e-mail to a Patrick I didn’t know and called him Pat or a Samuel and called him Sam. I find it best until otherwise notified to call them by their full name.

In my case specifically I have an aunt named Paula and it’s clear she and I are not of the same name sake. While others may not know that little fact, it’s the reason for when I receive an email addressed to Paula I’m tempted to not respond. I feel so passionately about this topic because I feel it’s important in

professionalism to do this sim-ple courtesy of taking the time to know who you are addressing.

Since this has been something I’ve personally been offended by, I take my time to try my best to address in-dividuals properly. I’d like to say that I understand a cer-tain amount of human error, but the occurrences that cause me

most distress are those that include multiple e-mails where I’ve signed off with my full name but am still called Paula or phone calls refer-ring to me as Paula after written corre-

spondences with my name printed in them.

The impor-tance of this little thing of getting one’s name correct is something I never com-pletely under-stood even in my personal experiences un-til I read a quote by Dale Carnegie in the book “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” In this great book on leadership he says, “Remem-ber that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any

language.” This is so true. Since this is true, it makes

the importance of saying a person’s name correctly all the more important. To you, it

may be an in-significant oversight to ab-breviate a per-son’s name, but to that person it could potential-

ly be very offensive. You never know what kind of emotional or sentimental connection a person may have with their name.

In the professional world, the impressions you make with your peers are vital to your suc-cess and getting a potential cli-ent or customer’s name wrong could make all the difference.

Does anyone else have this problem? Do you have a name that no one can ever get right?

Even worse, do you have a name that can be shortened with a nick-name but insist on using your full name? I do. My name is

Paulette. I understand it’s a lit-tle long and that people would prefer not to say the whole thing, but the fact is my name is Paulette.

Paulette Bongratz is a MBA student studying leadership and SG President.

COmmentary

Paulette Bongratz

IC Columnist

Wade LeeIC Columnist

Bradley SommerIC Columnist

Maybe if we stop shutting out the parts of the world that scare us, we can finally start creating a society where it’s OK for a guy to grill when he’s hungry, cry when he’s sad.

... and getting a potential client or customer’s name wrong could make all the difference.

Silence has become rare in our world, and like most rare things, this has increased its value.

In the professional world, the impressions you make with your peers are vital to your success ...


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vINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICKayann Walter, Rachel Sullivan and Adam Cummins cheer along with members of True Blue Saturday in the Glass Bowl.

THe faNs iN THe sTaNds

vINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICA Rocket-helmeted Darth Vader, a Sith Lord majoring in Jedi Studies and inter-galactic relations, made the jump to hyperspace to watch Toledo defeat Bowl-ing Green. He said he found BG’s lack of fourth-down conversions “disturbing.”

vINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICFans in the student section of the Glass Bowl had a lot to cheer about Saturday night as the Rockets defeated archrival Bowling Green 27-15.

Despite being an NCAA Football Championship Sub-division (formally Division I-AA) member, they have play-ers on both sides of the ball capable of making plays and causing issues.

The Chants, from the FCS’s Big South Conference, enter this game 2-1 and are led of-fensively by quarterback

Aramis Hillary, a fifth-year senior who transferred from South Carolina after 2009.

Hillary has thrown for 771 yards, four scores and four in-terceptions in three games. His athleticism makes him a dual-threat and a quarterback that Campbell compared to Wyo-ming’s Brett Smith who he faced two weeks ago.

“Offensively, they have a tremendous quarterback,” Campbell said. “He’s got the ability to run and throw and we have tremendous respect for this team coming in. He’s a young man who is a transfer and a young man that I believe is up for the National Player of the Year in FCS football this year. [He] makes all the plays.”

Campbell was also quick to praise Coastal Carolina’s de-fense, which features two members of last year’s all-

conference team.Senior linebacker Andrae

Jacobs was a first team selec-tion and senior defensive end Chris Thomas was named to the second team.

Jacobs had 10 tackles for loss last year and was named the Big South’s Defensive Player of the Year as a sopho-more in 2010.

Both players have been rel-atively quiet in 2012 with just a 0.5 TFL between them.

The Chants are coming off a 35-17 defeat at the hands of Eastern Carolina, but Camp-bell and the Rockets refuse to take them lightly.

“For us, it’s the next step,” Campbell said. “This team has great leadership and [it’s] all about our seniors. They’ve done a great job leading this football team and I expect them to do the same this week.”

By Nate PentecostManaging Editor

Bernard Reedy hears it every day on his way to class. He hears it all the time around the city of Toledo. He has even heard it a few times while pumping gas.

But as UT’s junior wide receiver admits, there sim-ply is no escaping the com-parison between him and former teammate Eric Page.

From their reserved, soft-spoken demeanor, to their shifty moves on re-turns and crisp route run-ning, down to their stature — both are 5-foot-9 — the similarities are striking.

In fact, first-year Toledo head coach Matt Campbell, the pair’s offensive coordi-nator from 2009-11, strug-gled to find any dissimilarities.

“Maybe the only differ-ence is a little bit of speed,” Campbell said. “Bernard has that extra gear he can kick into.”

Reedy saw playing time his freshman season but emerged in 2011 as the complimentary receiver to Page. Reedy finished second on the team with 40 catches, 758 yards and nine touch-downs, providing the one-two punch the Rockets lacked at receiver since Ari-zona Cardinal Stephen Wil-liams graduated in 2009.

He capped off his sopho-more year with the best per-formance of his collegiate ca-reer, hauling in four passes for 126 yards and three touch-downs to garner MVP honors in the Rockets 42-41 Military Bowl victory over Air Force.

With every reason to ex-pect Reedy and Page to put forth even better perfor-mances, for the briefest of moments following the

Military Bowl, the receiving duo’s ceiling for the 2012 season seemed sky high.

The following week, however, the Rockets all-time leading receiver chose to forego his senior year of eligibility to enter the NFL Draft. Reedy was thrust in-to the No. 1 wideout spot on the depth chart.

Reedy is confident that he is prepared for the role and he credits Page, in part, for showing him the way.

“He’s a hard worker. He does everything quietly but

he does everything right,” Reedy explained. “Doing the small things lets you do the big things right. That’s why he made so many big plays and had so much success here.”

Reedy, unsurprisingly, shares Page’s lead-by-ex-ample approach to leader-ship as well.

“I’ve never really been the vocal type,” Reedy said. “I just try to go out and do the right thing so the younger guys can follow me.”

So far, so good.

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UT Cornerback Norrils receives weekly award

Sophomore cornerback Cheatham Norrils has been named the Mid-American Conference’s Western Division Player of the Week.

Norrils recorded a sea-son-high seven tackles against rival Bowling Green Saturday night. He also came away with his first career interception, undercutting a route and picking off BG’s Matt Schilz.

Lady Rockets stumble against Illinois State

The Toledo soccer team was shutout 1-0 Sunday afternoon by Illinois State in their final game before the Mid-American Confer-ence schedule begins

The Rockets outshot the Redbirds (5-2-2) 18-7, but were unable to get on the scoreboard for the fourth time in eight games, fall-ing to 2-6-0 on the season.

Toledo has scored zero or one goal on all but one occasion.

UT was short-handed Sunday, playing without the 2011 MAC Offensive Player of the Year Rachel MacLeod as well as junior Emily Tustin who were both nursing ankle injuries.

The lone goal of the contest was scored by ISU’s Sarah Mussallem in the 58th minute. After re-ceiving a pass, she drib-bled and kicked the ball over the head of UT goal-tender Sam Tiongson and into the upper portion of the net.

The favorites to win the MAC will begin conference play this weekend. Toledo will hit the road to face Western Michigan Friday at 4 p.m. and return home Sunday at 1 to play East-ern Michigan.

UT volleyball squad wins two of three

Toledo dropped a 3-0 decision to host Wake Forest on Friday, but re-bounded with a pair of victories Saturday at the Black and Gold Chal-lenge in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Demon Deacons made quick work of the Rockets (25-18, 25-17, 25-15) Friday morning. After taking the first set, Wake Forest used a 9-2 run in the second and third sets to take the match.

Junior outside hitter Jordan Kielty led UT with six kills. Junior middle blocker Dakota Harkins and sophomore MB Brooke Frazer had five each.

The Rockets fortune changed dramatically as they swept Appalachian State (25-20, 25-20, 25-18) and Campbell (25-20, 25-23, 25-11) Saturday.

Harkins posted a ca-reer-best 14 kills against the Mountaineers and Kielty had 13.

UT kept the momen-tum going in their sec-ond match of the day as Harkins and junior Lau-ren Rafdal combined for 27 kills to beat Camp-bell. Toledo hit .343 for the match and held the Camels to just .187.

The Rockets begin MAC play tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Ball State. They return home Saturday at 3 p.m. to play Buffalo.

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The first 50 people in line at noon today at the Savage Arena box office will receive a pair of tick-ets this weekend’s home football game against the Coastal Carolina Chanti-cleers at no cost.

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After disposing of archrival Bowling Green Saturday, the Rockets are flying high and look to keep the momentum going as they prepare for FCS opponent Coastal Carolina this weekend.

Toledo emerged victorious in the Battle of I-75 for third consecutive year, knocking off the Falcons 27-15 in front of a capacity crowd at the Glass Bowl.

“It was a really hard-fought, tough victory for our football team,” said head coach Matt Campbell. “I couldn’t be prouder of our 19 seniors. I thought the leader-ship of our team was out-standing through all 60 min-utes of the game.”

Junior Terrance Owens once again took every offen-sive snap and appears to have cemented himself as the full-time starter.

Owens threw for 303 yards — the second week in a row he hit the 300-yard mark — while connecting on 20-of-28 passes and a touchdown.

For the season, he’s com-pleted 56-of-91 (61 percent) for 737 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions. He sports a su-perb passer rat-ing of 151.3.

Owens has been interception-free on his last 194 pass attempts, a streak that dates back to Nov. 8, 2011 against Western Michigan.

“Terrance is playing ex-tremely well right now, he’s playing with great confi-dence,” Campbell said. “The

last two weeks, he’s come out and played steady, consistent and made some really good throws.”

In addition to T.O.’s big game, the Toledo defense put together their best perfor-mance of the season.

After allowing well over 500 yards of total offense a game in their first two games, UT held BG to just 351.

One reason for the Rock-ets success against the Fal-cons was the play of sopho-more cornerback Cheatham Norrils, who has started to grow up right before the eyes of the coaching staff.

The secondary graduated a pair of starting corners last year and Norrils made the switch from safety prior to the season to help fill the void.

The St. John’s graduate has been on the field with the first-team defense all year and came up with his first career interception Sat-urday. He also recorded seven tackles to bring home MAC West Defensive Player of the Week honors.

“Cheatham Norrils is a young man who has great

athletic ability and he’s got the potential to be as good as he wants to be,” Campbell said. “He has decided to be-come an ex-

tremely good player. How he’s practiced, how he trained in the offseason, what he’s done through fall camp and I think he’s played very steady and very consistent.”

Norrils and the rest of the Rocket defense will be tested against the Chanticleers.

BOB TAYLOR / ICJunior quarterback Terrance owens stiff-arms a Bowling green defender in the fourth quarter of Toledo’s 27-15 victory Saturday at the glass Bowl.

Toledo ready to move on to Coastal Carolina after big win

vINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICJunior wide receiver Bernard Reedy had big shoes to fill after Page’s departure. So far, he’s lived up to the hype, leading the team with 19 receptions.

Receiver Bernard Reedy drawing comparisons to wideout Eric Page

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UT’s Emma Kertesz finishes 12th at national meetBy Nick DelwicheSports Reporter

Senior All-American run-ner Emma Kertesz took part in the 2012 USA Track and Field Road Circuit Women’s 5k Championships Sunday, finishing12th with a time of 16:27.

“I thought she did great,” said UT head coach Kevin Hadsell. “This was her first experience racing against professional women so I was interested to see how she would handle it emotionally. She handled herself great.”

Kertesz took on Olympian runners such as Katie Mc-Gregor and Molly Huddle, a new experience for her in her fourth year at UT.

“I’ve never been in a race of that caliber before,” Kertesz said. “For my first experience in a race like this, I was very happy.”

Huddle won the race with a time of 15:29.90.

Coach Hadsell was im-pressed with Kertesz’s abili-ty to compete with such elite athletes.

“It’s pretty intimidating when you’re lining up against women like that,” Hadsell said. “She’s confident in her talent and fitness level so it went really well.”

Even though she was matched against some of the best runners in the nation, Kertesz never lost her com-posure, hanging with the elite runners for much of the race and beating several professionals.

“I just went into it with a mentality that I had nothing to lose,” Kertesz said. “This is my first crack at it so I might as well try to hang with the best of the best.”

Coach Hadsell knew she would be able to handle her

emotions on the track. “She took the same ap-

proach as she does with any race and that is to go out with the leaders and hang with them for as long as she can,” Hadsell said. “I think she did a great job.”

Kertesz sees this race as a success and an opportunity to gain confidence and expe-rience for national and con-ference meets, including the USATF Women’s 10k Road Racing Championships.

“Looking toward the 10k in three weeks, I think this will give me a good season-ing experience,” Kertesz said. “I’ll be even more mentally prepared going into another elite caliber race.”

UT will be hosting an in-ter-regional track meet on Friday, Sept. 21. 14 men’s teams and 20 women’s teams, including Kertesz and the Rockets, will compete at Ottawa Park in Toledo.

“Anytime you put your-self in a race at that level and then come back to race against NCAA women or Mid-American-Conference, your confidence level is even higher,” Hadsell said. “This will go a long way in her development in indoor/outdoor track.”

Women’s cross country ranked No. 18

The Toledo women’s cross country team has been ranked 18th in the na-tion for the second consec-utive week.

This is the highest rank-ing in the history of the pro-gram, surpassing last year’s No. 21 spot.

They’re ranked third in the Great Lakes Region, behind No. 11 Michigan and No. 13 Michigan State.

What happened Saturday

Toledo defeated archri-val Bowling Green 27-15. QB Terrance Owens threw for 303 yards.


UT president highlights past, looks ahead in annual address

vInCenT d. SCebbI / ICUT President Lloyd Jacobs addresses the over 200 in at-tendance Thursday during his speech to the community.


University of Toledo Presi-dent Lloyd Jacobs spoke to a full Doermann Theater today about future plans and past events in his annual address to the community.

Jacobs opened the address with thoughts on America’s “education bubble,” the idea that higher education is be-coming unaffordable and is unsustainable.

“The combination of an un-precedented recession and a plethora of writings question-ing the value of higher educa-tion produce unprecedented instability and a profound questioning of the American Dream,” Jacobs said.

Despite negative national attitudes, Jacobs was positive about the university’s future.

“I have come to recognize that the University of Toledo is not only weathering the storm, but succeeding,” he said. “We are a university ris-ing in the midst of a storm of

uncertainty and tumult.”Jacobs endorsed Main Cam-

pus Provost candidate Scott Scarborough, the senior vice president and executive direc-tor of the UT Medical Center.

Scarborough’s appointment will be voted on Monday, Sept. 26, at the next Board of Trustees meeting.

“It is of course clear that Scott Scarborough is an un-conventional choice for the role,” Jacobs said. “I think his selection will mean more than that. It repositions the locus of institutional tension that invariably exists between value and cost to a different place in the institution.”

Besides recognizing success, Jacobs addressed UTMC’s re-cent medical blunder that led to a kidney meant for dona-tion becoming unusable.

“Now the fact that human errors occur is regrettable but not surprising,” Jacobs said. “But far more important is that safeguards must be in place to protect us from human error.

aDDress To The commUniTy

When errors do occur, how we react to such errors is of ex-treme importance.”

Jacobs said the university is in the midst of a “root cause analysis” to assess policy changes and prevent future mistakes.

“I join you in being sorry for the isolated incident, but

want you know that I trust you and appreciate you,” Ja-cobs said. “We have learned much in the process.”

Looking forward, the pres-ident announced a new ini-tiative he called Innovative Customized Education.

He said the project will in-volve using video lectures

available online that students can access anytime for free.

In this program, started by Salman Khan and Khan Acade-my, each video covers a differ-ent subject at a different educa-tional level, and allows students to pause or review the video at their own learning pace.

“Knowledge is now fluid, moveable, mercurial, and exists in cyberspace,” Jacobs said. “The Khan revolution opens endless possibilities if only we have the courage to adapt.”

Jacobs listed examples of ways in which to utilize these videos, including making them a re-quired resource for certain class-es and for struggling students.

While Jacobs did not identify a timeline in which these videos would be implemented into the curriculum, he did stress the importance of their installation.

“So once again, we here at a small state supported institu-tion like the University of Tole-do are challenged with choice — adapt and integrate these of-ferings into our algorithms and

modules or ignore the revolu-tion and hope it will go away before we wither and die.”

Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, a UT alumnus, said he the ad-dress was “very upbeat.”

“A lot of what’s happening here makes me proud of the university, makes our city proud,” Bell said. “I really sa-lute his efforts and being able to keep this university at the highest level of education in the state of Ohio and even in the United States.”

Bell said projects such as the new Gateway develop-ment on Dorr Street demon-strate what kind of a working relationship the city of Toledo has with the university.

“Since I became mayor, I sit down with Dr. Jacobs on a regular basis,” Bell said. “I think the different projects that are coming up not only put people back to work, but also stabilize various portions of our community increase the quality of life. We’re really playing on the same field.”

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Auxiliary Services, Aramark and Residence Life.

The online surveys will ask students to rank com-ponents of their dining ex-perience as well as give space for students to write down their opinions and suggestions for menu items, food choices and service improvements.

“A big thing to remember is that we want to offer more options, not take any-thing away,” Bongratz said. “We are hoping students will ask for more specific healthy options that we could use to put changes in place.”

Bongratz and Greer said

the secret shopper program has been at UT for several years and was originally start-ed by SG and Auxiliary Ser-vices to give students a voice.

“A lot of people forget that the purpose of gov-ernment is to represent the people and as Student Government we have to represent the students and what they feel,” said Dylan Clement, assistant dining liaison.

Dining committee members expressed the desire to give students eating in the dining halls the best possible experi-ence, regardless of whether they had a meal plan.

Bongratz said the pro-gram resulted in positive changes to campus dining,

which is why the program is being expanded to include even more student voices.

“I noticed direct changes to things I reported in my surveys, with regards to cus-tomer service, that were fixed by the next week or so,” said Ryan Beckwith, a secret shopper from last semester. “It wasn’t like we were tat-tling on people, but they took our suggestions to heart and made improvements.”

Secret shoppers were given a Rocket Dollar incentive for participating in the program.

“It was a good deal,” Beckwith said. “I mean I was surprised that they were even paying us to do that since it seemed like such an easy thing to do.”

air conditioning and we’ll temporarily figure out how to get him over to Driscoll or one of the other build-ings. But if you lose the computer center, you lose the whole place — you might as well shut down.”

Green said the Computer Center currently has partial back up power, but this new system will offer a completely self-sustaining and fully backed up energy source.

“So in this case, we’re go-ing to put gas into these gas turbines and then the ex-haust that comes out of the gas turbines comes over here to the absorber and the absorber has two heat ex-changers on it,” he said.

Green said the heat pro-duced by the turbine works with liquid in the system to create condensation, which in turn works as a coolant for the large network of comput-ers at the Computer Center.

“Basically it’s a brine solu-tion,” Green said. “It works at a different temperature and pressure so that at the higher heat it can produce chilled water that can absorb heat out of the building.”

Green said the

cogeneration plant should be running this winter after some construction that will connect the cogeneration plant to the Student Recre-ation Center. He said the construction involving the steam and chilled water plants on campus are ex-panded will involve blocked traffic on the southeast cor-ner of campus.

Green said the project was funded partly by the universi-ty utilities and partly through a third-frontier grant.

While a similar model of this system is being used in Syracuse, N.Y., the portable model at UT is the first of its kind in the nation.

“If someone wants to or-der a cogeneration plant for their computer center, you just tell how many kilowatt hours we need, how much cooling you need, how much heating you need and so on,” Green said. “Then they fill a shipping container with everything you need, ship it to you, drop it on a concrete pad and plug it in.”

Green said once UT’s new system gets “a few bugs worked out,” it could be the first step toward mainstream-ing cogeneration systems.

“If this one works as well as everyone thinks it will, they’re

going to start selling these things and they’re going to be running trucks out of North-west Ohio,” he said.

Green said while going green is good for the envi-ronment, a smaller carbon footprint is means a more balanced budget.

“We’re trying to hold our maintenance costs flat while the campus is expanding,” Green said. “That’s really tough to do, but that’s one of the ways we’re doing it.”

He said after the current equipment is replaced by the new cogeneration set-up, the old heating and cooling sys-tem from the Computer Cen-ter will be recycled at another location on campus.

Green said while it’s im-portant to invest in big proj-ects, students can take small steps now to reduce their impact on the environment.

“Let’s say you turn your air conditioning in your car on in the morning and leave it on all day just so you can come back and have it nice and cool for you,” Green said. “How long can you sustain that? If all the stu-dents and all the thousands of people at our school and our community just turned off their AC, think of how much we could save.”

With new bike paths on the way, a bike-sharing program is just beginning to take shape.

The new system will con-sist of strategically placed bike racks around campus that allow students to swipe their Rocket Cards and check out a bike for a certain peri-od of time, Lehnert said.

Possible innovations could include GPS tracking for in-dividual bikes or even solar-powered holding stations, but Lehnert said very few details are currently available.

“This is still in its infant stages,” he said. “It’s probably not going to happen this fall, but it will be implemented within this fiscal year. We still need to know how to do it.”

Sammy Spann, Center for International Studies and Program’s assistant provost, said UT’s bike project is less influ-enced by programs at institutions like Bowling Green State University, and was more in-spired by city pro-grams in Bos-ton, Washington D.C. and Chicago.

Lehnert said this was done so in the future, the universi-ty could place bike-sharing corrals around Toledo and even as far as Sylvania.

“We want to engage in the community both in-bound and out-bound,” Lehnert said.

Lehnert said the university plans on applying for outside grants in order to fund ex-panding the program.

“We’re committed to this and we’re going to designate some seed money to it, but before it gets too big we need to see how it works,” he said.

Lehnert said because the program was oriented toward students’ needs, the task of

IQA Ohio Representative Alexis Moody said each team needs at least seven players: three chasers, two beaters, one keeper and one seeker.

It is the job of the chasers to handle the quaffle, which Moody described as a “slightly deflated volleyball.”

The team scores points by throwing the quaffle through one of three goals.

Scheer said the goals look like “a giant hula hoops attached to poles in the ground.”

Moody said the two beaters handle the bludgers, which are dodgeballs used to hit players on the other team.

“When hit, a player must drop the ball, if they have one, and return to their own hoops before re-entering play,” he said.

Moody described the keepers as goalies who can come out of the keeper zone and attempt to score with

the quaffles.Scheer is the team’s seeker,

the position played by Harry Potter in the books.

“That is a very fun and challenging position at the same time,” he said.

The seeker’s objective is to find the snitch. But in non-magical Quidditch, the way to perform this task was changed.

Scheer said the snitch, in-stead of a golden ball, is now a person. He described the snitch as being “some-one very athletic who will run and hide and pull pranks on you.”

The snitch is an unbiased player who carries a tennis ball in a tube sock attached to the waistband of their shorts.

In order to earn 30 points and end the game, the seek-er must catch the snitch and remove the tennis ball from the tube sock.

While all of this is hap-pening, a broomstick must remain between the legs of the players.

“We don’t fly, but it’s the next best thing,” Scheer said.

While players running around on broomsticks may look silly to some, many Quidditch players take the competition seriously.

“It seems really, really stu-pid on the outside, but once you get in the moment and get to playing it, it’s one of the most incredible things you’ll ever do,” Scheer said.

The team’s ultimate goal is to reach the annual Quid-ditch World Cup, which will be held in Florida this year.

Out of 200 official mem-ber teams around the world, only 80 will make it to the world cup.

While Scheer expressed in-terest in playing competitively and possibly even making it to the Quidditch World Cup, he said that Quidditch isn’t just about competition.

“If you’re not having fun, then I don’t want you on my team,” he said. “It’s one of those things that’s competi-tive, but you got to love it.”

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bob Taylor / ICTommy mcnichol, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, rides his bike on the University Parks Bike Trail Tuesday.

getting student feedback was placed on the Student Gov-ernment’s executive branch.

SG President Paulette Bon-gratz said she and SG Vice President Chris Dykyj sent out an online survey for about a week that reached al-

most 200 students.

The sur-vey allowed students to rank on a one-to-five scale a vari-ety of loca-tions around campus.

Bongratz said some of the top loca-tions chosen include Rocket Hall, Stranahan Hall, North Engineering Building and the Student Union Building.

Another initiative already in place, called Rocket ReCycle, leases donated bicycles to in-ternational students for $25 a semester, according to Spann.

“There was a need to pro-vide international students with transportation,” Spann said. “They’re over here and they don’t have access to a car, so they may not get as much exposure to the com-munity as they should.”

Spann said the program is also educational, as students who rent a bike are required to purchase a helmet and take safety courses.

Lehnert said he can trace back the administration’s ini-tiatives to former SG Presi-dent Matt Rubin and his run-ning-mate Jordan Maddocks.

“At the beginning, Matt came to me and told me he wanted to make his presidency about bikes and a bike-friendly campus,” Lehnert said.

Bongratz said even though the project wasn’t a specific portion of her platform, she fully supports the current bike-friendly projects.

“I think it’s neat to see someone’s administration car-ry into years after, so we’re def-initely all for helping to push those things forward,” she said.

Spann said he believes these initiatives are being pushed through because of popular demand.

“This came from the stu-dents,” Spann said. “This wasn’t just because we had some extra money lying around. And it’s something the students can really put their mark on.”

Bongratz said she was hopeful to see student input remain important to admin-istrative bike initiatives.

“I think transportation in general is relevant to stu-dents,” Bongratz said. “This is a commuter school and we also have a high international student population, and bik-ing initiatives are really help-ful in supporting both of those student populations.”

“This is important because part of our connection to the community stems from our bike trail.”

chUck LehnerTvice president of Facilities &

Construction


Music Fest hits ut

kyle TaTe/ICFans gather around the stage located on the grassy area beside Memorial Field House Friday night for the University of Toledo’s third annual Music Fest.

BoB Taylor/ICCountry group Gloriana performs Friday night at Music Fest.

BoB Taylor/ICBishop Random (left), a freshman majoring in business, dances to the music of K’Jon with his friend and fellow freshman Dequan Justice.

BoB Taylor/ICJohn Harris (right), a vocal performance major at the University of Toledo, enjoys the festivities at Music Fest with friends Amy Wiginton (left) and Lisa Dye.

Khadirali Hobbs, an un-declared sophomore, Asha Townsend, a junior majoring in psychology and theatre, and Makala White, a junior majoring in nursing, look on as Hot Sauce performs dur-ing Music Fest Friday evening.

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BoB Taylor/ICThe crowd at Music Fest waits for Bowling for Soup to take the stage.

Kelly Moss-ing, a fresh-man major-ing in biolo-gy, and Jae Huth, a freshman majoring in business, enjoy the University of Toledo’s third annual Music Fest Friday night outside of Memorial Field House.

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