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Board approves restructuring planBy Hasan DudarEditor in Chief

The University of Toledo Board of Trustees unani-mously approved a proposal that will change the structure of academic affairs at UT during their meeting on Monday.

UT President Lloyd Jacobs presented the BOT’s Aca-demic and Student Affairs Committee with his proposal for restructuring, which in-cludes dividing the College of Arts and Sciences into three separate colleges, com-bining the Judith Herb Col-lege of Education with the College of Health Science and Human Service, and cre-ating schools that work across colleges.

Under the restructuring plan, the university will be comprised of 13 colleges and 11 newly formed schools, each of which will have a sponsoring college. Direc-tors will manage the schools, and the colleges will remain headed by deans at the ad-ministrative level and chairs at the department level.

Joseph Zerbey, chair of the ASA committee, began the

committee meeting by stat-ing the plan for reorganiza-tion is a “board initiative,” and Jacobs is acting upon a board mandate. He also stat-ed the board’s intent was to forge a plan that moves the university from a fourth tier ranking to the third tier.

Decisions by the dozen

Now that the restructuring proposal has been passed, the administration will begin laying the groundwork for achieving their goals as iden-tified in the plan.

During his address to the ASA committee, Jacobs said the plan’s implementation will focus mainly on budget formulation, institutional re-lationships between differ-ent areas of the university and policy procedures, rang-ing from retirement plans to academic procedures.

Implementation methods will be decided upon during the next two months and Ja-cobs will present implemen-tation recommendations to the ASA Committee at their Dec. 6 meeting.

Jacobs said he wants to

have recommendations for exactly who will be selected as deans of the various col-leges by the Dec. 6 meeting.

In an interview after the full board meeting, BOT Chair Bill Fall said although there was no deadline in place for restructuring the university had more to gain from adopting the proposal on Monday than waiting lon-ger to define the implementa-tion strategy.

He compared the adoption of Jacobs’ proposal to the merger of UT and the then-Medical University of Ohio in 2006, stating it took over two years to establish the institu-tional framework after the merger.

“The larger framework is set in place in my view, with some unanswered questions, but the real activity – the real value-added, to use a busi-ness term – the real sense of ‘how do we get there’ is at the program level, the facul-ty, student level,” Fall said. “That is strictly within the umbrella that we have created.”

University to be reorganized into new colleges and schools; implementation process to begin

By Hasan DudarEditor in Chief

The University of Toledo Board of Trustees voted to rat-ify the terms of a contract be-tween UT and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union on Monday.

The BOT’s unanimous vote settled over a year and a half of contract renegotiations, during which 2,000 members of the AFSCME Local 2415 went without renewed terms to their contracts.

The union members, most whom work on the Health Sci-ence Campus, were on a day-to-day extension of their last collective bargaining agreement.

In order to compensate the union employees for the past year without a wage increase, UT will immediately pay the employees a $250 to $1,000 lump-sum payment, depending on their category of full-time equivalency, or where they measure on a full-time pay scale.

Beginning in November, AF-SCME members will be award-ed a two percent wage in-crease, which will be followed by a three percent pay raise in July. Part of the deal also in-cludes lump-sum incentives that will be awarded to em-ployees as patient satisfaction increases.

During an interview on Tues-day, UT President Lloyd Ja-cobs said the increased wages in the renewed contract stems from the administration’s goal to compensate employees at the market rate for their re-spective positions.

“The market [is] down; cur-rently, the market is difficult. Nobody is getting great raises, but we still need to stick to a market-driven pay strategy,” Jacobs said.

According to Vice President of Human Resources and Cam-pus Safety Bill Logie, UT was not compensating AFSCME members according to the

AFSCME contract ratified

Gubernatorial contenders go toe-to-toe at DriscollBy David GuastellaIC Staff Writer

Supporters, protesters and news agencies showed up last Thursday at the Univer-sity of Toledo’s Driscoll Alumni Center to watch in-cumbent governor Ted Strickland battle opponent John Kasich in their second televised debate.

“My opponent is maybe the most reckless man to seek the Ohio Governor’s Office,” Strickland told the UT Col-lege Democrats at a pre-de-bate rally in his honor.

Though most students present at Driscoll were sup-porters of Strickland, numer-ous students from University Hills Boulevard to Douglas Road were waiving signs in support of Kasich and other Republican candidates.

During the debate, a panel of journalists from the Toledo Blade as well as other Ohio media outlets took turns ask-ing Kasich and Strickland

their thoughts on the Ohio governorship.

Strickland was under fire for the economic failings of the U.S. during his term.

Kasich was questioned for economic failings of his own, including the Columbus branch of Lehman Brothers failing in 2008 while he was the company’s managing director.

The only issue the two can-didates could agree on was that the alleged extinct reces-sion that hit in 2007 was not Ohio’s fault.

“I need your help to restore the greatness of our state,” Kasich told viewers.

Kasich and Strickland both referenced numerous lists where Ohio’s spot fell far from greatness, including one listing that ranks Ohio as the 42nd best state in the nation.

The drops were not just economic but also in educa-tion and development.

Kasich relied on metaphors during the debate, while

Strickland used the “Wall Street/Main Street” analogy to describe Kasich.

“He wants to bring Wall Street values to Ohio,” Strick-land explained.

Strickland frequently refer-enced Kasich’s time at Lehm-an Brothers saying he had poor management skills and disapproved the idea of a former manager of a Wall Street company taking his place as governor.

Part of the debate ad-dressed The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s cautious endorse-ment of Kasich. Strickland was quick to remind the au-dience that the Oct.. 3 article endorsed Kasich with “trepi-dation to be sure.”

While Kasich argued he would support free trade, Strickland continued the tra-dition of his campaign by negatively labeling Kasich as a supporter of the North American Free Trade

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Ted Strickland is the incumbent candidate for Ohio Governor in the 2010 election.

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John Kasich is the endorsed Republican candi-date running against Strickland in November.

Independent CollegianTheThursday, October 14, 2010A2

The following events oc-curred between Oct. 5 and Oct. 11. Anyone with information regarding these events should con-tact UT Police at 419-530-2600.

Theft from motor vehicle

On Oct. 5, a police offi-cer was dispatched to parking lot 10 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim report-ed her University of Toledo “C” parking permit was stolen from her vehicle. The permit was valued at $125.

On Oct. 8, a police offi-cer was dispatched to parking lot 46 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim report-ed she parked in the lot when arriving for work and when she returned home, she noticed a small bag of groceries was miss-ing from the backseat of her vehicle. The victim stated she had left her ve-hicle unlocked while working.

On Oct. 8, a police officer was dispatched to parking lot 25 to take a theft from motor vehicle report. The victim stated his Universi-ty of Toledo “C” parking permit had been stolen from his vehicle. The per-mit was valued at $125.

On Oct. 11, a police offi-cer took a walk in theft re-port from the UTPD build-ing. The victim reported her vehicle had been bro-ken into and two educa-tional jazz CDs and DVDs she uses to teach her class-es and cables for her Ma-cintosh computer were sto-len. The victim stated she must not have locked her doors since she was only running inside for a short time. The total value of the stolen property is $110.

TheftOn Oct. 6, a police offi-

cer was dispatched to the Student Union Building to take a theft report. The victim stated after he ar-rived for work in the Stu-dent Union dining hall, he placed his backpack, which contained his lap-top, in the men’s locker room and secured the locker with a key lock. He then left the area to work and upon returning discov-ered the lock missing from the locker and his laptop missing from the back-pack. The laptop was val-ued at $1,010.

Speaker discusses one-state solutionBy Sura KhuderIC Staff Writer

If the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is to ever be resolved, it will not be through peace talks between Israeli and Pal-estinian leaders, according to Saree Makdisi.

He said if peace in that re-gion is to be attained, it will be because people around the world will have advocated it.

“It’s to that reserve of good will around the world that Pal-estinians should look,” he said. “I think that can greatly empower the Palestinian struggle and greatly bring about a much quicker and much more effective resolu-tion that brings justice with peace.”

The half-Palestinian UCLA professor is an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Makdisi spoke Saturday at the Collier Education Building during the 10th Annual Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail lecture se-ries, an annual lecture that discusses peace in the Middle East.

Makdisi is a strong propo-nent of a one-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, opposed to a two-state solu-tion that peace processes be-tween these two nations are c u r r e n t l y a i m i n g toward.

He believes it is unthink-able that Isra-el and Pales-tine can ever reach a just and lasting peace given these two parties are “grossly” unequal. The “so called” Palestinian govern-ment, he said, repeatedly lacks its commitment to the nation-al goals of its people.

“If a two-state solution were to be passed, the only Pales-tinian state Israel would ap-prove of is a Palestinian na-tion that is stripped of any

means of self defense and ter-ritorial defenses,” he said. “A state like that would look more or less like the present reality [of Palestine].”

Because the two-state solu-tion is the result of 20 years of negotiations without justice for the Palestinians, Makdisi said the one-state solution is the only option and can be achieved only through non-violence.

“Israel is not quite on the level of South Africa in terms of boycotts and sanctions, but it’s certainly moving in that direction,” Makdisi said

An indication of the world moving in that direction, he said, is the Davis Cup Tennis Match played between Israel and Sweden in 2009 that was played in an empty stadium because the Swedish govern-ment was worried about anti-Israeli protestors.

Musicians such as Elvis Costello and Carlos Santana have refused to play concerts in Israel in protest to their treatment of Palestinians, he said.

Makdisi said there are sev-eral indicators that American attitudes are shifting dramati-cally as well.

“There’s increasing discus-sion in Washington [D.C.] in

national se-curity circles about the im-pact of Israel on American national se-curity and Americans’ interest and people are

asking, ‘what does America benefit from its support from Israel?’” he said. “And the an-swer they are coming up with is there is no American benefit.”

Makdisi said a one-state so-lution is the only option that would recognize and protect the 1.5 million Palestinians liv-ing inside Israel from

Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT

Anti Zionist Orthodox Jewish rabbis demonstrate their support for the Palestinian people dur-ing the re-launch of direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine, Thursday, September 2, 2010, outside the Department of State in Washington, D.C.

discrimination. “The systemic, legalized

forms of discrimination prac-ticed by the state [of Israel] are hardly ever discussed when it comes to discussions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” he said. “Hardly anyone talks about the apartheid practiced within the state that separates citizens according to their reli-gious background.”

Makdisi said about 10 per-cent of Palestinians living in Is-rael live in unrecognized villag-es that were there before the creation of Israel in 1948. Many of these villages are not con-nected to water, electricity, or infrastructure.

“The question of apartheid is becoming increasingly impor-tant to the levels of understand-ing how to resolve the conflict of the Israelis and Palestinians,” Makdisi said. “Having to set a one-state would address the rights of all citizens, whereas a two state solution does nothing for the rights of Palestinians who are left in Israel and are

treated as second-class citizens.”

Samir Abu-Absi, a professor of english linguistics at the Uni-versity of Toledo, believes the current two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict does not seem to be working and other possible solutions need to be explored.

“I think it’s an option that has not re-ceived its share of seri-ous discus-sion, and I think it’s something we really need to discuss,” he said.

Said Zagha, a senior major-ing in film at Kenyon College in Gambler, Ohio and a Palestin-ian who was born in Jerusalem and raised in the West Bank, said the one-state solution to the problem is the only possi-ble solution to the conflict.

“Maybe a couple of years ago, when I was living back

there, I was more skeptical, but as you look at the statis-tics, if Israel keeps doing what it’s doing now I don’t think it will have a sustainable future,” he said.

Not everyone agrees that a one-state solution will solve the conflict.

Amanda Rachidi, a sixth-year pharma-cy student at UT, said the one-state so-lution is an ideological , yet unfeasible solution.

“It’s not go-ing to work

because you have two differ-ent people who pretty much hate each other,” Rachidi said. “The Israelis don’t want one state; they put [the Palestin-ians] in separate areas be-cause they don’t want one state. To hope for a one state solution, that they are all go-ing to live together in one state is kind of a far stretch.”

market-rate wages their coun-terparts at other health care institutions receive.

The contract gives the union members a higher pay raise than the state-sanctioned Fact Finder’s proposal of a 1.67 per-cent increase per year over a three-year span. The BOT re-jected the proposal at their Aug. 28 meeting.

“We want to make sure we retain the people that we have,” Logie said. “Can I raise them to that same level and give them a pay raise? No. But I can give them a pay raise that can keep them competitive.”

Union concessions include requiring employees to make contributions for their health care premiums and allowing UT up to 32 hours of unpaid furloughs. Under the new con-tract, employees won’t be able to cash out their unused vaca-tion/sick time.

Despite casting a unanimous vote to authorize the contract, many board members were re-luctant to accept the terms of the negotiation because they feared the $2.7 million package wasn’t fiscally sound, given the economic outlook.

“Times are changing, and the university just does not have enough ways to generate revenue,” BOT Vice Chair

Carroll Ashley said. “When we generate our expenses, this creates a very uncertain future for us to balance the budget.”

AFSCME 2415 President Tom Kosek was unavailable for an interview. He told the Toledo Blade he still sees the board’s approval as a victory even though they reluctantly passed the agreement.

“The board needs to accept the fact that if you play in that arena, you have to pay in that arena,” Kosek told the Blade.

However, not all BOT mem-bers shared the same feelings of uncertainty.

Trustee Baldemar Velasquez said it would be wise for the university to increase the

wage rate of HSC employees because the UT Medical Cen-ter has been generating reve-nue for the university.

“If we have the money, then give it to the people — that’s my personal opinion,” Velas-quez said. “If there comes some hard times, we’ll go back and reassess. That’s all we can do.”

Amjad Hussain, a BOT member and professor emeri-tus of thoracic cardiovascular surgery, said UT shouldn’t have to follow how other insti-tutions are handling contract renegotiations.

“I don’t think that collective bargaining is an exact science,” Hussain said. “I don’t know why we want to take a general

model from the industry and bring it to the Health Science Campus or the hospital.”

Jacobs said he shares the BOT’s apprehension about the future finances of UT, and the reluctance to ratify the collec-tive bargaining agreement had nothing to do with the employ-ees on HSC.

“I just had more time to get my head around these figures than [the board] did, but we’re virtually in the same place,” Jacobs said.

The contract, which the union voted 794 to 79 in favor of, will end in 21 months on June 30, 2012. Both parties will then be-gin a new round of collective bargaining.

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By Chris KraulLos Angeles Times(MCT)

COPIAPO, Chile — The 16th man trapped for more than two months in a Chilean mine was pulled to safety Wednes-day as the sounds of rejoicing filled the camp in the Chilean desert where hundreds of in-ternational media were hold-ing vigil along with family members of 33 gold and cop-per miners entombed half a mile below ground.

"I never doubted. I always knew God would rescue us," Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued, said in a television interview.

"I am so very happy," added the miner, who was surround-ed by family members holding his hands or touching him, as if to be sure he was really there. "I'm 40 years old and will live many years more now to honor those who helped" in the rescue.

Foreman Florencio Avalos, 31, was the first of the miners to ride up the shaft. Wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes from aboveground lights, Avalos squeezed into a special-ly fitted, bullet-shaped capsule only a shade smaller than the 28-inch diameter of the tunnel and was winched to the sur-face over 14 agonizing minutes.

He stepped from the capsule to an explosion of cheers and patriotic chanting from rescue workers and Chilean officials, his emergence broadcast by state TV to a worldwide audi-ence witnessing a triumph of human determination over geology.

Amid whistles, raw shouts and tears, Avalos hugged his wife, Monica, his sobbing 7-year-old son, Bairon, and the president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera.

His appearance signaled the

start of the final, still-perilous chapter in a 69-day-old drama that began Aug. 5 when an un-derground collapse at the mine sealed off exits for the men. The miners' location and fate were unknown for 17 days, until a drill probing for air pockets poked through into a lunchroom where the men were waiting.

Since then, the original de-spair above and below ground gave way to rejoicing at the discovery, followed by anxiety as drills punched through rock to create a path for the rescue. Patience was further strained by technical delays on the final day, as crews hooked up com-munications gear and ran more tests on the integrity of the shaft.

But any frustration surren-dered to elation when Manuel Gonzalez, a technician, de-scended and joined the men. Video from thousands of feet underground showed extraor-dinary scenes of the miners greeting a visitor from the surface.

Gonzalez's arrival was proof that the trip could be made, but the drama still has time to run.

Rescue workers drafted a pecking order for the men's ascent and said they hoped to bring them out at a rate of about one an hour, a pace that would have everyone to safety in two days.

But they also cautioned against premature celebration, noting that only the top of the shaft had been lined with metal tubing and that each trip re-quired the capsule to negotiate bends in the crude tunnel.

Pinera had arrived at the mine Tuesday afternoon to watch the rescue efforts and greet the miners.

"We made a promise to never surrender and we kept it," the president said.

As relatives huddled around

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Juan Illanes, the 3rd miner to be rescued, is welcomed with cheers, led by Chilean President Sebas-tian Pinera, right, after his rescue from the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, on October 13, 2010.

Chile rejoices as more miners are transported to safety

television sets or bonfires wait-ing for details about when their loved ones were to be hoisted up aboard the rescue capsule, they said they were allowing themselves to feel an enor-mous sense of relief.

Juan Alcalipe, whose son-in-law, Osma Araya, 30, was among the trapped miners, said he was excited to be so close to the end of a nightmare. Araya, he said, won't be return-ing to work at the mine.

"My daughter won't let him," Alcalipe said.

After Avalos was ushered to a nearby makeshift clinic for a checkup, shower and change of clothes, another rescuer, Ro-berto Rios, climbed into the capsule and dropped into the shaft, which was emitting plumes of steam from the sau-na-like chamber below.

Ana Maria Sepulveda, sister of Mario Sepulveda, the miner rescued an hour later, said, "The day we have waited for so long has finally arrived."

Rather than appearing feeble

after his long imprisonment, Sepulveda erupted from the rescue capsule as if he had scored a winning goal in the World Cup. First he hugged his wife, Elvira, then he hugged Pinera three times, then he hugged anyone within reach before leading a crowd of on-lookers in a victory chant of "Long live Chile!" The ebullient miner also presented the presi-dent with a rock signed by all his comrades.

Juan Illanes, 52, was some-what more subdued when he reached the top. The third man to be pulled from the ground hugged his wife, then climbed into a cot to be wheeled away.

The lone Bolivian among the miners, Carlos Mamani, was the next man lifted to safety. He greeted his wife, Veronica, with a kiss that knocked off her white hard hat. He then gestured to a Chilean flag on his T-shirt and shouted, "Gra-cias, Chile!"

As the night wore on and all eyes remained on the spinning

wheel that lowered and raised the rescue capsule, the opera-tion appeared to be running smoothly.

Near the rescue site were four red-and-white portable structures that served as the clinic where, for the first two hours above ground, the min-ers received first aid if needed.

Farther up a steep incline, past enormous cranes and oth-er equipment used in the ef-fort, were half a dozen con-tainer-like structures where miners were reunited with their families.

While in the metal capsule, the men wear an oxygen mask, compression socks to prevent blood clots and a belt that con-tinually measures pulse, tem-perature and respiration. There is two-way communication in-side, and a small video camera focuses on the miner's face.

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After drilling for 33 days, a shaft wide enough for the Phoenix capsule has been completed; trapped miners may begin returning to the surfaceas early asWednesday.

As of Monday’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, academic affairs at the University of Toledo be permanently changed. Three colleges will replace one, with each college made up of sev-eral schools. A two-month implementa-tion period will follow the decision, during which the many details regard-ing resources and personnel will be decided upon.

The plan has great potential to im-prove the quality of the educational ex-perience at UT. Smaller colleges bring students closer to their dean, in the same way that a smaller class size makes it easier for students to commu-nicate with their instructor. The deans of newly-created colleges will have a stake in budgetary meetings, giving voice to previously underrepresented groups. Furthermore, individual schools may be able to take greater control in pursuing specific programs.

Unfortunately, the process that led to the restructuring decision occurred mostly over the summer, and it was only in recent weeks that Jacobs brought the restructuring proposal to the attention of Faculty Senate and the community as a whole. This left only enough time for a reactive, not proac-tive, response from the community.

This decision has seen plenty of input from administrators and the hand-picked members of the Com-mittee on Strategic Organization. Now it is time for the plan to be influ-enced by those who will be affected by it most: the students and the fac-

ulty who teach them.The collective body of UT faculty pos-

sesses a vast wealth of knowledge and resources. To exclude their voice in this decision is to doom the restructuring process to apathy and resistance. Any decision made so exclusively by the ad-ministration is bound to underperform — even if the plan is fairly sound, it will not be fully embraced by the majority who felt excluded from its genesis.

The administration’s failure of com-munication should be immediately rem-edied. Visible efforts to inform the com-munity about the need for restructuring and to invite their input would go a long way toward restoring the faith of faculty and students in their administration.

However much the community may be offended — and rightly so — by Presi-dent Jacobs’ poorly communicated, top-down approach to initiating change, fac-ulty and students should use the next two months to gather and present their suggestions to Jacobs and the Board of Trustees, in hopes of steering the re-structuring to best fit students’ needs.

To continue fighting the restructur-ing plan or its methods is unproduc-tive. We take note of administrative failures not to build animosity against them, but to point out where improve-ment could be made.

It is our sincere hope that restructur-ing academic affairs, with sufficient input from students and faculty, will improve the quality of a UT education and help UT rise to the top tier of pub-lic institutions of higher education.

The recent agreement between the University of Toledo and the Ameri-can Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees brings an end to the 18-month negotiations between the two parties.

This compromise shows that UT still makes efforts to show respect for its workforce, even under poor economic conditions. Though the bargaining process saw many ups and downs, in the end, the willingness to settle disputes diplomatically has led to a compromise that is both mutually beneficial and optimistic.

The decision affects over 2,000 UT employees, most of whom work on the Health Science Campus. In addition to an imminent lump sum payment, these workers will receive a two percent pay increase starting in November and a three percent increase in June. These rewards are all the more significant given that comparable adjustment in the negative direction is the current industry standard.

UT, like most U.S. educational insti-tutions responding to a continually

weak economy, has cut wages, laid off employees and mandated fur-loughs in order to balance budget shortfalls. While these measures are sometimes necessary in order to con-tinue operations, they reinforce a negative trend and have harmful ef-fects that ripple outward.

Having less disposable income means employees will spend less, which weakens the local economy. A de-crease in consumer spending results in less tax revenue, some of which would make its way back to educational insti-tutions. A number of less easily-seen consequences result from decreasing employee pay, in addition to the dis-content of affected workers.

Though the negotiations spanned a year and a half and inspired consider-able frustration for both parties, rea-son and diplomacy prevailed. The compromise that was created pro-vides an inspiring example of what can be accomplished when people truly listen to each other and make sacrifices for the greater good.

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Forum A4Thursday, October 14, 2010

If you aren’t already aware of it, I would like to turn your attention to the curricular theme UT chose to feature this year:

impr ison -ment.

It is a de-l iberate ly p r o v o c a -tive topic, d e s i g n e d to encour-age much t h o u g h t and dia-l o g u e . From the

Theatre and Film depart-ments’ season of crime and punishment-centered shows and movies to last week’s Interfaith Panel discussion on the death penalty to a Coffee Hour chat with representatives from the Department of Law and Social Thought, matters of incarceration and justice are on the fore-front of our school’s col-lective mind.

Why this topic? Although I haven’t spoken to anyone specifically about why im-prisonment became the overarching theme for the 2010-11 academic year, it might have something to do with Ohio’s criminal statistics.

According to the Nation-al Institute of Corrections website, we rank just above the national average in crime rates — property crime being the highest — and incarceration, yet the Death Penalty Information Center places us tenth overall among states who

enforce the death penalty, with Ohio having executed 41 prisoners since 1976 — 8 in this year alone — and 168 people currently sitting on death row, according to DeathPenaltyInfo.org.

Such numbers reflect a need for reevaluation, from figuring out more successful methods for preventing crime as well as determining how to ad-equately punish criminals.

Embedded even deeper within those consider-

ations are the more com-plicated questions of how to effect positive change among those who are in-carcerated — the system is called “corrections,” after all. Just because a person is locked up doesn’t mean that his or her journey of mind and spirit suddenly disappears.

With that in mind, UT has brought an interesting figure into the conversa-tion: Sister Helen Prejean. I will conduct a thorough interview with her in this paper, but it is important to briefly outline her con-

tributions to the prison re-form movement.

Sr. Prejean is the author of “Dead Man Walking,” a national bestseller that is the required “First Read” for all incoming UT fresh-man. Sr. Prejean’s story is a moving account of get-ting to know Louisiana death row inmate Patrick Sonnier prior to his execu-tion — he was convicted of murdering two people, along with his brother.

The book is also an as-sessment of what is wrong with the judicial and cor-rections system; it provides a staggering record of how the system often fails those who need it most, the poor and uneducated.

Sr. Prejean will be on campus today at 7:30 pm in the Student Union Audito-rium. Even if you are a pro-ponent of the death penalty, listening to her talk could provide another perspec-tive for consideration.

Even if we are not liter-ally imprisoned, we all find ourselves at times held captive by beliefs that can bind our thinking. On-ly when those beliefs are tested and we either find a renewal of strength or adopt a new belief, can we move forward.

And that, I believe, is the ultimate reason UT chose imprisonment as its theme for this year.

—Alexandra Scarbor-

ough is an IC columnist

and a graduate student in

philosophy.

Crime & Punishment

Just because a person is locked up doesn’t mean that his or her

journey of mind and spirit suddenly

disappears.

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Jacobs told the board the restructuring process will build synergy among different stakeholders and “energize” the university, which will show the Higher Learning Commission, an accrediting agency, that the university is not static.

In an interview on Tuesday, Jacobs told the Independent Collegian it is inconceivable, from an administrative stand-point, to present the BOT with a fully detailed plan and ex-pect each implementation step to be specified and ap-proved by the board.

“I don’t think you can do something like this and have it all done and finalized. Cer-tainly, I wouldn’t have stood in front of the board and said that this will create synergy and creativity and new con-versations if every last deci-sion was specified,” he said. “Part of the creativity is spurred by all those decisions and the conversions that those decisions will require.”

Some faculty think UT has already undergone enough changes in the past several years, demonstrating the uni-versity has not stood motionless.

In an interview after the BOT meeting, Walt Olson, professor of mechanical engi-neering and member of the Faculty Senate, said the merg-er between UT and MUO in 2006 demonstrates UT is not a static institution.

“This has been a university that has been in change since 2005. Despite people saying we’ve been static, we have not been. We’ve been continually changing, from the merger to where we are today,” he said.

Fall said the board will take a monitoring approach to the implementation, and he is confident Jacobs will involve all stakeholders, especially the faculty, in the implementa-tion process.

“I look forward — honestly, I would challenge the Faculty Senate now to be involved and to participate and to offer constructive direction,” Fall said. “They own the intellec-tual property of this institu-tion in a funny way in that regard.”

Chair of the Faculty Senate

Mary Powers said it isn’t clear to her how the university will carry out the restructuring plan.

“I don’t know just how to weigh [moving forward with restructuring] right now,” Powers said. “It’s difficult to know what will happen next, especially without having a picture of how the implemen-tation is envisioned.”

Cross-college schoolsPerhaps the most notice-

able change to the university’s structure is the addition of schools that will be sponsored by colleges.

According to Main Campus Provost Bill McMillen, the new schools will serve as hor-izontal components to the vertical structure of the plan, meaning they will work with-in the administrative hierar-chy rather than be a part of it.

“[The plan to form schools] encompasses and promotes this idea of collaboration and the facilitating of people be-ing able to cut across bound-aries and talk,” McMillen said.

One example McMillen pro-vided during an interview was the function of the School of the First Year Experience, which will eventually include all freshmen and will be based on a customized first-year curriculum. That is, if a fresh-man wants to enter the engi-neering program, but doesn’t meet the math requirements, he or she will be advised on which math courses and what overall course load will best prepare them for the engi-neering admissions process.

The school is also designed to raise UT’s retention rate, which is nearly 70 percent, and curb the “teach to the middle” approach many teachers employ.

According to McMillen, a typical class is made up of roughly three levels of stu-dents: those excelling, those facing difficulty and those in the middle.

McMillen said teachers tend to teach to the middle be-cause that’s the level of peda-gogy where the average stu-dent will best understand the material. However, the prob-lem with teaching to the mid-dle is that the student excel-ling in the course could grow bored with the material, and the disadvantaged student

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Colleges created by reorganization

College of Business and Innovation Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science and Human Service College of Engineering College of Graduate Studies Honors College College of Innovative Learning College of Languages, Literature, and Social Sciences College of Law College of Medicine and Life Sciences College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics College of Nursing College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Visual and Performing Arts

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might continue to struggle grasping the coursework.

According to McMillen, in dealing with the “teach to the middle” problem, the SFYE will focus on offering three classes for each level of student-preparedness.

Jacobs said the schools serve as ways for the adminis-tration to respond to the needs of professors and students.

According to Jacobs, if fac-ulty and students want to es-tablish a school for a particu-lar discipline, they can draft a proposal and the administra-tion and board will decide whether the school is practi-cal given the university’s resources.

Though the costs and finan-cial support of the schools have yet to be determined, McMillen said they are likely to borrow faculty from colleg-es and departments to serve as their core, but it is unknown whether there will be a sizable round of faculty hires to staff the schools and departments.

McMillen also said some classes might be combined with faculty approval in order to free up professors for the schools.

“As opposed to any needed desire to say ‘OK, we need to get rid of X and get rid of Y,’ it seems better to take X and transform it into Y,” he said.

Jacobs said at this point the source of funding will most likely come from each school’s

sponsoring college or external funding from a donor, but the final decision will be made in the months to come.

‘Situational’ restructuring

Since the Committee on Strategic Organization, a group of 12 faculty and admin-istrators appointed by Jacobs, began the reorganization plan-ning process in June, there has been a great deal of con-troversy surrounding the issue.

Many faculty members have claimed there is no need to reorganize the university if none of the major stakehold-ers — administration, faculty, staff and students — cannot identify a problem with the organizational structure.

During his first announce-ment of the plan on Sept. 28, Jacobs mentioned the pur-pose of restructuring was to enhance the university and better emphasize specific aca-demic areas rather than fix a problem.

Jacobs told the IC on Tues-day there is no “single bench-mark” for the organizational structure of a university, not-ing Ohio State University’s re-cent decision to consolidate several colleges into one, uni-form College of Arts and Sciences.

According to Jacobs, OSU’s reorganization, which some

Agreement. Strickland is supportive

of fair trade but “opposed to ‘most favored nation sta-tus’ with China.”

After the debate, the can-didates delivered Toledo and UT-specific speeches backstage during a news conference.

At the College Democrats’ rally, Strickland mentioned the discovery of an actor hired to portray a blue-col-lar worker in one of his ads.

When asked whether he had a plan for creating white collar work, specifi-cally for college graduates, Strickland expressed inter-est in continuing tuition in-centives, as well as invest-ing in universities, with hopes of creating “jobs of the future.”

He also proposed a “Uni-versity System of Ohio.”

“I don’t know if Kasich spent any time talking about higher education [throughout his campaign],”

Strickland said.Kasich disagreed.“We’re losing jobs here at

UT,” he explained backstage.

Kasich and Strickland mentioned UT spin-off com-pany Xunlight Corporation, started by Xunming Deng, a UT physics professor. Both Kasich and Strickland said Xunlight Corp., which con-structs solar panels and other solar-powered cre-ations, is an example of the future of job creation in store for Ohio.

Though green industry jobs may be a possibility for up-and-coming UT gradu-ates, the general concern for employment options is a high priority for many Ohio students.

Chair of the UT College Republicans, Jon Sander said employment for col-lege graduates is a major reason to cast a vote for Kasich.

“[Kasich] offers the best opportunities UT students have at getting on track with their careers,” he said.

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UT faculty members argued was indication not to divide the CAS, shows it is possible that two institutions moving in opposite structural direc-tions can still pursue the same level of excellence.

“It’s important to recognize that every organization chart is situational,” Jacobs said. “There’s no absolute way to do an org-chart. Every place is different; every attempt to organize an institution is situ-ational and not an absolutism.”

Olson said many faculty members are open to change, but their fear is that the uni-versity is facing an unknown financial situation, which leads some to be anxious about the changes being imposed.

Olson said the largest prob-lem he sees with the plan, and a question that remains unanswered, is how the uni-versity will deal with the reor-ganization and prepare for a projected $20 million budget shortfall for the upcoming fis-cal year.

“The biggest expense at a university is, in fact, people,

salaries,” Olson said. “If we face a $20 to $40 million shortfall, and you’re adding people at the administrative level and these staffs, the on-ly places you can take them out are from the professors, who are teaching the courses.”

At the BOT meeting, Jacobs stated he doesn’t anticipate a need for layoffs with the new plan, adding that restructur-ing makes the university bet-ter-fit to respond to financial difficulties.

Jacobs told the IC there will be more difficult years to come, but the restructuring plan will help the university attract more donors and state funding because it will show that UT is “moving with the times.”

“I think we constantly, if we want to stay alive, and sur-vive, and do our mission, we have to be a living, moving organism… And the more we can look like a living, moving organism to external funders to the governor to the chan-cellor to whomever is the gov-ernor [after midterm elec-tions], the better off we will be ultimately,” Jacobs said.

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Top left: Skillet Frontman John Cooper. Skillet was the opening act yesterday at The Omni. Skillet is an American Christian rock band that hails from Memphis, Tenn. Top Right and Bottom Right: Papa Roach Frontman Jacoby Shaddix. Bottom Left: Lead guitar and back-up vocals for Papa Roach, Jerry Horton. Papa Roach, who were originally scheduled to perform at Savage Arena, were moved to The Omni.

Arts“Common sense is not so common.” —Voltaire andLife

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fridayHeadliners — Whitechapel will be playing at Headliners with Impend-ing Doom, Miss May I, Oeano, I De-clare War, Vivian Banks and The Plot In You. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, the night of the show.

Center for Performing Arts — “12 Angry Jurors” will be opening Friday at 7: 30 p.m. Tickets are $13 for general admission, $11 for facul-ty, staff, alumni and seniors and $9 for students. There will also be per-formances on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., the following Wednesday through Saturday at 7: 30 p.m. and again at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

saturdayHeadliners — The Black Dahlia Murder will be performing with Goatwhore, Arkaik and Trust Me I’m A Doctor. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tick-ets are $13 in advance and $15 at the door, the night of the show.

Valentine Theatre — “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be presented at the Valentine Theatre on N. Superior Street. The show is at 8 p.m. For more information contact the the-atre at 419-242-2787.

Ritter Planetarium — “The Moon-Witch” is an entertaining and infor-mative look at the Moon. The event begins at 1 p.m. and doors open at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for children 3-12, seniors and UT students, faculty and staff. Reser-vations are not accepted. For more information call 419-530-2650 Mon-day through Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., or call the 24-hour infor-mation hotline at 419-530-4037 for a recorded message.

sundaySwan Creek Preserve — In honor of Halloween, the Metroparks of the Toledo Area present “In Search of the Pumpkin Orb Weaver” where participants will search Swan Creek for “pumpkin orb weaver spider, cat’s face tulip tree leaves, witches broom fungi in the hackberry and other creepy nature specimens.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information and to register for this event, visit Me-troparksToledo.com.

Headliners — Finger Eleven will be performing with Taddy Porter, The Sleeping and Cold Conspiracy. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $22 at the door, the night of the show.

Collingwood Arts Center — George Winston will be giving a solo piano concert. The show begins at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more informa-tion contact the Collingwood Arts Center at 419-244-ARTS.

mondayCrystals Lounge — The Music Department will present UT Jazz Night in the Crystals Lounge at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for students and seniors. For more information contact the Music De-partment at 419-530-2448 or send an e-mail to jazz@toledo.edu.

tuesdayToledo Lucas County Public Library — The library will be host-ing “Haunted Library!” It begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the pub-lic. For more information contact the Toledo Heights Branch Library at 419-259-5220.

Stranahan Theater — “Me and Mrs. Jones” will be presented in the Great Hall of the Stranahan Theater. The event begins at 8 p.m. Visit Tick-etMaster for ticket information.

wednesdayToledo Museum of Art — The Eagles will be performing at the Huntington Center. The show begins at 8 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m. Ticket information can be found on TicketMaster.com.

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Most would almost never expect a well-established archaeologist who lives and works in both Eu-rope and Egypt to say anything along the lines of “I don’t fancy see-ing the mummy.”

However, those were the words of Dr. André Veldmeijer on Oct 8, when he came to the Toledo Muse-um of Art to give a speech entitled “Tutankhamun’s Footwear.”

Veldmeijer, originally from Amster-dam, is the author of the new book “Tutankhamun’s Footwear: Studies of Ancient Egyptian Footwear” and has conducted the first-ever study of the shoes found in this pharaoh’s

tomb. He is also the chairman of the web-based Netherlands scientific journals, PalArch, and is a part of the Archaelogical Institute of America (AIA), as well as the Ancient Egyp-tian Footwear Project (AEFP).

While this archaeologist may not be intrigued by any part of tightly wrapped corpses, his interest is cer-tainly piqued when it comes to their foot’s accessories. Tutankhamun, more commonly known as King Tut, unknowingly provided an ample amount of style and variety for use in Veldmeijer’s studies. Excavated from King Tut’s tomb alone were 94 pairs of sandals and shoes made with anything from cured leather, to bark, to strong and durable cords constructed from palm leaves.

Of the sandals, five types have been identified. These include sewn, coiled sewn, plain plaited, woven and leather composite, while only two types of shoes were recognized: those that were leather open or leather closed.

As is to be expected, much of the footwear is quite torn or deterio-rated, making the intense effort of picking out its grandeur a bit more challenging. Veldmeijer pointed out that a few of the shoes, when made of cured leather and stored in mois-ture, even had decay fluids “pour-ing out” like liquefied wax.

This being said, the footwear cur-rently looks unfit for even the most un-fortunate feet. Despite their current

The goodSylvania animal clinic expansion

Sylvania, Ohio’s West Suburban Animal Clinic is under construction. The work will be done by February and will yield more exam-rooms and a larger pet-grooming area. For more information on the clinic and all it can do to help your furry friends visit SuburbanAnimalClin-ics.com/west/.

Experiments on animals — the good kind

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Wake County, NC, which helped rescue the animals held captive at Profes-sional Laboratory and Research Services, Inc. (PLRS) who has been mentioned in previous issues, is ex-perimenting on the animals they rescued.

These experiments, however, are not of the same nature of those they have been subjected to previously. The scientists at SPCA are instead collecting data on key “parameters” like “petting sweet spot” and “favor-ite toy.” For video of the experi-ments visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLAz9McnMTM.

Canine concert

Mishka is a Husky with a unique gift, she can sing. This beautiful pup has a beautiful singing voice that makes her even more loveable, if her adorable face wasn’t enough. Let her serenade you with a surpris-ingly catchy song. For the video visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4bmK-acEM.

The badJimmy Choo’s not so cruelty-free alternatives

While Jimmy Choo has removed leather from their line they continue to use “alternatives” that are just as cruel to animals. While many know of the cruelty involved in gaining leather—where cows are abused and mutilated—not many realize that the so-called alternatives are not much better. The alternatives Jimmy Choo uses include snakes, crocodiles, alligators and other rep-tile skins. Most of these reptiles are beaten to death with hammers and snakes are skinned alive.

Many people fear snakes or other reptiles and may not feel sympathy for their plight; however, before dis-missing this cruelty, consider how it would feel to be skinned alive and consider how your beloved pets would feel. It is a fate deserved by no creature. To urge Jimmy Choo to cease the use of reptiles in their products visit https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3337.

Elephants don’t belong in zoos

Elephants all over the world are still being held captive in zoos and circuses for the “entertainment” of humans. Many of these groups “train” and control their elephants with bullhooks, which resembles something like a fireplace poker. When the elephants are struck with these devices, they often receive wounds in the form of punctures

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By LaShae NaszradiArts and Life Editor

King tut’s shoesSocks with sandals is a fashion faux pas, but don’t tell King TutBy Weslie DetwilerFor the IC

— Animals, Page B2

Photo courtesy of MissJoSanFrancisco.com

Dr. Andre Veldmeijer visited the Toledo Museum of Art on Oct 8 to give a lecture on King Tut’s footwear. Dr. Veldmeijer recently authored a book on the same subject titled, “Tutankhamun’s Footwear: Studies of Ancient Egyptian Footwear.”

— King Tut, Page B2

Papa Roach at the omni

— Papa Roach, Page B2

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and abscesses.

This threat keeps the great animals afraid and submissive to their proverbial “wardens.” The Santa Ana Zoo in Califor-nia is a zoo which uses these methods and currently offers elephant rides to its patrons. To urge them to cease elephant rides as well as return these majestic creatures to the wild email the director of the zoo, Kent Yamaguchi, at kyamagu-chi@santa-ana.org.

However, some elephants ul-timately refuse to submit, lash-ing out at their captors. One such incident occurred at our own Toledo Zoo over the sum-mer. The zoo, which claims to only use a tool called a “guide” for training purposes, doesn’t seem to realize that keeping these animals locked up is cru-el in and of itself and is a valid reason for them to be angry. It is therefore logical for such an-ger to cause violent outbursts. To urge the zoo to release their

captive elephants into the wild, where they belong, call 419-385-5721 or send a letter to P.O. Box 140130, Toledo, OH 43614.

The ugly Death toll continues to rise at SeaWorld

The third death in four months occurred at SeaWorld on Oct 4. A 25-year-old orca named Kalina died at the Or-lando location in the midst of what should have been, ac-cording to the Humane Soci-ety of the United States, a 70 to 80 year lifespan.

Kalina, who was born in cap-tivity, has never been allowed to roam the vast oceans that she was built for. In addition, SeaWorld has treated her like a baby-making machine, forcing her to give birth to four calves within her short life. To urge SeaWorld to release their whales, and all the animals they hold captive, into the wild visit https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=displage=UserAction&id=2947.

state of decomposition, in their day the shoes — which boasted the usual color combination of red and green — were adorned with beads, diamonds, gold and intricate design.

Veldmeijer isn’t sure of the comfort level of the shoes, but admits “That is what I hope to find out.”

He adds that “Comfortable for us doesn’t mean comfort-able for them,” particularly when considering that the majority of people and work-ers of the time did not wear any kind of shoe at all and would have spent most of the time treading barefoot.

While not all footwear was restricted to royalty, Veld-meijer mentions that it “re-flects [a] delicate boundary in status.” Comparatively, we think of red, high-heeled pumps connoting a certain air of power, just as the an-cient Egyptians would have viewed Tut’s diamond-and-gold-covered feet.

Unlike this status-holding foot apparel, and much to

the surprise of excavators, pairs of early socks were al-so found within the tomb. It’s true that the ancient Egyptians have often been praised for their elaborate costume and high fashion, but there is the ever-present possibility that King Tut ac-tually committed the appear-ance faux pas of wearing socks with sandals. Needless to say, if this speculation should be proven, contem-porary fashion designers would be appalled.

While these discoveries fas-cinate archaeologists and an-cient Egypt fanatics alike, more interesting to the com-mon person could be the real-ity of Tutankhamun as a hu-man being. Even the most powerful of pharaohs was sub-ject to a clubfoot, therefore making the study of his foot-wear all the more interesting.

It is unknown as to wheth-er or not King Tut’s slight handicap would have affect-ed his shoes, but we can still be certain of one thing. Re-gardless of royalty, birth-right, golden details or struc-ture of weaving, his shoes were fit for a king.

AnimalsFrom Page B1

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Photo courtesy of WritersForensicsBlog.files.wordpress.com

This bust of King Tut was created by Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt and National Geographic Society in 2005.

Papa RoachFrom Page B1

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Papa Roach visited The Omni yesterday. The concert, which was originally scheduled for Savage Arena, was moved to The Omni. Skillet, a Christian rock band, was their opening act.

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dink-and-dunk guy this year but unfortunately it hasn’t translated into the UT offense we saw last season. Both quarterbacks can run the football but the arm strength of Owens adds another dimension to the struggling Toledo offense.

Both the quarterbacks will face a highly touted de-fense as Kent State is the top-ranked rushing defense in the country (59.6 ypg) and the number one ranked overall defense (284.2 ypg) in the MAC.

If UT wants to be success-ful offensively they must find a way to get the ball to sophomore Eric Page in open field. The Boise State defense had no answer for the Toledo native as he hauled in 11 catches for 120 yards, so it’s hard to see Kent State having much more success containing Page.

With so many key drops in the past weeks by the UT wideouts, junior Danny Noble needs to be a key contributor in the passing

game. The 6-5, 233 pound tight end has yet to ex-plode offensively and this could be his week to sup-plant himself behind Page as a reliable weapon for whomever is behind center.

Good news for the 113th ranked Toledo offense is that the Golden Flashes are even worse at 114th. Tole-do’s defense has the talent to contain the dreadful KSU offense.

Kent State is led by soph-omore quarterback Spencer Keith who has thrown for 984 yards, five touchdowns and seven interceptions this season. In last week’s game against Akron, Keith com-pleted 17-of-34 passes for 186 yards and one score. Leading the ground attack for KSU will be Jacquise Terry, who has yet to rush for over 90 yards this sea-son but has three touch-downs in his last two games.

These teams are very sim-ilar as they both rely on their defense to force turn-overs and give their offens-es good field position.

The Rocket defense has been up to the challenge all year and with athletes like

seniors Archie Donald and Desmond Marrow, it would be hard to believe that they get out-played on their home field for the third straight time.

While Dantin is on the field he must find a way to get the ball down the field to his playmakers, some-thing he has yet to do all season. The short slant routes and five yard out pat-terns will not be enough to score on a defense of this caliber.

The injury to Dantin could give the Toledo coaching staff a good look at what Owens can do against a very good defense in the MAC. Owens athleticism will allow the offensive co-ordinator to open up the playbook and get the ball to guys like Noble and Page down the field more often. However, with Owens un-der center there will likely be growing pains and a cou-ple bad decisions could cost Toledo a much-needed victory.

— Joe Mehling is the As-sistant Sports Editor and a sophomore majoring in communication.

doing a good job of picking us apart and we were miss-ing some tackles and I think we shored that up in the sec-ond half. Turnovers change everything in the game and when you get as many as we did, that’s going to help tremendously.”

The Rockets suffered mul-tiple injuries against the Broncos, most notably Dan-tin, who was removed on a stretcher with a slight con-cussion. He was hit with a helmet-to-helmet blow on a designed fourth quarter rush-ing attempt with Toledo down 57-7. Dantin didn’t suf-fer any post-concussion symptoms and was only suf-fering from a “bit of a stiff neck” this week.

“It was mainly precaution-ary,” Dantin said. “I was tell-ing them I could sit up. I had a little tingling in my feet and because of that they said they wanted to [use a stretcher].

“Nothing too severe, I’m going to do everything I can to come back and play. That’s my goal.”

“We have got to get better,” said Beckman when asked

why Dantin was still in the game with the team down 50 points. “If you asked Austin and T.O. they want to play; they want to be involved. We’ve got to get better. We took 65 players out there and 58 played in the game and that was one thing we want-ed to make sure that we did. We are trying to build this program to be like the Boise, Utah and TCU and the only way we can do that is to make our players get better.”

According to The Blade’s Zach Silka, Dantin has been cleared and will start this week’s game. He and Owens should be utilized in the same rotation as they were against the Broncos. Dantin and Owens competed last week for the starting quarter-back job with Dantin receiv-ing the start, completing 13-of-18 passes for 167 yards with two interceptions along with his fifth rushing touch-down on the season. Owens completed 8-of-11 passes for 55 yards and a score. He did, however, fumble on two oc-casions after sacks.

Also injured against Boise was freshman running back David Fluellen, who will be out for the next four weeks. Sophomore defensive end

T.J. Fatinikun (ankle) and freshman wide receiver James Green (leg) were also hurt in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game. Fatinikun is questionable to play against Kent State (2-3, 1-1 MAC) while Green is expected to return to the lineup.

Senior defensive end Alex Johnson is also doubtful to return this week after a facial fracture against Western Michigan on Sept. 18.

With Kent State entering the Glass Bowl this week, the Rockets will look to win their first game at home this season. UT lost 41-2 on Sept. 3 to Arizona and 20-15 on Oct. 2 to Wyoming.

“It’s a must-win for us,” Dantin said. “As a team and also for our crowd. We are playing at home and we should be winning every home game we play.”

“We want to win at home so bad that with four of the six games at home it sets up very well,” junior defensive tackle Malcolm Riley said. “I think we are going to be very successful.

“We are coming off Boise with a chip on our shoulder. We want to show our fans and the world that we are a good football team.”

By IC Staff

Toledo looks to build on its lead in the Mid-American Conference as they go on the road this week against Kent State and Buffalo.

Both KSU and the Bulls have struggled this season. The Golden Flashes (1-8-4) and Buffalo (1-12-1) have yet to win a league game this sea-son as each has an 0-5-1 conference record.

The Rockets have a 10-2-2 record on the season, includ-ing a perfect 6-0-0 mark in the MAC. That start is the best

league start in school history. Toledo also has a seven game win streak, the second lon-gest in UT history, and has

not lost a game in nine consecutive contests.

The main reason for Toledo’s fast start in con-ference play has been ju-nior goalie Vicki Traven and the

Rockets defense. UT has giv-en up just two goals in the six conference games while Traven has a MAC-low 0.32

goals-against average and four shutouts in league play.

The Rockets have been succeeding on the offensive

end as well, tied for 45th in the nation in total offense (2.07 goals per game) out-scoring their oppo-nents 83-41 on the year.

Junior Kristen Lynn leads the UT attack with 14 points. She leads MAC in shots (44) and is fifth in points and assists

(4). Senior Brittany Hensler and freshman Rachel Ma-cLeod each have 11 points on the season.

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SoccerAway at Kent State Fri. Oct. 15 at 4 p.m.

Away at Buffalo Sun. Oct. 18 at Noon

Upcoming Toledo Athletic Events

Men’s and Women’s Cross CountryAway at The pre-NCAA InvitationalSat. Oct 16 at Terre Haute, Ind. at 10 a.m.

VolleyballHome vs. Kent StateFri. Oct. 15 at 7 p.m

Home vs. OhioSat. Oct 16 at 3 p.m.

Swimming and DivingHome vs. Illinois Fri. Oct. 15 at 5 p.m.

Home vs. OaklandSat. Oct. 16 at 1 p.m.

FootballHome vs. Kent StateSat. Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.

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Senior Brittany Hensler is second on the team with 11 points on the season. Hensler and the Rockets are 10-2-2 on the season and have a perfect 6-0-0 mark in conference play.

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UT remains unbeaten in MAC

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Jeremy Avery and Boise State scored 36 first half points and moved up to the No. 3 team in the country after a 57-14 win over Toledo and a loss by top-ranked Alabama on Saturday.

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www.IndependentCollegian.com Zach Davis – Editor

I think we were a little shell-shocked. When you are playing

one of the top teams in the country you have to come out fast. We gave

up too many points early.Tim BeckmanUT Head Football Coach ”“

Toledo will be challenged with the Golden Flashes

After losing big at No. 3 Boise State last weekend, the Rock-ets return to the Glass Bowl to battle Kent State this Saturday.

The loss sent Toledo to a 3-3 record but with only league games remaining, UT can turn

their focus on the team’s num-ber one goal, the Mid-A m e r i c a n Conference Champion-ship.

This Sat-u r d a y ’ s g a m e against the G o l d e n F l a s h e s may be an uphill battle as sopho-more quar-t e r b a c k Austin Dan-tin will play but a two-quarterback system will be in place as redshirt f r e s h m a n T e r r a n c e Owens will also get p l a y i n g time.

The two q u a r t e r -backs have been com-p e t i n g

against one another in practice for the starting role since UT head coach Tim Beckman de-cided to bench Dantin and go with the less-experienced Ow-ens with just under a minute remaining in the third quarter against Wyoming. Entering the game down 20-0, Owens and the Rockets rattled off 15-unan-swered points and nearly com-pleted the comeback.

With Owens, the Rockets have a legitimate downfield threat for the first time this sea-son. Dantin has been the

Toledo hosts Kent State after Boise State blowout

Dig Pink (12-7, 4-2) (6-11, 1-5)Women’s Volleyball - Saturday, Oct. 16 in Savage Arena at 3 p.m.

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Front Page Material After an impressive win over the defending Super Bowl Champions this week-end, former Toledo and Arizona Cardinals rookie wide receiver Stephen Wil-liams was featured on the front page of Sports Illustrated’s website.

Kent State at Toledo

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The Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio

Saturday, Oct. 16 7 p.m.

Toledo: 3-3 (2-0 MAC)

Kent State: 2-3(1-1 MAC)

-This is Kent State’s first visit to the Glass Bowl since 1999.

-The Golden Flashes have the nation’s top rush-ing defense at 59.6 yards per game.

-The Rockets have yet to win a home game this season, losing to Arizona and Wyoming.

By Zach DavisSports Editor

Toledo will try to rebound from a 57-14 blowout at No. 3 Boise State this week as it welcomes in Kent State to the Glass Bowl on Saturday at 7 p.m.

UT (3-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) fell behind early against the Broncos, as BSU scored 36 points in the first half including their opening touchdown just over two min-utes into the game. The Bron-cos still haven’t lost a game at home since 2001.

“I think we were a little shell-shocked,” Toledo head coach Tim Beckman said. “When you are playing one of the top teams in the country you have to come out fast. We gave up too many points early.”

The Rockets racked up 201 yards and punted just twice in their seven first half drives but turned the ball over three times to Boise State. Sopho-more quarterback Austin Dan-tin threw an interception in the red zone after a drop by Kenny Stafford fell into the hands of a Broncos defender. Toledo also had a fumble from redshirt-freshman quarter-back Terrance Owens on his first possession after a sack and a fumble by junior run-ning back Adonis Thomas in Boise State’s territory.

“We had a lot of turnovers and it really killed a lot of drives,” Dantin said. “We are still making strides to become a great offense and we showed signs against Boise. We need to improve in the turnover category but we did a lot of good things.”

“We had a good lead but it really didn’t feel like that,” Boise State head coach Chris Petersen said. “They were

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Boise State running back Jeremy Avery scores in last week’s 57-14 win over Toledo. The Rockets have a 3-3 record on the season, but are unbeaten in the Mid-American Conference with wins over Ohio and Western Michigan.

Joe Mehling

Both quar-terbacks can run the foot-ball but the a r m strength of Owens adds another di-mension to the strug-gling Toledo offense.

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Rockets host Ohio and Kent State this weekend

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Junior outside hitter Amber DeWeerdt and UT will to win their second game in a row with Dig Pink Night on Saturday at 3 p.m.

By IC Staff

The Rockets won their first game of the Mid-American Conference season last Saturday against MAC East Division leading Akron after falling to Ball State on Friday. Tole-do will host Kent State tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Ohio on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Saturday’s match against the Bob-cats will serve as “Dig Pink” in at-tempt to raise $1,000 in donations for breast cancer research. The Uni-versity of Toledo will receive 25 percent of the proceeds to put to-wards a research facility while all other proceeds will be given to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Sophomore outside hitter Sondra Parys played in her first full match of the season and led her team to victory with 27 kills against the Zips. Junior Kassie Kadera tallied a sea-son-high 64 assists and a career-high 23 digs.

With Kent State visiting Savage Arena tomorrow, the Rockets will face a tough test as the Golden Flashes have won two straight road games. KSU currently ranks third in the MAC East but ranks last in the conference with 12.06 kills per set.

Toledo looks for its first victory against the Bobcats since 1999 on Saturday. Ohio has advanced to the NCAA tournament for seven straight years.

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