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By Amanda EggertStaff Reporter

The deficit, smaller class sizes and flipped classrooms were some of the topics stu-dents questioned Main Campus Provost Scott Scar-borough about at Tuesday night’s student forum.

Student Government host-ed the forum and about 80 were in attendance to hear about Imagine 2017, the Main Campus strategic plan.

Scarborough said he wanted to hold the meeting to allow students to have an impact on the plan as it be-gins to take shape.

“The next three months are going to be a living hell,” Scarborough said during the meeting. “If you go through this type of change with all these people who are pas-sionate and intelligent, not only in this room, but our faculty, these conversations are not going to be easy.”

Many questions involved how UT planned to deal with next year’s projected $36 mil-lion deficit, which Scarbor-ough said it will be a year and a half process to fix the deficit.

“For the last two years, on top of losing the $20 million from federal stimulus money, we’ve also had enrollment de-cline exceed what we thought,” Scarborough said.

Proposed class size changes entail a minimum of 30 stu-dents in a class, compared to the current 24. This opened up dialogue about student to faculty ratio.

“Colleges with a smaller student to faculty ratio are generally ranked better

because those students get more individualized atten-tion in their classes,” said a student in the crowd.

Scarborough said prob-lems wouldn’t be created from increasing the size by a few students. He said in comparison, UT still has a better student to faculty ra-tio than larger universities.

Students also questioned the idea of “flipped class-rooms,” which involve stu-dents watching lectures on-line as homework and spending class time to dis-cuss material that is usually worked on outside of class.

Several students were an-gered, and some didn’t think spending time outside of class to watch lectures was a good idea.

“I would have to go online and potentially watch 18 credit hours at home,” anoth-er student in the crowd said. “Now if I have a job on top of that, or even if one of my classes doesn’t assign home-work in the room, where am I finding all this time?”

Scarborough said the flipped classroom concept would only be applied to certain classes. He empha-sized that the plan does not involve adding extra work on students, because stu-dents would be “literally flipping” their workload.

SG Cabinet member Eliz-abeth Greer, a senior ma-joring in public health, said the changes at UT are scary but she is happy there is a plan in place.

“I have a lot more confi-dence in where our

university is headed,” Greer said. “I was a little unsure for a while and it’s always fright-ening to everybody. I think we are all here because we want to make sure our de-gree is going to matter, that it’s going to be relevant.”

SG Senator Ben Lynn, a sophomore double majoring in history and political sci-ence, said the forum was inter-esting as well as informative.

“It cleared up some mis-understandings, some cloudiness about the pro-vost’s plan and the entire Imagine 2017,” he said. “It was nice to see so many people there that had so much concern. It’s good to know that something of this importance is definitely high on people’s radar.”

Some students disagreed with the plan and what the outcome of the plan will do.

“I was appreciative of the provost coming and address-ing us, however, I feel not ev-erybody’s questions got an-swered,” said Alcy Barakat, a senior majoring in biology. “The plan is still so vague and not put together. There are still a lot of questions students have and even the questions

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UT rowing team puts forth strong showing in ‘virtual’ race

The University of To-ledo rowing team com-peted in its first compe-tition of the spring se-mester, the Hammer Ergatta, Feb. 9 at Cleveland State.

The “virtual” race is conducted over a dis-tance of 2,000 meters on ergometer rowing machines connected to a computer system that displays the time and progress of each indi-vidual rower on a pro-jector screen. The race, which is nearly 1.25 miles in length, is con-sidered a sprint dis-tance, with most ath-letes finishing between 6-8 minutes.

The field for the Hammer Ergatta fea-tured a field of 50 row-ers from six universi-ties, including UT, Cleveland State, Case Western, John Carroll, Dayton and Cincinnati. Fourteen Toledo ath-letes competed across five events and brought home two medals, in addition to six top five finishes.

Receiving medals for UT were freshman Em-ily Wilson in the Wom-en’s Open Novice event and sophomore Jayde Carney in the Men’s Lightweight Nov-ice event.

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BOB TAyLOR / ICApproximately 80 people attended a forum hosted by Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough Tuesday night about Imagine 2017, his strategic plan.

Students question five-year plan

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Process of allocating student fees begins

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UT students help younger generations find their own ‘swag’By Josh EglerStaff Reporter

Sophomore Sam Naumann said that to him, the word “swagger” means, “coming into your own and being yourself.”

Naumann and about 100 other UT students joined moti-vational speaker John Livings-ton, head of Lifeplan Toledo, to create a program called Leader-ship with Swagger. The pro-gram is designed to help teach high school students how to be future leaders and find their

own personal swagger.“What we’re doing is using

the term to be able to com-municate and connect differ-ent generations on what lead-ership is and can be and what it means to be and use the concept to develop future leaders,” Livingston said.

Livingston said five groups of college students developed a marketing campaign of how to sell Leadership with Swag-ger to high school students, and they decided to market

the campaign through social networking sites like Face-book and Twitter.

Naumann, a liaison be-tween UT students and the campaign, was part of the first marketing class of Lead-ership with Swagger that brought the program into the public eye.

He said students from area high schools are selected to be-come part of the group and go through a “life-plan course” and are given illustrations on

how to lead “with swag.” “The UT team, under Sam’s

leadership, is going to begin to develop strategies on the concept of UT’s swagger,” Liv-ingston said. “And they’re go-ing to use that concept to give ‘swag-amonials’ which are tes-timonies of their experience at UT and will they be able to use that experience to lead in-to the future.”

“High school students every week will be directed to Sam’s group to look at how they’re

marketing swagger to college students, and then they’ll be-gin to emulate those concepts at their schools,” he said.

Naumann said swagger is, “a journey of destinations towards swag.”

“From a college student’s perspective we’re trying to say to these students, earning swag and getting swag is a multi-step process that comes from excelling in high school,

By Lindsay Mahaney Assistant News Editor

University of Toledo un-dergraduates pay over $500 in fees annually, and the pro-cess that helps determine where the money will go next year is underway.

Student Government lead-ers will appoint other stu-dents to a committee to as-sess how general fees should be allocated for the following year’s budget. The committee listens to presentation put on by all the departments fund-ed by student fees, discusses how to allocate the money, and send a recommendation to the administration.

How it worksKaye Patten Wallace, vice

president for the student ex-perience, said the committee is comprised of diverse stu-dents who will represent the student body as a whole.

“The committee is com-prised of the student govern-ment president and vice pres-ident, student senate chair, and I think student govern-ment appoints four other stu-dents to the process,” Wallace said. “Then we ask them to make the appointments; we ask them to make sure that there’s diversity in terms of size of student organization, diversity in terms of goals and purposes of student organizations.”

Wallace said the committee should be focused on what is best for all students.

“I remind them that they should be looking at this pro-cess and their decisions based on what’s best for the whole, the larger group as opposed from the individual student organization or per-sonal perspective,” she said.

Transparency Paul Brandt, a junior ma-

joring in construction engi-neering technology, said he doesn’t think the current process is transparent enough. He said he wants to be informed about what deci-sions the general fees com-mittee is making.

“The big thing I’m interest-ed in is information,” Brandt said. “I’m passionate about

UT, I love UT. And UT is do-ing all these changes but no-body knows anything. That’s what irritates me.”

Brandt spoke at a previous SG meeting voicing his con-cern about the lack of atten-tion towards student issues like the student fees.

Student Government Pres-ident Paulette Bongratz said the allocation process is done by a committee because there would be too many voices to consider if the entire student body gave their opinion.

“I think it’s best for the people that are in the room listening to the presentations, looking at the budgets to make those decisions,” Bon-gratz said. “Without giving every student all of that in-formation, they could vote on what they want, but they couldn’t give an accurate, even depiction.”

Bongratz said understand-ing how to allocate the bud-get is complicated and the amount of deficit is difficult to comprehend.

“I think it’s hard for every student to understand the fiscal deficit,” Bongratz said. “As a business student, I think I have the luxury of studying and understanding it a little bit better and to me it’s mind boggling.”

Marcia Culling, senior business manager for the de-partment of student affairs, helps the committee with un-derstanding how to allocate money and a general under-standing of UT’s budget.

“We have an initial meeting, I pass out materials,” Culling said. “They are told they can come see me at any time if they have questions and want to go over it. Often they do take advantage of that.”

Former SG president Matt Rubin said when he headed up the general fee committee in 2011 and 2012, he felt well prepared to allocate the budget after speaking with Culling.

“I think we had some kind of a preparation meeting or some kind of training beforehand,” Rubin said. “I think it was an adequate amount of training on the part of student affairs.”

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Purpose: The LST organization is focused on plan-ning events the are integrated with the Law and Social Thought interdisciplinary program that is based on the view that the study of law and justice is best pursued when located within a rich humanistic and social scientif-ic tradition. The members all have a common apprecia-tion for the connections among various academic disci-plines and their convergence on issues of law and its re-lation to morality, politics, language, history and power. LST emphasizes the arts of critical and creative thinking that can support its graduates in a lifetime of work, ser-vice and study.

Leaders: Elizabeth Bolduc, President; Bailey Allen, Vice President; Hillary Gyuras, Secretary; Tion Taylor, Treasurer.

History: We are a fairly new organization that has spent the last two years helping to plan an anti-bullying forum and constitution day at the University of Toledo.

Upcoming events: Anti-bullying forum on March 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

How to learn more: Contact LST President Elizabeth Bolduc at Elizabeth.bolduc@rockets. utoledo.edu

Would your group like to be featured as The Inde-pendent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Danielle Gamble at dgamble@independent collegian.com.

What did you get out of the information given by Provost Scott Scarborough at the student forum addressing Imagine 2017?

I feel like the plan was in the works still, but there were defi-nitely some good ideas.

Shelly Garland Sophomore

Anthropology

He talked about cut-ting research positions but also making UT an elite-level University.

Ami Mehta Sophomore,

Pre-pharmacy

It was positive and in-formative. I thought they were good pre-ep-mtive ways to address the situation.

Sean Flowers Criminal Justice

Senator

He did a very good job addressing students. He put a lot of work into answering questions. He presented problems and solutions.

Wesley ForneySophomore

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30 years ago: In his state address, Gov. Rich-ard Celeste said Ohio is $500 million in the red, and he felt education was one of the areas in which he could cut state aid without doing extreme damage.

25 years ago: On-campus housing for UT’s sororities and fraterni-ties may now become a reality. The Ohio Board of Regents voted Thursday to allow UT to begin planning on-campus Greek hous-ing. UT President James McComas said he was pleased with the decision.

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Food

By IC Staff

Sushi lovers will have a chance to satisfy their crav-ing every week as the Stu-dent Union Building’s South Dining Hall begins Sushi Thursday this week.

A “premium meal” will be available for $6.50 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., according to a press release. The sushi is not included in the price of a buffet meal and can be pur-chased using meal swipes, Dining Dollars, Rocket Dol-lars, cash or credit.

Nicole Milliken, marketing manager for UT dining ser-vices, said sushi will be served every Thursday from now until the end of the semester.

Students can choose rolls based on a limited menu,

although students can also create their own rolls, and other amenities like seaweed salad, edamame and Asian crab salad will also be avail-able for purchase.

“We want to see how well it goes over here,” she said.

Milliken said the deci-sion was made to offer su-shi after a “very vocal” set of students requested it over “several semesters” in the anonymous suggestion boxes located in every Ar-amark dining facility on campus. She said this set-up may be offered in other dining halls depending on its success.

With raw fish being such a temperamental ingredi-ent, Milliken said the din-ing hall plans to keep the

sushi station “very safe” and separate from other food preparation areas.

Sushi will be made on-site by a chef from Sushi On The Roll, a restaurant in Medina, Ohio.

“They have their stan-dards, and our standards match as well,” she said.

While Carter Residence Hall’s Provisions On De-mand has sushi every day, this is the only made-to-order sushi available in a full-service dining hall.

Milliken said after trying some samples, she thinks the South Dining Hall’s su-shi will be just as good as other local Toledo sushi restaurants.

“Come on in and try it — it’s the real thing,” she said.

South Dining Hall to start serving sushi

VInCenT D. SCeBBI / ICBrooke Mason, interim stainability specialist, takes some old electronics and puts them with others that were dropped off Saturday morning. Mason said approximately 24,000 pounds of electronics were recycled as part of UT’s Recyclemania.

Out with the old

In BrIefUT to host Nobel Peace Prize Forum

A Peace Prize Forum will be held at the University of Toledo March 8-10. Lakees-ha Ransom, dean of the Je-sup Scott Honors College, plans to invite three UT stu-dents to participate.

The forum is designed as a civic learning experience. each year, the global event brings nobel Peace Prize Laureates, civic leaders and scholars together with stu-dents and other citizens. This year’s forum will host a case competition for under-graduate students.

The case competition will focus on the significance of women in socio-economic development. Students will

be asked to assume the role of a senior executive for a U.S. Fortune 100 company in the non-alco-holic commercial beverage industry. Participating stu-dents will use research

and creativity to answer the case questions presented.

For more information contact casecomp2013@gmail.com.

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Don’t quiet the student voice

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Students have been hearing lately that they shouldn’t speak up about important university topics. And the odd thing is, it’s coming from other students.

Tuesday night, Student Government hosted a forum and in-vited students to ask questions about Imagine 2017, the Main Campus strategic plan. Provost Scott Scarborough answered questions, and SG even provided pizza and drinks. But last week, SG President Paulette Bongratz seemed to discourage students from voicing their opinions when she spoke to The IC in our Feb. 13 news story, “Students discuss concerns about provost’s five-year plan.”

“The plan is already set in motion,” she said. “The fac-ulty has already accepted the workload changes. All of the deans, the stuff they were supposed to turn in is due by this week and the provost and his office will be going through everything.”

But the provost himself doesn’t actually think the plan is finalized, according to his interview a few hours before Bongratz’s on Feb. 12.

“Every plan is a living document so it’s constantly changing,” Scarborough said. “We’ll be revisiting pieces daily. There are pieces of the plan that still need to go to the [Board of Trustees] for approval. They are still con-sidering it a work in progress.”

And this week, Bongratz implied that students don’t have the experience necessary to make valid opinions about the budget.

“I think it’s best for the people that are in the room listening to the presentations, looking at the budgets to make those de-cisions,” she said. “Without giving every student all of that in-formation, they could vote on what they want, but they couldn’t give an accurate, even depiction.”

But while evaluating a budget requires a certain level of knowledge — and those who evaluate student general fees should be fiscally savvy — that does not mean students shouldn’t have any input. It just means SG and the adminis-tration should work to educate the rest of the UT community.

Of course, there are other strong SG leaders, some of whom are hopefully put off by Bongratz’s recent state-ments about student input. But where are they? Why aren’t they speaking out and telling students their opinion actually does matter?

It’s not that SG has ignored students; they have done some great things this year. They encouraged students to go to cam-pus events, recycle more, join student organizations and at-tend games. They’ve tried to get students to express them-selves in online polls, and they hosted educational forums on gun control and the five-year plan.

But that is only half the job. True leaders do not just ask people to talk — they encourage people to act. They educate students on big ideas so those students can speak out about big ideas. They certainly do not suggest that students passively accept whatever is handed to them. Our school’s student leaders should be equipping students with the tools they need to become leaders themselves.

Students, don’t let anyone tell you that voicing your opinion is pointless — it’s not. And if you don’t think you are being heard, then don’t use that as an excuse; you have the obliga-tion and the power to speak for yourself.

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experience speaks louder than grades

Take advantage of new internship pairing system to gain experience

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How to ace the job interviewAs we begin the countdown toward

spring break and the small stretch of school between then and summer, our minds may drift to summer jobs, research assistantships, co-ops, internships or vol-unteer experience. All of these are impor-tant to our growth as college students be-cause they pre-pare us for real world experiences and give us the skills necessary to excel in our cho-sen field, whether it is medicine, en-gineering or busi-ness. Most of these opportuni-ties require some sort of interview, so in order to im-press your future employer and reel in that opportunity for an experience fol-low these simple tips and hints:

Make sure you are prepared. This may sound simple, but make sure you look in-to the company’s history of products, competitors and senior leadership; this knowledge can give you talking points and impress the interviewers. Also, com-pare the job description and requirements to your resume to find out what skills or experiences convinced them to call you in for an interview. Finally, tell your referenc-es that you are going in for an interview so that they will not be caught off guard if the company calls and asks about you.

Make sure you pay attention to the small details. Bring extra copies of your resume to hand out in case the interviewer(s) don’t have a copy. Arrive to the interview location early, and check yourself in a bathroom mirror. Tuck away stray hairs, straighten the tie and re-adjust pants or jackets. When you get into the in-terview room smile at the interviewers, make eye contact and greet them using their last name and a courtesy title (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr.). Shake hands firmly and don’t sit down until you are invited to do so. Make sure you are aware of your body — sit up straight, don’t cross your arms, and maintain eye contact. Also, make sure you have a measured tone of speaking; don’t speak too fast or too slow.

Be ready for interview questions. There will always be the easy ones: “Tell me about yourself,” “What are your strengths?” and “Why do you want to work here?” Make sure you have answers prepared for these. They should be short

and concise. Don’t ramble, because then the message you are trying to send will be diluted. Pertaining to the strengths question, make sure that you don’t come across as arrogant, but you do want to se-lect strengths that focus on job-related skills or attributes. Then there will be the hard questions: “What are your weak-nesses?”, “What did you dislike about your last job?” or “How do you handle conflict with your colleagues?”

These questions can be dangerous, because they are meant to root out conflict-causing or whiney candidates. Try to turn any weakness or problems with your last job into positives. While the interviewers will know that you meant them as negatives, your effort to turn them around shows positive thinking. As with anything, practicing these questions will enable you to come up with the responses necessary and feel comfortable delivering them.

Be positive. There are simple ways to convey these qualities. Never speak badly about previous employers. You may have every right to complain, but future employers don’t want to hear it. It sends a bad message, and if you are ever let go from their company the in-terviewers don’t want to become future stories. When you talk about past jobs, focus on solutions that you brought to the table. Bring up accomplishments that you were recognized for in your last job. All compa-nies are okay with hiring a previously successful person.

Be honest. You will create a very negative image if you are caught in a lie during your interview. For example, if asked if you know C++ coding and you don’t, say so. Lying may trip you up later when asked a specific question on it. It addition, do not pad your resume. If you do and they check you out, you can be in big trouble. Be prepared to explain things that may seem thin in your re-sume, in your education or in your skills. You may think that showing a lack of qualities won’t get you the job, but you definitely won’t get it if you lie about hav-ing those qualities.

Positivity and honesty are two quali-ties that stick out to a potential em-ployer, and are some of the most sought-after traits when bosses are

looking for people to fill positions. However, keep the personal, non-work related anecdotes to a minimum. No employer wants to hire someone who will complain about the economy or family troubles every day at work.

Ask questions. Answering ques-tions is probably the most important part of the interview; asking questions is probably second. If you ask the right questions, the interviewers will be shown your dedication to the job and the prospect of hiring a commit-ted employee will sit well with compa-ny executives. Questions to ask in-clude: prospects of advancement, skills necessary for success, who you will report to and team members you may work with. Asking these ques-tions shows your interest. Even if you aren’t able to ask many questions, ask-ing some will show that you are en-gaged. Asking none, or asking poor questions, shows a lack of interest.

Avoid talking about money. Money is always a sticky issue; never ask about monetary compensation, benefits or perks unless you have been offered the job. While it is usually the singular most reason for getting a new job defer all questions about it in your interview. You can politely decline to talk about past earnings history and bring the discussion back to your qualifications. If asked what salary you expect in new job, don’t men-

tion a number; just explain that you are looking for an oppor-tunity for advance-ment. Picking a num-ber may limit your starting salary or price yourself out of a job. Tell the interviewer you would be happy to talk about money after a job offer is made.

Follow up with your interviewer or company. Before you leave the inter-view ask about the hiring process. What happens next? When will they make a decision? Also, send your in-terviewer a thank you note. This ce-ments your name in their mind and shows that you have an optimistic and hopeful outlook.

I hope that all of you are successful in your hunt for an awesome experi-ence this summer. Good luck!

Michael Baker is a junior majoring in biology.

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My ‘slutty burger run’ sparked confidenceI was wearing the kind of dress that

is never “accidentally” slutty. Almost every girl has one — you buy it without telling your mom, or at least you prom-ise her you’ll always wear it with tights. It was paired with knee-high boots, tousled “sex hair” and enough eyeliner to make a rac-coon jealous.

And I was wearing it on a Sunday afternoon at Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

I had just woken up after a very fun evening — let’s just say there was much less vodka in Toledo. I mean, I wasn’t in the worst shape ever; I’ve been of age for a fair amount of time, and I hadn’t gone absolutely nuts the night before. However, I’ll admit that I desperately craved a big bag of something greasy.

For those of you who don’t know, Five Guys is the kind of restaurant that fami-lies love on the weekend. That day, it was full of mothers, grandparents and young children, many of them enjoying a post-church meal. When I walked in, I could feel their eyes sticking to me like side-walk gum. Scandalized mothers tried to mentally sew three more inches onto my hemline, and at least one creepy grandfa-ther tried to cut a few more off.

And how did that make me feel? Well…Before I walked into the door, I knew I

was going to get looks — the walk of shame is easy to recognize and easier to mock. Heck, I’ve sat with my friends and scoped out Ke$ha-wannabes. One of us says, “Wow, looks like someone had a great time last night,” and then we all break out in self-important cackles.

The part of me that likes to slut-shame didn’t want to walk into Five Guys. She wanted to avoid half-hearing the snarky comments that she felt she deserved. She wanted to go through the Burger King

drive-through and quietly order a Whop-per with a large water.

But the adventurous side of me wanted to know, to see if I could han-dle a taste of my own medicine. I’d never been in that situation before, and I was curious to feel whatever it is that post-party girls go through — no mat-ter how painful, uncomfortable or shameful. Plus, I really, really wanted some Five Guys fries.

So, I walked into that restaurant, determined to grit my teeth and bear it. Dozens of eyes raked over my bare thighs and my heels, and I felt… confident.

To my utter astonishment, I felt in control and empowered. I walked up to the counter, ordered my burger and calmly smirked as a woman behind me gave me a look that suggested I’d just spit on her daughter. Did I care? No. Being in costume was invigorat-ing; here these people were, assuming this and that about me, but they had no idea who I was.

Those who actu-ally know me know that I love my job, so I work a lot; I go out about as often as Fox News pres-ents balanced cov-erage. But that Five Guys crowd didn’t know that — to them, I was two seconds away from jumping onto the counter to belt out my rendition of R. Kelly’s “Bump and Grind.” They didn’t know I was just grabbing some lunch before sitting down to practice newspaper design for about six hours. And the best part was, I honestly could not have cared less about their thoughts.

Now, I’m not saying every girl should walk around like a Jessica Rabbit carica-ture. Yes, sexual revolution and women’s rights and all of that, but I believe women

(and men) should dress like reasonable adults as much as possible. And I know it’s a long shot to ask everyone to stop judg-ing each other — we’ll never be able to do it, and honestly, some people deserve to be ridiculed. Sorry Mr. Rogers, I do NOT want that jerk who took my extra pencil in Spanish class to be my neighbor.

No, what people should take away from this is that they should take more chances. Despite my initial fear, my slutty adventure taught me a lot. Yeah, I know, it’s not like I climbed Mount Everest — I wore a skimpy dress to a burger joint. But no matter how insig-nificant, I stepped outside my comfort zone; I said, “Yes, I want to push my limits today. I want to walk in someone else’s shoes so I can learn something.”

And you know what? I learned a lot. I experienced how it feels to le-gitimately not care what people think of you, as long as you’re being the best person you can. It’s a lesson I’ve

heard from various mentors and a few Disney movies, but this burger run gave me a chance to put that lesson into practice and to in-ternalize the results.

So, next time you consider a “slutty burger” situation and you know you’re going to be judged or challenged in some way, go for it. Visit that intimidat-ing professor during office hours; ask that

cute girl with the yoga pants out to coffee; play a nerd game with some random BASH kids in the Union.

You’ll be surprised at how valuable that kind of stuff is, and how much better of a person it makes you.

You’ll be surprised at how valuable that kind of stuff is, no matter how many old men stare at your legs.

Danielle Gamble is the IC News Editor and a junior majoring in communication.

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Michael Baker

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Finally, tell your refer-ences that you are go-ing in for an interview so that they will not be caught off guard if the company calls and asks about you.

When I walked in, I could feel their eyes sticking to me like sidewalk gum. Scandalized mothers tried to mentally sew three more inches onto my hemline, and at least one creepy grand-father tried to cut a few more off.

You hear it all the time — internships lead to jobs. Whether it is the people you meet to help you get your foot in the door, or the experience that gives you the skills to go for the job, it is undeniable that real-world experience is incredibly valuable for job-seekers.

Every student knows this, but for whatever reason, many do not chase after internships. Maybe they are scared of rejec-tion; maybe they are unaware those opportunities exist all around them. Perhaps they are just lazy.

That doesn’t matter anymore, though, because the Universi-ty of Toledo is providing its students with an excellent and valuable resource in the shape of Intern in Ohio, a new pro-gram that matches students with internship opportunities. Any student in any field of study can find internships that last either a summer or a year; the program is paired with a lot of businesses that can help students become successful.

The internships obtained while in college bring an invalu-able amount of practical learning that cannot be given to a student in the classroom. In journalism, for example, a stu-dent can learn everything they need to know about the theory about writing a good news story or capturing a good photo, but that person will never actually get better unless he or she actually goes out and writes and gets behind a camera – a lot. The more a university embraces practical learning, the better off its students will be once they graduate and become mem-bers of the workforce.

If you don’t take advantage of this opportunity, then you can’t complain if you don’t get a job when you leave. This is a great chance to make yourself a more marketable employee – to not try is to sabotage yourself.

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then excelling in college, then moving on and learn-ing what you want to do for your future,” Naumann said.

Leadership with Swagger will be holding a conference April 30, where 250 middle school and high school stu-dents will come to UT and present their ideas of swag-ger to over 100 UT stu-dents. The students will have a competition to see which of the middle and high school students’ best represent swagger in their respected groups.

Naumann said conserva-tively, he’s expecting about

100 attendees from UT but would love to see more.

“We’d really love to see more students, but we’re be-ing realistic,” Naumann said. “With the timeline we laid out, it does run near the end of the year when many students are preparing for finals as well as what their summer plans are.”

Speakers at the conference include Livingston; Bill Axe, athletic director at Toledo Central Catholic; Trudie Neely, a counselor at Rogers High School; and Larry Burns, UT vice president of

external affairs. “I often speak about how

important it is to create your own professional brand and

this initiative builds on that by encourag-ing high school stu-dents to de-fine what leadership

with swagger means to them,” Burns said in a press release. “While doing that, the program also gives us insight into what appeals to high school students as they are considering what college or university to attend that will help with our UT brand-ing efforts.”

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For more infoFor more information on

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that had an answer weren’t even too clear or too direct to the students.”

Scarborough said he thought the feedback was

good and helpful to the students.

“I’m hoping whatever concerns students had, they had an opportunity to express those, hear some-thing that calmed those concerns and learn

something about the plan so they can be optimistic about it,” Scarborough said.“Even those who were aggressive did it from a sincere place and I didn’t think anybody was over the line tonight.”

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Culling said students are encouraged to come to the presentations made by de-partments requesting funds.

“The hearings are open so any student can attend the hearing and give feed-back to the committee,” Culling said.

Bongratz said it is im-portant for students, and not administration, to de-cide what they pay for.

“If it’s the students’ money, we want the stu-dents to make those deci-sions, not administration to make them,” Bongratz said. “We want their guid-ance to understand and make sure that we’re fully comprehending the deci-sion that we’re making. But with student money, I think it’s best for students to make that decision.”

Culling explained the committee is not actual-ly allocating the money, but recommending how it is allocated and a pro-cess takes place where amendments can be made by the vice presi-dent for student affairs and the president. The final draft then goes to the Board of Trustees for approval.

“Often the recommen-dation goes forward as is; there’s no changes,” Culling said.

Wallace said most of the time she does not see a need for changes, and when she does, a full expla-nation is given before any amendments are made.

Brandt said he would like easier access to bud-getary information.

“Why do I have to hunt it down?” Brandt said. “Why is the breakdown of this no on some link on the myUT portal of your bill?”

Rubin said it would be ideal if the information was presented to students in an easy-to-read format.

“I think it would be a lot easier for students to understand if it was pre-sented a little bit differ-ently,” Rubin said. “I think if there was some online web component where you could see exactly how everyting breaks down — I think that’d be great.”

Too much for athletics?

Approximately 45 per-cent of student fees, or a little over $11 million per year, are put towards the UT athletic program.

Brandt said the amount of money going towards athletics is not fair to the rest of the student body.

“They get subsidized all the time,” Brandt said. “Am I paying for student athlete’s scholarships? I hope not. I want to know what my athletics money is going to because there is no way $20 million [only pays for] seats. That’s the only benefit that students see across the board that their stu-dents fees go to.”

Culling said the student fees are not just paying for the seats at games.

“[They are going] to all the sports,

staff, scholarships, the whole operation, the building, the utilities, upkeep of all the sport venues that we have,” Culling said. “Part of your general fee dollars allow you to attend sporting events free of charge. It also provides the sport.”

Wallace said the money used for athletics benefits all students at the university.

“Athletics is an important part of the UT culture, an im-portant part of what brings students here, an important part of their involvement here,” Wallace said. “General fee is designed to cover the cost of that. Things like the Rec Cen-ter where the majority of stu-dents have the opportunity to benefit from it.”

Bongratz agreed athletics is important to UT students.

“It is proven through other schools that having a success-ful athletic department often helps recruitment enrollment because they know the Rock-ets name and there’s more pride in that,” Bongratz said.

Bongratz and SG Vice Pres-ident Chris dykyj said their decisions on how to allocate this year’s budget will depend on how the departments chose to spend the funds previously.

“You can’t formulate an opinion until you see all the presentations and really see kind of how these different places have used their money in the years past,” dykyj said.

Diversity of opinionsWallace said that student

government is the student voice and will represent the student

body, as well as appoint diverse students to the committee, be-cause that’s their role.

“It is important to make sure you have well represent-ed diversity, not just talking about ethnic cultural diversi-ty, but diversity in terms of the students that you ap-pointed to the committee,” Wallace said.

dykyj said student leaders always try to keep the stu-dent needs first.

“I think we swallow our pride when we don’t know something and we ask ques-tions and we get all the in-formation we can before formulating a decision,” dykyj said. “That’s one thing we do well, we aren’t trying to do anything that wouldn’t be in the best in-terest of the student body.”

Culling agreed the com-mittee has always done well working with her and other members of the budgetary office to come up with a stu-dent fees budget.

“We don’t have a vote, but we do have the opportunity to say here’s another way to think about it,” Culling said.

Wallace said the students have always done well at de-ciding where the money should go.

“Over the eight years I’ve been here, students have been very, very good and use very good judgement and are very mature about the recommendations,” Wallace said. “They have made recommendations that I think benefit the whole.”

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In brIeFUT baseball starts 1-1

The Toledo baseball team split a doubleheader last Friday to begin their season at the Ron Fraser Classic in Cary, N.C.

The Rockets lost 8-7 to La Salle in their season opener, but rebounded with a 3-1 win over Delaware.

UT jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against La Salle. Junior catcher James Miglin came through with a two-run double to give Toledo an early cushion.

They took a 7-4 lead in-to the ninth inning, but se-nior right hander Jared Locke was shelled for four runs in 0.1 innings, blowing the save and tak-ing the loss.

Toledo found better pitching fortune in the nightcap as senior Kyle Shaw threw six innings of shutout ball. The senior al-lowed just three hits and fanned six Blue Hens.

Sophomore third base-men Anthony Smith led the Rockets, going a combined 4-for-8 in the two game set. Miglin was 3-for-8 with two runs scored.

UT’s games against Vil-lanova and Temple were cancelled due to rain. They will return to the field this weekend for a three-game road series against the Virginia Cavaliers.

Toledo tennis takes two of three matches

The UT men’s tennis team came away with two of their three matches over the weekend and improved to 11-6 on the year.

UT collected wins against Western Illinois and Bradley on Friday be-fore falling to Depaul Saturday.

Toledo dusted Western Illinois 7-0 at the Lakeside Tennis Center in Gales-burg, Ill. Sophomores To-mas Stillman and Nicholas Wong teamed up to win the day’s No. 1 doubles match 8-3.

Stillman also captured the No. 1 singles match, beating Patrick Hammers 6-2, 7-5.

UT kept rolling Friday night and grabbed a 6-1 victory over Bradley. Still-man and Wong won their second doubles match of the day with a 8-1 win.

The Rockets failed to make it a clean sweep and lost a close one to Depaul 4-3. The Blue De-mons took all three dou-bles matches to build a large lead.

UT fought back and cap-tured three singles match-es but needed a fourth.

Toledo returns to action this weekend in Wisconsin to face Marquette and Wisconsin-Green Bay.

women’s baskeTball

UT set for ‘Rocket Women’s Basketball Education Day’ today vs Northern Illinois by Jay skebbaSports Editor

the University of toledo women’s basketball team will put their 22-2 (10-1 MAC) record on the line today in an unusual week-day morning contest with Northern Illinois (7-17, 2-9) at savage Arena.

the game serves as Ut’s annual “rocket Women’s Basketball Education Day” and children from several schools in the Northwest ohio and southeast Michi-gan area will be in attendance.

“I love this event, it’s one of my favorites,” said head coach tricia Cullop. “It’s one of my favorite games to see officials holding their ears because the crowd is so loud and so high pitched.”

the rockets are involved with different charitable or-ganizations in the communi-ty. Cullop said this provides her team with another chance to give back.

“our goal for this game is to get kids who normally don’t have the chance be-cause of funding to come to a college game and hopefully

inspire them to do well aca-demically,” Cullop said. “our players are going to do their best to get out to every school that comes to this event and speak about academics.”

the early start time may seem a bit difficult to get up for, but the rockets are used to putting on their shorts and sneakers early in the morning.

“We’ve had an early prac-tice time this whole semes-ter,” Cullop said. “We have some days we practice at 7:30 in the morning, some at 9. our players are going to feel

like they got to sleep in so 11 a.m. isn’t a big deal to us. I hope it is for our opponent.”

What is sure to be big deal for the Huskies is the loss of starter satavia taylor.

the senior forward tore her ACL Feb. 3 against ohio. she was NIU’s leading scorer at the time, averaging 12.4 points per game before the injury.

“Unfortunately, they lost one of their best players to an ACL recently and they’re having to play fewer numbers a lot of minutes,” Cullop said.

If you goWhat: Toledo vs North-

ern IllinoisWhere: Savage ArenaWhen: Today at 11 a.m.records: TOL: 22-2 (10-

1), NIU: 7-17, (2-9)TV: BCSNradio: AM 1230What to watch for: Se-

nior forward Lecretia Smith makes her return to the Rockets’ starting lineup af-ter missing last Saturday’s game to attend the funeral of her grandfather. Sopho-more guard Stephanie scored nine in her absence.

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Senior point guard Naama Shafir discovered second home in Toledo

VINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICsenior naama shafir drives against a st. bonaventure defender Dec. 2, 2012 during the championship game of the Glass City Tournament at savage arena. shafir was the first orthodox Jew to earn an nCaa Division I scholarship for women’s basketball.

by Jay skebbaSports Editor

It’s not easy to play Divi-sion I basketball when you’re not allowed to travel from sundown Friday to sundown sunday. But that’s just one of many challenges University of toledo senior Naama shafir has overcome in her almost five years as a rocket.

“I’m not allowed to prac-tice, I’m not allowed to use any electricity and I’m not al-lowed to use a car,” shafir said in a phone interview last Friday. “those are the main things that make it a little more difficult to be a basket-ball player.”

the Hoshaya, Israel native is an orthodox Jew — be-lieved by many to be the first one to receive a Divi-sion I scholarship — and obeys the shabbat every weekend, even when the sea-son is in full swing.

“But it’s actually not that hard just because of the way coach [tricia] Cullop, other coaches and teammates, the way they handle it,” she said. “they just do everything they need to make sure it’s not a problem.”

And when shafir says “ev-erything,” she means it.

team practices are often moved to avoid falling into the 48-hour window. All of her meals must be kosher and are brought in from Detroit, frozen, then packed with her on road trips. When she has to travel before or after the rest of the squad, a teammate and a coach will adjust their travel schedule to accompany her so she won’t be alone.

sometimes, shafir even stays at a different hotel so she can walk to the game.

“some people might think ‘Naama, how can you do it? It’s so hard,’” she said. “But to be honest, it’s really easy

because I’m used to it and I’ve been doing it forever. the people that really deserve the credit is everyone around me that’s allowed me to do it.”

of course, shafir didn’t have to go through this. she could have stayed home

after high school and played college ball, something many players overseas choose to do. there are also plenty of professional leagues in those nations.

shafir was initially a bit leery of moving 6,000 miles

away and leaving her life and family behind, but any feel-ings of uncertainty soon dissipated.

“In the beginning, I didn’t want to do it,” toledo’s lead-ing scorer said. “It would be so much easier to just stay at

home [and play]. But when I finally had to make a deci-sion, it was easy because I knew it was a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. thinking about it like that made it a lot easier to decide.”

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shafir didn’t know a lick of English when she arrived in the U.s.

“It was hard to commu-nicate, it was hard to go to school and study,” said the 5-7 point guard. “that was really hard, but everyone around me helped me a lot. people were under-standing and it made it a lot easier on me. Every day, every year got better.”

the toledo community also played a prominent role in helping shafir ad-just to her new life.

the city has embraced its women’s basketball for de-cades — they’re leading the Mid-American Conference in home attendance for the 23rd straight season. But when shafir made the large sacrifice to help Ut win games, they were quick to make her feel as comfortable as possible.

“You go out to different places in the city and people recognize you, the whole team,” she said. “they say ‘good luck’ on your next game or ‘good job’ about the game yesterday. It makes you feel really good. It’s nice to have them watch and support you. You just want to work harder for them.”

the Jewish community in toledo also made the All-MAC first team selec-tion feel more at home.

one member in particu-lar is sharon ravin, who worships at a Jewish syna-gogue in toledo.

“Early in her sophomore year, she spoke at our syn-agogue,” ravin said. “she just ingratiated herself to everybody. someone asked her the question, ‘Is it hard being so far away from home?’ and she said yes, especially at the games when other players have family members [there]. At that point, we just all adopted her.”

ravin was one of many whose interest in Ut women’s basketball was sparked by shafir. soon after their first encounter, ravin purchased an Israeli flag that she brings to every home game and sev-eral road contests as well.

“she also said it makes her feel good to see an Is-raeli flag,” ravin said. “so I came home that night, got on the Internet, or-dered the flag and bought season tickets. the first time I was there with the flag, I went to the corner of the floor and she saw me. Now we always have this thing where she knows I’m there and it’s just our little thing.

“the Jewish community in toledo has just enveloped her as one of us.”

It wasn’t shafir’s objective to bring so much attention to Judaism, but her success at toledo has done just that. It has also attracted many Jews in the area to savage Arena.

“A lot of them came to games before I came here,

but I know a lot of them came just because they heard about me,” shafir said. “It’s always nice to see all of the support people have and know where you came from. It’s a reminder, too, where I came from and it makes me happy to see it.”

But even though she’s happy to be an ambassador for Isreal, shafir just wants to be on the court.

“It’s not like I came here

and my goal was to show what it’s like to be an ortho-dox Jew or how to balance my religion with basketball,” she said. “that’s just who I am. I’m fine with it, that’s why I’m still following all the rules. But I just want to be like everybody else, just play basketball.

“If I can help other people who are I the same situa-tion, then I’m more than happy.”

VINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICsharon Ravin cheers on shafir during a game against kent state last saturday at savage arena. Ravin brings an Israeli flag to every home game and travels to several road games as well.

toledo had issues finding an opponent willing to take them on for this game. on-ly a small handful of teams on their schedule would consider it.

Arkansas state was con-sidering it — which would have been the season open-er — but many schools in the area were off that day for parent-teacher conferences.

Cullop said they gave the Huskies the chance because of their distance from Ut.

“I was so glad that [head coach Kathi Bennett] jumped at it because it’s hard to find an opponent,” she said. “We’re very thankful to Northern Illinois for giving us this opportunity.”

Cullop replaced Bennett at Evansville and the two

have had a good relationship ever since.

“I have an awful lot of re-spect for her,” Cullop said. “I know she’ll have her team taking away some of the things that we like to do so we’ll have to come up with some great planning.”

Despite the early wake-up call, Ut should be well rested.

their blowout victory over

Kent state was in hand for the entire second half and al-lowed many of the rockets to get some rest. 12 players saw the court and all of them scored at least three points.

“one of the nice things is that we shouldn’t have any tired legs after [saturday],” she said. “We were able to play and rest a lot of people. I’m hoping that some of this rest will help out. plus, be-ing home in the friendly confines and shooting on rims you shoot on every day [should help].”

the rockets are riding a 10-game winning streak after handing down an 82-45 throttling to the Golden Flashes and received 15 votes in this week’s Ap poll, good enough for 29th.

Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. and free pizza will be provided for all Ut students, faculty and staff.

VINCENT D. SCEBBI / ICshafir is leading the Rockets in scoring (11.7 per game), assists (5.2) and free throw percentage (78.8). she became the UT all-time assist leader this month.

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“One of the nice things is that we shouldn’t have any tired legs after [Saturday]. We were able to play and rest a lot of people. I’m hoping that some of this rest will help out.”

TRICIa CUllopHead coach

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men’s Golf

Toledo’s Chris Selfridge competes in two events for Team Ireland; brings home 21st and 16th-place finishesby blake bachoSports Reporter

sophomore golfer Chris self-ridge represented team Ireland in two tournaments while in south Africa, going up against some of the best amateur play-ers in the world and competing on two world-class golf courses.

the first event — the ten Nations Cup at Kingswood Golf Estate in George south Africa — found selfridge tying for 21st place with a two-under par 286 (71-71-71-73). this course ranked among Golf Digest’s top 100 courses and utilized 18 holes of stroke play each day for each team of four players over the course of the tournament.

selfridge then headed to Western Cape for the oubaai Golf Club for the south Afri-can stroke play Champion-ship where he tied for 16th place, carding a one-under par 287 (72-69-75-71).

the stroke play competi-tion was 18 holes played each of the first two days. the field was then reduced to the top 65 players for the final two days of competition.

these numbers give a great-er understanding of the level of play exhibited by selfridge during both tournaments.

For the current Mid-Amer-ican Conference Freshman of the Year and winner of last summer’s Irish Amateur, both

events were a uniquely enjoy-able experience.

“It’s always a huge honor to represent my country,” he said. “It’s something I’ve been doing now for five years.”

selfridge — who is third in the Mid-American Con-ference with a 71.8 stroke

average — saw his performance in the two tournaments as a step in the right direction, but not quite sufficient for his standards and said there was room for improvement.

“I was pleased with my performance but

not totally satisfied,” he said. “Both tournaments were of a very high standard and it was good to compete with many of the best amateurs in the world and future stars of the game.”

selfridge had not competed since last season, something that may have slightly put him behind the 8-ball.

“I think many players had an advantage over me be-cause they are currently in season while these were my first two events after four months off of competitive golf,” selfridge said.

the fact that selfridge fin-ished both tournaments un-der par wasn’t lost on the winner of last fall’s George-town Intercollegiate.

“I was pleased I finished both tournaments under par and carried a 71.62

stroke average over the eight rounds (best of team Ireland),” selfridge said.

Like most athletes, even with good scores selfridge was able to identify precise areas of his performance that he was the unhappiest with.

“the area of my game that lacked sharpness was my wedge play and chip-ping around the green,” sel-fridge said. “this is an area I will focus on mainly for next week before I travel to spain with team Ireland.”

Both tournaments were played on highly ranked courses, and their beauty and unique feel made a lasting impression on selfridge.

“the courses were fantas-tic, with beautiful views and great surroundings,” he said. “the grass was very different than what I am accustomed to and it took a few days to get used to it.”

For selfridge, the little downtime he and the other competitors had was just, if not more enjoyable as the ac-tual playing time.

“My favorite part of the experience was our day off between events going on a miniature safari,” he said. “We got to pet lions and tigers, feed elephants and even play ball games with them. We held snakes and fed crocodiles. the wild-life is amazing in south Africa, and it was a fantas-tic two weeks. I look for-ward to going back there again in the future.”

selfridge, who ranks 221st in the r&A’s world amateur rankings, will compete in the spanish Amateur open Champion-ship at the La Manga Golf Club in Cartagena Murcia, spain. He will then return to competition for the rockets at the pinehurst In-tercollegiate in pinehurst, N.C. starting March 10.

FILE PHOTO By NICK KNEER / ICformer UT catcher aaron Dudley takes a swing against Ipfw during the 2010 sea-son. Dudley is has spent the last two seasons working his way through the minor leagues in the miami marlins organization.

baseball

Former rocket catcher Aaron Dudley prepares for spring training with Miami Marlinsby nick DelwicheSports Reporter

A former rocket will get the chance to compete for spot on the Major League roster.

Aaron Dudley will par-ticipate in spring training with the Miami Marlins in hopes of making the 25-man active roster.

the former Ut catcher and infielder has climbed his way up the minor league ladder, beginning his career in the A-Minus level New York- pennsylva-nia league, single-A ball in the south Atlantic League and finally to Double-A in the southern League.

Dudley started his career with the Jamestown Jam-mers in New York where he finished the 2010 season with a .262 batting average.

the next year Dudley was in North Carolina where he hit .277 for the Greensboro Grasshoppers and appeared in five games for the AA Jacksonville suns. In 2012,

Dudley moved down to the A-plus level where he hit .268 for the Jupiter Hammer-heads before landing in Jack-sonville again to finish the season with a .262 average.

For a minor leaguer, the work never really ends. Baseball is not just a pas-sion; it’s a full time job.

“people don’t understand how hard it is to be away from your family for six months out of the year,” Dudley said. “We are only home about three months out of the six months of the season so we are constantly on the road living out of our suit cases.”

Minor leaguers see 10 hour workdays with about two or three days off a month out of the six month season.

For Dudley, preparation for the grind began during his collegiate career.

“In college you really don’t have an offseason,” he said. “You might get a month off total with winter break and fall break. After the full col-lege season you might get about two weeks before you report for your summer ball team which can last about two months. then school starts and you begin fall practice. It really simulates the minor league season which helps out a lot.”

Dudley used the college experience to create an offseason routine to help prepare for the start of spring training. the first two months of the offsea-son is devoid of baseball with focus on core strength training in the weight room. When De-cember rolls around, Dud-ley begins to ramp up his throwing and hitting. He starts conditioning in Feb-ruary to make sure he’s in prime shape.

to stay motivated, Dud-ley remembers that every-one is expendable. Baseball is a business and that re-mains true even in the mi-nor leagues.

“realistically, if a team has more money invested in a player they are obviously going to have priority over you,” Dudley said. If you do the right things and per-form they will keep you around. If you work hard and wait it out, they will

give you a chance.”that goes double for

young players. With young talent coming from south America as well as the Unit-ed states, it’s easy to lose your grip on a roster spot.

“You have to keep in the back of your mind that they are always trying to find someone to replace you,” Dudley said. “there are people all over the world that have the dream of com-ing over here to play major league baseball. that’s enough motivation to work hard because if you’re not working hard they will find someone else that will.”

Minor leaguers report for spring training in March and will get their shot at playing time around the sec-ond week of the month. these spring games will not only help the Marlins decide on their 25-man roster, but decide the rosters of their farm teams as well.

Dudley’s plan is simple — just play ball.

“I’m just going to play how I know I can play,” he said. “It’s not set in stone what team you are going to make. I’d like to be starting in AA in Jacksonville and possibly move up to AAA in New orleans. With inju-ries and everything you never know.”

the Marlins spring training officially begins on Feb. 22. Minor league pitchers and catchers will report on March 4 and will receive physicals and con-ditioning preps before they can play.

opening day for the Jack-sonville suns is April 4.

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Wednesday7 p.m.: shapiro essay

revision Contest, room 2420, Field House.

7:30 p.m.: Heritage night, hosted by Black Student Union, Ingman Room, Student Union Building.

8 p.m.: Meeting, Meet & Greet, hosted by CAP, Rocky’s Attic, Student Union Building.

ThursdayNoon, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.:

shapiro essay revision Contest, room 2420, Field House.

Noon: Lecture, African Maroons and Memory in latin America, featuring Charles Beatty Medina, part of African studies Brown-Bag lecture se-ries, room 2579, Student Union Building.

6 p.m.: Class, Mask Making, Catherine S. Eberly Center for Women. Cost: $10, general admis-sion; free, UT students.

8 p.m.: Movie night, hosted by CAP. Film and location to be announced.

FrIday7:30 p.m.: Screening,

Two small Pieces of Glass, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under.

saTurdayAll day: Music Audition

day, for acceptance into Music degree program and scholarship consideration, Center for Performing Arts. Call 419-530-2448 to reserve an audition time.

8:15 a.m.: national Trio day,program and lunch, Auditorium, Scott Park Campus. Lunch cost: $3.

1 p.m.: Screening, The Case of the disappearing Planter, Ritter Planetari-um. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under.

MOndayNoon: Lecture, re-

thinking the Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists, by Timothy Messer-Kruse, BGSU professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies.

Tuesday7 p.m.: A night of Great

Performances, featuring poet Xplicit and jazz flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq, co-sponsored by Black Student Union and The Of-fice of Multicultural Student Success, Ingman Room, Student Union Building.

7:30 p.m.: Screening, Two small Pieces of Glass, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under.

COMICsJustice league of

America #1, by Geoff Johns and David Finch. Available Wednesday.

nova #1, by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness. Available Wednesday

MOVIesdark skies, starring

Keri Russell. Out Friday.snitch, starring

Dwayne Johnson. Out Friday.

BOOKsCalculated in death,

book 36 of the In death series, by J.D. Robb. Available Tuesday.

CdsGood songs & Great

Friends, by Bret Mi-chaels. Available Tues-day.

Thumbtacks + Glue, by Woodpigeon. Available Tuesday.

engineering funTo celebrate National

Engineers Week, UT’s Engineering Department will host several engineer-ing related events this week.

For a complete schedule, go online to eng.utoledo.edu/coe/past_news/pdfs/2013EWeekActivities.pdf.

By russell axonRocket Life Editor

Students will strut their best catwalk for Ut this friday.

Members of the universi-ty’s Black Student Union will model high fashion as part of the group’s 44th an-nual scholarship fashion show in the Student Union Auditorium.

As part of the show’s “catch Me if You can: the World of fashion” theme, clothing and music popular in fashion capitals around the world, like Milan, Paris and New York city, will be showcased.

“i hope that the students will get to … have a good time, and meet new people, hang out with their friends, and i guess in a good way,

help out other students,” said BSU President tion taylor, adding that he ex-pects around 500 people to attend.

the show will also fea-ture music from local talent DJ kev koopa and a free Photoboothlive, a new ad-dition to this year’s event.

for more information, contact toledoblackstudentunion@gmail.com or 419-530-2357.

angela PelusoStaff Reporter

World-renowned pianist Bob Seeley will help celebrate his friend and colleague Art tatum with a concert on tuesday.

the concert is part of the Art tatum Jazz Scholarship, which is annually awarded to a Ut music major who special-izes in jazz. the scholarship was established in 1994 in col-laboration with the toledo Jazz Society.

Bob Seeley was chosen to perform this year when Jazz pianist professor, tad Weed, suggested him at a meeting with all the jazz faculty.

Gunnar Mossblad, director of jazz studies, said Seeley “is a fun musician who will be pop-ular with students as well as faculty.”

“i felt quite honored when tad Weed invited me to play at the fundraiser ” Seeley said in an email. “of course, i can’t play like Art tatum (who can?) but i do my own thing on the music that i heard back then. in jazz, one must do

one’s own thing. You have to put your own ‘fingerprint’ on tunes that you play.”

Seeley is from the Detroit area and graduated from Wayne State University. He started piano lessons at age 13 and became very interested in piano jazz and boogie woogie around the age of 15. Seeley has been inaugurated into the Boogie Woogie Hall of fame, along with chuck Berry’s longtime pianist, Johnny Johnson.

Songs Seeley may play at the scholarship fundraiser include: Boogie Woogie Stomp, Death ray Boogie, Bumble Boogie, Sing Sing Sing and caravan.

“the scholarship was

named in honor of Art tatum because not only is he one of the most profound jazz pia-nists, he’s also a toledo native,” Associate Professor of music education timothy Brakel said.

“He was a piano genius, as he had tremendous technique at the keyboard, but also put unusual harmonies into his chord progressions,” Seeley said about tatum,  “He also was a master of stride piano style, where the left hand pro-vides a solid rhythmic bass beat.”

“listening to Art was such an overwhelming experience that pianists like me almost felt like quitting the piano as one could never get to his level of playing,” Seeley said.

current recipient, Nelson overton ii, is a senior major-ing in music performance with an emphasis in jazz. overton plays the drums and says his inspirations include chris Daves and tony Williams.

“Winning the scholarship took some harshness away from paying for tuition,” over-

amanda eggertStaff Reporter

A journey through russia will soon take place on the cPA stage as it prepares for “three Sisters”.

“three Sisters” is one of the most well-known plays of the western canon by An-ton chekhov. translated by Paul Schmidt, “three Sis-ters” is a naturalistic play which examines the decline of the privileged class repre-sented by three sisters and their struggle to find mean-ing in the modern world.

A variety of acting styles,

most commonly used in New York, are integrated in the play and will make it more relatable to

the audience, according to Associate Professor of the-atre cornel Gabara, the play’s director.

the play was first work shopped in an advanced acting class. Gabara used nontraditional casting to showcase the talent of the diverse student body.

“it’s not like any play you’ve ever seen,” said keely-rain Battle, a sopho-more majoring in theatre and the production’s irina character. “We are doing it not realistic. it’s kind of sur-real and really stylized.”

PHOTO COURTESy ANGELA RIDDELBob seeley will perform during the art Tatum scholarship Concert Tuesday, Feb. 26.

BOB TAyLOR / ICright: Lindsey Miller, a sophmore theatre major, plays “Olga”; Left: ashley stephens, a senior theatre major,

If you goWhat: Art Tatum Scholar-

ship Concert featuring Bob Seeley

Where: Recital Hall, Cen-ter for Performing Arts

When: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m.

Cost: $15, general ad-mission; $5, students and seniors

If you goWhat: Performance of

“Three Sisters” by Anton Chekov

Where: Center Theater, Center for Performing Arts

When: Feb. 22 and 23, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 24, 2 p.m.; Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m.; Feb. 27, 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; March 1 and 2, 7:30 p.m.; and March 3, 2 p.m.

Cost: For ticket prices, visit the CPA box office or utoledo.tix.com

If you goWhat: 44th annual Black

Student Union ScholarshipWhere: Student Union

AuditoriumWhen: Friday, 6:30 p.m.Cost: (pre-sale tickets

available at Rocket Copy) $12, general admission; $15 runway seats; $120, VIP; $20, at the door

BSU to host annual fashion show on friday

TheaTre sisterly loveNew Ut theatre production features variety of acting, styles and surrealism

CaMPus eVenTs MusIC

By Josh eglerStaff Reporter

the University of toledo center of religious Under-standing will host a free pre-sentation on Hinduism at rocket Hall Wednesday at 7 p.m.

the center of religious Understanding will partner with the Hin-du temple of toledo to pres-ent, “Aspects of Hinduism: origins, De-velopment and comparison with the Abra-hamic tradi-tions.” the presentation will be run by Dr. ramakrishna Puligandla retired professor of the De-partment of Philosophy and religious Studies.

“it is great to see Hinduism being discussed on such a public forum at Ut. i believe such discussions foster reli-gious tolerance and should

certainly be encouraged,” said lakshmi radhakarish-ma, a senior biology major.

Dr. Jeanine Diller, director of the center of religious Understanding said that the program is designed to “give a great overview of Hindu-ism which is the third largest religion in the world.”

“the topic is essentially going to pro-vide a very nice introduc-tion to Hin-duism and Hindu thought,” she said.

the main focus of the program is to

compare Abrahamic (west-ern) traditions (christianity, Judaism, and islam) to Hinduism.

According to Diller, “What [Puligandla] is doing in this lecture is essentially trying to connect these massively dif-ferent but massively impor-tant religious strains together.

crU lecture to explore Hindu tradition, ideas

If you goWhat: Lecture, “Aspects

of Hinduism: Origins, Development and Com-parison with the Abrahamic Traditions”

Where: Room 1558, Rocket Hall

When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Boogie woogie piano legend to perform at scholarship concert

PHOTO COURTESy TION TAyLOR

More onlineFor longer versions of

all the stories featured in this section, check out The IC’s website.

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If you goWhat: Fourth Annual

Student Organization GalaWhere: Ingman Room,

Student Union BuildingWhen: Monday, Feb.

25; doors open at 6 p.m.; RSVP by 5 p.m. today Learn more

from MossFor a limited time, Dr.

Antoine Moss is giving away free digital copies of his book, “Learn to Intern CEO Style.” Go to antoine-moss.com/freebrook to claim one.

For more info about Moss, check out his web-site (antoinemoss.com) and his Twitter (@2PositiveTweets).

MOss

By russell axonRocket Life Editor

the fourth annual Stu-dent organization Gala will be held Monday, feb. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Student Union ingman room.

the free gala is hosted by the Public relations Student Society of America, and it will feature music, food, dancing and a Photobooth-live. Students are encour-aged to dress up for the event.

emily White, vice president of public rela-tions in PrS-SA, said the gala is a fun way to celebrate Ut’s student organizations.

“it’s free for them, kind of to thank them for their leadership and involvement on campus,” the senior pub-lic relations major said.

Although the attendance cap is at 300 people, lauren Vandenbroek, Pr chair for the gala and a senior com-munication major, said she

hopes as many groups as possible are represented.

“i know there’s like 200 organi-zations [at Ut] and we only had 45 last year, and i feel like we can get more represented from each

organization.”Vandenbroek

added that the gala is great opportunity for students to “branch out” beyond their organizations.

“it’ll be great for network-ing for them, and i hope they actually come out of their shell and go talk to ev-eryone,” she said.

this year’s theme, “You’re the ceo of Your Dreams,” was inspired by Moss’ book “learn to intern ceo Style: 71 leadership Principles that Got Me and Now You Money, a free Graduate De-

gree, and respect!”Moss said his talk will fo-

cus on self-empowerment and high performance, add-ing that he will draw on “the good, bad and the ugly of [his] internship experiences.”

“i definitely want to rally [students] up and get them excited and get a lot of ener-gy out of them,” he said. “i want them to get away from average … and move to above average.”

for more information about the gala, visit face-book (Ut Student organi-zation Gala) and twitter (@UtStudentGala), or email utstudentgala3@gmail.com.

re-thinking internships theme of Student organization Gala

UT community members offer different perspective on the Academy AwardsBy russell axonRocket Life Editor

As the Academy Awards draw near, Matt Yockey, as-sistant professor of film stud-ies, is somewhat apathetic about this year’s nominees.

“i found most of this year’s crop of oscar nominated films to be enjoyable and that’s actually my problem with them,” Yockey said in an email interview. “they were all enjoyable but there are none that i would categorize as exceptional.”

He cited “lincoln,” “Silver linings Playbook” and Gold-en Globe best picture winner “Argo” as “good, not great” works.

“in this age of over-inflated, special effects-laden blockbust-ers, movies once regarded as

simply good appear better in comparison,” Yockey said.

kory kyler, a senior history major, arrived at a similar con-clusion through a different train of thought.

“When i watch a movie, i want escapism and fun,” he said. “A lot of these oscar films are really serious or intense, which i can appreciate, but i typically don’t go out of my way to watch those kind of movies.”

Yockey suggested the Acad-emy typically ignores stronger, independent films in favor of showcasing more bankable films.

“that’s the nature of the beast. it’s not really a general assessment of the best films of any given year, but an industry passing out laurels to what it

considers its best products,” he said.

Despite these gripes, both admitted they will watch the awards broadcast, albeit for different reasons.

“i am interested to see who wins what — i think it would be awesome if ‘Django Un-chained’ won [best picture],” kyler said. “i’m also excited to see how Seth Mcfarlane does as the host.”

Yockey is a bit more emo-tionally invested.

“like everyone else i want to feel the sting of injustice when a favorite nominee loses out and smug satisfaction when they do win,” he said. “So i’m already preparing myself for whatever happens to emman-uelle riva, my favorite nomi-nee this year.”