Wednesday, October 30, 2013 95th year • Issue 12

INSIDE

Recital to highlight poetic traditions

COMMUNITY / 8 »

Student groups raise awareness about polio in the world

NEWS / 3 »

Students go trick-or-canning to aid Cherry Street Mission

UT’s Circle K will gather canned goods on Halloween, and will try to gather more than last year’s outcome, which amounted to over 400 pounds of product.

COMMUNITY / 8 »

““I blamed myself, I cried, I even fought back; yet that never stopped the abuse.”

PARIS BLACKStand up against

domestic violence OPINION / 7 »

SURVEY RESULTS

CRIMESTUDENT ORGANIZATION

Student chargedin fraud, police chaseBy Lindsay MahaneyStaff Reporter

A University of Toledo student, 20-year-old Kirk Marshall, is facing several charges after allegedly com-mitting ATM and check fraud and leading police on a car and foot chase through campus on Oct. 16.

A second student, whose ATM card was involved in the alleged fraud, is accused of lying to police about how Marshall got his card.

Montrez Stokes, 18, told UT police on Oct. 2 that his debit card had been stolen and fraudulent charges had been made to his Huntington Bank account. But two days later, according to documents filed in Toledo Municipal Court, he changed his story and told an officer he had given his card and PIN to a person he knew as “Kash” so the man could deposit $2,200 into his account.

Stokes told police that “Kash” had offered him $1,100 to let him use his card, according to court docu-ments. He said he did not know the man’s real name, but had met him on Twit-ter and hung out with him before.

Police said Marshall signed a fraudulent payday loan check for $627.41 on Sept. 25, then deposited it at a Hun-tington ATM using Stokes’ card. He also deposited two empty check envelopes on Sept. 26 and withdrew money from Stokes’ account, accord-ing to a report filed by police in Toledo Municipal Court.

UT Police Chief Jeff New-ton said Marshall was pulled over on Oct. 16 by a UT police officer, and sped away when the officer asked him to step out of his vehicle. The officer, Kyle Andrews, chased him. Marshall got out of his car and ran through campus on foot, according to the report, and another officer, Justin Marsh, caught up with him at the Law Center build-ing and arrested him.

Newton said police are still investigating to see if anyone else was involved.

NICOLE BADIK / ICDemond Young, right, a second-year majoring in new media design, plays a game with children at the Toledo Boys and Girls Club. Volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club is one of the way members of the Black Student Union reach out to the Toledo community.

By Angela PelusoStaff Reporter

“One person may have little power, but a group of people can be heard.” That’s what Robert Delk uses as inspiration to lead the Black Student Union.

Delk, a fourth-year mathemat-ics major, said BSU is a group that aims to empower African American students to be success-ful in their careers and personal lives. But also, the group encour-ages members to share some of that success with others.

Each semester BSU holds a week for their 300 plus general body members to socialize and give back to other UT students and the surrounding community.

The organization finished their fall BSU week by volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club Toledo’s Hal-loween party on Friday, Oct. 25.

“A lot of those kids don’t have a college role model, or have never even seen a college student,” Delk said.

A total of 23 BSU members volunteered at the Boys and Girls Club to give the children, ages 5 to13, someone to look up to.

Members were in charge of running games like “Spooky Spider,” where kids blew toy spiders across the table and the first one to reach the other side would win. They also gave out “Boo Bucks,” or fake dollars the kids could trade in for assorted candies. Other members helped prepare snacks in the kitchen and

made sure all the children had rides home.

Khary Carson, assistant pro-gram director at Toledo Boys and Girls Club, said he knows BSU aspires to do great things from his years as a former UT BSU member.

“We really appreciate them coming in, running games, serving food, commenting on costumes and just really talking to the kids,” he said. “If it wasn’t for them, I don’t think it would’ve turned out so well. The children’s faces just lit up to see that people care and are honestly there to have fun with them.”

BSU strives to balance their external volunteer work with ser-vice inside the university. Starting Nov. 18 through the 22, BSU, along with other multicultural groups, are meeting in different residence halls each day of the week to let students know their organizations exist.

The meetings are meant to inform students of all the ways multicultural organizations on campus help minority students network and use their experience and pride to give back.

BSU also showed their ap-preciation for other multicultural organizations by marching along-side them in the Homecoming parade for the first time this year.

“All the multicultural orga-nizations are really helpful in making connections for minority students and giving them a place

they feel they belong,” said Kris-tin Conley, fourth-year freshman leadership program director.

When BSU isn’t networking with other organizations and fac-ulty, they are helping their mem-bers grow on a personal level.

Shannon Pugh, fourth-year bi-ology major, said her second year at UT, she felt the need to get in-volved on campus and “BSU was the first thing that really grabbed my attention.”

“I became part of the special events committee,” she said, “and it allowed me to build relation-ships to help, not only my career, but me grow as a person.”

BSU plans 45th annual Scholarship Fashion Show

• Set for February and hosted by Emmanuel Hudson, Youtube sensa-tion and MTV’s “Wild N’ Out” star.

• Two $1,000 Scholar-ships will be handed out to the most deserving female and male student.

• Tiffany Fulford, BSU vice president, oversees the fashion show.

• Isis Darks, IC fashion editor, is this year’s fashion show director.

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SHARING SUCCESSBlack Student Union’s charity work serves UT and Toledo community

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Smoking ban favored by 60%

Rockets to face EMU at

the Glass Bowl

UT will play host after winning five of its last six games and coming off its biggest win of the year, a 28-25 victory over Bowling Green.

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By Samuel DerkinAssociate News Editor

After two weeks of expo-sure, the results of an online survey came back with a ma-jority of voters asking to ban smoking across the University of Toledo’s main campus.

The results were announced Oct. 29 at Student Govern-ment, the group that hosted the poll. Of the 5,080 students

that weighed in online, 3,049 (60.02%) voted in favor of a campus wide smoking ban, 1,811 (35.65%) voted against the ban and 220 (4.33%) said they were unsure.

The 5,080 students who voted in the online survey make up about 24 percent of the reported 20, 782 students enrolled at UT this semester.

Although SG Vice Presi-

dent Lauren Jencen said she was surprised by the survey’s results, she said she hopes to see legislation about the topic at SG’s Nov. 5 meeting.

“It’s obvious that students are definitely interested, or the majority of students who voted are definitely interested in having a campus-wide

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UT students celebrate

Halloween COMMUNITY / 8 »

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This week in UT history25 years ago: An agreement signed

last year allowing WXUT, UT’s student radio station, to share an open-air frequency with Toledo’s Scott High School radio station (WXTS, formerly WAMP), has been put on hold as revisions to the plan take place.

75 years ago: It was Halloween night. The door of Dix W. Noel’s class-room opened and a shower of rotten eggs and tomatoes greeted the law students. The law instructor’s glasses were almost knocked off by one egg, the walls were yolk-splattered, and students proved to be good targets for the missiles.

PHOTOS BY JACKIE KELLETT / IC

Hoops HysteriaAbove — Freshmen Sophie Reecher, Elena de Alfredo and Janice Monakana of the University of Toledo women’s basketball team run onto the court for their Hoops Hysteria preview event on Oct. 24 in Savage Arena. Both the men’s and women’s teams participat-ed in a three-point contest with students from the audi-ence, and the men’s team had a dunking contest. Free T-shirts were passed out and both teams signed posters.Left — Senior guard Rian Pearson shoots a basket for the three-point contest.

See more pho-tos of other

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STUDENT GROUP OF THE WEEK

Pi Kappa Alpha

Purpose: Pike is composed of men of integrity, who are constantly striving for excellence. Keeping UT traditions alive, service to the local community, and raising money to Chil-dren’s Miracle Network are of high importance for our organi-zation.

Leaders: President Brandon Romer, Internal Vice President Bryce Steindl, External Vice President Jeff Farris

Upcoming events: Wrap Up Toledo - Blanket Donations on Nov. 16. Relay for Life Dec. 6th

Learn more: Find more information at www.utpikes.org, on Facebook at Pi Kappa Alpha – Epsilon Epsilon Chapter or on Twitter and Instagram @eepikes.

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Biology

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What will you be for

Halloween?

smoking ban,” Jencen said, “so it’s the responsibility of Student Government to follow up on that since we do represent the student body.”

Senator Tiara Green said she is willing to support whatever students ask for; however, she voiced reservations about how a smoking ban would be enforced.

“I feel that it’s going to create a lot of controversy for the few people who actually like being able to smoke on campus,” Green said.

Senator Katie Smith said she was unsurprised with the results of the survey.

“It does seem like a lot of people smoke on campus, but I think that compared to the entire majority of the student body, that a lot of people are against it,” Smith said.

Senator Clayton Notestine said

that even though this particular survey generated more feed-back than previous surveys, he remains doubtful that an actual smoking ban will be instituted.

“Just because there was a majority for this campus-wide smoking ban, I don’t think it’s ac-tually going to mean that there’s a greater likelihood for there to incur a smoking ban campus wide.” Notestine said.

Notestine said he is also con-cerned about how a smoking ban will be enforced on campus.

“To try and enforce it and put that enforcement on the responsibility of the administra-tion and UTPD, I feel as though that would be a misallocation of resources when there are much more important issues on hand on campus.” Notestine said.

“When you go and put it in retrospect and compare it to just how much time and effort and money will have to go into enforcing a campus-wide smok-

ing ban,” he said, “is 60 percent really enough in the end when you think of it that way?”

Before the poll results were released, SG president Emily Kramp announced that she vetoed previously passed legisla-tion, which called for restricting computer use within residence halls to academic purposes only.

“I vetoed the legislation be-cause I didn’t feel that it was up to par with the wording,” Kramp said. “I am going to work with that senator; if he chooses to put it back up, to make sure that it is at Student Government stan-dards.”

Senator Samuel Duling, the author of the legislation, is required to have a three-fourths majority in favor before the newly worded legislation may be re-presented to the floor of SG.

In other SG news:• Guest speaker Julie Fisher

Kenny gave a brief presentation on the services provided by the

success coaches and answered questions and concerns.

• Guest speaker D’Naie Jacobs, the interim dean of YouCollege and the undergrad portal, gave a presentation on university services such as career classes and exploratory programs for choosing new majors.

• Assistant Provost Sammy Spann announced a leadership course provided next semes-ter is looking for students to participate in a service trip to Haiti over spring break.

• New appointments include: Trisha Khambadkone as new chair of the student affairs com-mittee, and Ian Michalak and Shannon Connelly as senators-at-large.

• Assistant Provost Sammy Spann also announced that he will be meeting with Provost Scott Scarborough next week to discuss a bike-share initia-tive.

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IN BRIEFHealthy relationships to be discussed

The University Counseling Center will be hosting a discussion on the characteristics of healthy relationships on Oct. 30 and 31 from noon until 1 p.m. in Stu-dent Union Room 2591. For more information, contact Angela Spoerl at angela.spoerl@utoledo.edu.

Sidewalk work in progress in Centennial Mall

Crews began work on repairing and replacing areas of concrete around the Centennial Mall area beginning the week of Oct. 28. Barricades will surround certain sec-tions under repair and authorized vehicle traffic in the Centennial Mall may be restricted.

COLLEGE RELOCATION

New college to be housed in Sullivan HallBy Becky WittkofskeStaff Reporter

The College of Communication and the Arts (CoCA) will be undergoing changes in their curriculum and will be moving from University Hall to Sullivan Hall during winter break.

Paul Fritz, communication depart-ment chair, said the CoCA’s offices will pack up by Dec. 27 and the move will take place the following week. The college move will occupy all of Sullivan Hall.

“We are taking over the whole building, all three floors,” Fritz said.

Deborah Davis, the interim CoCA dean, said the physical change is part of an internal restructuring. The new college was created March of 2013 when the College of Visual and Performing Arts merged with the Department of Communication.

Davis said the hope of merging the two is that students will have more careers and opportunities available to them. She also said the move to Sul-

livan Hall will put the communica-tion department closer to Rocket Hall where the broadcasting facilities are.

Sullivan Hall is set to open shortly before the start of the spring 2014 semester. Davis said CoCA students will be kept in the loop through email notifications, the CoCA Facebook, and UT’s CoCA web page.

Davis said many of the college’s administrative offices, including her own, will be located on the first floor of Sullivan Hall and the main offices for the department of communication will be on the second floor.

Davis also said Sullivan Hall will house two computer labs and record-ing devices to record classes.

“There will be one [computer lab] on the second floor and one on the third floor,” said Davis. “They will be newly wired so they will have a faster connection.”

According to Davis, there will be some changes to the communication department’s curriculum, as it will be

adjusted to fall in line with the Ohio Transfer Module Compliance.

However, Davis said the curricu-lum change should not impact any-one already working on their commu-nication degree. First-year students can follow either the old plan or the modified plan while the curriculum is still in the transition period.

Davis said the cur-riculum in the art department will not change, but communica-tion electives will be of-fered and may be more relevant and beneficial to art students.

Davis said although there will still be separate classes for communication and arts students, some classes that combine both the arts and communication cur-riculum are being developed.

Fritz said that he feels the merge will suit students well.

“We are working to develop a cur-

riculum that is suited just for com-munication and arts students,” Fritz said. “We really fit much better in the arts area than in the social sciences.”

Fritz said the faculty have worked to-gether to create more dynamic and in-teractive classes. He said there will also

be flipped classroom courses, which involve using online resources to watch lectures as homework and engage in hands-on learning in the classroom.

Fritz said he is very pleased with the department changes because he feels his

colleagues are all on the same page.“For the first time in the thirty

years since I’ve been here, talking with my colleagues in theater, music and so forth, I know what they are talking about and they know what I’m talking about,” Fritz said. “I think it’s a very good fit.”

WORLD ISSUES

UT student organizations raise polio awarenessBy Amaris SmithStaff Reporter

The University of Toledo’s Student National Pharmaceutical Asso-ciation (SNPhA) and the African People Association (APA) teamed up Oct. 24 to raise awareness about World Polio Day by asking stu-dents to sign a petition that would increase funding for polio vaccina-tions to developing countries in need.

The two student organizations joined Shot@Life, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to educate and empower Ameri-cans to help protect children in developing countries from vaccine-preventable diseases like polio.

Both organizations had a goal to earn 50 signatures to send to Congress and the United Nations Foundation. Over 90 signatures were collected on Thursday.

President of SNPhA and fifth-year doctor of pharmacy student Christian Jeric was overwhelmed at the positive responses that stu-dents gave.

“We wanted the students to sign

the petition, write letters to Con-gress and understand that polio is still a big problem to some,” Jeric said.

Poliomyelitis, often called polio, is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system and causes total paralysis. According to Shot@Life, 1 in 200 infections lead to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralyzed, 5 to 10 percent die when their breathing muscles, such as the diaphragm, become immobilized.

Polio cases have decreased by over 99 percent since 1988 from an estimated 350,000 cases to 223

reported cases in 2012, according to a Shot@Life pamphlet.

In 2013, the three countries that remain polio-endemic are Afghan-istan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

Akeem Bale, third-year pharmacy major and vice president of APA, said he knows the importance of polio eradication.

“Since I am an African and from Nigeria, I have first-hand knowledge of what polio can do, and how it has destroyed the lives of children by leaving them para-lyzed for the rest of their life,” Bale said. “By getting vaccines to those countries, we’re going to be eradicating polio all over the

world.”Jeric said even though polio is

no longer in the United States, it’s important to realize that it still exists in the world.

“We are a diverse campus and polio still exists in Nigeria, Af-ghanistan and Pakistan,” Jeric said. “We wanted to raise awareness to students at UT that even though polio is hard for Americans to recall, there are still thousands and thousands of kids facing this disease worldwide.”

Bale also feels it’s important for everyone to know about the effects of polio.

“I am passionate about polio

eradication because most Ameri-cans feel that polio doesn’t affect them,” Bale said. “…if I had polio and I brought it here, I can infect other people and if I can come here as a Nigerian, other people have the same opportunity and can infect people too.”

Third-year pharmacy major Feyikem Osunding said the polio epidemic hits home for her.

“I’m from Nigeria and I don’t want us to be a part of that group anymore,” Osunding said. “This is the first step to raise awareness, and get a bill passed in Congress so that we can send aid and volunteers. That’s what this bill is going to help do.”

Bale said he believes every child deserves a chance to live a disease-free life.

“If we made a difference on even one child today, then that child will grow up having a productive life and end up being a responsible member of society,” Bale said. “By saving one child, we’re saving our future.”

Jeric said the petitions will be sent to Washington, D.C. at the United Nations Foundation and are being mailed on Oct. 30.

NICOLE BADIK / ICAkeem Bale, a third-year pharmacy student and vice president of the African People Association, helps William Crawford, a first-year social work student, sign a petition to help increase funding for polio vaccinations to developing countries in need. Over 90 signatures were collected. The petition will be mailed to Washington, D.C. at the United Nations Foundation on Oct. 30.

Helping others grow is one of the reasons BSU president Delk said he wanted to lead the organization— because he wanted to impact students.

One way he intends to do that is by host-ing and preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for students that miss home cooked meals. Delk said he heard about students that hadn’t been able to make it home for the holidays in three years, and it concerned him.

“I ran for president because I felt the BSU needed some change; I wanted to create a new voice,” Delk said. “I want to try and make my mark; I just want to help everyone and give them a family away from family.”

To become part of the BSU, students must sign up on a membership form. From there, BSU will contact them through email. There are no fees, nor do students have to take any special actions to become a member.

BSU general body member meetings are every first Wednesday of the month. The next one is Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Student Union room 2592.

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“If we made a dif-ference on even one child today, then that child will grow up having a productive life and end up being a responsible member of society. By saving one child, we’re sav-ing our future.”

AKEEM BALE Vice President of African People

Association

“We really fit much better in the arts area than in the social sciences.”

PAUL FRITZCommunication chair

“We wanted to raise awareness to stu-dents at UT that even though polio is hard for Americans to recall, there are still thousands and thousands of kids facing this disease worldwide. ”

CHRISTIAN JERIC President of SNPhA

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PUZZLESTHEME: TWENTY-

FIRST CENTURY

ACROSS1. Measured with a

penny?6. *Carrie Bradshaw and

Mr. ___ hit silver screen in ‘08

9. “Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves”

13. Twilled woolen fabric14. Australian flightless

bird15. _____ Mara in Africa16. Like pre-Christian

religion17. Often measured on

the dash18. One born under

Aries19. *Lance’s offense21. *Influenza health

scare23. E in CE or BCE24. Where the road splits25. Scot’s woolen cap28. Walkie-talkie word30. Saudi Arabia’s

neighbor35. Color wheel

elements37. Seed covering39. Native American fruit40. In neutral41. Reasoned judgment43. Frost44. *Segway user46. Gilbert of

“Roseanne”47. Subway in U.K.48. Crashed or slept50. ____ Bell52. Top engineering

school53. Detest55. Make a scene57. *U.S. enemy61. *Kind of media64. “El Capitan”

composer65. Pressure unit67. Disconnected69. Deadly snake of

southeastern Asia70. Reef dweller71. Olive branch

meaning72. ___ _ good example73. Backstabber74. Mandarin’s

headquarters

DOWN1. Cooking unit2. *What people do on a

Kindle3. Therefore or

consequently4. Open-mouthed5. *”Meet the Fockers”

star6. Titanic’s cause of

sinking7. Mischief-maker8. New Orleans

restaurant staple

9. Shakespeare, e.g.10. “In your dreams!”11. Worshipped by

ancient Semitic peoples

12. Hokkaido native15. Price minus cost20. Maryland Academy22. Rub the wrong way24. War vessel25. *Current millennium,

e.g.26. *What an iPod

delivers27. Blends29. Aphrodite’s son31. Result of kissing a

frog32. Celery, technically33. Iambus, pl.34. *Succinct public

message36. Witnesses38. *Italy stopped using it

in 200242. Chocolate source45. Fix leftovers49. *Prince William

became one in 201351. *______ Wall Street54. Common candle

shape56. Fungal skin infection57. Requests58. Paul Bunyan story,

e.g.59. Arabian tea60. *Kim Jong-Un’s part

of the world

61. Deposited by a river62. Comic Sandler63. Head vermin66. Last word of

“America, the Beautiful”

68. Bear cave

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IN BRIEF

MAC names Sylvestre player of the week

UT linebacker Junior Sylvestre was named the Mid-American Confer-ence West defensive player of the week, the league announced Monday.

Sylvestre recorded a game-high 12 tackles and a career-best 3.0 sacks in Toledo’s 28-25 win at Bowling Green Saturday. His fi nal sack of the day resulted in a seven-yard loss, forc-ing the Falcons into a third-and-13 on their fi nal drive.

Miami to host new bowl game with MAC tie-in

The MAC announced Thursday a tie-in with the newly created Miami Beach Bowl to be played in Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. The MAC will play in the Miami Beach Bowl in the 2016 and 2018 bowl seasons as part of a rotation of FBS confer-ences.

The creation of the Miami Beach Bowl is the third of a series of bowl announcements, and the centerpiece of a joint agreement between sev-eral FBS conferences. Along with the previously announced Boca Raton Bowl and Bahamas Bowl, the Miami Beach Bowl will be supported by several FBS conferences on a six-year rotating basis (2014-2019).

Two runners fi nish in top 20 in last regular season race

UT’s cross country teams competed in the fi nal race of their regular season Friday, Oct. 25 at the Eastern Michigan Fall Classic. No team scores were kept, but Toledo women placed in the top 20.

Junior Jackie Koza and senior Megan Vogelsong fi nished back-to-back, placing 15th and 16th, respectively. Sopho-mores Julia Pusateri and Stephanie Ingraham also had strong races, fi nish-ing 21st and 26th, while freshman Deirdre Dwyer and junior Megan Csehi placed 32nd and 33rd.

“The women ran well and most of them moved up steadily through the race,” head coach Linh Nguyen said in a UT release. “Megan Vogel-song is running well as she comes back from injury. She has only a few weeks of training under her belt, but is running tough. Jackie had a good bounce back race and a lot of the other women ran season bests.”

UT had only two run-ners in the men’s race as the team prepares for the MAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Bowl-ing Green.

Freshmen Chris Hou-sel and Matt Leis placed 47th and 48th respec-tively.

Softball team to host bowling event

The Toledo softball team will host the fi fth-annual “Rocket Softball Bowl-a-Thon Saturday, Nov. 23, at Southwyck Lanes in Toledo at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $30 and include three games of bowling, shoe rental, pizza, pop and a T-shirt.

Raffl es and other chances to win prizes will be conducted.

Individuals will be assigned to a lane with Rocket softball players.

Entry forms must be completed by Friday, Nov. 15.

FOOTBALL

JACKIE KELLETT / ICFreshman running back Kareem Hunt dives over the goal line for a touchdown to give Toledo a 7-0 lead in the fi rst quarter Saturday, Oct. 26, against Bowling Green. For the second week in a row, Hunt ran for over 100 yards and a score stepping in for an injured David Fluellen, whose status for this Saturday is uncertain.

UT blows by BGSU and Miami, moves to 7-3 in MAC play

VOLLEYBALL

By Austin HenrySports Reporter

Th e University of Toledo raised their overall record to 14-10 this past weekend, recording 3-1 victories over Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green.

Senior outside hitter Lauren Rafdal led the of-fense Friday night against Miami with 23 kills — her fi ft h 20-plus-kill game of the season. Senior outside hitter Jordan Kielty also had her best off ensive game of the year, racking up 17 kills and a .429 attack percentage.

Senior setter Adria Pryor controlled the tempo of the Rockets’ attack with a season-high .312 hitting mark, while junior middle blocker Brooke Frazer (6-0-12, .500 ATK%) and senior middle blocker Dakota Harkins (6-0-14, .429 ATK%) each had solid games at the net.

Rafdal ended the fi rst set on fi re with nine kills and a .412 ATK%. UT man-aged to break away from the Redhawks with a 5-1 burst to take a 22-17 lead, ending the fi rst set with a four-point victory.

Th e second set stayed close with 13 ties and eight lead changes. UT was forced to come back from a 22-20 defi cit late in the set. Harkins sparked a four-point run that Kielty added on to with two kills. Reidy ended with an ace, and, aft er a Miami kill, Harkins put Toledo up 2-0.

Th e third set was even tighter. It featured 16 ties and ended with the Redhawks scoring the fi nal two points.

Toledo regained their com-posure in the fi nal set, scor-ing the fi rst fi ve points and clocking an eventual 13-3 ad-

Rockets looking to build off rivalry win, keep momentum going vs EMUBy Jay SkebbaSports Editor

Don’t look now, but the University of Toledo football team has won fi ve of its last six games and is coming off its biggest win of the year, a 28-25 victory over Bowling Green.

Th ey welcome Eastern Michigan (1-7, 0-4 MAC) to the Glass Bowl Saturday, Nov. 2, and the talk this week centered on not taking the Eagles lightly.

EMU’s only triumph of the year came in week one, a 34-24 win over Howard of the Football Champion-ship Subdivision. Since then, Eastern has lost seven in a row by an average of more

than 28 points.Th ey’ve surrendered 50 or

more points in four of their last fi ve games.

“Th ey’re a team whose record certainly doesn’t dictate, in my opinion, how good they are,” said UT head coach Matt Campbell at his Monday press conference. “I think it’s been a tough year for them, especially with the tragedy they had there two weeks ago.”

Campbell was referring to the morning of Oct.18, when the body of receiver Damarius Reed was discov-ered with multiple gunshot wounds in the hallway of his off -campus apartment. Police are still following

leads and are calling the case a homicide.

“I think what you’ve seen is a football team that’s played inspired, tough foot-ball the last couple weeks,” Campbell said.

Aft er a highly-emotional win over the Falcons last weekend, Campbell down-played the possibility of being worried about a letdown.

He praised his senior class for making those around them better each week, and pointed out the Rockets have to focus on themselves.

“If we want to get to where

If you goWhat: Toledo (5-3, 3-1

MAC) vs Eastern Michi-gan (1-7, 0-4)

Where: Glass Bowl — Toledo, Ohio

When: Saturday at 7 p.m.

TV: BCSN (tape delay — 10:30 p.m.)

Radio: AM 1370Spread: UT by 30.5Key for UT: Don’t allow

for a letdown after last week’s emotional victory.

Prediction: Eastern Michigan simply doesn’t have the talent to keep up with most teams on its schedule, and Toledo is no exception. Rockets roll, 48-17.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Completely free from sanctions, Toledo men set their sights on postseason for 2013-14By Blake BachoAssociate Sports Editor

Th e University of Toledo men’s basketball team is hun-gry and eager to put last year behind them.

No more post season bans. No more practice restrictions. Now they have a chance to control their own destiny in-stead of the NCAA dictating it for them.

“We are ready to get the season started,” said junior guard Julius “Juice” Brown Tuesday during the team’s media day. “We’ve been bonding well as a team. We are excited to get back.”

Toledo’s four returning starters have had plenty of time this off season to refl ect on how last year ended — and on what they could have achieved had they been al-lowed to continue playing.

UT fi nished with a 15-13 (10-6 MAC) record to tie Western Michigan for fi rst place in the Mid-American Conference’s West division. But due to NCAA sanctions levied against the team for low Academic Progress Rate scores, the Rockets were banned from postseason play.

“No excuses,” said head coach Tod Kowalczyk. “We have expectations, we have pressure, but we look at that pressure as deserved and a privilege. We’re excited about performing and getting past anything from the past.”

Th is season’s squad has plenty of loft y expectations to live up to without even looking at what last year might have been. In this year’s MAC men’s basketball

NICOLE BADIK / ICFrom left, junior guard Juice Brown, sophomore center Nathan Boothe and senior guard Rian Pearson will team up to form one of the best trios in the MAC this season. The three of them combined to average nearly 40 points per game last season. Coach Kowalczyk said Brown and Boothe are the two most improved players from last year.

preseason poll, released on Tuesday, the Rockets were a near-unanimous pick to win the West Division, receiving 24 fi rst-place votes from the 25-member panel.

“I wouldn’t say it is any pressure, but if you want pressure, that’s the type of pressure you want,” Brown said. “I look at pressure as being a good thing because when people expect you to do

great things, they just want you to do good.”

Kowalczyk, who echoed Juice’s sentiments about this team’s leadership and chemistry, also welcomes the pressure that comes with such high hopes.

“I think for our players we’ve earned the right to have expectations,” he said. “You know, you don’t have expectations unless you earn

it, and those expectations, I think are a healthy thing for our program.

“I hope we get those expec-tations every year.”

Whatever they might do next year will be without the aid of senior guard Rian Pearson, who looks to do this season what Toledo has been unable to do so far during his collegiate career — get to the Big Dance.

“It’s a totally diff erent hun-ger,” he explained. “I want to get to the NCAA tournament — never been there — so I want to go make an appear-ance my senior year. Th at would be big.”

Pearson and Juice have al-ready done big things during their time together in Toledo, becoming one of the best

See EMU / 6 » See MAC play / 6 »

See Postseason / 6 »

Soccer team falls to Ohio, Kent State over weekendThe University of Toledo women’s soccer team has been eliminated from Mid-Ameri-

can Conference tournament contention after suffering a heartbreaking 2-1 loss on Friday against Ohio and a 3-1 loss against Kent State on Sunday during senior day. To read this story, visit www.independentcollegian.com/sports.

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vantage. Miami managed to cut their defi cit to fi ve points late in the set but were not able to draw any closer.

“We just had great mo-mentum, and we gotta keep it up” Kielty said aft er the game. “It’s great to know that we can have confi dence in each other to make plays. [We] just need to continue to play on our toes.”

Toledo spent the next night with their local rivals, the Bowling Green Falcons.

Rafdal came in clutch again for the Rockets on both ends of the spectrum, racking up 17 kills and 11 digs — her sixth double double of the season. Reidy joined Rafdal in double digits with 11 kills and also tallied up 12 digs for her sixth double double.

Toledo got plenty of as-

sistance from their middle blockers.

Harkins (team-high .389 ATK%) and Frazer (.250 ATK%) each had eight kills for the Rockets. Frazer controlled the defense with 5 blocks — and a little help from Pryor’s four blocks.

Toledo led the Falcons in the first set with Harkins and Reidy getting four kills each. The Rockets scored the first three points of the match, forcing BG to call an early timeout. The visitors climbed to a two point deficit at 11-9, but the Toledo managed to pull off the win.

Th e Falcons gained some breathing room in the sec-ond set with three straight points to take a 13-10 ad-vantage. UT bounced back with a 7-1 run, giving the Rockets a 17-14 cushion that led to the victory.

Bowling Green refused to go down without a fi ght,

taking control of the third set early with an 8-1 surge for a 9-3 lead. UT did manage to come within four points later in the set, but they could not get any closer.

Rafdal once again made a presence in the fi nal set with seven kills and a .429 attack percentage. Th e Falcons got out to an early 6-3 lead, but Toledo fought back with a six-point streak, giving UT a 12-8 advantage, which led to their victory.

“Every game is a battle, and with a team as good as BG it’s nice to get a win,” head coach Greg Smith said. “It was a great two matches for us to win. Everybody executed well and came to play.

Th e Rockets now look ahead toward their fi nal two home games of the season, facing Eastern Michigan Friday, Nov. 1, and Central Michigan Saturday, Nov. 2.

MAC playfrom page 5

off ensive duos in the MAC and averaging a combined 31 points a game last season.

With their veteran lead-ership and the new blood of three new freshmen, Toledo looks to go where they were unable to last season.

“We really feel like this is the year to get things done, so yeah I would say that we are hungry,” Juice said. “We feel we have the leadership with me and Rian Pear-son and [senior forward] Matt Smith. Th en we got the young guys as well. Th ey’re gelling well; we are all gelling together, trying to become better each and every day.”

He may be one of the younger guys, but sopho-more center Nathan Boothe is just as hungry as Brown and Pearson — and that hunger has not gone unno-ticed this off season.

“Our most improved play-

ers are Nathan Boothe and Juice Brown,” Kowalczyk said. “When you’ve got two guys like that, that have got-ten that much better, I think there are good things ahead for us.”

Boothe showed what he brings to this team last year as a freshman. He started and played in all 28 games,

averaging 8.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

If his off season was as impressive as Kowalczyk says, he has the potential this year to turn Toledo’s scoring duo into a trio, and Pearson would love to see it happen.

“We got plenty of room for everybody,” he said smil-ing. “We are going to make it happen.”

Boothe may not be ready to be included in the headlines and stories about Pearson and Juice, but the soft-spoken sopho-more is very clear about what he and his team’s goal is as they head into the season.

“Th e goal is to win the MAC and go to the NCAA tournament,” he said.

Toledo will begin the road to that tournament this weekend with their fi rst exhibition game of the year, facing Hillsdale Sunday, Nov. 3, at Savage Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 3:30 pm.

Postseason from page 5

JACKIE KELLETT / ICSenior center Zac Kerin (left) poses with senior defensive end Christian Smith (right) and the Battle of I-75 trophy, holding up four fi ngers to signal UT’s fourth straight win over its nemesis BGSU. Toledo scored a touchdown with just over a minute to play in the fourth quarter to win 28-25.

we want to go, then we’re going have to continue to stay on that course,” he said. “We played Eastern Michi-gan last year; they gave us everything and more than we wanted.”

A season ago, a heavily-favorited UT squad traveled to Ypsilanti and got into a shootout, squeaking out a 52-47 victory.

EMU running back Bron-son Hill ran for 284 yards and four touchdowns that day, and Toledo will have to contend with him again Saturday.

Th e Rockets hope to counter with David Fluellen, who left last Saturday’s game for the second straight week with an injury.

He injured his back late in the game against Navy and was considered a game-time decision against BGSU. He wound up starting and looked just fi ne, sprint-ing for 47 yards on his fi rst carry.

Flu came up lame just two carries later and did not return.

Campbell called it a

“lower leg injury,” unrelated to the back issue.

“Th e biggest thing with David is if he’s able to play Saturday, we’re going to play him,” he said. “It’s not a major injury, it’s not something that’s going to be anything extensive; we just have to make sure he is healthy and ready to go and capable of playing to his ability.”

Also for the second week in row, freshman Kareem Hunt stepped up in a big way for UT replacing Fluel-len. Aft er carrying it 15 times for 127 yard and a score against Navy, Hunt ran for 114 yards on 21 attempts and another score against BG.

Hunt was heavily re-cruited and received many scholarship opportunities out of Willoughby South near Cleveland, including off ers from Pittsburgh and Minnesota.

Th e Rockets were in on him early as a high-schooler, which helped get him to Toledo.

“We knew how special he could be,” Campbell said. “I got to see Kareem as a sophomore and really developed a great relation-

ship with him and then [offensive line coach Tom Manning] picked it up when he was the assistant recruiting the Cleveland area.”

Hunt closely resembles Fluellen in his running stlyle — a powerful, bruising back with a 5-10, 200-plus pound frame who almost always fi nds a way to fall forward for extra yardage.

Senior Bernard Reedy recalled Hunt’s visit to UT as a high-schooler because of a clever slogan emblazoned on the hoodie he wore that night.

“I remember when [he visited] because he had on a sweatshirt that said, ‘You’ve been Kareemed,’” Reedy said. “He still wears it. I think it was a saying they gave him at his high school like ‘You’ve been Randy Mossed.’”

If Fluellen can’t go, Hunt will again see the majority of the carries, something Campbell said he’s earned with his recent success.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and students are encouraged to “Be true, wear blue.”

EMU from page 5

“It’s a totally dif-ferent hunger. I want to get to the NCAA Tourna-ment — never been there — so I want to go make an appearance my senior year. Th at would be big. ”

RIAN PEARSONSenior guard

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For the last decade of my life, all I’ve heard is that Toledo is like a little Detroit. To a degree, that statement has some truth to it. Both are rust belt cities along a great lake and were at turning points four years ago.

But Detroit kept on its same direction of government waste and passage of left-leaning ideals, while Toledo took a fortunate turn for the better, cut-ting union contracts to balance the budget and going in a more libertarian/conservative direction.

Once again Toledo is at a turning point, and it can either keep going in the right direction or take a hard turn off the side of the meta-phorical cliff back into its old ways.

This election I have endorsed three individuals: Bill Delaney and Joe Ce-lusta for Toledo City Council and Tina Henold for Toledo School Board. You should vote for all the above candidates this election season, and to convince you I wanted to go in depth on why you should.

First, Bill Delaney is a libertarian/conservative Independent who wishes

only to make this city a better place. I can guarantee you if there is anyone in this city that would be effective on To-

ledo City Council, it would be this man. Bill Delaney was a business owner and has fought stupid regula-tions in the past. Unlike the majority of politi-cians on council look-ing to advance their own interests, Delaney looks to advance the

city’s and has told me he plans to donate a por-tion of his salary once elected because he wants to practice what he preaches.

Joe Celusta is a fairly conservative Republi-

can whose best idea is to have Toledo abandon its current laws and adopt ones similar to Maumee’s, which are business friendly. Joe was a senior man-ager for a local billion dollar company that skipped town due to Toledo’s un-friendly business laws. Joe and I don’t agree on everything; however, he cares for this city, and would be a far better leader than most of his running mates could ever dream of becoming.

The final candidate I want to go

over with you is Tina Henold, who is running for Toledo school board. Tina cares deeply for her children and the education of others’ children. Tina believes each child learns differently, which is against common practice. Tina is running for school board to help the children of Toledo, not to further her political career like the three Democratic candidates for Toledo City Council are. This important factor is also a reason why I ask you to only vote for Tina Henold for school board. It will help her win and will hurt others who are just trying to make a name for themselves.

Toledo needs to change one step at a time, and it needs to walk away from its image one step at a time. This race represents a big step in Toledo’s history. Bill Delaney, Joe Celusta and Tina He-nold winning in this election will swing the scales much more in the favor of liberty and away from tyranny. So this election day I urge you to vote for these three individuals. I wish it weren’t true, but I don’t know of one Democrat run-ning who won’t raise your taxes and in-crease regulation. But let’s keep Toledo on the right track: vote for liberty!

Ron Johns is a fourth-year double majoring in marketing and entrepre-neurship.

They tell you they love you, they’re sorry or they didn’t mean to hurt you; so you stay, forgive them and repeat the cycle all over again. “There won’t be a next time,” is what you tell yourself to make things seem better than what they really are, or what they will be.

What does love truly mean when you find yourself mentally, physically or emotion-ally abused by the one person you love? As a survivor of domestic violence, I know the feeling of not being able to reach out for help because nobody will believe you; you may blame yourself or you think he’ll only try to hurt you more than before.

I was fourteen, young and stupid — that was the excuse I gave to blame my-self for his stupid mistakes. I believed we were in love, but in actuality I didn’t know what love really meant. I fell for the first boy who was willing to love me and fill the void I had from a nonexis-tent father.

I blamed myself, I cried, I even fought back; yet that never stopped the abuse. Physically, I could hide the scars and nobody would question. Emo-tionally, I could cry when I was alone. Mentally, I was broken down and no longer the same person.

Domestic violence is not a problem-atic situation that can be talked out or fixed overnight, no matter how hard you wish, pray or believe it can be.

Getting the courage to get up and leave is a good step, until your phone rings and your abuser is on the other end crying for you to come back. When love calls, it’s hard not to pick up and

hear what he has to say. You’re willing to believe it and go back without

the slightest hesitation. I answered that call and went back, too.

It eventually ended, but it wasn’t easy, nor as simple as the pamphlets I read that suggested what was best for me. I didn’t

know what was best for me; all I knew is what I allowed was what I deserved. And I wasn’t able to speak out until last year when I had an assignment for a poetry

class I was taking. I had to write an address poem,

speaking directly to someone about anything that came to mind. I hadn’t spoken about it since it happened. I was making myself sick from hold-ing it in for so long — seven years to be exact. A poem called “Hey Mike” was the beginning of a new me.

I found peace in letting it out and expressing what I felt like I couldn’t for years. I had it pub-lished in a newspaper, “The Mill,” and my professor told me it was the best poem I had ever written. I poured everything I kept bottled in me for years into a piece a paper. That helped heal, to some extent, the little piece of me that I felt would never be restored.

I lost contact with my abuser when I left the city for college, but he reached out to me about two years ago on Face-book. He apologized and said he was

different and wanted to mend a friend-ship we never really had. Old feelings flooded back just like he expected they would, but I wasn’t willing to go back and repeat a part of my life I vowed to leave in my past.

I left with my scars and bruises hidden underneath clothing and sunglasses, a wall built in front of my emotions and my mind in a state of desolation and heartlessness. But not everybody is lucky enough to make it out of a domestic violence situation in the condition that I was able to. Some people don’t even make it out alive.

If you believe it will get better, you’re sadly mistaken. It rarely ever gets better. Something as small as verbally tearing someone down or as big as physically abusing someone can affect the rest of their lives.

And domestic violence does not discriminate. Whether you’re 40 or 14, age doesn’t make you any smarter given the circumstances of most domestic

violence settings. Also, your gender doesn’t mat-ter, either — men can be victims of abuse as well. Many people believe that since men are so domi-nant, there’s no way they can be abused. They’re wrong! Men are verbally, emotionally and even physically abused every day.

Settling for what you want is definitely not what you need. Having enough respect for yourself and

your wellbeing can make a difference in what you accept or allow. Don’t be a victim and allow it to happen to you or anyone you know. Stand up and speak out against domestic violence.

Paris Black is a fourth-year majoring in English.

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COMMENTARY

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

COMMENTARY

How can SG be more effective?

Whether you believe it or not, Student Government is important. Its members are the ones who paint a representa-tive picture of the student body to the administration. They explain student viewpoints to those who might not have taken us into account. They are the student voice.

That’s why every member of SG needs to take his or her job seriously, and to be well-prepared to handle the responsibility of his or her position.

And right now, that’s not always happening.Now, SG has some great things in the works right now.

There’s the “Table Tuesdays” initiative, which gets senators in-teracting with students every week to ask them about everyday concerns. And there’s the smoking ban petition that was kept up for two weeks on everyone’s myUT accounts and received 5,080 responses.

But even with the good aspects of SG, there are still some problems, as evidenced by much of the legislation that’s been seen this year. Just last week, Oct. 22, three resolutions hit the senate floor for debate. Two were tabled because they were inadequately written and researched. The third passed, but was vetoed by the president because it was poorly worded.

Instead of passing things that would actually challenge the administration, SG is reviewing a lot of legislation that’s not very impactful.

Take for instance the tabled resolution that asked for every lecture in every class of 2000 level and above to be recorded and stored. Sure, that’s a useful idea for students; it echoes some really good education principles. But the scope of the proposal is baffling to say the least. Just think of the sheer volume of unanswered questions the proposal elicits: Where would the lectures be stored? How would it be funded? Who would record the lectures? Is the university already working on something that mimics this?

Granted, this new legislation is a step up from the legisla-tion at the beginning of the semester that had senators heatedly debating the merits of keeping a refrigerator in their office. But we’re already on the doorstep of Novem-ber — why are haphazardly constructed resolutions still

making it to such an advanced stage of review?

The answer is that some senators need to be taught how to draft legislation. Yes, there are many newer sena-tors in seats this year, so their legislative skills are going to be shaky. But what about the older senators? Why aren’t they writing more legislation, or better yet, co-authoring legislation with the green-horns? Aren’t they worried about who will write good legislation once all the people in the know have graduated?

Research needs to be done on each topic to make sure it is relevant to students, and to give each piece of legislation the support it needs to be taken seri-ously by the administration. Contrary to popular belief, SG’s official power with the administration is very limited. They wield as much influence as they prove they are worth — which is decided by the administration and the students.

How can they get better at lobbying? By taking it seri-ously. By treating all legislation like it will be brought to the administration. By only working on things that are worth the time and trouble.

Now, we’re pleased to see that SG has risen far above some of its former missteps, like when former president Krystal Weaver vetoed her own impeachment in 2010, or when last year’s senate surveyed students about allowing guns on cam-pus, but decided to go against the results of their own poll. With a new constitution, a new round of members and a slew of restructuring, SG seems to be on the path to something really great.

That’s what makes the issue of strong legislation and senator training so important — too many missteps now could throw their hard-earned progress into jeopardy. SG has gotten better, but they still have a way to go before they are as strong as they could be. They may be trying hard, but the final product doesn’t reflect the hard work that some members have put in.

And why is this topic important to the rest of the university? Because as students, we need to recognize that SG is our direct voice to the administration. We need to push them to pass legislation that speaks for all of us. And we need to help them become the SG that they have the potential to be.

My vote for this year’s Election Day

Stand up against domestic violence

RON JOHNSIC COLUMNIST

PARIS BLACKIC COLUMNIST

UT needs a smoking ban

The example provided by Samuel Derkin and Rebecca Wittkofske in their article, “Student group protests proposed smoking ban,” published on October 17th, does not serve as an exact comparison to the condi-tions behind the move toward allowing smoking on UT’s campus. Many college students are very hostile when it comes to banning smoking. However, I do not think UT should allow smoking on campus because of the harmful effects associ-ated with smoking.

In regards to Derkin and Wittkofske’s arguments, a person eating candy doesn’t adversely affect their health like smoking does. [Editor’s note: The views expressed in the article mentioned above were those of the participants, and not meant to reflect

the personal beliefs of the reporters.]Eating candy and smoking are two completely different scenarios. The Young Americans for Liberty student organization believe smoking ban is absurd when it has been a severe issue worldwide for years. The organization handed out free candy, followed by a citation with a fake fine at the Union to relate to the consequences of smoking. Candy is irrel-evant to smoking. The worst outcome candy can do to the body is a cavity. According to MedicineNet, smoking causes lung cancer, yellow teeth, secondhand smoke, wrinkles, bad breath, death, etc. Riley Conway, first year middle childhood education major, said smoking is seen as unclean and unhealthy as well as dangerous.

The ban serves to prevent smoking on campus, where people who choose not to smoke may be exposed to secondhand smoke. Accord-

ing to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for nonsmokers, breathing secondhand smoke has im-mediate harmful effects on the cardiovascular system that can increase the risk for heart attack. Nonsmok-ers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their lung cancer risk by 20–30%.

Morgan Ranker, first year health care administration major, thinks the ban is a good idea. “It is not fair for police to be less strict on a college campus. The majority of the police on campus will not say anything toward kids smoking on campus. It needs to be a strict rule everywhere. It makes the campus police look bad,” Ranker said.

On a personal note, my mother has been smoking cigarettes for years now, and I have been breathing in secondhand smoke. I do not agree with my mother’s choice, even though her

decision to smoke is regret-ful. She avoids being around people when she smokes, and I have grown to believe everyone should do the same. I will never develop a habit to smoke myself. As a Health Care Administra-tion major, I am exceedingly concerned with the effects on secondhand smoke.

The University’s general smoking ban is good for the public health. Students need to avoid picking up the rou-tine of smoking by excluding themselves from smokers. Smoking on campus gives people the wrong impres-sion when they are at UT for a college visit. My only expectation at the University of Toledo is to eliminate smoking huts on campus to decrease the risk of second-hand smoke. I believe it will attract more students to the University as well as keep students from transferring.

—Emily Soles, health care administration major

I left with my scars and bruises hidden under-neath clothing and sunglasses, a wall built in front of my emotions and my mind in a state of desolation and heartlessness.

Research needs to be done on each topic to make sure it is relevant to students, and to give each piece of legislation the support it needs to be taken seriously by the administration.

Editorials appearing on this page represent the consensus view of the editorial staff. Columns and letters to the editor reflect the opinions

of their authors, not those of The Independent Collegian.

EDITORIAL BOARDDanielle GambleEditor-in-Chief

Morgan Rinckey Opinion Editor

Samantha Rhodes News Editor

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

IN BRIEF

Wednesday, Oct. 30 12 p.m. -- Healthy

Relationship Workshop, join in the discussion on the characteristics of healthy relationships as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, spon-sored by the Counseling Center; Student Union 2591. Thursday, Oct. 31

4 p.m. -- The Long View on Young Star Masses, presented by Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory; McMaster Hall 4009.

7:30 p.m. -- Hallow-een party; costume contest, food and pumpkin carving. Gift certificates for Art Sup-ply Depo will be given for best costume and pumpkin; CVA Sculpture Building Friday, Nov. 1

All day -- Black-oUT is a campus wide residence hall energy competition which com-bines the SEED initiative with residence life. The energy consumption will be monitored and then compared to consump-tion during the same period the past year. The residence hall that saves the most energy wins a hall trophy and receives free t-shirts.

5 p.m. -- Tailgate recycling. On home football game days, student volunteers give tailgaters trash bags and separate bags for recyclable material. The recycling bags will be collected and separated into different materials for recycling; sponsored by SEED; Glass Bowl and tailgate Monday, Nov. 4

4 p.m. -- Structural and biochemical studies of protein-ligand interactions: insights for drug de-velopment, presented by Vidhi Mishra, dis-sertation defense. Free and open to the public. Bowman-Oddy 1059.

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Art exhibit to share cancer stories

The University of Toledo will host an art exhibition on the Health Science Campus this week that shares the art-ists’ cancer journeys.

The Lilly Oncology On Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey exhibit features artwork and narratives from cancer patients, their families, caregivers and friends depicting how the disease has affected their lives.

The free, public exhibit will be on display through Friday, Nov. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center at UT Medical Center.

Oncology On Canvas is presented by Lilly Oncology, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and The University of Toledo Medical Center.

Contact Jan Tipton at janelle.tipton@utoledo.edu or 419-383-5170 for more information.

Nominations sought for 2014 Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame

Nominations for the 2014 class of the Univer-sity of Toledo Varsity “T” Hall of Fame are being accepted up until Nov. 8. The Hall of Fame Banquet will be held Feb. 22 in Savage Arena with the 2014 class being presented at the men’s and women’s basketball games on Feb. 23. Nomi-nations may come from any source and those from previous years automatically carry over to the next year.

SERVICE

Circle K ‘Trick or Canning’ event to benefit Cherry Street MissionBy Amanda EggertCommunity Editor

Trick-or-treating is a tradition that resonates with children and adults. On Oct. 31, Circle K International (CKI) will use trick-or-treating as a way to give back to the community.

“We go into Ottawa Hills and go trick-or-treating the same time the kids do and instead of trick or treat-ing for candy, we trick or treat for canned goods,” said Anna McCune, a fourth-year pharmacy major and the president of CKI.

Dressed as trick-or-treaters, members of the organization will collect nonper-ishable items, which are donated to the Cherry Street Mis-sion.

“I think it’s impor-tant to give to the Cherry Street Mis-sion because it’s the largest missionary shelter that we have in Toledo and a lot of the time with food shelters, they run out more often than they can resupply or restock,” said Alex Bour, a fifth-year biology major.

McCune said she hopes more students will participate in the an-nual event this year to receive more canned goods.

“What I am most looking forward to is probably that we have a better turn out for the trick-or-canning exercises and that the Ottawa Hills residents have become aware of our presence and are able to give more canned goods in total this year,” Bour said.

Surpassing last year’s amount of canned goods received is something CKI is striving for.

“410 pounds of food last year was our final total, which we are hoping to break that record this year, because breaking records is pretty awesome,” McCune said. “I think we can do it.”

Holly Richardson, a second-year business major, said she will be participating in the event for the first time.

“I’m excited. I like that it’s not a huge time commitment but it makes a big difference,” she said. “It’s kind of a simple way to reach out in this

community and I won’t be seeing directly who gets it, but I know that I’m helping out in the com-munity.”

McCune said service is important to her and join-ing CKI was an opportu-nity for her to be involved in the community.

“I have always loved volunteering and giving back to the community because nothing actually makes me smile more than putting a smile on another person’s face,” McCune said. “It makes me happy to make other people happy.”

CKI is a student-led group but they also receive support from the surrounding area organiza-tions.

“We receive support from the West Toledo Kiwanis, the Downtown Kiwanis, Maumee and Perrysburg Kiwanis,” Bour said.

Bour said he became involved with CKI from his previous membership with Kiwanis.

“Kiwanis is the overarching parent organization of which the different service leadership programs are based off of,” he said. “Circle K International is the collegiate level of Kiwanis and I

was also part of the high school level, Key Club.”

Richardson said CKI is a way she is able to network.

“For one, I think it’s really good net-working but it’s really positive,” she said. “And two, I just think that at the end of the day, it’s nice to know you’re making a difference, even with two hours of your time — like for trick-or-canning — it just makes a big difference.”

One of the goals the organization has for this year is to achieve over 2,000 hours of service, McCune said.

“I think a really good thing about Circle K is that there is not a mini-mum requirement for hours you have to do, we are all doing this just because we want to,” Richardson said. “No-body is forcing you to go to any of the events. That is something I really take out of it, it’s just that they are present-ing you an opportunity to serve and there’s no pressure to do it.”

McCune said the group has done a variety of service projects which include volunteering at animal shelters, food banks, nursing homes, the Boys and

Girls Club, and battered women shelters.“We are not just limited to one kind

of project,” McCune said. “We are a free-lance type volunteer organization. We kind of pick and choose what we want to do. So that means we are not limited to anything.”

Brianne Nowak, a second-year medical technology major, said ser-vice is important to her and students should get involved to help others.

“I just think service is one of the best things you can do to give back to other people and if you are just impacting someone locally, I think it is a good way to give back,” Nowak said.

McCune said the members of the organization are a close-knit group.

“We become really close as friends and act like family,” she said. “That’s what really sets us apart from other organiza-tions because we are very social.”

The group will be meeting Oct. 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the I-House loop to carpool for the trick-or-canning event.

The next meeting will take place Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Student Union Room 2591.

COURTESY OF ANNA MCCUNEUT Circle K International at a Cedar Point Halloweekends fundraiser. One of the goals the organization has for this year is to achieve over 2,000 hours of service.

“I have always loved volunteer-ing and giving back to the com-munity because nothing actually makes me smile more than put-ting a smile on another person’s face.”

ANNA MCCUNEUT Circle K International

president

HALLOWEEN ON CAMPUS

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