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Tough act to follow

Mosley will take over for Juice in the next basketball season.

SPORTS / 6 »

Faulty systems disrupt classes

Class schedules were disrupted Feb. 16 in the Center for Performing Arts and Stranahan Hall due to heating system-related issues.

NEWS / 3 »

Toledo mayor remembered

About 2,000 people paid homage to Mayor D. Michael Collins Feb. 11 dur-ing his memorial service at the Uni-versity of Toledo’s Savage Arena.

NEWS / 3 »

A comedy for the ages

“Twelfth Night” will be performed for two weekends at UT.

COMMUNITY / 7»

““The exit door to the university seems to be wide open, beckoning adminis-trators and causing us to wonder — what does this say about UT?”

EDITORIALWhat are theyrunning from?

OPINION / 4 »

UT baseball kicks off new season SPORTS / 8 »

LEGISLATION PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH SERIES

Toledo community concerned about future UT president interactionBy Ashley DielStaff Reporter

This is the fourth of a four-part series allow-ing individuals to voice what they want in the next president.

After speaking with stu-dents, faculty and admin-istration about their views on the presidential search, we interviewed members of the community about their opinions and concerns about

the new president’s future interactions with the city of Toledo.

Community outreach

Tom Waniewski, a city council member, said he thinks the new president should focus on reaching out to the community.

“From a community perspective, any time you have a new kid on the block you want to have them meet the neighbors and also be involved with them,” Waniewski said.

Specifically, Waniewski said he hopes the new president will reach out to Toledo’s busi-ness community.

“I would hope that the new president has an eye towards economic development and can reach out to the business community in that regard,” he said.

Linda Alvarado, executive director of the board of community relations, said the president being part of the community is extremely important.

“They would need to be part of the com-munity; they would need to listen to the needs, praises and desires of the community,” Alvarado said. “Immersion, involvement, transparency, genuine communication and compassion are only a few ways that a new University of Toledo president would need to do in order to reach out to the community as a whole.”

She said she also hopes the new president will create partnerships with the community and assist in solving some of Toledo’s social problems.

“The university and its staff cannot operate in a silo; it needs to become part of the com-munity,” Alvarado said. “It needs to reflect the community for which it serves: ethnically, culturally and respectfully.”

Larry Sykes, a city council member, agreed that the new president should make himself or herself known in the community.

“I think that many times universities are so campus, and when I say campus I mean that

ADMINISTRATION

Two UT administrators set to leave for the University of Akron in April By Trevor StearnsAssociate News Editor

Two more administrators are set to leave the University of Toledo in April, taking positions instead at the University of Akron.

Larry Burns, vice president for external affairs, and Godfrey Ovwig-ho, vice president for information technology, will both move to new positions at Akron.

Burns said his new position will be the vice president for advancement.

Ovwigho will become the chief in-formation officer upon his transition to Akron, according to the (Akron) Beacon Journal.

Ovwigho declined to comment on his job change.

Currently, Burns works with the Office of Equity, Diversity and Com-munity Engagement, the Center for Creative Instruction, Office of Uni-versity Communications and Office of University Marketing.

Burns said his new position will be

“much broader” than his job at UT.“This includes all of the enrollment

initiatives, all of the government relations initiatives, all of the Akron Foundation activities, all of the mar-keting, communications and brand-ing activities,” Burns said.

Bobbi Vaughan, director of the Cen-ter for Creative Instruction, said work-ing with Burns was a good experience.

“I really enjoyed working with Larry — he was a great mentor,” she

said. “He was always interested: if we had a problem, we could come to him. He would always help us through different situations.”

Vaughan said she has been working with Burns since “the MCO days” but has only reported directly to him for the past couple of years.

Shanda Gore, associate vice presi-dent for equity, diversity and com-munity, has also worked with Burns for the past few years and that it was

wonderful to work with and for him.“I have to say that working with him

has really been a delight. He under-stands culture building, he understands marketing and branding and relation-ship building,” Gore said. “It has been wonderful to see that and help with the building of relationships, especially amongst the diverse communities that we have both on and off campus.”

Burns said he was looking to move on to Akron in order to incorporate all of the experience he gained while at UT.

“It’s an opportunity to take most of my experiences I’ve had over the last 30 or 35 years and incorporate them into one position,” Burns said. “That was the main reason that I saw it as a great opportunity.”

Burns said he does not think UT has anybody lined up to take his position and the fact that UT is still searching for its new president will

SJP resolution ‘unconstitutional’ By Colleen Anderson Associate News Editor

Disappointment, relief, and shock were just some of the emotions evident throughout the room after the divest-ment campaign resolution was declared unconstitutional during a special closed-door Student Government meet-ing.

The resolution proposed a divestment, or a withdrawal of investments, by UT from any company who “pro-vide direct support for and directly profit from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestin-ian territories.”

The five main companies named in the resolution were Cemex, General Electric, Hewett-Packard, Proctor and Gamble, and Rolls-Royce.

Their involvements were ex-plained in an eight-page resolu-tion written by members of UT’s Students for Justice in Palestine’s steering committee, and spon-sored by SG senators Nadine Sarsour and Sam Aburaad.

SG steering voted to have a closed session during the portion of the meeting concerning the resolution, which vice president Ali Eltatawy said was mainly out of concerns for student safety.

In addition to the closed ses-sion, Eltatawy said there would be up to ten officers present. At least eight officers were vis-

ibly present for the meeting, divided between the main room and the two rooms set aside for other students and community members to view the session via livestream.

“We do want to ensure above all else the safety of University of

HEALTH AWARENESS

Week-long celebration to promote healthy body imageBy Alexandria SabaCommunity Editor

From One Direction’s song “What makes you beau-tiful” to Meghan Trainor’s lyrics “Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top,” there’s no denying that body image is something worth talking about.

The National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) week, also known as Eating Disorders Awareness Week, will take place from Monday, Feb. 23 to Sunday, March 1.

ANAD is a national, non-profit corporation aimed at fighting eating disorders.

“It generally promotes body positivity and accep-tance among women and men, and focuses on bet-tering the body, mind and spirit in a healthy, positive way,” said Taylor Fowler, a third-year psychology major and vice president of programming.

ANAD is a philanthropy of Delta Phi Epsilon, a UT social Greek sorority.

Katelyn Rottinger, a third-year nursing major, said she joined Delta Phi Epsilon because she felt free from judgment and wanted to fight for an issue she was pas-sionate about.

“I love ANAD be-cause I can raise awareness against eating disorders and help fight off those nega-tive stereotypes against body images. It also helps me personally to remain self-confident in the skin I am in,” Rottinger said.

According to Fowler, the Delta Phi Epsilon chap-ters are very involved in making ANAD week an interactive and growth-filled experience.

“All DPhiE chapters acknowledge this week with body-positive displays and tabling, different

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“It generally promotes body positivity and acceptance among women and men, and focuses on bettering the body, mind and spirit in a healthy, positive way.”

TAYLOR FOWLERVice president of programming

See Concerns / 3 »

“It’s an opportunity to take most of my experiences I’ve had over the last 30 or 35 years and incorporate them into one position.”

LARRY BURNSVice president for external affairs

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ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICJessica Moses, a fourth-year exercise science major, gave a speech on behalf of Hillel in opposition of Israeli divestment after Student Government decided not to vote on the issue on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

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Decorating lanterns to celebrate the new yearStudents decorated paper lanterns that looked like animals at the Chinese New Year celebration held in the Student Union Auditorium on Feb. 17. The event was meant to promote and celebrate Chinese culture. Other activities included painting Peking opera masks, making dumplings and paper cutting and folding.

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IN BRIEF

Catholic Student Association to host prom dress drive until Feb. 20

The University of To-ledo’s Catholic Student Association is collecting prom dresses to give to students in Toledo Public Schools.

Dresses, shoes and accessories can be dropped off Friday, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Corpus Christi Uni-versity Parish, located at 2955 Dorr St.

Alternate drop-off or pick-up times can also be scheduled if need be.

Students from Toledo Public Schools can pick out a dress on Sunday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.

Cash donations will be accepted and given to the Daughter Project, a local organization that rescues young girls from sex-trafficking situations.

For more information or to schedule an alternate drop-off or pick-up time, contact Grisoranyel Barri-os at grisoranyel.barrios@rockets.utoledo.edu.

Spring engineering career expo to take place Feb. 25

Attention all en-gineering students seeking co-op employ-ment — the University of Toledo College of Engineering spring career expo will be held Wednesday, Feb. 25.

The fair will be held in Nitschke Hall from 12:30-4:30 p.m.

The College of Engi-neering website offers students tips for the expo: dress formally, visit various employer stations to introduce yourself, use open-end-ed questions and bring numerous copies of your resume with you.

Students with ques-tions regarding what companies and agen-cies will be in atten-dance should stop by the Engineering Career Development Center office in Nitschke Hall Room 1040.

To learn more, contact Cherry Roosen at Cheryl.Roosen@utoledo.edu.

Eberly Center’s success series for women to hold management workshop Feb. 23

The University of Toledo’s Eberly Center will continue its Wom-en’s Success Series with a workshop titled, “Time Management, Project Management and Goal Setting.”

The event will take place Monday, Feb. 23 from 9-11 a.m. and from 5:30-7 p.m. in Tucker Hall Room 0168.

The Women’s Suc-cess Series is de-signed to guide women through personal and professional develop-ment with a weekly engagement of relevant topics to help women identify career paths, navigate proactively in today’s economy and prepare for a success-ful future.

All classes and work-shops are free to UT students.

However, registration is required because space is limited. To reg-ister, call 419-530-8570.

For more informa-tion, contact Jeff Witt at Jeffery.Witt@utoledo.edu or visit the Eberly Center website at www.utoledo.edu/ centers/eberly/.

Science lectures to be held Saturday mornings in Wolfe HallIn order to help facilitate student interest in a variety of wide-ranging subjects, the University of Toledo’s College of Natural

Sciences and Mathematics will now be hosting Saturday morning science programs. The free public lecture series will cover topics across the science spectrum. All programs will start at 9:30 a.m. and take place in Wolfe Hall Room 1205.

By Samuel DerkinStaff Reporter

Class schedules were disrupted Feb. 16 in the Center for Performing Arts and Stranahan Hall due to heating system-related issues.

The University of Toledo sent out emails that morning to students, announcing that the CPA would be closed due to a heating issue.

Associate Vice President of Facilities and Con-struction Jason Toth said the closing of the CPA was due to a failure in the mechanical system and the heat exchanger, not a result of weather.

“This wasn’t a frozen issue,” Toth said, “this was just a failure of an older piece of equipment in the facility.”

Toth said UT hired an independent time and materials contractor to fix the broken equip-ment and that the facility is “fully operational.”

“The heat exchanger was repaired and heat was restored to the building as of 4 o’clock yesterday,” Toth said. “We were working through last night and today to refill the system and bleed the lines to get heat fully dispersed through the building, but in these temperatures it takes a great deal of time to heat the entire building back up.”

Toth said UT is using independent, temporary heaters throughout the CPA to assist with heating the building, but that it will

most likely be another day before heat is fully restored to the CPA.

“It was unexpected,” he said, “We have many systems throughout the campus, through all of our campuses that are very old; the buildings are aged, with an aged infra-structure, so it was an unexpected expense.”

Toth said that although the cost of repairs is unknown at this time, he is not expecting a large cost to the repairs.

On the same day classes were cancelled in the CPA, students and faculty in Stranahan Hall left the building due to a fire alarm set off by a faulty steam relief valve.

“The steam relief valve of the steam heating system, failed to the open position, which allowed steam to fill the mechanical room which then entered the air handling unit and then went out into the building and sounded the fire alarm in the building,” Toth said.

The building was cleared by the Toledo Fire Department and the steam release valve was reset that same day, according to Toth.

He said the relief valves are designed to open to release excess pressure of the steam heating units in the building, and then to return to a closed position.

“This is just a situation where the relief valve stuck in the open position,” Toth said. “It was releasing steam into the building, and into the mechanical room of the building, which got pulled into the air handling system and that was what created the smoke alarm to go off in the building and sounded the fire alarm system. So it was just a matter of replacing that relief valve that went bad.”

Faulty systems disrupt classes

FACILITIES

By Torrie JadlockiStaff Reporter

About 2,000 people paid homage to Mayor D. Michael Collins Feb. 11 during his me-morial service at the Univer-sity of Toledo’s Savage Arena.

Toledo citizens celebrated the life of the mayor after his passing on Feb. 6, arriving as much as an hour before the service to pay respects to the mayor one last time. They filed in with their heads bowed and some with tears in their eyes. The red, white and blue floral arrangements ac-companied the vintage police car to set the scene for the mayor’s memorial.

The service began with an invocation by Imam Sham-suddin Waheed from the Toledo Masjid of Al-Islam and concluded with a benediction by Monsignor Christopher Vasko from the His-toric Church of Saint Patrick.

“In spite of the wonderful terms we like to use — greatness and great leadership, and great this and great that, the Mike I knew was a person who was humble enough…that he did not have to be the mayor to be the center of

attention,” Monsignor Vasko said.Jerry Anderson, news anchor for

WTOL, served as the event’s mas-ter of ceremonies and described Collins as one of his dear friends.

“The program says celebrate the life of D. Michael Collins, and so that is what we are going to do,” Anderson said. “There is so much to celebrate.”

Nagi Naganathan, UT interim president, expressed his grief at the passing of the local leader and

gave his condolences on behalf of the university community.

“These are times of deep grief and deep grieving,” Naganathan said. “These are times for deep re-flections. And as counter-intuitive as it may seem, these are times for celebrations as well … I cannot think of a better way, or a more fitting way, to honor Mayor Col-lins, both in format and in venue.”

MEMORIAL

Toledo mayor remembered

ADELLYN MCPHERON / ICThe memorial service for Mayor D. Michael Collins was held Feb. 11 in Savage Arena. About 2,000 people were in attendance to celebrate the life of the mayor after he passed away Feb. 6.

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that they don’t think that they need to go out into the community,” Sykes said. “I think that they should have individuals that work with the community through various organizations and various religious groups, various fraternities and sororities that can go out and invite or present to the community.” Quality Education

One of the most important factors the new president should focus on is quality education according to Monsignor Michael Billion from the Corpus Christi University Parish.

“These students are going to leave the university and hopefully they will be able to use what they learned and use their education so that they will be able to get jobs,” Monsignor Billion said. “These students are the future and we should make sure that they are prepared for the work force.”

According to Alvarado, the president is “key in assisting the community by providing well-educated, well-informed and employable citizens.”

“I would like to see the neces-sity for a quality education back on the forefront, where students enter into the university and leave with a diploma that makes them employable and participatory citizens,” she said.

In addition to the quality of the education, Waniewski also believes the new president should take steps to ensure that educa-tion is available to everyone.

“I think if anything, I would like to see something done with the educational opportunities for students with the cost of going to college getting more and more expensive,” Waniewski said. “I’d like to see someone come up with a unique plan that would keep tuition rates down, but still be able to give students a high class, world class education at a reason-able or lower price.”

Challenges“Undoubtedly, the new presi-

dent will face challenges,” Billion said. “Anyone coming in is going to have to learn how things are done around here as well as try to gain the trust of the people here.”

Alvarado said she feels one of the biggest challenges will be get-ting to know the community.

“The community must be under-

stood, appreciated, and welcomed,” she said. “Toledo may appear to be a large, urban city; however, we are a very compassionate, close knit community. Someone new to Toledo would need to be immersed into the culture of Toledo and the many diverse cultures that make up the City of Toledo.”

Waniewski agreed that a big challenge will be for them to ab-sorb Toledo’s culture.

“It will be a challenge for them to absorb our way of living. Not that they have to conform to it, but to understand it,” he said. “They may be surprised by the many great things that occur in Toledo, so I hope that they would be able to find the positive things and then build upon them.”

Background The most common thing the

community said they wanted to see in the new president is a busi-ness background.

“I always like to see anybody in leadership to have a good business background,” Waniewski said. “You have to be able to run an institution and to do that you need to know how to run a business.”

He said he hopes the new presi-dent will have a business perspective on things, as well as to realize who their audience is and what the sup-ply and demand for the university are, specifically with the demand being more educated students.

Concernsfrom page 1

“It was just a matter of replacing that relief valve that went bad.”

JASON TOTHAssociate vice president of facilities and construction

“The community must be understood, appreciated, and welcomed.”

LINDA ALVARADOExecutive director of the board

of community relations

determine how quickly the insti-tution will move.

Gore said she was not nervous about having someone new take over Burns’ position.

“Diversity is one of our core values as an institution. It’s part of our mission, and diversity doesn’t change based on a person — it’s really embedded in our culture,” Gore said. “I think we’ve worked really hard to make sure that’s in place.”

According to Vaughan, Burns wasn’t afraid to try new things and was really trying to do good things for the university in terms of marketing and branding UT.

With Burns’ departure, Gore said it is always tough to see someone who has done so much for the UT community leave.

“When you have a change and have somebody who is leav-ing who has contributed to the institution, I’m not sure that sad is the right word,” Gore said. “I’m excited for him because he is excited about this opportunity, yet at the same time, I know this is a loss for the university.”

She also said that she is hope-ful that the next president will be able to find somebody with the right qualities to fill Burns’

shoes.Burns said he hopes Tie One

On continues to be a UT tradi-tion, even after he leaves.

“I hope that it continues to grow and I hope to come back for it each year,” Burns said. “The students are now a very big part of it so I hope that tradition continues.”

He said he will think about spreading Tie One On to the University of Akron and see if they are interested in it.

Burns said he will miss UT and what he accomplished during his time here.

“I’m very grateful for all that UT has done for me over my ca-reer here,” Burns said. “The thing that I will miss the most are my colleagues and the students.”

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“I’m very grateful for all that UT has done for me over my career here. The thing that I will miss the most are my colleagues and the students.”

LARRY BURNSVice president for external affairs

Presidential candidates to visit UT

Forums for Michele Wheatly:· Feb. 19, from 1:30 - 3:15 p.m. in Doermann Theater on Main Campus· Feb. 20, from 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. in Collier Building 1000B on the Health Science Campus

Forums for Christopher Howard:· Feb. 23, from 1:30 - 3:15 p.m. in Doermann Theater on Main Campus· Feb. 24, from 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. in Collier Building 1000A on the Health Science Campus

Forums for Sharon Gaber:· Feb. 26, from 1:30 - 3:15 p.m. in Doermann Theater on Main Campus· Feb. 27, from 8:30 - 10:15 a.m. in Collier Building 1000B on the Health Science Campus

India is the only nation in the world that has seven major religions and 22 languages recognized in its constitution. Many other existing religions and 122 other languages in small figures follow behind. Having that magnitude of di-verse culture, religion, languages, food and lifestyles, a person tends to get adjusted to the differences.

I mean, look at me. I’m a Muslim who studied in a Catholic school most of my life and lived in a Hindu-dominant state (South Indian). Every day I spent at school was a learning adven-ture. Every person was different — different in almost every aspect, and probably the reason why I can easily accept differences and believe more in the ulti-mate results of a person’s character.

During my teenage years, I was hooked to a youth chick flick series. Whenever I wanted to watch it, my mom would already have the remote in hand ready to watch the news. So ultimately, I would give in and we both would end up watching the news. The more I watched, the more I got involved with the poli-tics, the conspiracy, the games played by powerful people while the common people mostly suffered and were hypnoti-cally played like puppets. They are often lied to and used in the name of unity and national security. People were blamed and conflicts were created.

Since I was a teenager, I couldn’t re-ally understand the adult mind and the politics people played. I was angry because I believed almost everything the media portrayed. What was also shocking was the realization of how people let the media influence their thinking, their minds, their perceptions and eradicating the little amount of humanity that one has.

So one day I asked my mom if what the media showed was true. That day my mom said something I follow to this day. She said: “If 50 million people say some-thing is stupid, it still is stupid. Nothing is learned until you see it. Try to com-prehend. And when you can’t see it, use

your mind and heart. A human has great power.”

I didn’t understand the magnificent mean-ing behind those words initially. When any reli-gion was blamed, when any sect of people were pointed out, it wouldn’t make much sense to me. I wasn’t entirely a fan with the idea of hating someone. So again I did as my mom asked me to: to not consider someone stupid until I actually meet someone

stupid, to understand and comprehend a small truth out of a big lie, to believe a person right next to me rather than a person who is thousands of miles away speaking about people they don’t even know about.

In the world of politics, the world is getting too corrupt. Greed, power and money are destroying humanity. The smartness, the intellectualism we are supposed to instill is turning out to be hard and unkind instead of being humble. We are all being victims of the systems — feeling what another source wants us to feel and think. Most of the actions we do are from the noise of other peoples’ thinking and their results.

Let’s stop promoting misinforma-tion and fear. Expand our knowledge and our worldview, and focus on the many wonderful things that happen in the world every day. People who judge, complain and mourn a nonexistent perfect past are always part of the prob-lem, not the solution.

I’m not writing this column to

condemn acts, and prove innocence or anything. My only intension with this column is to help. Help to think.

No two persons can be same. So for one person’s gruesome act you cannot blame the entire religion. The fact that believing or not believing in religion doesn’t allow hurting or killing of in-nocent people. In fact, there is no religion for the people who kill. No religion teach-es to kill. No religion teaches to go against other religion. With this “us versus them” mentality, I don’t know how many more people will have to die when the world finally wakes up to the truth that we are humans first and then Muslim, Christian, Atheist or whatever second. No religion teaches people to think of themselves as superior. Don’t be too proud, because we can’t we tear apart the earth nor can we rival the mountains in height. Stop being a god and start being a human.

We are humans. When we are capable of make machines, going to the moon, studying science and running countries, then we are also capable of loving, giv-ing, being kind and being adventurous and smart — smart enough to think, to think that the world is full of manipula-tion and conspiracy. But in spite of the bad, you have to get through the good. You have to win being good; no one wants to be a corrupt winner.

The influence of media can be dev-astating for the present and the future, and one small way to overcome the ugly side of the media is to communicate and think. If you have a problem with someone, if you have a negative percep-tion towards some religion, go do some research. Talk to those people and com-municate. Believe the person you sit next to, interact and laugh with people rather than stereotyping the whole group. Stop being numb. Feel and spend every day loving and accepting something different and new. And most importantly, don’t forget you are a human.

Shagufta Sami is a second-year com-puter science graduate student.

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COMMENTARY

What are they running from?

How to procrastinate like a champion

Stop promoting misinformation

SHAGUFTA SAMIIC COLUMNIST

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EDITORIAL BOARDAmanda Eggert

Trevor StearnsAmanda Pitrof

Samantha Rhodes Morgan Rinckey Colleen Anderson

I am a self-proclaimed master of procrastination. Once, during my sophomore year of high school, I whipped out a nine-and-a-half page paper on biodiver-sity within the last forty-eight hours of it being due…even though we’d been given close to three months to complete the assignment.

Personally, I do my best work under pressure, which is probably why I managed to snag a B on that biodiversity assignment, even though I put it off until the very last minute.

Since my personal procrastination plan has proved successful for me, I’ve decided to lay it out in the hopes that others can benefit from it just as much as I have. And so, without fur-ther ado, here are the most impor-tant pieces of procrastination pie:

Surround yourself with an abundance of electronics

Channel your inner sports-fanatic, be-cause there’s bound to be some type of game or match being broadcasted,

no matter what day of the week it is. Become a social media guru — there’s no time like the present to attempt to hit the hourly tweet limit or build your LinkedIn profile or cleanse your Facebook

page of all those embarrassing pages you “liked” back in middle school. Take some time to catch up with old high school friends you’re no longer in touch with or give your grandpar-ents a call (and hey, maybe if you hint enough at how broke college has left you, they’ll even ship a care package your way).

The most important thing to remember regarding your electron-ics is that no matter how tempting it may be, you must refrain from using them to work on your assign-ment. To do so would completely wreck all of your efforts to perfect your own procrastination skills.

Become hyperaware of your surroundings

Take a look around and notice everything that isn’t in perfect order. If you see that a poster is hung at an odd angle, you should take no less than five minutes to readjust it. And while you’re up, you might as well rearrange all of the furniture in the room. Don’t forget about your closet, either; it’s a well-known fact that the best time to sort through every article of clothing you own is while you’re avoiding an essay.

Once all reorganization options have been exhausted, it’s important to focus on yourself and the vari-ous noises around you. Are you too

cold, too warm, hungry, thirsty or tired? Determining that your level of comfort is not up to par will provide you with plenty of complaints to address. Be just as attentive in listen-ing to what’s going on around you. Zero in on the sweet hum of every police siren within a mile’s radius. Eavesdrop on the argument going on down the hall. Pinpoint from which sink that annoying dripping noise originates. The more noises you can locate, the less time you’ll spend thinking about your essay.

Create itemized lists Don’t let all those Post-It notes

you bought at the beginning of the semester go to waste! Create daily, weekly and even monthly to-do lists. Be sure to put them in order of importance; just because you’re procrastinating, there’s no reason you shouldn’t work on improving your time-management skills…in theory, that is. Check the fridge and survey your snack drawer, and write down everything you need to pick

up next time you hit up Wal-Mart. Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye, so making up your wish list is also a must. Lists such as these are highly efficient in keeping your mind off of that assignment you’ve worked so hard to avoid.

By following these three steps, procrastination should be rela-tively easy. However, even the most dedicated procrastinator slips up sometimes (drinking coffee might give you a surge of motivation to get started on your paper a whole week before it’s due, so maybe you should avoid caffeine, too). If you’re unfor-tunate enough to be persuaded by your conscience to get a head start on that assignment, don’t give up hope. You’ll undoubtedly have yet another big paper assigned to you in a week or two, and at that time, you can renew your efforts at success-ful procrastination with some extra experience under your belt. Before long, procrastination will come to you as if it’s second nature.

Ashley Gearheart is a first-year majoring in international business.

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IC COLUMNIST

If one’s an incidence, two’s a coincidence and three’s a pat-tern, then what does five make?

We’re talking about administrators leaving the Univer-sity of Toledo.

Last week, it was simultaneously announced that Larry Burns and Godfrey Ovwigho will leave the university for posi-tions at the University of Akron, making them the fourth and fifth higher-level administrators to leave UT in the past year.

Jeffery Gold, Scott Scarborough and Lloyd Jacobs already led the way, all three of them having left in 2014.

Jeffery Gold was the first to leave. Gold was the chancellor of the UT Medical Center for nine years before he departed as chancellor for the University of Nebraska Medical Center in January 2014.

Lloyd Jacobs, who served as UT’s president until June of 2014, was next to go when he stepped down and was paid $150,000 to do so. However, it was also announced that Jacobs would con-tinue on at UT as a professor emeritus, continuing to receive his presidential salary of $392,700 for the next three years. The presi-dential search committee is currently trying to fill his position.

Scott Scarborough was third to leave. He left his job as UT main campus provost to become The University of Akron’s president in July 2014. John Barrett took his place, currently acting as UT’s interim provost.

Burns and Ovwigho are now the fourth and fifth adminis-trators who’ve decided to hit the road.

Burns is the vice president for external affairs. His job re-sponsibilities include leading marketing and communication initiatives at UT as well as overseeing UT’s community engage-ment activities, like the annual Tie One On basketball game that raises thousands of dollars in funds for prostate cancer.

However, in his new position, Burns will be the vice presi-dent for advancement at the University of Akron. According to the Toledo Blade, this expanded senior leadership role was created by Scott Scarborough, who recommended Burns to the University of Akron board of trustees. Burns was selected from four other finalists interviewed for the position.

The Toledo Blade reported that Burns will start his new job at the end of April and will be will be paid $285,000 annually. At UT, he was paid $217,495.16 in 2012, according to The Blade’s public employee salaries database. That’s a pay increase of $67,504.84.

Godfrey Ovwigho is the vice president and CIO of information technology and oversees the entire IT department. Like Burns, Akron has also hired Ovwigho as chief information officer.

The Beacon Journal said Ovwigho’s salary will be $226,600 annually. When compared to his reported UT salary of $238,603.01 in 2012 from the Blade’s public employee salaries database, we can’t help but notice that he made over $12,000 more at UT in 2012 than he will his first year in Akron.

With a growing number of administrators who are choosing to leave, the university has had to fill their roles with temporary in-terim positions. Consequently, this leaves students asking questions – who holds which titles now and who is responsible for what?

The exit door to the university seems to be wide open, beck-oning administrators and causing us to wonder — what does this say about UT? A plethora of questions follow: is there an underlying problem that we can’t see? Why are so many choos-ing to leave for jobs elsewhere? Where will the new adminis-trators come from? Will they be brought up from lower-level administration or will they be hired in from the outside?

While you ponder these questions, ask yourself one more — what does this mean for the university?

It means that more people are picking up the slack the adminis-trators are leaving behind as they go. People in lower-level positions have to accommodate for the loss of administrators, which may mean picking up more responsibilities on top of already-existing ones. Current administrators also have to divvy up their time between finding and hiring new members and managing day-to-day tasks.

We don’t have answers to all these questions, but that doesn’t mean the answers aren’t worth thinking about.

Yet we’re still stuck questioning — what are they running from?

What is going on at UT that is making administrators leave?

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Toledo students but also, in the same time, to the best of our ability, uphold the democ-racy and transparency which we are based off of,” Eltatawy said.

During the meeting itself, both those in support of and those against the resolution were given ten minutes to speak during open floor.

Jessica Moses, a senior majoring in exercise science and Jewish student who opposed the resolution, centered her presentation around being “Pro Israel, Pro Palestinian, and Pro Peace.” She focused on her concerns for both the safety of Jewish students and a desire for open dialogue.

“As we have seen on other campuses, once resolutions like this are passed, or even just introduced, we see a rise in intimidation towards Jews,” Moses said. “Today is my opportunity to show everyone what I believe and what I stand for, which is peace, an open dialogue, and an understanding between the different students on campus.

Shahrazad Hamdah, a steering member of SJP, spoke in support of the resolution, focused on both a previous divestment campaign by UT from South Africa in response to apartheid, and Israel’s current treatment of Palestinians.

“The Palestinian people are subjected to a system of ethnic segregation, discrimina-tion, violence, and military occupation by the state of Israel, and in seeking divestment from these corporations, UT Divest joins a movement of students across the United States who refuse to accept their tuition dol-lars funding oppression,” Hamdah said.

Several schools, including DePaul University, San Diego State University, University of Cali-fornia at Davis, and Ohio State University have experienced divestment campaigns on their campuses, according to electronicintifada.net.

The decision was not ultimately voted on by the senators; the Student Judicial Council ruled the resolution unconstitutional by a vote of 5 to 4 after hearing debate. Justice David Manor gave the affirming opinion, and resigned shortly thereafter for reasons unspecified.

Justice Christopher Miller, who voted in favor of declaring the resolution unconstitu-tional, said he felt the resolution violated the

section of the SG constitution dedicated to protecting against discrimination.

“We felt that because there was an oppos-ing viewpoint on this proposal, that it [the resolution] wouldn’t necessarily protect against discrimination within the student body,” Miller said. “We felt that they [the opposing viewpoint] definitely expressed their opinions early on that they felt it would lead to their discrimination.”

Chief Justice Sebastian Wright gave the dissenting opinion of those who had voted the resolution was constitutional, and said he felt the senators should have been allowed to vote.

“I believe that this resolution should have been brought up to the floor, so that the sena-tors, the representatives of the students, should have been able to vote on it,” Wright said. “We should be able to listen to everything the student body throws at us. We shouldn’t table it indefinitely because we’re scared, because the controversy, for some reason, seems to be against what we really want.”

Derek Ide, member of the SJP steering committee, said he was disappointed by the decision, and went on to say that SG mem-bers had privately told SJP of administra-tion’s involvement in the proceedings.

““This is a fundamental travesty and injus-tice, and we reject this decision completely. It’s a mockery of democracy,” Ide said. “This has been a complete facade, a charade, and this is a reflec-tion and manifestation of administrative pres-sure, undoubtedly. They’ve had their hands in this thing from the beginning, and we have heard this from multiple student government sources.”

Kaye Patten Wallace, senior vice president for student affairs, said the administration was not involved in the reaching of the decision in any way.

“This was a Student Government meeting. Our role as administrators is not to impact the meeting in any sort of way.” said Patten Wallace. “We have absolutely no input in terms of how Student Government runs their meetings or the decisions they make.”

Several members of SJP and senators alike, including Sarsour and Aburaad and SJP steering committee member Eman Alhana expressed disappointment with the ruling.

However, several SG senators, including Joel Robbins and Senator Ronald Phiels, said they agreed with SJC’s decision.

“I guess the only thing I have to say to SJC is thank you,” Phiels said. “I understand that you guys [SJP] still want to have your resolu-tion put forward, but at the end of the day, democracy, you know, prevailed, and that’s the way it is done in the real world.”

SG President Clayton Notestine said he would have liked to have provided more structure to the actual debate and arranged for more time for speakers on both sides, as well as having more discussion with SJC about the possibility of the resolution being ruled unconstitutional.

“I knew that option was always out there, but being a senior member of Student Gov-ernment, I was under the impression it would not be deemed unconstitutional,” Notestine said. “I was very surprised.”

Associate News Editor Trevor Stearns and Copy Editor Jared Hightower contributed to this story.

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“The Palestinian people are subjected to a system of ethnic segregation, discrimination, violence, and military occupation by the state of Israel... UT Divest joins a movement of students across the United States who refuse to accept their tuition dollars funding oppression.”

SHAHRAZAD HAMDAH Steering member of SJP

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IN BRIEF

UT women to face Akron Wednesday morning

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team will host its fourth-annual Rockets Women’s Basket-ball Educational Day when they take on Northern Illinois on Wednesday morning in the first of two meetings between the programs this season.

Schools from North-west Ohio and Southeast Michigan will attend the event, which is meant for students in first through eighth grade. The chil-dren will spend the day with the Rockets, as well as celebrate education and learning.

The Rockets (13-10, 6-6 MAC) will be trying to get back on the winning path, as they are cur-rently in a three-way tie for third place in the Mid-American Conference West Division. Toledo shares third place with the Huskies (10-12, 6-6 MAC) and Central Michi-gan (11-12, 6-6 MAC).

UT will be facing an improved NIU team that has won four of its last six games. The Huskies continue to struggle on the road, posting a 3-10 record away from home.

Toledo will be looking to senior Inma Zanoguera to help propel them past the conference’s number one scoring defense, which has allowed an average of just 54.9 ppg.

Toledo men to take on Zips Wednesday evening

The Rockets will travel to Akron Wednesday night for a chance to get back on track.

Toledo (16-9, 8-4 MAC) will face off against the Zips (17-8, 8-4 MAC) at 7 p.m. inside James A. Rhodes Arena. UT is coming off an overtime loss at home to Kent State that snapped a season-long six-game winning streak.

Akron is also coming off a loss. The Zips fell 78-75 Saturday to Eastern Michigan.

The Rockets have won two straight games against Akron, with the last victory at home earlier this season. UT defeated their Mid-American Conference opponent 85-67 on Jan. 9, and 75-61 on the road last year.

Toledo remains on the road following the trip to Akron. The Rockets will travel to Western Michi-gan to face the Broncos on Saturday, Feb. 21.

UT’s Chojnacky earns player of the week

Toledo senior Mack-enzie Chojnacky has been named the Mid-American Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the first time in her career, the MAC announced Tuesday.

Chojnacky won the honors for her stellar performance at the Iowa State classic, which included top collegiate and professional runners. She placed seventh in the 5,000 meter run, setting a new indoor personal record with a time of 16:17.16 and besting her previous PR of 16:25.38.

With that time, she now ranks atop the MAC 5k rankings with a four-second margin between her and reigning MAC champion Victo-ria Voronko of Eastern Michigan.

It’s not Rocket Science! (Trivia)

Which NFL team drafted former Rocket Bruce Gradkowski in the sixth round of the 2006 draft?

MEN’S BASKETBALL

TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSSenior guard Juice Brown sets up a play in Toledo’s loss to Western Michigan in last year’s MAC Championship.

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSUT freshman guard Stuckey Mosley drives towards the basket against Bucknell earlier this season.

Mosley to take over for Juice next season

By Blake BachoSports Editor

University of Toledo fresh-man guard Stuckey Mosley wasn’t on head coach Tod Kowalczyk’s radar when the two first crossed paths.

Kowalczyk had never even heard of Mosley until the 6-3 Florida native quite literally forced the issue at a basket-ball tournament in Indianap-olis. The Rockets’ head coach was there to watch a potential recruit from an Ohio team.

“I didn’t know who Stuckey Mosley was until the kid we were looking at, Stuckey was going at him pretty good and got the better of him,” Kowalczyk said. “We started making some phone calls and we are very fortunate that he decided to come to UT.

“He’s been a great addition and I think he has a chance and an opportunity to be a really good player in our program and our system.”

Mosley isn’t the first of his siblings to travel north for col-lege. One of his older sisters, Jordan, plays guard at Seton Hall, while big brother Dean is a wide receiver at Temple.

It was more than just a simple change of scenery, however, that drew the young-est Mosley to Northwest Ohio.

“I just wanted to try something different,” he said. “Both my brother and my sister went up north to college, so I just wanted to try it. The coaches recruited me really well and it’s a great

program, so I decided I wanted to come here.”

Mosley has had to ac-climate to more than just the cold temperatures in his first collegiate season.

“I think he’s adjusted to the speed of the game,” Kowal-czyk said. “Everybody has a different adjustment period; his was a little longer than I thought it would be. I think he struggled with the inten-sity, how hard guys play and how fast guys are at this level, but I think he’s really settled in nicely and I’m looking for-ward to coaching him for the remainder of the season.”

Mosley is averaging only 3.4 ppg, but he has provided a crucial spark several times during the Rockets’ current campaign.

The 18-year-old has not been allowed a prolonged adjustment period. Mos-ley has had to prepare to replace senior point guard Juice Brown, one of three starters the Rockets will lose at the end of this season.

Juice, a ten-time Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, is averaging 16.4 ppg this season and is considered by many to be among the great-est point guards to ever play in the Glass City. He earned All-MAC honors last season, notching a conference-best 6.0 apg that was also tied for 13th-best nationally. Juice scored 20 or more points a

team-best eight times to lead the Rockets to an undefeated record at home.

“I watched a couple games so I knew he [Juice] was pretty good,” Mosley said. “I heard he was probably the best point guard to ever come here, so I decided I would come here and learn from him, too.”

Where some might shiver at the idea of stepping into Juice’s shoes, Mosley sees the impending challenge as an opportunity.

“He’s not going to feel any pressure,” Juice said. “We know he’s a good player and he plays with confidence. He’s just as good as any up-and-coming guard in this league, so I don’t think there should be any pressure.

“He’s just going to play his game and do what he does best.”

However, what Mosley does best is up for debate.

“When he first came in they said he was a shooting guard,” Juice said. “But once he came in he was more of a point guard in my eyes, good IQ of

the game, can pass the ball and shoot the ball well. I think he’s going to be a good fit here.”

Mosley’s ability to plug in all over the court has given him plenty of opportunities to come off the bench this season. It’s also a trait that will keep the Rockets flexible for years to come.

“He’s just a multi-dimen-sional guard,” Kowalczyk said. “He can play numerous positions and I just like his versatility.”

Above all, it is Mosley’s mentality that gives his teammates and coaches confidence in his ability to replace Juice next season.

“It hasn’t been mentioned, but I think everybody knows it,” Juice said of Mosley filling his starting spot. “It doesn’t have to be said. I think I’m leaving the program in good hands with Stuckey being the point guard. He’s a bright kid, has a good head on his shoulders and most importantly he’s a hard worker. I think he’s going to be pretty good.”

For the Rockets’ head coach though, Mosley doesn’t have to become Juice — he just has to keep being himself.

“I don’t look at it like he has to replace Juice and be Juice,” Kowalczyk said. “[Stuckey is] a different type of player. That’s going to be more of a team issue than an individual issue.

“Stuckey is going to be the best Stuckey possible. He doesn’t need to be Juice.”

“Stuckey is going to be the best Stuckey possible...”

TOD KOWALCZYKUT basketball coach

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSSenior pitcher Andrew Marra on the mound against Kent State last season. The Rockets kicked off the 2015 campaign with a trio of road losses this past weekend.

BASEBALL

UT kicks off new season with trio of road defeatsBy Marcus DodsonSports Reporter

Winter storms may be painting the northern por-tion of the country white, but that hasn’t stopped the University of Toledo baseball team from thawing out their bats down south.

The Rockets kicked off their 2015 campaign this past weekend in Nashville, fac-ing off against Wright State twice and closing off the trip against Belmont.

“We have been getting ready for this season since last August,” said UT head coach Cory Mee. “We’ve been going through practices and individ-ual workouts for months and for the season to finally get here, it is very exciting to go out and finally get to compete against other teams.”

Toledo finally got their chance to get out on the

diamond, but the outcome wasn’t the one they were looking for.

The Rockets fell victim to a sweep in their first action of the season, falling 8-1 to Wright State on Friday, 18-5 to Belmont on Saturday morning and 7-4 to Wright State on Saturday night.

“I expected us to perform better over the weekend,” Mee said. “But I also know this team is willing to prepare and

continue to work hard at get-ting better for next weekend.

“We need to get better every day. As a team, we want to be better at the end of the season than we are now and I think this group is going about that the right way. If you talk to anyone on the team they can’t wait to get back on the diamond on Friday.”

The Rockets’ enthusiasm and ability to move on from tough losses has a lot to do with the mindset that Mee has been preaching to his team all winter. This doesn’t mean, however, that Toledo is ignoring what happened in Nashville.

Senior RHP Cameron Palmer pitched a solid 5.0 innings in the opener. The righty gave up two runs with two hits while striking out eight batters. Sophomore

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CORY MEEUT baseball coach

COMMENTARY

KEITHBOGGS

SPORTS REPORTER

No one can deny that Toledo’s football program has enjoyed a fair amount of success over the past several years.

And usually, wins corre-late with talent. But victories don’t necessarily get you rec-ognition once college ends.

There are only nine ac-tive players in the National Football League who used to call themselves Rockets. It has been seven years since the last Toledo product heard his name called on draft day. That was 2008, when current Cleveland Browns tackle John Greco was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round.

Current free agent running back Jalen Parmele was se-lected by the Miami Dolphins three rounds later.

Since then, many Rockets have found their way to the next level as undrafted free agents (wide receivers Andrew Hawkins and Lance Moore come to mind) but none have gotten respect during the draft.

So why is there no love? Because Toledo plays in the Mid-American Conference of course.

In the past 14 years, the MAC conference has had seven first-round draft picks. In the past two drafts, the Big Ten has had five and the SEC had 11 last year alone.

The SEC, considered by most to be the current powerhouse conference of college football, which gives MAC teams a tough time on the football field and so it is understandable that they receive more attention from NFL scouts.

Ohio State’s recent national championship aside, the Big Ten has lost much of its luster recently. Yet this conference also continues to dominate the MAC on draft day. NFL.com predicts that the Big Ten

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THEATRE PRODUCTION

A comedy for the ages“Twelfth Night” will be performed

for two weekends at UTBy Joe HeidenescherAssociate Community Editor

A shipwreck, a cross dresser, a love triangle, a drug lord and a clown that literally cooks bacon — how many more elements can be thrown into a single Shakespearean play?

The University of Toledo’s upcoming produc-tion of “Twelfth Night” is directed by Cornel Gabara who, according to theatre major Dre Medina, understands and grasps Shakespeare flawlessly.

“Cornel always said, ‘Shakespeare is meant to be acted, not read, but performed, not read,’” said Christina Pinciotti, a second-year theatre major who plays the role of Viola. “It totally makes more sense seeing it performed.”

According to Cory Sprinkles, a third-year theatre major, the performance aspect is what makes Shakespeare come to life.

“Shakespeare was a contemporary artist and pretty much all we’re doing is we’re modernizing what Shakespeare did, making it so people here can understand it,” Sprinkles said.

According to Pinciotti, the real difficulty with Shakespeare is the language.

“The way he words it is kind of like Yoda, honestly,” Sprinkles said, “He just flips the words around — it’s not even in modern gram-mar — but it’s still easy to understand if you take the words and flip them the way you’re supposed to.”

This specific production of “Twelfth Night” will use the original Shakespearian text with modern adaptations to the set, costumes, music and references.

“We’re not trying to treat it like it’s four hun-dred years old, because it is, but we’re acting like we’re just talking it normal,” Medina said.

The audience will see contemporary referenc-es, such as prop bricks of cocaine, that were not mentioned in the original Shakespearian script,

but were added to the play by the director. “Well there’s a drug lord, you see…there’s co-

caine being thrown around several times, that’s not normally in Shakespeare,” Sprinkles said.

In fact, the play is about a shipwreck where twins Sebastian and Viola find themselves on the coast of Illyria. The twins are separated and Viola believes her brother is dead.

In an attempt to make something of her new life, she dresses up as a man and calls herself Ce-

sario. Viola then serves Duke Orsino as Cesario. “I fall in love with him,” Pinciotti said, “but

he’s in love with Olivia, and Olivia falls in love with me thinking that I’m a man, but I’m actu-ally a woman. So it’s like a love triangle.”

Medina said this play is a “representation of human nature” — just like all of Shakespeare’s plays.

“To me Shakespeare is really, really easy and enjoyable,” Medina said. “I like reading it.”

He said the best part about performing Shakespeare is that they have the chance to take a classical play, adapt it and make it different in an exciting way.

According to Medina, if there is one thing that the UT theatre department is known for it is being “unpredictable.”

At one point during the play, Pinciotti said the clown character will be literally cooking bacon on the stage. She said that Gabara wanted to include as many sensory details into the play as possible.

“I think we have a George Foreman or some-thing, I don’t know for sure,” Pinciotti said.

Sprinkles said that the modernization will help the audience get past the language difference.

“It’s in English obviously, but there are those doth, hath, and thous and thines,” Pinciotti said.

Regardless of the time period, Pinciotti said the play will always be relatable because it explores classic themes of love and identity that humans struggle with.

“Don’t fear Shakespeare…” she said, “I mean it’s still relevant to today, they feel the same, it’s just that language, it’s hard to get past.”

“Twelfth Night” will be performed Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27 to March 1 in the Center Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts. Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday performances will begin at 2 p.m. Admission is $7 for students, $10 for staff and faculty and $12 for general public.

COURTESY OF ANGELA RIDDELChristina Pinciotti and director Cornel Gabara block a scene during a rehearsal for the play “Twelfth Night.”

EDITING COMPETITION

Students revise essays and attempt to win cash prizesBy Anna GloreStaff Reporter

An essay-editing contest returns next week Feb. 23–26 to the University of Toledo. The best 15 students will walk away from the 26th-Annual Shapiro Essay Revision Contest with a cash prize of up to $500.

“Students arrive at one of the eight location sessions and are presented with a badly-written essay, which they have two hours to edit and revise,” said Deborah Coulter-Harris, associate lecturer for the Department of English Language and Literature, and the contest director.

All undergraduate students are invited to attend, and there are eight separate sessions to en-sure as many students as possible can participate.

“Dr. Shapiro donated this money to recog-nize and reward future UT students in what he regarded as the craft of good writing,” Coulter-Harris said.

According to Coulter-Harris, Edward Shap-iro, who was a professor emeritus in econom-ics and at UT for 22 years, donated the funds to award students with excellent writing skills

with scholarships. “Shapiro was a professor in economics, a

profession that seems overtly writing-intensive, but what he understood was that writing is actually foundational for everything everybody does, regardless of profession or discipline,” said Elliot Adams, a writing professor at UT and a judge for this year’s revision contest.

Judging will take place a week after the competition and the winners will be im-mediately notified. The winners of this year’s contest are also invited to a gala called the Shapiro Festival in April.

Savannah Xaver, a third-year pre-psychol-ogy major, was a student winner at last year’s

revision contest. She said she highly encour-ages students to participate.

“This is a wonderful contest to enter be-cause it not only gives you the opportunity to win prizes, but it is also a valuable skill to be able to proofread your papers and create something better from it,” Xaver said.

According to Coulter-Harris, the contest gives students of any major the opportunity to improve their revision and writing skills.

“Students are able to display their good writing skills learned in writing and literature classes, and they engage in an intellectual competition that reflects the very best of our wonderful students,” Coulter-Harris said.

Coulter-Harris said the contest is about applying individual creative skills in order to make an essay more interesting.

“It’s pretty exciting to see that range of talent and capability, but also the range of approaches that people revise these essays,” Adams said. “There are a number of ways that any of them could be made better.”

This will be Adams’ fourth year judging the

contest. Adams said she strongly encourages all of her students to participate in the contest, be-cause there is nothing to lose, but a lot to win.

“I think that the more writing students can do, the better you get…it’s kind of fun to test yourself in a different way. This is a no-risk situation,” Adams said.

Adams also said that she stresses the impor-tance of this event to her students, because writ-ing is something that is a truly important skill.

“There are a number of ways that any of them could be made better. People choose the way that makes the most sense to them. There is really quite a variety of writing styles and approaches,” Adams said.

Xaver said there are important tips partici-pants could use to help in the competition.

“My advice is to bring a dictionary or thesau-rus with you — it helps a lot,” Xaver said. “The most important thing, though, is to not be ner-vous and focus on the topic that is given to you.”

The competition runs from Feb. 23-26 in Me-morial Field House Room 2420. Email Deborah.coulter-harris@utoledo.edu for more information.

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LHP Steven Calhoun tossed 6.2 innings, giving up just two runs on six hits while sitting down seven.

“We had two really good starting pitching performances,” Mee said. “But the eighth inning got us in both games. They [Wright State] hit a couple of home runs that broke the game open and became the deciding factor in both games. We have some very capable guys in the bullpen that we can trust those late in-nings to. I think next time when they get out there they will do better.”

The UT bullpen will be looking to use senior leadership and experience to help them get through the season. A couple of battle-

tested seniors, RHP Andrew Marra and RHP Adam Tyson, will lead the way for the Rockets this season.

“Guys like Marra and Tyson have been very good for us in the past out of the pen and have pitched very well in some big games for us,” Mee said. “I expect they can do that again.”

Mee expects big things from veterans and young guns alike this season.

“We have a number of guys who are ready for a breakout season,” he said. “They have played quite a bit in the past and I believe now they are ready to take the next step. Two really key guys I am excited to get back when they return from in-jury are [junior shortstop Deion] Tansel and [senior infielder Dan] Zuchowski.

We should get them back in a month or so and that will be big going into the Mid-American Confer-ence season.”

Mee and his team are just getting started this year. It’s a long road and the Rockets’ coach knows what it will take to come out on top.

“The formula we put together for winning baseball is that we need to pitch well and play really well defense and hit in the clutch,” Mee said. “The re-ally key thing for this year’s team is consistency.

“We need to prove that we can come in day-in and day-out at a really high level.”

Toledo will head south once again this weekend, taking on Winthrop in Rock Hill, SC for a three-game series.

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could have up to nine play-ers picked in the first round of this year’s draft.

The MAC is predicted to lose zero players to the NFL in the first round. Throw the expected class of former SEC players into this equation and it be-comes even more evident that Toledo and its confer-ence aren’t even on the radar of many professional football minds.

The phrase you hear most often is ‘strength of schedule.’ One of the big-gest critiques of players coming out of the MAC is that they simply haven’t faced the speed and power that they will need to become accustomed to in professional football.

But if you ask me, current Oakland Raiders and for-mer Buffalo Bulls lineback-er Kalil Mack didn’t seem to have a problem with the transition. Neither did

Kent State alums Antonio Gates and Julian Edelman, former Miami product Ben Roethlisberger or his backup, Toledo’s own Bruce Gradkowski.

It’s simply expected that schools in power confer-ences are deep wells of foot-ball talent and that it is rare for players from conferenc-es such as the MAC to be able to make it in the NFL.

But the truth is that no matter which school and conference a player is from, draft day is a crap shoot. More often than not, the power conference products turn into busts, so pick-ing from that well is by no means a surefire formula.

This year, at least two Rockets have a very good shot of breaking Toledo’s draft day drought. Offen-sive lineman Greg Mancz has been hailed as a top-five prospect at the center posi-tion, while kicker Jeremiah Detmer has wowed with his consistent leg.

If the drought contin-

ues, I’d put my money on current UT running back Kareem Hunt as the man to finally bring recognition to the Glass City. Hunt sat atop the MAC last season as the undisputed star, and his numbers were good enough to put him into contention against some of the best rushers in the country.

He will get his shot to play at the next level. The question is whether or not he will hear his name called when his turn at the draft comes around.

The MAC may never earn the respect that has come to conferences such as the SEC and the Big Ten. If that is the case, Toledo play-ers will have to continue to prove scouts wrong by making their way to the NFL the hard way, via un-drafted free agency.

At the very least, it’s high time the NFL shows the MAC just a little more love. Teams like Toledo have certainly earned at least that.

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fundraisers and an ANAD Vigil to bring together the community to honor and share stories and thoughts for all those affected by eating disorders and negative body image,” Fowler said.

According to Rottinger, ANAD week is all about trashing your insecurities, tearing apart negative stereotypes and helping students love their bodies.“The events throughout the week focus on different topics pertaining to self-image and how we, as men and women, can face this issue together,” said Hannah Yeager, a third-year speech-language pathology major and president of Delta Phi Epsilon.

On Monday, Feb. 23, Delta Phi Epsilon will be hosting an open-sis-terhood event that anyone can attend.

Rottinger said there will be a pop-corn bar with refreshments and they will screen a documentary called ‘Miss Representation’ about the unrealistic portrayal of women in the media.

The free event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.

“I think students should come out and support the cause because it’s something we all can relate to,” Fowler said. “And if we can come together and find comfort in each other, then it creates a support system for all those struggling, too. It’ll be eye-opening and a lot of fun, so why not?”

Tuesday, Feb. 24 through Thursday, Feb. 26, DPhiE will be tabling in the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

According to Fowler and Rottinger, there will be body-positive activities, candy, Deepher Donuts, a “trash” your insecurities can and free compli-

ments from the ladies of DPhiE. An ANAD Vigil for survivors of

eating disorders will be held Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in Student Union Rooms 2582/2584. The vigil is free and open to the public.

Fowler said speakers from the community will share their personal stories and attendees are welcome to do the same.

“As a campus, we have the opportu-nity to stand in support of friends and family who have or do struggle with an eating disorder or unhealthy body image,” Yeager said.

DPhiE will be holding its first-annual Delta Phi FitnessThon on Sunday, March 1. This year, there will be a giant Zumba session start-ing at 11 a.m. followed by a raffle.

“Certified Zumba instructors will be conducting the event,” Rottinger said. “We will also have vendor tables such as Mary Kay, ItWorks, Jamberry and Pink Zebra.”

Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Tickets are $5 pre-sale and can be purchased from any

DPhiE sister or at the ANAD table in the Student Union. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $6.

According to Rottinger, Delta Phi Epsilon was the first sorority to be created at a non-secretarian school, which is something she feels has allowed the sisters to be “very open, welcoming and non-judgmental.”

“It is something we still strive to be today,” Rottinger said. “We adore ANAD as one of our philanthropies because it not only helps us provide information to those around us about eating disorders, but it also gives us an opportunity to be body-positive and to encourage others to be happy with themselves as well.”

Fowler said that out of DPhiE’s three philanthropies, she feels the closest connection with ANAD.

“As a woman in today’s society, I can of course say that I’ve felt inse-cure about my appearance plenty of times. But honestly, who hasn’t? I’m just excited to be a part of a chance to bring people on campus together to talk about it,” Fowler said.

Rottinger said she feels today’s so-ciety gives the wrong message about how your body should look.

“Why must women have to compare themselves to women on a magazine or women in movies or on TV? A woman with curves and assets is looked at as chubby nowadays,” Rottinger said. “Society is a huge blame on why eating disorders occur.”

According to Rottinger, 91 percent of college students have tried dieting.

“Females who have very mini-mal body fat still feel the need to exercise a lot and eat very mini-mal,” Rottinger said. Individuals should exercise because they want to change their body in a positive,

healthy way not because they want to compare themselves to someone on a magazine cover.”

Fowler said she feels that people are being held to insanely high stan-dards set by the media, which can be very damaging to self-esteem.

“Men and women are Photo-shopped and over-sexualized con-stantly to be closer to society’s idea of the perfect human, when there’s no such thing. Beauty is different everywhere,” Fowler said.

Rottinger said it’s important for college students to understand that magazine standards of beauty aren’t realistic.

“Students we should know that the woman on the magazine cover doesn’t even look like the woman on

the magazine cover,” she said. “Men should know that the extremely muscular male on the bottle of pro-tein isn’t an acceptable ‘norm.’”

Yeager said she is a strong sup-porter of ANAD because she has seen many close friends struggle with eating disorders and unhealthy body images.

“I believe that we can change the societal pressures to conform to a cer-tain image by supporting a mindset on valuing individuals for who they are and accepting them however they are,” Yeager said. “Nearly every person knows someone with an eating dis-order, whether they are aware of it or not, and it is crucial to raise awareness of the effect that eating disorders has on our generation.”

According to Fowler, an important part of the ANAD mission is being a positive role model for pre-teens and teens during a time in their lives when appearance is everything.

“Especially when students are going through puberty, this is an important time when individuals need to grow and love their body and accept who they are,” Rottinger said. “If students learn at an earlier age to accept them-selves as well as others, insecurities as well as stereotypes would shrink and hopefully, go away.”

Fowler said she thinks students can promote positive change by simply being themselves and accepting them-selves and others as good enough.

“I live out ANAD’s values by letting others know that they’re awesome anytime I can and also by valuing diversity,” Fowler said. “Beauty is a loose and universal term because beauty can be found in so many different types of fea-tures and people.”

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Where: Student Union Auditorium

When: Monday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.

Cost: Free and open to the public

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Where: Student Union Rooms 2582/2584.

When: Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.

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Collins’ former partner, retired Toledo Police Detective Ron Scanlon, shared some of his memories of Collins while on the police force.

“Mike and I became close friends back in the 70s when Mike was assigned to the Vice Narcotics unit,” ScanIon said. “I knew from the minute we started working investiga-tions that Mike was something special.”

Robert Reinbolt, city chief of staff, said Collins was a “joy to work with,” both as the mayor and as a man.

“I always used to dread council meet-ings when Mike would ask me a ques-tion,” Reinbolt said. “First, it was never just a simple question. It was always some complex thing you would need a Ph.D. to

understand, thus giving him the nickname ‘the Professor,’ by many of us.”

Matt Sapara, Toledo city director of de-velopment, shared stories about the mayor in office and discussed his professional characteristics that attributed to his success.

Paula Hicks-Hudson, the current mayor of Toledo, presented the city’s flag to Col-lins’ widow, Sandra Drabik.

“Having done his homework, he had his pulse on his district,” Hicks-Hudson said. “And when he became mayor, he had his pulse on the city.”

One recurring theme of the evening was Collins’ commitment to serving the community.

“No amount of time on this earth could have satisfied his thirst for service to his fellow man,” Naganathan said.

A number of speakers told stories

of Collins’ love of pranks and practical jokes. According to Anderson, these stories helped show the lively, happy person he was.

Anderson also said Collins placed a large emphasis on mentorship throughout his life, constantly working on “building and equipping the next generation.”

As well as a husband, Collins was also the father of three daughters and grandfa-ther to eight grandchildren.

“Family was important to Collins,” Reinbolt said, “and he always encouraged his staff to put their family first.”

The service featured music from the St. Francis de Sales High School choir and the Toledo Fire Rescue Department Pipe and Drum Corps.

Collins’ funeral was held Feb. 12 at the Rosary Cathedral.

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“Why must women have to compare themselves to women on a magazine or women in movies or on TV? A woman with curves and assets is looked at as chubby nowadays.”

KATELYN ROTTINGERThird-year nursing major