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Splashing for charity UT Lambda Sigma is raising

money to support diabetic youth while spreading awareness on the issue.

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““Social media played a crucial role in the awareness, escalation and de-escalation of tensions and fear. It was social media that alerted everyone to the situation, and it is clear how it can be used as a tool to enact change.”

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The impact of social media OPINION / 3 »

CAMPUS ISSUES

UT tackles diversityStudents take to social media to discuss assault

Forums focus on campus diversityBy Colleen Anderson

Managing Editor

The University of Toledo community is still experi-encing the impacts of the off-campus student assault that took place on Jan. 24, with sharply divided opin-ions arising in its wake.

Kaye Patten Wallace, senior vice president for student affairs, gave an update on the situation at a Jan. 28 forum on campus-wide diversity. Wallace said Mary Martinez, a student conduct officer, is in charge

of overseeing the student code of conduct investiga-tion, which will likely take at least two weeks.

“What we’re asking the university community to do is let the process, which is underway … unfold and to wait till the determination is done,” Wallace said.

Wallace also commented on the status of Pi Kappa Phi and clarified the mean-ing of their suspension without prejudice, saying the investigation “assumes from the very beginning

impartiality … we have not assumed that they are guilty or that they are not guilty. This is just part of the process.”

Rayshawn Watkins, the student who was assaulted, has given his account to several news outlets. How-ever, viewpoints represent-ing Pi Kappa Phi’s version of the story are notably absent from most news articles.

When contacted for com-ment over Facebook, a Pi

HONORS LECTURE

Wozniak speaks at UT Honors College lectureBy Emily SchnipkeAssociate Community Editor

Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and philanthro-pist, spoke on Monday, Feb. 1 to a crowd of over 3,200 people in Savage Arena as part of the Jesup Scott Hon-ors College Distinguished Lecture Series.

During the lecture, Woz-niak talked about success, the pursuit of passions, ad-vancements in technology, and his own part in helping Apple become the company that it is.

“Mr. Wozniak did a re-ally good job of engaging students,” said Student Government President Cody Spoon. “What he had to say was relevant, not only to engineers, but aspirational minds in general. He had a lot of informative insights that I had not thought of.”

Wozniak discussed how he helped shape the indus-tries of computer science and engineering with his own designs of the first Apple computers, from the original vision he and Steve Jobs shared, to the

struggles they faced along the way.

“We knew it would have a major impact on the world,” Wozniak said.

Wozniak met Steve Jobs through a mutual friend and together in 1976, they founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I computer. The next year, he released his Apple II

personal computer. This ad-vancement in technology was the beginning of the personal computer industry, according to Wozniak’s website.

Larry Meier, a Toledo community member, came to the lecture because he wanted to hear what Woz-niak had to say about the advancement of technology.

“I wanted to hear Steve Wozniak’s point of view,” Meier said after the lecture. “I grew up in technology and I wanted to hear how he thought the past and the present tied together.”

Wozniak’s website said he left Apple Inc. in 1985 and

became involved in several business and philanthropic ventures, which focused on hands-on learning in schools and encouraging creativity among students. Wozniak discussed his ex-perience with the dysfunc-tions of education and his vision for the future, where every person would have a computerized teacher to customize their education.

Spoon said he partially agreed with Wozniak’s

stance on education, but that he also values the broader

benefits of group education.“I think there is a

lot of standardization that leads to a lack of

creativity or a lack of incentives for it,” Spoon said. “I wouldn’t agree to

it fully because I believe the institu-

tions that I’m a part of have allowed me to

make connections as well as formulate my own ideas about things.”

Wozniak spoke for a little over an hour and touched on a variety of topics, including entrepreneurship, education and technology. Wozniak’s answers were peppered with personal anecdotes that gave insight to his life and his path to success, from moments of inspiration and innovation to his personal philosophy on the things that make life great: “food, friends and fun.”

“I thought the lecture was really informative and very entertaining,” said Sam

By Jessica HarkerNews Editor

Diversity is a hot topic at the Univer-sity of Toledo, and the administration brought the conversation to the com-munity in the first of several forums centered on the issue.

The conversations are part of UT’s larger di-versity plan, which was announced with the appointment of Wil-lie McKether on Nov. 13 as special assistant for diversity. McKether said the hope for the open-forum conversa-tions is to gain insight into what UT students, faculty, staff and community members have to say about diversity on campus so their voices can influence the new diversity plan.

McKether said a diversity plan is an official document making sure that a university has policies and procedures in place to handle issues of discrimi-nation. The plan was one of many diversity initiatives announced by UT President Sharon Gaber.

“A diversity plan ... provides a road-map which includes policies and procedures that direct the university to ensure that it’s diverse and to ensure ... that everybody, regardless of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion and disability ... have equal access to the university’s resources,” McKether said.

McKether explained that these meetings

SAFETY

Safety takes center stage at panel discussionBy Joe HeidenescherCommunity Editor

The University of Toledo College Demo-crats hosted their first of three “What’s on your mind?” forums last Wednesday.

According to UT College Democrats President Ronald Tallon, the event was created to get students engaged in current issues that affect campus life. The forum focused on campus and community safety.

The discussion was led by a panel consisting of UT Police Chief Jeff Newton, Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson, Virginia Speight, as-sociate vice president for student affairs and director of residence life, and Mary Martinez, student conduct officer and Title IX deputy.

“The whole point of this event is not just to focus on campus safety, but gen-erally getting students to shine light on issues that affect life every day. Campus safety was the first one we came up with,” Tallon said.

Tallon said the topic was chosen before recent off-campus crimes were reported.

The event included opening remarks from each panelist and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

When asked about the recent off-cam-pus crimes such as the incident where Janelle Noe was burned and the alleg-edly racially motivated assault of Ray Watkins, Newton said working with the Toledo Police Department is key when dealing with student crime off-campus.

“They are difficult, these situations, they are unfortunate, they’re going to happen,” Newton said. “You wish that there’d be no unfortunate violent incidents, on- or off-campus, but they’re

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UT stomps BGSU The UT women’s basketball team

cruises to a 75-61 victory in the battle of I-75.

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Worth the wait? Students weigh in on whether

their daily cup of coffee is worth the lines they endure.

COMMUNITY / 4 »

Toledo back on track UT snaps three game losing

streak with an 89-62 shellacking over Western Michigan.

SPORTS / 6 »

““When I see the changes my mom is making in her life, there is nothing but happiness in my heart for her.”

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My mom is my pride OPINION / 3 »

WILLIE MCKETHER

JEFF NEWTON

“What he had to say was relevant, not only to engineers, but aspirational minds in general. ”

CODY SPOONPresident of Student

Government

COURTESY OF TWITTER / ICAbove is a screenshot of a tweet by Abe Elkhatib on Jan. 26 expressing support for Pi Kappa Phi and containing several images of his fraternity brothers.

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My mom always tells me how proud she is of me, but I’ve never ac-knowledged how proud I am of her.

Pride isn’t a common feeling for a child to have for their parent, but over the weekend I was thinking about all the things my mom has done in her life and where she is now, and I felt an extreme sense of pride for her.

Every day my mom tries to do things that will help her achieve her dreams or help her start new adven-tures. For example, she stepped up the corpo-rate ladder to the posi-tion she has been working toward for 30 years. She is happier in her new position, where she is doing things she likes to do.

My mom used to attend Heidelberg college, but her campus closed so she is now going to UT. This is her first semester here. She was there for six years. She is attending college now to finish her degree because she left college to be a parent. It has taken her a long time because she can only take one or two classes a semester. If the opportunity comes up, I would also want to take a class with her.

In addition to going after her career goals, my mom is also trying other adventures. She got a passport and is planning to go to Europe next year. We never used to travel or go on vacations, so it is nice to see her do things for herself now. When I

see the changes my mom is making in her life, there is nothing but hap-piness in my heart for her.

But I didn’t used to feel this way about my mom. No, in fact, I was angry at her for the changes she was making, and I resented her and the decisions she made.

My mom attended college in Michigan in the 80s for a year before moving to Toledo with my dad. She got a job, but she never graduated from college. Eventually she left work in the 90s to be a stay-at-home mom. When I was 10

she went back to work and everything in our family changed.

Her new job paid for her to take classes so she could complete her degree. So some nights instead of getting home at 5:30, she wouldn’t be home until 9 p.m. A few years after this change, my parents’ relationship ended in divorce; although they are friends now.

I placed all the blame on my mom for all of the shortcomings of our family. I thought that if my mom hadn’t gone back to work, my parents would still be in love. If my mom hadn’t gone back to college,

she wouldn’t have moved out. If my mom cared about me at all, she would have stayed.

As ridiculous as those things sounds right now, that is what I thought. It actually took me a few years to get past this way of think-ing, and to stop blaming my mom for the things that happened. I had to look at it from my mom’s perspec-tive to fully understand where she was coming from.

As children, we don’t see our mothers as people with dreams and aspirations: we see them as our moms, there solely to take care of us. But as we grow up, we are able to empathize and put ourselves in their shoes. I think we all need more empathy when considering other people’s choices. Sometimes the best

choices for those people, don’t match with what we hoped they would choose.

Now I look at my mother’s decisions with pride because she did what

was best for her. She is working at a place she loves. She is getting the education she has been waiting for her whole life and there are new ad-ventures waiting for her at her door.

My mom always tells me how proud she is of me, but I’ve only scratched the surface of how proud I am of her.

Morgan Rinckey is a third-year double-majoring in English and Communication.

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My mom is my pride

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EDITORIAL BOARDJoe Heidenescher

Amanda PitrofJessica HarkerMaisha Rashid

Colleen Anderson

We live in a world that is dependent on, and sometimes helpless without, social media. Social networks and social media deliver us our daily news, our research, our references and our entertain-ment — all integral components of our lives. As such, it’s crucial to be careful when posting information on social media, as well as sensibly filtering the digital information we receive.

Social media has undoubtedly increased the speed of our information. We receive information within seconds of it happen-ing. We can receive news of a disaster or a situation fast enough to have time to prepare for it. Last week, we got information about Rayshawn Watkins, a UT student who was assaulted off-campus, via Twitter. President Sharon Gaber responded to the tweet about the incident the very same day, showing the UT community that the situation was being addressed before it escalated any further.

Social media rapidly communicated important news that kept students informed on what was going on. It helped show us that President Gaber’s administration was going to handle the situation transparently and communicate the actions being taken.

The assault was allegedly racially-motivated, and as UT is a community of students from diverse backgrounds, misinformation could cause unrest. Thus, social media has played an important role. Because of the fast pace and organization with which this information was circulated, UT addressed concerns as they arose.

Social media, however, also has another, less-helpful side. The circulation of the picture of a battered Watkins on Twitter caused alarm in the UT community, evoking strong feelings of concern about racism on campus. While this is a valid concern, several students chose to express their frustration with the issue by making implied threats, which caused alarm in the Greek community.

Social media played a crucial role in the awareness, escalation and de-escalation of tensions and fear. It was social media that alerted everyone to the situation, and it is clear how it can be used as a tool to enact change. However, while UT and Gaber were able to assure students that the situation was being handled, the same channels of information were used to vent the unease of students both within and outside of the situation.

Thus, social media has a significant degree of power and influence, and it has to be managed responsibly. People on- and off-campus are still discussing the consequences of Watkins’ story. How the story is passed via social media from this point onward will determine whether there will be a positive or negative outcome.

We live in an age where technology affects every sphere of our lives. It is also true that technology holds the ability to cause a lot of chaos and the ability to upend a community with one sentence or a single picture. As it has become an important part of our lives, we need to understand that it holds the ability to drive change, but whether that change is positive or negative is completely up to us, its users.

Emily Schnipke

The winter bluesThe relaxation, comfort and joy of

the holidays are over, a new semester is underway, and the below-freezing temperatures have you stuck inside for the next few months. Welcome to the winter blues, where bikini season seems so far away. More than three million Americans suffer from seasonal affective disorder annually, a type of depression that occurs at a certain time each year, usually in the winter. However, there are ways to cope with the post-December downers.

With the sun making fewer appearances during the winter, it’s natural for us to crave a little sun-shine. But increasing the amount of natural day-light at home, school or work, is unfortunately not always available. Accord-ing to the Mayo Clinic, light therapy can affect the chemicals in the brain that are linked to mood, and help increase a person’s feeling of happiness. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy involves something called a light therapy box, which mimics natural outdoor light, and is as easy as keeping the light box near you at work or home. There are also many full-spectrum natu-ral light-mimicking bulbs available. From my own personal experience, I have found that replacing my old light bulbs with full-spectrum bulbs has made a dif-ference in my mood. If you’re interested in finding out if full-spectrum light bulbs could possibly make a difference for you too, just change out the bulbs in your dorm room, or apartment, and you may just start to see life in a more positive light again.

What you choose to eat can also have an effect on your mood. As I have read in Everyday Health, Inc., the cocoa in dark chocolate is thought to help im-prove a person’s mood, as well as reliev-ing anxiety by releasing serotonin and relaxing a person’s blood vessels. Meat such as turkey contains tryptophan with increases a person’s serotonin

production. Types of fish with omega 3 fatty acids, such as salmon, bluefish, and tuna, can also aid in relieving de-pression. Omega 3 fatty acids support brain health, and if you’re not a big seafood fan, you can also get omega 3 fatty acids through one of my favorite snacks — walnuts!

There are also some foods and even beverages that are thought to increase

feelings of anxiety and depression. Drinks with high amounts of caffeine, such as coffee and soda, can also contribute to a person’s depression. Caffeine is a diuretic, which oftentimes result in dehydration, and dehydration can cause depression. Caffeine has also been shown to inhibit levels of serotonin in the brain. Many of us who are old enough to drink think that having a margarita or a few shots

will help with our blues, but that is actually not true. Alcohol may temporarily ease your sadness, but it will be short-lived because alcohol is not only a depressant, but it is also a diuretic. Foods high in refined sugars such as candy can often-times provide feel-ings of temporary happiness, but that spike in energy and mood often crashes and can lead to increased feelings of anxiety and depression, also reported from Everyday Health, Inc. Researchers at the British Journal of Psychiatry found that a diet filled with processed foods such as hotdogs, fried food and high-fat dairy products can increase a person’s risk of depression.

Exercise is another way to combat the winter blues. A 2005 study from Harvard found that walking thirty-five minutes a day, five days a week, helped

improve symptoms of depression. Not only will you feel the benefits of a little bit of exercise, but just being outdoors can help improve focus, and lower stress levels. So even with the chilly temperatures outside, the next time you’re thinking about taking the shuttle across campus to your next class, try bundling up and walking there instead.

Now, I don’t know about you, but the right kind of music can always elevate my mood when I’m feeling down, and with most of us toting a smartphone and ear buds around campus these days, it’s very easy to put on an uplifting tune while you’re walking to your next class. One of my favorite pick-me-up tunes is “Geronimo” by Sheppard; it’s hard not to feel upbeat after hearing that song.

It has long been thought that reaching out and helping others is also a great way to increase your mood. During the winter there always seems to be more people in need of help, which is due in large part to the extreme weather conditions. So, next time you’re feeling blue, head down to Cherry Street Mission or another soup kitchen and volunteer to help serve meals to the homeless. If you can’t make it for mealtime at a soup kitchen, why not get a group of friends together, hit up your local thrift store for some inexpensive

winter gear, and head downtown to pass out blan-kets, coats, gloves and hats to the local home-less people throughout our commu-nity. Not only will it make you feel bet-

ter, but it will also truly make a difference in the life of a fellow Toledoan.

There are many additional ways to combat the winter blues, but staying cooped up inside all winter in a lethar-gic, self-pitying stupor certainly won’t help cheer you up!

Devan Lutz is a third-year commu-nication major.

DEVANLUTZ

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COMMENTARY

Every day my mom tries to do things that will help her achieve her dreams or help her start new adventures.

More than three million Americans suffer from seasonal affective disorder annually, a type of depres-sion that occurs at a certain time each year, usually in the winter.

While UT and Gaber were able to assure students that the situation was being handled, the same chan-nels of information were used to vent the unease of students both within and outside of the situa-tion.

Social media rapidly communi-cated important news that kept students informed on what was going on. It helped show us that President Gaber’s administration was going to handle the situation transparently and communicate the actions being taken.

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Thursday, Feb. 4 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Internship FairThe University of Toledo Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work and Paralegal Studies is hosting a career and internship fair in the Student Union Auditorium. Employers are hiring in the fields of criminal justice, social work and legal specialties.

Friday, Feb. 5 7:30 p.m.Fridays on Film “Breathless”The UT Department of Theatre and Film continues their Fridays on Film series with the 1961 film “Breathless”, directed by Jean Luc Goddard. The film will be presented on 16mm film in the CPA in Room 1039. Tickets are available in advance or at the door. General admission is $10 and tickets for students, children, seniors, UT faculty and staff and military are $5.

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Worth the wait?

By Jared HightowerCopy Editor

Everyone seems to love get-ting coffee at Starbucks. You know, the one in the Student Union with the never-ending line? How many times have we stood there and waited, and waited, and waited some more, until finally: “What can I get started for you?”

That’s the face of student life, the center of the social circle, the glue that holds grades together: the coffee shop. No matter what they study, no matter where they’re coming from or where they’re going, students gather in droves to hit up the caffeine bar. Some go alone, but it’s the groups of friends who go together that make that line so long.

Last October, I spent some time lurking at this Starbucks. Boy, was it busy. Voices echoed around the atrium of the Stu-dent Union. The sharp smell of espresso mingled with the sweet scent of bakery treats. The only noticeable order among the apparent chaos was the tempo of the music from the café’s speakers, and even that changed with every song.

Armed with my tablet-turned-stopwatch and a recorder, I started surrepti-tiously watching people and timing how long it took to get their drinks. Afterward, I would confess that I followed their progress through the line. Interestingly, no one seemed to think it was awkward.

I spent over an hour at Star-bucks, and asked four custom-ers: “Is it really worth it?”

Matthew Moreton, a first-year finance major, was treat-ing himself to what he called a “salted caramel mocha espres-so” after a successful perfor-mance on an exam. He was lucky, getting through the line in just under three minutes. He said it usually takes around ten minutes.

Is it worth it? For him, it’s a matter of having time in the first place. “It depends. If I’m in a rush, definitely not, but if I decide to go a little early and I see that the line’s not terrible, but it’s still a little long, I’ll wait.”

I asked him what he thought of people who will wait in a line that stretches all the way to the elevator. “I think they’re crazy,” he said with a straight face. “I could never wait that long ... for Starbucks, but a lot of people need their fix, so...”

Samantha Heck-man was already sitting at a table when I approached her with her time. I asked if she knew how long she’d waited. Her guess: “Three or four min-utes?” She was spot-on! She waited three minutes and 35 seconds for a vanilla flat white, a flavored espresso drink that’s sort of a middle ground be-tween a foamy cappuccino and a milky latte.

I asked Heckman what her opinion was of people who will wait longer than ten minutes for a Starbucks drink. She said it’s a matter of habit and conve-nience, a sort of perfect storm.

“I think it’s, most people are addicted to the coffee. I’m addicted to coffee in general.

I drink Starbucks on campus, but at home I drink brewed coffee all the time, all day long. The only reason I stand in the Starbucks line is because it’s the only place I can get a

decent cup of coffee on campus with-

out having to go home and come back.”

I asked her about going

to Java City, the coffee shop in Rocket Hall. At that time, it was the only one on campus. She said it’s a common stop for her.

“I actually visit Java City quite often. Their coffees are a little bit more sugary for my taste, but I do go over

there as well. Their lines aren’t usually long

at all. Usually, I go right up to the cash register.”

One man was waiting to receive his drink when I ap-proached him and told him his time. It had been nine minutes since he entered the line, and he still didn’t have his drink. He ordered what he called a “caramel apple spice,” which he said didn’t contain coffee. He said his wait was worth it because “it’s cold outside.”

I suggested that he could go to Phoenicia or Java City, which also serve coffee, but he really wanted the drink he ordered, which was apparently

a Starbucks-exclusive. “I want this caramel apple spice. It’s so good.”

Finally, it was my turn. I waited until the line was past the end of the poles that roped in the waiting customers. After a few minutes, I found my waiting buddy.

Helena Sigler is a sixth-year mechanical engineering tech-nology student who wanted a “Boo” Frappuccino, a Hallow-een-themed drink. I waited in line with Sigler and asked her some of the usual questions while we waited.

About the long wait times, she said, “I never really pay attention because I only come here when I’m not in a hurry.” When I mentioned Phoenicia and Java City, she said she doesn’t drink black coffee. I pointed out that both of those places serve specialty drinks, but she dismissed that train of thought.

We watched as the baristas scrambled to prepare drinks for all the customers. I asked Sigler if she ever felt sorry for the workers, and to my surprise, she said she wasn’t. Why? “Because I worked in Carter [P.O.D.] and I dealt with worse than this.” Sigler said she worked for the Dining Services department.

After two minutes and 30 seconds, we moved up about four spots in the line. We hadn’t even gotten to the register. There were six people in front of us. She pointed out that a seventh person had returned from the pick-up area with a disappointed expression on her face. “Actually, she looks like her drink’s messed up, too,” Sigler said.

I asked my waiting buddy if she would wait in line again or just try to interrupt the flow if one of her drinks were made

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By Joe HeidenescherCommunity Editor

Diabetes affects approximately 29 million Americans, according to the Center for Disease Control, which is why UT’s Lambda Sigma is raising money and awareness for the disease.

Their annual event, UT Laps for Diabetes, consists of swimming laps to raise money for the Diabetes Part-nership of Cleveland in order to send diabetic youth to Diabetes Camp.

“Obviously everyone knows diabetes exists. It’s not a very rare thing — it’s actually very com-mon — and a lot of people know about it,” said Abriana Holz-worth, Laps for Diabetes co-chair and a second-year pharmacy major. “Most people have heard of diabetes, but they don’t know what it actually entails for some-one who has diabetes. You have to poke your finger every day, and test your blood sugar and eat so consciously.”

Kathryn Flanagan, Laps for Diabetes co-chair and a second-year pharmacy major, said diabetes camp helps educate diabetic youth about how to better handle their disease.

“Kids, when they are diagnosed with diabetes, sometimes they don’t realize that this is a big deal; it’s going to affect your life,” Flanagan said. “When you’re able to give them the chance to go to a camp where they are surrounded by other people and they get support, and kind of really tune into what they have and become conscious of it.”

Holzworth said the goal is to raise $1,500 this year. In the past they have raised close to $1,000 and have sent two kids to camp.

“So hopefully maybe we can send three kids this year,” Holzworth said.

In order to participate, all you have to do is show up, Flanagan said. There are four laps reserved for those who sign up to swim laps and activities for those who choose not to swim laps.

“So we have things like the big-gest splash competition, a swimsuit competition, we have big inflatable animals you get to race across the pool, and they win prizes for each of the mini events,” Flanagan said.

According to the UT Laps for

By Emily ModrowskiFashion Columnist

If you’re anything like me, then a dream of yours is to find a cute outfit for less than $20. A lot of us love to express ourselves with fashion, but let’s face the harsh reality: we’re col-lege kids and money doesn’t always come easy.

Never fear, fashion does not always have to mean breaking the bank. Your dream of finding an outfit for under $20 can be reality, and to prove it, I ventured into my local Goodwill with a mission in mind. My goal: walk into Goodwill with nothing more than $20 in my pocket, and leave with a complete outfit.

Rule number one of shopping in thrift stores is patience. You’ve got to be willing to individually sift through each piece of clothing carefully or else you could miss out on some gems. You also need to pay attention to stains, snags and rips.

The fashionable items are a dia-mond in the rough, hidden among the pastel, flower-embroidered shirts that smell like they soaked in your grandmother’s perfume. Don’t give up; good things come to those who wait, and to those who have the pa-tience to mill through someone’s old Hawaiian vacation T-shirts.

The first find was a red-and-black houndstooth-patterned skirt. Houndstooth is one of my favorite patterns because it’s classic Cruella de Vil. Houndstooth is just one of those patterns I think will always be in style. The skirt can easily be dressed up or dressed down depending on what you pair it with, which is really nice because an item like that makes it versatile. You can create countless outfits, and it was only $3.

Next, I found an awesome black blazer that fit me. A black blazer is a staple item for any wardrobe, but this one had a bit more of a modern cut and had a flared-open front. It’s way more flowy and freeing than a traditional black blazer — not so stuffy. Paired with the skirt, the blazer added a bit more of a sophisticated look instead of merely casual. It only cost me $6.

But I couldn’t just wear a blazer without a top: I needed something to tie it all together, so I went with a plain white camisole tank top. Black would have worked nicely too, but since I liked the blazer I found so much, I wanted it to pop. A white cami against a black blazer would allow that to happen. It was a good way to showcase the more important parts of the outfit, the skirt and the

blazer — and it was only $2.I pulled the whole ensemble

together with black tights and little black Chelsea-style booties. Black on black made for a sleek look.

Altogether, I only spent $11 on my whole outfit from Goodwill. I even

had $9 left over, so I could have got-ten a pair of shoes to go with the out-fit, but I couldn’t find any in my size. I guess there are some pits, but overall, 9/10 would recommend for college students looking to pinch pennies and stay stylish on a budget.

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ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICModrowski created her stylish outfit with budget finds at Goodwill.

“The only reason I stand in the Starbucks line is because it’s the only place I can get a decent cup of coffee on campus without having to go home and come back.”

SAMANTHA HECKMANStarbucks consumer

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“Obviously everyone knows diabetes exists. It’s not a very rare thing— it’s actually very common — and a lot of people know about it.”

ABRIANA HOLZWORTHLaps for Diabetes co-chair

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“I could never

wait that long ... for Starbucks, but a lot of

people need their fix,

so....”

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Diplo do7. Ornamental pond-

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12. *The ____, a band that never won a Grammy

15. *Best ____ Word Album category

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Kingdom” album, nominated in ‘97

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56. Black wood

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Tower59. *”Smells Like ____

Spirit,” Grammy loser in 1993

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Diabetes Facebook page, these prizes range from T-shirts, gift cards and ear buds. For those who swim laps, there will be trophies and certificates presented.

A donation of $10 is required to swim laps. Holzworth said it is not required to have a sponsor, but if swimmers want to gather pledges per lap they are invited to.

“We actually have one professor that’s donating per lap swam for anyone that swims,” Flanagan said, “So when we get our total count of laps at the end, she’ll donate that amount per lap.”

Additionally Flanagan said they had University Hills sponsor them and snacks provided by Costco.

To find out how to donate money to this cause, visit their Facebook page.

The event is on Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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improperly. “If it’s messed up, I usually just drink it,” she replied.

At almost eight minutes in, we had a different point of view. The spotlights shone down on the bar as we prepared to order. Sigler was next to be at the regis-ter. After eight minutes and 25 seconds of waiting, she went up to order.

After nine minutes and two seconds, it was finally my turn. I ordered a small cappuccino. Usually I’d get a black coffee, which they would just hand me, but I wanted to make sure I’d have to wait with everyone else.

And wait we did! As we passed the 13-minute mark, I asked Si-gler for her opinion. She waved off my concern, saying she once waited 25 minutes for a cup of coffee at a Biggby. “There was just a lot of people.”

We watched as our cups entered the assembly line at the same time, hers on the cold

bar, mine on the hot bar. We laughed. It was like a race!

It turned out that I’d get mine first, but that was probably because I ordered a relatively simple drink.

After several minutes of watching other people get their drinks, we finally had ours. I looked at my stopwatch. It was 15 minutes and three seconds from start to finish. And boy, was her drink fantastic. It had chocolate, white mocha and

raspberry all over.I asked her if she thought it

was worth it. She took a sip and smiled. “Yeah!” Maybe it was worth it after all.

At one point during the ex-perience, we were joined in the line by someone who worked at that Starbucks.

In our wait, I suggested the idea of going to Java City. She looked at me like I was joking.

“Way over at Rocket Hall? Ain’t nobody goin’ all the way over to Rocket Hall. Unless you have class over there, you ain’t goin’ over there. That’s why Starbucks is rich right now.” She had a southern-Ohio way of speaking.

I replied that the wait here is sometimes longer than it would take to walk over there and get a coffee.

“I doubt it,” she argued. “You’re saying you can walk there, walk back and make it to class?”

OK, maybe not, but at least I’d have a drink.

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The Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition is hosting a showing of “Ghost Town: The Hebron Story,” a documentary created by filmmaker Ellie Bernstein.

The documentary focuses on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the point of view Hebron, a city in the West Bank that highlights the larger political conflict.

Following the film, Bernstein will be present at a talkback discussion . Audience members will have the chance to comment and ask questions. Ber-nstein and her film will also make several stops across Ohio to raise awareness about the issue.

Her film will be shown in Toledo on Friday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. at Washington Church, 3925 W. Central Ave. The event is free and open to the public. Dona-tions are appreciated.

For more information, email ghosttown@nwopc.org or visit www.nwopc.org

IN BRIEF

“Way over at Rocket Hall? Ain’t nobody goin’ all the way over to Rocket Hall. Unless you have class over there, you ain’t goin’ over there. That’s why Starbucks is rich right now.”

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Standings

What to look for...On Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Savage Arena, The University of Toledo will host a special National Signing Day presentation. Other MAC schools will be recognizing the 2016 recruiting class on this day as well. The presentation is open to all, free of charge.

Women’s BasketballSchool MAC OverallEAST DIVISION Ohio 9-0 17-3Akron 5-4 11-9Bowling Green 4-5 8-10 Buffalo 2-6 10-9Miami 2-6 8-11Kent State 1-8 4-15

WEST DIVISION Central Michigan 7-2 13-7Ball State 6-2 14-5Toledo 5-3 10-9Western Michigan 5-4 13-8Eastern Michigan 4-5 13-7Northern Illinois 2-7 9-11

Men’s BasketballSchool MAC OverallEAST DIVISION Akron 7-2 18-4Kent State 6-3 15-7Buffalo 6-3 13-9 Bowling Green 4-5 13-9Ohio 4-5 13-8Miami 1-8 7-15

WEST DIVISION Central Michigan 6-3 13-9Northern Illinois 5-4 16-6Ball State 5-4 14-8 Toledo 4-5 13-9Western Michigan 3-6 9-13Eastern Michigan 3-6 11-11

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UT stomps BGSUToledo cruises to a 75-61 victory in the battle of I-75By Jackson RogersSports Reporter

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team defeated the Bowling Green State University Falcons 75-61 on Saturday afternoon in Savage Arena.

This win marked the Rockets’ sixth in eight tries over the Falcons.

“This rivalry is special,” said Head Coach Tricia Cullop. “Nowhere else in the MAC [Mid-American Conference] are you going to see this many in the building for a women’s basketball game. Because of this rivalry, it’s a fun atmosphere and it’s always a great game.”

Junior Janice Monakana led the Rockets with a game high 21 points and 6 rebounds. Monakana shot 58 percent from the field, knocking down three shots from beyond the three-point line.

“She’s a great versatile player,” Cullop said. “She can drive to the hole and post up and can step out and shoot a three. Even

though she plays in the post, she can guard a guard. Janice is probably one of my smarter players.

“She has an incredible IQ for basketball.”

Senior Brenae Harris also helped pace UT with 15 points and was an as-sist shy of a double-dou-ble. Other top scorers for UT were sophomore Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott with 14 points and senior Ana Capotoso with 11 points.

An emphasis for the Rocket defense this game was to stop BG’s three-point shooting after the Falcons

made 11 three-pointers against Eastern Michigan on Wednesday. BG was held to 21.1 percent from the three point line, resulting in only four made baskets.

“They [Bowling Green] averaged about 9 threes a game,” Harris said. “Coach did talk about that before the game, something we had to take away. We did a great job of taking it away because we took away half of what they’re used to.”

Leading scorers for BG

were senior Lauren Tibbs with 16 points and fresh-man Sydney Lambert with 13 points.

The game started out slowly for the Rockets as the Falcons raced out to an early 12-4 lead in the first quarter. BG hit five of its first nine shots to fuel the eight-point lead.

Cullop was forced to burn an early timeout to rally the troops. After the timeout, UT went on a 15-6 run to take the lead 19-18 at the end of the first quarter.

The Rockets ended the quarter with the last nine points and retained the lead for the remain-der of the game.

UT kept rolling in the second quarter, going on a 11-3 run to make the score 30-21 with 5:53 left in the half. There was strong ball move-ment by the Rockets during the run as five different players scored.

The Falcons came back with a 10-4 stretch at the

“Nowhere else in the MAC are you going to see this many in the building for a women’s basketball game.”

TRICIA CULLOPHead Coach

Toledo gets back on trackMEN’S BASKETBALL

UT snaps three-game losing streak with an 89-62 shellacking over Western MichiganBy Marcus DodsonSports Editor

The University of Toledo men’s basket-ball team rolled to an 89-62 home victory over Western Michigan to snap a three-game losing streak in a game where the Rockets never trailed.

Toledo (13-9, 4-5 MAC) now moves into third place in the Mid-American Conference West division and are just two games behind Central Michigan for the top spot.

“That was a must-needed [sic] win for a lot of reasons,” said head coach Todd Kowalczyk. “We lost our confidence and swagger and just needed something good to happen for these guys.”

The top four scorers in the MAC: senior Nathan Boothe (UT), juniors Jonathan Wil-liams (UT) and Tucker Haymond (WMU), and sophomore Thomas Wilder (WMU), were all on display in Savage Arena.

Williams led the Rockets with a game-high 24 points, just two below his career high. Joining him in double-figures was the leading scorer in the MAC, Boothe, with 16 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth consecutive double-double and ninth for the season.

Junior Jordan Lauf and freshman Nate Navigato contributed 12 points apiece. Junior Zach Garber grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with 7 points. Sophomore Stuckey Mos-ley finished with a career-high 9 assists to go with 9 points.

Of the 11 Rockets who saw playing time, 10 registered a score in the 27-point blowout.

Leading the Broncos was second-place overall scorer in the MAC, Thomas Wilder, with 20 points. Joining him in double-figures for WMU was freshman Josh Davis with 12 points.

Toledo ultimately shut down Haymond, who came into the game fourth in the MAC in scoring, averaging 17.4 ppg. Haymond finished with 4 points on 1-of-7 shooting.

“We had two really proven defenders on him all night,” said Kowalczyk, refer-ring to Williams and Lauf.

Toledo out-rebounded the Broncos 42-20 giving up just 4 second-chance points the entire game.

Williams got things started with a jumper in the lane for the first points of the game. Wilder tied things up at two apiece and that would be the closest WMU would be to taking the lead.

Rockets fall to Buffalo 177-123 on senior night

SWIMMING & DIVING

RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC(Left to right) UT sophomore Gabbi Haaraoja and freshman Stephanie Lohnes take the blocks for the start of the 200-yard medley reley.

By Justice SunderlandSports Reporter

The University of Toledo swimming and diving team was defeated by Buf-falo 177-123 on Saturday’s senior night at the UT Recreation Center.

It was a night to remem-ber for seniors Sammy Richart, Brooke Edwards and Lauren Comer as they picked up victories in their last meet at the Rec Center. Sophomore Jessica Avery also picked up a victory on the night, and the Rock-ets had eight additional second-place finishes.

Richart would defeat Avery by three seconds to win the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.87.

Edwards held off Buf-falo’s Eve Kosten in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 51.78, the sec-ond-fastest time of her career. Avery also swam the second-best time of her career in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:20.57 claiming first in the event.

Comer won the 200-yard

backstroke finishing with the time of 2:06.10, defeat-ing UB’s Claudia Casale by two seconds.

Comer also had 3 second-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:52.53, the 500-yard free-style with a time of 5:08.72 and the 800-yard relay along with Maggie Hack, Edwards and Julie Schmidt.

Edwards finished second in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing with a time of 1:52.53. Richart and Edwards teamed up with freshman Stephanie Lohnes and sophomore Kat Streicher to take home second place in the 200-yard medley with a time of 1:46.13.

Senior Jamie Schindler performed impressively in her last go around as a Rocket. She scored 231.15 on the three-meter dive, making second place.

The Rockets will be hit-ting the road next weekend and traveling to Hunting-ton, West Virginia, to take on Ohio University and Marshall in the Feb. 5 and 6 Marshall Invitational.

RACHEL NEARHOOF / ICSenior Brenae Harris dribbles by freshman Sydney Lambert of BG. Harris finished the game an assist shy of a double-double to go along with 15 points.

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RACHEL NEARHOOF / ICSenior center Nathan Boothe backs down a Western Michigan defender on his way to the basket. Boothe finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth consecutive double-double in Toledo’s 89-62 victory over the Broncos.

RACHEL NEARHOOF / ICJunior guard Jonathan Williams shoots over a trio of Western Michigan defenders. The six-foot-four Southfield, Michigan native shot 56 percent from the field. He finished with 24 points, just two points shy of his career high. See Shellacking / 7 »

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end of the quarter to cut the Rocket lead to 38-35 at the half. Lambert hit a pair of threes late to contribute to the run.

Toledo kept the intensity going in the second half with an 8-2 run to make the score 46-37 halfway through the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, UT extended its lead to double digits at 60-50 when Mon-akana hit a three-pointer and freshman Kayla McIntyre put in a layup in the first minute of the fourth quarter.

Toledo iced the game with

back-to-back three-pointers by Bravo-Hariott and Mon-akana to make the score 70-56 with 5:14 left in the game.

BG would never cut the lead smaller than 12 points for the rest of the game.

UT will be back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 3 when they travel to Kalamazoo to take on the Western Michi-gan Broncos. Tip-off is sched-uled for 7 p.m. in University Arena and will be televised on ESPN3.

In the only previous meet-ing between the two teams this season, the Rockets came out on top Jan. 9 with an 80-73 victory in Savage Arena.

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Boothe scored the next 7 points for UT followed by a trey from Williams as the Rockets jumped out to an early 12-2 lead in the first five minutes of the contest.

Toledo continued to keep the pressure on, and after back-to-back threes by Navigato, UT took a 21-6 lead heading into the under-12-minute media timeout.

Williams gave UT its largest lead of the half with a deep trey on the wing making the score 42-21

with 2:26 to go. Western made some noise in the final 90 seconds of the half with 7 quick points from Wilder to cut the Rockets lead to just 12 but a Wil-liams layup at the buzzer gave UT a 44-30 lead at intermission.

Just like the first half, Wil-liams and Boothe got things going for UT, combining for the first 10 points of the half with 5 points apiece.

The Rockets never looked back and led by as many as 36 points in the second half giving Kowalczyk an opportunity to play some younger guys.

Freshman walk-on Fred John Jr. was a recipient of that, scoring his first collegiate field goal in the game with 1:01 left to play in the game.

“For whatever reason, we play better on the road,” Kowalczyk said. “I think sometimes we play nervous at home because we want to do so well for our unbelievable fans and it causes us to play tight.

“On the road we play free.”Toledo will take to the

road for their next two games, traveling to Kent State on Feb. 6 and Buffalo on Feb. 9 before returning

home to host Miami (OH) on Feb. 13. Tip-off is sched-uled for 7 p.m. for all games.

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If you goWhat: February Men’s

Basketball games.

Where: Kent State University.

When: Feb. 6.

Where: University of Buffalo, New York.

When: Feb. 9.

Where: University of Toledo against Miami University.

When: Feb. 13.

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in our student paper every Wednesday.

Turn to JOBS / 5 »to learn more.

a Pi Kappa Phi member said the local chapter had been instructed not to speak to the press, and that the national organi-zation’s statement was all they could provide on the subject.

Accounts of the night differing from the ones contained in Watkin’s state-ments and the police report have circulated on Twitter since the night of the inci-dent, although none could be verified directly. One

tweet by Abby Shirley, a Twitter user who claimed to have been at the party, said Watkins was thrown out for intruding on a private party.

“Ray trespassed on private property, destroyed property and assaulted a brother,” Shirley wrote in one tweet on Jan. 24. Shir-ley’s other tweets also said the altercation had nothing to do with race.

Ryan Aridi, vice presi-dent of philanthropy at the fraternity, told The Blade that Watkins intruded on a private party and started a fight after damaging Christmas lights and being asked to leave.

“This had nothing to do with race whatsoever,” he told the Toledo newspaper.

However, several mem-bers of Pi Kappa Phi have taken to social media and posted statements of sup-port for their fraternity,

although none of them di-rectly referenced the events of that night.

Zach Lepla, a member of Pi Kappa Phi, made a post to his Facebook page ex-pressing frustration with the way people were responding to the situation. Lepla asked that those not involved in the situation refrain from making assumptions, and mentioned several past acts of charity that Pi Kappa Phi has performed for the com-munity.

“It is not difficult for to-day’s society to believe this incident could occur, and for those without stake in the outcome it may be easy to cast blame, but I urge you to step back and look deeper,” Lepla said.

Lepla’s status received an outpouring of support on Facebook, including 165 shares and 284 likes. Other similar statuses on Twit-ter included statements of support, like Pi Kappa Phi member Abe Elkhatib proclaiming his pride in being part of “this diverse and caring brotherhood,” and Pi Kappa Phi member Jeremiah Popov tweeting that he was “damn proud to be a Pikapp.”

Pi Kappa Phi has received some negative backlash following the incident via social media, including im-plicit threats made toward the organization.

Shirley compiled some of these tweets while suggest-ing that they should possi-bly be shown to the police. One tweet she screenshot-ted included twitter user Tae!, who suggested going to the fraternity house and “letting them have it.”

UT President Sharon Gaber addressed the issue of threats in the email she sent to campus on Jan. 26, where she said that the UT police were investigating several of these threats.

“Everyone has the right to express their opinions, however implicit or explicit threats expressed on social media or elsewhere will not be tolerated,” Gaber wrote.

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were just the first step in his process to write and have available to the public a draft of the diversity plan by the end of the spring semester.

One of the first of the eight scheduled discus-sions was held Jan. 28 in the Student Union Audito-rium from 7-9 p.m.

Rachel Pointer, a first-year communication major, said she expected that the issues surrounding the assault of UT student Ray Watkins at an off-campus party last weekend would be addressed.

“It seems like the an-nouncement for all of this thing was right after the at-tack happened, so it doesn’t make sense to me to be

like, ‘Alright, we’re just not going to talk about this, it’s just going to be a general thing,’ ” Pointer said.

However, McKether said the event was planned many months in advance and had nothing to do with the recent assault.

“Timing is amazing,” McKether said, “but again, these discussion groups have really been in the works since last Novem-ber and it just happens by chance that this event occurred right now when we started to have these discussions.”

One participant asked a question about what the university is doing in re-sponse to the assault. Kaye Patten-Wallace, senior vice president for student affairs, said that UTPD and the To-ledo Police are investigating the matter and that the fra-ternity has been suspended without prejudice.

Patten-Wallace further explained that all matters were being handled ac-cording to the policies the university has in place and that she encourages every-one to allow the system to do its job.

“The tone of the conver-sations may change because of these events but it is my intent to keep the same format ... but I realized if we get there, and students’ voices need to be heard in a different kind of way, then I’ve got to be willing to allow students to talk,” McKether said.

McKether said he plans to address students by ask-ing questions and allowing them to direct the conver-sation so they can voice

their concerns in their own way.

“I will ask them if they believe the University of Toledo is a diverse institu-tion. I’ll ask them to think … for them personally and for any organization that they may represent ... ‘Do you feel included or do you feel obsolete? Do you feel excluded?’ ” McKether said.

Participants brought up a variety of issues, includ-ing problems surrounding discrimination against women on the engineer-ing campus, racism against Muslim women who wear hijabs, and many others involving race, sex, sexual orientation and more.

Rosalyn Whickum, a second-year communica-tion major who attended the event, said she wanted

to attend in order to hear what other students had to say and to have a safe space to address her own concerns.

“What I was primarily concerned about was the destruction of safe spaces for different groups of people, because we want to be a diverse commu-nity. I don’t want diversity to mean the end of the bubbles...” Whickum said.

Daija Thomas, a fourth-year public health major, said she thought a good solution to some of the issues the university is fac-ing would be to mandate diversity training for all students at UT.

“As a former employee of the Division of Student Af-fairs, I was indeed forced to go through a safe place training, not that it was a negative thing,” Thomas said. “I do feel like every-one should be accepted on our university’s campus, including LGBTQA, but for us to not have some-thing for multicultural stu-dents and they are equally excluded is a problem.”

After all focus groups are completed McKether stated the data from will then be compiled and he will write the diversity plan and hopefully have it available for the public to read by the end of the spring semester.

The next campus talk is a staff-oriented Campus Conversation on Diversity that will be held on Thurs-day, Feb. 4, from noon to 2 p.m. in Health Education Building Room 103 on the Health Science Campus.

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“Everyone has the right to express their opinions, however implicit or explicit threats expressed on social media or elsewhere will not be tolerated.”

SHARON GABERUT President

going to happen, we’ve got to be real about that ... what we’re trying to do to prevent it in the first place, and I think we’re doing a lot. But they are going to happen and we just have to make sure we are commu-nicating and on the same page....”

Martinez said that regardless of whether a student is on- or off-campus, they are “still held accountable for the expectations in the student code of conduct.”

“The university’s top priority is student safety, we want to make sure students have a safe, con-ducive living and learning environment, to be here on campus and to get the edu-cation and socialization that they need and want,” Martinez said during her opening statement.

Newton reinforced these ideas from the position of campus security, empha-sizing the low on-campus crime rate. In the annual crime and fire report done for 2014, no aggravated as-saults and no arsons were reported on-campus, but

one sexual assault and one hate crime was reported.

“It’s our job to provide the safest environment possible,” Newton said. “We

have very few incidents of violent crime on-campus. … We’re going to do every-thing we can to keep our department as profession-

ally run as possible.”Newton said training is

a very important tool used to prepare for emergen-cies. Virginia Speight said training is equally impor-tant in Residence Life.

“Within each division, each area has their plan, each area has their train-ing, and we want to make sure that the students are trained at the beginning of the semester to go over any type of emergency that could come up.”

Speight and Newton said they train their staff in a variety of programs including ALICE and Safe Space trainings.

Additionally, Newton said one the best ways to stay safe is to stay in-formed. He recommended following UTPD on social media and paying atten-tion to any bulletins they may post.

Mayor Hicks-Hudson said personal safety is important to focus on, but she also highlighted the importance of civil engagement.

“I want you to think of safety as being a part of the government, a part of the community that you live in,” Hudson said. “The larger safety is using your vote.”

At the event, the UT Col-lege Democrats provided a table and the forms neces-sary to register to vote. About 30 people attended the event and several stopped by to register.

“I thought it turned out well, based on expectations and based on never doing the event before,” Tallon said. “It was a great event overall and we’re happy the way it turned out.”

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Aburaad, SG chair of cam-pus affairs. “Steve Wozniak is a very friendly person, very amicable.”

Now in its third year, the Jesup Scott Honors College Distinguished Lecture Se-ries has hosted a variety of famous speakers including James Carville, Sal Kahn and Karl Rove.

“We want to inspire people, show them leader-ship skills, and to give them access to opportunities and activities the honors students may not have considered,” said Kelly Moore, interim dean of the Jesup Scott Honors College. “Steve Wozniak satisfies that. He clearly has had a very successful career and, if you put aside financial

success, he’s been pursuing his passions, which led to money, but more impor-tantly, it’s inspiring.”

With a variety of speak-ers coming to UT for the lecture series and bring-ing with them a variety of crowds, Wozniak still brought one of the largest groups to campus in the series’ history.

“This is my first lecture and it definitely makes me want to go to the next one,” Aburaad said.

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“What I was primarily concerned about was the destruction of safe spaces for different groups of people, because we want to be a diverse community. I don’t want diversity to mean the end of the bubbles...”

ROSALYN WHICKUMSecond-year

communication major

“Timing is amazing...but again, these discussion groups have really been in the works since last November and it just happens by chance that this event occurred right now when we started to have these discussions.”

WILLIE MCKETHERSpecial assistant for

diversity

“This is my first lecture and it definitely makes me want to go to the next one.”

SAM ABURAADSG Senator

“The university’s top priority is student safety, we want to make sure students have a safe, conducive living and learning environment, to be here on campus and to get the education and socialization that they need and want.”

MARY MARTINEZStudent Conduct Officer

and Title IX Deputy

“Within each division, each area has their plan, each area has their training, and we want to make sure that the students are trained at the beginning of the semester to go over any type of emergency that could come up.”

VIRGINIA SPEIGHTAssociate vice president

for student affairs and direc-tor of residence life

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Is easier than you thinkLooking at pictures of someone your age climbing the Great Wall of China or cheesing it in front of Big Ben, you might think, “That looks amazing, but I’ll never be able to do that.” However, there are over 40 countries you can travel to with the help of the Center for International Studies and Programs (CISP) at the University of Toledo. We found five people who did just that, and they debunked five common myths about what it takes to study abroad.

Fact: You can have countless adventures during your free time.

5) Myth: My exploring options will be limited.

The price is no different from a normal semester of tuition and housing here at UT, and you can actually apply your current on-campus financial aid package to your study abroad trip. Also, there are plenty of additional scholarships and grants you can apply for that subsidize travel expenses. Plus, certain destinations are less expensive than others, and depending on the country (like those in Latin America or Asia), your dollar will stretch further once you get there.

Just ask Randy Cohen, a senior majoring in international business. He studied in Seoul, South Korea, with the help of University Study Abroad Consortium (USAC).

“Getting there wasn’t a problem. The price was covered with my financial aid and all I was responsible for was with my plane ticket. But that got covered when I received a grant that I applied for here on campus. When I landed, everyone was very nice to me and it helped that mostly everyone spoke English so I didn’t feel alienated not knowing Korean. While on my visit, this girl we met there asked me and my friend if we wanted to be in a Korean pop music video as an extra. There was no way I was passing that up, although I wasn’t used to it. I got to go behind the scene and see how a music video was made. Going into studying abroad, I didn’t have a lot of expectations for it but after I feel really thankful that I did it. There’s really no reason why you shouldn’t study abroad.”

1) Myth: I can’t afford it.Fact: It costs almost the same as one semester of domestic schooling.

2) Myth: I’m there for one semester – no more, no less.Fact: You can go for as little as 3 weeks and as long as a year – and you can do it more than once.Still feeling nervous about spending time in another country? UT offers programs for just three weeks. And if you’re more worried about not getting the full experience of another culture, you can study abroad for up to a full year – and you can go back however many times you want. After you reach 30 credit hours, you become eligible to participate in the International Student Exchange Programs.

Ramsey Alnawajha, an UT Alumni who majored in Asian Studies and a member of the Education Abroad program, can tell you firsthand that once you go, you’ll want to go back out.

“My first trip to Japan I went for three weeks because I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it or not. After I left, I knew I had to go back the next semester and I did. I ended up going back for 6 months that time and loved every minute of it. I got to experience the culture firsthand instead of just reading a book and looking at pictures. I didn’t have a plan for my future, but after going to Japan I figured out this is where I wanted to be. I have an interview in two weeks to become a Japanese exchange teacher that I’m beyond excited for. An opportunity that I don’t believe would’ve been made possible if I didn’t go. I wish everyone could get to experience what I did; going has forever changed my life.”

3) Myth: I’m not a big traveler and this would be more stressful than it’s worth.Fact: Traveling is not as scary as you might think, and it’s a life-changing experience.The idea of being in another country can be a little nerve-racking, so CISP works to prep you before you head out. You can ask all the questions you’d like to Education Abroad Advisor Julian Branch, and you can even request to meet with another student who has already traveled outside of the country. Once you’re in the country, you will be met at the airport, shown to your campus dorm, and you will have an adviser to help you for your entire stay.

Before a faculty-led trip with the International Student Leadership Academy (ISLA), Bridgette Winslow, an assistant dean at Adrian College, never thought she would leave the country.

“At age 41, for the first time in my life, I left the country and I was a little nervous – I won’t lie. It was never anything I had wanted to do but, wow, I’m glad I did it. It opened my eyes to the conveniences of America and gave me such an eye-opening experience that I will never forget. On my 41st birthday I spent the day in Paris touring the city. At the end of the night we finally made our way up to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Looking out at all the lights over the city was breathtaking and I fell in love instantly. I told my daughter that when she turns 18 that I will take her to Paris so she can get that experience. There would’ve been no way I would’ve suggested we do something like that before the ISLA trip.”

4) Myth: I have to speak the language to go.Fact: It’s not at all required to speak any country’s language, and there are plenty of English-speaking countries you can visit.Although UT offers a variety of language and culture classes, there is no comparison to the humbling experiences you will encounter immersed in everyday life of another country. It is not necessary to speak the language of the country you want to explore before you visit, but you will invariably pick up enough key phrases to make your way. And don’t forget that many citizens from a variety of countries speak English, even if it’s not their national language.

Krisha Conley, a sophomore studying athletic training, traveled to Mexico as a part of the International Service Learning program (ISL) and to Italy with Camp Adventure, all while knowing just a little Spanish and no Italian.

“Traveling is very humbling because you realize each difference is a blessing and is what makes the world so unique. You really don’t find yourself until you experience traveling and interacting with different people. You understand how much alike we really are. Sometimes you have no idea what people are saying, and English isn’t always on the signs but we still got through it. When I was in Switzerland, we were searching for a good hiking trail in one of the mountain ranges. After wandering through a little village with no luck, we came across a farmer working in the field next to us and admitted we were lost and asked him for directions. He barely spoke English but was so excited to see new faces in his small village. His directions brought us to a crossroads with a pole with several signs of distances to famous cities. At the very top of the pole, I saw an Indiana license plate (which is where I grew up) and in that moment, I realized that you can be on the other side of the world and still find a little piece of home around the corner.”

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Studying Abroad

You’ll be studying and going to class throughout the week, but the weekends will be open for you to venture out wherever, with a guide or by yourself. And if the thought of not having a car seems limiting, keep in mind that public transportation is more efficient and more widely available in most other countries.

Sarah Dreier, a senior studying international business and marketing, traveled with the International Study Abroad program (ISA) and took full advantage of her trip to Europe, visiting 11 countries in one semester.

“Public transportation is so great and easy. You can get anywhere at anytime, especially in Belgium where I was. I didn’t drive for six months which is crazy to think about because we drive almost every day here. You become dependent on these services and they are always there, but you still have to work your own schedule around it. When I was there I was able to travel to 11 other countries in the one visit to Belgium. The countries in Europe are so close, it’s like traveling from state to state, so on the weekend we would pick somewhere we wanted to go and we did. They make it so affordable to get place to place. I have seen more of Europe then most Americans will ever be able to and I just feel really lucky to say that. The traveling became addicting and I wanted to take as much advantage of my opportunity as possible. My next adventure will be in New Zealand for an internship this summer.”