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Smoking huts reach a new high
By Danielle GambleCopy Chief
While it is common to smell cigarette smoke while pass-ing the designated smoking zones on Main Campus, stu-dents like Anne Backhaus are responsible for a differ-ent kind of scent — the dis-tinctive aroma of marijuana.
“There’s weed in there ev-ery minute of every day,”
Backhaus, a freshman major-ing in English said. “Pretty much if you go out to any butt hut and sit there long enough, someone will come out there and smoke weed.”
There is nothing unique about the presence of weed on campus to Backhaus, who is open about her experienc-es involving marijuana.
“I went to one of the butt huts near [Academic House]
because I wanted a cigarette, and someone was just over there smoking kush. It brought back old memories, so I just felt like getting back into the swing of things.”
Backhaus believes the butt huts are not just for enjoying a cigarette or a joint.
She said the huts are the reason for her friendship with Alli Frank, a freshman majoring in special educa-
tion, who also admits smok-ing weed in the huts.
“I met every one of my friends… because of the smoke huts,” Frank said.
Illegal substances are prev-alent in the smoking huts, according to Backhaus.
“Some people have one-hitters that look like ciga-rettes,” Backhaus said. ”But
There’s weed in there every minute of the day. Pretty much if you
go out to any butt hut and sit there long
enough, some-one will come out there and smoke weed.
Anne BackhausFreshman,English Education
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A look at the social culture surrounding UT’s smoking zones
Nick Kneer/ IC
Some students refer to the designated smoking zones on Main Campus as “butt huts,” or “blunt huts,” since many have reported smoking marijuana in them instead of cigarettes.
Ohio residents granted in-state tuition ‘forever’By IC Staff
The Ohio Board of Regents established a new provision to keep Ohio students within the state for each level of their education.
The “Forever Buckeye” program will offer immediate in-state resident tuition for all Ohio high school gradu-ates beginning spring 2012.
This means students who leave Ohio for any amount of time can return and receive the same in-state tuition rates at any Ohio university.
Previously, if a high school graduate left Ohio for more than 12 months, they would have to reestab-lish state res-idency be-fore they could be eli-gible for in-state tuition.
“The For-ever Buck-eyes pro-gram pro-vides an in-centive to at-tract these s t u d e n t s back to Ohio to enroll in a wide range of educational opportuni-ties,” said Ohio Chancellor Jim Petro in a press release,
Petro said bringing young students back to Ohio for continued education could allow room for businesses to grow.
“If our economy is to grow, we must do everything we can to attract and retain stu-dents of all ages to Ohio,” he said.
To qualify for Forever Buckeye, students would
have to show proof of residency.
UT Associate Registrar Thomas Short said examples of valid documents include a copy of an Ohio high school transcript or a verification of a student’s graduation on the high school letterhead stationery.
Another would be a copy of a lease, mortgage agree-ment or property deed which includes date of occupancy establishing residency in Ohio.
A copy of a student’s high school diploma and a GED do not qualify under the new
provision.The U.S
Census Bu-reau survey states the U.S p o p u l a t i o n grew 9.7 per-cent over the last ten years, while Ohio’s p o p u l a t i o n has only grown a frac-tion of this rate at 1.6 per-cent. On the other hand, enrollment in Ohio universi-ties has in-
creased by 7.7 percent against a national average of 6.3 percent in 2010, accord-ing to the Board of Regents March 2011 report.
The Ohio Board of Regents is the state agency which co-ordinates higher education policy in Ohio, and is direct-ed by Petro, a member of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s cabinet.
The provision will be in-cluded in the 2012-13 fiscal year budget.
The Forever Buck-eyes program provides an incentive to attract these students back to
Ohio to enroll in a wide range of educational
opportunities.
Jim PetroOhio Chancellor ”
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Relay For Life raises $32,000 for American Cancer SocietyBy Sade GaneyFor the IC
The person underneath UT’s high-spirited mascot Rocky the Rocket knew something was wrong as they ran across the court during a 2007 women’s basketball game.
“I didn’t feel right,” said Drew Matthews concerning the incident. “The next day I got really sick, and a few days later I went to the doctor’s and found out I had leukemia.”
The senior majoring in con-struction engineering and technology took the next three years off school due to intensive chemotherapy treat-ment that destroyed his hip bones.
The cancer survivor was among 833 people who par-ticipated in this year’s Relay
For Life at UT. The overnight charity event, which raises funds for the American Can-cer Society, was held Friday and Saturday in the Student
Recreation Center.Participants were grouped
into teams of at least eight and camped at the Student Recre-ation Center.
At least one person from the team had to be on the track for the duration of the 18 hour event.
Although $32,000 dollars was raised by 53 teams, an in-crease of $10,000 compared to last year, it was $4,000 less than its anticipated goal.
Each team raises money by asking for donations and are encouraged to seek sponsor-ships from local businesses and organizations.
The teams which raised the most money were Alpha Phi Omega at $3,811, Team Trian-gle with $3,140 and The Relay Committee with $3,100.
Tiffany Miller, a representa-tive from the American
My hips were de-stroyed and I had
to get surgery, I couldn’t walk. When I
came back and was able to walk that sur-vivor lap, it meant so
much to me. Drew MatthewsSeniorConstruction Engineer-ing and technology ”
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File photo by Dean Mohr
Alpha Phi Omega raised the most money for this year’s Relay for Life with $3,811. The money will go to the American Cancer Society.
UT SHARP members receive national recognitionBy John Gumersell IC Staff Writer
While some college stu-dents are finding ways to oc-cupy Wall Street, a group of UT students hope to some-day work on it.
Student Held Assets Re-turn Portfolio, or SHARP, is a student organization cen-tered on investing.
Now in its second year, the organization has already gained national recognition by having their stock pitch
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Cancer Society, participated in her first Relay For Life five years ago.
“I decided this was something I really wanted to do and began volunteering full-time,” she said. “After recently losing my mother to lung cancer, it’s a renewed passion of mine to find a cure for this disease. There is hope; our dollars we raise are used for research. Although we haven’t found the cure for cancer, we’ve found many treatments for many different cancers.”
Lucas Cooley, a senior major-ing in accounting, comes from Clyde, Ohio, which has the high-est cancer cluster in the United States. He began participating in Relay For Life his freshman year with Pi Kappa Phi.
“Knowing that I’m doing something to help people all over the world means a lot to me,” Cooley said.
The event included a survivor lap where cancer survivors walked together in celebration.
“Some people take for granted being able to walk a lap,” Mat-thews said. “My hips were de-stroyed and I had to get surgery, I couldn’t walk. When I came back and was able to walk that survivor lap, it meant so much more.”
The event also included a Lu-minaria Ceremony where can-dles were lit in honor of those who died as a result of cancer.
The night ended with a Fight Back Ceremony where partici-pants made a commitment to donate their time and effort to fight cancer.
Other activities included dance competitions and Zumba dance aerobics and pizza was provided for participants.
Student Government Presi-dent Matt Rubin, a senior major-ing in political science, served as the Relay For Life master of cer-emonies for the second year in a row.
“Relay For Life gives me a lot of hope for the future,” he said. “When you see a lot students come together, it shows the character of the students and makes me proud to be a Rocket.”
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you just pack the weed into the end... some people have coats with big pockets so they can take a quick hit from a bowl and put it back in their pocket.”
Both students claimed to have seen drugs passed be-tween people while shaking hands, dealers slipping sub-stances into buyers’ packs of cigarettes and people pulling out pills to sell.
“At first, I was kind of scared,” Frank said about wit-nessing the deals. “I was like, this is out of my realm, I’ve never seen this before. Now, it’s just something I’m used to seeing. I just stay out of it.”
While Frank said it was shocking to see a drug deal, she refuses to reveal any oth-er marijuana users. Both she and Backhaus admitted light-ing cigarettes to mask the odor of another smoker’s weed.
“We have each other’s backs,” Frank said. “Even if we don’t know them that well, we’re family.”
Others are not as thrilled with the presence of marijua-na in the smoking huts.
Mark Silver, a junior major-ing in biology and a resident adviser for MacKinnon Hall,
thinks the huts are working to the university’s disadvantage.
Silver said he has received numerous complaints from his own residents and fellow RAs.
“They’re afraid to use the butt huts so they go over and follow the rule, ‘30 feet from the door,’ the old rule, and they get cited for not using the huts,” he said. “But in ac-tuality, they just don’t want to be possibly arrested… for be-ing around marijuana or other illegal substances.”
Silver believes smoking is an addictive habit and the at-mosphere inside the smoking huts leads people to intention-ally violate the new smoking policy.
“It’s coming to the point to where people who do smoke cigarettes — only cigarettes — are deterred from smoking in the butt huts because peo-ple are bringing illegal mari-juana, other drugs and para-phernalia into the huts and they don’t want to get cited… so they keep away,” he said.
Malaree Geisman, a senior majoring in psychology, said she does not mind if others use weed, but prefers not to use the smoking huts while others use marijuana.
“I will either walk across campus with a cigarette or I’ll find another butt hut,” she
said. “They can do what they want; I prefer not to be around it.”
Geisman said she uses the huts every day and has met some acquaintances, but she dislikes the idea of smoking huts.
“If I’m in the butt hut smok-ing, I feel like an animal at the zoo,” she said. “I feel like
people are free to judge me, and that they’re thinking, ‘Oh look at that girl, she’s smok-ing, she’s gross.’”
Backhaus said she talked to a number of teachers who “think the smoking huts are a dumb idea,” and Austin Nel-son, a senior majoring in mu-sic education, said the butt huts provide an excuse for
people to smoke.“It’s almost like they’re pro-
moting smoking,” Nelson said. “It doesn’t, however, prevent people from smoking elsewhere on campus and that includes not just ciga-rettes, but pot.”
Silver said he would like to see the huts either torn down or converted into bus stops.
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Some students believe the smoking huts promote smoking cigarettes and other substances on campus, while others believe they make students who use them feel like an “animal at the zoo.”
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Xu Zhang and Derrick Jones, both juniors majoring in fi-nance, competed in the Un-dergraduate Investment Con-ference at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan on Oct. 20.
Their pitch was for United Technologies, an industrial firm which owns Carrier heat-ing and cooling, Otis elevator and jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, among other businesses.
“We like this stock [NYSE:UTX] because we feel our expected return of ap-proximately 19 percent over a one-year period is both realis-tic as well as probable due to
our conservative assumptions despite market instability,” the duo’s pitch read on Forbes’ website.
Zhang and Jones said after calculations, they determined the stock was undervalued by 7.3 percent, making for a pro-spective significant return for the investment.
“We had only a few weeks to put together our presentation for October,” Jones said. “We conducted all of our research where we had our meetings. We presented it to a few pro-fessors in the finance depart-ment before the conference.”
The duo, representing the College of Business and Inno-vation, pitched a stock for the Finish Line shoe company in the U-M competition this past March. This pitch garnered a cumulative return of 53.8
percent, earning them second place in the competition. Mi-ami University took first place with a cumulative return of 60.8 percent for their stock pitch for Teradata, a data cor-poration. New York University came in third place at 44 per-cent with their stock pitch for Ralcorp Holdings, a food prod-uct manufacture located in St. Louis Miss.
Jones said the first place prize was $3,000 and an intern-ship with Scott Trade.
SHARP offers a simulative stock scenario for students in the group. All members have the ability to build a portfolio of financial progress from the time they spend with the orga-nization by participating in stock competitions, choosing investments and financial in-sight and support from other
members.“SHARP is not investing any
real money as of now. Al-though that is one of our long term goals,” said Doina Chichernea, a SHARP adviser and assistant professor of finance.
Chichernea said SHARP is student-managed and student-run.
“After one semester of being the official adviser, I have to admit that I am thoroughly impressed by the level of inter-est, enthusiasm and profes-sionalism that our student members have shown,” she said.
SHARP was formed on cam-pus by P.J. Falter, a former graduate student, and is mod-eled after the University of Michigan student investment organization.
“We have close to twenty members signed up with SHARP, but we have about twelve dedicated members. It’s a growing organization,” said Shane Hubbard, presi-dent of SHARP and a graduate student in finance.
SHARP members also train with the simulated million dol-lar Training Account, which is tracked and managed by mem-bers over a long period of time. Each student picks a simulated stock and follows it, functioning like a fantasy league.
“The simulating investment is an excellent practice,” Hub-bard said. “Employers care that you know how to manage money.”
—Sura Khuder contributed to this story.
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The FDA requires that no more than 10 parts per billion of arsenic be present in bottled and tap water, but there’s no regulation regarding arsenic levels in fruit juices. This is alarming because when researchers from Consumer Re-ports tested 88 samples of grape and fruit juice, they found nine of them, or approximately 10 percent, contained arsenic levels higher than the FDA limits for drinking water. Worse still, 25 percent were found to contain more than the FDA’s limits for allowable lead in drinking wa-ter, according to the Consumer Reports article.
Chronic arsenic exposure is linked to in-creased risk of cancer, diabetes, reproductive problems and high blood pressure, according to the article. It’s believed that arsenic is affecting more people than reported because testing for arsenic isn’t part of a regular checkup. The most serious effects occur in pregnant mothers and young children because it harms young chil-dren’s brains.
The arsenic found was inorganic arsenic, which the FDA tried to tell people was harm-less. Nonetheless, inorganic arsenic is a carcino-gen, which means it’s known to be a direct agent of cancer.
It gets worse - 35 percent of children aged five and under are estimated to drink more juice than pediatricians recommend. Scientific evi-dence out there shows that exposure to arsenic even below the FDA’s recommendation can lead to developing serious health complications, so the number of health problems arising from the arsenic in juices is unknown at this point. The most disturbing thing is the recentness of the discovery, so there’s much unknown informa-tion. Additionally, arsenic levels are also present and not regulated in many other foods.
People might say that 10 percent is a really small number. However, this finding only re-cently shed light on what should be a more re-searched topic in the food industry. The brands found to have increased arsenic levels are brands that Americans buy every day. Juicy Juice is frequently promoted for being “100% Juice.” Minute Maid and Tropicana advertise the same attribute in their products. Consumers are drinking these juices and providing it for their kids on the belief it’s not harming them, but the
arsenic levels found suggest otherwise.Another thing to consider is that this research
just emerged, which suggests arsenic levels may have had a larger role to play in health complica-tions than people know.
The blame for the arsenic found in these juic-es isn’t the companies producing them, but how tainted American soil is from the lead-arsenate pesticides farmers used decades ago. Their chemicals are still present in the soil. Juice pro-duction in America has changed because Ameri-cans are getting their juice shipments from Chi-na, where many farmers continue to use these harmful pesticides and the groundwater is known to be arsenic.
Americans must shift juice production from China to America, where it can be more sharply monitored. Additionally, testing for arsenic needs to occur on a wider scale than what it is now. Testing needs to be expanded to all foods, but especially those marketed towards mothers and their children. The FDA needs to adapt a more proactive stance in testing for arsenic and lead in juices, but most importantly, there needs to be stronger regulation for the presence of the two elements in juices. Laws must be estab-lished limiting the allowable amount of lead and arsenic in juices, with an amount lower than the current standards for drinking water. This is because primarily children are drinking these juices. Drinking a beverage with arsenic levels below the FDA’s requirements for water will be more fatal for children than adults. How fatal, exactly, has yet to be determined through research.
These are our children and it’s our job to pro-tect them from products we unknowingly ex-posed them to. It’s not too late to undo damage that has already been done from ignorance. Fu-ture generations can be protected from arsenic exposure if people take the initiative to combat how the FDA is handling it today. Thousands of children — and adults — have been drinking these juices thinking it’s okay, when it may have been causing more problems than preventing them. As the consumers of these tasty-but-lethal products, it’s our responsibility to ensure what we buy is really what we get.
A few weeks from now we will all be on winter break. I use our breaks to make a dent into my ever growing
books - to -read list. I want to r e c o m -mend “Ish-mael” by D a n i e l Quinn to anyone still looking for a short read. “Ish-m a e l ” looks at sustainabil-
ity on Earth on the millennial scale, pointing out that mod-ern humans act with only the short term in mind. It’s unlike anything else I have ever read on the subject.
“Ishmael” is a novel that examines human history, cul-ture and the future prospects of our civilization. A young man answers an ad seeking a pupil that wishes to change the world. The teacher who placed the ad is a full grown male gorilla, named Ishmael, who has been taught to com-municate telepathically. This premise does not distract from Ishmael pointing out some ideas our society takes for granted.
Ishmael’s first assignment is for his pupil to discover man’s “creation myth” as cul-ture tells it. After some denial of the existence of such a myth, the student begins with the big bang, working his way up to the evolution of man. Our pupil argues that all of these events are facts and therefore not a myth. Ishmael points out that if you were to go back a billion years and ask the dominant life form of the day to tell the story of the
universe, the story would be the same, only ending in, “and then jellyfish was created.” Ishmael’s point is that hu-mans are probably not the end of evolution and merely part of the process that has been going on for two billion years. I think humans think too highly of themselves. If humans were to suddenly dis-appear tomorrow, domesti-cated life would be decimat-ed, but the rest of wildlife would be better off without us destroying their habitats.
Our creation myth contin-ues with our Homo cousins hunting and gathering on the plains of Africa. Each evolu-tion of man is smarter and better adapted until we are Homosapiens. Modern man lived like this for another mil-lion years or so until man in-vented agriculture roughly 10,000 years ago and began civilization. Man stopped liv-ing like an animal; he began to conquer nature.
Our modern civilization continues this task. Success translates to a technological utopia that extends to the stars. Failure would mean the end of life as we know it — Earth poisoned from our at-tempt. Today, our success is not certain. Our changes to the Earth may be self-de-structive and irreversible. Cli-mate change is an example of humans underestimating their impact on this planet.
If humans are on a path to-wards their own destruction, we must change course. Go-ing back to a hunter-gatherer culture is not possible, but we can’t risk messing up our only planet. Earth has limited resources and growing de-mand. Developing countries
consume more as they emu-late the American way of liv-ing. It will be impossible for our planet to support eight billion ‘Americans.’ It may be possible to support that many ‘Europeans’ because they use less per person.
This eventuality will not come easily to the U.S., but there are many studies that conclude you only need so much to be happy. I would miss the ability to go on road trips but I could live my day to day life without a car. I am fine with a small home or apartment as long as I have a place to garden. Other coun-tries’ efficiency come from them being denser. Our soci-ety can learn to live with less; create a sustainable society or face extinction. Our lives may be better for it, our plan-et will definitely be better.
I recommend “Ishmael” to anyone who wants an “out-sider’s” point of view on val-ues. “Ishmael” challenges as-pects of human society through a well-developed ar-gument. Ishmael’s final mes-sage is a challenge to discov-er a way of living that does not compromise our future. I want to minimize my foot-print by looking into ways it takes to become self-suffi-cient. The reader is left to defend their way of life, sim-ply forget Ishmael, or take
action.
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Ohio high school graduates won’t have to reestablish Ohio residency to qualify for in-state tuition with the new “Forever Buckeye” provision. This provision allows returning Ohio high school graduates to qualify for in-state tuition provided they supply their high school transcripts and a copy of their lease or house deed by their first day of classes. Before this, Ohio high school graduates had to prove per-manent residency in Ohio by residing in the state for a year before they would qualify for in-state tuition. In short, this provision is sav-ing people the money and time that would dis-courage them from pursuing higher education in Ohio had they left the state.
This provision will be an incentive for Ohio high school graduates to return home. Those that had established residency in another state may find themselves disliking the distance away from family or friends. For whatever rea-sons, they may dislike their new school’s class-rooms or teachers. They might find themselves lonely or unable to cope in a new environment. Attending schools where they’re not required to have a car, students may feel disconnected and dead to the city they’re living in. If health complications have arisen or their out-of-state school is growing too costly, then returning home may be their best option. With previous legislation, they’d have to wait a year until they’d qualify for in-state tuition, and waiting a year can allow early bouts of senioritis to kick in. Students may find themselves procrastinat-ing returning after “falling from the loop.” Worse still, they might not consider returning home or continuing out-of-state schooling an option and drop out all together.
Living in another border doesn’t make Ohio high school graduates any less Ohioan. Most high school graduates lived here and the
majority of them probably can remember the streets they grew up in. They remember their neighbors, headlines that shocked their town and lunch time with other kids in their class. Memories found in their scrapbooks and year-books can’t be replaced by living in another state. Often, these pictures follow them even on their trips. With this in mind, it’s odd that the Board of Regents required previous Ohio residents to reestablish their residency. Al-though they physically left Ohio, it is still very much intact with who they are.
Granting Ohio high school graduates in-state residency for returning is also going to help businesses return to Ohio once these students graduate. These students may have found themselves disliking living away from home and they’ll seek employment opportunities in Ohio once they have their diploma. Some of them are sure to start their own businesses and this will help improve Ohio’s economy. In the beginning of the 20th century, Ohio was a hot spot because it had Lake Erie. Toledo and De-troit were booming from their automobile and glass industries, and although it seems they are dying today, they are not doomed to becoming ghost towns. Improving education in Ohio will improve the quality of life, and this will be at-tractive to those that don’t live here or wish to return here. This provision is a good tool to helping Ohio achieve this.
Forever Buckeye will help many Ohio high school graduates return to school to pursue prolonged dreams. It will help those that had to drop out years ago return to a path they may have thought doomed. For some, it offers a second chance at something they shouldn’t be denied, and for this, the Forever Buckeye pro-gram is more than just words on a paper. It’s a symbol of hope and a better future.
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Florida college expels four band members over death in alleged hazing accidentBy Toluse OlorunnipaMcClatchy Newspapers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University has dismissed four students amid growing pressure from top state education of-ficials and the governor’s office over an alleged haz-ing incident that led to the death of a 26-year-old drum major.
The expulsions come af-ter the university’s famed Marching 100 band was sus-pended and its director asked to resign over Robert Champion’s death last month on a bus in Orlando. The latest moves by Presi-dent James Ammons appear to be the first severe anti-hazing disciplinary actions implemented by a FAMU
leader against the band, de-spite a decades-long trail of hazing allegations.
“I want to report that four (4) students have been dis-missed from the university in connection to the Robert Champion incident,” Am-mons wrote in the memo to the board of trustees.
The memo did not men-tion the names of the four students or how they are connected to Champion’s death.
Champion died on Nov. 19, after the Florida Classic game between FAMU and Bethune-Cookman College. A 911 call, released Thurs-day, shows that panicked band members tried to re-vive Champion after he col-lapsed on the bus and vom-ited. Authorities have said
hazing was involved.Champion’s death, which
has drawn national atten-tion, is the latest in a string of hazing-related incidents involving FAMU’s marching band.
In 2001, trumpet player Marcus Parker won a $1.8 million lawsuit against oth-er band members, after be-ing paddled severely during a hazing ritual and suffering renal failure.
“They had a hazing that started on a practice field. Then they took him to an apartment off campus and did the hazing,” said David Frank, a Tallahassee attor-ney who represented Park-er. “Ten years later, it’s still happening.”
Dr. Julian White, the band director who is fighting the
university’s efforts to terminate him, released more than 150 pages of documents showing that he has dismissed dozens of band members in the past de-cade because they violated the band’s “zero-tolerance” hazing policy.
“Inside of the band, that was not tolerated and Dr. White was the authority against all haz-ing,” said Lawrence Hilson, who played saxophone for the band in the early 1990s. “But
you have people going outside of the band creating their own little cultures, their own little organizations, and doing hazing outside of the band.”
On Thursday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott asked all 11 state universities to review their anti-hazing policies and penalties. The governor also has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate Champion’s death. The Florida Board of Governors, which sets
education policy at state uni-versities, has asked for an in-vestigation into hazing at FAMU.
According to the 911 tape, band members tried to revive Champion using CPR before the ambulance arrived.
“We have a band member on the bus, and he’s not breathing. I tried to give him CPR and he started to vomit,” a caller told the 911 dispatch. “He’s in my hands, ma’am. He’s cold.”
Net price calculators add confusion to college costsBy Scott TravisSun Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When it comes to estimat-ing the cost of college, sticker shock may now be replaced with sticker confusion.
Colleges and universities are now required to include a “net price calculator” on their web sites to help people figure out costs. Because of financial aid, most people don’t actually pay full price and this is supposed to offer a more realistic estimate.
Often, however, the figures aren’t realistic. Many colleges use 2009 prices because that’s what the federal template is based on. That doesn’t help students where tuition and
fees have risen since then.And schools aren’t always
using the same information to estimate a price because the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t require them to. Some factor scholarships into the cost; others do not. Some fac-tor in work study or subsi-dized student loans, while oth-ers include only grant money.
“The more I learn about the net calculators, the less im-pressed I am,” said Terri Ro-her, a college and career ad-viser for College Academy, a high school run by Broward College. “I thought it was go-ing to be some magic bullet to really give parents great infor-mation, but it doesn’t seem to be working out that way.”
In Florida, for example, the
sticker price for most public universities is roughly the same: about $20,000 a year. But the net prices on the calcu-lators — which were required to be on the school’s websites
by Oct. 29 — can vary greatly.Florida Atlantic University’s
calculator says a high school
senior whose parents are in a high income bracket would pay $15,821. That includes some merit aid, but not Flori-da’s Bright Futures scholar-ships. And the figures are from 2009; at the state’s public uni-versities, tuition and fees have gone up 15 percent a year since then.
That same student is quoted a net price of $9,580 from Flor-ida State University, which in-cludes Bright Futures. But that figure, using 2010 data, also includes student loans and work study, which are not fac-tored in on most calculators.
The most up-to-date net price comes from the Univer-sity of Florida, which esti-mates the cost at $16,800. UF’s calculator uses 2011 student
data and asks for a variety of personal information, such as taxable income of both the stu-dent and parents, as well as a student’s grade point average and test scores.
“I don’t think you would be able to compare prices,” said Robley Ritter, UF’s assistant fi-nancial aid director. “This would definitely cause confu-sion, especially if some schools are using 2009 information.”
Some schools have the time and resources to develop up-to-date calculators, while oth-ers must rely on what is freely available from the federal gov-ernment, said Jane Glickman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. De-partment of Education.
“Depending on the size, com-plexity and academic calendar of an institution, this will result in an inconsistency that can’t be overcome,” she said.
Despite their flaws, the cal-culators can still be useful, said Diane Cheng, a research asso-ciate for the California-based Institute for College Access & Success, which advocates for college affordability.
Cheng said that previously, all people had to rely on was the sticker price. Families usu-ally couldn’t get financial aid information until after the stu-dent had been accepted into a school.
“Even having a ballpark esti-mate will be helpful,” she said.
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Elves and murder during ChristmasGlacity Theatre Collective presents annual darkly comedic holiday performances of ‘Santaland Diaries’ and ‘Season’s Greetings’
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Pamela Tomassetti as Jocelyn Dunbar in “Season’s Greetings.”
The Valentine Theatre’s Studio A Space has a way of making me feel at ease right after entering. This black box theatre, a more personal perfor-mance area, is where I saw two h o l i d a y - t h e m e d plays.
“Santaland Dia-ries” and “Sea-son’s Greetings” are shows that di-rector Cornel Gabara, assis-tant professor of theatre at UT, blended together into one performance.
Both plays are adapted by Joe Mantello from sto-ries by David Sedaris. “San-taland Diaries” chronicles the ups and downs of a young man working as a mall elf; “Season’s Greet-ings” follows a housewife coping with holiday blues.
The storyline of “Santa-land Diaries” and “Season’s Greetings” called for the audience to be players in the show. Because the plays were based off of monologues, an abundance of movement to enhance the text was seamlessly put in to keep the audience’s attention.
I expected there to be two actors, but I did not expect them to have little to no interaction.
It was two completely different monologues that related to Christmas. The acting was supreme and there was not a sliver of false commitment from ei-ther actor. The show never dragged or became boring.
Each actor had their own attributes that supported their character.
Pamela Tomassetti, star of “Season’s Greetings,” was laced with a conta-gious energy and slipped into the conscience of her
character so thoroughly that I cannot imagine what type of per-son she is in her everyday life.
T o m a s s e t t i , dressed very nicely, came and spoke to
every audience member during pre-show. It was hard to decipher
whether she was just a host-ess of the company or if the show, in a way, had already began.
Her interaction with the au-dience dissolved the fourth wall, creating a more per-sonal performance. During intermission, she also served cookies.
Dave DeChristopher, a UT theatre professor and star of “Santaland Diaries,” had an array of impres-sions, including a flirty elf, a ladies man, an artist, a manager, a collection of parents and kids, Marlon Brando, Richard Simmons and a foreigner.
In the middle of the show, I had a coughing fit which I apologized for to the audi-ence, and DeChristopher handed me a bottle of water.
Simplicity took over this production and there was never too much or too little.
The simple set consisted of a table, a chair and a pro-jection screen. Aspects of the design nicely accompa-nied the crudeness of both
By Ashley StephensIC Staff Writer
The art of ‘vlogging’Students Speak
One year ago, I pulled out my video camera, looked into it and started talking.
That was the day I became a video blogger, also known as a vlogger.
Being a vlog-ger is an inter-esting experi-ence, to say the least. Looking into a camera and talking can be unnerving and awkward at first, but after a while it be-comes easier.
Truth be told, though, it’s always kind of awkward.
Being a video blogger can make you feel exposed. You’re putting your opinion out there, showing your face and your voice, which makes it really easy for peo-ple to attack you.
This doesn’t mean that it’s not worth it.
The life of a vlogger is fun. There is wide range of cre-ative freedom in the way a
person can make their vid-eos, not to mention the large YouTube vlogging commu-nity that encourages com-municat ion and
involvement.My decision to
become a video blogger was not completely im-promptu. I was watching several other vloggers for a couple months and thought it looked like a lot of fun. Being a film major, I also figured it would
be a great way for me to im-prove my editing skills.
As it happens, both of these turned out to be true. However, there were some things I wasn’t expecting.
I quickly found out how difficult it is to talk to a cam-era. It can make you feel very self-conscious and vul-nerable; I still don’t like to film myself in public. Al-though I got better at this,
By Anna CoulterFor the IC
From pen to paper“Hey Mike...”
Trying to look in the mirror was never the same; you changed my life do you remember?Remember me screaming your name “Mike! Mike please stop!”
when the acrylic from my nails broke off in your skin, and the blood dripped down your back?
I remember.You sticking your wet tongue in my ear, and your breath smelling
like ciroc and beer, making my stomach want to throw up on you.
Then you gripping my throat so tight I couldn’t breathe and throwing me on the bed...
When you ripped my shirt off so fast you ripped my earring out and said “oops” yet kept going while the blood oozed down my
face like syrup.Remember me begging you to stop and you telling me “shut up, I
love you” while watching me cry.I remember.Hey Mike, you remember you forcing yourself inside of me,
While I screamed at the top of my lungs and fought back until you punched me until I stopped
moving.Remember my eyes rolling in the back of my head, my body trembling and me gasping for air as the room felt
like it was closing in on me. the only words I could get out were “I loved you
Mike”.And when you were finished and you went to kiss me in the
mouthI could smell the alcohol seeping through your pores when you said “I love you, I didn’t mean to baby...
Don’t tell anybody okay.”Mike, you remember the day you changed my life when I was
fourteen? The day you raped me for two hours. You told me you loved
me. I grew dying inside for years because of you.
Hey Mike, thanks for changing my life forever.
By Paris Black
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“Fight Club” was a major influence in writing the lyrics for Phenom’s new CD, “Tyler Durden.”
— Vlogging, Page B2
Photo courtesy of Angela Riddell
Dave DeChristopher working as a Macy’s elf in “Santaland Diaries.”
Screen capture from Anna Coulter’s vlog site http://www.youtube.com/HoboCrepe
Anna Coulter updating her personal vlog about her schedule.— ‘Santaland,’ Page B2
Over the decades, rap has become one of the most popular genres of music.
Phenom, a new artist hailing from Ohio, is making his way onto the rap scene.
Phenom started producing for lo-cal and nation-wide artists in
the early 2000s. He now works with many Cleve-land artists, help-ing them develop a sound and pur-pose in music.
A Cleveland na-tive, Phenom rep-resents his home-
town by giving it a shout out in his songs. By
doing this tiny yet distinct technique, he demonstrates his pride in the city on the Cuyahoga River.
Having been born and raised in Cleveland myself, I like his songs even more. It feels like he is representing where my family and I come from. I feel like Phenom doesn’t just represent
—Phenom, Page B2By Maranda CarlsonFor the IC
Cleveland native hip-hop artist Phenom creates CD inspired by the movie ‘Fight Club’
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the feeling never entirely goes away.
Trying to come up with ma-terial was and continues to be quite difficult.
Contrary to popular belief, most video bloggers don’t talk about their daily lives. I lean more towards a conver-sational style that is probably the most common.
In this style, the vlogger talks about ideas or events that may have happened to them, but they also make sure the topic is relevant and relat-able to their audience. This can make coming up with material quite challenging.
The amount of people I’ve met through vlogging is in-credible. I’m not talking about people I’ve met face to face; some of them live halfway around the world. Through the community of video blog-gers, I have gotten to know numerous amazing people who I wouldn’t have been able to know otherwise.
I was surprised by the amount of positive feedback I got. My family is supportive — although I’m sure they think that vlogging is weird. My friends watch almost all of my videos and are always asking when my next will be made.
The most shocking, howev-er, is the amount of positive feedback I get from people I don’t know. I almost expect my friends and family to toler-ate my weirdness and still love me; but when a person that has never met me and has no obligation to say anything pos-itive to me says they liked my video, it is the most amazing feeling in the world.
I can’t pretend I know all the ins and outs of video blogging, because I don’t. Even though I’ve been making videos for over a year, I’m still not very experienced.
My style is far from con-crete, but I’m learning. A lot of what I learn is through experi-ence, but some is through watching other vloggers.
The “Vlogbrothers,” “Char-lieissocoollike,” “Elmify,” “Meekakitty” and “Wheezy-Waiter” are probably my big-gest influences. Each has a very different style, and they are all very successful within those styles. I suggest you check them out if you’re look-ing for some quality video blogs.
Vlogging is something that I really love doing. It’s a little more than a hobby, but not quite a lifestyle — not yet anyway.
To check out Anna’s video blog, go to www.youtube.com/HoboCrepe.
Gamers, get ready to raise your swords skyward for another puzzle-packed adventure.
“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,” like every prior Zelda game, provides hours of nonstop, puzzle-s o l v i n g adventure.
Unlike the oth-ers, though, “Sky-ward Sword” is filled with more challenges and unexpected sto-ry twists that will keep gam-ers on the edge of their seats for the full 40 hours it takes to beat the game — not including the 100 differ-ent side quests available.
One of the most intrigu-ing features of “Skyward Sword” is the tactical-ori-ented battles. For the first time in the history of any Zelda game, fighting an en-emy is more than just but-ton-mashing the controller to death.
The monsters in “Sky-ward Sword” are smarter and faster than ever before, so gamers must utilize the new power Nintendo has given them — the ability to control the sword. The an-gle and time at which you slash with your sword will determine if your triumph success.
At first, this may seem like it would get boring rather quickly. On the
contrary, it engages the player with every battle, giving a whole new mean-ing to combat that has nev-er been seen in a Zelda game.
Along with the enemies getting tougher to beat, the bosses match this pattern even more. I don’t want to give too much away, but let’s just say there’s nothing easy about de-feating a saw-blade-throwing,
sword-wielding, six-armed robot.
These aren’t your typical, everyday bosses that Link has become accustomed to fighting. With all new weap-ons, every boss battle is a puzzle that will keep your mind boggled for hours.
The story behind “Sky-ward Sword” is one of the key features that make this game so great; it has one of the best scripts that Nin-tendo has ever written. For the first time in a Zelda game, I actually cared for the characters, especially near the end of the game.
Although the cartoonish graphics are nothing to brag about, the orchestral music used for the game is beautiful, creating the ideal mood for the gamer in ev-ery situation. This is defi-nitely one soundtrack that’s going on my iPod.
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“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword” brings back memories of one of the best Ninentendo games.
One element of the game I feared was the replace-ment of Epona with Sky-loft. However, Skyloft proved its worth as a fasci-nating new way to travel; although it may take a while to get from one end of the
map to the other, it’s not nearly as daunting of a task as trying to do it by sailboat in “Wind Waker.”
Playing “Skyward Sword” is well worth the time it takes to play it and though the three heart challenge
cannot be accepted, “Sky-ward Sword” proves to be one of the best games out for the Wii. Even with all the new twists and turns, you will still feel the nos-talgia from past Zelda games.
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By Chris GoodwinFor the IC
monologues, particular-ly the sounds and projec-tions. “Santaland” was more involved with the set pieces onstage, while “Season’s Greetings” on-ly used the skirt of the stage; it would have been interesting to see what would have happened on a more dispersed set.
Everything fit well into the production. The sound effects never dis-tracted and always con-tributed well to the scene.
Media is so weaved in-to society that an aver-age, technologically sav-vy audience member doesn’t have to have the longest attention span. The projection helped with that tremendously, although I initially doubt-ed it would add much. I was proven wrong when certain projections of modern references ap-peared on the screen to reinstate phrases or words.
The experience was re-freshing and just as light as it was deep. It worked on my imagination and was as funny as it was real.
“Santaland Diaries” and “Season’s Greetings” will run Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22, but $5 student rush tickets are available 10 minutes pr ior to the performance.
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Screen capture from Anna Coulter’s vlog site http://www.youtube.com/HoboCrepe
Emma Ikstruma and Coulter vlogged about their Thanksgiving traditions.
Cleveland with his music – he represents Ohio.
His new album is unlike any that I have heard be-fore; it is that very detail, however, that makes this album so attractive.
The album is called “Tyler Durden” and is based around Brad Pitt’s character in the popular movie “Fight Club.” The entire album shares the common theme of the movie but focuses on Durden, who stands for free-dom and nonconformity.
The album is very easy to follow and fun to listen to. Although typically upbeat, Phenom gives a soulful feel to a few of his songs. In most of them, he puts in dia-logues from Fight Club, an addition that really con-nects the movie and the al-bum well. It’s much more effective than if he would’ve just rapped about the film.
My favorite song off the album is “For the Night Owl.” I love it because I can relate – I tend to be a bit of a “night owl” myself. I like to stay up, and I feel like I can relate more than some-one who likes to go to bed early. This song is also a lit-tle different than the rest of the album; it has a different beat and feel to it, which I love.
His album isn’t only about his music; it’s about him. He
made this album personal by rapping about his own life. He talks about girls, his friends and just his life in general.
The songs in “Tyler Dur-den” have a great beat. It’s perfect to dance to or just jam out to while you’re driv-ing down the road.
While I loved how unique Phenom’s style was, there were some parts that didn’t really sit right with me.
Some of the dialogue pieces, while they were a very good concept, seemed a little out of place. I believe it would have been better for him to integrate more of the dialogue into the middle of his songs and rapped about the scene, rather than just tacking them on the end.
That’s not Phenom’s style, though. He really put his own touch on his album by putting them where they are.
I think fans of rap will enjoy this album even though it is different than the rap heard on the radio today.
Most people have never heard of music based off a movie before, but I highly suggest looking up this album.
Phenom’s album “Tyler Dur-den” is available free to down-load at http://www.mediafire.com/?le4tor4r2qxy9tw.
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Cover art for Phenom’s CD titled “Tyler Durden,” available for free download, that includes lyrics inspired by the character Tyler Durden from the movie “Fight Club.”
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ten on 4-of-9 shooting, in-cluding 2-of-6 from three-point range.
“It’s definitely huge for us to be able to have so many different people step up,” Linn said. “We had so many people step up tonight and that’s something that’s going to continue all season long.”
“We’re winning by commit-tee which is what we knew we would have to do,” Cullop said. “And we’re con-tinuing to play tough defense.”
Toledo forced the Rams into 27 turnovers which manifested itself in 23 points off turnovers for the Rockets.
Sophomore forward Sam Martin fronted the Rams at-tack with a game-high in points (21) and rebounds (7). Martin, who was 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free throw line, also had a game-high seven turnovers.
“Sam Martin is probably one of the best post players we’ll face this season,” Cullop said. “She’s tough. Our players did a good job. Granted she had 21 points, but to double-team and to force her into 7 turnovers re-ally helped our game plan.”
Senior guard Kim Mest-dagh (6-of-14 FG) added 14 point for Colorado State but turned the ball over 6 times.
“[Mestdagh] is a fantastic scorer,” Cullop said. “She
had 28 points the last game. I thought our kids did a good job of finding her and some of those travels were from denying her. When she caught it she had extreme pressure on her.”
Mestdagh scored the Rams first five points as CSU kept pace with the Rockets at 5-5 in the early going.
As the teams traded buck-ets near the midway point of the first half, Richardson scored three-straight for To-ledo, the third bucket tying the score at 11.
The Rockets took the larg-est lead of the half on a pair of Dortch free throws which made the score 21-17 at the four minute mark.
The Rams countered with a 5-0 spurt before Dortch
made good on another set of free throws to give UT a 23-22 halftime lead.
Toledo extended its lead to 30-24 in the opening minutes of the second half as Inger-soll accounted for five of the Rockets first seven points.
Mestdagh responded with a jumper which started a 9-0 CMU run. Martin scored the next seven points to give the Rams a 33-30 advantage with 14:55 left in the game.
“Colorado State’s record is not indicative of how good of a team they are,” Cullop said. “We told our team that before the game.”
Toledo regained the lead with 11:16 to go on a three-pointer by Linn. It would re-main a one-score game until Linn drilled another triple at
the 2:45 to make the score 52-48 in the Rockets favor.
“Yo was being doubled or tripled down on the block,” Linn said. “She made a great pass out to me and I just knocked it down.”
Freshman forward Inma Zanoguera pushed the lead to 7 by converting on an and-one opportunity but Martin responded with a quick la-yup at the other end which made the score 55-50.
Ingersoll put the final nail in the coffin the next time down the floor, hitting a three-point-er with a minute to go.
“I think the great thing about this win is you can look at the game and find a hero in every section,” Cullop said.
“In the first half you could
say Yolanda Richardon. She just owned the low block and did a fantastic job of finishing which is something we’ve been on her case about. In the second half, Courtney hit a big three, Haylie hit a big three and Andola Dortch showed a lot of poise taking the ball to the basket and distributing the ball as well as she did.”
The Lady Rockets will next hit the hardwood at Savage Arena on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. when they host Wis-consin-Green Bay.
“Everyday we’re just try-ing to get better,” said Linn. “We’re definitely not where we want to be yet, especially not offensively but we’re get-ting better everyday.”
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Junior quarterback Austin Dantin and the Rockets will be “bowling” in Washington D.C. on Dec. 28 against Air Force.
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The Rockets will travel to Washington D.C. on Dec. 28 to square off against Air Force in the Military Bowl Presented by Grumman.
Toledo finished the 2011 season with an 8-4 record, ending on a high note with a 45-28 victory over Ball State.
“I’m just happy to know where we are playing at,” said senior running back Adonis Thomas. “There were a lot of rumors that were saying we wouldn’t play in a bowl game and then people kept saying all the ones we could go to. It’s just nice to know where you’re going and who you are playing.”
“I think the Military Bowl will provide our student-ath-letes with a terrific bowl ex-perience in Washington D.C., as well as the opportunity to play against a very tough Air Force team,” said UT head coach Tim Beckman. “I’m very proud of this team. This is a excellent reward for all the hard work put in by our players, coaches and every-one involved in the success our of team.”
UT will have its hands full with an Air Force team that was 7-5 overall with crucial wins over both Army and Navy.
The Falcons ended their 2011 campaign with two blowout victories over UNLV (45-17) and Colorado State (45-21).
“As of right now I don’t know much about Air Force,” Beckman said. “I know it’s a great opportunity to play a military institution. We won’t know much of anything till we get to watch them on
film.” Air Force did play some
stiff completion this season in facing TCU, Norte Dame, and Boise State, but failed to grab a victory in any of the matchups.
“Air Force is a defensively sound team that can run the ball pretty well,” Thomas said. “They are near like the top 10 in rushing in the na-tion so they can run the ball and have a good defense.”
The Rockets will have 22 days to get ready for Air Force but the extra time will not affect their focus come game time.
“We just have to do our every game ritual,” Thomas said. “Watch film, break-down film and once we get our scouting report we can start looking at the team we are playing against. Just have to treat it like every other game.”
Five teams from the Mid-American Conference are go-ing “bowling” this holliday sea-son, including the Rockets.
Northern Illinois, who beat Ohio in the MAC Champion-ship, will travel to Alabama to face Arkansas State in the Godaddy.com Bowl, while OU will head west to Idaho for the Potato Bowl against Utah State.
Western Michigan will be playing at Ford Field in De-troit for the Little Casers Pizza Bowl against Big 10 for Purdue and Temple will get the bowl season started in New Mexico on Dec. 17 against Wyoming.
Kickoff is slated for 4:30 p.m. on ESPN.
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Senior Haylie Lynn continues to be a leader for the Rockets during the 2011-2012 season.
By Nate PentecostAssistant Sports Editor
UT women’s basketball coach Tricia Cullop earned her 200th win Sunday after-noon as the Rockets pulled away from Colorado State to win 58-51 at Savage Arena.
“Until [the media] just said it I didn’t even know I was close to it,” Cullop said. “I’m more worried about piecing everything together now.
“I’ve been very fortunate to work with a great bunch
of players and coaches throughout my career. Let’s hope I live to see 300.”
Sunday’s milestone victory came three days after best-ing Iona to begin a four-game homestand. Toledo (5-1) scored the contest’s last 12 points to come away with a 54-42 win.
Junior Kyle Baumgartner scored six of her team-high 15 points over the final six minutes of the game to help UT move past the Gaels.
Colorado State (1-7) held
Baumgartner scoreless on Sunday but four other Rock-ets reached double figures.
Sophomore guard Andola Dortch (6-of-13 FG) led the team with 16 points and a game-high eight assists while senior guard Haylie Linn (2-of-6 from beyond the arc) was second on the team with twelve points. Junior center Yolanda Richardson put up eleven points and teammate Courtney Ingersoll added
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