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STUDenT AFFAIRS

Proposed uniforms for tutors spark debateBy Danielle GambleNews Editor

A hotly debated Student Government resolution was narrowly passed Tuesday night asking the administra-tion to rethink a new dress code policy for student tutors and residence advisers.

Under the policy, most

student staffers in the Division of Student Affairs would be re-quired to wear khakis or dress pants with a university-provid-ed polo starting at the begin-ning of next semester.

Joe Ozeolt, senior double majoring in math and physics, brought concerns about the changes to SG Vice President

Chris Dykyj on Monday. Ozeolt, who has been a tu-

tor in the Learning Enhance-ment Center for about a year, said all of the tutors and RAs he has spoken with are against the dress code.

“One of the good things about working at this job is knowing that you don’t have to

wear a uniform,” he said. “It lets students feel like they’re coming to someone for help who’s a friend, not just some guy who works for some company.”

The senate passed the resolution 16 to 10 after a 20-minute debate.

Dean of Students Michele Martinez said senior staff

started discussing the idea over the summer.

She said the student advi-sory board, a group within Division of Student Affairs that meets with senior staff to discuss ideas and con-cerns, supported the idea.

Sim Center in progress

By Lindsay MahaneyStaff Reporter

The University of Tole-do is now responsible for the full $36 million cost of the new simulation center project on the Health Science Campus.

Originally the costs for the Interprofessional Im-mersive Simulation Center were intended to be shared between UT and ProMedi-ca, a regional health system that operates several hospi-tals in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Ac-cording to the original plan, the university was to put forth $18 million and Pro-medica was going to match that amount.

“They were going to put money into the construction and we were going to put money into the construc-tion,” said Jeffrey Gold, chancellor and executive vice president for bioscienc-es and health affairs. “Then last spring they decided stra-tegically to not proceed with that model. But that is not to say that they will not consid-er that in the future.”

Tedra White, director of media relations for ProMedica, said the two organizations are main-taining an ongoing dis-cussion on the possibility of future collaboration.

UT now responsible for full $36M of project cost

BoB TayloR / ICDean of the Honors College Tom Barden stands in front of Sullivan Hall. Barden said he will retire following the spring 2013 semester after 35 years at UT.

FACULTy newS

Dean of Honors College set to retire after spring semesterBy Amanda eggertStaff Reporter

In his 35 years at the Uni-versity of Toledo, Tom Barden has influenced the lives of countless students.

“There are times that I still look at him as my teacher,” said Daniel Compora, an as-sociate English professor who was one of Barden’s students in the 1980s. “I realize I’m only here because of the in-fluence he’s had on my life.”

Barden, dean of the Honors College, will retire at the end of the spring semester in 2013.

“It’s the greatest job in the world. I get to work with dedicated, talented, wonder-ful students and it’s amazing,”

Barden said. “My colleagues are so jealous. I’d say, ‘read these 70 pages’ and the next time everybody’s done it. It’s a professor’s dream.”

Barden began his career at UT in 1977, starting with the English Department and has been an administrator since 1999. He oversaw the Hon-ors Program since 2006 and oversaw its conversion to a separate college in 2010.

Compora was an under-graduate student over 25 years ago and took Barden’s folklore modern drama class.

“He got me into the field and that is really where my interest took off,” Compora said. “It was because of him.”

Compora recalled a time when Barden was excited about his research on an urban legend.

“He saw the potentials and the possibilities on that. For me, he validated my ideas, he confirmed them, and made my ideas worthwhile and val-id,” Compora said.

Compora now teaches folklore and said he still con-siders Barden a mentor.

“My kids have grown up knowing who Tom Barden is,” Compora said. “My father died before my kids could re-member him, but they re-member Tom Barden.

College of Business and Innovation ranked

The University of Tole-do College of Business and Innovation is again internationally ranked by Eduniversal in its annual worldwide business school rankings.

This year Eduniversal recognized 180 schools in North america in rankings of good, excel-lent, top and universal.

Receiving a rating of excellent, the College of Business and Inno-vation is the only ranked business school in Northwest ohio and one of four in the state. The results were an-nounced at the annual Eduniversal convention in lima, Peru, this fall.

Headquartered in Paris, the international higher education rank-ing agency Eduniversal seeks to provide infor-mation for students that enables them to make the right decision about their future studies any-where in the world.

Eduniversal defines a business school’s inter-national reputation “as its capacity to enhance the prestige of a student — and therefore improve his employment pros-pects — in his country of study and abroad.”

Classification by Eduniversal as an excel-lent school is based on the internationalization criteria — which includes accreditations, such as by the association to ad-vance Collegiate Schools of Business; rankings by publications such as Business Week and The Wall Street Journal; membership in international academic associations; and univer-sity studies — and the vote by 1,000 business school deans around the world.

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By Lindsay MahaneyStaff Reporter

Work is continuing on the University of Toledo’s Interprofessional Immer-sive Simulation Center, which broke ground over the summer.

Mary Smith, senior as-sociate dean for graduate medical education, said the center will be an inno-vative, safe learning environment.

“The principles behind this are to let people learn in a safe environment,” Smith said. “And if we make a mistake, which you know novice learners do, we can just reprogram the simulator.”

Jeffrey Gold, chancellor and executive vice presi-dent for biosciences and health affairs, said the center will help teach ba-sic skills to students before they enter the field. The simulators, which are cur-rently in use in other loca-tions on campus, allow learners to practice surgi-cal procedures.

“In previous days, learn-ers used to get their expe-rience at the bedside ini-tially and sometimes at the patient’s expense,” said Gold. “Those days are over now.”

The center will house technology that places stu-dents in a real-life setting simulating a doctor visit. Participants must perform on a mock patient as they would a real patient.

Cristina Alvara, clinical simulation and education resident assistant, said the center will be valuable from a medical education stand-point.

The new technologies being incorporated, such as iPads and virtual reality equip-ment, are a new form of learning the medical world needs to appreciate, she said.

“Our generation, this is the kind of language we use,” Alvara said. “You know, if you don’t know something what’s the first thing you do? You Google it.”

Alvara said the space will continue to grow when phase two of the IISC is completed, allowing more

new technology to be in-cluded. One of the newest features in the system is a virtual reality simulator that lets students step into a three-dimensional setting where it appears they are actually performing surgery.

“We’re in 12,000 square feet right now,” Alvara said. “The new building is going to have approximately 60,000 square feet. With the three elements that we have down here, which is medi-cal simulation, virtual reali-ty, and of course the surgi-

cal component.”Besides medical students,

Gold said, the center can benefit nursing, pharmacy, engineering, visual per-forming arts, astronomy and other students.

“The technology and the software are tightly tied in-to engineering,” Gold said. “The technology that we’re using is very applicable in astronomy in the planetari-um and other areas. We are working with the people from the museum to do

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BoB TayloR / ICAndrew Melone, serving his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Toledo Medical Center, performs an intubation during a simulated emergency scenario.

Purpose: To train college students to be camp counselors for military children on American military bases around the world.

History: The organi-zation recently complet-ed the 28th consecutive summer of Camp Adven-ture Child and Youth Services operations around the world. With a staff of over 800 across the U.S. Camp Adventure serves over 750,000 children, at over 150 program sites. Camp Adventure has been offered in 30 countries or U.S. territories.

Upcoming events: UT Camp Adventure holds weekly training every Wednesday during the spring semester.

How to learn more: Email the group at CampAd-venture@utoledo.edu

Would your group like to be featured as The Independent Collegian’s Student Group of the Week? Email Nate Pentecost at npentecost@independentcol-legian.com.

What are your plans for Winter

Break?

I am going to catch up with some old high school friends.

Brian Campos Senior

Business

I’ll be going home and working.

Donald JonesSophomore

Construction Engineering

I will be going to Mexico to hang out with my friends.

Eunbi JoSophomore

Pre-pharmacy

I am staying in Toledo so I can continue working.

Katie SchaffnerJunior

Pre-physical Therapy

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this week in Ut history50 years ago: Northwest-ern Ohio state legislators met with the Toledo Area Medi-cal College and Education Foundation and University of Toledo officials yesterday in the Student Union to discuss all aspects of a medical school on the TU campus.

25 years ago: Two new social organizations, the Sigma Nu fraternity and the Delta Lambda Psi sorority, are in the process of becoming UT Greek organizations.10 years ago: Margo Meyer, a senior majoring in communication, became the first UT Idol Wednesday night during the finals of the com-petition held in Rocky’s Attic.

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Yule Ball brings magic to campusSenior Mike Koludrovich and junior Deena Mitchell dance the night away in the ingman Room of the Student Union Dec. 1 during Ut’s third annual Yule Ball. the event featured a Harry Potter theme.

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Several Rockets claim All-MAC honors

The All-Mid-American Conference teams were announced Nov. 28 and five Rockets claimed a to-tal of six first team spots, the most of any school.

Juniors David Fluellen (running back), Zac Kerin (center) and Bernard Reedy (wide receiver and punt returner) along with seniors Dan Molls (line-backer) and Jermaine Robinson (safety) all land-ed on the first team.

Reedy has 82 recep-tions for 1,051 yards and six touchdowns. He also has a punt return for a score.

Fluellen has run for 1,460 yards and was a Doak Walker Award semifinalist.

Molls is leading all of college football with 166 total tackles.

Third-team recognition was given to sophomores Jeremiah Detmer (kicker), Greg Mancz (offensive lineman) and Cheatham Norrils (cornerback).

Toledo takes first at Zippy Invite

The UT swimming and diving team won the Akron Zippy Invite last weekend with a total of 1,697 points in the two-day event at Ocasek Natatorium.

The Rockets captured 21 top-five finishes in the event and won three races Sunday to seal the deal.

Junior Christina Noens and sophomore Maria Bargardi finished first and second in the 200-yard backstroke with times of 1:57.71 and 1:58.81, respectively. Noens’ time was a meet and team record.

Meredith Gibbon won the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events for her first two collegiate victories.

“Our ladies did a great job competing this week-end,” said head coach Chris Peters. “I was really proud of their effort the last three days. It was a very solid way to wrap up the 2012 competition schedule.”

Toledo lapped the field with their first-place finish, beating second-place Ohio by nearly 600 points.

Gaitan named Academic All-America

Senior defender Natalia Gaitan added another item to her impressive list of accomplishments last Thursday when she was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Third-Team.

She is the first player in UT soccer history to claim Academic All-American honors, holding a 3.93 GPA in pre-business.

Gaitan scored four goals in 2012 and played every minute of every game. She played a large part in Toledo winning two MAC titles and a Conference Tournament title during her four year UT career.

She also represented her native Colombia in the 2011 FIFA World Cup and 2012 Summer Olympics.

UT baseball coach inks five players in early signing period

Head baseball coach Corey Mee signed five high schoolers to a National Let-ter of Intent last Thursday during the NCAA’s early signing period.

Outfielders Jacob Britt and Jake Krupar, pitchers Josh Cales and Jordan Kesson and St. John’s Je-suit catcher Corey Tipton all signed on to become Rockets.

Tipton’s was high school teammates with current UT pitcher Nate Pearson.

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vINCeNT D. SCeBBI / ICFrom left junior guard Andola Dortch, senior center Yolanda Richardson and senior guard naama Shafir show off their trophy after winning the first ever Glass City Tournament Sunday. Shafir was named Tournament MVP.

toledo accepts bid to Famous Idaho potato Bowl, will face No. 22 Utah state

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Rockets handle St. Bonaventure to capture Glass City Tournamentby Jay SkebbaSports editor

tricia Cullop said before the season that she hoped playing in four regular sea-son tournaments would bet-ter prepare her squad for the postseason.

If the first two are a sign of things to come, the rockets could be in store for a special season.

the University of toledo women’s basketball team cap-tured the Glass City tourna-ment sunday afternoon with a 59-45 victory over st. Bo-naventure less than a week af-ter winning the John Ascuaga’s Nugget Classic in reno, Nev.

“It’s been great to experi-ence what it’s been like at home, experience what it’s like on the road and get used to having to play back-to-back days,” Cullop said. “I think it’s been a great idea.”

this tournament — along with the toledo Invite in three weeks — also provide opportunities to schedule home games, which has got-ten harder and harder with the rate of success the rock-ets have had at savage Arena.

they have lost just eight games in Cullop’s tenure and ranked 28th nationally in at-tendance last year.

As Cullop mentioned, those are two big reasons why few teams are willing to travel to toledo.

“Last year when [former assistant todd Mitmesser] and I were working on scheduling, we had a map and we outlined every school that wouldn’t play us,” she said. “It looked like a bomb dropped on the Midwest.”

Ut showed once again this weekend how dominate they can be at home.

senior guard Naama shafir returned from her minor an-kle injury to score 10 points and dish out a game-high six assists on her way to tourna-ment MVp honors.

three other rockets scored in double digits, including junior guard Andola Dortch.

“We’ve been working to-gether and dishing the ball out to everybody,” she said. “We know everyone on our team can contribute and sharing the ball helped us get both victories this weekend.”

the rockets jumped out to a 7-2 lead when shafir drove to the bucket for a layup.

Both teams struggled from the floor in the early goings as toledo started 3-for-10 while st. Bonaventure missed nine of its first 10 shots.

Ut’s lead was cut to one when freshman guard Emily Michael drained a three-point-er from the left wing with 7:22 remaining in the half.

the rockets responded strongly and closed out the half on a 14-4 run, six of those points coming from

junior Inma Zanoguera on a layup and a pair of jumpers that caught nothing but net to give Ut a 30-19 lead heading into the break.

toledo kept the throttle down to begin the second half as Dortch drained a three to put them ahead by 17 and force st. Bonaventure to call timeout. shafir added a triple of her own a minute and a half later to push the lead to 44-23 with 16:04 left.

senior center Yolanda richardson drew a lot of at-tention from defenders down low, which opened things up for the wings on the outside.

“they don’t have big play-ers like we have, so we tried to get the ball inside and they doubled the post players,” shafir said. “they did a good job kicking out to the guards.”

the Bonnies made a run and got within 13 with

about five minutes to play after Michael drilled back-to-back three-pointers to make it 53-40.

she led all scorers with 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting.

the toledo defense re-sponded and held st. Bo-naventure to just five points the rest of the way to win the game and the tournament.

“this was a great experi-ence for us to play against a team that went deep into the NCAA tournament last year and has experienced a lot of great success,” Cullop said. “We feel very fortunate to have picked up this win.”

toledo’s defense was su-perb once again, holding the Bonnies (4-5) to a mere 32 percent shooting and forced them into 19 turnovers.

Cullop credited the com-munication of her players for the recent defensive

excellence.“they’re talking more,”

Cullop said. What we weren’t doing well in the past was listening and mak-ing quick adjustments. I think that we’re becoming better listeners and making adjustments because we’re listening to our teammates. If they’re saying ‘switch,’ we’re jumping out and mak-ing it and getting a hand in the shooter’s face.”

the rockets shot 45 per-cent from the field and had 18 assists compared to just 11 turnovers. For the second straight game, they led from start to finish.

Dortch and richardson joined shafir on the All-tournament team.

toledo is back in action saturday, Dec. 8 against Mil-waukee. tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

FILe PHOTO By BOB TAyLOR / ICJunior running back David Fluellen missed Toledo’s regular season finale against Akron, but says he will be back against no. 22 Utah State in the Potato bowl Dec. 15.

by nick DelwicheSports Reporter

the University of toledo will take on No. 22 Utah state in the Famous Idaho potato Bowl, as announced sunday.

the rockets (9-3, 8-2 MAC) will be returning to the blue turf of Bronco sta-dium where they were de-feated by the Boise state two years ago.

this is the third-straight year toledo has gone to a bowl game and they are one of seven Mid-Ameri-can Conference teams to receive a bowl invite.

“I think the Famous Ida-ho potato Bowl will provide our student-athletes with an outstanding bowl experi-ence, as well as the oppor-tunity to play against a very tough Utah state team,” said Ut head coach Matt Camp-bell. “playing in [this game] is an excellent reward for our players, coaches and ev-eryone involved in our team’s success.”

Utah state (10-2) ranks 37th nationally in passing yards (268 ypg), 37th in rushing yards (191.7 ypg) and 36th in points for (34.4 ppg). the Aggies also earned their first 10-win season in the history of the program and their first WAC title in eight years.

the rockets started con-ference play red hot but cooled down late in the sea-son with back-to-back losses

to MAC champion and No. 15 Northern Illinois and MAC West runner up Ball state. toledo ranks 44th in passing yards (258.6 ypg), 34th in rushing yards (1975.5 ypg) and 39th in points for (32.9 ppg).

the biggest challenge for Ut could be the Aggie de-fense, which ranks eighth in points against (15.4 ppg). the rockets have made a habit of winning shootouts, but with a defense that ranks 59th in points against (27.3 ppg) they may be in trouble

if they fall behind early. play-ers like senior linebacker Dan Molls and senior safety Jermaine robinson will be critical in keeping Utah state out of the end zone.

“It’s going to be a great matchup for us,” Molls said. “they may have some talent-ed players but so do we and it’s going to be a good game.”

robinson noted that the Aggies feature a talented run-ning back in Kerwynn Wil-liams. the man handing the ball off to him — quarter-back Chuckie Keaton — isn’t

bad either, throwing for over 3,000 yards and running for more than 500 more.

“they have a good run-ning back that has over 1,200 yards and an athletic quarter-back,” he said. “those two put together with their de-fense makes it a great chal-lenge, but we’re going to do what we have to do to win this game. It’s going to be a great game out in Boise.”

the rockets also feature a 1,000-yard rusher in junior running back David Fluellen, who racked up 1,460 yards

and 13 touchdowns before missing the final game of the season with a high ankle sprain. the first team All-MAC tailback is expected to play in the bowl game.

“It should be fun,” Fluellen said. “It’s a great environment out there and they have great facilities. We’re excited and ready to get the game plan together to see what we can come up with.”

Kickoff for the Famous Idaho potato Bowl is set for saturday, Dec. 15 at 4:30 p.m. Est on EspN.

“I think the Fa-mous Idaho Po-tato Bowl will provide our stu-dent-athletes with an out-standing bowl experience, as well as the op-portunity to play against a very tough Utah State team. Playing in [this game] is an excellent reward for our players.”

MATT CAMPbellUT head football coach

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The state of ‘Peace on Earth’

The Christmas season is one full of symbols and com-mon expressions — candy canes and colored lights; say-ing “Merry Christmas,” sometimes as a sincere greet-ing to a friend or family mem-ber but usually as a sarcastic reply to a rude shopper or terrible driver; buying gifts and spending time with ex-tended family members.

For this Christmas edition of my column, I wanted to look at one place where the typical Christmas fare collides with current world events: “Peace on Earth and Goodwill to Men,” a phrase taken out of the hymn “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” and a sta-ple amongst decoration mak-ers and cardmakers.

Although we say it quite often, are we moving to-wards “Peace on Earth?” What are our prospects for actually achieving it in our lifetime? I’d like to take a look at what we can wish for and what we can be thankful for this holiday season.

First, the bad: there are 13 armed conflicts that are cur-rently producing at least 1,000 deaths per year. Most are in the Middle East — Af-ghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Ye-men, Somalia, Pakistan and Libya are included — but Colombia and Mexico’s drug-fueled conflicts and violence in Burma make the list too. Statistics are hard to come by, but the last decade has seen an average of about 55,000 war deaths per year.

By far, the worst ongoing

conflict in the world is the Civil War in Syria, in which at least 30,000 have died since March 2011, when Bashar al-Assad’s troops fired on pro-

testers inspired by the Tuni-sian and Egyp-tian Revolu-tions. That conflict has

become especially nasty, with many civilians amongst the casualties and trench warfare in historic cities becoming the norm. Western and Middle Eastern governments alike are finding that there are no good options when it comes to in-tervening there.

Although the Israeli-Pales-tinian conflict has never ac-counted for large numbers of deaths, violence flared up again just a month ago when Israel fired rockets into the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip; over 150 Palestinians were killed, compared to un-der a dozen Israelis.

These are the conflicts we hope to end when we say “Peace on Earth.”

But here is the good news: by most measures, the world has never been more peaceful than it is today. That figure I men-tioned earlier — 55,000 deaths per year during the last decade — is an awful lot, but it’s a whole lot less than there were in the 90s (100,000 per year) or during the Cold War (180,000 a year). Old school wars — the ones where the army of one country fights another country — are all but extinct, with the last intrastate conflict (between Ethiopia and Eritrea) ending over a decade ago.

This may seem strange to

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What a truly exciting time this is for UT’s fall Class of 2012! All of us who are a part of the UT family — faculty, staff, administration and fellow students — want you to know how proud we are of you and also to congratulate you and your families on your ac-ademic accomplishments. You do, indeed, make us very proud! You are — and this is no cliché — what UT is all about.

But graduation is now here. You’ve done it. No doubt some of you may have questioned if you would ever see this day come; many of you have been working toward this day for five, six, seven or more years. It’s been quite a journey juggling classes and homework with jobs, family and other responsibilities.

For others, you may have been among the more fortunate ones who completed their studies in four or maybe five years, never questioning whether or not you’d finish your degree in a timely manner. And most, if not all of you, have been thinking and planning for the next chap-ter in your life… life after graduation.

I know you have a lot on your minds right now; getting a job, repaying loans, deciding where to live, where to go and other questions are occupying you as you finish up your studies and exams. Then there are relationships with very special and not-so-special friends and classmates. You know there

are some friends you’ll never see again; there are others who may play an im-portant and continuing role in your life. Navigating through all these rela-tionships at this time of change can be somewhat emotional.

No matter how difficult or easy the past several years have been, you’ll be taking a step in the next few days unlike any you’ve taken before. Commencement means

you’ll be “commencing” or beginning a new phase, a new chapter in your life and career. It’s, perhaps, one of the most im-portant and strategic times in your life. What you do in the first few months or years following graduation will have a very dramatic impact on what you’ll do throughout your working life. Because of the importance of this brief period in your life, I hope you’ll give careful thought to your next steps and take them with the intention of moving you closer to your life goals and aspirations.

A famous Chicago planner, Daniel Burnham, once said, “Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” Even though Burn-ham’s comment was, and continues to be somewhat controversial, I have often found myself thinking about the idea of “making no small plans.” I like the idea of big plans, big ideas, and big ambitions. I tend to gravi-tate to those who want and plan to

do “big things.” That being said, it’s often been the small things I’ve done that have had the biggest influence on my life and career.

Listening carefully to wise and caring mentors; associating with hard-work-ing, honest people; being willing to start at the bottom with the hope of working your way up the ladder; and never forgetting where you came from and those who helped you make it this far are “small” things that will, I be-lieve, help take you as far as or farther than your “big plans.”

So, as you embark from this fine uni-versity with your well-earned degree in hand, I hope you you’ll make both “big” and “small” plans. Dream big and plan big but don’t forget to do the small things that will help others, inspire those younger than you, and contribute to your community. I hope you’ll also remember your high school and uni-versity as well as those teachers who took a little extra time with you, in-spired you or who contributed a new idea that has become an important part of your thinking or your philosophy.

All the best to you as you make your way into the world and, as we like to say here at UT, “improve the human condition.”

Daniel Johnson is president emeritus, director of global initiatives and distin-guished professor of public policy and economic development at UT.

A letter to the fall class of 2012

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About six weeks ago, I had the plea-sure of visiting both the NASA Plum Brook Research Center in Sandusky and the NASA John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. As I sat in a big white van, rumbling eastward from campus, I couldn’t help but think back to my first experi-ences with NASA and science in general as a young boy.

When I was in 7th grade, all of about 12 or 13 years old, my mom took me to Space Center Houston in Texas. I had the opportunity to experience some of mankind’s greatest scientific achieve-ments in a way that a child could truly appreciate. I was in awe of the sheer size of the disassembled Apollo rocket that sat on the lawn, enthralled by the spacewalk simulator, ecstatic at the op-portunity to wear a space suit and hel-met identical to those worn by astro-nauts in the space program. Undoubt-edly, this has remained one of the most memorable and impactful moments of my childhood.

One of the souvenirs I took home that day was a baseball cap that said NASA in those ever recognizable red letters. It was one of my favorites and I wore it for the rest of that summer with great pride, knowing whole-heartedly that someday I’d have the opportunity to become a great contributor to science.

Later that fall, I was back in Ohio and getting ready for my first day of junior high. I was nervous, sure, but I wore my favorite NASA hat to keep my spirits up and make sure that I was ready to make the best of this new place. When I got to school, I went to my homeroom as in-structed and waited patiently for my locker assignment. Eventually, the first bell rang and we were off to the locker bay, eager to see what old friends we

would come across, and what new friends we might meet.

Upon arriving at my locker and put-ting my coat and lunch away, I heard some snickering coming from behind

me. I turned to see two boys that I didn’t know chuckling under their breath and looking in my direction. Being the young and naive boy that I was, I asked what

they found to be so funny. They imme-diately began mocking my hat, calling me a nerd, dweeb, geek, and whatever other variation of insult a 13-year-old boy could come up with. They asked me if I was planning on going back to the moon anytime soon.

It was a day that should have been amazing and remained in my mind for the rest of my life, and it has, but not for any of the reasons that I ever antici-pated. I was hurt, embarrassed and afraid. I’d never really experienced the cruelty of other children until that day, and it was shocking. I put the hat away at home and never wore it again.

Throughout the rest of my junior high and even part of my high school career, I was an awkward boy. I was smart and I knew it, but didn’t yet un-derstand the fine skills of tactful con-versation and argument. I was a know-it-all, and ridiculed by other students who didn’t really appreciate what I had to say, or felt embarrassed themselves for not understanding whatever point I was trying to convey. For the longest time, I kept my love of science to myself in fear of whatever repercussions might come from peers, and even some teachers, for bringing it up in conversation.

Coming back to six weeks ago, as I rode quietly in that van, I noticed it was full of friends, peers, colleagues,

fellow students and, most importantly, fellow lovers of science. I’m proud that I never gave up hope or felt compelled to abandon my passions. I’m beyond grateful to my mom for taking me to the Space Center that summer. I love my parents for embracing my enthusi-asm and encouraging me to pursue my goals in spite of anyone else’s opinion. I’m beyond grateful for having so many friends who share the same interests that I do. I have an amazing girlfriend that also loves science and has encour-aged me to continue to improve myself as both a person and a student.

I’m hopeful that any of you who read this will listen to your children and do whatever you can to support their in-terests, aspirations and desires. Teach them tolerance and understanding, that there will be others that won’t share their interests and that it’s per-fectly normal. Their hopes and dreams will ride ever-so-delicately on your words of encouragement.

I hope that future generations don’t have to go through some of the diffi-culties that I have, dealing with ridi-cule and mockery from others because their thoughts, dress or words don’t mirror everyone else. We’re our par-ents’ future, and our children will be ours. While it may not be science that a young child, brother, sister, cousin or best friend may love, it will be something that they find incredibly interesting, and that interest, no mat-ter how far off, should be as important to everyone around them as well. Someday, maybe they’ll have a chance to visit their NASA, and while they may not realize it right away, they’ll forever remember you for your sup-port like I have today.

Tony Bova is a senior studying chemistry.

Don’t be ashamed of your passion and help our children foster theirs

Daniel JohnsonUT President Emeritus

The end of the world, as predicted by the Ancient Ma-yans, will be in the next few weeks. Seeing that this is go-ing to be the last editorial published by the IC, it seemed pertinent to give some last minute advice, whether you’re making plans past December or not.

For those who have worked these past four years and will be graduating at the winter commencement, perhaps you’ve gotten a 4.0 GPA, scored high on standardized tests and have gotten into the graduate school of your choice. Alternatively, perhaps you’ve received an invitation to start at the top firm in your field. From the IC editorial staff, kudos to you. However, we have no advice for you. Your time has been wasted — bummer.

For the rest of you who will not be graduating, at least you’ve not wasted quite as much time as those at the end of their college careers. You have something to celebrate. So, go celebrate — enjoy as much of the break as you can be-fore Earth’s demise.

For those of you concerned that the end of the world is coming too quickly and that you haven’t had time to figure everything out, perhaps take a step back from the politics of an election year and consider what you might be missing — religion, art, good food and literature. Maybe you’d like con-sider some advice from Steve Carrell and Keira Knightley’s re-cent film “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.”

Whatever you do, it seems that for many at the IC, the end of the world is showing us what we ought to have been doing all along. So, some further end-of-the-world advice is simply to do what you should be doing anyways — spend time with friends and family this break. Relax and enjoy yourself after a difficult semester. Go on an adventure. Read a book for fun instead of for school. Get psyched for whatever is to come at the end of December — that is, if you believe in an afterlife.

Appreciate what you have and value what you’ve learned in college even if you won’t get to use it. Give charity and time to someone else deserving and less fortunate. Watch “The Grinch” for some awesome quotable lines to use in whatever comes next. Just because the world is ending doesn’t mean it isn’t worth your time.

As a side note to everyone, maybe preparing for the world not to end this month would be wise. You know, just in case the Mayans simply didn’t see a need to make a calendar lon-ger than a few thousand years, or they have some sort of cul-tural reason for their calendar which we 21stcentury Ameri-cans cannot comprehend. But we wouldn’t count on it — ev-eryone is definitely going to die

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Tony BovaIC Columnist

read: aren’t there new reports of wars, suicide bombings, ethnic strife, etc., on the front pages and headline news ev-ery day? Perhaps, but that has more to do with 24-hour news, Twitter and the in-creased presence of cell-phone cameras in places like Syria and Egypt.

With all this comes more good news: there are less American troops deployed around the world now than at any time since before World War II. The ratio of ci-vilian deaths due to armed conflict, Syria notwithstand-ing, had been dropping. Re-cent technological advances such as the use of drones alongside the communication boom both cause and enable armed conflict to become less brutal. And overall, more peace generally means higher

economic growth and higher quality of life.

Finally, we can be thank-ful that we have (mostly) smart leaders. The European Union, for all its faults, has achieved its main goal – the avoidance of another World War. Other multilateral in-stitutions such as the Afri-can Union and the Arab League are proving to be positive actors. The so-called “Arab Spring” govern-ments such as Mohammed Morsy’s Egypt aren’t, as some feared, Iran-style the-ocracies but rational — and now, legitimate — represen-tatives of their populations.

President Obama and Morsy’s collaboration in bro-kering a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in Palestine gave many observers opti-mism that a new U.S.-Egypt

relationship can be very posi-tive for the region. Rogue states like Iran and North Korea find themselves more and more isolated.

Obama has proven to be, at heart, a nonintervention-ist: he has taken us out of Iraq, troops are coming home from Afghanistan, and he had to be talked into intervening in Libya, a move that saved tens of thousands of lives.

The sooner the U.S. ends its military adventures, the more credibility it gains with the world community, increasing its ability to pos-itively influence events abroad through so-called “soft power.” We can be es-pecially thankful he hasn’t been pressured into a con-flict with Iran, which, as I wrote in the IC a few

months ago, would be a ter-rible idea.

The last century has brought unprecedented changes to the world, from population and technology to health care and quality of life metrics. It turns out that armed conflict and violence in general is also seeing a pos-itive trend. There’s no doubt way too much suffering in the world as we enter 2013, and there is much work to be done. But as you celebrate the holidays this year, you can give thanks alongside your wish list. Perhaps, if current trends in technology, commu-nication and development continue, we may see “Peace on Earth” in our lifetimes.

Adam Dellinger is a gradu-ate student studying mechani-cal engineering

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How can we afford not to be wise?In a New York Times Op-

Ed column last year, David Brooks commented on a 2008 study that looked at the moral lives of American young peo-ple. He found the results “depressing.”

Brooks summarized his impression of the results of the study: “It’s not so much that these young Americans are living lives of sin and debauchery, at least no more than you’d expect from 18- to 23-year olds. What’s dis-heartening is how bad they are at thinking and talking about moral issues.”

He discussed some of the results of the study, showing that the young people sur-veyed seemed to lack a vo-cabulary for discussing right and wrong. They considered moral choices “just a matter of individual taste.”

I’ve seen similar results in some of my classes in recent years when I try to discuss the elements of wisdom. “Wisdom is different things for different people,” I’m of-ten told. “It depends on the person and the situation.”

At the risk of seeming nar-row minded or old fashioned, I have to disagree. Wisdom describes a set of qualities agreed upon by a multitude of cultures over the course of thousands of years. While there are some isolated excep-tions in certain times and places, overall there’s a con-sensus about what wisdom is. As a society we may not value wisdom as much as previous generations, but that doesn’t mean it’s just a matter of indi-vidual taste. By answering this question — what is wis-dom — we may also find out why we should value it.

First let’s talk about what wisdom is not. It’s not mere facts, data or information - something we have in abun-dance in our 21st-century world. At the tip of our fin-gers on the internet, we have instant access to more knowledge and information than we could possibly ever absorb. Certainly facts and information can be very useful, and they might help us achieve wisdom in some cases. But wisdom isn’t merely information. Wis-dom involves how we inter-pret information, what we conclude from it and how

we use it. Wisdom also isn’t just

common sense — although a person who is wise will likely also possess common sense. They will know to come in out of the rain, will know not to use electrical equipment while standing in water and will have the practical knowledge to avoid other stupid or dangerous actions. But wisdom is more than common sense.

Wisdom also isn’t simply being intelligent. A lot of people are smart but utterly lack this higher order or in-telligence called wisdom.

What is wisdom then? What qualities does it en-compass? We might begin by saying that wisdom involves knowing what is best for the greater good for ourselves and others. It involves having the ability to make intelligent choices about important matters. While many reli-gions recommend separating from society or meditating in silence to achieve wisdom and insight, the ultimate test of wisdom is living success-fully in the world.

The wise individual knows we don’t live in a vacuum and human society is a com-plex network that stretches, now more than ever, around the globe. While we have many boundaries between groups that make up fami-lies, communities and na-tions, ultimately we are all in the same boat in this world we call home.

As a result, the wise individ-ual isn’t selfish. He or she knows that our circle of con-cern must extend beyond our-selves and beyond our imme-diate group of family and friends. Acting wisely requires that we achieve a delicate bal-ance between self and others, and between our immediate group and that of others.

Of course, we must take good care of ourselves. But

we must also possess compas-sion and the desire to help re-duce the suffering of others. When we make decisions that help ourselves at the expense of other, it’s just a matter of time before we will face the consequences. The wise per-son knows the importance of using creative problem-solv-ing that results in win-win solutions for all involved.

To be wise, we also must work hard to know and un-derstand ourselves and others. Complex human problems — whether between family members, friends, or whole nations — can’t be solved un-less we can communicate ef-fectively. And we can’t com-municate effectively if we don’t understand one another.

Rather than just fighting others for what we want, we must understand all the in-dividuals and groups in-volved: What are their val-ues? What are their motiva-tions? What are their fears? What do they need to feel safe and secure? How can we help them while also helping ourselves?

Wisdom also requires that we be humble, open-minded and always willing to learn. The surest sign of one who lacks wisdom is an attitude of closed-minded certainty that he or she is right about all things. Rather than coming from confidence, such an atti-tude usually reflects deep-seated fear and insecurity. One who possesses true inner strength and confidence can afford to listen to and learn from others. One who is wise is able to be open to new ideas and remain flexible in the face of differing views.

These are just a few of the qualities required to be a wise person. It should be obvious from this discus-sion that wisdom should be highly valued in all societ-ies. It helps individuals solve complex human prob-lems, balance the needs of self and others and achieve peace and justice between individuals and among na-tions. In the face of the many challenges of life in today’s world, we have to ask ourselves, can we afford not to be wise?

Linda Smith is associate dean of the Honors College.

COmmentary

Love education, work to give it to othersIt’s that time of year again.

Yes, exam season has reared its ugly head. And while we’ll all surely spend the next two weeks more stressed, sleep de-prived and over-caffeinated than usual, let’s not forget the value of an education. More importantly, let’s not forget that we’re quite privi-leged to have the chance to receive a college degree, be-cause for many of us, a col-lege education or even high school education could have simply been a pipe dream had we been born a few de-cades earlier or in a different country. It’s well known that even today, many individuals are prevented from accessing even the most basic levels of education due to their gender, impoverishment or ethnicity.

One highly publicized ex-ample of this is the Oct. 9, 2012, attack of Malala You-sufzai by Pakistani Taliban. Malala was shot while on her way home from school. Only 15 and already a fierce advocate for women’s educa-tion, Malala wrote a blog about the tactics the Taliban used to prevent girls from becoming educated. Thus, she was targeted, and though she survived the at-tack, the Taliban insists that they will kill her.

It should be pointed out that this incidence cannot be used to generalize the beliefs of all people in Pakistan about education for women or minorities, but it certainly reminds us of the challenges that people from all over the world face when attempting to access education.

The UN’s Girls Education

Initiative has reported that over 3 million children in China, mostly girls and eth-nic minorities, have no access

to education due to poverty.

In Colombia, a country ravaged by war and com-munity displace-ment, children of

both genders completed an average of less than four years of education.

In Romania and other Eu-ropean countries, Roma chil-dren struggle to be included in educational programs.

Great progress has been made in Sierra Leone in re-gards to closing the gender gap in education; still, pov-erty and beliefs about wom-en’s roles as the wife and mother lim-it girls’ par-ticipation in school.

In India and many other coun-tries, some young girls are pulled from school and forced into sex work or child marriages.

According to the World Bank, over 60 million girls were not in school in the mid-2000’s; two-thirds of them belonged to an ethnic minority population.

And yes, this issue hits close to home, too. Histori-cally, the U.S. has had a tu-multuous relationship with the education of women and minorities. Women’s colleges weren’t opened until the 1800’s while universities for men had been open since the 1600’s. Additionally, due to segregation, African

Americans and minorities were only able to attend black schools, often with fewer re-sources and less funding, un-til the 1950’s. And it wasn’t until the G.I. Bill was passed after World War II that stu-dents from lower income brackets were able to afford a college education.

While the U.S. college system is now more accessi-ble than before (mostly be-cause we are slaves to col-lege loans), we still see that departments are divided among gendered lines. Ad-ditionally, elementary and high schools are still heavily segregated and minority children are placed into schools that receive much less funding; this has led to their severe disadvantage

and a nearly unbreakable cycle of poverty.

Yes, our studies are without a doubt hard. Even without the additional barriers faced

by students in other coun-tries and even in the U.S., it’s stressful. Admittedly, I’ll put this article out of my mind when I am writing a paper at 4 a.m. next week. But I’ll also remember the reason that I do my work. I’m invested in the empowerment of all peo-ple. I hope that through my own studies, I’m able to be part of the solution. So here’s to long nights, feverishly writing and studying.

Hillary Gyuras is a senior double majoring in women and gender studies and law and social thought.

COmmentary

Hillary Gyuras

IC Columnist

I’m investing in the empowerment of all people. I hope that through my own studies, I’m able to be part of the solution.

Linda SmithIC Columnist

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“ProMedica and UT have developed a broad clinical educational relationship in-cluding providing sites for a significant number of clinical education experiences for UT students and residents,” White said in an email. “In addition, ProMedica staff, residents and fellows partici-pate in educational sessions

in the Simulation Center, re-ceiving valuable training.”

Gold said the Karl Storz program, a manufacturing company for surgical equip-ment, has named the IISC a nationally recognized Center of Excellence. In doing so, the company has agreed to give state-of-the-art medical equipment to the IISC, so long as the center maintains excellent standards.

“That is millions of dollars

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Phase two of the IISC is scheduled to be finished Spring 2014.

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Martinez said students mentioned that sometimes when they try to get help in certain offices, it is unclear who workers are because they do not have clear identification.

Ozeolt said he has never heard of problems relating to what tutors wear. He said students he asked who use the tutoring center said the measure was unnecessary.

“Students who come in [the center] every day work with the same people,” he said. “They know who to go to.”

Ozeolt said there is a dif-ference between a desk work-er and a tutor.

“When students are trying to get help with math, they might feel a little bit anxious

about that,” he said. “I think in the case of being tutored, they’ll be more comfortable if it’s some guy or some girl rather than some profession-al. I think that dressing as in-dividuals within modest means reduces the anxieties that students have.”

One senator said the policy changes reflect the mindset of real-world employers.

“I’ve worked at a restaurant for three years, and I hate the dress code there too, so just deal with it,” he said.

Senator Ben Lynn said he does not believe students will be turned off by tutors wear-ing uniforms.

“If students already have enough confidence in them-selves to go down and say ‘Hey, I need help,’ I don’t think they’ll be intimidated by somebody who looks pro-

fessional,” he said after Mon-day’s meeting.

Lynn said although he sup-ports a more relaxed dress code, he voted against the measure because he did not agree with the language of the resolution.

“I believe that following a dress code, whether it’s sim-ple or complex, does not in-hibit you to do your job ef-fectively,” Lynn said during the debate. “UT pays for your services, and they should have a right to ask you to dress responsibly and to a certain standard.”

Martinez said she wouldn’t consider the polo shirts a uniform, and that the new dress code was meant to “raise our expecta-tions” and “improve our customer service.”

“As a division we are

challenging ourselves to meet customers’ expectations and to look professional,” she said.

Marjorie Miskey, a junior majoring in creative writing and a tutor for the writing cen-ter, said she liked the idea of a name tag and thought it was a good idea to have a dress code, but she thinks it should be much more relaxed than the proposed plan.

“We aren’t working with customers, we’re working with students,” she said. “We’re both trying to get by. We’re just like them, there-fore we need to be looked at just like them.”

Miskey said she received tutor training at Monroe County Community College.

“One of the things we dis-cussed in that class was how to make the environment com-fortable for the student, and I

think this uniform policy goes directly against that,” she said.

Dykyj said he thought a good compromise would be to ask workers to wear nametags.

“The term professional means somebody gets paid to do what they do well, and it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to dress a certain way,” he said.

Dykyj said he was con-cerned with the policy be-cause he believes not enough students were asked about the changes before they were introduced.

“I’m not sure how many people who were against [the resolution] were affected by this,” he said. “Maybe if you’ve worked for the university for the last three years and you’ve never had to wear a uniform, and all of a sudden that chang-es without anyone asking your

opinion, this might mean a lit-tle bit more to you.”

Martinez said she doesn’t know if the resolution will change the policy.

“We try to listen to stu-dents and what their opinion is, so if this passes tonight, I’m sure Dr. Kay [Patten Wal-lace, vice president for the student experience] would want to take that into consid-eration,” she said.

LEC director Luanne Momenee, who has worked at the tutoring center for 25 years, she said she will support the administrative dress policy.

She said there are other centers with required dress for their staff.

However, she said, “I believe students have a voice and as with everyone else they have an opportunity to voice their opinion.”

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visual learning and visual literacy work. There are just a number of over-lapped areas.”

Chip Lange, a second year physician’s assistant student, said he feels the center’s tech-nology has helped him learn this semester.

“This is something we’ve been using the whole year, as we’ve been going through school,” Lange said. “This center has actu-ally been a key, one of the main reasons why I chose to come to UT versus other PA programs.”

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UTPD assists on possible stolen vehicle: on Nov. 28 at approximately 4:53 p.m. UTPD officers were advised that the Toledo Po-lice Department was en route to Dorr and South Towerview on a vehicle theft. The sus-pect, a black male wearing all blue, allegedly stole a tur-quoise van. Witnesses stat-ed that the suspect was driv-ing away while dragging a female behind the car.

The dispatcher then up-dated officers, saying the vehicle was stopped at Ely-sian and Inverness. an offi-cer was en route to assist on the call when he ob-served a black male match-ing the description of the suspect on the roof of 919 Bowlus.

The suspect, 23-year-old Ketha Harrison, was told to come down from the roof. The suspect complied and again complied when offi-cers told him to lie on the ground. Harrison was then handcuffed and transferred to TPD custody.

Sick person in Student Union: on Nov. 29 at ap-proximately 8:10 a.m. offi-cers responded to an call about a sick individual in the Student Union south cafete-ria. Toledo Fire Department Engine 25, Rescue 5 and life squad 5 also responded. life squad transported the victim to Toledo Hospital.

electrical wire reported stolen from Lot 46: at about 10:06 a.m. on Nov. 29, an of-ficer was dispatched to lot 46 to take a report. Upon ar-rival, a foreman from lake Erie Electric informed UTPD that between 4:30 p.m. Nov. 27 and 8 a.m. Nov. 28 some-one cut the lock on the the company’s work trailer in lot 46 and took 14 spools of electrical wire. There are no suspects.

Fire in trailer: an offi-cer was dispatched to a re-port of a fire in a construction trailer outside of orthopedics at the University of Toledo Medical Center on Nov. 29 around 5 p.m. Upon arrival the officer assisted construc-tion workers attempting to contain the fire which was coming out of the top of a heating unit at the west end of the office. Two fire extin-guishers were emptied with-

out success before the Tole-do Fire Department arrived.

TFD was able to control the fire and determined that it began inside the heating unit.

Credit card reported stolen at Parks Tower: on Nov. 29 at about 11:45 p.m. an officer was dis-patched to the report of a suspicious person located inside Parks Tower. Minutes later, the officer arrived at the scene and met with

Residence life staff of Parks Tower.

Staff identified a suspect in a theft that occurred ear-lier in the day at a | computer lab.

The officer confirmed spoke with the suspect who confirmed being at the computer lab from approxi-mately 4:50 to 5:40 p.m. and agreed to have his property searched. The credit card was not found

upon the ensuing search. The officer then met

again with Residence life staff. Staff members said that video surveillance showed the suspect steal-ing the credit card from the victim’s wallet. However, when asked if the video was explicit in showing the theft, staff members could only verify the suspect be-ing in the area and acting suspicious.

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They know the influence he’s had on my life.”

Bradley Sommer, a senior majoring in history, said Barden has been instrumen-tal in helping him prepare his honors thesis, attending all of Sommer’s lectures and presentations.

“I owe a lot actually to Tom Barden,” Sommer said. “He has his own paragraph in my acknowledgements page in my thesis.”

Barden said moving the

Honors Program to a college was a very memorable experience.

Former Provost Bill McMillen pushed to ele-vate the program, which had more than 900 stu-dents, Barden said.

“It was a really exciting moment when they came and changed the sign on the building from pro-gram to college,” he said.

Barden said in the months before retirement he wants to focus on making sure the University of Toledo Press has a solid foundation.

Barden is the founding edi-tor of the UT Press, which is a publishing house run by the university.

Barden said he will miss

the students most of all, but also his colleagues. He said he wants to spend more time with his son and grandson in California after he retires.

Barden’s replacement has not yet been chosen.

A magnet near Barden’s desk says, ‘What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?’ Barden said he encourages students to live by it.

“Honors students have the God-given talents to do pretty much anything,” he said. “Aim high. I’m telling them they can do anything they want.”

“It’s the greatest job in the world. I get to work with dedicated, talent-ed, wonderful stu-dents and it’s amazing,”

ToM BARDenDean, UT Honors College

Retiring from page 1

UT Green Fund approves first round of grants

The new Student Green Fund committee has ap-proved its first two grant ap-plications, said Tony Bova, a UT senior and founding member of the group.

The first project is a com-pact fluorescent light bulb exchange program for stu-dents living in residence halls. The grant proposal was submitted by the Soci-ety for Environmental Education.

The second, proposed by Engineers Without Borders, is for the design and imple-mentation of an online car-pooling portal. It is meant to help commuter students who live near each other commu-nicate and form carpools.

The Green Fund commit-tee will be accepting future applications on a rolling ba-sis, starting the first week of spring semester. Presenta-tions by grant-proposing groups will be open to the public.

Students who wish to con-tribute to the Green Fund can opt in from now until Jan. 21 for a $5 fee through their myUT portal.

Faculty, staff, alumni and other community members are now able to donate to the fund through the UT Foundation.

Students interested in learning more about the Green Fund can contact utgreenfund@utoledo.edu.

new state funding plan pushes schools to focus on graduation rates

Gov. John Kasich an-nounced a new funding model Friday that would give public universities more money for graduating stu-dents rather than tying mon-ey primarily to enrollment.

Under the ohio Higher Ed-ucation Funding Commis-sion’s plan, which was de-veloped by leaders from a group of schools, half of each university’s funding will hinge on its graduation rate. other incentives would pro-mote keeping out-of state students in ohio and recruit-ing nontraditional and at-risk students.

These new standards will help policy makers decide how to divide the annual $1.75 billion in state funding for higher education be-tween universities.

The plan still has to be ap-proved by lawmakers, and further details are expected to be unveiled in early February when Kasich submits his two-year state budget plan.

President lloyd Jacobs said he supports the new budgeting standards in principle.

“The new funding model pushes colleges and univer-sities to focus on outcomes,

which is good,” Jacobs said in a statement. “It however does necessitate a level playing field at the outset.”

SG offering massages and Red Bull during ‘Study Bash’

The Student Government Study Bash will take place on the second floor of the Carlson library from 3 p.m. Dec. 10 to 3 a.m. Dec. 11. For the last 10 minutes of each hour SG will be playing music and giving away gift card. Free Red Bull and free massages, as well as free food at three different times throughout the event.

Vicki Feit, a licensed massage therapist from the Main Campus Medical Cen-ter will be giving massages from 4-6 p.m. during the Study Bash.

Submissions sought for Health Science Campus art show

The deadline to apply for consideration to be included in the 2013 Health Science Campus artist Showcase is Friday.

Mulford library is accept-ing submission from faculty, staff and students in the health sciences, as well as UT Medical Center employees.

Electronic images of art-work should be sent to mulfordartshow@gmail.com.

UT opera ready for winter Gala

The University of Toledo opera is scheduled to present the Winter Gala on Sunday, Dec. 16.

Scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Doermann Theater in Uni-versity Hall, the program will consist of a selection of op-era favorites and arias. Fa-mous party scenes from “la Traviata,” “Die Fledermaus” and “Carmen” will also high-light the program.

In addition to the UT opera Ensemble, performing in the program will be guest Judy Dye and UT alumni Margaret Mack, anthony Ferrer, Ebone Waweru, Selina Perryman and Janet Ziegler.

Tickets are $10 at the door, $5 for students and seniors. Cash, checks and Rocket Cards are accepted.

Professors’ work on display

Pieces by faculty from the University of Toledo art de-partment will be on display at the Center for the Visual arts Gallery at the Toledo Museum of art through Sun-day, Dec. 9.

The show can be seen from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-day through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

The Toledo Museum of art is just west of downtown at 2445 Monroe St.

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BoB TayloR / ICMembers of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority walk during Friday’s Relay for Life event at the Student Recreation Center. According to Max Gold, Relay for Life treasurer, the event raised $44,033.55. Proceeds from the fundraiser go to the American Cancer Society.

Relay raises over $44,000

By IC Staff

The movie “Lincoln,” which opened in Novem-ber, shines a spotlight on a little-known figure whose personal papers are pre-served at the University of Toledo.

The film describes the passage of the 13th Amend-ment to the U.S. Constitu-tion, which brought about the final outlawing of slav-ery in the United States.

Rep. James Ashley, a pivotal figure in getting the amendment through Congress, was

from Toledo. The papers preserved at UT consist of handwritten drafts of his memoirs, according to Barbara Floyd, director of the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collec-tions on the fifth floor of Carlson Library. The top-ics covered include the de-velopment of his antislavery views.

Because of a fire that destroyed Ashley’s own li-brary, Floyd said, the doc-uments at the Canaday Center are the only collec-tion of his personal papers known to exist.

Barbara Floyd, director of the ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, shows a page from the personal papers of James Ashley, who played a key role in the passage of the 13th Amendment.

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UT has papers of congressman spotlighted in ‘Lincoln’HISToRy

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releAses

Wednesday4 p.m.: Study Abroad

Information Session, room 1100, Snyder Memorial.

7 p.m.: Concert, UT symphonic Band and Wind ensemble, Doer-mann Theatre, University Hall.

ThursdayNoon: Lecture, Global

Warming and Climate Change: How Can YOU Help?, conference room 0180, Tucker Hall.

FrIday1 p.m.: Study Abroad

Information Session, room 1100, Snyder Memorial.

saTurday1 p.m.: Showing of The

Alien that stole Christ-mas, Ritter Planetarium. Cost: $7, adults; $5, children 4-12, seniors, faculty, staff and students; free, children 3 and under.

sunday9 a.m.: UT Art Fac-

ulty Exhibit, Main Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, next to Toledo Museum of Art.

MOnday TO FrIdayAll week: final exams

for fall semester.

BeyOnd ThaT ...

... who knows?

COMICsAvengers #1, by

Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña. Published by Marvel. Available Wednesday.

Hellboy in Hell #1, by Mike Mignolia and Dave Stewart. Published by Dark Horse. Available Wednesday.

Human Bomb #1, by Justin Gray and Jerry Or-dway. Published by DC. Available Wednesday.

Think Tank Vol. 1, by Matt Hawkins and Rah-san Ekedal. Published by Image. Available Wednes-day.

MOVIesdeadfall, starring Eric

Bana and Olivia Wilde. Limited release Friday.

Hyde Park on Hud-son, starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney. Limited release Friday.

Playing for Keeps, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel. Out Friday.

BOOKsdoctor Who: The Of-

ficial doctionary, by vari-ous. Available Monday.

From Ashes, by Molly McAdams. Available Tuesday.

Political suicide, by Michael Palmer. Available Tuesday.

Unbeatable: Tom Os-borne and the Greatest era of nebraska Foot-ball, by Henry J. Kordes. Available Monday.

CdsCrazy World, by Boys

Like Girls. Available Tuesday.

Firefly, by The Won-der Revolution. Available Tuesday.

Jesus Piece, by The Game. Available Tuesday.

Tre!, by Green Day. Available Tuesday.

Unorthodox Jukebox, by Bruno Mars. Available Tuesday.

Vicious lies and dan-gerous rumors, by Big Boi. Available Tuesday.

More onlineFor continued cover-

age of campus events and entertainment reviews over the winter, follow the IC Rocket Life on Twitter and Face-book and check the IC’s website.

“The apOCalypse”

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic works offer inspiration, ideasBy russell axonRocket Life Editor

As it turns out, com-mon sense and simple re-search suggest that the world will not end in the next few weeks, no mat-ter what people claim the Mayans predicted.

friday, Dec. 21, 2012 will simply be the end of the Mayan calendar’s current cycle and the start of a new one. How-ever, it will also be an excuse for many people to Yolo it up.

We at the independent collegian encourage the occasional shenanigans, just keep it safe and clean kids. to help out, we’ve compiled this “best of ” list inspired by the end of the world theme.

Plus, should an epic cataclysm actually oc-cur, this list can serve as a guide for navigating the pre- and post-apoc-alyptic world.

So before you go to that local Armageddon party or dig that nuclear fallout shelter, dig into these books, comics, movies and songs for some apocalyptic inspiration.

Best End of the World Book: “The Road” by Cor-mac McCarthy the collapse of modern society has never sounded so nice. Mccar-thy’s 2006 novel follows a father and son’s harrowing trek through a decimated planet filled with bleak scenery, vicious dangers and remnants of humanity. the catalyst of the story’s apocalypse is never explained, but it is unimportant to Mccarthy. Survival is the driving theme, and the author’s

tense prose keeps readers engaged and terrified all the way through. He masterfully describes his world in ways that are both haunting and beautiful. the characters and their inter-actions feel honest and un-forced. (Mc-carthy has said that he based much of the fa-ther-son rela-tionship off the one between him and his own son.) the heart-breaking conclusion will easily drain any and all emotion out of your sys-tem, which is good be-cause that stuff only slows you down in the post-apocalyptic world.

Runners Up: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams A classic sci-fi novel where the end of the world is simply the beginning of exciting, galactic tale.

“The Book of Revela-tion (the last book of the Bible)” by John re-gardless of religious be-

liefs, this is the ultimate in end of the world litera-ture. tough to get through, but defi-nitely worth a look.

Best End of the World Comic: “Y: The Last Man” by Brian K. Vaughn

and Pia Guerra for ev-ery woman who ever ex-claimed, “Not if you were the last man on earth,” this comic book puts that hypothetical to the test. Vaughn and Guerra’s se-ries follows Yorrick Brown, an aimless twen-ty-something, and his pet monkey Ampersand,

who, after a worldwide gendercide by an un-known plague, are the last two living males of their respective species.

With the help of Agent 355, a highly-skilled spy, and Dr. Al-lison Mann, a headstrong ge-neticist, Yorrick must contend with vengeful Amazons, deadly israeli comman-dos, and a ma-

nipulative secret society, all while trying to reach his girlfriend in Austra-lia. Vaughn and Guerra created a believable world inhabited by be-lievable characters. Were such a catastrophe to ac-tually happen, the series would be eerily predic-tive — yes, even down to the ninjas and astronauts. the series also showcases terrific coloring and let-tering work throughout its 60-issue run, making it the most beautiful thing you’ll have in an otherwise ugly world.

Runners Up: “The Walking Dead” by Rob-ert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Ad-lard easily as great, if not better than its television ad-aptation. Plus, at over 100 is-sues, this will distract you much longer from the actual undying hordes clawing at your door.

“The Infinity Gaunt-let” by Jim Starlin, George Pérez and Ron Lim this is “the Aveng-ers” sequel we’ll never get to see. over half the uni-verse is wiped out, and that’s only by issue two.

Best End of the World Movie: “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley Amidst all the doom and gloom, this lighthearted drame-dy easily stands out. Al-though this film is very re-cent — it was briefly in the-aters over the summer — it offers a satiri-cal but honest scenario of what the end of the world might look like. the story follows Dodge’s (carell) journey to see his high school sweetheart before an as-teroid wipes out human-ity. Accompanied by his eccentric neighbor Pen-ny (knightley), the two find themselves trying to embrace life before it all comes to an end. Along the way, they en-counter an extremely friendly restaurant staff, an overzealous police officer, a trucker with a death wish, and a loyal dog named Sorry. the movie doesn’t have all

the epic de-struction ex-pected of an end of the world movie, but it delivers emotionally thanks to solid characters and great acting.

Runners Up: “2012” star-

ring John Cusack and Amanda Peet for the moviegoer who craves wanton, epic destruc-tion, this appropriately-titled flick is a two hour primer on how to de-stroy landmarks and monuments.

“Citizen Kane” star-ring Orson Welles re-member how you always said, “i’ll watch it eventu-ally”? Well, eventually is kind of here and now.

Best End of the World Song: “It’s the End of the

World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M. this one’s kind of an obvious choice, and rightly so — few dooms-day songs are

as infectious and fun as this 1987 single. the tune is fa-mous for singer Michael Stipe’s non sequitur lyrics and rapid-fire delivery. lines like “the other night / i tripped a nice / conti-nental drift divide / Mount St. edelite / leonard Bern-stein” may come off as non-sensical, but they’re defi-nitely fun to shout and try to keep up with. Stipe’s fast-paced singing conveys a sense of urgency, like some-one trying to say as much as possible before everything ends. He’s helped by the melody’s quick tempo, dis-torted chords and powerful drumming, courtesy band-mates Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. the song isn’t necessarily trade-mark r.e.M., but its care-free attitude is the perfect distraction for that incom-ing apocalypse.

Runners Up: “Re: Your Brains” by Jonathan Coulton the perfect an-them for a zombie apoca-lypse. A tune upon which both the living and once living can agree.

“Last Dance” by Don-na Summer A song that finds new life with the end of all life.

doomsday Mix: The best for the end of the world