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Student Senate postpones impeachmenthearings

This month at UT:Jewish Heritage Month

• Passover DinnerSaturday, April 7, 2012Hillel House1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

• Jewish Heritage JeopardyTuesday, April 10, 2012Trimble South Lounge, Student Unionnoon - 1 p.m.

• Shabbat DinnerApril 13th & 27th, 2012Hillel House6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

• Shabbaton, a weekend filled with celebrating the Jewish ShabbatApril 20-22, 2012Hillel House

• Israeli Street MarketSaturday, April 26, 2012Trimble South Lounge, Student Union5 p.m. - 7p.m.

All UT students are invited to attend events held during the University of Toledo’s 2nd Annual Jewish Heritage Month sponsored by the Of-fice of Multicultural Student Success, UT Hillel and the Jewish Federations of Great-er Toledo during the month of April.

Marina Stepanski, UT Hillel president and junior major-ing in pharmaceutics, said the creation of Jewish Heri-tage Month stemmed from the need to bring awareness of Judaism, Jewish faith, cul-ture and heritage to the UT campus.

Max Gold, former presi-dent of UT Hillel and senior majoring in philosophy, said UT is celebrating the month through the combined efforts of Hillel, the Office of Multi-cultural Student Success and the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo to begin this new UT tradition.

To view the Jewish Heri-tage Month calendar visit www.utoledo.edu/studentaf-fairs/omss/. For more infor-mation about UT Hillel or the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo students can visit www.jewishtoledo.org.

Two more SG candidates disqualified from electionBy Danielle GambleNews Editor

Student Gov-ernment cam-paigns Engle/Teall and Ngo/Richardson have been disquali-fied from this week’s race.

While the En-gle/Teall ticket was dis-missed before voting began, the Ngo/Rich-ardson campaign will re-main on the ballot.

Last week, Engle was

found in violation of cam-paign rules and said in a

statement she was awarded a “hefty fine” in terms of points against her ticket.

This week, Ngo/Richardson was dis-qualified after two of three hearings ruled the ticket in violation of the SG Election Board manual.

The ticket was found guilty of dis-tributing new cam-paign material de-

spite sanctions against them and of infringing upon the Ohio Revised Code and,

therefore, the Election Board manual.

The most serious claim, concerning a violation of Chapter 35 of the Ohio Re-vised Code, is in re-sponse to alleged posts concerning an iPad raffle for those who vote for Ngo/Richardson made by former SG Presiden-tial ticket Max Gold and Kenneth Harbin.

At the hearing, Gold and Harbin denied they posted the messages on their own accounts.

SG Presidential candidate Tate Stricklin said the

charges were filed against the Ngo/Richardson campaign be-cause Gold and Harbin are con-sidered campaign workers for the ticket.

The Election Board manual de-

scribes a cam-paign worker as “any person who actively

pursues the election of the

By Samantha WatsonCopy Editor

Despite efforts from their advisor, the majority of Stu-dent Senate refused to hear two impeachment hearings at this Tuesday’s meeting.

During her report, Student Government Advisor Jessica Spradley said three members of SG are currently consid-ered ineligible to remain in office. While one has already stepped down by his or her own accord, the other two cannot be removed without the approval of Senate per the

Nancy NgoHeather Engle

Peering into the GatewayThe IC goes on a first look tour of the Gateway Project which will feature student lofts and a new Barnes and Noble By Allison SeneyIC Staff Writer

Loose wires and light fix-tures hung from bare ceilings as music blended with the clamor of hammers and saws at UT’s Gateway Project off Central Ave. and Dorr St.

With a construction hat and an enthusiastic attitude, Matt Schroeder, vice president for real estate development at the UT Foundation, said the $12 million project is on schedule to open this August.

Since the groundbreaking in August 2011, Schroeder said businesses coming to the project include Gradkowski’s Sports Grille, Yogurt You, Great Clips, Starbucks and Jimmy Johns.

The Barnes and Noble that will replace the location in the Student Union Building is set to open as early as July 9.

Schroeder said while there is an abundance of vacant lots in the area, realtors want to develop by the campus be-cause it provides a better op-portunity for business.

Above the new bookstore, 48 loft apartments will be available for rent by sopho-more, junior and senior UT students. The lofts will come fully furnished on the second floor above the commercial space.

Schroeder said so far half of the 48 lofts are under lease and the university is currently accepting applications for housing. He described the lofts as “New York style” and highlighted the individuality of this new housing, including modern entities.

He said even though

Photos by Ryan Clair/ IC

(above) A nearly finished kitchen in one of the Gateway lofts. (left) The second floor of the future site of the Barnes and Noble bookstore. (below) Matt Schroeder Vice President for Real Es-tate and Development at the UT Foundation explains what businesses will be in the project to an IC staff writer.

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Students concerned with college affordability after Stafford loan interest rates increaseBy Josh EglerIC Staff Writer

Jazante Coleman, a ju-nior majoring in criminal justice, said without the Pell Grant she would not be able to attend UT.

But she and over 13,000 other UT students will feel the burden of debt next academic year as the inter-est rates and restrictions increase for certain gov-ernment-funded school loans.

The U.S. Federal Gov-ernment recently passed

legislation for the 2012-2013 academic year which will limit the maximum amount of semesters stu-dents can receive the Pell Grant to 12 semesters. Currently, students can re-ceive the Pell Grant for up to 18 semesters.

Sherri Jiannuzzi, assis-tant director of loans in the Office of Student Fi-nancial Aid, said the com-ing changes to the Pell Grant will limit it to 12 se-mesters which will hurt students who have changed

majors the most.The legislation will also

double the interest rate from 3.4 percent to 6.8 per-cent for the Stafford Loan and revoke the six-month grace period after graduation.

This means once a stu-dent graduates, he or she will immediately begin to accrue interest on the debt.

Jiannuzzi said UT stu-dents already owe an aver-age of $22,264 in loans and

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— Impeachments, Page A5

— Gateway, Page A5

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Correction

In the story “UT professors work on man-powered generator for Africa,” we innacu-rately reported that Mihran Vardanyan, Kevin Chen, Ritish Patnaik and Amanda Quay, who are working on the Indepedal systems, were all from Princeton University.

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ability to stay in school.“The financial aid that I

receive from [the Pell Grant] is critical towards my ability to go to col-lege,” he said. “Without the aid I receive I would not be able to attend college.”

“Basically, the Pell Grant and the Stafford Loans are incredibly helpful, seeing that I’m still a dependent of my mother and since it’s only her working − es-timated family contribu-tion is zero,” said Max Barnt, a sophomore ma-joring in information tech-nology. “The changes that are being made don’t nec-essarily affect me but I’ll definitely be feeling the pressure.”

Jiannuzzi said the rate was at 6.8 percent in 2007 but was set to be consis-tently lowered until the 2012-2013 academic year, when it was meant to bounce back to the

original rate. Jiannuzzi said the belief that the interest rate is being raised is a misconception.

“It’s really going back to where it was,” she said.

Jiannuzzi said the coming changes to the Pell Grant will limit it to 12 semesters which will hurt students who have changed majors the most.

Republican congressman Paul Ryan is putting a budget plan through U.S. Congress which will prevent

non-full-time students to qualify for a Pell Grant, which will affect over a million stu-dents over the next decade.

Ryan’s budget plan passed in the US House of Represen-tatives 228-191 last Thursday.

Jiannuzzi said students can take advantage of reduced payment plans which chip away at the loans one pay-ment at a time. If still in debt after 25 years, the govern-ment can absorb the remain-ing money.

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“The movie is 126 min-utes long and I would guess that at least 100 of those minutes, maybe more, are concerned spe-

c i f i c a l l y a n d graphical-ly with the details of the tor-ture and death of J e s u s . This is the most vio-lent film I have ever s e e n , ”

said film critic Roger Eb-ert, who gave the movie four out of four stars in his review. He is speaking of The Passion of the Christ.

I understand this movie isn’t a new release, nor does is seem to be a box-office hit among our gen-eration. However, I had the opportunity to watch this movie for the first time last weekend and it seri-ously had me in shock.

I’m not talking about the shock described by others for director Mel Gibson’s work in The Passion of the Christ. I’m referring to the shock of a 21-year-old Christian who for the first time witnessed a real and raw visual of what Jesus did to save us, according to Christian beliefs.

I disagreed when critics claimed the movie was too violent and wrathful. School children are taught the G-rated version of the story— the people hurt Je-sus badly and he died in order to save us, end of story.

At some point, we need-ed to grow up and under-stand the blood, love and pain behind such sacrifice. Christianity teaches un-conditional love and a

strong sense of faith. I am now old enough to finally witness this, even though I will admit shielding my eyes several times through-out the movie.

I share this with you but not to preach or boast about the religion I grew up with. Rather, I share this with you because this Friday is Good Friday, the day this particular movie is based upon. The day when Christians remember how Jesus gave his life to save us all from death and evil and reassure us with eternal life. Good Friday isn’t just a day some of us get the day off. It’s an im-portant day for Christians everywhere and it should be respected in that way.

Another Passion of the Christ critic also wrote that this movie should be named The Jesus Chain-saw Massacre which thinks it’s an act of faith. This critic, David Edelstein, goes on to say Mel Gibson focused on the brutality of Jesus’ execution instead of his religious teachings and the movie “seems to arise less from love than from wrath and to succeed more in assaulting the spirit than in uplifting it.”

Why should we sugar-coat everything about Je-sus and the Christian faith?

So it’s okay for other mov-ies to show bloody murder, corpses and explicit visu-als, but showing something like that when it has to do with the Christian faith is considered too violent?

So many people seem to think religion is all the same—strict and conser-vative. But it’s not, and this movie shows exactly that. Society seems to think all religions should be displayed in a non-dis-ruptive way in order to not create chaos. Well what if it was Gibson’s plan to cre-ate chaos and disrupt the usual framework society has made for the Christian faith?

For those of you who don’t understand what I’m saying, I want you to go to YouTube and type in “Je-sus vs. Religion.” It should be the first video you see. Watch it. It’s an extremely powerful video explaining the difference between what society claims the Christian “religion” is and what actually following Christ means.

I understand many of you reading this may not be Christian and I respect your decision. Just know you are living this life for a reason and regardless of your faith, this Easter Sun-day is the day to celebrate just that—Life. The days of Easter egg hunts and sug-ar-coated Peeps are done. We need to wake up and realize there is a true rea-son for this weekend. I hope all of you have a great one!

— Megan Gross is an IC columnist and a junior majoring in marketing at UT.

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If this year’s Student Government cam-paign period had a moralistic teaching to impart, it would be one of accountability. From alleged bribery to a myriad of other violations, one wonders where a sense of decency and fair play has gone. While there is little value in petty complaints and they should be refrained from, those who run for office absolutely must be held ac-countable for their actions. The voices of the students are being lost in the clamor of corruption.

Many are rightly calling this election sad and while all the details are not known, what we do know is there have been quite a few infractions made against the Elec-tion Board manual. Of the original five tickets running, only two in good standing remain and an additional third whose sta-tus is not yet determined.

Amongst the other issues in SG are those of Tuesday’s meeting. Impeachment is a serious matter and to learn that a senator actually asked if the proceeding would take more than 10 minutes is unaccept-able. Something of that gravity is not meant to be brushed off simply because it might take too long. While it is understand-able that unnecessarily long meetings are not met with joy, it doesn’t remove the need for a proper sense of duty.

After it was decided the two impeach-ments were not going to be heard, discus-sion began on a constitutional amendment. The amendment had to do with those being found to be unfit for their role stepping down. This seems to be common sense but there have been issues in the past where a

former president of SG vetoed her own impeachment.

While the brass of such an action is al-most admirable, the disrespect which goes with it is also distressing. The fact that someone who is to represent the students and their interests, when found to be lack-ing by the body of elected officials, totally disregards that decision and places self-preservation first is incredibly frustrating.

Thankfully this amendment passed and was followed by another. Though an elec-tion board hearing was planned for that day as well, too many senators were dis-gruntled and tired to make it through. It was decided that the overall change in the Constitution would be settled at the next scheduled session.

While frustration and conflict are natu-ral, the promotion of the self and protect-ing self-interests should not be at the core of any government, including SG. The self is to be sacrificed for the good of the whole and the interests of student body are to be preserved and promoted. It doesn’t come easily but this intention must be pre-served above all else.

Saying this may seem drastic but when SG candidates are incurring infractions to the point that so many have been disquali-fied or put in question, when past presi-dents act to keep themselves in power de-spite those around them deciding their time was up, and when senators are more concerned with how long something will take rather than what is being discussed, there is quite a problem.

As student loan rates increase and tu-

ition escalates, how is survival let alone

success, even possible? The majority of

lower management positions in profes-

sional work places absolutely require some

amount of college education but with the

costs ever increasing, many feel it is not

even worth the effort and debt. Routes

with less education and minimum wage are

now even being sought after by many, as

unemployment also remains a problem.

In the days when a degree fetched a

greater paycheck and a greater level of

stability, many were willing to suffer the

debt with the knowledge that one day it

would be paid off and their family would

benefit. This is no longer the case and a

great many drop out, or never even at-

tempt a higher education.

The world as it stands today view the

uneducated as burn-outs or burdens on

society and while that may be the case at

times, not much is being done to entice the

average person to go to school. Even UT,

while very reasonable in comparison to

other universities of equal or greater re-

nown in the area, can still enslave a person

to their debt with relative ease.

These issues are usually taken care of by

state-granted financial aid, but how much

the government gives is based upon the

economy, which is in many ways declining.

While the education of the self should be

valued above most other endeavors, it cer-

tainly isn’t being made all that enticing.

The stress level which goes with being a

student in general inspires a sigh and gri-

mace from most anyone who even thinks

of it. To cover basic necessities, most stu-

dents work full-time jobs and are lucky if

they can be close enough to home to get

help from relatives. Even then, many go

hungry or lack transportation. This is

something most endure but why heap more

onto this already overflowing plethora of

woes and demands?

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He said even though stu-dents are off campus, they have all the benefits of being on campus and it will trans-form the area around campus.

“Olde Towne [Apartments] has that garden-variety-feel − this will be very much met-ropolitan,” Schroeder said.

Each unit will include granite countertops and a 42-inch flat screen TV. Cable and internet are included in rent and the only bills stu-dents are responsible for out-side of the lease will be wa-ter and electric.

“Students sign a twelve

month lease and for a two bedroom unit it is $629 per bed and for a four unit it is $599 a bed. Their lease in-cludes the furniture with a full kitchen and with the util-ity space,” he said.

He said with any project this size there are always sur-prises. Even prior to devel-opment there were things to work through, however for the most part this has been smooth sailing, even with this project being less than a 12-month build.

“It is pretty amazing,” Schroeder said. “There has been a lot of nice give and take and willingness to take a job that would normally be an 18-month build and really

fast-track it to get it done.” Robert Wissolik, project

manager for Rudolph Libby, said 100 tradesmen work ev-ery day and their overall feel-ing is everyone is really ex-cited to get it all done.

Schroder said the project went through the UT Foun-dation because it affords flexibility in terms of overall deal structure compared to the traditional university and the state of Ohio.

“The foundation with its investment committee and real-estate corps supports the University of Toledo, which makes it a private model,” he said.

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campaign worker as “any person who actively pursues the election of the ticket.”

Stricklin said he considers the former Gold/Harbin cam-paign’s official endorsement of the Ngo/Richardson ticket as evidence.

This endorsement was posted on the Gold/Harbin Facebook page as recent as yesterday.

Section V, titled “Cam-paigning Rules,” states if campaign workers violate any rules the candidates themselves are expected to follow, the ticket they sup-port will “be subject to disci-plinary actions… up to and including disqualification for that election.”

SG Vice Presidential candi-date Patrick Richardson said the ticket filed appeals con-cerning both decisions yes-terday and expect to learn the results by this afternoon.

If they win either appeal, the ticket will be considered active again, but a loss of both appeals will continue the current disqualified status.

Election Board Chair Aar-on Dau said if the Ngo ticket fails to win their appeals, votes applied to the ticket will simply be “discredited.”

“It’s an awful thing when

the student voice goes un-heard, but there’s nothing [Election Board] can do,” Dau said. “It is the responsi-bility of each campaign to follow the guidelines of the manual.”

He said because the elec-tions have been advertised for this week, there will not be a secondary election week held.

“I feel bad for the students who may be affected and I sympathize, but we can’t go back,” Dau said.

Per the ruling, the cam-paign cannot post or distrib-ute any new material, includ-ing anything written, plastic or paper until the appeal pro-cess is finalized. However, any material that has already been posted may stay up.

The Ngo/Richardson ticket still has one more hearing pending to be held tonight at 9 p.m. over an alleged viola-tion of regulations imposed at last week’s hearing. The decision was postponed after Election Board ruled they had insufficient evidence to continue with proceedings last night.

When found in violation of campaign rules, tickets are fined with “points” based on the severity of the rule viola-tion. The more points accu-mulated by a campaign, the more regulations are placed on the ticket.

While the ticket had

amassed 30 points last hear-ing, the most recent ruling was overturned at an appeal Monday afternoon and 5 points were removed.

However, yesterday’s addi-tion of 40 points pushed the campaign to 65.

The Election Board manu-al dictates under section four that once a ticket has accu-mulated 60 points, “the cam-paign is disqualified from the election.”

Richardson said he was “beyond confident” his ticket will win their appeal.

“We will be victorious in our quest to improve the stu-dent experience here at the University of Toledo,” he said, “because we are by the students and for the stu-dents. Go Rockets.”

Stricklin said he is confi-dent the ruling will stand and “the facts will remain the same.”

“As a student leader, the ability to be held account-able for your actions is key,” he said.

For those curious about the regulations, the Election Board manual is open and free to be viewed online on the SG website under the Documents section.

Students can access the ballots through the myUT Portal. Polls close today at 4 p.m.

—Vincent D. Scebbi con-tributed to this article.

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current SG Constitution. Spradley refused to com-

ment on the identity of the ineligible members.

However, SG President Matt Rubin confirmed Senate Chair Heather Engle is one of those members.

Spradley said the Student Judicial Council held a hear-ing and ruled for her to pres-ent this issue to Senate. Spradley asked for Senate to place the impeachment hear-ings on the evening’s agenda, after which a motion was made and objected to.

“I don’t find that it’s very fitting for an adviser to rec-ommend anything that is not supported by the entire stu-dent group,” said Senator Tony Bova.

Some of the senators were concerned that the Constitu-tion would have to be over-ridden in order to hold the vote.

“I think it’s great that SJC wants to hold people ac-countable but… because this was not brought up during open floor, it can’t be pre-sented during new business, so I don’t think we should be able to have an impeachment today,” said Senator Ben Lynn.

Spradley explained that in the Constitution, impeach-ment hearings were required to be within a Senate meet-ing, but time was not specified.

One senator asked if the proceedings would take lon-ger than ten minutes.

At one point, Rubin turned and addressed the senate floor, questioning the appro-priateness of their attitudes.

“What is going on” Rubin asked. “I’m not saying that I’m all for going for impeach-ment, I mean that’s not going to make us look good regard-less, but are we really trying to debate the rules of the or-ganization? Can you just take a step back?”

Max Gold, a senior major-ing in philosophy, said he was disturbed by the attitude of some senators.

“As a four-year member of Student Government, I found it disrespectful that members were arguing with an advi-sor,” Gold said.

After discussion, an infor-mal vote was posed by Sen-ate Vice Chair Mike Hicho on whether or not to have the hearing. There were 11 mem-bers for and 14 against.

Once the impeachments were denied for the evening, Rubin motioned to add a clause to the Constitution in which any ranking member found ineligible to be in SG should step down from their positions. He jokingly sug-gested this to be named the “Krystal Clause.”

Krystal Weaver, former SG president, was impeached af-ter using her former position as 2008 election committee chair to access the results for the 2009 election four times before they were made pub-lic. However, when the Sen-ate attempted to impeach her, she vetoed her own impeachment.

After this incident, the re-sponsibilities of the election

board were handed off to the SJC.

There were initial objec-tions to the “Krystal Clause,” but these were aggressively rebutted.

“Why do we have an SJC council when their decisions and debates are not going to matter?” said Senator Ernie Brancheau, SG web director.

The final vote to add the clause into the Constitution was passed unopposed.

“If a ranking member of the organization did have any dignity or any kind of respect whatsoever for the organiza-tion they were a part of and that they represent … they probably should just step down … instead of make a mockery of the organization a lot of people work very hard for and dedicate a lot of time to,” Rubin said.

Rubin then made a motion to extend this policy to any member of SG and not re-strict it to only the ranking members. After some minor debate, this motion was passed with a vote of 13 to two.

After further constitutional amendments were made, a senator noted many mem-bers were tired and upset and it was decided further discussion concerning the matter would be tabled until the next meeting.

While the two clauses have been added to the SG Consti-tution, they can still be modi-fied until a final vote of ac-ceptance is held regarding the entire document.

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Buy one, give oneBy Christine HombrinkIC Staff Writer

The TOMS movement is sweeping across UT’s campus via the TOMS Campus Club.

TOMS, which is short for “Tomorrow,” is a shoe company created by Blake Mycoskie in 2006. Through the “One for One” program, the com-pany sells shoes and sun-glasses with the promise that every purchase will provide shoes and eye care to deprived children in over 13 countries, in-cluding the U.S.

The UT TOMS Campus Club will help support the organization by host-ing a rally titled “One Day Without Shoes.” The rally will be held Tues-day, April 10, from noon to 4 p.m. at Centennial Mall.

The rally’s only stipula-tion – attendees must go barefoot. The rally is in-tended to represent the conditions many Third World citizens must en-d u r e a n d

to bring attention to the organization and club. Attendees uncomfort-able with full foot nudity can attend wearing only their socks. There will also be a documentary about the TOMS move-ment at 7:30 p.m.

Katelyn Ball, a senior majoring in global stud-ies and a member of UT TOMS, said she is a strong supporter of the organization.

“In this world, during times of war and preju-dice, it just pains me to see children suffering in the slightest,” she said.

According to the TOMS website, shoes are an important necessity because many diseases are transmitted through the soil. Simply prevent-ing bare foot contact can prevent serious and pro-longed issues.

Ball said UT TOMS hopes to also bring awareness to podoconio-sis, a form of elephantitis of the feet. Prominent in Africa, it is caused by high forms of silica found

Photo courtesy of TOMS.com

TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie giving shoes to children in Argentina.

in the areas where children walk but is 100 percent preventable. She said the rally should educate the public about the disease and the poor living conditions in both

developed and Third World countries.

“The goal behind ‘One Day

‘Dawn of the Dead’

Photo submitted by Elliot Charney

‘The Escape From Darkness’I had been on the train for over 28 hours. Fargo, Minot, Wiliston, Glasgow. On little train seats (big noise, big life), try sleeping through the night. It’s not easy. Sitting in coach, laying in coach, cramped in coach, waking up all night, I didn’t remember the light. Then there was one time - I woke up and suddenly felt refreshed, but it didn’t seem right… No light… And whoosh! The tunnel was gone and I was immersed in what you see. I ran to the back of the car and snapped 10, 20. The first one is always the best.

By Kimberly RolandIC Staff Writer

Have you ever noticed a group of people running after another student who’s wearing a blue bandana around their arm or thigh? Well, don’t worry about the student being chased – they knew being hunted by other students was part of the deal when they signed up to participate in UT’s spring se-mester game of Humans vs. Zombies.

The week-long game of HvZ is an extreme Nerf-based chal-lenge hosted by UT’s Ad-Hoc.

It should be noted that this is not just a free-for-all kind of

game – there are some rules and regulations which players must follow.

To participate in HvZ, a stu-dent must attend one meeting concerning safety guidelines as well as turning in a safety waiver.

Once the safety requirements are met, players receive a ban-dana and begin the game.

The rules are pretty simple. One thing players need to do is make sure their bandana is vis-ible at all times. The identifying factor between the humans and the zombies is the bandana placement. If a player is a

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Participants in last year’s Humans vs. Zombies event storm campus.

I think my books are turning JapaneseIf comic books are the

nerdy underdogs of American pop culture, then “manga” is that awkward cousin no one likes to talk about.

Popularized in Japan, (as are many other awk-ward habits and ideas) manga is the country’s comic book equivalent – the word generally translates to “com-ics” or “cartoons.” Like

comics, manga is ingrained into its country’s culture, has a renowned history and offers

innumerable sto-ries ranging in quality, genre and format. Unlike comics, manga is widely read by Japanese people of all ages and an-nually generates approximately $2 to $5 billion. Ad-ditionally, popular

books are typically adapted

into anime shows and films.While the North American

manga market, which con-sists of translated and original books, is less profitable, fans are demanding and passion-ate. Most bookstores have a great selection, sometimes us-ing more shelf-space for man-ga than American comics.

Manga’s appeal, though, is not always apparent to casual readers. The medium is strongly rooted in Japanese culture and customs which can easily repel American readers.

The most noticeable differ-ence is the reading direction – manga is read from right to left. This reflects the Japanese writing style where charac-ters are separated into col-umns and read from top to bottom and right to left. The change of direction can be very confusing for American readers whose minds are pro-grammed to read in the oppo-site direction, and adding pan-els to the mix doesn’t make reading easier.

Fortunately, most publish-ers include a how-to-read

graphic inside their books, while some even add arrows between panels to direct the reader. A few publishers sim-ply “flip” books by creating a mirror image of each page for a traditional reading direc-tion, but many manga fans deem this act blasphemous. While reading in the opposite direction admittedly takes practice, it is quickly adapt-able given the right book.

Finding the right book shouldn’t be a problem given the wide variety of manga available. While stereotypical

themes include giant robots, rampaging monsters and mas-ters of martial arts, mangas cover virtually every topic imaginable, such as high school life, video games, dys-topian westerns, vampires versus zombie Nazis and life after death. Additionally, man-ga rarely showcases cos-tumed superheroes, opting instead for an everyman ap-proach to characters.

A major complaint of man-ga, however, is that many books also feature

through a different lens

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Send any original stand-alone photo to raxon@independentcollegian.com to be featured in the Arts and Life section. Please include your year, major and a brief artist’s statement (100-150 words).

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Judy Collins visits ToledoThe Grammy-winning folk singer and best-selling author will speak and answer questions at the Stranahan Theater today from 7 to 9:30 p.m. as part of the Toledo Public Library’s “Authors! Authors!” Series. Tickets are $10 per person, $8 for students.

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Humans vs. Zombies event to begin soon

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taboo topics and depictions, specifically stories involving graphic violence, gore, lan-guage and sex. In these in-stances, it is important to recognize the significant cul-tural differences between Japanese and American audi-ences. Japanese culture strictly distinguishes fiction from reality, the attitude be-ing that acts of violence and depravity in stories are ac-ceptable because they do not actually occur. This mentali-ty allows for writers to disre-gard the commonly accepted boundaries of content.

Artists also reflect this mentality through their

dynamic drawings. Manga art ranges from the highly realistic to the ridiculously abstract, but generally it im-plements caricature-esque elements such as sharp or wide eyes, exaggerated anat-omies and spiky hair. Other common manga techniques include constantly shifting shot angles, prolonged, silent scenes and elongated panels.

Many of these techniques are also employed in anime adaptations, and both medi-ums have influenced Western artists and filmmakers.

Additionally, a single man-ga book is typically written and drawn by the same indi-vidual, and a majority of works are published without

inking or coloring. While this may be a drawback for some readers, it usually allows for a much faster publication schedules – prolific manga writers/artists consistently publish material in weekly magazines. As these creators have complete autonomy over their works, there are fewer instances of continuity errors and retconning which are common in long form American comics.

As more instances of man-ga-influenced works appear, the medium’s presence con-tinues to grow. Like the ris-ing sun on Japan’s flag, man-ga is an ascending beacon of creativity which deserves recogni t ion and appreciation.

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A variety of manga books encompassing multiple genres. Manga is read from right to left.

human, the bandana is worn around their upper arm or up-per thigh. If or when they get tagged, the bandana is moved to their forehead.

When entering into the game zone, which pretty much counts as anywhere on cam-pus, a player’s mission as a hu-man is to escape getting tagged by zombies. As a zombie, the mission is to tag as many hu-man players as possible.

Additional missions through-out the week will keep combat-ants on their toes. Josh Egler is a freshman majoring in politi-cal science and journalism and a moderator for HvZ. A leader for the humans, Egler said there are multiple new mis-sions planned, including a fi-nale which “should be a lot of fun.”

“We’re changing things up this year so the humans have a chance,” he said. “It’s not a good chance but it’s a chance.”

Humans can ward off their undead opponents with “blast-ers” – modified Nerf guns – and socks that function as gre-nades. If they’re unsuccessful, however, they can be tagged by a zombie, turning them into a “stunned zombie,” meaning

that all humans surrounding that person have a fifteen-min-ute grace period to evacuate the area before that player has officially turned into a zombie.

Special registered ID cards are given to all human players before beginning the mission

and when a person is tagged their ID card is collected and must be reported as a “kill” within three hours for the cap-ture to count.

HvZ has been a UT event for four semesters and Ad-Hoc is always welcoming new faces to accept the challenge of sur-viving the brain-eating zombie Rockets.

Egler said this year’s event will be improved by having “more established leaders” for each faction.

Shaniqua Bowdre, a senior majoring in new media art and an organizer of HvZ, said the

game has a turnout between approximately 150 and 200 stu-dents and in the past faculty members also competed. Ad-ditionally, Bowdre said the game gives UT an edge over other colleges.

“Bowling Green also has Hu-mans versus Zombies events and of course we couldn’t just let them have all the fun,” she said. “We had to compete!”

Egler, who played in last year’s event, said newcomers should come out for an excit-ing time and to meet new peo-ple. He even encourages peo-ple to become zombies.

“[It’s] just fun because you don’t care. I chased a guy down who was trying to run away,” he said. “That one was fun.”

The last safety meeting is April 11 in the Student Union Building, and safety waivers can be picked up at the Ad-Hoc office in the Student Union Building, room 1505. More specific rulings which players should be aware of can be found on Ad-Hoc’s web-site at www.ut-adhoc.com. HvZ also has a Facebook group page that alerts mem-bers of events and answers further questions they might have.

The humans have a chance. It’s not a

good chance but it’s a chance.

Josh EglerHvZ Moderator ”

“

Without Shoes’ is to raise awareness and bring a voice to those who you aren’t able to see or hear every day,” Ball said.

According to the TOMS website, many children are denied an education because they don’t have shoes. Schools which require shoes as part of the uniform will send away children who at-

tend class without them.Ball said there is a greater

message embedded in the movement which has led her to take on a whole new per-spective in life.

“I have a roof over my head, water to drink, clothes to wear, and [I am] currently working on getting a degree. That is amazing,” she said. “There are people in the world that have none of that. To be able to help provide shoes and eye care … for

others who are not able to afford it is amazing.”

Multiple schools around the world have participated in similar events. Last year, there were approximately 1,000 events in over 25 coun-tries similar to “One Day Without Shoes,” according to the TOMS website.

For more information, contact the UT TOMS Cam-pus Club and visit www.toms.com and www.oneday-withoutshoes.com.

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A horde of zombies converge on a thinning group of humans outside of Carlson Library during last year’s Humans vs. Zombies event. This year’s event runs from April 11 to 17.

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Cleveland’s front office made what many regarded as a des-peration move, acquiring hard-throwing Ubaldo Jimenez from the Rockies for a pair of blue chip prospects.

If the Indians were expecting the Jimenez who notched 19 wins and a 2.88 ERA the previ-ous season, they gave little thought to the first two-thirds of the right-hander’s 2011 run in which he went 6-9 with a 4.46 ERA in 21 starts with Colorado.

Unsurprisingly, upon his ar-rival Jimenez failed to deliver the turnaround Cleveland hoped for, posting a 4-4 record in 11 outings with a 5.10 ERA.

The Tribe has a wealth of young talent in their lineup in Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santa-na, but the club will need Ji-menez to be closer to the pitch-er he was two years ago in Col-orado to make a push for the playoffs.

The acquisition of inning-eat-er Derek Lowe could take some of the pressure off Jimenez and the bullpen, but the veteran righty and Cleveland’s sinker-ball pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona (Roberto Her-nandez) combined for 32 losses

last season. Since the Indians last playoff

appearance in 2007, the year that Hernandez fashioned a ca-reer-best 3.07 ERA with 19 wins and 137 strikeouts, the Domini-can native has averaged an ERA above five.

Hernandez’s string of disap-pointing seasons includes the 2009 campaign in which he posted an unspeakable 6.32 ERA with 70 walks to 79 strike-outs in 24 starts.

Then came his January arrest and deportation for using a false identity when he applied for a visa to the United States under the name Fausto Carmona.

The news broke Monday that Hernandez, who it turns out is 31 rather than 28, will receive a visa to return to the U.S. But in addition to restructuring his contract with Cleveland to re-ceive $4.5 million less in guaran-teed money — one of the few favors Hernandez has done for Cleveland lately — he will re-portedly be facing a six week suspension from MLB.

Regardless of when he takes the mound for the Tribe, a re-turn to even his 2010 form (3.77 ERA, 124 strikeouts and 4 com-plete games) would go a long way to solidifying a potentially unstable rotation.

The Ugly — InjuriesThe Jimenez trade and his

recent beaning of former team-mate Troy Tulowitzki, along with Hernandez’s immigration scandal, could fall into this cat-egory as well. However, no team was affected more by inju-ries in 2011 than the Indians and it is likely the biggest reason the club fell short of postseason play.

The Tribe used the disabled list 22 times last season and on-ly had Travis Hafner, Shin-Soo Choo, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Grady Sizemore in the same lineup for 17 games. In total, the Indians lost 826 days due to time spent on the DL.

The injury bug has hit Cleve-land early this year, as Perez can attest to. Sizemore — sur-prise, surprise — is also on the shelf and is not expected to re-turn until June following back surgery.

The franchise and its fans will have to hold their collective breath and hope this is not a sign of things to come.

The Underrated — Post-season Expansion

It seems satirical, if not a bit cruel, to cite Major League Baseball’s new 10 team playoff format as a selling point for

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The perfect seasonBaylor Bears center Brittney Griner, left, and guard Jordan Madden (3) hug head coach Kim Mulkey after defeating Notre Dame 80-61 in the National Championship game Tuesday night in Denver, Colo. Baylor went an unprecedented 40-0.

Cleveland’s potential success in 2012. But for a fringe postseason contender the value of an addi-tional wild-card slot cannot be overstated.

Had the new one-game, wild-card round been in place last season, the Braves would have made the playoffs in the NL while Boston would have qualified in the AL. Granted, historic Septem-ber collapses caused both teams to miss the playoffs by one game but the record books prove that sometimes all it takes for a club to bring home the hardware is to get hot at the right time.

Since the wild-card was intro-duced in the 1995 season, a non-division winner has won the World Series nearly 25 percent of the time. Beating out the Ti-gers for a division crown will be a tall enough order but with the loaded AL East jockeying for postseason position and a re-vamped Angels team fighting with the powerhouse Rangers in the West, playoff spots will be even harder to come by. You won’t hear the Indians com-plaining about the expansion.

The Bottom Line On paper the Tigers appear to be

the heavy favorite to take the AL Central for the second-straight year. Cleveland will once again as-sume the underdog role, both in the division and wildcard race. That was, however, a situation in which the Indians flourished for a good portion of last season.

A similar effort from their bull-pen, a healthier lineup, which is easier said than done, and more reliability from their starting rota-tion will all be necessary for the Indians to avoid the late slide that doomed them last year.

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The performance of trade-deadline acquisition Ubaldo Jimenez will be key if the Tribe wants to make a legitmate run for the playoffs this year. Jimenez’s ERA with the Indians was 5.10 in 11 starts last season.

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We had some really good at bats, we just

couldn’t get that clutch hit when we needed it.

Cory MeeBaseball Head Coach ”“

One would be hard pressed to find a better feel-good story through the first four months of last season than that which un-folded in Cleveland.

But while postseason hopes lasted longer than usual, they ul-timately faded to a familiar bitter despair as the playoff picture took shape.

T h e Tribe took first place in the AL Central by force early in 2011, o p e n i n g the season with a 14-2 tear at home and

a 30-15 re-c o r d t h r o u g h

May 23. Injuries, though, took their toll

and resulted in a miserable sec-ond half of the season. The team plunged to an 80-82 final record, up 11 games from 2010 but still 15 games behind the division-winning Tigers.

Spring turned a new page for arguably the most tortured city in sports, but a bolstered Detroit roster, which includes penning All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder to a nine-year, $214 mil-lion deal, will not make it any easier for the Indians to make their mark in the Central.

The Good — The ‘Bullpen Mafia’

The nickname came about early last season when a fan jok-ingly referred to Cleveland’s re-lievers as the “Bullpen Mafia” because of how many of the pitchers were active on Twitter.

The relievers embraced the moniker, and earned it on the field as well, knocking off batters with a vengeance. What has de-veloped into one of the best re-lief corps in the League will fea-ture virtually the same cast as last season.

It is hard to believe Vinnie Pes-tano was a darkhorse to make the pen entering Spring Training in 2011 considering the numbers he put up during his rookie cam-paign. The 27-year old struck out 84 batters in 62 innings, posting a 2.32 ERA in 62 appearances last season. But while Pestano is now mentioned in the same breath as some of the best setup men in baseball, he will likely start the year as the closer with Chris Perez’s availability uncer-tain due to an oblique injury he suffered in Spring Training.

Though Perez had a career-high 36 saves last year, his other numbers (31 strikeouts and a 3.32 ERA) dropped significantly from the season before. Should ‘The Don’ remain healthy upon his return (he also dealt with forearm inflammation most of the year) the Tribe could see their closer turn in a campaign like 2010 when he struck out 61 batters and recorded a dominant 1.71 ERA in 63 innings.

Presumably joining Pestano in setting up Perez is Tony Sipp, a 45th-round draft pick who put up a 3.03 ERA in 69 innings of work in 2011. Sidearmer Joe Smith (2.01 ERA in 71 games) and lefty Rafael Perez provide additional firepower for a bullpen that should once again have the depth and variety to keep hitters on their toes. With a starting rota-tion defined by its unreliability, the Bullpen Mafia should see plenty of action too.

The Bad — Ubaldo and ‘Carmona’

Amidst the Indians division race with Detroit last season,

Tribe aim to not fall short of playoffs

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Rockets skid hits four with 8-4 loss to Kent

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Sophomore relief pitcher Trevor Gast allowed four runs on five hits in 1.2 innings in the 8-4 loss against Kent State yesterday. The Rockets return to the diamond with a weekend series at Central Michigan.

By Nate PentecostAssistant Sports Editor

The Rockets dropped their fourth-straight game, losing 7-3 at Notre Dame Tuesday and 8-4 to Kent State at Scott Park in non-league action yes-terday afternoon.

At 15, Toledo’s (12-16, 4-3 Mid-American Conference) hit total against the Golden Flashes was its sec-ond highest of the season behind its 17 hit outing at West-ern Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 18. However, UT was unable to make them count, strand-ing 13 runners.

Senior first baseman Matt Delewski (3-for-5), junior des-ignated hitter Wes White (3-for-4) and freshman third baseman Anthony Smith (3-for-5) led the Rockets with three knocks each. Sopho-more catcher (2-for-4) and freshman shortstop Nate Langhals (2-for-5) also turned in multi-hit games. In all, sev-en of the nine UT starters re-corded a hit.

“We had some really good at bats, we just couldn’t get that clutch hit when we needed it,” said UT head coach Cory Mee. “We also gave them too many opportunities and they took advantage of it and we weren’t able to come back from that.”

Sophomore RHP Cameron Palmer (1-1) picked up the loss in his first start of the

year, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits with three strikeouts in a season-high 4.1 innings.

Senior RHP Ryan Mace (1-2) grabbed the win for Kent State (15-1, 6-1) giving up two runs (one earned) on eight hits with six strikeouts over six innings.

The Golden Flashes got on the board in the top of second inning, taking advantage of errors by outfielders Ben Hammer and Jeff Cola to make the score 3-0. KSU loaded the bases with two outs the in-

ning before but Palmer forced a pop out to end a potentially big inning for Kent.

“I thought that Cameron pitched great,” Mee said. “He did exactly what we needed him to do today. He probably had to throw about 20 more pitches (the second) inning than he should have, which in turn kept him from going into the fifth or sixth inning.”

Toledo responded quickly in the bottom half of the sec-ond. Sophomore catcher James Miglin got things start-ed with a double down the line before Delewski singled to right field. Freshman third baseman Anthony Smith then grounded into a double play which sent Miglin home from third. Toledo notched anoth-er run in the fourth on a field-ing error to cut the lead to 3-2.

Kent scored another run in the fifth but put the game away in the seventh by touching up sophomore LHP Trever Gast for four earned runs.

“We need to get more innings out of our starters,” Mee said. “We’ve been having to go to our bullpen too soon and we’re taxing them.”

The Golden Flashes matched Toledo with 15 hits of their own, including five knocks off Gast in 1.2 innings. Senior

shortstop Jimmy Rider (3-for-6) led Kent with three hits and pair of RBI. Junior centerfield-er Evan Campbell (3-of-5) add-ed three hits of his own while third baseman Nick Hamilton (2-for-4) and first baseman George Roberts (2-for-5) turned in multi-hit performanc-es as well.

“The biggest thing is we have to be consistent in our perfor-mance,” Mee said. “Every day we have to pitch, play defense

and hit in the clutch. The for-mula for success is really the same no matter who you’re playing.”

The Rockets will have a chance to bounce back when they head to Mount Pleasant for a weekend series with Cen-tral Michigan (12-17, 3-5). Fri-day’s game is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. with the Saturday and Sunday matchups sched-uled for 2:05 p.m. and 1:05 p.m., respectively.

Toledo to be tested in bid for Mid-American Championship

Early matchups against Arizona, Bowling Green set tone for challenging season

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Head coach Matt Campbell and his Rockets will open their season Sept. 1 at PAC-12 opponent Arizona. UT finished 9-4 last year.

By Nate PentecostAssistant Sports Editor

The reigning Mid-Ameri-can Conference West Co-Champion Rockets an-nounced their 2012 football schedule late last week. In its first whole season under the direction of head coach Matt Campbell, Toledo will be looking to build off that success with another chal-lenging schedule.

UT will kick off the sea-son on the road at Arizona on Sept. 1, a game that marks the debut of Rich Rodriguez as head coach of the Wildcats.

In the teams’ last meet-ing, the 2008 season open-er, Arizona throttled the Rockets 41-16 at the Glass Bowl. However, Toledo bested a Rodriguez-coached Michigan team in a historic 13-10 upset the same year.

The following week on Sept. 8, the Rockets head to Laramie to take on Wyo-ming, a team led by former UT offensive line coach Dave Christensen (1992-2000). The Cowboys topped Toledo 20-15 at the Glass Bowl in 2010.

The Rockets next match-up is perhaps the most uniquely scheduled game of the season. UT will clash with Bowling Green at the Glass Bowl on Sept. 15, the 77th meeting between the archrivals and the first time the game will serve as To-ledo’s home opener.

Cincinnati, the Rockets most high-profile opponent of the season, will come to town Oct. 20 to take part in

the first leg of a home-and-home series. The defending Big East regular season Co-Champions will be playing at the Glass Bowl for the first time since 1993.

Toledo will also host Coastal Carolina (Sept. 22), Central Michigan (Oct 6), Ball State (Nov. 6) and Ak-ron (Nov. 20). The Rockets conference road games are at Western Michigan (Sept. 29), Eastern Michigan (Oct. 13), Buffalo (Oct. 27) and at fellow MAC West Champion Northern Illinois (Nov. 14).

The Rockets will be on the national stage at least three times during their 2012 campaign, with more games expected to be add-ed to the television slate later. The Ball State, North-ern Illinois, and Akron con-tests are all scheduled for ESPN coverage. All three games will take place dur-ing the week with the Ball State and Akron games both slated for a Tuesday and the Northern Illinois matchup set for a Wednesday.

Toledo’s 2012 season comes on the heels of a 9-4 (7-1) campaign which in-cluded a 42-41 win over Air Force in the Military Bowl.

The Rockets must replace 13 starters, including All-American wide receiver/re-turner Eric Page.

They do, however, return three All-MAC honorees, both quarterbacks from their duel-quarterback sys-tem (Austin Dantin and Ter-rance Owens) and Military Bowl MVP junior wide re-ceiver Bernard Reedy.

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Rockets 2012 Foot-ball Sched-

ule@ Arizona^ Sept. 1

@ Wyoming Sept. 8

Vs. (Bowling Green) Sept. 15

Vs. Coastal Carolina Sept. 22

@ (W. Michigan) Sept. 29

Vs. (Central Michi-gan) Oct. 6

@ (E. Michigan) Oct. 13

Vs. Cincinnati^ Oct. 20

@ (Buffalo) Oct. 27

Vs. (Ball State) Nov. 6* ESPN2

@ (N. Illinois) Nov. 14** ESPN2 or ES-

PNU

Vs. (Akron) Nov. 20* EPSN2

*Denotes Tuesday game

** Denotes Wednesday game

^ Denotes BCS auto-matic qualifying con-

ference

( ) Denotes Mid-Amer-ican Conference game

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