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INSIDE

Rockets were out-scored this weekend

The women’s soccer team took two losses and were outscored 9-0.

SPORTS / B1 »

BSU rallies against police brutality

This year’s annual BSU march focused on the Black Lives Mat-ter movement and protesting police brutality.

NEWS / A5 »

Fraternities can offer great experiences

IC Columnist Mark Moss de-scribes what being involved with a fraternity has meant to him.

COMMUNITY / B2 »

UTMC purchases $3 million dollar machine

A new machine to help remove cancerous tumors from difficult-to-reach locations in the body can now be used as part of UTMC’s cancer treatments.

NEWS / A5 »

““And you know what happened when I tried to buy a pop last Tuesday night? ... the machine ate my dollar. It wouldn’t even let me put my coins in the slot.”

MORGAN RINCKEY

The problems with Coca-Cola on Campus

OPINION / A3 »

Check out a preview of this Thursday’s game!Sports / B1 »

Gaber starts year strongBy Trevor StearnsNews Editor

As the new school year begins to unfold, President Sharon Gaber is revealing her plans for the University of Toledo.

Over the summer, Gaber said she accomplished a lot, ranging from interact-ing with the community leaders to increasing UT’s prominence overall.

“Since starting at UT in July, I’ve had the oppor-tunity to meet hundreds of community leaders, elected officials and UT students, faculty, staff, alumni and administra-tors,” Gaber wrote in an email interview. “I’ve been doing a lot of listening and I’ve been talking about the goals I have to elevate UT on a national stage.”

Gaber explained some of

her plans for the uni-versity this year in her address letter. She wrote of making sure enrolling students are academically prepared, increasing ex-ternally-funded research and reducing administra-tive costs to keep finances down for students.

“In the coming months, we will begin a formal, strategic planning process that will depend upon substantial campus input and feedback to develop the necessary steps to achieve these goals and move UT forward,” Gaber wrote. “The faculty, staff and students are critically important to our collective success.”

Along with working on her goals for the year, Gaber also made a number of staff changes, including hiring a new chief of staff, break-

ing certain jobs into two separate positions, merging other jobs and bringing in some fresh talent.

It was eventually decided that the divisions of Exter-nal Affairs and Institutional Advancement would merge together to form the Divi-sion of Advancement.

Sam McCrimmon, vice president for advancement, was hired from the Univer-

sity of Pittsburgh Medical Center and is working on making UT more visible in the eyes of donors, students and supporters alike.

“My primary respon-sibility is to elevate the philanthropic standing and reputation of the University of Toledo nationally and internationally by increasing UT’s visibility to potential donors, prospective stu-

dents and UT support-ers,” McCrimmon said.

According to Mc-Crimmon, the merging of these two divisions is a “key component of achieving that success for UT.”

McCrimmon also said his past experi-ences in both fund-raising and alumni relations will help him achieve the goals he has for this year.

Along with hiring Mc-Crimmon, Gaber also moved Matt Schroeder to chief of staff after working as chief operating officer for the UT Foundation. Frank Calzonetti was hired as vice president for gov-ernment relations as well. According to Calzonetti, Gaber was working hard

UT updates free speech regulations

““We believe in a liberal application of free ex-pression rights. Essen-tially, people should be allowed to say whatever they want as long as it isn’t directly targeting or endanger-ing a specific person or group of people.”

EDITORIAL

Freedom of speech: where is the line?

OPINION / A3 »

Stress:

By Jessica HarkerStaff Reporter

The University of Toledo adopted a new freedom of speech policy this month in response to an incident last year where the First Amendment rights of protestors were violated.

The policy, titled Expression on Cam-pus, focused largely on clarifying the logistics of how free speech can be expressed. It states that any person or group can use any publicly accessible outdoor area of the university with the exceptions of parking lots, garages, and driveways. While people can distribute literature, display signs and circulate petitions, they are prohibited from blocking others’ paths or impeding the univer-sity’s regular operations.

Former graduate student Derek Ide wrote in an email interview that there were two main passages of the new policy that were still problematic, including the need to give prior notice for groups of more than 100 students that are protesting and that it does not apply to official events sponsored by the university.

“This clause is harm-ful to democracy and students’ rights to free speech on campus, as well as the ability of students to mobilize in large groups when the situation de-mands it,” Ide said.

The policy does stipu-late that prior notice must be given, but gives several reasons related to schedul-ing and resources for the requirement. Additionally, the policy specifies that if advance notice is not pos-sible due to unanticipated circumstances, the group or person should provide as much advance notice as they can.

Also mentioned in the policy are prohibited actions — disrupting the university’s ability to teach or provide services, unlawful ha-

rassment, damaging UT property, or distributing or soliciting by placing material on vehicles.

Reem Subei, a UT graduate and a member of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said the incident that prompted the changes occurred in October of last year, when a group of about 20 students and staff were protesting a Karl Rove lecture on campus.

“We were protesting peacefully with signs as people filtered into the event, which was being held in Doermann Theater,” Ide wrote. “We were stopped by the UT police guarding the event and told we were not allowed to enter the event with any signs.”

The group then questioned the police on what policy they could cite that allowed them

to block their protest, Subei said,

and when they could not cite one the group was still denied entry.

According to Azhar Majeed, the director of individual rights educa-tion program in the Foundation for Individ-ual Rights in Education, the group then contacted FIRE and the American Arab Anti-Discrimina-tion Committee, and together they drafted a letter to the university regarding the matter.

Following the protest against Karl Rove, Ide said UT was also facing other backlash for their actions during the UT Divest campaign, facing national and even international criticism for its disregard of student rights, which Ide said contributed to the policy change.

“I believe the uni-versity did something because it had to do something. That’s how things move — because of public pressure, not administrative benevo-lence,” Ide said.

However, according to Meghan Cunningham from the university’s

By Joe Heidenescher and Meghan GrayFeatures Editor and Staff Reporter

Some worry about loans, some worry about grades, maybe a job, or friends, or responsibilities — to say the least, college can be, and is, a stressful time for many students.

According to the Na-tional Alliance for Mental Illness, 45 percent of college students have felt more than an average amount of stress in the last 12 months.

“I’m taking 15 credit hours this semester; so far my stress is not terrible but I’m taking a history and two comp courses. My stress level is going to go high once everything is going to be due at the same time,” said Bryan Pflieger, an undecided second-year.

Stress is a normal and unavoidable part of life according to Theodor Rais, the director of the childhood and adolescent psychiatric

division at the University of Toledo Medical Center.

“The most important thing you can do is ask for help,” Rais said. “Do not worry alone, always ask for help.”

The best sources to get help, according to Rais, are your parents or a profession-al. For students who want some professional guidance, help can be found through the Counseling Center located in Rocket Hall.

“We know stress is going to be there,” said Stanley Edwards, the director of the UT Counseling Center. “We want to give students the tools to learn to manage the spikes in their stress level.”

Every student finds dif-ferent methods to relax.

“Before a test, we [class-mates] get together for a study group,” Pflieger said. “We tell jokes and it helps us cool down so we’re not freaking out right before we take the test.”

Some advice Edwards gave was for students to try and incorporate 10 ac-tivities that help to relieve their stress on a daily basis.

“Once students let their stress level reach a boiling point, it’s much harder to bring yourself back down to a manageable level,” Edwards said.

The problem is that while there are good and healthy amounts of stress, there are

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Where’s MusicFest?By Joe HeidenescherFeatures Editor

Students returning to campus this fall might all be asking each other the same question — where’s MusicFest?

MusicFest was an annual concert festival that hap-pened on the University of Toledo Campus during the fall semester. The event began in 2010 and has hosted a slew of headliners since then, including: We the Kings, Cartel, the White Panda, Bowling for Soup and Mike Posner.

However, this year MusicFest will not be happening.

The free community concert was planned and ex-ecuted by the UT Division of External Affairs and mostly led by former vice president of the division Larry Burns.

Larry Burns has since left UT for a position at the University of Akron, and according to Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Kaye Patten Wallace, Burns was helped make the decision to discontinue Mu-sicFest for 2015.

“The decision not to move forward with MusicFest

was a difficult one given its popularity with students and members of the commu-nity,” wrote Jonathan Strunk, associate vice president for university communica-tions, in an email statement. “While some of the total cost of the roughly $150,000 concert was covered by sponsorships, tight budget times resulted in the leader-ship of the former external affairs division deciding to discontinue it.”

Patten Wallace said Burns and the external affairs team decided to cut the concert back in March.

However, students might not be left without some sort of music festival this year.

“While not related to MusicFest, the Division of Student Affairs is coordi-nating a new concert series that will likely take place in the spring semester,” Strunk

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how it affects college students and possible ways to handle it

See Stress / A4 »

“We want to give students the tools to learn to manage the spikes in their stress level.”

STANLEY EDWARDSDirector of the UT

Counseling Center

IC FILE PHOTOSince 2010, students have surrounded the stage at MusicFest. This year, the annual tradition will not be held; instead, students will plan a music event for the spring semester.

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The value of a piece of scien-tific research or discovery lies in its potential for technological, medical and environmental advancement. Thus, the impact of the research lies in the extent of its pro-gressive potential.

Unfortunately, the significance of research articles is assessed by the impact factor of the publishing journal rather than the paper’s inherent potential. The impact factor of an academic journal is essentially a measure-ment of the number of citations received by recently published articles in the journal.

Releasing information in a published article requires holding onto inherently im-portant pieces of experiment data until you can make a complete story for an article. This impedes the pace at which it reaches the community.

Instead of being motivated by the importance of making the discovery in itself, scientists are desperate to publish in the highest-ranking jour-nals. Their passion and motivation is misguided, and I can personally attest to that. The situation, in my mind, is best described by a Hollywood analogy where, instead of playing a meaningful, complex and enriching character, an actor chooses the role that’s sure to garner the highest num-ber of ticket sales.

In response to such misguidance, scientists and science magazines across the country have signed the DORA initiative. The DORA initiative is the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, a recognition by the science community of the need to improve the basis on which research and, essentially a scientist, is evalu-ated, and they argue strongly against the weight put on impact factors as a way for evaluation.

Being a scientist in the making, I refuse to let my research be deemed less-worthy because I didn’t publish in a journal with a higher impact factor.

The impact factor is a number assigned to journals calculated by dividing the number of times

articles have been cited over the total number of articles published in the journal in the previous two years. Following a Ph.D., as we set out looking for post-doctoral posi-

tions, our intellect and capabilities are assessed based on the impact factor of the journal we have published in. Thus, the journal impact factor (JIF) deter-mines how competi-tive our resume is, as well as determin-ing whether we get our dream job or not.

Hashem Dbouk, post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern,

Department of Pharmacology, reiter-ated similar feelings in an e-mail when asked about this problem, “We all come into science wanting to fol-low our passion, but the majority are pushed away due to the unrealistic requirements and expectations to get grants and land an academic job.

This breeds the increased, and highly detrimen-tal, competi-tiveness among scientists as well as drives the lop-sided publication model based on impact factor.”

My contentions rest here: this pre-occupation with grant fund-ing and getting a competitive edge is destroying our passion for sci-ence and research while encouraging fixation with the JIF — which is a misrepresentation of the potential of scientific articles and individual researchers.

Personally, I think making a discovery is similar to creating a piece of new music or art. They are all driven by the willingness of one person to give up personal time, investing hours of sweat and work-ing extremely hard towards revealing

a unknown truth about our world, in turn, creating a “masterpiece.” As a result, it is futile to expend time in constructing and amalgamating pieces of experimental results into a story for a paper in an effort to publish in a journal.

Any new finding serves as a base for the next scientific breakthrough, drawing us closer to solving termi-nal diseases such as cancer. So why waste time and delay scientific prog-ress if as scientists, we should just care about bringing the new finding to the world?

Maybe we should just have smaller poster sessions and presentations where we provide regular updates of our research. This allows more extensive critical assessment and transparency of our research. We avoid figuring out problems and generating new hypotheses with only a small lab team and instead obtain valuable advice from a whole com-munity of scientists that will see our posters and presentations.

Through this system, we avoid losing our focus as “creative people,” a somewhat unorthodox, personal description I use for us scientists.

We are then that much closer to completing our “masterpiece” and other sci-entists can start working on the topic immedi-ately instead of having to wait for our paper to come out.

Research is a field that needs critical thought and perseverance for its sustain-ability. In order

to accomplish this, factors such as competition and obsession with grant funding need to stop being distractions. The JIF can’t be used as an “article level” metric — a way to assess an individual, mutually exclu-sive article in a journal.

It’s time for a cultural change in this misguided and disoriented system.

Maisha Rashid is a second-year grad-uate student studying cancer biology.

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Staying up until 3 a.m. can be hard to do on my own. Usually it takes some extra help to keep me awake and functioning Tuesday nights when The Independent Collegian staff is putting the news-paper together. As bad as it is for me, it is part of my Tuesday routine to get a caffein-ated pop from the vending machines in the Student Union.

If you haven’t noticed, the pop machines across Main Campus, the University of Toledo Medical Center and Health Science Campus have changed this year due to the University of Toledo’s new deal with Coca-Cola. The merger started Aug. 1 when UT started selling Coke products instead of Pepsi.

With this change, there are new

vending options in the Student Union. Glass bottles of pop are now sold from mini fridges, bottles of water are sold from barrels and

energy drinks are sold in vending machines.

I don’t have a problem with the limited selection of having only one pop business on campus. The almost-monopoly — which Coke has formed within walking distance of the university — isn’t a big concern for me at this point. (That’s what we had before, when Pepsi was the

only soda provider.) We now have the equal counterparts of Pepsi: Diet Coke instead of Diet Pepsi, Mellow Yellow taking the place of Mountain Dew and Fanta replac-ing Orange Crush.

People on the Health Science

Campus and at UTMC might not like the merger because the pop machines there only sell sugar-free diet pops (which include aspar-tame, an artifi-cial sweetener thought to cause seizures and mi-graines).

The things I have problems with are the new vending machines and the selling of glass bottles on campus.

The month before school started, I kept hearing that the vending machines in the Student Union eat quarters. I was told by the IC staff to watch out, because the machines weren’t working correctly. And you know what happened when I tried to buy a pop last Tuesday night? Yeah, you probably guessed it, the machine ate my dollar. It wouldn’t even let me put my coins in the slot.

I’m not the only person this has

happened to. I saw a guy pushing all of the buttons out of frustration

when the machine wouldn’t dis-tribute any pop. And that was at a different machine in Memorial Field House.

The machines have problems not only with ac-cepting physical money, but also

debit cards. The vending machine took money from at least one per-son’s account, but never dispersed a pop bottle.

It’s not just the new vending ma-chines that are a problem; the new stations where glass pop bottles are available are time bombs wait-ing to happen. Think of all the times last year when there were spills. There were at least three a week. And adding glass bottles to the mix makes clean up even more difficult. Someone will have to collect all of the glass shards, and the mess can’t sit for a while

either, it will have to be cleaned up or someone could step on it. And if it breaks outside, there is wildlife to worry about.

It also doesn’t seem very safe to sell glass bottles that can be used as weapons when hit against a table.

If you want a pop, but are on campus, I would recommend not even trying to use the vending machines, unless you want to lose two dollars for no reason. Instead, either buy a cup from a vendor to fill up or a bottle of pop from Bot-tle Rocket in the Student Union. Bringing a soda from home is the cheapest option though, and it might be the only way for you to get exactly what you want.

The problems with the new system probably won’t be fixed for a while, but UT has a ten-year contract with Coke, so they have a while to fix the problems.

Morgan Rinckey is a third-year double-majoring in English and communication, and she is the Opinion editor for The Indepen-dent Collegian.

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Releasing information in a published article requires holding onto inherently important pieces of experiment data until you can make a complete story for an article. This impedes the pace at which it reaches the community.

The problems with Coca-Cola on campus

Freedom of speech: where

is the line?The amount of free speech that should be allowed has

always been more than a rhetorical question. The University of Toledo recently enacted a new free

speech policy on campus. The new policy focuses mainly on the logistics, hashing out issues like making sure peo-ple expressing free speech don’t stop others from getting to their cars or classes. We feel like the university’s policy is reasonable and a definitive step in the right direction. However, the topic prompted the editorial staff at The Independent Collegian to go in a different direction and discuss the line between freedom of speech and harass-

ment.The issue is important

to us, not only from a theoretical standpoint, but as a founding prin-ciple of our organiza-tion. To us, censorship isn’t just an abstract, scary concept. In 2000, then-university presi-dent Vikram Kapoor tried to gain control of the editorial board and dictate our content. Be-cause our right to print the truth freely was

important to us, we chose to separate from the university and become The Independent Collegian.

Because of the value we place on it, we believe in a liberal application of free expression rights. Essentially, people should be allowed to say whatever they want as long as it isn’t directly targeting or endangering a specific person or group of people. After all, no free speech policy will make a difference on the fact that college policies should never allow bullying.

It might sound like an easy concept to get on board with, but true freedom of speech isn’t always fun. Some-times it means having to endure listening to or seeing things that might be sexist, racist, homophobic or even just plain wrong. An example of this happened last year: the controversial ‘Viva Hugo Chavez’ signs were posted and then torn down on the free speech board.

Advocating for allowing people to be horrible isn’t always popular, but it’s necessary. Even well-intentioned censorship is still censorship. The second you point at one group or one idea and say ‘This isn’t allowed,’ you’re opening up the possibility for that same treatment to be applied to any group administration might take issue with.

For those who feel that philosophical correctness doesn’t always offer comfort when you’re walking past a sign seething in anger or disgust, we offer a solution.

Be responsible for the messages on your own campus. In the same way someone has the freedom to post signs that say something awful, you have the same freedom to post signs affirming or defending people. If you see a message that bothers you, then choose to confront it instead of rolling your eyes and walking away. Don’t allow the loud-est voices to be the cruelest ones.

UT makes the policies, but it’s up to the students, the faculty, and the staff to decide how to take advantage of them. A fair policy presents an opportunity to make use of it, and an unfair policy presents the opportunity to open dialogue, as UT students already did after the pro-test last fall.

In other words, if you don’t like the way someone’s using their right to free speech, then use yours.

In the same way someone has the freedom to post signs that say something awful, you have the same freedom to post signs affirming or defending people.

Think of all the times last year when there were spills. Adding glass bottles to the mix makes clean up even more difficult.

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also unhealthy loads of stress that get dealt with poorly. Once the stress reaches an unmanageable level, other problems like depression, anxiety, addiction or emo-tional disorders could form.

In the past year, 31 percent of college students have felt so depressed that they said it was difficult to function, accord-ing to the American College Health Administration.

For overall mental health, Edwards emphasized a system of general mental health care.

“Self-care is super impor-tant,” Edwards said. “Pay attention to these areas: serenity, nutrition, exercise and people or community. You don’t have to hit all four

at the same time but keep them in mind.”

Edwards said having serenity in your life means finding activities that calm you down.

For example, Edwards said maintaining a healthy life style will keep students feeling good about them-selves and be a great mood booster. Building a network of friends and colleagues is another way Edwards suggested to build a support system for one’s health.

For college students, finding a space in which they can sit and relax and de-stress can be difficult, especially when living on campus.

The counseling center re-alized this problem and has recently opened a space for students to relax in. Students

can make a half hour ap-pointment and sit in the new relaxation room. The room has a massage chair, calming music and aroma therapy.

According to Rais and Edwards, self-care is one of the most important aspects of managing stress.

Similarly, more than 50 percent of students have felt overwhelming anxiety at some point in their college careers.

“When you get older, you have a perspective of things and things are temporary,” Rais said. “Your perspective will change over time.”

Rais said the hardest times are the transition moments of life. He said if you can deal with the changes life throws at you, then you’ll find your stress and anxiety easier to manage.

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public relations department, this is not the case. She said UT has always put a lot of

importance on students’ First Amendment rights.

“The free exchange of ideas has always been essential to the academic experience at the Univer-sity of Toledo,” Cunning-ham said.

Majeed said after these events transpired, the university then contacted

FIRE and ADC to help write the freedom of speech policy.

“The new Expres-sion on Campus policy provides additional clar-ity regarding that long-standing commitment to the First Amendment rights for all on our cam-puses,” Cunningham said.

Both Subei and Majeed agree that the new policy is an improvement of the old, and that UT students benefit from the change.

“I think it is a great policy,” Subei said. “I encourage all students to read it and understand their rights so that they can fully express them-selves.”

The Expression on Campus policy can be found on the university’s website and is applicable to all students and faculty members of UT.

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even before her time in office at UT began, and she has discussed her plans with multiple groups of people.

“Since President Gaber began her tenure at UT on July 1 — and even in the months before — she has been actively sharing her vision with elected officials, community leaders and UT community members,” Calzonetti wrote in an email interview. “She is in the process of pulling the various internal and exter-nal constituencies of UT together as we begin a new era for the university.”

While only being at UT for a few months, Gaber has enjoyed the time she’s spent here and over the coming months, she hopes to show just what UT truly has to offer.

“I joined the University of Toledo because I see what you see: a strong uni-versity with an incredible potential for greatness,” Gaber wrote. “I am proud to be a part of this com-munity and am grateful for the warm welcome I have received.”

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wrote. “With this new, student-led music tradition, each year student affairs will survey incoming freshmen to ask them what musicians they would like to hear.”

Patten Wallace said responsibility for MusicFest has not been transferred to student affairs; when stu-dents realized there would be no MusicFest, they expressed the want for a concert.

“I think the most impor-tant thing, it’s not intended to replace MusicFest; Mu-sicFest was a totally different event,” Patten Wallace said. “It was externally focused, it was community-focused … and students decided that they wanted something more student-focused — something separate than MusicFest. They’re not try-ing to recreate MusicFest.”

Patten Wallace said the goal is to instead start a new

tradition on campus that will be student-led and tailored for the students.

“As a result, the larger student organizations decided CAP (Campus Activities Plan-ning) is taking the lead on this,” Pat-ten Wallace said. “The larger student organizations … decided they would get together and work collab-oratively so we have a huge student event as opposed to smaller events.”

Each year students will be polled about what kinds of artists they would like to see in concert, according to Patten Wallace. The survey results will then help student leaders organize and plan the concert that will happen in the spring semester.

“While the process isn’t

finalized, the hope is also that this new concert series will be able to bring in a smaller number of more nationally-prominent artists based on UT students’ pref-erences,” Strunk wrote.

Currently CAP is working on the concert for this com-ing year, but has not fully released any details.

When asked about the concert, the presi-dent of CAP, Moham-

med Albaaj wrote, “I’m the one who is on the team of planning this but we are still working on it.”

For the time being, students will have to say goodbye to MusicFest for good and look forward to a different student-led concert in the spring.

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“I think the most important thing, it’s not intended to replace MusicFest; MusicFest was a totally different event.”

KAYE PATTEN WALLACESenior Vice President for

Student Affairs

“The new Expression on Campus policy provides additional clarity regarding that long-standing commitment to the First Amendment rights for all on our campuses.”

MEGHAN CUNNINGHAM UT Public Relations official

“I encourage all students to read it and understand their rights ...”

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IN BRIEF

College of Law recognized

The University of To-ledo College of Law was recently awarded a rank-ing of 62nd out of 205 law schools in the nation.

UT is one of three Ohio law schools to be ranked in the top third of list. The schools are measured by the level of faculty merit and productivity.

Publications from UT Law faculty have been cit-ed in US Supreme Court briefs and opinions.

UT Film played at festival

University of Toledo faculty member and film-maker Holly Hey will have the opportunity to screen her film at the internation-al Aesthetica Short Film Festival in November.

Her film utilizes landscapes and the documentary style to tell a story about home and love. The film’s title is “the dum dum capitol of the world.”

Adams St. Block Party

Starting Friday, Sept. 6 at 12 p.m. (with no set end time), there will be a traffic shutdown on Ad-ams St. between Wes-ley’s and The Ottawa Tavern to allow for the second annual Adams Street Block Party.

Music and art are promised, and a variety of food and drinks will be served, there is a $5 cover charge.

JDRF Walk team organizing

Julie LaPlante, secre-tary for the endocrinol-ogy division at UTMC, is organizing a UT Health team to walk in the Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundation One Walk on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Ottawa Park.

The walk is in support of research to find a cure for juvenile diabetes.

LaPlante encourages UT employees to make a donation to JDRF or possibly join the team.

Registrations and donations can both be accepted at http://utole.do/et.

UT Faculty member’s art exhibited

Dan Hernandez, assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Art/Foundations, will have his art showcased the Secor Gallery, 425 Jef-ferson Ave. in Toledo from Thursday, Sept. 3, to Thursday, Oct. 1.

UT Fraternity awardedUT’s Epsilon Epsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was recognized for the second year in a row

after receiving top honors last month. The fraternity received the Smythe Award, one of the highest national honors available to fraternities. It is only presented to the top ten percent of chapters.

BSU rallies against police brutalityBy Ashley DielStaff Reporter

The Black Student Union and the Iota Phi Theta fraternity held their third-annual Freedom March this past Friday, Aug. 28. The march was to honor the 52nd anniversary of the March on Washington and also to bring attention to police violence against African Americans.

The on-campus march began at 1 p.m. on the bike trail by Rocket Hall and ended at the front steps of the Student Union. It was then followed by speeches from UT student Akili Barnes, Washington Muhammed, Sigma Gamma Rho sorority members and ended with a speech from BSU President Lance Price.

“It is one thing to scroll in your phone and read the article

about the Black Lives Matter movement or some of these pretty bad things that have been going on in the news with different people being shot by the police,” Price said. “But when you can actu-ally go, stand, march and be shoulder-to-shoulder with people that don’t necessarily look like you, they can teach you something and you can teach them the same way.”

The 1963 March on Washington was an event organized by civil rights activists to peacefully protest the treatment of African Americans by the police and society as a whole. Over 250,000 Americans attended the event and it was where Martin Lu-ther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

Isaiah Fitzhugh, Iota Phi Theta member, believes that it is im-portant to step up and speak out against police brutality instead of just letting it happen.

“We want to bring people together; that’s ba-sically our job,” Fitzhugh said. “You don’t have to be on the sidelines. You can be on the front lines speaking about it yourself and also give yourself self-awareness and know what you want to repre-sent. To sit back is to let whatever happens to you, happen to you, and we don’t want that.”

Monique Trevs, a third-year nursing student, said she felt it is extremely important for people to take a stand for themselves and for others, be-cause if they don’t, society will never be able to move forward towards equality.

“I think that we have a

problem in our society,” Trevs said. “We hear every day about police brutality towards blacks and I think that it is getting out of hand.”

According to Price, the march changes with the times in order to stay relevant with social issues currently at large.

“The march has kind of evolved to fit whatever needs are presently taking place,” Price said. “Currently right now we are talking about police brutal-ity, the event with Sandra Bland and a lot of these other social issues with African Americans here in our country.”

With the growing media cov-erage of police brutality against African Americans, Trevs said she feels something needs to be done about the issue.

“Something needs to change,” Trevs said. “People need to be more aware of what is going

on so that hopefully we can fix it and finally have equality for people of every color.”

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Local cancer patients now have a treatment option close to home. The Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center at the University of Toledo Medi-cal Center introduced a new cancer treatment machine called the Varian Edge.

Krishna Reddy, a physician of radiation oncology at UTMC, said, “We wanted to bring that here so patients wouldn’t have to go to Ann Arbor or Michigan or other places to get that same sophisticated treatment.”

UTMC purchased the Varian Edge in 2014. UTMC had already purchased True Beam technology, a machine that performed a similar function, two and a half years earlier. Brandi Barhite, media relations specialist for UTMC, said both pieces of equipment were purchased for $3 million each.

According to Reddy, both the Edge and the True Beam create X-rays, which allows the physicians to pinpoint exactly where they want the radiation to go.

Both True Beam and Varian Edge perform a non-invasive removal of tumors in difficult areas of the body, including the brain, spine, and lungs. Reddy likened the differences be-tween the two to those between iPhone updates.

“If that’s [True Beam] like the iPhone 5, then the Edge is like the iPhone 8,” Reddy said. “Every

generation of radiation oncol-ogy treatment machine, just like every generation of iPhone — it has more and more features, more and more advancements that makes its job even better.”

The way treatment is per-formed is individualized from patient to patient. Some may use Edge or True Beam pre- or post-surgery, while others may use it after traditional chemotherapy.

“Sometimes people just have Edge or True Beam; no chemo or radiation,” Barhite said.

Michelle Giovanoli, technical manager of the radiation oncol-ogy department, is a breast cancer survivor who received treatment post-surgery and post-chemotherapy using True Beam.

“They can either do it in combination,” Giovanoli said. “You can have concurrent chemo-radiation, which means you’re getting them both at the same time, or you can get them pre or post [surgery], one or the other. It just depends on the patient and the type of cancer and the stage.”

“I would put less emphasis on whether it’s True Beam or Edge and more on how we need to go

about treating that patient from a radiation stand-point,” Reddy said.

It’s important to acknowledge why having this type of technology is important, especially at a university, according to Reddy.

“We want … the best at a university,” Reddy said. “I think a lot of people realized that a uni-versity-level care means something. And that’s something we wanted to be associated with.”

For more information about the cancer-fight-ing technology at UTMC, visit http://tinyurl.com/o7shorz.

UTMC purchases $3 million machineCANCER

ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICMembers of the Black Student Union pose for a photo while holding picket signs. The third-annual Freedom March took place Friday, Aug. 28.

ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICAkili Barnes leads a group of peace activists in front of Rocket Hall.

ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICMekayla Pullins stands among a group of activists advocating for global peace.

“If that’s [True Beam] like the iPhone 5, then the Edge is like the iPhone 8. Every generation of radiation oncology treatment machine ... has more and more features, more and more advancements that makes its job even better. ”

KRISHNA REDDYPhysician of radiation oncology

“People need to be aware of what is going on so that hopefully we can fix it and finally have equality for people of every color.”

MONIQUE TREVSThird-year nursing student

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IN BRIEF

Golf team sets new school record

The University of Toledo men’s golf team opened its fall season claiming the team title at the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge on Sunday at the Warren Golf Course (Par 71, 7,020-yards).

Toledo shot a 36-hole score of 567 (282-285) to capture the team crown at the second-annual event, breaking the school record for the second time in the same calendar year. UT previously hit the mark of 568 during the opening two rounds at the NYX Hoosier Invitational on April 11, 2015. Host Notre Dame (287-292-579) and IUPUI (286-293-579) tied for second during the event.

“Our guys played very discipline golf today,” Head Coach Jamie Broce said. “We were target oriented and we stuck to the basics. We had a lot of guys play some solid golf on a very respectable course.”

UT dominated play with three golfers in the Top Four and six in the Top 10 to coast to the 12-shot victory over the Fighting Irish and Jaguars.

The Rockets had two golfers shoot a sub 70 over the weekend. Senior Otto Black (67-71) and freshman Mike Lee (67-71) led the way after each fired a four-under par 138 to finish tied for second, only two shots behind the solo Matthew Rushton of Notre Dame.

Not far behind Black and Lee was sophomore Stephen Watts, who fin-ished two-under par 140 (70-70) to place fourth in the field of 24.

Rushton secured medalist honors, firing back-to-back 68’s to finish at six-under par (136). Rushton and UT’s Watts were the only two golfers to turn in back-to-back under par rounds on the day.

UT will look to continue its strong play when they travel to play in the North-ern Intercollegiate on Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 12-13 in DeKalb, IL.

Two key Rockets set to miss the first two games of the season

Toledo’s football team will be without junior standout running back Kareem Hunt and senior defensive end Allen Cov-ington for the first two games of the season due to suspension.

Both players violated team policies dating back to the beginning months of 2015 calendar year.

Hunt entered the sea-son with a career total of 2497 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. Last season he posted the second-highest single season rushing total despite missing three games and the second halves of three others.

You can find the junior on several pre-season watch lists including the Doak Walker Award for best running back in the nation and the Maxwell Award for best player in the nation along with others. He also enters the season on a 15-game streak of rushing for at least 100 yards dating back to the 2013 season.

Covington was a start-er in 12 of 13 games last season at defensive end and recorded 29 tackles and 4 tackles for a loss. The senior entered the 2015 season as the No. 1 defensive end on the preseason depth chart for the Rockets.

Toledo will get back both players in Week Three when they take on Iowa State in the Glass Bowl.

The game is hereFollow @IC_Sports for all your live game feeds and updates for the Rockets home game

against Stony Brook. Admission for the game is free for all students with visible proof of a Rocket Card, tickets are available for purchase in the Savage Arena Ticket Office.

FOOTBALL

And so it begins ...

IC FILE PHOTO(Left to right) Senior Trent Voss, senior Chase Murdock and graduate Junior Sylvestre led the Rockets defense in a 42-28 victory over Central Michigan last season. Toledo led the Mid-American Conference in rush defense allowing only 116 yards per game on the ground. The Rockets will return eight starters on defense this season including a total of 26 letter winners on the defensive side of the ball.

Toledo’s football team will host Stony Brook in the Glass Bowl on Thursday to kick-off the 2015 seasonBy Marcus DodsonSports Editor

The University of Toledo football team will be kicking off their 2015 season Thurs-day in the Glass Bowl against Stony Brook in the schools’ first-ever meeting.

The Rockets, picked to win the Mid-American Confer-ence by members of the league’s media contingent, hold a 21-2 all-time record against FCS schools and have won 17 straight against FCS foes, including a 54-20 vic-tory over New Hampshire.

“We know we will get their best shot,” said Head Coach Matt Campbell. “They do a great job at trying to slowing

the game down and get the game to the fourth quarter and win the game there. It will be a great challenge for our team.”

Stony Brook finished last season with a 5-7 record but features junior tailback Stacey Bedell who rushed for 1,070 yards and nine touchdowns.

However, Bedell will be running against a very stout Rocket defense who returns eight starters and 14 other players who have seen significant action in their colligate career.

Toledo will be getting back senior corners Cheath-am Norrils and Christian Dukes who missed the entire 2014 season.

“We are all ready to go,” said senior Trent Voss, a Ro-tary Lombardi Award candi-date for best linebacker in the country. “We’ve been hitting each other for half a year now

and we’re tired of going at each other at full speed.

“We want to get some dif-ferent colors to run into and show no mercy.”

That defense will be miss-

ing one of their key members. Senior defensive end Allen Covington along with junior running back Kareem Hunt will be suspended the first two games of the season due

to violating team policy. “It was two college

mistakes whether it was academically or social,” Campbell said. “Those were mistakes that I don’t think indicate the charac-ter of either of those two men and just a rule we have in our program that we abide by.

“I know they both will be ready to play when their time comes.”

“Our process of preparation for game one has been excellent. I thought we had a really strong fall camp and stayed somewhat healthy during the duration of camp. We really look forward to the challenges ahead for this football team.”

MATT CAMPBELLHead Football Coach

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By Keith BoggsSports Reporter

The Toledo Rockets volleyball team dropped all three matches at the Rocket Invitational this past weekend facing off against Bradley, Green Bay and Youngstown State.

The Rockets started off the Invitational in the open-ing game Friday, losing the first match to Bradley in five sets (25-15, 17-25, 18-25, 27-25, 17-15).

“It was a tough loss,” said Head Coach Greg Smith. “Any loss is a tough loss, but with Bradley, we were right

there with them.”Sophomore Saige

Thomas led the way against the Braves, tal-

lying a career-high 18 kills for an attacking percent-

age of .250. The Rockets

dropped the first set before storming back to win the next two sets. They carried

that momentum into a closely-contested fourth set, which they eventu-ally lose, 27-25. The later points in sets would plague Toledo through-out the weekend.

“We played well up until the critical points or the last five points of a set,” Smith said. “We’ve got to experience how to finish out those sets.”

The Rockets took a

6-1 lead in the fifth and final set, only to let the Braves come back to win the set and the match, 17-15.

Toledo returned to the court later that afternoon looking for a better result against Green Bay, but would fall to the Phoenix three sets to one (25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23).

Junior Mary O’Connor led the team with 15 kills; Sopho-more Rachel Vidourek had ten kills and led the team with a .500 attacking percentage.

The Rockets displayed a balanced attack all weekend but struggled closing out sets when it mattered the most.

“We see what we can do,” Smith said. “We’ve just got to carry it out on a consistent basis. There’s a lot of good play going on, we just couldn’t put it together at one time.

“We executed well in almost every aspect of the game but the other teams were a little more experi-enced than we were.”

The third and final match of the Invitational was more of the same, as the Rockets dropped three straight sets to Youngstown State (25-13, 26-24, 26-24). Vidourek was once again the team’s top performer, accumulating 11 kills with a .579 attacking percentage.

Toledo fell in the first set 15-5 and was never able to re-cover, losing the set decisively.

SOCCER

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSSenior Sam Tiongson recorded a collective total of nine saves over the course of the weekend against Xavier and Kentucky. The senior has started in 21 of her last 27 games.

Rockets were out-scored 9-0 in two games over weekendBy Jackson RogersSports Reporter

The University of Toledo women’s soccer team continued their six-game road trip with a 2-0 loss to Xavier on Friday before falling 7-0 on Sunday to No.16-ranked Kentucky.

The Rockets (1-0-3, MAC 0-0) found themselves trailing early for their third consecutive game. Musketeer’s (2-1-0) senior Catherine Allon would find the back of the net in the eighth minute which proved to be the deciding factor for the home team.

Toledo’s best opportunity for a goal came in the first half of the game off a shot from sophomore Regan Price that ricocheted off the crossbar.

Xavier kept the pres-sure on in the first half,

out-shooting the Rockets six-to-three. The Musketeers capitalized on a chance in the 30th minute off the foot of sophomore Skylar Groth to make the lead 2-0.

“The match was a tale of two halves,” said Head Coach T.J. Buchholz. “We had some bad moments in the first half that put us down early. Xavier played a better match than us.”

The Rocket defense buckled down in the second half only allowing Xavier to record one shot.

Senior goalie Sam Tiong-son was busy in goal as she was credited with five saves in the match.

Toledo finished the match outshooting Xavier 9-7 but could not find the back of the net.

“We didn’t do what we needed to do offensively today,” Buchholz said. “We had a great second half, but it was just too late in the match, as we were already down by two goals.

“We’re going to learn from our mistakes.”

On Sunday, the team traveled to Kentucky, where they ran into the No.16-ranked Wildcats who would put on a clinic defeat-ing the Rockets 7-0.

Toledo would be playing catch-up early as UK would start the game with a goal in the second minute from junior Michaela Dooley. Despite the early goal, the Rockets

VOLLEYBALL

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UT fails to pick up a win in the RocketInvitational

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

Monday through Saturday, Aug. 31 - Sept. 5

All week -- Sorority Recruitment, times and locations vary according to day. Thursday, Sept. 3

5 p.m. -- RockeTH-ON Headband Fund-raiser, Members will be selling headbands to support both RockeTH-ON and the football team. They are to be sold for $10 a piece in Lots 10 and 25.Friday, Sept. 4

1 p.m. -- Black Stu-dent Union Basketball Tournament, to be held at the Rec Center bas-ketball courts. Hosted by BSU.

7:30 p.m. -- Film Series: “The Lady Vanishes,” UT’s dept. of Theatre and Film will be presenting a film series that consists of just that — films that do not involve any digital technology, shown on 16mm film. This will be the first of the series.

All Weekend -- The Toledo Repertoire The-atre presents “Picnic,” the Toledo Rep. will present a special Labor Day weekend perfor-mance of “Picnic.” The play takes place in two joint backyards over La-bor Day weekend. For more information, call 419-243-9277.Monday, Sept. 7

All Day -- Labor Day, no classes.Wednesday, Sept. 9

11 a.m. -- Toledo Farmer’s Market, locatred on the Health Science Campus. Lo-cally grown fruits and vegetables to be sold; all are welcome.

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COMMENTARY

Experiences like no otherGreek life isn’t about the stereotypes — it’s much more

Before I became a part of Greek Life, I honestly thought it was somewhat similar to the 1978 movie “Animal House.” In the movie, four freshmen pledge a fraternity at Faber College where they are exposed to a variety of wild situations which include scenes of hazing, drinking, the attempt to destroy a rival fraternity and even the attempt to cheat their way through school. The four pledges along with fellow fraternity brothers wreak havoc all across Faber College throughout the semester, leaving Faber administration officials appalled.

However, after becoming a part of Greek life nearly a year ago I have found that scenes from “Animal House” didn’t capture what Greek Life is about.

Nearly a year ago now, then a sopho-more, I decided to rush fraternities here at the University of Toledo because I wanted some way to get involved with the student body. Too often as a fresh-man I was bored out of my mind just hanging out in the dorms for two semes-ters. I knew that when sophomore year came around I would look for some way to get involved on campus, but I never thought it would be Greek Life.

As a freshman I saw many of my friends “Go Greek.” It was something I never wanted to be a part of because I was given a false idea of what Greek Life truly was through film and nega-tive news stories.

When friends of mine would try to persuade me to come out to rush events

as a freshman, I never did because I was mentally ingrained, thanks to the media, with visions of binge drinking, hazing and criminal activity which was something I had no desire to be a part of. What these visions were in my mind is the Greek stereotype and thanks to the media I know I am not the only one with these visions.

Last fall, when I gave in to a friend’s persistence and I decided to rush fra-ternities at UT, I doubted that I would be the kind of person that would fit in because I was not the Greek stereotype. Images from “Animal House” and nega-tive news stories always flooded my mind when I thought of Greek life and that is why it took a lot of effort for me to attend the rush events.

However, after the first day of rush-ing I realized these gentlemen were more similar to me than I thought. These were men who showed respect and held values just like me. During the week I did a lot of talking with fraternity brothers to find out if it really was like “Animal House” or similar to some of the negative news stories I have seen and if it was, I would not have signed a bid.

Towards the end of rush week I received and accepted a bid from one of the fraternities here at UT and I could have never imagined the com-ing impact it would have on my life. It was a great feeling I had after signing, knowing I was going to represent something that much more signifi-cant than me as an individual.

Greek Life has given me many opportunities to strengthen my leadership skills, from participating on several committees and provid-ing guidance to pledges during their pledging semester that have gone with me wherever I go.

It has also increased my community in-volvement. I had never completed much philanthropy work prior to the last year but I had the opportunity to raise money for various charities and attend philan-thropic events such as Relay For Life and ROCKEThon. Realizing the difference I

am making in a stranger’s life is truly an uplifting experience because the ones I love could just as easily be in their shoes with life-threatening illnesses.

Before becoming a part of Greek Life I would have to say I was not nearly as outgoing as I am now and at times I was hesitant to lead because I felt my voice couldn’t be heard. That changed when I realized the impact I had on fellow brothers of my fraternity and the impact they had on me. Over time they pushed me to want to be something more than I am because they believe in me and I believe in them. I realized that in Greek Life you don’t just have friends, you have something that runs much deeper.

Once I became part of a fraternity, it became evident that I had broth-ers who would be there for me in a heartbeat in both good and bad times. I would do the same for them. These are not just college friends, but friends and brothers for a lifetime.

I sometimes wonder where I would be in my personal development as a man without Greek Life. I am certainly not the same person I was as a college freshman, a person who was still in his shell and reluctant to break out of it.

No matter how reluctant you are to break out of your own shell, I hope you will consider becoming a part of the Greek community at UT. It truly is an experience like no other.

Mark Moss is a third-year AYA English language arts education major and FIJI brother.

FASHION

Must haves for any college student’s wardrobe

Summer has come to a close and the time of waking up to alarms and stumbling out of bed has reared its ugly head. School is in session and let’s face it: we need to figure out what to wear.

Some days we all just want to roll out of bed and show up to class in our pajamas. While that sounds so tempting, take this year as a fresh start and a new challenge to dress your best (even if it only lasts for a couple of weeks). These top three staple items for your wardrobe are per-fect for the year ahead because they are practical and don’t require much effort.

Black skinny jeans

Black skinny jeans are a MUST — no ifs, ands or buts about it. They can easily trans-form an outfit with no more effort than a pair of regular blue skinny jeans would. They make it look like you put more effort into your outfit than you actu-ally did. Easy for an on-the-go, “throw it on because I’m late for class” kind of day.

Pairing a T-shirt with a pair of black skinny jeans makes for a more put-together look than pair-

ing it with blue jeans. Not to mention, they look good with any shoe you can imagine:

boots, heels, sandals, flats and even tennis shoes. They give your outfit a sleeker, more fashion-able look without spending extra time in the mornings. And who wouldn’t like a few extra minutes to actually eat breakfast for once?

Blazers

If you are interested in strut-ting around campus letting people know that you mean business, then blazers, my friend, are for you. I love keeping at least one blazer in my wardrobe at all times because, like black skinny jeans, they give your outfit a whole dif-ferent look in mere seconds.

Black or gray blazers do give a more professional look, so if you’re looking for something a bit more casual with a sophisticated side, colorful blazers are a good choice. Colors like mustard yellow, maroon, forest or emerald green or light blues are excellent choices. Even fun colors like pink or purple go great with neutral tones. Pairing a colorful blazer with a plain black, white or gray tee is an effortless outfit that looks well thought out and grown up.

Boots

Boots are the mother of all footwear. Why, you ask? It’s because

there are so many different kinds and there are so many different things you can wear them with — jeans, shorts, dresses and skirts. You have your combat boots, ankle boots (the Chelsea-style ankle bootie is really popular right now), heeled boots/booties, your general, lace-up Katniss Everdeen-style boot and even rain boots can be made to look fashionable. Combat boots give you a cool, edgy look, while ankle boots or heeled boots give a more sophisti-cated look without looking too pro-fessional. The lace-up Katniss-style boots (usually only found in black or brown, whereas combat boots you can find in many different colors) are much more casual and easy for everyday use.

Now, we go to school in Ohio, which means if it’s going to rain, we may as well be headed for a flood. Rain boots are an excellent option for a college student walk-ing across campus, and you cer-tainly don’t have to pick between wearing the rain boots and being fashionable. Plain colored rain boots (especially black) or rain boots with simple designs (such as black with small white polka dots or houndstooth-patterned) paired with leggings or skinny jeans and a cute jacket can make for a really great and practical outfit.

Starting the school year can be stressful enough without having to

worry about what you’re going to wear. Make it easier on yourself by keeping these three things close at hand and I promise you’ll find put-ting together outfits much easier.

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Monday, Sept. 147 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 157 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 167 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 177 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 187 p.m. to 9 p.m.

All days are located in McComas Village.

Register for Men’s IFC fraternity re-cruitment at http://www.utoledo.edu/studentaffairs/osi/greek/index.html and click on “sign up for recruitment.”

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COURTESY OF MARK MOSSPictured are the brothers from the Upsilon Tau Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta.

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UT will be counting on sophomore tailback Terry Swanson to pick up the work-force with Hunt’s suspension.

Swanson rushed for 732 yards and six touchdowns in his rookie campaign.

“We won a lot of football games with [Swanson] as our starting running back,” Camp-bell said. “A lot of people forget just how good of a season he had last year as a true fresh-man. I truly believe he will have a phenomenal sophomore year.”

This summer has seen many collegiate teams across the country with tough quar-terback competitions and Toledo was no exception.

On Monday the Rockets settled their quarterback dilemma with Campbell announcing that senior Phillip Ely will be the game one starter over junior Logan Woodside.

“This was one of the hard-est things I had to do as a head football coach was to tell one of these elite young men that they weren’t going to get to start the football

game,” Campbell said. “I feel that I have two championship quarterbacks that know how to win games.”

Ely, who was the start-er in game one last year, tore his right ACL and left labrum in week two against Mis-souri. Com-ing out of high school he was con-sidered one of the best QBs in the country.

“It was an emotional mo-ment and I feel truly blessed to be where I am right now,” Ely said when he got the news that he was going to be the starter. “I got to give it all to God and he really allowed me to get this opportunity.

“Words really can’t de-scribe it.”

One of the most consistent and reliable positions for UT in past years was in the kick-ing game thanks to Jerimiah Detmer. Now the kicking

game will be in the hands of true freshman Jameson Vest, capping off the last unknown

of the Toledo offseason.

“The key will be not to ask [Vest] to do too much early on in the season,” Campbell said. “[We have] to bring him around slow-ly for he can gain great confidence and get into a groove.”

As the offseason comes to an end and the real season begins, Campbell is confident and excited for what is in store next for his team.

“Our process of prepara-tion for game one has been excellent,” Campbell said. “I thought we had a really strong fall camp and stayed somewhat healthy during the duration of camp.

“We really look forward to the challenges ahead for this football team.”

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“It was an emotional moment and I feel truly blessed to be where I am right now...Words really can’t describe it”

PHILLIP ELYquarterback

IC FILE PHOTO(Left to right) Junior Treyvon Hester, 2014 graduate Junior Sylvestre and senior Allen Covington waiting for the play call in last year’s game against Central Michigan.

defense settled down for the rest of the half, as they kept the score at 1-0, despite facing nine shots.

Kentucky showed why they were nationally ranked in the second half as the Wildcats scored early and often. Junior Zoe Swift would open up the scoring just four minutes into the half.

Toledo’s only chance came from junior Isa Escheverri in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the woodwork.

UK would counter quickly after the failed UT chance with a goal from junior Jade Klump in the 59th minute and then just 44 seconds later a goal from Dooley to stretch the Wildcat lead to 4-0.

Dooley, however was not done scor-ing. The junior would cap off her hat trick with another goal just six minutes after her second one.

Goalie Sam Tiongson was replaced by junior Nicole Jablonski for her first game action of the season following Dooley’s goal.

Kentucky wrapped up the game with goals from Allie Gorgol and Sophie Babol for the final score of 7-0.

Toledo will close out their six-game road trip next weekend at No. 10 Pepperdine on Friday at 6 p.m. and at Loyola Maramount on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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UT took a late lead in the next two sets, but weren’t able to capitalize, once again showing a lack of experience.

“It was in our favor to take care of business,” Smith said. “We just have to learn how to handle it better and have more confidence.”

Still, Smith is optimistic about some of the things he saw over the weekend.

“We played some really good volleyball,” he said. “We’re definitely a better team than last year’s. This whole tournament was a good learning experience on where we’re at and where we need to go.”

One takeaway from the tournament was the individual performance of Vidourek who was named to the all-tournament team.

“It’s huge for [Vidourek] because she was out for all of spring ball,” Smith said. “She didn’t touch a ball since the end of the season in November because of a knee injury. To see her hardly get any reps and come in and start clicking this weekend and play as well as she did, it’s huge for her confidence.”

Toledo travels to Chicago next weekend to play Depaul, Eastern Illinois and Evansville at the Depaul Invitational. The two day event begins Friday, Sept. 4 and concludes Saturday, Sept. 5.

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“It was in our favor to take care of business...”

GREG SMITHHead Volleyball Coach

ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / ICSorority rush week is in full swing this week with women all over campus participating in various events. Fourth-year nursing student Morgan Hawley, left, and Program Coordinator for Greek Life Brittany Graham, right, are in the Trimble Lounge going through the day’s many different activities. Hawley is one of many recruitment guides - otherwise known as Rho Gammas- who disaffiliate with their chapter temporarily to help potential sorority recruits with the process.

Sorority Rush Week

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