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UT community reflects on electionsIssue 2 and health care bill failBy Sura KhuderNews Editor

One of Ohio’s most debated issues was settled when voters overwhelmingly rejected Issue 2 Tuesday.

The referendum to repeal Sen-ate Bill 5, which limits the collec-tive bargaining rights of 350,000 union worker public employees, was defeated 60 percent to 40 percent.

Issue 2 would have also caused public workers to pay 15 percent of their healthcare benefits and 10 percent of wages into their pensions.

“The people of Ohio sent a clear message we were heading in the wrong direction,” said Brent Teall, president of College Democrats.

Senate Bill 5 was signed by Gov. John Kasich and passed by the Ohio Senate by a vote of 17 to 16 on March 2. Approximately

1.3 million Ohioans signed a peti-tion to put Issue 2 on the Novem-ber ballot.

In a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, Ka-sich said it was clear the people had spoken.

“I’ve heard their voices, I un-derstand their decision, and frankly I respect what people have to say,” Kasich said.

The issue was seen by many as a step to outlaw unions, curtail-ing the ability of firefighters, po-lice officers and teachers’ ability to negotiate over benefits.

“The voters have sent a very clear message to the governor what is acceptable and what is not,” said Linda Rouillard, assis-tant professor in French and member of the UT chapter of the American Association of Univer-sity Professors. “It’s an excellent example of the

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Courtney Johnson, a schoolteacher in Ironton, Ohio, raises her arm fol-lowing a speech after the failure of Issue 2 at the We Are Ohio event at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom in Columbus on Tuesday.

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Jaclyn Berman, Margie Whitis and her fiance, Bill Pearsol, celebrate during the We Are Ohio event at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom in Columbus on Tuesday.

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Ohio Governor John Kasich wipes his brow amid discussion about the failure of Issue 2 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Tuesday.

Student hospitalized after accidentBy Jennifer IsonIC Staff Writer

David Mettert, a senior major-ing in sales and marketing, was hospitalized after being dragged from the spoiler of a car in front of Maxwell’s Brew on Bancroft Street early Friday morning.

Eddie Kanan, the owner of Maxwell’s, said he viewed the en-tire incident on surveillance video around 1 a.m. and alerted the police.

“He grabbed onto the spoiler of a car and the driver took off not knowing he was holding onto it. The spoiler fell off by the time the car was under the bridge,” Kanan said.

Mettert fell with the spoiler and sustained several serious injuries when he hit the ground.

According to a police report filed by the UT Police Depart-ment, Mettert was found lying in the grass near the side of the road.

The driver of the car was Nick Gillan, a UT student and friend of Mettert, according to Ethan Lad-owitz, Mettert’s roommate and a senior majoring in international business and marketing.

University police happened up-on the scene and called for back-up and an ambulance. Mettert was taken to Toledo Hospital and was later airlifted by helicopter to the University of Michigan Medi-cal Center.

Courtney Behmlander, a friend of Mettert, found him immediate-ly after the accident when she drove past the scene with her boyfriend, Ladowitz said.

“Courtney is like an angel to

Scheduling classes with Rate My Professor

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Some students have reported using RateMyProfessor.com as a tool to help them schedule their classes.

By John GumersellIC Staff Writer

Emily Decker is currently scheduling courses for next semester. Instead of turning to an adviser, the junior ma-joring in nursing sought help from the website Rate My Professor to create her class schedule.

“I use ‘Ratemyprofessor.com’ when scheduling, and if a review for the professor shows that they have an ex-cessively rough curriculum or that many students had a terrible time in the class, I’ll look for another professor for the course,” Decker said.

Rate My Professor debuted in 2001 and has since collect-ed over 10 million professor reviews from over 6,500 schools across the country. The website enables college students to write informal re-views of their professors and instructors, offering positive or negative recommenda-tions to other students.

Like Decker, some stu-dents scheduling courses for the spring semester have re-ported referring to the web-site for assistance in choosing classes.

“I would say that this web-site could affect

the scheduling process in the future, as I know that stu-dents use the website during the scheduling periods,” Decker said.

Shelby Stalter, a sopho-more majoring in anthropol-ogy, said she looks up each of her professors before regis-tering for her courses.

“Occasionally, I will look up reviews on the site prior to class scheduling, too, to make sure I have a solid [profes-sor],” Stalter said.

While some students are relying on the website to help them chose their courses, others, including the profes-sors themselves, question its credibility.

“It seems to me that the site is as good or bad as the indi-vidual reviewer,” said Sharon Barnes, professor of women and gender studies. “I would hope that students critically think about the assessments of the reviewers, just as they would about any other opin-ions they encounter.”

Christine Hombrink, a ju-nior majoring in English, said the reviews on the website are biased and should not be taken seriously.

“Unfortunately, many stu-dents will avoid the [profes-sor] they’re looking up if they

see the negative reviews there,” Hombrink said.

Lisa Bollman, academic ad-viser in the Gateway and QUEST program, said if stu-dents mention Rate My Pro-fessor during their appoint-ment, she informs them the comments on the website are merely anecdotal.

“Word gets around fast,” Bollman said. “Students come to their academic ad-vising appointments already aware of the websites such as ‘Ratemyprofessor.com. Other students’ opinions on a par-ticular course may not reflect how the student I am work-ing with would respond to the class or instructor.”

Bollman said while the website loses some credibili-ty with the hotness rating, it’s likely to stay popular regard-less of how faculty and advis-ers feel about it.

“The website has been around for years,” said Mat-thew Wikander, advisor and professor of English. “In my department, we have always had a laugh at it. You will find many positive and negative reviews of instructors on the site, but I haven’t seen it af-fect scheduling since the site first peaked several years ago.”

Cruz the new face of Fox Toledo

Courtesy of Joseph Herr

UT alumnus Jocelyn Cruz, the new face of Fox Toledo, was UT homecoming queen in 2009.

By Allison SeneyIC Staff Writer

UT alumnus Jocelyn

Cruz was picked as the new Face of Fox Toledo.

“I wanted to be on TV as long as I can remember and I majored in commu-nication and I see this as an opportunity to let dreams go forward,” Cruz said.

The position entails do-ing promos for shows, special appearances and blogging on the Fox Tole-do website.

“Basically, I feel like I am an entertainment

reporter and more, but it is so much fun,” Cruz said.

Cruz is the sixth person to represent the station with this position.

Originally from Am-herst, Ohio, Cruz graduat-ed in 2011 from UT cum laude with a degree in communication. She was also crowned UT’s first La-tina Homecoming Queen in 2009.

Twenty people compet-ed for the title. Half audi-tioned in person and the other half submitted a vid-eo on the internet.

Cruz said she auditioned for the position at the last

minute.After the top ten for the

competition were chosen, contestants remained ac-tive on social networking sites and attend commu-nity events.

Cruz interned for five months in New York City for BET during her sopho-more year at UT.

“I think the experience has made me stronger and more willing to do what I want to do,” she said.

Cruz said she received support from her family and friends while in the process of promoting herself.

“You definitely have to be willing to put yourself out there even if there is a chance of rejection. You still have to be a hundred percent you at the same time,” she said.

Cruz said she did TV in high school and college. This experience has made her well-balanced in the television area.

“During class it was dif-ferent, though. We cov-ered what was more hard news, but it is so much dif-ferent then what I am do-ing now. Doing the news is

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Dave,” Ladowitz said. “If she wouldn’t have found him, he would have bled out right there.”

According to Ashley Sad-lowski, Mettert’s long-time girl-friend and a student at Cleve-land State University, he had a mild stroke and was experienc-ing loss of function on his left side.

Mettert had significant bruis-ing and a gash on his right eye when she saw him Friday night at Toledo Hospital.

Stephanie Saviano, a friend of Mettert and a sophmore ma-joring in secondary education, said Mettert has some vision loss in his right eye because of damage to his carotid artery.

Since waking up, he has talk-

ed about the accident, accord-ing to Sadlowski.

Mettert has made several steps toward recovery since being transferred to Ann Ar-bor, according to Saviano.

Saviano said Mettert is talk-ing and awake, but he sounds muffled and his left side is moving.

Mettert is also known as Yung Dizzy of the electro-pop/hip-hop group SubPar. The group was scheduled to open for singer Mike Posner at The Omni last Sunday.

Ladowitz, Mettert’s band-mate, said they decided to per-form despite Mettert’s absence because it felt like the right thing to do.

“Dave would have wanted us to,” he said. “We got a great re-sponse from the crowd and that’s what he wanted.”

dry and to the point. With this, I can have fun and show my personality,” she said.

Cruz said she wants to con-tinue in entertainment news.

Cruz said Jennifer Lopez is her role model.

“Jennifer Lopez came from a Latina background like me and she didn’t have a lot of money,” she said. “My main goal is acceptances and to show that not everyone is per-fect, especially in the enter-tainment business.”

Cruz said she is comfort-able where she is.

“I do not have to change and pretend that I am a Miss USA alter ego, and that’s a good thing,” she said.

Her advice for aspiring jour-nalists is to keep all their con-tacts and get internships as early as possible.

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democratic process of people coming together to vote on is-sues that are unjust.”

Issue 2 proponents saw the measure as an ability to allow state and local governments to control costs.

Student Government Presi-dent Matt Rubin said he is cur-rently neutral on the rejection of Issue 2, but maintains the issue would have had substan-tial benefits for tax payers and students, as inefficient work-ers in the classroom could have been identified better.

Ben Darkow, a senior major-ing in civil engineering, has parents who are teachers. He said while the effects of Issue 2 were negative, he didn’t think it ever had a chance of passing.

“There were so many people

against it that it didn’t really matter that much,” Darkow said.

UT President Lloyd Jacobs said in a statement sent to the Independent Collegian higher education was in desperate need of reform.

“I think most would agree that Senate Bill 5 wasn’t per-fect but the conversation it generated has great value,” Ja-cobs said.

Jacobs stated in a letter to Sen. Kevin Bacon, the chair of the Ohio Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Com-mittee, in February that $10 million could be saved at UT with the passage of the bill. Ja-cobs said Senate Bill 5 would help fix “inefficiencies in employees.”

Rouillard said that while Is-sue 2 was defeated, this doesn’t mean everything is going to be fine, pointing to possible

motions by Kasich to push some of what Issue 2 would have done in a separate bill.

“It’s certainly sad that we feel we have to watch our backs all the time,” Rouillard said.

The White House issued a statement declaring the rejec-tion of Issue 2 as a victory for the working class in Ohio yesterday.

Chris Redfern, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, praised Ohio voters in a press release.

“No amount of corporate, special interest money could possibly have overcome the grassroots organization that you helped build,” Redern said.

Redfern said the fights against Issue 2 and Senate Bill 5 need to be extended so fu-ture leaders are elected who will stand up for Ohio’s middle class.

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Issue 2 fell last Tuesday. As Election Day

neared, headlines exploded on the subject

and people couldn’t escape signs featuring

Issue 2 when driving through suburban areas.

Hopefully, voting day marked the end of a

long series of reports on a bloated subject.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the

majority of society flocked to the polls when

voting day arrived. Nowadays, more people

were lined up to see “Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows Part 2” than to vote on top-

ics relevant to their society.

About 80,000 fewer people registered to

vote in comparison to 2009’s election, accord-

ing to an article from the Columbus Dispatch.

Only 45 percent of registered voters were at

the polls, while only 40 percent cared to vote

last November, according to an article from

The Blade. Additionally, the article stated 60

percent who voted shot down Issue 2.

The voting turnout, although higher this

year than in preceding years, still suggests a

rather apathetic population.

Observe the vacant-eyed expressions of

friends and family when asking them about

Issues 1 and 3. Chances are people know

more about their local Taco Bell menus. Even

if people have general knowledge about the

subjects, are they completely aware of the

implications behind them?

Issues are colored exclusively in blue and

red and people grow tired of the controversy

and drama that pollutes the political arena.

People are also accused of being biased by

voting for or against an issue, regardless of

their true political ideology. While someone

may have voted for the Republican-supported

side, it doesn’t mean they’re Republican. By

not participating at all, people can label them-

selves as indifferent and others can’t say their

political affiliation affects their work and

views.

They see stagnancy instead of action, and

this is probably why we are relieved to see

the end of Issue 2. However, the end here

only signals the beginning of other issues in

the states.

People should take the time to remain

informed about issues such as these. The

whole reason the First Amendment was cre-

ated was to ensure there existed a forum

containing a variety of thoughts and ideas

from well-informed individuals. To keep the

ideals behind this amendment alive, it’s im-

portant people actively engage in their com-

munity by not only voting, but researching

the ideas behind these issues.

I haven’t been writing as a columnist for long, but I have noticed a trend in this newspaper: a majority of columns — mine not ex-

cluded — have the t e n d e n c y of being m i n d -numbingly p o s i t i v e . T h e y come off dep ic t ing a sort of s a c c h a -

rine-coated, corn syrup-in-fused reality so copiously sweet that it is quite likely to increase the reader’s chance of developing type-two diabetes.

It’s not only the colum-nists who are guilty. It seems like the opiate that is optimism permeates our lives. We are constantly barraged with messages like “be positive,” and “no one likes a Negative Nan-cy.” Like I said, optimism is an opiate; it makes us feel like everything is okay. We get the optimistic high, but we never want the let-down of reality. Similarly, people often get peer pres-sured to be optimistic.

Where is the eternal pes-simist? Where is the cold, calculated pragmatist? Furthermore, what makes it so taboo to write in such a voice? Is it simply be-cause people don’t want to hear it? The fact of the matter remains, it is neces-sary to hear what one might not want to hear.

It seems that so much optimism renders a per-son’s action impotent on issues that truly matter

— issues that pertain to personal gratification, sur-vival as a people and as students.

Perhaps a brief story can illustrate my point:

John and Sally are in a rowboat on a pond, hoping to have a romantic after-noon out on the water. John is an eternal optimist and Sally is an eternal pessimist.

While rowing along, wa-ter begins to leak from the bottom of the boat. Both see the hole as water starts to fill the boat. Sally is alarmed; John, however, is not.

”Oh no! There is a hole in the boat! We’re going to sink if we don’t find a way to fix it!” Sally exclaims.

”Oh yes! It’s a nice day, so if we do sink at least we can have a nice swim,” John responds.

“Are you mad? It’s mid-October and this pond is at least 35 feet deep. If we don’t drown first, we’ll de-velop hypothermia!”

“That’s all right. We can have a diving contest and hold one another close to keep warm, my sweet.”

”We can’t keep anyone warm if we’re both corps-es, you daft fool!” Sally

warns.”Sally, you are always so

negative. Can’t you enjoy the little things in life? Like the cool autumn air, the smell of the water and the cool sensation it’s bringing to our toes right now.”

”The boat is sinking, you imbecile! Do something!”

“I will. Just to prove you have nothing to worry about, I’ll go ahead and dive in the water and have a little diving contest with myself,” John says.

”Oh my god, I am dating a certifiable idiot.”

In the end, John dives in to prove his point, while Sally rips a chunk of fabric from her shirt and stuffs it in the hole to stop the leaking. Sally rows back to shore and John never makes it back to the surface.

Of course, this story is quite extreme, and is by no means an attack on look-ing at the bright side of life. Optimism is a brilliant trait to have, but it is nec-essary to be pessimistic and pragmatic as well. Otherwise, optimistic con-tentment will lead us to laziness and inaction. Be a bit pessimistic, notice there are problems and don’t put a positive spin on them. Be realistic and fix them the best you can. Su-garcoating things only con-tributes to tooth decay, obesity and diabetes.

— Jantzen Ridenour is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in reli-gious studies.

Perks of pessimism

People flee to credit unionsFinancial analysts called

this past Saturday “Bank Transfer Day,” a day in which many corporate

banks cus-t o m e r s c l o s e d their ac-c o u n t s , rushing to be part of the recent c r e d i t u n i o n m e m b e r -ship craze. It was con-

sidered a “massive social media-driven movement that was urging consumers to close their accounts with the big banks before Satur-day,” said Seth Fiegerman in an article for The Street.

MSN Money posted Fieg-erman’s article Monday to highlight a topic people seem to fear the most — bank charges. Many ana-lysts seemed to agree Bank of America’s recent deci-sion to initiate a $5 a month debit card fee was the cause of this movement.

The first thing I thought was, “Well, that is a stupid idea. I’m sure no one will want to stay with Bank of America now.” To me, cor-porate banks think with their wallets, not common sense. Who in their right mind would continue to use Bank of America and be charged more hidden fees? Like many other Bank of America customers, I was beginning to feel some concern.

Bank of America custom-ers were outraged when the debit card fee plan was announced. Think of how large of a company Bank of America is, and imagine how many frustrated cus-tomers they may or already have turned away. This would be a massive loss to a company in a shaky in-dustry. Banks don’t have a positive connotation, espe-cially now with hidden fees and ridiculous charges.

According to an an-nouncement made last week by Bank of America, the corporation is now cav-ing to the demands of their customers and taking back their initial debit card fee idea.

The large corporate bank believed they could sneak a charge here and a fee there without customers taking their money and running to the next best thing — their local credit union.

Credit unions are boom-ing in popularity right now. According to the MSN arti-cle, close to 650,000 con-sumers have switched to credit unions since Bank of America announced their debit card fee back in Sep-tember. On Saturday, some credit unions witnessed a surge in membership, like Boeing Employees’ Credit Union in Seattle, which reached a one-day record of 659 new members.

I am currently a member

at Bank of America and

have been since I was 16. I

use my debit card mainly

when I don’t have the cash.

It teaches me to stop and

think, “Do I really need to

pull out my card and buy

this?” What about those

who are not financially re-

sponsible? Are their com-

plaints made about their

bank still valid, or is their

lack of self-control just making it hard for the rest of us?

According to readers of

this MSN Money article,

customer opinions about Bank of America are mixed. One writer commented, “I am with B of A and pay no fees of any kind. It all de-pends on what kind of bal-ance you keep in your ac-count and what your credit score is.” This is very true, because if you are a respon-

sible bank customer — pay-ing bills on time, not always asking for ridiculous loans or have a low credit score

— you may not have any-thing to complain about. So, if I was a good customer at Bank of America, why should I have to pay to use my own money?

Another writer comment-ed, “We live in a free coun-try with a free market sys-tem, right now at least. Ev-eryone can choose who they want to bank with, so the choice is yours… You can’t blame corporate bank-ing because you have to pay high interest rates. At some point, you have to realize your financial solvency, you have to take some personal responsibility.”

We actually have a choice. Everyone, regard-less of age, ethnicity and personal income, has a choice of which bank they decide to use. But before you choose a bank, be sure it meets your individual needs and it connects with your values and financial abilities.

Take the initiative to find out what your bank offers, charges and allows. If you don’t have the financial re-sponsibility to stick with a bank you thought was good for you, take your money

and run — to another bank or credit union, of course.

— Megan Gross is an IC

columnist and a junior ma-

joring in marketing.

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College isn’t always the fun time imag-ined after the deathtrap known as high school. Students question what they’re do-ing on the path they’ve chosen, why they’re there and if they should continue. For some, there’s really no clear answer, and this problem looms in the background of their lives. With retention rates so low, there are several initiatives students could take to enhance their college experience.

One of the hardest problems for some is making a decision. Some multi-talented students try to take on too much and end up burning out; they’re not sure if they should have pancakes or waffles, so they try to enjoy both. Choices made in college are costly; a bad choice could result in a student paying for the rest of their lives. Understandably, there’s a lot of pressure to declare a major and this pressure doesn’t relieve indecision. If they’re still stuck, there’s many career and personality tests that can give them an idea of what they want.

After seeing which paths best suit them, students can arrange an appointment with an adviser to learn what classes fulfill de-gree requirements. Students could further their search by shadowing an employee at their job. Sometimes words don’t paint enough of a picture of a career, especially one they may spend the rest of their life doing.

Anyone with a hectic schedule would find online classes to be lifesavers.

Those who have two jobs or kids may find it easier to take online classes. They can be completed on their schedule and don’t have to worry about commuting.

While on the same note, take classes that are interesting. Students shouldn’t limit themselves to something simply because it’s in line with their major. Some of the information learned in another class may be pertinent to something they’ll do in their major and they may even discover a new interest.

For those that are really struggling, tu-toring can be a great outlet. Students can perfect their essays through the Writing Center, located in Carlson Library lobby. There’s also tutoring services, free of charge, for subjects such as mathematics and sciences. A few extra hours of time each week can save students from the price of having to retake a class. There’s no weakness in seeking help, but there’s weakness in not trying. Sometimes stu-dents stumble upon a professor whose learning style is incompatible with theirs. Other times students can’t understand the professor. For them, tutoring is gold.

If students worked to take these steps in

stride, perhaps retention rates wouldn’t be

so low.

We get the opti-mistic high, but

we never want the letdown of reality.

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To me, corporate banks think with their wallets not common sense.

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ThursdayThe Village Players — “Deadly

Murder” is described as a thriller

that takes place in NYC full of twists

and turns, bluffs and double bluffs

that will be one step ahead of you

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Ottawa Tavern — Boogaloosa

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FridayOak Openings — I Would Walk 11

Miles — 11-11-11 comes once a cen-

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Mickey Finn’s Pub — Human

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SaturdayOttawa Tavern — Mr. Gnome

with Fangs Out and 33 1/3. Show

begins around 10 p.m.

Parkwood Gallery — Earth,

Wheel and Fire: the Toledo Potter’s

Guild 60th Anniversary Exhibition

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works from functional, nonfunc-

tional, wheel thrown or handbuilt

pieces from nearly 70 members.

The exhibit runs from 8:30 a.m. to

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SundayFrankies Inner City — Breathe

Carolina will be playing songs from

their new album, “Hell Is What You

Make It.” Show begins at 6 p.m.

and tickets are $13 in advance.

TuesdayManhattan’s — Tuesday Night

Jams — This event is described as

an open forum for local musicians

to not just perform, but also to col-

laborate, improvise and ultimately

connect with fellow artists and fans

alike. This is in effort to create a

Hot Spot for musicians to hang out

when they are not doing gigs. This

will take place every Tuesday from

9 p.m. to midnight.

WednesdayMickey Finn’s Pub — Open Mic

Night — Stop by the pub and sign

up to perform at 7 p.m.

The Huntington Center — Trans

Siberian Orchestra — Show begins

at 8 p.m. Visit www.huntingtoncen-

tertoledo.com for ticket

information.

For more information on what’s happening

in and around the city visit:

Aroundtown

Nov. 10-Nov. 16

From pen to paper

“Impending”Where am I going?

Where am I going in this wounded world of

whirling?The pain whips through my

headI’m a tainted top a-twirlingSwirling seconds, jumbled

minutestumbling like darkened

rivets,smashing into withered walls

of past, present, Future.

Future, that looming chase ofbooming space,Black and slick like an oil

dripHot and cold and full of tricks

and

questions; question? open answeronly leads to hollow pits and candy-coated chances.

I will stumble blindly across the wall

clawing at the coverings,chipping my nails on things I

want to callmy own,but I can’t hold on;I try to be strong but the car-

pet shifts andmy senses drift and I can’t lift the head on my

shoulderslet alone my life, let alone hold the strife of astreaming, screaming,

deceivingfuture.

Send any form of creative writ-ing to carthurs@Independent-

Collegian.com to be featured in the Arts and Life section.

Submissions from student literary artists

And where am I going?This wounded world of

whirlingpulls the pain through my

head till I can’t see the stain of my dead dreams.

—Danielle Gamble is a ju-nior double majoring in communication and music.

By Danielle GambleCopy Chief

one book, one month

A festival for filmmakers

For many, November is the month of turkeys, early holi-day shopping and excessively scruffy facial hair. For people drawn to the crafting of words, No-vember is also the month to begin or fur-ther their literary careers.

November presents a challenge to authors all over the world in the form of Nation-al Novel Writing Month, known as NaNoWriMo.

Participants in the event are challenged to compose an entire novel in 30 days and each novel must contain a minimum of 50,000 words.

The task of NaNoWriMo may sound simple, but any-one involved can tell you it proves to be more difficult than anticipated. If a writer intends to stay on schedule, the suggested word quota is 1,600 words per day.

Courtesy of www.nanowrimo.comThe logo for the National Nov-el Writing Month, which takes place through November.

By Megan AherneArts and Life Editor

Imagine planning, shooting and editing a complete short film with a team of four in two days.

UTTV and the Univer-sity of Toledo Film/Video Society are team-ing up to organize this year’s 48-Hour Film Festival for students in-terested in filmmaking.

Beginning tomorrow at 7 p.m., participants will be broken up into groups of four and draw a genre, one line of dialogue and a prop out of a hat. These three elements will be required in the film, but everything else is up to the group.

One person in each group needs to have ac-cess to a video camera and some form of edit-ing software, but noth-ing fancy is required.

From then on, partic-ipants are free to cre-ate their film through the weekend. Students have two days to write, direct, shoot and edit the project.

“This festival is a chance for students to be creative without the restrictions of a class-room setting,” said Ka-tie Martin, a senior film/video major and president of UTFVS.

The finished product is due Sunday evening

Flier courtesy of UTFVS

Students will have the chance to collaborate with others across campus in a guerrilla filmmaking style.

in DVD format and will be screened at 7 p.m. There are tentative plans for judging the pieces, but nothing has been deter-mined yet.

Matt Sauter, a senior film/video major and vice president of UTFVS, has been involved in the 48-Hour Film Festival for the last couple years.

“The past years have been quite successful be-cause everyone seems to bond over trying to pull

together a complete short film in two days,” Sauter said.

There are guidelines for the films and restrictions within genres, which will be detailed in Friday’s meeting, but almost all form and content is up to the production team.

The 48-Hour Film Festi-val is open to students of all majors from UT and of-fers a chance for collabora-tion among many different fields.

Courtesy of Marvel Comics

“Avenging Spider-man #1” is on local stands as of yesterday.

Spidey and friends debut in new comicCan’t wait for your fa-

vorite superheroes to fight together in “The Aveng-ers” next year? How about “The Amazing Spider-man” reboot?

Wait no longer.“ A v e n g i n g

S p i d e r- m a n , ” Marvel’s newest Spidey comic book, teams Spider-man with a fellow super-hero for an ac-tion-packed, humor-laced adventure.

Each story will see the Webhead join forces with a different teammate from the expansive Avengers roster. The inaugural is-sue features the Red Hulk, a lesser-known hero with endless super-strength.

When Spider-man needs to quickly return to New York for his normal job, the Red Hulk is unwilling-ly volunteered as his ride. Upon arriving, though, they find the city overrun with Moloids, hideous creatures who typically dwell underground.

Upping the stakes,

Mayor J. Jonah Jameson is kidnapped and taken beneath the city, where he learns the situation is about to get worse.

While the plot is fairly standard, writ-er Zeb Wells handles the charac ter i za -tions extremely well. His Spi-der-man is goofy and sar-castic but lik-able. He fights alongside the

world’s greatest superhe-roes, but still struggles with relevant problems such as holding down two jobs.

Wells also does a good job with Spidey and Red Hulk’s interactions; the silly nature of the former is hilariously contrasted against the aggressive, se-rious attitude of the latter.

Even Jameson gets in several great lines, with Wells amplifying the char-acter’s headstrong, ill-tempered personality.

The real draw of the

By Russell AxonCopy Editor

As an author, this chal-lenge is both a blessing and a nightmare. I, along with a couple of friends who are al-so participating this year, stayed up the night of Oct. 31, anxiously awaiting mid-night with only our writing supplies and a vague idea of our plots.

As one can imagine, stay-ing on top of the daily word quota is difficult, especially when factors such as school and work come into play. Each year, many participants don’t reach the finish line,

require you to read 500 prior issues, and a brief summary on the title page explains who the main characters are — for people who don’t know the Green Hulk from the Red Hulk.

The book also comes with a code for a free digital copy of the comic, allowing you to ac-

cess the issue from a comput-er, Apple or Android device.

As if all this wasn’t enough, it has the Avengers fighting a giant robot. It doesn’t get more classic than that.

My rating: 3.5/5

—Russell Axon is a senior majoring in English.

book is the art of Joe “Mad” Madureira. The ac-tion scenes look incredi-ble, especially the larger panels, which he utilizes to great effect.

Mad’s art is definitely caricature-influenced, but it works here; every char-acter’s facial expression is filled with emotion.

Also, his Spider-man is lanky and slender, a wel-come style opposing the beefier figure most artists draw.

Mad’s art is greatly ac-centuated by colorist Fer-ran Daniel, who creates some amazing light and shadow work.

My only major com-plaint is the absence of an inker, which reveals Mad’s sketch lines. This is espe-cially problematic with close-up panels where small, stray pencil marks are noticeable.

Overall, the story is sol-id and entertaining, while the art is dynamic and emotive.

Additionally, the book is a great starting point for new readers: it doesn’t

Students SpeakColumns from students’ perspectives

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but there are an increasing number of people who find it within themselves to crank

out a full-length nov-el in only 30 days.

The organization’s website offers nu-merous ways for par-ticipants to commu-nicate with other writers, submit their work and find more

information about the challenge.

All who complete the challenge are

declared winners and receive a web badge and certificate. There are no real prizes, but for most, the feeling of ac-complishment and triumph is enough.

There are no judges, which is a big plus for a lot of the contestants. There aren’t any worries about people plagia-rizing a writer’s work, either; when the month is over, all entries are erased from the website, never to be read again.

Because of that, there is no pressure from anyone except the writer, and I know that made a difference in my deci-sion to take part in the experi-ence. As anyone who’s ever been judged knows, it’s a lot easier to do something know-ing the work isn’t going to get torn down in the end.

Some people go on to have their novels published. A few of these have even become national bestsellers, such as “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, which was recently made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Rob-ert Pattinson.

The prospect of fame is a huge incentive for people like me who lack the motivation to write 1,600 words a day. The chance for my novel to become famous and made in-to a movie — that would defi-nitely make the month worthwhile.

Even though the month has already started, it is not nec-essarily too late to partici-pate. With a little bit of extra work, you can write a novel and create a legacy.

—Caitlin Arthurs is a fresh-man majoring in English.

By Caitlin ArthursAsst. Arts and Life Editor

SportsThursday, November 10, 2011

Page6www.IndependentCollegian.com Joe Mehling – Editor

That was definitely a 15 round bout but we pulled out the ‘W’ and I’m proud of the way these seniors got to play their final game here.

Tim BeckmanUT Head Football Coach ”“

Rockets outlast WMU to become bowl eligible

Nick Kneer / IC

Sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns in the offensive battle Tuesday night.

By Nate Pentecost Assistant Sports Editor

For the second-consecutive week the Rockets hosted a nationally televised Tuesday night contest which reached 120 or more combined points.

This time, unlike last week’s heart-wrenching 63-60 loss to Northern Illinois, the Rockets came out on the winning end, trumping Western Michigan in a record-setting 66-63 Senior Night shootout.

“That was definitely a 15 round bout but we pulled out the ‘W’ and I’m proud of the way these seniors got to play their final game here,” said UT head coach Tim Beckman. “It wasn’t a pretty one by any means.”

Heading into the game UT had only turned the ball over six times this season. The Rockets matched their season total in a single game against Broncos.

“I was proud of only giving up six turnovers in nine games,” Beckman said. “But you can’t have that many in one game and be successful.”

It may have been the kind of victory Beckman hoped for with his mentor Jim Tressel in attendance, but by edging out the Broncos (5-5, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) Toledo (6-4, 5-1) has become bowl eligible.

“Again this victory goes to those seniors,” Beckman said. “They’re the ones that built this and they’re the ones that need to be recognized be-cause they’re the ones that had to go through change. To get us bowl eligible two years in a row, I can’t be more proud.”

Fittingly, it was a senior who shined the brightest for the Rockets on Tuesday night.

In his final game at the Glass Bowl, with pro scouts on hand, senior running back Adonis Thomas had 30 carries for a career-high 216 yards with a pair of scores. He also caught five passes for 77 yards

and a touchdown. “When it’s your last time

inside the Glass Bowl you want to leave with some good memories,” Thomas said. “A win is a great memory but set-ting records is also a good memory.”

“He’s the one this senior class is kind of built around,” Beckman said. “They all play hard and have done an out-standing job. Adonis is just the one that you can hang your hat on.”

Thomas was not the only one setting records. The two teams posted 129 points and 1,439 yards of offense, both MAC records.

Junior wideout Eric Page also passed Stephen Williams to become the all-time lead-ing receiver in school history.

Western Michigan junior quarterback Alex Carder tied a conference record with sev-en touchdown passes. Carder torched the Rockets defense for 548 yards through the air on 38 of 59 passing. He also rushed for 16 yards and a score.

“Well we missed a couple tackles and he made some plays,” Beckman said. “Some credit’s got to go to Alex. He’s a heck of a football player.”

Wideout Jordan White was on the receiving end of 16 Carder passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns.

Sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens took the bulk of the snaps for Toledo, completing 22 of 27 passes for 318 yards, three touch-downs and one interception.

Kenny Stafford led the Rockets in receiving with 91 yards, including a 75 yard pass from Owens.

Junior quarterback Austin Dantin was 8-for-14 for 67 yards. He did not throw a pass in the second half.

Morgan Williams put Tole-do ahead 56-49 with a three-yard touchdown run with 8:32 left in the game.

The Rockets recovered a fumble at the Western Michi-gan 30-yard line with 8:20 to go but Owens turned the ball over on a fumble less than a minute later.

Toledo forced the Broncos to punt and three plays later Thomas scampered to pay dirt on an impressive 42-yard run to give the Rockets a 60-

49 advantage. Carder followed with an

8-yard touchdown pass to Chleb Ravenell to make it a one score game with 3:20 remaining but the Broncos failed to convert the onside kick.

Freshman kicker Jeremiah Detmer then pushed the lead to two scores on a 39-yard

field goal. WMU pulled within three

points at 66-63 on a 9-yard pass to White with just over a minute remaining, but the Broncos onside kick went out of bounds, sealing the Rockets victory.

“I think our kids are a little worn down,” Beckman said. “We played a tough

schedule, there’s no question about it. These next 10 days will hopefully be good for getting some life back into our legs and do the things that we need to do to be suc-cessful the last two football games.”

Toledo will take on Central Michigan (3-7, 2-4) next, at 8 p.m. on Nov. 18

UT opens NCAA tourney with match at Marquette

Courtesy of Joseph Herr

UT hopes for another celebration on Saturday in Milwaukee after their match with Marquette.

By Joe Mehling Sports Editor

The Toledo women’s soccer team will open the NCAA tournament on Saturday with a first round matchup against Marquette.

The Rockets defeated West-ern Michigan in the Mid-American Conference cham-pionship to earn a bid to the big dance.

“It’s exciting to be consid-ered part of the field of 65,”

said UT head coach Brad Ev-ans. “There are two hundred and sixty-some odd teams whose season’s are done and we get to continue playing. If we can win a game we’re one of 32 teams left and that’s re-ally the goal.”

Marquette heads into the tournament with a 17-3-0 overall record but were tripped up by Norte Dame in the Big East Tournament quarterfinal match.

The loss snapped a nine-game win streak for the Gold-en Eagles.

The Rockets will depend on MAC Player of Year Rachel MacLeod and senior keepr Vicki Traven when they head to Milwaukee on Saturday.

The match is set to begin at 7 p.m.

The winner between UT and Marquette is set to face the victor of Penn State and Army.

Last week our Sports Editor Joe Mehling went for a perfect 5-0 record. This week the student body will be represented by junior Nicole Forrester. She likes Andrew Luck and the Cardinals this weekend in the game of the week. To be next week’s student send us a Tweet at IC_Sports.