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Rallying to restore sanity...or fear College students share thoughts on ‘Woodstock-like’ event in the Capital

By Vincent D. Scebbi Features Editor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whether they were carrying signs, dressed in costumes or just there to enjoy the gathering of a few hundred thousand people, college students from across the country made their presence known at the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear”

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Samaa Moosa, an executive board member of the University of Toledo College Democrats and general member of the UT Muslim Student Association, called the rally unforgettable for those who attended as well as a series of defining moments that are — College, Page A6

Stewart and Colbert use satire and comedy to deliver message at rally David Guastella IC Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The anchormen of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, respectively – hosted “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,” on the National Mall Saturday afternoon.

During the three-hour event, an

estimated 200,000 people took to the mall with signs and costumes in support of the two comics and their causes — for those supporting Stewart it was a seemingly heartfelt request for keeping a sound mind in American political discourse, while for those in support of Colbert it was a satirical shot at increasing fear and — Rally, Page A6 Photos by Jason Mack/ IC

Panorama by Kevin Sohnly / IC

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon. It is estimated the rally had over 200,000 people in attendance.

Many of those in attendance were college students from across the country, which has led many to tout the event as a modern-day Woodstock.

UT earns B- on green report card

By Randiah Green News Editor

By decreasing the amount of energy the campus uses and having at least 10 buildings that meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, the University of Toledo has earned a B- on its Sustainability Report Card grade for 2011, an increase from last year’s C+.

“Schools get good scores on our Report Card when they can discuss projects that

Med student awarded for service abroad

By Jaimee Hilton IC Staff Writer

— Green, Page A6

Photo Illustration by Kevin Sohnly / IC

While spending two weeks in two impoverished Latin American countries, Amanda Mure helped combat respiratory problems, earning her a spot as one of 20 students receiving the 2010 American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award.

The Leadership Award is based on the non-clinical leadership abilities of its recipients

in medicine and community affairs.

The third-year UT medical student received the award a little over a year ago, and she attended a conference in Washington, D.C. in February for the award’s presentation.

Mure has shown leadership through her participation in many community service projects in the Toledo area and even in Latin America.

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Do think there’s more sanity or fear in U.S. politics? And why?

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Sanity People are getting more educated and the government is more visual and transparent.

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Fear. People should take more time to rationalize ideas instead of doing the first thing that they think helps.

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Tamar Sartong fresh., biology

Fear. There’s not more sanity because I believe that most people aren’t honest with what they do.

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Fear. Obama is such a risky president. People don’t like change because they think of drastic measures.

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Fear. I think there’s alot of uncertainty with everything.

Michelle Hoffman soph., pre-pharmacy

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Restoring rationality don’t think like us.

As Stewart said in his keynote address at the rally, this country has many problems, and in order to solve them we cannot allow ourselves to be caught up in the fray or even pander to it.

The main culprit Stewart blamed for creating the toxic political environment is none other than the mass media — those huge, public-opinion-generating machines that he said can either magnify a situation to bring attention to it and better solve it, or magnify and set it ablaze.

Stewart is right.

According to a 2009 Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans have low confidence in the media.

Just talking with people about politics can show us how large of an influence the media has had in disserving the public. Rather than serving as fact-finders and bringing power — in the form of information — to the people, many media organizations have served as a mouth-piece for those already in power, substituting ideology for fact.

The aforementioned Gallup study reports 45 percent of Americans believe the media has a liberal bias and 15 percent think there’s a conservative bias. While determining a bias is one big grey area, the fact that so many Americans feel there’s a bias is still meaningful. There’s no doubt that the new-age, 24-hour media cycle distills facts and shapes public statements to fit corporate sponsors’ agenda. Worse, they are served in intoxicating sound bites that leave us drunk, stumbling on our way to find the truth.

Saturday’s nonpartisan event showed that Americans can think for themselves and don’t have to rely on labeling “others” in order to define themselves. Let’s continue to demand fair, responsible coverage from a mass media that won’t give in to ideology and shirk on their duties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seeing hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was inspiring, to say the least. Perhaps one of the most defining moments of a generation thought of as apathetic and too distracted, the profoundly satirical rally showed a side of the American political spectrum that often gets overlooked: one that cares more for practicality than the ideology and hearsay that is broadcasted on network after network of cable news.

Experiencing the event was to feel the energy, see the optimism, hear the frustration and laugh at the humor of the American people — particularly this generation of college students.

For so long we’ve stood silent as two wars were waged, and then revamped.

The past two years have seen the country engulfed in an ugly race to see who can destroy the reputation of whom quickest for being a “socialist,” a racist or a Muslim. And while these “debates” raged on, doing nothing to curb record unemployment, those who couldn’t care less for the snipping and petty politics have been caught in the middle.

Yes, two years ago then-candidate Barack Obama galvanized much of the nation with his rhetoric and refreshing approach. But two years later, things aren’t all that different, unless you count the impressive rise of the conservative right’s Tea Party, which has been anything but refreshing.

We understand campaigns and politics are known grounds for derisive attacks and smears, but the negative political climate that has loomed over the country for the past two years has gone beyond damaging just one party or a specific candidate — it has left us divided as a nation. Moreover, we’ve grown fearful of each other, specifically those who

Graduation no longer a ‘golden ticket,’ new student aid rules make employment the goal planning for their future must choose from an incredible number of institutions, programs and methods of paying for their education and are thus easy targets for false advertising and aggressive recruitment.

Last Thursday, the Obama administration announced a new set of rules that redefines the responsibilities of higher education institutions, mandating that they disclose information more readily and give students an honest picture of their investment in a college program and its potential rewards. These new mandates have three main goals: to hold programs accountable for preparing students for gainful employment, to protect consumers from misleading or overly aggressive recruiting practices and to ensure that only eligible students receive federal aid.

All three are constructive steps toward making the U.S. higher education system transparent and more efficient at preparing students for successful entry into the professional world. Such changes are crucial if we ever hope to regain our foremost position in the world of technology and industry.

The higher education system in the United States has followed a discouraging trend in recent decades, creating ever larger amounts of student debt while shrinking in ability to ensure employment for graduates. The old belief that a college degree guarantees a career has been shattered by the current dearth of jobs facing the entry level workforce of the United States.

Because of regulatory loopholes, institutions of higher education get away with presenting misleading information about the costs of attendance and the exact nature of educational programs.

Tightening the regulations on federal student aid is a necessary step to ensure free access to information and students’ ability to make decisions based on accurate data.

No longer is graduation a golden ticket; many colleges and universities cannot be counted on to lead an alumnus or alumni to gainful employment.

In spite of this shrinking confidence in the power of a degree, the amount of debt taken on by post-secondary students grows each year. Young adults

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- in Your opinion Good relations with UTPD This has been a fantastic year so far for the University of Toledo as well as Student Government. Your Student Government leaders have been working very hard to be more accessible, visible and responsible with the way we operate as an organization.

During my campaign last spring, I stressed the significance of moving forward with safety initiatives. I believe that student safety is extremely important and a great focus for Student Government in which to dedicate its time and resources.

One of the greatest tools we have to fight crime on campus is our relationship with the UT Police Department. As SG President, I have received an overwhelming amount of support and aid from UTPD on several endeavors including our bike-friendly campus initiatives, UT Alert, the

Party Smart Campaign and even a ride along program with Student Senators.

Student Government is in constant communication with UTPD. Student Senate is addressed every week by Lieutenant Rod Theis. During this time, all students and community members are welcome to attend and ask questions.

Outside of this formal setting, I personally speak with Police Chief Newton or Captain Julie Rightnowar on a weekly basis as we are constantly looking for ways we can address the need for improved safety on campus. We also have great student leaders like Patrick Harvey and Rachel Eby who are persistently working and meeting with students in order to fulfill our responsibility as representatives.

As a response to an article written last week about Student Government’s upcoming campus safety survey, it is important for me to clarify

that Student Government does not feel that the campus police are not doing their job or failing to take the initiative. In fact, enthusiasm from UTPD to get more involved with students and create synergy between our two organizations is the best I have ever seen and we are working together to find solutions.

As student leaders we see on a weekly basis the initiative and drive that our campus police has to protect and comfort students. We hope to use tools like our safety survey, which we are developing in conjunction with UTPD, to accomplish our goals. If you have any questions, please feel free to stop by my office in the Student Union room 3512, or contact Chief Newton at the UT Police Department.

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WikiLeaked truths The release of nearly 400,000 confidential Iraq war documents on Oct. 22 by the WikiLeaks website revealed a startling image of the secret history of the war in Iraq.

The documents contain details of events reported by the United States miliStephen tary and Bartholomew provide evidence of systematic torture and rape used as weapons of warfare. Sixty percent of the deaths registered in the documents are civilian.

The documents reveal the use of indiscriminate and disproportionate force used and condoned by the US military. They also raise substantial questions concerning war crimes. This leak has been the largest release of classified military documents in history.

Critics argue the release of this sensitive information will jeopardize US military operations and be used by opposition forces to seek out and kill Iraqi civilian informants working with the US military.

Supporters of the whistleblower website contend the documents contain information the public deserves to know. According to the documents, as many as 15,000 Iraqi civilian deaths were previously unaccounted for.

When President Obama was elected, he promised to conduct his administration with transparency. The amount of secrets revealed within the documents WikiLeaks released flies in the face of such promises.

Obama’s promise for transparency has gone the way of his promise to close Guantanamo Bay. To be fair, the files document the Iraq war during a time Obama was not president, but that doesn’t excuse him from failing to hold the Bush administration accountable.

Secrets and lies are what paraded the US into the war in Iraq. The WikiLeaks files reveal that secrets and lies have only prolonged that war.

It is difficult to justify a war waged under false pretenses. It is also tough to support a war effort that tolerates torture and civilian murder and gives private contractors free reign.

Julian Assange is the spokesperson and editor in chief for the WikiLeaks website. As would be expected, he is receiving a great deal of flak for releasing the Iraq documents.

News organizations are wondering why he isn’t dead yet and claiming that the US government should list him as an enemy combatant, which would deprive him of the right to due process.

This doesn’t seem right.

Shouldn’t he be considered a champion of truth and democracy? Don’t the people have a right to know about the sort of devastation and destruction that is happening in their name, with their tax dollars?

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Don’t the people have a right to know about the sort of devastation and destruction that is happening in their name, with their tax dollars?

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The WikiLeaks files are important for the historical record as primary documentation of the many mishandlings of a complicated war. It appears the media is more concerned with attacking Julian Assange than with discussing the issue of human rights the documents raise.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a former Rand Corporation employee, released Department of Defense documents that detailed the United States political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The documents became known as the Pentagon Papers and indicated, among other things, that the Johnson administration had systematically lied to the public and to Congress. The publication of the papers caused a national outcry for government transparency and accountability.

Today, the socio-political landscape is much different.

Many major media outlets have expressed their disgust over the release of the WikiLeaks documents.

On the other hand, some media sources commend the website for its courage and goodwill comment of being unsurprised by the lack of government honesty. There is no palpable call to action or demand for accountability. Instead the politically discontent shrug their shoulders and brush off the failure of military responsibility.

Wikileaks is trying to pull the wool out of the eyes of a world that prefers to live in the dark.

An Army whistleblower, Spc. Bradley Manning, is currently in custody. He is suspected for leaking thousands of Iraq war documents to WikiLeaks. The Obama administration has brought as many prosecutions for leaks to the American public as all previous administrations combined.

Granted, it is a small number — three — but it is still important to note.

The administration is also threatening to use the Espionage Act to prevent further leaks. If that happens, the American public will know even less about the destruction that is happening in their name.

This past summer, WikiLeaks released over 70,000 documents relating to the Afghanistan war. The same national security concerns were raised at the time. But the Associated Press recently obtained a pentagon letter stating that no US intelligence services or practices were damaged after the release of the documents.

For a democracy to function as a true democracy the governing body must live up to the public’s expectation of transparency and accountability. WikiLeaks is providing information the United States government was expected, but failed to provide. The Iraq documents establish firmer ground for dissidents to stand upon in denouncing this despairingly unjust war.

—Stephen Bartholomew is an IC columnist and an English education student at UT.

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A quick campus quiz I thought that this week I would challenge my readers with a little bit of a test. I know we all take enough tests in class, but this one isn’t hard, and I figure it won’t even take that long.

I spend a lot of time thinking about random t h i n g s Anthony while I Russo drive my diesel-hogging bus around campus for four hours every day and I have compiled several statements regarding them below.

Your task is to simply decide if each statement is true or false. Then, read the brief statement below to see if you were correct. See, not so hard. No cheating!

True or false: Hiding your phone under a desk, behind a purse, or beneath the steering wheel makes it completely impossible for anyone to notice that you’re texting.

This is a difficult question, but the answer is false.

While it may seem like you’re being super creative and sneaky by keeping your phone out of sight, it is still possible to tell that you’re texting, often at an inappropriate time.

See, the overlooked detail to your brilliant plan is that while the phone may be out of sight, your eyes are glancing down, and your hands are clearly holding something while your fingers move.

When driving, it’s pretty obvious to anyone that you’re texting because your eyes aren’t looking at the road, and you’re swerving into my lane. Texting during class and disrespecting your professor is rude, but texting while driving is a blatant attempt to kill yourself — and me as well.

Like in Billy Madison, let’s see what couldn’t wait until after class. “Lol, OMG, this class is soooo boring, can’t wait to go tanning and buy UGG boots. Putting it on daddy’s credit card.”

Ok, I’ll admit that was a bit of an exaggeration. I have texted in class before, but I don’t try to hide it, and I rarely ever do it. However, most people are as bad about disguising their texting as I am at disguising my ranting and pent-up anger at the world in the form of a test in a student newspaper.

On to the next question.

True or false: When stopping at a stop sign, you should slowly glide past the stop sign and then briefly tap your brakes 10 feet past the stop sign before accelerating again.

If you answered false, you are correct. According to common sense and also traffic law, you should stop at the stop sign. If police wanted you to stop past the stop sign, they’d just move the sign ten feet back.

Stopping at the stop sign helps larger vehicles to move through an intersection rather than having to wait for traffic in each direction to go, and then having to wait more because cars continue to back up behind the person that decided to pull halfway into the intersection before stopping.

If UT wanted a little extra cash, they would do two things: put one officer right at the intersection by Carter Hall and the Rec Center and another parking person by the bus circle next to the Union. Ticket the cars that park in the bus circle, and ticket the people who don’t

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True or false: The most popular Halloween costume for collegeaged girls is “skank.”

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stop at the stop sign. Instant cash flow. But that assumes we enforce all laws rather than just underage drinking laws.

True or false: The most popular Halloween costume for college-aged girls is “skank.”

This answer is quite obviously true. Daddy issues.

Need I say more? Don’t worry, blame the men just as well. There wouldn’t be supply without demand.

Oh, and if you’re wondering, the most popular costume of all-time for girls is witch, and for boys is pirate.

Thanks, ChaCha. True or false: It is necessary to take a bus for a quarter to half-mile trip that would take no more than five to 10 minutes to walk.

Definitely a false statement. I drive a bus for UT, and cutting bus services is not in my self-interest, but the amount of loop buses driving around campus is ridiculous. It appalls me to see someone wait 10 minutes to take a bus that has to go all the way around campus before arriving at their

destination. Walking directly to your destination would be far faster and healthier.

From UT’s website: “The University of Toledo is committed to the future of our planet. That commitment means realizing and proactively addressing the fact that our current lifestyle and rate of consumption is not healthy for our environment or sustainable for our species.”

Bus routes are necessary to get students to classes at the Art Museum, Health Science Campus, and Scott Park Campus. They are not necessary to haul someone from the Student Union to Rocket Hall. I can’t have a tray in the cafeteria to carry silverware, a drink, and a plate at once, but we can burn diesel all day long so that people don’t have to burn calories. That “lifestyle and rate of consumption” must be healthy for our environment. Blue and gold must only make green when no one will complain about the alternative.

Here is an extra credit question: How many times has a person used the bike racks on the front of the loop buses? Once. How much do Byk-Raks cost?

Milwaukee County Transit spent $650,000 on 470 of them. That’s over $1,300 apiece. Good purchase? It doesn’t take much foresight to see that the purpose of having a bike on campus is to ride that bike around campus, not to put the bike on a bus and ride that around campus. No one even uses the bus to get their bikes to campus.

At a time when students are scraping together money to perform research, we’re wasting tens of thousands of dollars on useless Byk-Raks. The money probably comes from two different funds, but the principle of it gets me all riled up.

Making campus bike-friendly is a great idea, but BykRaks are a foolish policy for implementation.

How did you do on the quiz? If you have the mindset of a grumpy old man, you probably got all four correct. The adjectives “crotchety” and “cantankerous” come to mind.

One last true/false for you: I was voted “biggest whiner” in high school. Sad to say, but that is actually true. Hard to believe, eh?

Now get off my lawn.

—Anthony Russo is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in economics.

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Sowing rotten seeds Everyone knows children are our future, so we might as well get in the habit of allowing a few of them to lead if we expect to produce any leaders from our public schools.

A few days ago, an elementary school-aged child in my family came home with tears in her eyes. She and her class had been punished because their class was collectively missing almost seventy assignments in the month of October.

How that is even possible, I do not know. What I do know is this: I was stuck trying to explain why a teacher would punish an entire class instead of individually punishing specific students.

After an hour or so of discussion, I came to the conclusion that the teacher must be seeking leadership from peers in the classroom. I assumed she wanted the kids to follow the “you’re only as strong as your weakest link” model and asked the child to brainstorm some ideas to help her classmates get caught up in the classroom.

The next day she came over with a long face and a discouraged look in her eyes.

She told me she had anxiously approached her teacher to tell her about the new idea she’d come up with to get the other children in her class caught up with their

missing assignments. Since they’d already lost their Friday “play” privileges, she figured the children who were already caught up could assist the other students in small study groups until they were finished with their assignment.

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Instead of praising the young girl for leadership or patting her on the back for caring about her peers the teacher told her to ‘take a seat and shut her mouth.’

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caring about her peers, the teacher told her to “take a seat and shut her mouth.”

There are a few questions I’d like answered in light of the teacher’s choice to ignore the girl’s good-hearted attempt at initiative. At what age do we teach children to lead? Do we start as young as elementary school or as late as high school? And why do we have “educators” squandering the potential of a

young girl who was brave enough to at least come up with an idea that could have benefited the teacher more than herself?

We need to get in the habit of promoting leadership in children at a young age if we expect any ingenuity, entrepreneurship or leadership to come from our youngest generation, and it starts with something as simple as a small affirmation from a teacher in a classroom.

The little girl said she’ll never approach her teacher again for anything else because she was humiliated in front of the entire classroom.

After the parents of the little girl found out about the situation they took it upon themselves to contact the school’s principal, who was as unresponsive and dispassionate about his teacher’s response as she was when she was later approached.

Perhaps this is just another reason our public schools are struggling. As the saying goes, the acorn doesn’t fall too far from the tree, and if trees are to be grown from rotting acorns, one can expect diseased roots and barren branches.

—Nicole Doan is an IC columnist and a senior majoring in individualized studies.

Self-deprecation only stirs the pot of racism The slave master’s deepest success is not the creation of a slave, but the creation of a masochist.

A slave is one who is enslaved by force.

A masochist is one who is enslaved by choice.

While the slave hates his master, the masochist loves his.

Carmen The main Awad difference between the two is that the slave is free enough to have a mind of his own, but the masochist is not even free to think. The masochist’s mind is the object of enslavement, not his body. As a result, the masochist still feels inferior long after his or her domination ends.

I indict imperialism for giving the many minority groups in America a reason to be whitewashed. Across American history many minorities

attempted to “whiten” their actions in order to be given a more legal position in the country. Many minorities acted superior towards their own groups in order to fit in with the majorities.

However, I will not talk about the majority’s crude actions that caused the minority’s equally-crude actions. I am here to talk about the minority’s inexcusable actions because this is a downplayed issue. The behaviors mentioned in the following paragraphs are found in all minorities but I will focus on my group since I am most familiar with it.

Ever since I came to America, I have noticed a strange and serious trend within Arab Americans. Their definition of being peaceful is confused with reverse racism towards their own people — people of Arab heritage.

Their acceptance of fellow Americans is indeed represented by their superiority towards their Arab heritage.

Their choice for being accepting towards one group

must be offset by being intolerant towards another group.

In order for them to show their moderateness towards non-Arabs, they express immoderacy towards Arabs.

This is a part of why racism towards Arabs exists in the first place. Sure enough, some nutcases who decide to kill innocent people give a bona fide reason to be racist

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more acceptable façade? This action perpetuates the notion that being Arab or Muslim is a slur, not an identity.

I have met many Arabs who almost take pride in not knowing Arabic. This is the aftermath of imperialism that breeds hate towards one’s own race. I must say that this type of behavior is found amongst many other

This action perpetuates the notion that being Arab or Muslim is a slur, not an identity.

towards Arabs, but the Arab American’s inferiority complex is the icing on top of the racist cake.

For Arab Americans to be accepted in an Islamophobic society, they feel the need to separate themselves from their heritage. They magnify their American part by blistering their Arab part.

So I ask: why does one need to blister his heritage in order to develop a

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minority groups that are deemed “immigrants.” The term “immigrant” itself is used by society to denote a subordinate group.

The underlying problem with this notion is that many Arab Americans are brought up by their parents — who are immigrants themselves — and their community to believe that “immigrants” are of a lower status than “nonimmigrants” — whatever

that means, since most of the population of the United States immigrated from somewhere else.

In order to reconcile people from different heritages, we must first have a strong foundation of our own identity before integrating with people with different identities. I am very impressed by the African Americans in this country who are learning more about their history to find their lost heritage.

The Arab Americans, whose parents are direct immigrants of Arab countries and who try hard to expunge their Arab heritage from their identities, need to understand that their actions are only widening the gap between Arabs and other Americans. Snide comments about someone’s foreign accent or “overseas mentality” is racist whether coming from a member of a minority or a majority.

A person can enjoy saying that he is American in conjunction with saying that he is Irish, Italian, or Arab; there is

no need to diminish or insult one’s heritage in order to have another. Some of those same victimized minorities who complain about mistreatment by other groups are in return mistreat “immigrants” from their own heritage.

On another note, when a person takes pride in his heritage, others often confuse this with nationalism. It is as if one must either be a masochist who enjoys humiliating his own heritage or be a nationalist or even a bloody racist.

This article is not meant to generalize all minorities or majorities; it is simply a slice of society. I will end with a cliché that will serve its overused purpose: the United States is — or should be — a tossed salad instead of a melting pot.

—Carmen Awad is an IC columnist and a sophomore majoring in business administration.

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Rally From Page A1 paranoia in the lives of Americans.

“Ours is a rally for those who’ve been too busy to go to rallies, which actually have lives and families and jobs,” Stewart’s official announcement said. “Think of our event as Woodstock, but with the nudity and drugs replaced by respectful disagreement.”

Since the Sept. 16 announcement, Stewart has used similar tongue-in-cheek rhetoric on reasonableness, sanity and extreme diligence for cooperation to bill the rally as a nonpartisan gathering.

“If you look at a lot of the ads of the Republicans bashing on the Democrats — the ads are really ridiculous this season,” said Anu Ruddy, a student at George Washington University in attendance at the rally.

While the rally’s aim may have been bipartisan cooperation, it continues to be seen as a counter rally to Glenn Beck and Al Sharpton’s Aug. 28 rallies on the National Mall. .

A few veiled jabs by Stewart and Colbert were made at the expense of Beck and his “Rally to Restore Honor.”

CBS estimated that about 30,000 more people came to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear than Beck’s rally.

Before either Stewart or Colbert mentioned the rally on television, members of the

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Independent Collegian online social news forum Reddit.com began posting requests for a response rally by Colbert and Stewart. Several effigies of the Reddit.com alien logo were on display by attendees at the rally.

The rally consisted of comedic routines, musical guests, television show hosts making guest appearances, and an award ceremony in which Colbert and Stewart gave out “Medals of Fear” and “Medals of Reasonableness,” respectively.

Among the recipients were CNN host Anderson Cooper’s “tight, black shirt” for the Medal of Fear and Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga for the Medal of Reasonableness.

Musical guests included The Roots, Ozzy Osbourne, Kid Rock and Yusuf Islam — the folk singer formerly known as Cat Stevens.

Many of the students interviewed disagreed on whether the United States is truly in need of “taking it down a notch,” as Stewart expressed to the Wall Street Journal in September.

A majority were interested in discussing the upcoming 2010 Midterm Elections, and the notable political figures and hot button issues.

“Health care is the most important thing; we were promised it,” said Rubin Williams, a freshman at George Washington University, alluding to the public option of universal healthcare. “Realistically, we probably won’t get

it until the next president.”

Stewart requested that attendees use humor and wit to express discontent over current political squabbling between conservatives and liberals, and many obliged.

Karen Burns of Richmond, Va. held up a sign that read “Tea Bagging Is Un-American,” while most others were adorned with hyperbolic slogans such as “Let’s Agree to Disagree,” and “God is Probably OK with Gays.”

Still, others came to find an audience for their causes, including the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Members of NORML handed out fliers on Constitution Avenue, and many came to view the rally. “[Washington, D.C.] has already legalized medical marijuana — but there are no dispensaries,” said Matt Storm, a freshman at George Washington University.

As the rally came to a close, the gathering turned serious as Stewart gave the keynote speech, sincerely urging Americans to set aside political and social differences and work together.

“We know instinctively, as a people, that if we are to get through the darkness and back to the light, we have to work together — and the truth is, there will always be darkness, and sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t the Promised Land,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s just New Jersey.”

Green From Page A1 relate to all of the questions we ask about in our survey,” said Rebecca Caine, communication fellow for the Sustainable Endowment Institute.

According to UT’s Sustainability Report Card, “The University of Toledo is committed to sustainability through formal policy and a component in its strategic plan.

Three committees and two full-time employees in the energy management department oversee the development and implementation of sustainability programs on campus.”

Caine said the addition of these staff members helped increase UT’s grade for this year because there was no mention of these positions in last year’s survey.

The Sustainable Endowment Institute, which conducts a survey for universities to fill out to calculate each school’s sustainability grade, judges universities on nine categories including the administration’s dedication to implementing sustainability policies, green building, food and recycling, student involvement in sustainability initiatives and shareholder engagement in sustainability projects.

“We get data for our report from surveys that we send to campus sustainability coordinators, dining services managers, endowment managers, and student groups,” Caine said. “We follow up with administrators to ask questions about any programs they’ve mentioned that we suspect might be exaggerated.”

Caine said the institute has several “indicators” or initiatives they look for when grading universities, including sustainability staff, realized greenhouse gas emission

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Jon Stewart uses R2-D2 to show Stephen Colbert that not all robots are evil. Stewart was going to give his keynote address until Colbert interrupted him for a debate.

College From Page A1 extensions of U.S. President Barack Obama’s “grass roots movement,” which is his movement to change the negative landscape of American politics from the bottom up.

“There’s an increase about the talk of sanity, change, the problems with American politics,” Moosa said. “Average Americans cannot speak up every day about what the problems are, but when there is a big problem, we come together and say there is a big problem.”

Others in attendance agreed with Moosa, including one college student I passed by and overheard comparing the rally to Woodstock.

“I feel it’s something that people will remember and something epic,” said Elizabeth Greenstein, a 2010 graduate of the University of Indiana. “For everyone in college and the people who just got out of college, it’s a defining moment.”

Nancy Bastawros, a second-year medical student at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, said the rally is going to help bring this generation of students into a global spotlight, yet it differs from Woodstock because the rally is not about protesting the government, but has more to do with exposing irrationality in politics.

“It’s going to show people we have a voice and an opinion and our generation in general isn’t like the 70s generation because we’re not rebelling against an overpowerful, preposterous campaign. We just want to show we want a voice and show we have one,” Bastawros said.

On the contrary, Brian Defreitas, a senior computer science major at the University of California Berkley, said despite the significance

the rally holds, he would not go so far as to say it’s similar to Woodstock.

“You cannot compare this to Woodstock, this is not Woodstock,” said Erica Filanowicz, a senior majoring in public communications and marketing at American University.

Greenstein said she hopes the rally is going to raise the average college student’s awareness of American politics as well as what needs to be changed in the media.

Media critics such as Stewart and Colbert are how a majority of college students obtain information on current events.

“Hopefully it’s going to raise awareness, and I cannot imagine any person our age that isn’t going to be watching this on TV if they’re not here, and hopefully that’s going to raise awareness from that,” she said.

According to Bastawros, this rally is an event that can spark political interest in college-age adults, something that has been missing for years on campuses.

“I just think that in the past few decades, it’s been not exactly ‘in’ to be into politics,” she said. “I think the Obama campaign changed that and made more people care. It was reminiscent to what people would protest in the 70s and the rallies they used to have, but different because it’s not about being anti-government, it’s about working with the government and progress.”

Joan Hanna, a junior double-majoring in international studies and Arabic at American University, described the event as memorable to the point that one day, “we’ll tell our kids about it.”

Moosa said Muslims connected with the idea of a rally for sanity because of recent anti-Islamic events, such as protests over the Park51 Islamic Center to be

built near Ground Zero, that were blown out of proportion by the media. Stewart and Colbert, Moosa said, were two members of the media who showed the most rationality in addressing those situations.

“I think a lot of Arabs express their ideas through humor, which is odd because a lot of Americans don’t have this idea of connecting Arabs to humor. We actually relate a lot to humor, we’re just a lot more sarcastic [in our] humor,” she said. “I think a lot of Muslims like Colbert and Stewart because they distinguish between Muslims and terrorists.”

Bastawros said the rally calls for an end to mudslinging politics, personal stereotypes and biases and to replace them with reason in order to think about what’s best for everyone.

“It’s just going back to the whole sanity thing, just because we don’t agree on things doesn’t mean we have to hate each other and tear each other down,” she said. “We’re all just trying to reach a common goal; we all want what’s best for our country. People lose sight of that because we’re so preoccupied with whatever stance they’re taking on an argument and what their personal agenda is. People forget that our real goal is to live free and be happy.”

Moosa called the event a “momentous occasion” of sanity because she enjoyed the experience of being a part of the large, peaceful crowd.

“I’m glad I went, just being in the same vicinity of another 200,000 people who hold the same temperament of view,” Moosa said. “There could have easily been fights or any number of disasters could have happened, but because everyone was so focused on the message behind the rally, it was a tremendous success in my opinion.”

In March and August of 2009, Mure spent a week in Honduras and Guatemala, respectively. She went as part of a medical brigade with Richard Paat, adviser for the students for medical missions, to set up free clinics in thirdworld countries. The brigade consists of internists, one or two physicians, and pharmacists.

These clinics provided free health care and distributed medications to underserved populations. In these communities though, conditions are much different than those in the United States.

The countries’ poor public health conditions, most of which are due to high labor, afflict their populations.

The fields these people work in are on the sides of mountains.In those fields, workers do not drink much water, but usually consume about two to three cups of coffee, which contributes to many problems with chronic dehydration and headaches. Other problems include foot problems and upper respiratory infections, the number one issue, due to the pollution in the area.

“It’s such a different quality of life,” Mure said. “We would brush our teeth with bottled water, and we couldn’t eat certain foods due to sanitation.”

The treatments for these health problems are simple,

Monday, November 1, 2010 reduction and energy efficiency and conservation.

“This list of initiatives was compiled based on trends that we have seen in what other schools are actually doing,” Caine said.

Other categories universities are graded on include transportation, investment priorities and climate change and energy. Each category gets its own specific grade.

“Most likely your grade went up from C+ to a B- because the administrator filling out your survey was able to provide information for more of the questions we asked for,” Caine said. “Either because UT implemented more programs or because more information was available.”

The survey also indicates UT’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent in 2014.

“The school generates renewable energy from biomass, solar power, geothermal, photovoltaic and wind sources, and purchases renewable energy credits,” according to the survey results.

UT has earned an A in the climate change and energy category of the survey for these reasons.

UT also received a B in the green building category since all new building projects are required to meet LEED Silver standards.

The Memorial Field House has received LEED Gold certification, and nine other buildings at UT meet LEED Silver standards.

UT also received points in the green building category for utilizing low-flow faucets in some buildings, according to the survey.

Though UT received an overall grade of B-, the university received an F in the shareholder engagement portion of the survey because it does not use any investment managers

that consider environmental factors and does not offer donors the option of directing gifts to an investment fund that considers environmental or sustainability factors.

Thirty-five percent of universities graded received an F in this category while only 11 percent received an A. UT’s Sustainability Report Card grade has been steadily increasing since 2009 when it received a D+ for not investing in renewable energy funds and having only two building projects in the design phase that had the potential to achieve LEED Platinum certification.

At that time, according to the survey, UT had plans to implement energy saving opportunities and was considering purchasing electricity from wind and hydro sources whereas UT now has a wind turbine on the Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation.

To further increase its grade in the future, according to Caine, UT needs to introduce even more sustainable and environmental programs.

“Look through this year’s completed survey and try to identify some of the programs we ask about that your school doesn’t have,” she said. “If you begin to implement them, your grade will most likely improve next year.”

The purpose of the Sustainability Report Card, Caine said, is to identify programs and initiatives universities do not have so they may begin to use them in the future.

“By assigning grades, we hope to applaud schools that are doing well and nudge schools that could be doing better,” she said. “We also intend for this to be a resource that students or administrators can use to identify initiatives that their school has not yet undertaken.”

such as giving inhalers and teaching those with upper respiratory infections how to use them.

Some of the more serious issues are parasites and hepatitis, caused by poor sanitation and lack of a good health education system.

Mure discussed how it took some time to adjust to life in an underdeveloped country, saying that it was a “culture shock in addition to a learning environment.” She also commented on how tiring it was working in Honduras and Guatemala.

“You work 12 to 14 hours a day in very primitive settings,” she said. “Sometimes you would take two to three hour journeys to villages outside of the main site of the clinics.”

Another major aspect of the experience was interacting with the villagers.

“They were really grateful to what we do,” Mure said. “They were willing to talk and sometimes they would bring fruit from their trees. They would bring their children and show up like it’s a big town event.”

Mure said the Hondurans would show up in their “Sunday’s best,” which usually included bright-colored clothing.

Mure said she chose the Latin American region because she knew how to speak Spanish and wanted to put those skills to use. And having been to the region many times before, Paat had already

established relationships with the community, making it easier to provide care.

There are two goals that the medical brigade has in these communities. The first goal is that it will be an educational experience for medical students, and the second is to serve the underserved communities.

“The best part about the experience is to be able to provide medical care to people who go months and years without seeing a physician or receive medical care,” Mure said.

Mure also takes part in a variety of projects around the Toledo area. One of those projects is the Mobile Migrant Camp Clinic that she participated in last summer. The clinic helps work with migrant Spanish outreach.

There are eight different clinics per summer. These clinics are a giant working camp similar to the clinics set up in Latin America and deliver free health care for migrant workers around the greater Toledo area.

This March, Mure plans on going back to Honduras for another week. She said that at every stage of medical school, students get a different perspective of the diseases.

“Being a third-year medical student, I know a lot more about diagnosis and treatment,” Mure said. “When I go back I can not only look at a patient and know what’s wrong, but will know how to treat them.”

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Improves to 5-0 with 42-7 win against EMU

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YPSILANTI, Mich.—The Rockets are bowl eligible for the first time since 2005 after defeating Eastern Michigan 427 on Saturday. The Rockets lost starting sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin on the first play of Toledo’s second possession.

A source close to the team confirmed to the Independent Collegian last night that Dantin will miss the next six weeks, meaning he will not play in the final three games of the regular season. That means redshirt freshman Terrance Owens will start UT’s matchup of unbeaten Mid-American Conference squads when they take on Northern Illinois on Nov. 9 on ESPN 2.

Dantin’s return for a possible bowl game is still unknown.

“I can’t be more proud being 5-0,” Beckman said. “That’s what matters to me. This MAC conference is what our goal is.”

Owens, who has not seen action since Oct. 9 against Boise State, completed 10-of-15 passes for 234 yards and four touchdown passes against the Eagles (1-8, 1-4 MAC) after replacing Dantin in the first quarter for UT (6-3, 5-0).

“I think it says a little bit about our coaching staff and getting anybody prepared that has to come in and be successful,” Beckman said. “He sure showed that he could do those types of things. I am very proud of him.

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Fisher, Rockets win MAC Title

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Terrance Owens will start for the remainder of the season after sophomore Austin Dantin’s left shoulder/collarbone injury against Eastern Michigan.

Owens threw for 234 yards and four touchdowns against the Eagles this weekend.

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Led by senior Ari Fisher’s second consecutive individual Mid-American Conference Championship, the women’s cross country team captured their third league title in school history this weekend.

Fisher took the title with a time of 20:05.8 and became the fourth back-to-back women’s champion in the history of the MAC. “This was her best performance in her career so far,” UT head coach Kevin Hadsell said. “I am so incredibly proud of her.”

The Rockets scored a school-record 44 points, which is the third best in the 12-team MAC history. They placed five runners in the top-15 and eight in the top-22.

UT’s Megan Wright was the conference’s top freshman placing sixth with a time of 21:04.4. Following Wright were sophomores Emma Kertesz (8th) and Devyn Ramsay (14th) while senior Audra Brown placed 15th.

The Rockets placed a school record of four runners on the All-MAC team. Fisher and Wright earned first-team honors, while Kertesz and Ramsay earned second-team honors.

“This was a huge win,” Hadsell said. “They ran incredibly smart and incredibly tough.

Their training indicated such a performance and I was so happy to see them continuing to improve tremendously from race to race.”

Despite finishing seventh, the Rockets men’s cross country team placed three runners on the All-MAC squad, the most by any school this year.

Senior Elisha Kipchumba, junior Jonathan DeWitt and sophomore Nick Thomas placed eighth, ninth and 14th, respectively, to earn the honor.

“The men are still a work in progress and I am so proud of them,” Hadsell said. “To have three All-MAC runners is absolutely incredible. For us to have more All-MAC runners than any other school shows that we are really building something special. I’m very Fisher proud of them. We will continue to improve and place ourselves in a position to challenge for the title in the future.”

Hadsell was named the MAC Women’s Coach of the Year following the race. This is Hadsell’s third time being given the honor, with the other two times coming in 2001 and 2002, also following the team’s championship years.

The Rockets will host the second annual Rocket Open at the Ottawa Park Golf Course on Nov. 5 in preparation for the regional meet on Nov. 13.

Rockets win first Kowalczyk not pleased round matchup after 82-80 exhibition win in MAC Tourney

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The Bobcats passed the ball to Ohio goalie Mattie The Toledo women’s soc- Liston, who took too long cer team avenged their sea- to clear it. Gyurgyik manson-ending loss to Ball aged to close on State with a 1-0 victory the play and deover No. 8 seed Ohio in the flect Liston’s clear first round of the Mid- attempt back into American Conference the net.

“I just pressured Tournament on Sunday.

The top-seeded Rockets and got lucky I was had a chance to become able to get there in the first undefeated team in time,” Gyurgyik league play in MAC history said. “It’s so excitbut lost to the Cardinals, ing. It was a great who previously were win- effort by the team and to less in league just get the result play. was one of the “We are not best feelings you good enough as a could have.” team to not play Toledo outshot well, to not show 1 the Bobcats 19-11 up and be fo- Toledo 0 and held a 10-1 cused,” Toledo Ohio advantage in corhead coach Brad Evans said. “You can not ner kicks.

Rockets goalplay well and win but you Vicki have to be focused and keeper working hard. We didn’t on Traven recorded a Thursday and that was a shutout, stopping disappointment. I thought four shots on goal. we didn’t get out worked The junior has today. The kids dug in and eight shutouts in 12 found a way and we will MAC contests this season and has ontake it.”

The Rockets (15-3-2, 11- ly given up four 1-0 MAC) scored their lone goals in MAC play.

“I’m excited for goal in the second half when freshman Nicole Gy- our team,” Evans said. urgyik capitalized on an “Ohio did a good job. They OU (6-9-4, 3-6-3) miscue. came out with a different

game plan and style today that took us a while to adjust to. You can never be too certain about what you’re going to see you just have to be flexible. I thought we did a good job of adjusting as the game went on.”

With the win, Toledo will host the semifinals and finals of this season’s 2010 MAC Gyurgyik Championship.

The Rockets will host fifth-seeded Western Michigan in the semifinals at Scott Park. The Broncos advanced over No. 4 Eastern Michigan 0-0 on penalty kicks 4-2. No scheduled time for the game has been announced.

No. 2 Miami (OH) will take on No. 3 Central Michigan in the other semifinal matchup.

“We are excited about hosting and playing Friday,” Evans said. “This time of year you just want to surTraven vive and be one of the final teams left.

We love being at Scott Park and we look forward to the game Friday.”

In their first game of the season the Rockets defeated Siena Heights 82-80 in an exhibition game on Saturday at Savage Arena. It was the first game for head coach Tod Kowalczyk after coming over from Wisconsin-Green Bay. The Rockets finished the season with a 4-28 record in 2009, and return just three players who started a game in senior Justin Anyijong, sophomore Malcolm Griffin and junior Jay Shunnar.

“It’s great to be at the University of Toledo but I knew it was going to be ugly today,” Kowalczyk said. “I was just very disappointed in how we defended, extremely disappointed with any type of defensive enthusiasm. We just didn’t come close to playing Rocket basketball but we are going to learn from it and get better from it and we will have a much better team for it.” “[Kowalczyk] was real furious,” Griffin said. “We had to pull that one out. No one on their team was over 6-6 and we had to pull that one out at the buzzer. We’ve got 10 players and seven of them are freshman. You get pregame jitters—I had them last year. It’s going to get better.”

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Sophomore guard Malcolm Griffin led the Rockets on Saturday with 19 points in an 82-80 exhibition win over Siena Heights in first year head coach Tod Kowalczyk’s first game.

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much confidence in T.O. as we do Austin, so we really didn’t miss a beat.”

The Eagles took advantage of a just had to step up,” Owens said.

“I just wanted to manage the fumble deep in Toledo territory game and take the team to a when Page failed to field a punt.

Three plays later, EMU’s Cory victory.”

Sophomore wildcat quarter- Welch punched in the one yard back David Pasquale led the team score to cut the UT advantage to 8-7. on the ground with 78 Toledo extended the yards on eight attempts lead after a 12-play, and added a receiving 59-yard drive capped off touchdown late in the by a six-yard pass from fourth quarter from a Owens to Noble on the pass by sophomore wide last drive of the half for receiver Eric Page. the Rockets.

“I saw Eric tuck and get UT put the game out of ready to run,” Pasquale reach in the third quarter said. “I thought ‘I have to scoring 14 points in the get open, I have to get Noble final three minutes. open’ and he threw it and Owens found junior I made the catch.

“I see myself as a ‘do-it-all’ guy. running back Adonis Thomas on Whatever I have to do to help this a screen pass that went for team win and keep going I do it.” 68-yards for the score. On the Page hauled in a team-leading next drive Owens hit Page in the middle of the field for a five catches for 86 yards, 53-yard touchdown to including a 53-yard give Toledo a 29-7 lead. touchdown to go along Following the trick with his first collegiate play by Page and touchdown pass.

Pasquale, junior quarJunior tight end Dan42 terback Alex Pettee finny Noble also got in- Toledo volved in the offense as E. Michigan 7 ished off the scoring for the Rockets with a fourhe caught two passes for 80 yards for two touchdowns yard scamper.

The UT defense stifled the Eafrom Owens.

“Danny makes plays,” Beckman gles offense in the second half alsaid. “He has become a more and lowing zero points and forced more consistent player for us. It EMU quarterback Alex Gillett to throw his ninth intercepdoesn’t surprise me that tion of the season to Danny makes those plays sophomore Jermaine when T.O. gets him the Robinson. ball.”

“The defense just came The Rockets opened up out and made good plays,” the scoring when Owens senior linebacker Isaiah found Noble over the Ballard said. “There’s still middle for a 74-yard a lot we left out there, but touchdown on Owens’ we did a good job and first attempted pass with made the plays we are 11:24 to play in the first quarter.

Page supposed to.”

The victory sets up a “The coaches prepare both our quarterbacks the same showdown of undefeated teams way,” Noble said. “Austin and T.O. in MAC play when the Rockets take about the same amount of travel to Northern Illinois (7-2, reps so we have just as 5-0) on Nov. 9.

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Freshman guard Zack Leahy scored 10 points in his UT debut in an 82-80 exhibition win over Siena Heights.

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Some freshman began to make their mark on the offense as Reese Holliday (16), with a game-high 19 points Dear (13) and Zack Leahy on 7-of-16 shooting with five (10) all scored in double figrebounds, three assists and ures. All three look like qualfour turnovers in place of ity contributors early in their injured freshman point collegiate career.

“I think for the short guard J.T. Thomas.

“I was trying to set the amount of time we’ve had to tone so we could get out to a prepare together considerfast start,” Griffin said. “We ing everyone’s new I think had some lapses on defense, our chemistry is great thus far,” Leahy said. “As the seawe just need to get better.

“I’m trying to hold it down son goes along I think we are going to get better and until J.T. gets back.”

“He took some quick better.”

One freshman who did not shots,” Kowalczyk said.

“Malcolm’s a talented player see playing time was Devin but we weren’t executing. Russell, who redshirted last He didn’t have much of a season for the Rockets and choice at times because I was expected to make a conthought our screening and tribution this season in Tocutting off the ball was hor- ledo’s rotation.

Kowalczyk said that after rendous. When guys aren’t open the guy with the ball the game Russell was not gets stuck. He got stuck a injured but needed to show more to make his lineup. couple times tonight.” “[He needs] more practice Toledo gave up 18 threepointers against the Saints time,” Kowalczyk said.

“You’ve got to earn and trailed 40-36 at it.” the half. The RockAs the game ets trailed by up to winded down, Grif10 points after halffin set up Shunnar time and took their with a bounce pass first lead of the 82 for a layup with 72 second half with Toledo six minutes Siena Heights 80 seconds remaining, giving UT a 78-77 remaining. lead. Shunnar was “We are trying to preach ball pressure and all also fouled but missed the those things and we’ve got attempt.

Siena Heights tied the [Delino] Dear out there guarding a 6-4 guy running game at 79 and Griffin got to past him because we have the free-throw line, making rotation problems. I thought both attempts to stretch the our post guys in particular lead to two.

Unfortunately for UT on were very poor on perimeter defense. We talk about guard- the next possession Griffin ing a yard. It’s three feet, it fouled senior guard Mark can’t be that hard. Tonight Snipes and sent him to the line with just eight seconds we didn’t guard a foot.”

Despite having a size ad- remaining while trying for a vantage at every position, steal. Snipes missed the Toledo was outrebounded game-tying attempt and the 38-32 by the Saints. Dear and Rockets went on to win senior forward Justin Anyi- 82-80.

“That last foul—we talk to jong led the Rockets with seven boards a piece. Siena him every day about reachforward Logan Matthews ing and gambling and that’s had a game-high eight what he does,” Kowalczyk said. “It’s going to cost us a rebounds.

“I thought they just com- game and it should have cost pletely outcompeted us. I us a game today.”

The Rockets will continue thought Matthews, anytime he wanted to rebound the exhibition play when they ball against Anyijong or take on UM-Dearborn on [Hayden] Humes he did and Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Savage Arena. that needs to be fixed.”

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Day of the Dead

From Page B4 and is devoted to remembering children that have died, and Nov. 2 is the traditional Day of the Dead.

These holidays correspond to the Catholic All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. It is traditional to create altars for those who have died during this time of year that include sugar skulls, orange marigolds, favorite foods and beverages of their loved one and trinkets or belongings that they will recognize. Toys are placed on the graves of children and bottles of alcohol are included in the decorations for adults.

The calavera, or skull, is a common symbol represented with candy skulls that have the name of the honoree inscribed on its forehead, and masks (calacas meaning “skeleton”).

Candles are also lit to help the dead find their way home and “ofrendas,” often including candied pumpkin and bread of the dead, are placed in their homes and at the grave sites as a welcoming gesture. The graves are also cleaned and decorated.

Some believe that the dead absorb or eat the spiritual essence of the food that is offered, thus it has no nutritional value.

Pillows and blankets are left out so the deceased loved ones have a chance to rest after their long journey as well.

Although the message is the same, the activities are not universal and many have their own personal and unique traditions.

Public events that celebrate this holiday, which are highlighted on the front page, can be found in Toledo as well.

However, you don’t have to be religious to commemorate the dead and have ceremonies in their honor. Everyone should feel encouraged to honor their loved ones during this time of year that boasts the most potential for spiritual contact.

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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs in Palace Square (Dvortsovaya), in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 29, 2007.

Oaxacan-style tamales are favored as food and altar offerings on the Day of the Dead in Latin countries.

Keith Richards

Photo courtesy of Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times/MCT

A small Day of the Dead model with other toys sits on a speaker at as the East Los Angeles Roots band, “Los Lobos,” works on its latest album on April 8, 2010.

From Page B4 We know the high (or low) points: Altamont, the 1972 U.S. tour, the recording of “Exile” in Richards’ rental house at Nellcote in the south of France. We know too about the excess and the drug busts (1967, with a naked Marianne Faithfull; 1977 in Toronto, the case that almost ended the Stones’ career). Because of that, it’s impossible to read “Life” without experiencing a peculiar kind of double vision, between the stories we have read and what Richards means to tell us _ between, in the most essential sense, the myth and the man.

So to steal a line from “Street Fighting Man,” what can a poor boy do? Richards’ solution is to give us a book that reads, in many places, like an extended interview transcript, full of digressions and blind alleys, repetitions and riffs.

He dispenses with the basics fairly quickly: three pages on Altamont, not much more than that on Toronto, barely a page on the death of Brian Jones and the Hyde Park concert in his memory.

“It’s difficult to put those middle and late ‘60s together,” Richards writes, “because nobody quite knew what was happening. A different kind of fog descended ...”

Richards writes at greater length about his relationships with Anita Pallenberg and Mick Jagger, both of which were fraught; of the latter, he observes,

“I love the man dearly; I’m still his mate. But he makes it very difficult to be his friend.” Even though a quote like that gives the book the whisper of a public airing, it’s not really what Richards has in mind. Instead, we get the sense that he’s being candid, saying what he feels because he has no reason to hide.

Nowhere is that more compelling than when Richards writes about music, which he does with insight and grace. Here we have the brilliant stuff, worth the price of admission. Early on, he breaks down the intricacies of blues guitarist Jimmy Reed’s chording: “It took me years to find out how he actually played the 5 chord, in the key of E ... (I)nstead of making the conventional barre chord, the B7th, which requires a little effort with the left hand, he wouldn’t bother with the B at all. He’d leave the open A note ringing and just slide a finger up the D string to a 7th. And there’s the haunting note, resonating against the open A.” There’s more: Richards’ discussion of Chuck Berry and TBone Walker’s double-string playing (“(I)t had the possibility of getting this dissonance and this rhythm thing going, which you can’t do picking away on one string”); or his notion that “There are some people looking to play guitar. There’s other people looking for a sound.”

It may seem insular, nerdy even, but Richards resolves it in his explication of five-string open

tuning, which became the key to the Stones’ sound. The genesis, he tells us, is pure Jimmy Reed, a way of tuning the guitar so there is always a drone note, so that, “if you’re working the right chord, you can hear this other chord going on behind it, which actually you’re not playing.” This is why, he claims, so many Stones songs, while apparently so simple, can be so hard to re-create on a conventional guitar.

“To write a song that is remembered and taken to heart,” Richards notes, “is a connection, a touching of bases. A thread that runs through all of us. A stab to the heart.” This suggests, for me, the most useful way of thinking about this autobiography.

Forget the war stories, the biographical details; if that’s what interests you, you’re better off with Stanley Booth’s book. But if it’s some connection with the music that you’re after, you might want to start right here. ___ (c) 2010, Los Angeles Times.

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A Day of the Dead procession in Acteal, Mexico, memorializes victims of a 1997 paramilitary attack.

Two women arrange candy skulls in a market stall in Mexico City the day before Mexico’s religious holiday known as the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 31, 2001.

Today kicks off festivities departed friends and famiin celebration of the Latin ly. In contrast, Halloween is American holiday known as devoted to warding off evil the Day of spirits that have the Dead. come to do harm to Many may the living. not realize The Day of the what this Dead has its origins holiday honin Aztec culture. It ors, and it is was common for often associthese indigenous ated with people, which inhabHalloween. ited southern North However, it By LaShae Naszradi American and Cenis celebrated Arts & Life Editor tral America, to keep for nearly skulls as trophies to the opposite purpose. symbolize death and Day of the Dead, in Span- rebirth. ish Día de Los Muertos or The original holiday beDía de los Difuntos, is a gan its festivities around holiday that originated in the beginning of August and Mexico and is celebrated lasted for a month. The celworldwide, which honors ebration was devoted to the

god known as the “Lady of the Dead” — corresponding to the modern Catrina.

This holiday is centered around the Aztec belief — similar to aboriginal beliefs in Australia — that life is a dream that you wake up from when you die, only then do you discover your real life.

Day of the Dead was not moved to its present date until the Spaniards invaded and converted the natives, after which the devil and crucifix were incorporated.

Nov. 1 is considered “Día de los Angelitos” or “Día de los Inocentes,” which translates to Day of the Little Angels or of the Innocents — Day of the Dead, Page B3

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Mexicans gather for Day of the Dead celebrations at the cemetery in Janitzio, Mexico.

The small island is one of a few places in Mexico where Day of the Dead is thought to be celebrated in much the same way as native Indians did. Picture taken in October 1997.

Local activities and events celebrating the Day of the Dead Day of the Dead or similar celebrations are important to various cultures around the world. In Toledo, this holiday is also recognized by many and even though there are not many public events advertised here, it is still being celebrated in private.

On-campus specifically, there promises to be some decorations. The Arts Living and Learning Community’s residents created altars last year and some of the Spanish professors are known to create them as well.

Below are the public events being hosted in the area:

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British rock legends the Rolling Stones lead guitar Keith Richards walks the red carpet on the opening night of the festival headlining the screening of the new documentary film ‘Shine a Light’ at the 58th annual Berlin Film Festival, in Berlin, Germany, on February 7, 2008.

Newman Club — The Newman Club is hosting an All Saints’ Day Mass in Health Education Center Room 110.

Send an e-mail to Kathy.Kaczmarek@utoledo.edu for more information or call 419-383-6428.

Saturday, November 6

Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, Inc. — A celebration will be held at the center on Saturday. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event features local guitarist and singer Miguel Saucedo.

The procession to SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church will begin at 9 a.m. There will be altar displays at La Galería as well. Traditional Mexican hors d’oeuvres, desserts and beverages will be served. It notes that you must RSVP by Oct 31, so it may be too late to attend; however, tickets are available at the door for $40. Call 419-266-5245 for more information.

For more information concerning this holiday, its traditions, origins and instructions on how to create an alter of your own visit DiaDeLosMuertos.us.

A ‘Life’ full of riffs, rifts “Life” by Keith Richards with James Fox; Little, Brown (568 pages, $29.99) ___ “Life,” Keith Richards’ 500-plus-page autobiography, is a life story remarkably short on life stories _ or at least the sort we might expect.

Partly, of course, that’s a matter of memory. “The ultimate party,” Richards writes, “if it’s any good, you can’t remember it.

You get these brief vignettes of what you did.”

But even more, it has to do with intention, with what Richards wants to say about his myth.

He is, after all, the very model of the rock star bad boy: drug addict, bluesman, libertine. But he is also, as anyone who has followed his career knows, exceedingly intelligent, a keen and cool-eyed observer of the illusions that drive the rock ‘n’ roll machine. “I can’t

untie the threads of how much I played up to the part that was written for me,” he acknowledges. “I mean the skull ring and the broken tooth and the kohl. Is it half and half? ... Image is like a long shadow. Even when the sun goes down you can see it. ... It’s impossible not to end up being a parody of what you thought you were.”

That’s a key point, especially when it comes to the Stones, who have, over the course of nearly half a century, gone from being the most dangerous band in the world to a full-fledged corporate entity: Rolling Stones Inc. It’s been more than 30 years since their last great album (“Some Girls”) and even longer since they were at their peak _ 1972’s “Exile on Main St.,” which remains, I think, the single greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made.

Their story too has been told many times, perhaps best in Stanley Booth’s “The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones.”

— Keith Richards, Page B3

Albums: November 2

Weezer, “Death To False Metal”

Pitbull, “Armando”

Good Charlotte, “Cardiology”

Cheryl Cole, “Messy Little Raindrops”

Elvis Costello, “National Ransom”

Brad Paisley, “Hits Alive”

Movies: November 5

Rolling with Keith Richards

By David L. Ulin Los Angeles Times (MCT)

Upcoming Releases

Due Date

Megamind

For Colored Girls

127 Hours

Fair Game

Books: November 2

“Yo (Me)”

By: Ricky Martin

Photo courtesy of Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune

A closeup of a “Day of the Dead” mask is on display at the new National Museum of the American Indian, which opened on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum, which features exhibits that Native Americans had a key role in designing, opened to the public on September 21, 2004.

“Frank: The Voice”

By: James Kaplan

“All by My Selves : Walter, Peanut,

Achmed, and Me”

By: Jeff Dunham