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LAST TICKET STANDING

Bongratz/Dykyj ticket wins election after other two tickets disqualified over financial statement issues

By Vincent D. Scebbi Editor-in-Chief

After a Student Government election that saw four disqualifications and 15 formal complaints, the only ticket left to succeed the Rubin/Maddocks administration was Paulette Bongratz and Chris Dykyj.

“We put a lot of hard work into it and the reason we were running was because we wanted to help the students so we’re excited to have the opportunity to follow through with all of our hopes and dreams,” Bongratz said.

The winning ticket was announced at the beginning of Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting.

The announcement was initially meant to be made Thursday night but was postponed due to hearings which took place last week over tickets’ financial statements.

The Stricklin/Delly and Ngo/Richardson tickets had complications with their financial statements and were found in violation of the SG Election Manual, which states tickets must turn in all of their paperwork before the set deadline last Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Presidential candidate Tate Stricklin said he was told by the Election Board he and the Ngo/Richardson tickets lost their appeals Monday and were disqualified.

“That’s it, that’s the icing on the cake... it’s final,” Stricklin said.

A source familiar with the situation who wished to remain anonymous said the Ngo/Richardson ticket turned in their contribution forms on time but not the receipts from their campaign.

“Failure to submit expenditure forms or contribution forms and original receipts on time… will result in immediate disqualification,” according to the election manual.

While other sources confirmed the Ngo/Richardson lost their appeal, Vice Presidential candidate Patrick Richardson said there were no appeals and he assumed everything was resolved Thursday. He dismissed the disqualification as a “rumor.”

“I’m not sure who or how it got resolved,” he said. “From my point of view, we didn’t — Election, Page A5

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Paulette Bongratz (right) embraces Jodie Young, a freshman majoring in nursing, after being announced the new SG President Tuesday night. The victory comes after the Stricklin/Delly and Ngo/Richardson tickets were disqualified Monday.

Dancing for the children

By Boyce Swift IC Staff Writer

“For the Kids” will be the chant that fills the Student Recreation Center this weekend as over 600 people dance for the 11th-annual Dance Marathon.

Dance Marathon, started in 2001, is an event where students, faculty, staff and community members dance for 18 hours to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network, a St. Mercy Children’s Hospital program.

Dance Marathon begins tomorrow at 7 p.m. and conclude Saturday at 1 p.m.

According to the Mercy Children’s Hospital website, Children’s Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children’s hospitals throughout North America.

Kristi Frederick, Children’s Miracle Network coordinator, said she has been working with UTDM since Oct. 2010 and during her involvement with UT students she has had a good experience.

“It’s been great,” Frederick said.

“The students at UT are awesome.”

Frederick said all funds raised during Dance Marathon go directly to St. Mercy Children’s Hospital for three current initiatives of the

Engle survives impeachment

By Samantha Watson Copy Editor

File photo by Kevin Sohnly / IC

Dance Marathon, a 16-hour event where students learn a dance routine, will raise money for the non-profit organization Children’s Miracle Network. The event begins tomorrow at 7 p.m. hospital — the Child Life Department, the Child Health Advocacy program and Palliative Care.

Alex Friend, director of UTDM and a senior majoring in environmental science, said last year UTDM raised $59,000 which went directly to St. Mercy Children’s Hospital to help buy

medical supplies and provide a game room for the patients.

Friend said the organizers receive only a $5,300 budget from UT even though the event costs about $10,000 to produce. Friend said the rest of the money comes from sponsorships and donations. The sponsorship money is

used to supply extra items and some entertainment costs like a live band.

Friend said Dance Marathon grew to UT’s largest philanthropy with an executive board including 34 students and 36 — Dance Marathon, Page A5

Despite failing to meet the GPA requirements of Student Government and refusing to resign, Student Senate Chair Heather Engle was not removed from SG Tuesday night.

Though 15 senators voted in favor, 26 votes were needed to impeach Engle.

A secret ballot vote, in which senators confidentially wrote on a slip of paper ‘yea’ to remove the senator or ‘nay’ to keep her, was used during the impeachment hearing.

According to the Student Government Adviser Jessica Spradley, Engle neglected to submit the necessary paperwork for grade checks when they were requested in January.

“I had a teacher in the fall mistakenly grant me an F, when I earned a B, so that obviously affected my GPA,” Engle explained at the meeting. “It wasn’t a blatant disregard of the rules; it was just me trying to take care of it on my own.”

Engle said when she realized there was an issue with her grades, she sent in the required form but it got lost.

She said she resent the form a month later because she “was hoping that they found it and that they could take care of it.”

Engle confirmed her GPA would be in good standing after this was resolved but said she is unsure as to when that would be.

Despite several attempts by the Independent Collegian to contact Engle, she could not be reached for comment to clarify what forms she was referring to or who lost them.

Engle said another reason she did not submit the necessary paperwork for the grade check in January was that her senate duties left her with little time to figure out her situation or contact the administrators and faculty involved.

The Student Judicial Council was unable to check Engle’s GPA until the forms — Impeachment, Page A7

What are your thoughts on this year’s SG election?

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I only knew of the election, but I did not vote.

Abigail Parker Fresh., English

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SG should advertise themselves more so students can get more involved.

Rita D.

Junior, nursing

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SG isn’t representing my voice if they aren’t out interacting with students.

Jacob Watson

Fresh., mechanical engineering

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Jocelyn Burke

Soph., event planning and tourism

Check out our story on the election results at the top of this page.

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I feel the candidates did a poor job of presenting their platforms to students.

I did not appreciate all the shady events surrounding the candidates of this election.

Rachel Lilek Soph., English

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Collegian selects new Editor-in-Chief

By IC Staff

When he walked into the Independent Collegian office in fall of 2009, Vincent D. Scebbi said he had only an interest in writing and a desire to work hard. Now, the senior majoring in communication has been hired as the IC’s newest Editor-in-Chief.

“Journalism is a craft,” Scebbi said. “It takes time and experience to sharpen and hone the skills necessary.”

Scebbi said he began as a writer and joined the staff as assistant news editor after about two months. He said he then began climbing the leadership ladder, during which he

served in several interim roles.

His most recent position as managing editor facilitated a smooth transition into a position he refers to as “the big boy seat.”

“I’d like to consider myself… a jack of all trades,” Scebbi said. “Would I consider myself a master of any of them? No, because I’m always learning. I’ll learn more from my staff than I could ev-

er teach them.”

Scebbi said mentors like former Editor-in-Chiefs Randiah Green and Hasan Dudar helped him grow into his current position.

“The more I wrote and the more I learned about what a journalist Scebbi does day in and day out, the more I realized this is where my heart is,” he said.

Scebbi said he plans for this philosophy of growth to be the platform of the IC this coming

year. His goals include developing ways to receive more feedback from the IC’s audience and making the paper more relevant.

“I want to know what the stories are that will make the public pick up the Collegian every week,” he said. “I’m here to listen and to report.”

Scebbi remains sentimental about the IC and what he believes his role is in the organization.

“I’m here to serve the community,” Scebbi said. “People have the right to know what’s going on, and I feel like I have a duty to oblige their curiosity.”

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A mile in no shoes Students abandoned shoes for one day to raise awareness about the lack of footware and eye care in thirdworld countries in support of the TOMS movement.

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Nothing new for SG Rather than attempt to clean up their act

even the most tired of SG members should

after continued reports of mishaps during the

have a passion for improving the student

past week it, was very clear during Tuesday’s

experience.

Student Senate meeting that business went

With this in mind, SG leaders should step

on as usual. Throughout the meeting, confu-

back and take a moment to evaluate their

sion and lack of cohesion were very apparent.

outlook. If there is a lack of passion and if

It seems the senators have polarized accord-

there is any doubt that the well-being of stu-

ing to personality and the result of in-fighting,

dents is the reason for the existence of SG,

not due to ideological differences.

then why serve?

One senator said, since no one bothered to

It is time for senators to wake up and fol-

follow the constitution, it should simply be

low the constitution and appropriately handle

done away with and there was even a motion

those who do not.

to do so. This motion was astonishingly sec-

When the president of SG hands out a sheet

onded. While the motion was quickly shot

titled “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” it

down, the fact that this was motioned even in

became abundantly clear that there is a seri-

jest and formally recorded as a motion is to-

ous problem.

tally unacceptable.

The sheet said a team that avoids account-

The core issue creating is a total lack of

ability encourages mediocrity. Mediocrity has

respect. From simply observing the body lan-

indeed been met. When responsibility and ac-

guage and tone of voice of some senators, it

countability goes out the window, the drive to

is clear there are members who do not re-

fulfill any purpose is totally lost. Yet again,

spect the constitution, the organization ad-

the purpose is to serve the students. Petty

viser, their fellow senators and most disgrace-

quibbling, side remarks and popularity con-

fully, the student body.

tests do not best serve the student body.

Despite it all, SG seems to retain a sense of entitlement. Senate simply doesn’t take itself

“A team that is not focused on results loses

seriously, but they should if they want stu-

achievement-oriented employees,” according

dents to believe in them. The purpose of SG

to the listed dysfunctions. How many devoted

may be fading to oblivion but the status and

and serious candidates or potential senators

prestige of the organization still lives on in

have been lost due to this lack of unity? It is

the minds of the senators.

true that a few remain who work for the good

It is understandable to get bogged down at

and betterment of SG and the student body,

times but SG can’t perpetually exist in this

but being so few, it is hard for them to make

state of disregard and disunity. Meetings be-

headway. Once an organization begins attack-

come boring and combing through details

ing itself, the organization falls. How far can

quickly becomes tedious work. However,

a man run while he is breaking his own legs?

The dangers of an idle word life only causes disheartenment to the audience.

Does this go on in familiar environments? Is it possible the places so many are comfortable with and live their daily lives in are also where people are belittled? In truth, it does occur nearly everywhere. It is something which is usually turned a blind eye to and out of a sense of shame or perhaps meekness the victim remains silent.

Such silence, while a product of harshness, cannot be allowed. Injustices are incurred daily and the only way they will ever be rectified is through action. No action is possible without awareness. The showing of this film is one of the first steps to setting aright so many social problems we face in modern society.

Every movement has to begin or be reinforced through the constant spreading of awareness and information. May the world around be receptive to it.

The film “Bullied” was screened on campus yesterday focusing specifically on bullying on the basis of sexual orientation. The documentary was about an individual who sued members of his school’s administration after many years of bullying. Rather than being met with apologies and placations, their response was a greater level of disrespect, insulting his sexuality. In the end, he won the case but through his life he fled his home, attempted suicide and was pulled from school various times. While monetary compensation is certainly nice, it cannot repair emotional trauma.

Such a story should cause reflection and reevaluation. How is it possible that such a serious issue can be handled so shamefully? It is understandable that those in administrations may not be able to entirely relate. However, to continue the chain of bullying by responding with more taunts and harsh remarks to someone who has suffered their entire educational

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- Letter To the editor I’m a freshman at the University of Toledo, and I absolutely love it here. The University of Toledo has a beautiful campus and so much to offer students, both academically and socially; however, UT has one major problem: freshman parking. Not only are freshmen inconveniently required to park off-campus, but they are only able to get their cars on certain days and at certain times.

To receive a University of Toledo parking pass, every student must pay $125.00 per semester. Although freshmen have to park a mile and a half off campus, they still have to pay the same amount as upperclassmen who are able to get prime, on-campus parking spots. I don’t think it’s fair to charge the same amount for parking spots

both on- and off-campus.

When freshmen need to get their cars, they must walk to the bus stop and wait for a bus that comes every halfhour to take them to the Scott Park Campus. To get back, they must wait again for the bus and ride back to campus. Not only do buses only run on certain days, but they only run during specified hours. If a bus is not running, you must wait for a Night Watch vehicle to pick you up. As a 19-year-old female, I don’t feel comfortable at all off-campus by myself, especially at night.

In addition, it’s extremely hard to carry groceries and luggage on the Scott Park busses and back to the dorms. I’ve tried to park on campus a few times to carry my groceries up to my dorm

room, and I’ve received two tickets, each for $35. It doesn’t seem fair to ticket a student who has already paid money to park their car.

To fix this problem, I think Toledo needs to increase the prices of prime, on-campus parking spots and decrease the price of off-campus spots. In addition, they should allow all students to decide whether or not they are willing to pay a steeper amount for on-campus parking or pay the smaller amount to park further away. This way, parking at the University of Toledo will be fair for all students.

Nichole Herevia Freshman Pre-med

Guest columns Beyond books: check your local library For many of us, the public – mostly older, rural and/or library will always be synon- poor – lack broadband access at home and cannot parymous with books.

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In a world where informa- video conferencing capabilition is increasingly available, ties. Some libraries will even learning to analyze it, create connect you with a digital it and make it your own is a mentor to strengthen your skills. valued skill.

Library services are no lonFor many teens the library may be the only place they ger only contained in the can get online and be con- physical library. Book monected to the digital world. biles have been supplementThey are in good company. ed by mobile computer labs One-third of Americans – visiting minority

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communities in St. Paul to teach digital literacy classes in Spanish, Hmong and Somali, for example. In Dover, Mass., the library has installed QR codes around town that link signs at the market and playground to community information and services. QR codes are a type of barcode that can be scanned by smartphones.

They are frequently used by businesses as a means of advertising.

Seattle Public Library offers live chats with librarians 24 hours a day so patrons can get answers to reference questions and live help with homework.

Though a lot of libraries are offering more digitally driven programs, some communities are cutting library budgets. This forces reductions in service just when Americans most need to deepen the digital and information skills which libraries foster.

This week is National Library Week. Use this time to rediscover the library as a portal to other worlds – and your own community. Check out all the library has to offer and consider what you might have to offer it. It’s no longer a place where you go to learn about someone else’s past but to create your own future — Paula Ellis, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Deborah Jacobs, Director, Global Libraries Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Julia Stasch, Vice President of US Programs, MacArthur Foundation

The ugly truth about SG Several months ago when Student Government President Matthew Rubin asked me whether I wanted a seat on the Election Board, I immediately accepted. This was my second time on the board during my college career but this time the board was a little too relaxed. This election season, I knew we were going to be anticipating a high number of tickets but was caught off guard with what we experienced.

My experience this time around was a bit ridiculous.

When I say ridiculous, I am referring to the large amount of ignorance to the rules which the candidates exhibited. This literally began the day the election packets were due: February 29, 2012.

For an individual to be late to this meeting is completely unacceptable. The least you could do is show up early or at least on time. One minute late is a big deal when you are trying to be the student body president or vice president! When you are the student body president or vice president you are held to a higher standard because you are representing the student body, you are the leader of one of the largest student organizations and your tuition is paid in full along with a stipend. Some of the stuff I heard and saw left me in complete disbelief.

The term dirty politics was used quite a bit during election but I am still wondering how an individual who is filing complaints is engaging in “dirty politics.” A reasonable person would believe the term would be used against the people breaking the rules, constantly breaking the rules if I might add, and not the ones enforcing them

and writing complaints. Now, I will say that if one ticket would have put more effort into campaigning and less into filing complaints, they probably would have had a chance. I often questioned whether tickets read the manual.

But this year’s elections were not the only thing wrong with SG operations. I had finally reached my breaking point with the legislative branch of SG when

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They were more worried about their friendships or relationships than doing what was right and upholding the constitution.

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senators were arguing and on the verge of disrespecting our adviser because she was insisting we abide by the constitution. But then again we haven’t followed it all year, right? So why start now? The other problem was that some senators are not eligible per the constitution.

But oh no, senators wanted to stick up for their friends and not do what is right and compromise the integrity of the organization. They were more worried about their friendships or relationships than doing what was right and upholding the constitution. The fact that we did not begin the impeachment hearings last Tuesday because people were complaining about whether it would take 10 minutes or an hour was astonishing and those senators should be ashamed! As a senator, I was infuriated because our chair is okay with

excusing senators for not being absent yet she could not step in and allow the impeachment hearings. Is there something you are hiding or are you just unethical? I think it is both. And now to this past Tuesday, I do not understand what more the senate wanted. It does not matter what could have, should have or would have been. She was in violation and still is.You do not go a monthwithout checking on your grade deletion. If you were passionate about it then you would have been checking constantly. But of course senate members believe this lie and do not care about whether the rules are broken. Regardless, senate is a joke.

My main problem with SG and its members is the lack of accountability for their own actions and the lack of dignity, respect and professionalism toward the organization. The next president and vice president Paulette and Chris have a lot of work to do as well as the chair and vice chair. And to be honest out of the five candidates that started only three had what it took to be the next leaders of SG!And the winner is among one of those three. You may never know the rest!SG is no longer credible. Furthermore, I can honestly say that I will not be a part of this unprofessional and non-credible organization going into the 48th session unless there is a drastic change.

— Tion Taylor is a law and social thought major and Student Government senator at-large

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‘We’re all Greek’ Danielle Gamble News Editor

A herd of sweaty men with high heels taped to their feet sprinted through McComas Greek Village last night. No, it wasn’t a stunt — it was one of several events hosted for Greek Week.

Greek Life Coordinator Cecilia Rivera describes Greek Week as a UT spring semester tradition where a series of events are held to raise money for various charities.

The week involves several events and one major event perday hosted by various Greek organizations, including UT’s National Panhellenic Council, Inter-Fraternal Council and Order of Omega.

Student Government President-Elect Paulette Bongratz said she has participated in Greek Week for four years and enjoys the sense of unity it promotes.

“It’s an opportunity to promote healthy competition in a fun way,” Bongratz, a member of Alpha Chi Omega, said. “It helps us keep in mind we’re all doing the same type of thing.”

Megan Schlachter, a freshman majoring in nursing and member of Pi Beta Phi, said the events allow other sororities and fraternities to better understand each other’s ideals.

“It’s easy to get caught up in your chapter, but we’re all Greek and we should all work together for the common good,” she said.

This week began with a Powder Puff football game Monday

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afternoon, hosted by the IFC. The game, held to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Inc., was dominated

by Kappa Delta sorority with Alpha Chi Omega sorority taking second place.

A kickball tournament was held at Carter Field Tuesday, ending in a win by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

Rivera said though the teams had to face the difficulties of unseasonably cold weather and a slight snowfall, the game was very popular.

Yesterday, UT’s NPC hosted “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” an annual event to raise awareness about domestic violence where men voluntarily don highheeled shoes and walk or run a mile. The event raised almost $800 to benefit a local Young Women’s Christian Association.

Rivera said the purpose of the restricting shoes is to mimic the pain victims of domestic violence must endure.

“Yeah, those shoes hurt – so does getting abused,” Rivera said.

The men also participated in a Strut-Off in which they tried to “out-walk” each other, a portion of the experience which was new this year.

Becca Wancata, a sophomore majoring in nursing and member of Alpha Chi Omega, said this event is special to her because it aligns with the philanthropy efforts of her sorority.

“As women, it’s important to support our sisters and not just our sorority sisters,” Wancata

said.

The last event of the week is called Flip the Yard, presented by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, a representative body for historically African-American Greek organizations. The event is a collaboration between NPHC, IFC and NPC according to Teddy Woods, a junior double-majoring in accounting and information systems and member of Order of Omega.

Woods said members of organizations involved in NPHC have been teaching step dances to members of other Greek organizations, to be unveiled tonight at Doermann Theatre beginning at 7 p.m.

Woods explained the historically black fraternities have taught their dances to inexperienced sororities and IFC fraternities will perform the dances of historically black sororities.

The week will end with UT’s Dance Marathon Friday evening.

Egor Antipov, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering and member of Pi Kappa Phi, said all of the events this week have gone well and he is proud that such a large portion of the Greek community has participated.

Schlachter said this week is just one of the many reasons she loves being Greek.

Flip the Yard will be held tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at Doermann Theatre. Tickets are on sale for $5 at Rocket Copy, and tickets can only be purchased pre-sale.

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Doris Wood, family relations co-chair of UTDM and a senior majoring in speech language pathology, said she has been working with Dance Marathon for seven years, including two years

Election From Page A1 get enough votes to win.”

SG Adviser Jessica Spradley said voting numbers will not be released from the Office of Student Involvement and no student has them. “[The votes] are tabulated for the eligible candidates so with the disqualifications, there was only one eligible ticket,” she said.

Stricklin said he is unsure whether or not he would have won the election had he remained in the race.

“The election will be defined by a technicality, not by the student voice,” Stricklin said. “We had a lot of support. Did we have enough votes to win?

The world may never know.”

Bongratz said she does not “think there is any way to fully know” the voting numbers.

“I personally believe we would have a chance either way − otherwise I wouldn’t have put so much hard work and time into [the campaign],” Bongratz said. “I wouldn’t have run if I didn’t think we honestly had the opportunity… of being Student Government President and Vice President.”

The race started off with five tickets declaring their intent to run in the beginning of March.

The Gold/Harbin campaign was disqualified from the race March 13 for being in violation of in high school. She said it has been one of her most rewarding opportunities.

“I have seen multiple aspects of Dance Marathon, as a participant [and] as an executive,” Wood said. “The families are what make Dance Marathons all they can be.”

Wood said it feels good to see the results from the money UTDM raises and to see the children

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President Paulette Bongratz addresses Senate Tuesday night.

Section IV, 1 of the Election Board Manual, which states candidates must be enrolled at UT and meet eligibility requirements as outlined in the UT Student Handbook and SG Constitution.

The Engle/Teall ticket was also found in violation of Section IV, 1 of the manual and disqualified March 30.

Presidential candidate Heather Engle, who is also chair of the senate, underwent impeachment hearings Tuesday night over her GPA not meeting the 2.5 requirement to serve in SG. The Ngo/Richardson campaign was disqualified from the race last week over an

alleged iPad raffle and controversy over their logo but won both of their appeals and was reinstated last Thursday, hours before voting closed.

The Ngo/Richardson and the Stricklin/Delly ticket were then both disqualified for problems with turning in financial statements for their campaign Monday.

Bongratz said she plans to work with Rubin to prepare for when she will take over as SG president.

“I’m very much organized and goal-setting, so I’ll spend the summer to prepare for the school year and spend the last month learning the ropes,” she said.

and hear their stories. She said she would never give up participating in Dance Marathon.

Wood said Dance Marathon helps 17 million children in the U.S. and Canada. She said she wishes people would look beyond standing for 18 hours and see that the children they are helping have suffered their entire lives.

Friend said participant fees

include a $20 registration fee which covers food, T-shirts and extra items UTDM could not cover under their budget. Participants were also asked to raise an additional $50 for donations.

For more information regarding UTDM or to make a donation visit http://www. helpmakemiracles.org/ event/utdm2012. Donations can be made until May 1.

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Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman charged with 2nd-degree murder, turns himself in

By Frances Robles, Erika Bolstad and Michael Vasquez McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey has charged neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman turned himself in and is in custody at an undetermined location, Corey confirmed Wednesday evening at a news conference.

“It is the search for justice for Trayvon Martin that has brought us to this moment,” Corey told reporters.

Corey added that the decision to charge Zimmerman was not taken lightly, and was based on the facts of the case.

“We do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition,” Corey said.

The prosecutor’s decision capped weeks of protests nationwide, which were marked by student walk-outs in South Florida and throngs of marchers wearing hoodies in cities from New York to Seattle. The case of a hooded high school junior from Miami-Dade who went for a walk in the rain to get snacks became a national symbol of racial injustice.

And for others, it became a glaring example of the media’s rush to judgment and willingness to try a case in the newsroom instead of a courtroom.

Though Corey said the mounting public pressure did not influence her decision, the Rev. Al Sharpton — appearing with Martin’s parents after the charges were announced — credited the protests and other public shows of support with persuading Florida Gov. Rick Scott to appoint a special prosecutor to take a second look at the case. Sharpton recalled how Sanford police once announced, matter-of-factly, that there would be no arrests in the case.

“Had there not been pressure, there would not have been a second look,” Sharpton said. “That look has led to where we are tonight.”

Martin’s parents thanked supporters, of all races, who signed petitions demanding law enforcement take action in the case — more than 2.2 million people signed a viral campaign launched on the website Change.org.

“A heart has no color, it’s not black, it’s not white, it’s red,” Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, said. “And I want to say thank you, from my heart to your heart.”

Trayvon Martin died Feb. 26 after he returned from 7-Eleven, where he bought Skittles

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Special Prosecutor Angela B. Corey holds a press conference announcing that she is filing charges for second-degree murder against George Zimmerman, the shooter in the Trayvon Martin case, in Jacksonville, Fla. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Zimmerman is in custody of law enforcement at this time. and iced tea. While walking back from the store to the townhouse he was visiting at the Retreat at Twin Lakes, the gated community’s watch captain spotted him and found him suspicious. There had been recent burglaries, Martin was walking slow, “looking about,” and appeared to be on drugs, Zimmerman told a police operator.

Zimmerman, a married man who worked in the mortgage and insurance industries while studying criminal justice, had called police to report a variety of crimes 46 times in eight years. In the past year, he had reported black men looking “suspicious” on four prior occasions.

The watch captain’s fourminute call that night would be played hundreds of times on national media and scrutinized to its finest detail on social networking sites. In it, Zimmerman was heard huffing and puffing as he got out of his truck to tail Martin and figure out where he went,

because the teen took off running.

The operator told him not to follow him, and Zimmerman muttered profanities lamenting how the bad guys “always get away.”

Zimmerman later told police that after the operator told him not to follow Martin, he headed back to his truck, and that’s when the teenager came up from behind him.

The two exchanged words and Martin allegedly punched Zimmerman in the face, breaking his nose, Zimmerman’s attorneys and family have said.

A scuffle ensued, and Zimmerman reached for his licensed Kel Tek 9-mm semiautomatic handgun from the holster on his waist and fired once, hitting Martin in the chest.

The Sanford Police Department immediately came under fire for its handling of the investigation, as witnesses said detectives performed cursory interviews to support the set of facts they were ac-

cepting as true: that Zimmerman had committed a justifiable homicide.

The accounts from witnesses were mixed, although they largely agreed that they all assumed that a person they heard screaming for help was now dead.

Zimmerman claimed those cries were his unanswered calls for help, and Sanford police believed him.

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee said he did not make an arrest because there was no probable cause to refute Zimmerman’s story — and Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law made him immune from arrest.

The law eliminates a citizen’s duty to retreat when faced with the reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm.

The law says someone who starts a fight should exhaust all other means before resorting to deadly force.

The controversy that exploded after the shooting has put the future of the hotly debated law in doubt.

Study criticizes, places blame in pepper spray use at UC Davis

By Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times (MCT)

LOS ANGELES — A University of California investigatory report released Wednesday sharply criticized UC Davis campus police for using pepper spray on student demonstrators in November and said the school’s administrators and security force were to blame for poor planning and bad decisions in dealing with protests.

“Our overriding conclusion can be stated briefly and explicitly. The pepper spraying incident that took place on Nov. 18, 2011, should and could have been prevented,” declared the lengthy report written by a university-appointed task force chaired by retired state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso.

The study strongly refutes campus police assertions that the band of Occupy demonstrators posed a violent threat and it also says administrators wrongly assumed that many off-campus troublemakers were part of the tent-city protest that officials wanted evicted. It details a chain of miscommunication and poorly timed efforts to remove the protesters, leading to the incident that gripped the nation via an online video showing campus Police Lt. John Pike spraying a line of seated students at close range.

“On balance, there is little factual basis supporting Lt. Pike’s belief that he was trapped by the protesters or that his officers were prevented from leaving the quad. Further, there is little evidence that any protesters attempted to use violence against

the police,” the report stated.

The task force and an accompanying study by the Kroll security firm described UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi’s leadership in handling the protests as inadequate.

“Chancellor Katehi failed to express in any meaningful way her expectation that the police operation was to be sharply limited so that no use of force would be employed by police officers other than their demand that the tents be taken down,” the study said. “The lack of effective communication by the chancellor at this time not only contributed to misunderstandings that made it difficult to evaluate the decision to use police to take down the tents. This communication failure also substantially undermined the goal of avoiding a physical confrontation between

the police and protesters.

The report did not make any specific personnel recommendations but called on UC and UC Davis to review its police policies and training and for the campus to set up a better system for making decisions about protests.

The episode led to much soulsearching within the UC system and campuses across the country about the balance of civil rights and security at a time when the Occupy movement was burgeoning. Katehi, who became the school’s leader in 2009, faced calls for her resignation, but she apologized for the incident and overcame an attempt by some faculty to pass a no-confidence vote against her.

In February, 19 students and alumni who were sprayed or arrested filed a federal lawsuit claiming their free speech and

Lee’s future is murky as well: After the Sanford city commission took a “no confidence” vote against the embattled chief, Lee took a paid leave of absence.

It was later revealed that the police senior investigator in the case had requested criminal charges be filed early on in the investigation, but the Brevard-Seminole County State Attorney held off pending further review.

The case was transferred to special prosecutor Corey, based in Jacksonville, and is now being investigated by the FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Justice Civil Rights division. Corey opted against using a grand jury to decide whether to file charges.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said that the FBI has been on the scene “helping build a case.”

But for the state criminal charges to be joined by federal hate crime charges, Holder said a high bar must be met.

“For a federal hate crime we have to prove the highest standard in the law — something that was reckless, that was negligent, does not meet that standard,” he said.

Zimmerman’s case was further complicated when the city of Sanford released surveillance video of him arriving at the police station. A professionally enhanced version shows a cut on his head, but the grainy video posted on the city’s website showed Zimmerman had no trouble walking and did not have any blood on his clothes.

In television interviews last week, his former attorney, Hal Uhrig, stressed that a person can be killed even without bloodshed. He noted “shaken baby syndrome,” and the death of actress Natasha Richardson, who died after a single blow to the head during a skiing accident.

— (Miami Herald staff writer Marc Caputo contributed to this report.)

This week, UC and the union assembly rights were violated in the controversial incident. The agreed the report could be resuit names Katehi as a defendant, leased but with many of the along with other campus admin- names of the officers removed istrators and police officers and except for Pike and UC Davis seeks financial damages and Police Chief Annette Spicuzza. changes in how the UC system As a result, the report uses references to officers H, I, J and K, handles protests. among others.

Ten protestPike, the chief ers were arand a third unrested and citThe pepper sprayed with unlawing incident that took identified officer ful assembly place on Nov. 18, 2011, have been on paid and illegal should and could have administrative camping, but been prevented. leave since shortthe Yolo Counly after the incity district attordent. The UC Daney subsevis police departquently said no ment is concludcharges would be filed against ing its own internal affairs investhem because of a lack of enough tigation about whether any of its evidence. officers should face disciplinary The report itself was at the action, according to a campus center of legal drama over the spokesperson. last month as the police union Meanwhile, a separate comsought to limit how much of the mittee headed by UC Berkeley report could be publicly released, law school Dean Christopher Edcontending that some parts ley is looking at the wider issues would violate privacy rules and about how campuses should reput officers at risk of harassment act to student protests in the fuand danger. Police attorneys say ture. That group’s recommendaPike has received death threats tions are expected to be released along with unwanted pizzas or- in the next month or two, offidered to his home by pranksters. cials said.

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Student Senate Chair Heather Engle defends herself during impeachment hearings Tuesday night. Senate did not have the 26 votes needed to remove Engle from Student Government.

Impeachment From Page A1 were turned in on March 20. They then found Engle and two other members were found ineligible to be in SG and requested a resignation.

Because Engle refused to resign, SJC asked Senate to proceed with the impeachment process. The other two members, whose names cannot be released, resigned.

Senators at Tuesday’s meeting had differing opinions on the impeachment.

“How is it practical to do this at the end of the year,” asked Senator Brent Teall.

Although it may seem impractical to hold an impeachment so late in the year, Senator Emily Kramp said SG needed to uphold the constitution no matter what the circumstances may be.

“While I sympathize with Heather and I don’t necessarily agree with the timing of this impeachment, according to the constitution as it is written right now, if you don’t meet the … GPA requirements you’re not

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Government,” Kramp said.

“We don’t arbitrarily Senator Tion Taylor said check student grades,” she those who voted against said. “Just because I know the impeachment don’t someone is a member of have any respect for the SG senate, I can’t just go over constitution. and check their grades. The But Teall disagreed.

“The constitution says SG Adviser cannot check that we vote on whether grades without the formal consent form being signed.”

Heather was The senate guilty or not,” he said. addressed “We voted It wasn’t a bla- this by prothat she was tant disregard of the p o s i n g not guilty rules; it was just me changes to and in that trying to take care of it the constiturespect we on my own. tion which did follow would re[ t h e quire the adconstituHeather Engle tion].” viser to send Chair, A few sena- Student Senate at least two tors quesemails to SG tioned how members reSpradley did not realize garding the grade check paEngle’s paperwork had not perwork before the been filed. deadline.

Spradley said the senate According to the new is the only branch of SG rules, senate members which does not have all of would be responsible for their members listed on the their own paperwork and SG website. She requested neglecting to turn it in on an updated list but she did time would result in renot receive it until after the moval from their position grade checks were in senate.

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It may come down to home-ice for the Wings The playoff beards have started to fill in on the faces of the Detroit Red Wings as they began their 21st consecutive postseason last night against the Nashville Predators in Tennessee.

The last time the 11-time champions missed out on the chase for Lord Stanley’s Cup was 1990.

George H. W. Bush was President, Tommy Page had the number one song in America, and all you needed for a gallon of gas was $1.16.

The playoffs have become a rite of passage for the Red Wings, whose streak of 21 straight appearances is the longest active in all of North American professional sports. They have registered 100 or more points in an NHL-record 12 straight seasons and in 15 of their last 17.

They don’t call it “Hockeytown” for nothing.

The Red Wings qualified for the fifth seed in the Western Conference with 102 points. They set another NHL record this year by winning 23 consecutive home games, a streak that stretched from Nov. 5 to Feb. 19 and had Detroit sitting in the top spot in the West.

A record 12th Stanley Cup looked like a real possibility.

When the streak was finally snapped, things started unraveling and injuries started piling up.

Goalie Jimmy Howard battled through a groin injury. Johan Franzen, Todd Bertuzzi, Dan Cleary and Jakub Kindl all missed action down the stretch with various bumps and nicks. Even seven-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom, who is almost always on the ice, was forced to miss 11 games with a bone bruise.

Unfortunately for Detroit, the injury bug would eventually bite superstar Pavel Datsyuk as well.

The flashy Datsyuk — easily a top-5 player in the NHL — missed a month after having arthroscopic knee surgery.

The Wings literally limped into the playoffs and lack home-ice advantage in the first round against the Preds, which is bad news for a team that went 17-21-3 away from the Joe. For the third straight year, Detroit is stuck with the dreaded five seed, which signals a likely meeting with the number one seed should they advance (The NHL re-seeds after the first round).

In each of the last two seasons the Wings advanced to the conference semifinals only to be beaten by the top-seeded San Jose Sharks. The Vancouver Canucks hold this year’s number one spot.

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Dan Molls is one of four key defensive players who missed games due to injury last year. Molls was still one of the team leaders in tackles with 70 last years despite missing six games with a leg injury. The Rockets play in the Blue-and-Gold game tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.

By Jay Skebba Sports Editor

The Toledo Rockets are ready to put spring practice in the rear-view mirror as they return to the playing field for the annual spring game at the Glass Bowl Friday.

Players will have one last opportunity to impress the coaching staff before they return to practice in August.

“The spring game is kind of the culmination of these kids really working hard for the last 14 practices,” said

UT head coach Matt Campbell. “We’ve had a great spring and I think our kids deserve to go out and have a good time Friday night.”

The defending Military Bowl champions returned to the practice field March 14. Coach Campbell has been pleased with the intensity and focus of his team throughout spring ball.

“A lot of it is a tribute to these seniors who have been in our program going on four years,” Campbell said. “They know what to expect and they know the

value of these 14, 15 practices and how important they are to their development.”

As was the case in 2011, senior Austin Dantin and junior Terrance Owens are in a neck-and-neck battle for the starting quarterback spot. Dantin started 10 games last season and received a few reps in the bowl game. Owens, who completed a MAC-record 72.2 percent of his passes, started the last three games of the year and saw action in nine others.

“I just take it one day at a time,” Dantin said. “It’s team first, and whatever is best for the team, that’s what’s going to happen. We obviously want each other to succeed. T.O. and I have a great relationship, that’s how it’s always been and that’s how it’s going to be.”

Dantin will be the starting quarterback for the Blue team while Owens will lead the Gold. The teams were picked by two seniors. Both signal-callers were ranked in the top 25 nationally in passing efficiency in 2011.

“Spring games are a ton of fun,” Dantin said. “It’s so much fun playing against each other and I can’t wait.”

One area where UT lost talent was on the offensive line. Sophomores Josh Hendershot and Jeff Myers along with senior A.J. Lindeman have been asked to fill important roles in 2012.

All three saw meaningful action last season.

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Toledo baseball wins third-straight

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Jeff Cola, who went 2-for-4 against Michigan, was one of four Rockets who had a multi-hit game yesterday in Ann Arbor. Toledo will host the Broncos in MAC Conference play this weekend. First pitch on Friday is slated for 3:05 p.m. at Scott Park.

The Rockets extended their winning streak to three games with a 6-2 victory over Michigan in Ann Arbor last night.

The win at Ray Fisher Stadium marks the second time in as many seasons that Toledo has come away with a win over the Wolverines.

“It was a really good win for us,” said UT head coach Corey Mee. “I thought our guys played very well. Our formula for success has been to pitch, play defense and hit in the clutch and we did all three of those things tonight.”

Freshman right-handed hurler Alec Schmenk took care of most of the pitching in that equation, tossing five innings of five-hit, one-run baseball to grab his first collegiate win.

“Alec did a tremendous job tonight,” Mee said. “He showed a lot of poise on the mound for being a freshman.

He threw strikes and made some really big pitches when he needed to and really gave us what we needed today so we could hand it over to our bullpen.”

Schmenk’s counterpart, UM (15-19) junior right-handed pitcher Ben Ballantine gave up two walks and a hit over two innings before giving way to the eventual losing pitcher, right-hander Kolby Wood.

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In the bottom of the inning Michigan manufactured their lone run off Schmenk when freshman shortstop Dylan Delaney crossed home plate on a sacrifice fly.

The Wolverines chipped away at the lead some more in the eighth with a run off

Thursday, April 12, 2012 junior right-hander Cody Umbright (1 IP, 1 ER) but UT senior first baseman Mark Lapikas put the home team away with a two-run blast in the top of the ninth.

“It was really good to see a guy like Mark Lapikas get some big hits for us tonight,” Mee said. “His home run tonight really was the nail in the coffin so to speak. We got contributions from a lot of guys. They got some big hits when we really needed them.”

Lapikas (3-of-4, 2 RBI, HR) led the Rockets offensively but Cola (2-for-4), Miglin (2for-4), freshman shortstop Dan Zuchowski (2-for-3, R) all turned in multi-hit performances as well.

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Nashville is led offensively by Martin Erat and Patric Zetterberg, had at least 20 Hornqvist. Erat leads the goals and Datsyuk still team with 58 points and managed 19 despite his Hornqvist has a team-high 27 goals. lengthy absence.

Those two can be lethal Jimmy Howard was unbelievable between the pipes for Nashville’s power play in the first half of the sea- unit, which scored on a son and was league-best the starting 21.6 percent In an ultimate goalie for the of its chancbattle of new- es. Detroit’s West in the A l l - S t a r school versus old- penalty kill Game. He was school, it could very was mediocre able to start best, killwell come down to at the last five ing off 81.8 home-ice percent of games of the regular seaadvantage. their penalson and still ties, which posted a 2.13 ranked 18th GAA, sevin the NHL. enth-best in the league. The With the return of Howard Wings need him to be the and defenseman Jonathan goalie he was earlier this Ericsson, that number year to have a chance. could certainly improve.

Howard’s counterpart in One area where the Red this opening series, Pekka Wings have a certain advanRinne, has also been one of tage is postseason experithe game’s best in the net. ence, which can sometimes Rinne had an NHL-best 43 trump any other factor. Of wins in the 2011-12 cam- the current roster, 12 playpaign. Goaltending is cru- ers have won at least one cial in the playoffs, and the Stanley Cup in the Motor Howard-Rinne matchup City. Lidstrom and Tomas should be a great one to Holmstrom have done it watch. Each net-minder four times. will make their fair share of The Predators, like most dramatic and acrobatic teams, measure themselves saves with the game on the against the Red Wings. For

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In an ultimate battle of new-school versus oldschool, it could very well come down to home-ice advantage.

The Preds are hosting the first two games of the series and after losing to the Red Wings in the postseason in 2004 and 2008, they know how important it is to win both of them and maintain home-ice.

They know that when the series shifts back to Joe Louis Arena, the octopi start getting tossed over the boards and “Detroit Rock City” blares from the speakers, one thing’s for sure — it’s game on.

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With Eric Page heading to the NFL, Military Bowl MVP Bernard Reedy looks to be the number one receiver for the Rockets this year.

Blue-Gold From Page B1 said. “I was really proud of how those kids ended spring practice.”

The Rocket offense was explosive in 2011, averaging over 480 yards and 42 points per game. The defense, however, was the Achilles heel all year long, surrendering over 400 yards and 31 points per contest.

UT hopes the return of

senior safety and defensive leader Mark Singer, who missed all of 2011 with an injury, should bring those numbers down.

“He’s started a lot of football games and he’s been extremely successful in our football program,” Campbell said. “His intensity has certainly raised the intensity level of our defense.”

Injuries to All-MAC senior linebacker Dan Molls

Toledo also received quality relief outings from righthanders Andrew Marra (2 IP, 0 ER) and Alex Radon (1 IP, 0 ER) who worked a perfect ninth to collect his second save in as many days.

“Michigan is a good program and they have a great tradition there,” Mee said.

“We’re going to enjoy (the win) tonight but starting tomorrow we’re going to prepare for a big conference series that we have against Western Michigan.”

UT will host the Broncos (15-15) this weekend, with Friday’s first pitch scheduled for 3:05 p.m. and the Saturday and Sunday games each slated for 1:05 p.m. and All-MAC senior defensive end T.J. Fatinikun played a part in UT’s defensive woes as well.

Molls missed six games with a leg injury and Fatinikun missed the last seven with a broken arm sustained against Eastern Michigan.

The defense returns many key contributors, including three of their top-five tacklers. Senior linebackers Robert Bell (78 tackles), Molls (70 tackles) as well as senior safety Jermaine Robinson (55 tackles) are all back to make another run at the Mid-American Conference crown.

“It starts with the spring game on Friday,” Molls said.

“It was frustrating at first, just learning the new scheme and everything, but everyone’s been making the adjustments. We’ve been buying into the system and we’re excited to see how it works out on Friday.”

Kickoff for the spring game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Glass Bowl and is free to attend.

Lacrosse to celebrate 40th anniversary this weekend

By Jay Skebba Sports Editor

The Toledo lacrosse program is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an eventful alumni weekend.

“We want our alumni and everyone in Toledo to realize that UT lacrosse has been around for 40 years and we are not going away,” said head coach Mike McComish.

“We want to build this team up so that high school kids will want to come to UT and hopefully play for us in the future.”

The festivities will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Glass Bowl with an alumni game featuring players from years past on each team. Current players will be refereeing the contest, which is free to attend.

“It shows there’s a whole lot more to the team than what we (the current players) are,” said senior captain and club President Dan Bryan. “It’ll be great for the younger guys on the team to

see the overwhelming support that we really have.”

After moving up from a less competitive league, the Lacross team is playing in their second year in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association.

The MCLA is one step below the NCAA level and includes some of the biggest and most notable schools in the country, including Wisconsin, Florida State and Texas. The Rockets hired a new coaching staff this season and hope to keep climbing up the competitive ladder after making the transition.

“It was definitely a little tough in the beginning,” Bryan said. “This year, we’ve done considerably better.

The biggest thing to me is that a lot of the opposing coaches that we’ve played this year have mentioned how far we’ve come.”

After the game, the team and its alumni will head to Le Petit Gourmet, a banquet

facility in Maumee owned by one of the alumni members.

The newly formed Board of Directors will be introduced as they look to take care of some of the administrational chores for the team.

Various memorabilia will be up for auction to benefit the team, including jerseys, equipments and signed posters.

“I think our alumni support is really to take us where we want to go,” Bryan said. “I’d like to see Toledo beat one of the top-tier teams in the league and I think, quite honestly, that’s a reasonable goal for us to have.”

The weekend concludes with Toledo’s final home game of the season when they take on the Ohio Bobcats Sunday at 1 p.m.

“I think people on campus are getting more excited about it,” Bryan said. “I think it’s an exciting sport to watch even if you’ve never watched it before.”

Exhibit From Page B4 exhibit, she drew inspiration from personal experiences and employed a variety of “traditional and non-traditional materials … to create a metaphorical interpretation of the past,” according to her artist’s statement.

“She’s a very talented sculptor,” Pond said. “She’s got an excellent sense of materials.”

Raymer-Gilbert’s specialty is photography and for the exhibit she said she used her skills primarily to document aspects of her daughter’s life, specifically her transformation into a young woman. Her main piece visually chronicles virtually every toy her now-teenage daughter has ever owned, while her other photos focus on her daughter today. RaymerGilbert said she used the exhibit as an opportunity to spend time with her daughter.

“She’s very supportive of my work and what I do,” she said.

“But I know she got a little frustrated towards the end because I was always taking pictures of her.”

Pond said he helped the artists set up the gallery so everyone’s work looked its best. He said there were enough pieces this year for the exhibit to

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Buehrer said the CVA faculty was also very helpful leading up to the exhibit.

“I wouldn’t have been able to get this far without the faculty’s help,” he said.

Raymer-Gilbert said the faculty’s yearly reviews and availability outside of school hours were extremely beneficial.

An opening reception is scheduled for this Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Fisher said she is excited for her teammates and coaches to see her artwork for the first time, since some of them are featured in her pieces.

“It will be interesting to see their reactions,” she said.

Buehrer said he is looking forward to the reception as a “celebration of the year’s hard work.”

The “2012 BFA Thesis Exhibition” is located at the CVA Gallery, which is open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The exhibit and the opening reception are free and open to the public.

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Jack and Rose’s.

Even though I’m assuming most people have seen the fast. I don’t believe they re- movie, I’m not going to give ally were in love. Instead, I the rest of the ending away believe Rose was just a girl for that very small group looking for a way out and who hasn’t. she found it in Jack. I think For those people, the movher feelings for Jack were ie’s re-release is a perfect blossoming into love but not opportunity to finally see love quite yet. what all the excitement is Being a hopeless roman- about. tic, one of the things I love The movie about the has now removie is the turned to the fact that the big screen in d i r e c t o r, The movie’s re-release 2-D, 3-D and James Cam- is a perfect opportunity IMAX, but I feel eron, incorto finally see what all like it is a waste porated a the excitement is of time to made-up about. watch it in the love story latter two forinto a real mats, especially if you have life event. already seen While Jack the movie. and Rose’s story are the Movies which are re-released film’s main focus, Cameron in 3-D are usually expensive also shows brief moments and not all that great. Unless that really happened on the you’ve never seen the Titanic ship. Although the story is before, don’t waste your made up, there could have money just for a few cheap very well been a couple who effects.

This movie is a classic and fell in love on that ship. I’m I feel everyone should see it sure there was love on that at least once in their life 3-D boat, even budding love like or not.

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Scenes from “The Divine” by Joseph Buehrer.

This Month: “Wartime Reflections” Join this collaboration between the Toledo Symphony and UT’s College of Visual and Performing Arts as they explore the relationships between wartime music, literature, film and art. The remaining scheduled events include:

 April 18 -- Rage and Remembrance: The British Response to the Great War, with Dr.

Christopher Williams, UT Department of Music, at Libbey Hall, UT Main Campus, 7:30 p.m. Free to attend.  April 20 -- Derek Jarman’s War Requiem, with Tammy Kinsey, UT Department of Theatre and Film, at Haigh Auditorium, Toledo Museum of Art Campus, 7:30 p.m. Free to attend.  April 22 -- Cabaret! with Drs. Denise Ritter Bernardini and Michael Boyd, UT Department of Music, at Great Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art, 3 p.m. Free to attend.

 April 26 -- Remembering the Civil War: Photographs and Monuments, with Dr. Richard

Putney, Head of Art History, UT Department of Art, at Libbey Hall, UT Main Campus, 7:30 p.m. Free to attend.

 April 27 & 28 -- Wartime Reflections: A Musical Postcard, conducted by Andrea Quinn

and featuring baritone Hugh Russell, at the Peristyle, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased by calling 419-246-8000 or visiting http://www.ToledoSymphony.com.

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“Titanic,” from Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

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BFA seniors debut gallery

By Russell Axon Arts and Life Editor

Senior year is the last opportunity for students to leave their mark and five Fine Arts students have a whole gallery to do so.

The 2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition features the artwork of five graduating BFA seniors. The exhibit began last Monday and runs until Sunday, May 13, at the Toledo Museum of Art Campus Gallery.

Featured artists this year include new media majors Joseph Buehrer, Ali Fisher and Rachelle Raymer-Gilbert, along with Qina Chen and Julia LaBay. Each artist submitted multiple pieces created specifically for the annual exhibit, according to CVA Gallery Director Ben

Pond.

“Every spring semester, the graduating BFA students have to exhibit,” he said. “This is supposed to be their capstone achievement.”

Buehrer’s artwork showcases select panels from his in-progress graphic novel “The Divine.”

He said the story follows 22-year-old Tim, an immortal, as he traverses a future post-apocalyptic world in an effort to bring down its oppressive leaders. His artwork mixes photographs of real environments and figure drawings to “create a connection” between the art and the viewer, in addition to commenting on current social issues, according to Buehrer.

“I want people to feel like this story could actually happen,” he said. “It’s kind of like a movie

trailer for a comic.”

Chen’s artwork includes six colorful portraits and one design piece, all created through digital media. According to her artist’s statement, Chen’s status as an international student has exposed her to both Asian and Western art and these influences are reflected in her “surreal and dream-like” portraits. Her statement also said her gallery works are exaggerated depictions of negative emotions.

Pond said Chen’s computersavvy talents are unique among her peers.

“She treats [a computer] as a painting or drawing essentially, which I don’t know is all that common in a new media department,” he said. “She likes making things come from scratch and creating them on

the computer.”

Fisher said her artwork combines screen printing, acrylic colors, photography and visual/ audio media to interpret her experiences as a Division 1 collegiate cross-country runner.

Her artwork includes three mixed media drawings and a visual piece. She said she wants her work to convey the conflict between chaos and control which she encounters as an athlete.

“I really wanted to tackle sports art because it’s so uncommon,” Fisher said. “And I’ve been running since grade school, so it’s a big part of my life.”

LaBay’s artwork features a set of sculptures and three mixed media pieces. For the — Exhibit, Page B3

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“Lauren: Letting Go and Holding On,” by Rachelle RaymerGilbert.

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From left to right: “Unraveled” by Julia LaBay; “#428, Bowling Green Invitational” by Ali Fisher; “Lady” by Qina Chen. The “2012 BFA Thesis Exhibition” is open until May 13.

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Kate Winslet (as Rose DeWitt Bukater, left) and Leonardo DiCaprio (as Jack Dawson) discuss a scene with writer/director/producer/editor James Cameron in “Titanic,” from Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

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Titanic artifact exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum A replica of the grand staircase as it appeared on the ship is one of the many highlights of the Titanic artifact exhibit currently at the Henry Ford Museum. The exhibit will run until September 30. Tickets cost $27 for non-members.

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‘Titanic’ April 15 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. To commemorate the legendary sinking, the 1997 blockbuster film,

By Maranda Carlson “Titanic,” has IC Staff Writer returned to theaters for a limited time.

While most people are familiar with the real-life story of the luxury liner, a very small group may be unfamiliar with the film’s depiction of the fictional, tragic romance between Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and Rose, played by Kate Winslet, which takes place on the historical ship.

The movie starts off in 1997 with a group of treasure hunters searching the Titanic wreckage for the “Heart of the Ocean,” a beautiful diamond necklace. Instead, they find a painting of a young, naked woman wearing the exact necklace they are searching for. The woman in the picture is a now elderly Rose. Brought in by the hopeful treasure hunters, Rose recounts the events that led to the picture.

The story then jumps to April 10, 1912, as the Titanic sets sail for her maiden voyage to New York City.

Rose is on board with her rich, controlling fiancé. While trying to escape him, she meets Jack, a lower class passenger, who introduces her to a happier, carefree life.

The two quickly fall in love, but their relationship is challenged by Rose’s fiancé and a pesky iceberg.

Though I love this movie and it makes me cry every time, I dislike the idea of their love happening so — Titanic, Page B3