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In the swing of things

The women’s golf team won first place at the Mid-American Conference preview.

SPORTS / 6 »

Bringing words to life

UT members will be performing in Henry V.

COMMUNITY / 7 »

Ordinance sued

The attorney general filed a lawsuit against Sensible Toledo for con-flicting with state law.

NEWS / 3 »

““The amend-ment would create a state-wide marijuana monopoly through its finely printed rules.”

EDITORIAL

Weed can wait OPINION / 4 »

Look for the weed leaves next to stories about marijuana and the recent legislation about it.

By Amanda PitrofEditor-in-Chief

What’s green, looks a little like oregano and gets pow-dery when ground up?

Marijuana.This pungent plant is

more than just part of the local drug culture. It is part of a not-so-secret market that brings together buyers from all walks of life.

“It is a business — but in the grand scheme of things, it’s networking,” said a fourth-year communication student.

The student, who wishes to be anonymous, sold marijua-na for about a year while at the University of Toledo. He started in 2013, and never

saw dealing as out of the ordinary. To him, it was not much different than working at a fast food restaurant for a few extra bucks.

“I was just starting small; I never got huge or anything, but I was only starting with half an ounce at a time,” he said. “Went to an ounce, then a few ounces … it was enough to smoke and bring in a little extra cash.”

In his peak, he brought in between $300 and $500 a week.How it started

He started smoking weed in high school, but didn’t start selling it until college when his dealer asked if he

was interested in making some extra cash by dealing.

“I was always the one to buy it. I never thought I’d sell it until he asked me,” the student said.

After thinking it over for a couple of days, he agreed to do it. He said it would be easy money because it’s all about who you know.

“At first, when you start

selling, you’re like, ‘Hey, I got some bud. Hit me up if you need some,’ or something like that,” he said. “But after you do it for awhile, you don’t have to do that any-more. They already know.”

When he started looking for more clients, sometimes he would “smoke someone out” — let them smoke some weed for free. He en-couraged the test drivers to buy from him in the future. That wasn’t as necessary once he built a reputation.

He said everyone who smokes marijuana knows someone else who smokes, because it creates a net-work of people that links

smokers to dealers.After a while, he said, the

“clients will come to you.”Making the sale

When people came to his house, most of the time they “matched” him. They bought half the weed to take with them and shared the other half with the dealer, who would roll the blunt for them.

“Someone always has to teach somebody how to roll a blunt,” he laughed.

He never kept a count of how many buyers he served, but it was at least 50 people, and most of those deals happened at home.

UT wheels out a new bike sharing program By Emily SchnipkeStaff Reporter

A six-year effort came to fruition on Monday, Oct. 12 when the new University of Toledo bike share program called Rocket Wheels was unveiled in a ceremony at Rocket Hall.

The bike share program is a project that the UT Student Government has been work-ing towards since 2010. The idea was the brainchild of then-SG President Matt Rubin, who gained inspiration from programs at the Ohio State University and cities across the country. UT’s Complete Streets Committee began to research and help develop the bike share program.

“When I was a student leader on campus, the num-ber one issue, and I’m sure it’s the issue now, was park-ing,” Rubin said. “Everybody was looking for a solution to make parking more conve-nient and it seemed to be the biggest hassle that students face in their lives.”

Rubin said he and SG began to search for a proactive and creative ap-proach that would help to get people on board. They started with bike lockers, bi-cycle lanes, air compressors for bike tires, and eventu-ally started to form the bike share program.

“It was the best way that we could combat parking,” Rubin said. “It was something that was

good for the environment; it was something that promoted public health.”

After years of analysis and working out the logistics of the plan with funding from UT’s provost office, Rocket Wheels was finally created.

“It’s something that you may not see the payoff right away,” Rubin said, “but the

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BIKE SHARE ENROLLMENT

UTPD report assesses crime on campusBy Ashley DielStaff Reporter

The University of Toledo’s annual security report for 2014 was released on Tuesday, Sept. 29 and details the amount and types of crimes committed on and near campus.

The report lists all the offenses committed for the designated time period and the number of each type committed. The offenses themselves are then broken down by how they’re handled: arrest or judicial referral. There was also a separate section dedicated hate crimes, and there was only one hate crime com-mitted during 2014.

Mary Martinez, Student Conduct

Officer and Deputy Title IX Coor-dinator, said judicial referrals are a process by which the university itself handles the problem, as op-posed to getting the police involved. This process is separate from ar-rests, which the report showed were used to resolve issues less often than judicial referrals.

According to the report, there was a significant increase in judicial referrals for liquor and drug law violations during the 2014 school year, Referrals for liquor law viola-tions on campus jumped from 245 in 2013 to 430 in 2014 while the drug law violation referrals more than doubled from 163 to 360.

Despite the increases in judicial

referrals for the offenses, the number of actual arrests on campus due to liquor or drugs and all other offense categories on the report has remained about the same between the 2013 and 2014 school years, with 31 total arrests made for liquor and drug violations in 2014.

Jeff Newton, UTPD chief of police, said while there has been an increase in judicial referrals, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

“The increase has been more on the conduct side,” he said. “I think it can be a product of more educa-tion and training in residence life and different enforcement strategies. Instead of calling the police to handle it criminally, it

is handled more throughout a conduct process.”

Jessica Lang, a third-year English major, said she believes the increase in judicial referrals should actually make students feel safer on campus.

“Referrals are not the same as arrests,” Lang said. “All those numbers show is that RAs and the police are doing their jobs better and making sure that criminal activity doesn’t occur here. They are stopping things before they have the potential to turn into something that is actually bad.”

ALLIE RAY / IC(Left to right) SG senator Benjamin Lynn, SG president Cody Spoon, Rocky and SG vice president Ian Michalak were all present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the program on Oct 12.

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CAMPUS SAFETY

A dealer’s perspective on the highs and lows of selling marijuana

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Consultant hired to help boost UT’s enrollmentBy Riley Sproul Staff Reporter

The University of Toledo announced early this month that President Sharon Gaber signed a $430,000 contract with consultant firm Ruffalo Noel Levitz to correct UT’s steadily declining enrollment rate.

RNL is a firm that focuses on working with higher education facilities to improve their enroll-ment and fundraising strategies, according to their website.

James Mager, the Interim Administrator of Enrollment at UT, has been reorganizing and optimizing the enrollment process from within the university, but agreed that RNL is the best choice.

“Ruffalo Noel Levitz is a leader in enrollment management services with

an excellent track record of getting results that ben-efit the university,” Mager said. “From my perspec-tive, UT will benefit from the vast experience of Ruffalo Noel Levitz as-sisting many colleges and universities.”

The number of current students decreased last se-mester by 1.46 percent, and has been on the decline for the last five years. Shortly after taking office, Gaber promised to make enroll-ment and retention one of her first priorities. Gaber has seen the effect RNL has had on other universities in the past and thought they would be a good choice to help UT with this issue.

“I knew their work from when I was at Auburn Uni-versity. So I called a guy I had worked with previously and I said, ‘Tell me what you can do.’ And he said, ‘We

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CAP hold’s first comedy night

Students can gather for jokes, laughs and good times Oct. 21 for a show featuring Jeff Dye and Mike Paramore.

COMMUNITY / 7 »

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“I was always the one to buy it. I never thought I’d sell it until he asked me.”

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What’s your favorite euphemism for marijuana?

“Mary Jane.”

Jennifer ThurauThird-year

Public health

“Loud.”

LaAsha Moore Third-year

Communication

“Dank man.”

Kody ShortFourth-year

Human resources

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Clery Act compliance officer added to university

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By Ashley DielStaff Reporter

The University of Toledo has taken a step in continuing to help promote student safety on campus by hiring Meredith Blaine as the new Clery Act compliance officer.

The Clery Act is a law that was passed to alert perspective students, employ-ees and the campus community about crimes which occur on campus and in the im-mediate vicinity. It also makes sure crimes are reported correctly to the proper authorities.

“The Clery Act requires we publish the annual security report,” Blaine said. “That document contains not only statistics, but informa-tion about how to stay safe, who to contact if

you want to report a crime and a number of different topics.”

The Clery Act com-pliance officer posi-tion is new this year. Previously, the duties involved with it fell to the UTPD.

Jeff Newton, UTPD chief of police, said moving the Clery Act responsibilities from the UTPD to a new position will help the university comply with the act better.

“Clery compliance responsibilities do not just rest with the police department,”

Newton said. “Clery responsibilities stretch across many areas of the university includ-ing student affairs, athletics, Residence Life, et cetera. [Hav-ing] Meredith serving as the Clery coordina-tor and working out of the Office of Audit and Compliance will be best positioned to coordinate with all areas having Clery responsibility.”

David Cutri, direc-tor of internal audit and chief compliance officer, said adding the position on campus was a way for the uni-versity to stress safety on campus.

“We came to the conclusion that we needed to make an ad-ditional investment in campus safety,” Cutri said. “We wanted to build an infrastructure so that when a crime or a harassment situ-ation takes place on campus that we can establish the appropri-ate resolution.”

Blaine said she is also looking to expand on what the UTPD has already done in terms of training and educating the univer-sity community about Clery.

“We want to have more educational op-portunities so that our campus security au-thorities will be able to understand their role a bit better and so we can make sure that we are doing everything we can to comply with the law,” Blaine said.

One way she plans on doing this is incor-porating more face-to-face training.

“I really think that getting face-to-face time with people and making sure they understand what their responsibilities are and having an opportunity to ask questions and explaining what that role is to them is ex-tremely beneficial and will make sure that people understand what those require-ments under federal

CLERY ACT

UTPD hosts open ALICE training sessionsBy Jessica HarkerAssociate News Editor

The University of Toledo Police Department is host-ing open sessions of alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate — or ALICE — training this October to help prepare people for active shooter situations on campus.

UTPD officers have given ALICE trainings at the University of Toledo since 2011, when they had only one instructor.

“ALICE has grown in popularity [at UT] and now UTPD has seven instructors to keep up with the increasing requests for ALICE presenta-tions,” wrote Douglas Perry, a UTPD police officer and ALICE training instructor, in an email interview.

UTPD is also creating online modules for ALICE, said UTPD chief of police Jeff Newton. Newton said the idea behind this is to reach as many people as possible.

“The idea would be that

we would try to reach all new employees and students with at least a video training ses-sion but continue to offer the presentations where we can kind of get a little bit more in-depth,” Newton said.

ALICE can also help trainees prepare mentally for active-shooter crises.

“When you have ALICE, it does provide you some op-tions that you may have not considered before,” Newton said. “It may also provide you some confidence so even if you are faced with someone who has a firearm and is pointing it right at you, there is an opportunity for you to survive.”

ALICE is not specific for one type of building or situation, Newton said, but instead provides multiple avenues of action and dif-ferent options that can be tailored to different situations.

Sarah Bitner, a fourth-year theater major, said she received the training as a requirement for

becoming a resident adviser at UT. “I believe it would be useful

for the lobby and game areas,” Bitner said, “But on the residence floors where there aren’t usually many people out walking around it would be less effective, but still useful knowledge.”

Though Bitner took an ALICE course in the summer

of 2013, she said she recalls the training and is able to use it if needed.

“I would recommend every-one take the training because of the peace of mind it brings,” Bitner said.

Perry said the next training

Revisiting the effects of UT’s smoking ban on campusAshley DielStaff Reporter

It has been a little over a year since the University of Toledo has gone tobacco free, with the ban yielding mixed results on student attitudes.

The ban includes not only cigarettes, but also chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, snus and cigars.

Many students agree with the ban, including Scott Tres, a first-year unde-cided student who grew up around smokers.

“I have always hated the smell of smoke,” Tres said. “My parents smoked and a lot of people at my high school did too. I think that it is great that UT has implemented the ban because in the long run it will only help the health of the students that go here.”

However, regardless of the ban, it is still not uncom-mon to see students smoking around campus.

“I think the ban is kind of stupid,” said Brandon Prece, a third-year busi-ness major. “In my opinion, I should be able to smoke since I am allowed to by law. I understood when they had the smoking huts, but completely banning it on a college campus seems a bit extreme to me.”

Prece said he also would not stop smoking on cam-pus because the ban is not enforced.

Vicki Riddick, the director of Rocket Wellness, said the consequences of being found smoking on campus depends on who is being caught, but did not give any details as to

what the consequences are.“There is different proto-

col for students and a differ-ent protocol for faculty, staff and visitors,” Riddick said. “The appropriate level of discipline is put into place if it is being violated. It is part of the policy that all students need to follow.”

Due to the vagueness of the consequences of being caught smoking, Prece said he is not worried about getting in trouble or even being told to stop smoking while on campus.

“My friends and I all smoke on campus,” Prece said. “I do not know anyone who has actually gotten into trouble for smoking and I have also never been approached and told to stop smoking. I do think some students may

have stopped smoking on campus due to all of the signs they have up, but I don’t think there is really any kind of disciplinary actions if you are caught smoking.”

However, some students who smoke have taken the ban into consideration and try their best to follow it.

“I respect UT’s decision to have the ban,” said Carly Phill, a third-year busi-ness major. “Whenever I do decide to smoke, I walk off campus to do it. I understand that nonsmokers should not have to be around smoke and I respect that.”

Phill said she has also cut down on the amount she smokes while she is on cam-pus due to the ban.

“Sometimes I don’t have time to walk off campus,”

she said. “I used to have a cigarette on my way be-tween classes, but now with the ban I don’t do that. I don’t always have the time to walk off for a few min-utes because I am already running to class.”

Riddick said having UT as a tobacco-free campus is the healthiest environment for students, but she understands how hard it is for students to quit using tobacco.

“We aren’t saying you have to quit immediately, but we are asking people to please not smoke while they are here,” Riddick said. “We try to give as much support throughout the transitional phases as possible.”

She said UT has been offering free classes for stu-dents to quit smoking as well

as offering help from the Counseling Center, either one on one or through their tobacco hotline.

“Our goal is not to be punitive,” Riddick said. “We really want to help people quit smoking because it’s really one of the most modifiable risk factors to prevent so many diseases. When someone is 18-24 years old they may not be thinking about what kind of an effect it will have on their health in 20 years.”

Tres said he hopes the ban will make people realize just how bad smoking is.

“I think the ban is going to make people think more,” he said. “They will have to think about what they are doing even if they

SAFETY TRAINING

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO / ICUT students participate in an ALICE training session in order to learn how to protect themselves against an active shooter during any sort of life-threatening situation.

SMOKING

Ordinance sued

By Joe HeidenescherFeatures Editor

The Ohio attorney general and Lucas County commission filed a law-suit against the Sensible Toledo Ordinance on Oct. 6, one day after it took effect.

The citizens’ initiative known as the Sen-sible Toledo Ordinance passed a city ballot vote in September with a 70 percent majority. According to the Lucas County Board of Elec-tions, only 9.35 percent of registered voters cast a ballot.

According to a press release, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeW-ine said the lawsuit challenges the local ordinance because it conflicts with current state laws.

“This ordinance encourages drug cartels to set up marijuana distribution operations in Toledo with less fear of prison or penalties,” DeWine said in the press release. “It is not hard to imagine international drug rings making To-ledo their regional base of operations.”

However, according to

Sean Nestor, campaign manager for Sensible To-ledo, the ordinance does not legalize the drug, it only relaxes penalties for minor misdemeanor of-fenders. He said the goal of Sensible Toledo is to decriminalize marijuana use in non-violent cases.

In Ohio, any posses-sion of marijuana up to 200 grams is a misde-meanor that could result in a fine of as much as $250 and a maximum of 30 days in jail.

According to Nestor, under the Sensible Toledo Ordinance, all misdemeanor offenses are reduced to fifth-degree misdemeanor charges. Nestor said the

ordi-

nance removes jail time and fines for all marijuana-related misdemeanors from the Toledo Municipal Code.

The ordinance also includes a gag rule that removes the obligation for Toledo Police to report marijuana misde-meanors to the state-level authorities.

The lawsuit specifies that it challenges a “gag rule” prohibiting law en-forcement agencies from reporting marijuana crimes to anyone other than the city law direc-tor, provisions which make felony marijuana

pos-session

and traffick-ing a “negli-

gible municipal offense,” and provi-

sions which decrimi-nalize possession of lower-priority, federally-forbidden drugs.

Under state and federal law, marijuana posses-sion and trafficking is still illegal, which means a Toledo offender can still be prosecuted by authori-ties under those laws.

“It gets a little fuzzy” when it comes to en-forcement, Nestor said. “You can pass a law, but the enforcement of that law is a whole different matter, and we knew that from the get-go.”

According to Nestor,

Attorney general files lawsuit against Sensible Toledo

MARIJUANA

“It is not hard to imagine internaional drug rings making To-ledo their re-gional base of operations.”

MIKE DEWINEOhio Attorney

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IN BRIEFThe University of

Toledo Student Govern-ment held a meeting Oct. 13 in the Student Union. At that meeting:

1. Two new senators were inducted into SG: Alex Folson and Marty Linthicum.

2. Interim Provost John Barrett was a guest speaker. He dis-cussed:

• Student concerns over library hours have prompted action and possible extended hours will be discussed.

• Next year the College of Adult and Lifelong Learning and YouCollege will be merged.

• The College of Social Justices and Human Services will merge with the College of Health Sciences.

• CoCA and LLSS are in preliminary talks about a merger.

• Policy changes are in the works and will include better grade forgiveness, easier ways to change your major and a proposal to change the minimum amount of credit hours needed.

3. SG could implement a new election system and a higher GPA re-quirement for president and vice president.

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“We wanted to build an infrastruc-ture so that when a crime or a harassment situation takes place on campus that we can establish the appropriate resolution.”

DAVID CUTRIDirector of

Internal Audit

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Hal Holbrook has been seventy years old for the last sixty years. Holbrook’s two-hour, one-man show as Mark Twain began in 1954 when he was in college. Since then, he has not stopped. His show “Mark Twain Tonight!” went to Broadway and eventually toured the world. Last Sunday, Hal Holbrook took his leg-endary show to Toledo as part of his farewell tour — and I was there to see it.

At age ninety, Hol-brook has memorized nearly 15 hours of Twain material. Each night, Holbrook walks onstage and transforms into the historical figure, without knowing what material he will recite. Instead, he bases his monologue off of the audience’s reaction, generating a unique show every night. His Mark Twain performances are an iconic piece of American theatre, but Holbrook’s portrayal of Twain is more than just an impression. It is a work of art and a living, breathing and ever-changing expression of American performing arts. Hal Holbrook is as close as we can get to seeing and hearing the real Mark Twain.

My biggest worry, going to the performance, was Hal Holbrook’s age. I wondered: could he still stand up for

two hours straight, puff on a cigar and actually remember all of that material? Would Holbrook stand like he used to or sit in a chair the entire show? I figured this would be shorter than his traditional

two hours and he would never puff on a cigar.

I was wrong.A puff of smoke com-

ing from off stage right signaled Twain’s ar-rival. Holbrook walked onstage to an instant standing ovation. With a wave of his hand, there was no doubting that the man before us was in fact, Mark Twain him-self. Surprisingly, Twain roamed around the stage with the greatest of ease, rarely sitting down at

all. A few funny stories about Congress made up his introduction. Everyone laughed at the famous quote, “Sup-pose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” The rupture of laughter was only the beginning of a full two-hour set of material. It is interesting how quotes from over 100 years ago are still relevant today.

Then I got scared. Holbrook’s Mark Twain began to tell a story from the perspective of someone else (Twain’s stories often were anecdotes from differ-ent perspectives). As he narrated, he sat down in the chair on stage right for the

first time. His words became groggy and he yawned several times. Then, his eyes closed. He was asleep! A soft murmur in the audience was whispering, “Is this supposed to happen?” and even, “Is he dead?” Mark Twain snored softly and then was immediately awakened, shouting with new energy, “And that was about the time he always fell asleep!”

The crowd cheered and applauded. Holbrook had fooled us. I had almost forgotten the man before us was Hal Holbrook, playing Mark Twain, playing another character. Holbrook captured Mark Twain so well, that at times, I thought Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were real people on stage as well.

As Twain narrated a scene from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” he became Huckleberry Finn. When Twain narrated a scene from his life, he became a younger version of himself. Holbrook powerfully brought to life fiction and brought the past to the present through the immortal vehicle of Mark Twain.

Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain has been captivating the world for over the past sixty years. Picking up where the real Mark Twain left off, Holbrook has kept Twain’s persona alive for everyone to see. Now, it is time for Holbrook to retire. With only three shows left in this final tour, it is the end of an era for American theatre.

Evan Sennett is a first-year major-ing in film studies, and he is also an IC cartoonist.

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REVIEW

Weed can wait

Farewell Mark Twain

If I controlled UT’s budget

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EDITORIAL BOARDJoe Heidenescher

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By now, we should all know that money doesn’t grow on trees. We have to scrimp, save, work and take out loans to afford our education and living expens-es. It’s obvious that tuition takes a large chunk of our money, and it’s only normal to expect our money to be put to good use.

As with anything, our university isn’t perfect. I’m sure we could all find little things we’d like im-proved upon or personal touches that would make the University of Toledo feel more like home. This very thought got me thinking — if I were in charge of UT’s money, where would I do some tweaking in the budget? Here are some things I came up with.

1. Keep the wrap sta-tion open at South dining for dinner hours. Seriously, I can go for a turkey wrap any time of the day. Please don’t take away one of my few life’s pleasures. And please, how much does lunch meat really cost?

2. Add more lighting to dorm rooms. Half the time I felt like I was sitting in the dark side in my dorm last year. I had nice overhead lighting on one side of the room, but the other side was completely in shad-ows. I recommend at least two overhead

lights per room. It was frustrating to have to settle with a fire hazard floor lamp.

3. Replace some of the old dorm furniture. I admit, I was privileged to live in MacKinnon last year and Tucker

this year with nice new furniture. However, visiting friends at Carter last year had me leaving with splinters from the desks and chairs. Also, blinds may be a better option when compared to curtains that breed mold. Just for a safety standard, it may be time for an update.

4 Keep funding food at residence hall events. This was a simple way to get people interact-ing and for potential friendships to form. And hey, we all need a break from dining hall

food once in a while. 5. Get rid of some vending machines.

With food at the union so close by or a grocery store just a few minutes away, vending machines have become a pricy and rarely-used item. Perhaps we can put that money towards residence hall events or university beautification.

6. Please fill the potholes and solve the mysterious smoking pipe problem. Let’s admit it; we all want to know what steam is coming out of those underground

pipes. Also, the uneven sidewalks and roads make driving or walking treacher-ous. This would be money well-spent.

7. Do anything to make Wolfe Hall and Bowman-Oddy cooler. Seriously, there were times when I felt like pass-ing out in labs due to heat. Also, classes held in those classrooms felt suffocat-ing, even with doors propped open. It’s great in winter, don’t get me wrong, but it needs to chill out for fall and spring.

8. Make the Rider app more user-friendly. While I think the idea of the Rider app is awesome, I had much difficulty with figuring out when a bus would be arriving and where. Also, the times on the app are often out of sync with real-time bus schedules, making it all too easy to miss your ride to class. Maybe a change in apps would be better.

9. Cut the buses at an earlier hour. During the last rounds, I often see the bus transporting just one student around. With the price of fuel and eco-logical impact, it may be worth cutting service off at a more reasonable hour with more student interest.

10. Offer free coffee in the residence halls. We’re not talking gourmet like Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts. Just a simple cup of joe … and cream and sugar. Hey, a girl can dream.

All of these things would be nice improvements to UT.

Alexis Nieszczur is a second-year majoring in pharmacy.

ALEXIS NIESZCZUR

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In need of new legislation

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Next month Ohioans will vote on the legalization of marijuana. Now as open-minded, freedom-loving college students, this idea probably sounds exciting. As we hear about the millions of dollars that Colorado has made and already put back into the state, it’s easy to fantasize about smooth, pothole-free, Ohio roads and a revitalized downtown.

However, odds are that Ohio’s

legalization would not play out in the same manner. Under the current proposal there would be a limit of ten growing facilities allowed across the state, which would be funded by private investors. This is what is called a monopoly — which means these pri-vate investors basically decide what the going prices for marijuana would be, and since there are no other options, the people would have to pay it ...

Issue 3 is not good enough for Ohioans

Take a break from the bong before you vote on Issue 3.Issue 3, formed by ResponsibleOhio, is a proposed

amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would reform and legalize the use of recreational and medical marijuana for people 21 and over.

ResponsibleOhio claims legalization will create jobs, pro-duce millions of dollars in tax revenue and decrease unneces-sary strain on prisons.

What RO isn’t telling you is that the amendment would create a statewide marijuana monopoly through its finely printed rules. The legislation’s provisions include setting up an Ohio Marijuana Control Commission to regulate the industry, creating 10 marijuana production facilities and instituting a 15 percent tax on sales.

We support marijuana legalization, but we do not sup-port RO’s proposed monopolized industry. Legalization

comes with numerous benefits that RO has used as their central platform. We agree legalization would bring increased free-dom, decreased prison populations and a new, job-producing industry.

The problem with RO is, even though it would legalize the drug, it would only allow for 10 facilities to grow and extract the plant to sell to dispensaries. In other

words, the marijuana industry would function as a legally protected monopoly all through Ohio.

Economically, some monopolies need legally granted protections. For example, electric companies are granted local monopolies because the cost to build a grid is practically the same no matter how many people are served by it. If two com-panies built grids, and had half the amount of customers, your electric bill would double.

But in most cases monopolies do not need such protection, and if you have ever landed on Park Place, you know why. Mo-nopolies squeeze money out of consumers. De Beers diamond company once owned almost every diamond mine, diamond refinery and retail diamond store. The company made billons and the price of diamonds skyrocketed.

Just like De Beers, the RO monopoly would not be ben-eficial for consumers. A marijuana monopoly wasn’t needed for legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington, and one isn’t needed here.

Some people support Issue 3 because there is a lot of finan-cial support for it now. Investors raised over $3 million for the campaign. The rhetoric is that voters should pass it while the money is still pouring in — voting against it might turn off investors next year. The problem is, investors only spent their money because they will profit from the amendment.

Some people expressed that we should pass Issue 3 now and sacrifice economic freedom so we can finally light up legally. Some say if we really dislike the monopoly, then we can change the legislation later to re-open the market. The problem is that it is difficult to change the constitution. The investors at ResponsibleOhio spent over $14 million to make this happen, and you can bet they’ll spend more to prevent changes.

This is similar to how the Patriot Act was passed in 2001. Using the mentality of, “We need more security right now,” the government forced people to sacrifice privacy for the security of the nation and allowed for things like wiretapping to be directed at Americans. Many thought the act would be a temporary measure to ensure safety, but many of its initiatives have stuck around and don’t look like they’re leaving.

This is why we strongly encourage you not to let the illusion of more freedom guide your choice at the polls. Stay strong, and wait for better legislation. We have time, and the accep-tance of marijuana has increased in the last few years and only continues to grow. It’s only one more year to wait, and then we’ll have a much better deal for everyone.

Exercise and protect your freedom and vote No on Issue 3.

What Responsible-Ohio isn’t telling you is that the amendment would create a statewide marijuana monopoly through its finely printed rules.


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effort and the passion that the students put into these causes really does matter and does make a difference.”

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted by SG president Cody Spoon and vice president Ian Michalak. Michalak gave the opening address and talked about his excitement for the program.

“The fact that it’s been able to get rolled out like this is really a special mo-ment for Student Govern-ment and the University of Toledo,” Michalak said. “It’s going to be a recreational tool for students who can use the great bike path we

have here on campus.”Michalak thanked the for-

mer SG leaders who helped to get the project to this point.

“Since the beginning, everyone has done a little bit of work on it, from purchas-ing all the resources, making sure it’s what the students want, and Cody and I were the finishers on it to help

test it out and pick loca-tions,” Michalak said. “We really enjoyed being able to work through this process and bring this to campus.”

Spoon spoke at the unveil-ing about the importance of patience on this project.

“Patience has paid off, maybe more today than it has any other day, because we’ve achieved an initiative we’ve worked [on] for six years,” Spoon said. “That was back when I was still in high school. People who’ve already graduated started on this be-fore I even came to Toledo.”

Spoon mentioned that one of the ways the program was able to be more cost effective was through the use of “upcycled” vending machines that dispense keys.

“It’s awesome that we had so many people on board, helping, to achieve what we’re all here for, helping the students to make the univer-sity a greater place to be on a daily basis,” Spoon said.

John Barrett, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, also spoke at the ceremony. He expressed his continued interest in making this an affordable program for the university.

“It’s just great to have a program that we can expand to whatever the demand is and we can do in a way that is responsible for the institu-tion and taxpayers of Ohio, but at the same time meets the student, faculty and staff ’s desire for more easy access around our beautiful campus,” Barrett said.

Barrett said that the final cost for the program was be-tween $15,000 and $25,000. Other universities advised him that a fleet of 50 bicy-cles would be enough for the campus, but Barrett believes

adding more bicycles at future date, if needed, would be easy to do.

Jennifer Petersen, a first-year business major, lives in the Honors Academic Village in the northwest cor-ner of campus. She doesn’t have a bicycle on campus and said Rocket Wheels is a great idea.

“I would use the bicycle program,” Petersen said. “I think I’d use it a lot more during warm weather.”

Rubin said he is glad the program is finally available for student use.

“I hope that they use them [the bicycles] and help relieve the congestion of student parking,” Rubin said,” and help to make students healthi-er and happy.”

In order to check out one of the program’s bikes, a potential bike user must be a current student of UT in good stand-ing with the university, 18 years old and must register for the program. Rocket Wheels is free to all UT students.

For more information about where to sign up or where to check out a bike, visit the Rocket Wheels tab on the University of Toledo website.

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Martinez said the in-crease in referrals would ultimately benefit students in terms of safety.

“We’re working to create a culture on campus that ensures all students are living in a safe, enjoyable environment,” she said. “This training is helping our staff work with students to create it.”

Newton also said UTPD officers are always around campus to help keep the area safe with a 24/7 fully functional police depart-ment and an average of six officers on patrol at a time.

Hannah Blum, a second-year nursing student, said

she feels UTPD is doing a good job at keeping campus safe, especially at night.

“I always see the cop cars around campus at night and that makes it seem a bit safer,” she said. “People are not going to be as willing to do some kind of crimi-nal activity such as mug someone or worse if they know there is a strong police presence in the area.”

According to Newton, the UTPD has also been offer-ing education and programs to help teach students on how to stay safe.

“This month we are doing the Not on my Watch campaign which is a month-long focus on campus safety,” Newton said. “There are going to be all kinds

of events occurring this month.”

The UTPD has also deployed several new safety technologies to help students stay safe when they are on or off campus.

“We have a smart phone application called Rave Guardian and it is free for all students,” Newton said. “It turns your phone into a panic button.”

Newton said the UTPD are doing all they can to keep campus safe for students.

“It is safe to say that all college campuses are gener-ally safe with low instance of violent crime,” he said. “But there are still a lot of things that we are doing to help keep our community safe.”

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“It’s easiest if you have a house, because people can just come and go,” he said.

Even though that made it easier, he still sold to people in many places — parking lots on campus, in front of apartments, in people’s cars and outside Taco Bell, among others.

He said it was as simple as walking up to the person buying, slipping it to them in the parking lot and leaving.

“You kind of have it in your hand and just slide it … if you don’t act super sketchy about it, you’ll be fine.”

While most of the time it went smoothly, there were snags every so often.

One of the more amusing times, he was pulled over with weed in the car. His friend ate the weed to avoid getting in trouble.

“We were just done picking it up and the guy in the backseat had the weed … the next thing we see is lights behind us,” he said. “The kid in the backseat panicked, so the guy in the passenger seat took the weed and ate the entire bag.”

They weren’t caught, but they missed their weed.The science of weed

The student said edibles, vaping and smoking blunts are all different ways to get high, each with its own level of effects.

Not only will different methods of intake give you different types of highs, but he said the type of plant also matters.

“Normally you don’t know [which kind you have] when you buy it until after you have it, once you smoke it.”

He said some people turn growing and knowing what types they have into a hobby. Sometimes, those who grow it themselves create hybrids to smoke and sell — the student said there is a bit of science behind it.

“You have indica and sativa, and … sativa is more of a head high and indica makes you want to sit on the couch,” he explained.

He prefers sativa because he feels high without feeling lethargic, a preference he discovered in college.

Personal experience

Before he started dealing marijuana he smoked a lot on campus with his friends.

“It was fall semester of 2012 … we ended up talking, smoking together and then a kid pulls out a dragon bowl, so we smoked out of that,” he said.

Not long after a guy from one of the fraternities went to his nearby dorm and walked back, brand-new bong in hand.

“We were taking bong rips until we ran out of weed,” he said.

All of this happened in broad daylight.

“Looking back, I wonder how I still go to Toledo,” he chuckled.

While the student still smokes marijuana, he doesn’t sell it anymore because he doesn’t have time for it.

“It becomes a hassle after a while,” he said.

Having dealt marijuana, the student said he isn’t really surprised when he finds out that people he knows smoke.

“I’m almost more shocked when people don’t smoke weed,” he said.

As a dealer, he smoked almost every day, but he has cut back on smoking since then. It’s not some-thing he needs to do. He said it doesn’t get in the way of playing sports or going to class.

“It wouldn’t inhibit me from being a person,” he said.

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“We were just done picking it up and the guy in the backseat had the weed … the next thing we see is lights behind us. The kid in the backseat panicked, so the guy in the passenger seat took the weed and ate the entire bag.”

“It’s awesome that we had so many people on board, helping, to achieve what we’re all here for, helping the students to make the university a greater place to be on a daily basis.”

CODY SPOONSG President

“It’s just great to have a program that we can expand to whatever the demand is and we can do in a way that is responsible”

JOHN BARRETTInterim provost and

associate vice president for academic affaris.


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Standings

Where to go...The University of Toledo’s football team will take on Eastern Michigan at noon in the Glass

Bowl. The game will be broadcast on BCSN. The game time forecast will be partly cloudy with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40s, so dress warm.

SoccerSchool MAC OverallEAST DIVISION Miami 5-1 9-4Buffalo 3-2-1 7-5-2Kent State 3-3 7-5-2 Bowling Green 2-4 6-7-1Akron 2-4 5-8-1Ohio 2-4 4-9WEST DIVISION Ball State 6-0 10-2-2Western Michigan 4-1-1 7-3-3Central Michigan 3-2-1 4-7-2Toledo 2-4 6-9Eastern Michigan 1-4-1 4-8-2Northern Illinois 1-5 2-11

VolleyballSchool MAC OverallEAST DIVISION Ohio 6-0 16-3Miami 4-2 12-7Kent State 4-2 10-8 Buffalo 2-4 3-15Akron 1-5 7-12Bowling Green 1-5 5-14

WEST DIVISION Northern Illinois 5-1 9-9Western Michigan 4-2 8-13Eastern Michigan 3-3 11-8Central Michigan 3-3 8-11Ball State 3-3 9-11Toledo 0-6 3-16

GOLF

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PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSSenior Morgan Salm watches her shot land on the green on Monday at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Ind. She finished the tournament in second place at six-over par.

FootballSchool MAC OverallEAST DIVISION Ohio 2-0 5-1Bowling Green 2-0 4-2Kent State 1-1 2-4 Akron 1-1 3-3Buffalo 0-1 2-3UMass 0-1 1-4 Miami 0-2 1-5

WEST DIVISION Toledo 2-0 5-0Western Michigan 1-0 2-3Northern Illinois 1-1 3-3Central Michigan 1-1 2-4Ball State 1-2 2-4Eastern Michigan 0-2 1-5

UT’s women win second tournament in seven daysBy Justice Sunderland Sports Reporter

The Toledo women’s golf team captured its second tournament title in less than a week. UT finished first-place at the Mid-American Conference preview on Monday at the Purgatory Golf Club par-72 golf course in Noblesville, Ind.

“It was a huge indicator of where our confidence was and is,” said UT Head Coach Nicole Hollingsworth. “It is very hard to win a college golf tournament and we’ve won two in about a week.”

UT previously won the Rock-et Classic by an overwhelming 34 shots, over second-place finisher Ohio University.

The Rockets blew away the field, finishing with a 10-stroke advantage over second-place Eastern Michi-gan at 33-over par (897).

UT was led by senior Morgan Salm who finished in second place at six-over par (222).

Salm entered the final day of action tied for tenth place but quickly moved up eight places to help the Rockets take the title.

The University of Akron’s Frida Fougberg finished just

one stroke ahead of Salm at five-over par (221) to win the individual title.

Seniors Sathika Ruenreong and Manisa Isavas finished inside the Top 10 at eighth and tied for ninth place re-spectfully. Ruenreong ended the tournament at nine-over par and Isavas just one shot behind at ten-over par.

“I’ve always said our suc-cess is led by our seniors,” Hollingsworth said.

The freshman also carried their weight in the victory. Freshman Pimchnaok Kawil finished tied for fifteenth place at 13-over par and Natcha Daengpiem shot an 18-over par tied for thirty-first place to round out the Rocket’s lineup.

“If you’re going to be in the

starting lineup for the Toledo golf team you have to bring it,” Hollingsworth said. “This is the best recruiting class in school history.”

The Rockets will play in only one more tournament this fall in the 38th-annual Pat Bradley Invitational at Florida Interna-tional University in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. on Oct. 27.

The Toledo men’s golf team also took to the course on Mon-day and Tuesday, finishing in sixth place at the Crooked Stick Invitational at the Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.

UT finished the tournament shooting a 44-over par (908) which was 42 strokes behind the champions, Illinois, who finished at two-over par (866).

The Rockets were led by sophomore Stephen Watts who finished tied for eight at four-over par. After Watts, senior Otto Black finished tied for 17th with a 12-over par performance. Sophomore Colin Joseph tied for the 30th spot at 16-over par.

The men’s team will get back to the road when they compete in the Mountaineer Intercol-legiate on Monday, Oct. 19-20 in Bridgeport, W.Va.

COMMENTARY

UT raises the bar with

every win

The “what ifs” are getting louder and louder with every win.

Around 2 p.m. each Sunday afternoon, fans wait eagerly for the Associated Press to release their weekly college football AP Top 25 Poll.

Last week the Rockets broke into the polls at No. 24 after their 24-10 road win at Ball State.

After another dominant showing against Kent State during Homecoming in the Rockets’ 38-7 blowout, Toledo crept up a couple more spots to No. 22.

This brings us back to those “what ifs.”What if Toledo beats the teams they’re

expected to, like Eastern Michigan and Massachusetts?

What if the Rockets win their last six games and play in the Mid-American Conference championship game and win that too?

Naturally, fans of the Rockets will ex-claim they belong in the playoff.

Realistically, their ceiling is probably an appearance in the Fiesta or Sugar Bowl, in which the highest-ranked mid-major typi-cally gets an invite.

UT currently holds an edge against a host of teams from the American Athletic Conference: Temple, Memphis and Hous-ton, who are all also undefeated.

Even if winning a bid in a New Year’s Six bowl game, Toledo will be going up against some stiff competition.

Boise State is another mid-major team that’s fighting for that lonely mid-major spot in a New Year’s Six bowl game.

The Broncos went undefeated in 2006 and got a chance to play in the aforemen-tioned Fiesta Bowl.

Coming into that game, Boise State was a touchdown underdog to the Oklahoma Sooners. The Broncos ended up shocking the world by defeating the the Sooners in dramatic fashion.

Boise State has had the respect of teams and pollsters around the country ever since.

Toledo would be ecstatic with a season that finished in similar fashion, but that’s best-case scenario.

In reality, the Rockets have their work cut out for them if they want to come close

BASKETBALL

Rockets prepare for up coming seasonBy Marcus DodsonSports Editor

The University of Toledo’s men’s basketball team will be swapping out the old for the new as they prepare for the 2015-16 season.

UT is replacing three lead-ing scorers from last year’s team that finished 20-13 on the season. Current gradu-ate and former first team All-Mid-American Confer-ence point guard Julius Brown averaged 16.3 points per game to lead the team last year.

Toledo also lost third team All-MAC players guard Justin Drummond and forward J.D. Weatherspoon who averaged 13.1 and 12.9 ppg respectfully to graduation as well.

“We got to be disciplined,” said junior guard Jonathan ‘Jon-Jon’ Williams. “With us being young we have to listen to what coach wants us to do and try our best to execute.”

The Rockets return only two starters from last year, senior center Nathan Boothe — who’s been a starter since he’s stepped onto campus — and Wil-liams. This team will have only one senior, three juniors, one sophomore and six freshmen; an unusual feel for UT fans.

“[Jon-Jon] has a knack to

score,” said Head Coach Todd Kowalczyk. “With him, we need him to become more consistent. [Nate] needs to touch the ball a lot more. Last year we had so many scoring options that he sometimes didn’t touch the ball enough.”

Both finished the season averaging double-digits scor-ing with 10 ppg and will be taking over as the leaders.

“I’m up for the challenge,” Williams said. “We have some good players that will play around me well that I can also get good shots for. And with [Nate] in the paint, this could be an exciting year.”

Boothe and Williams won’t be alone with helping the freshmen as returning bench players juniors Jordan Lauf and Zach Garber along with sophomore Stuckey Mosley are primed to take on bigger roles this season.

“I think the key to building a good culture is by recruit-ing good guys from good families,” Kowalczyk said. “I thought we had the best cul-ture we’ve ever had this spring with our six returning guys.

“They worked extremely hard and are excited about playing for one another.”

Toledo also added a piece

to the puzzle for the 2016-17 season with the addition of Steve Taylor Jr. who trans-ferred from Marquette after last season.

He will not be able to play this year due to NCAA transfer policies that forces a transfer student to miss a full season, but he will provide senior leadership in the locker room for this unexperienced team.

The Rockets’ strength this season will come from the front court with additions of incom-ing freshmen Taylor Adway, Luke Knapke and Nate Navigato to play alongside of the veteran Boothe.

“All three of our incoming frontcourt players bring some-thing different to the table,” Kowalczyk said. “Taylor is long and athletic, Luke has a great feel for the game in addition to tremendous length and Nate is tremendously skilled.”

The freshmen will be used as an arsenal of weapons for

Kowalczyk as he is ready to go 10 deep this year.

“Having that type of versatil-ity will provide us different ways we can approach things both offensively and defen-sively,” Kowalczyk said.

SOCCER

“It is very hard to win a college golf tournament and we’ve won two in about a week.”

NICOLE HOLLINGSWORTH

Head women’s golf coach

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Toledo ends MAC losing streak, wins two at homeBy Jackson RogersSports Reporter

The Toledo women’s soccer team earned their first two Mid-American Conference wins over the week-end while at home; the first 2-0 against rival Bowling Green on Friday and the second 1-0 versus Eastern Michigan on Sunday.

The Rockets (6-9-0, 2-4 MAC) put on a dominate display of offense against the Falcons on Friday in their 2-0 victory.

“It was a big game for us to win against Bowling Green,” said Head Coach T.J. Buchholz. “We still treat it like any other conference game, but anytime you can beat them it’s a little more special.”

UT fired a season-high 26 shots with 15 of those shots on goal and also won a season-high seven corners.

Freshman goalie Katie Wilson made her first start in goal as a Rocket and recorded a shutout, making three saves in the process.

“She’s [Katie] done really well,” Buchholz said. “She came in last week about halfway through one of our games in the conference and showed up ready to play so we made the decision to start her this weekend in both our conference games and she came up big.

“As a freshman, you never know how they’re going to respond to this opportunity.”

BGSU keeper Lauren Cadel did her best to contain the damage coming up with 13 saves that day.

Sophomore Sophie Pohl would get the Rockets on the scoreboard first with her third goal of the season in the 53rd minute from a ball in by senior Geri Siudzinski. Siudzinski leads the team with five assists on the season.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF UT ATHLETICSJunior guard Jonathan Williams lays the ball up in an exhibition game against Hillsdale on Nov. 3 2013.

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Spray it, don’t say itBy IC Staff

Imagine moving to a new city where you don’t know anyone. How do you meet people?

A free app called Spray might be able to help.

It creates a feed of non-anonymous posts based on your location.

Jordon Darula, a rep-resentative of Spray, said he likes the app because, unlike some apps, “Spray doesn’t objectify people.”

Darula said that when people use Tin-der they judge people based on their looks, but people can get to know each other better through Spray by find-ing common interests, being social and mak-ing connections.

“They [people who use Spray] can ask questions that they’re maybe uncomfortable asking just any random stranger, but it’s kind of nice to ask everyone passively,” Darula said.

Darula said this app is particularly useful on college campuses and said it has been really useful at the University of San Fransisco.

This app allows peo-ple to find new restau-rants, study partners or new band members by asking questions pub-licly, allowing everyone around you who has Spray to see it. People who see your Spray and are interested can then message you directly and privately.

“It’s like a socially-acceptable way to shout,” Darula said.

THEATER

Bringing words to lifeShakespeare’s play, Henry V, is set to be performed at UT’s campus this weekendBy Emily SchnipkeStaff Reporter

The stage is set, the lights are ready, the actors are dressed and the music is playing. The only thing missing from this year’s production of Shakespeare’s classic Henry V is an audience. But the cast and crew will get just that when opening night arrives on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Center for Performing Arts.

Henry V is a play written by Wil-liam Shakespeare and is set in the early fifteenth century. It tells the story of a tense political situation in England. King Henry IV has died and left his young son, Henry V, to assume the throne. A series of horrific civil wars in England have left the citizens bitter and resentful of the new king. Henry V deals with his new responsibilities as king and threats against his life as he tries to bring peace to England.

“Interestingly, Shakespeare seemed to be aware of these ironies, and in many ways, his play seems to be a commentary on the futility of war,” said Irene Alby, associate theater lecturer and director of Henry V.

In UT’s production of Henry V, the play is very true to the script, with dramatic acting of comedy and fight scenes. Alby combines the classical context and a contemporary approach to build a play that is both enlighten-ing and entertaining.

“I have come to love this play through directing it,” said Alby. “I have performed Shakespeare as an actor, but this is my first directorial attempt and I jumped in at the last minute when we had to reshuffle directing assignments. I have discov-ered I love directing Shakespeare as much as I love performing it.”

The show is being brought to life by costume designer Jane Scott, a

professional artist who has designed locally, nationally and internation-ally. Daniel Thobias, a professional designer and UT faculty member, created a unique and very adaptable set for the play, which includes a real, life-size wagon. The audience will also be immersed in an atmosphere created by Stephen Sakowski, who uses lights, sounds and special effects such as fog.

Joining the cast is Qarie Marshall, a visiting lecturer of theater at UT, professional actor and the host of NPR’s Morning Edition of FM 91, which is Toledo’s public radio station. Marshall was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and helps the actors at UT as an accent coach.

Marshall attended UT before liv-ing in England for twenty years and recently came back to be with family. He was asked to teach at UT and he accepted. He’s known Alby for years and enjoys working with her.

“Irene’s directing style is incred-ibly unique and I think that it’s in-credibly important,” Marshall said.

“She’s bringing in a lot of Euro-pean traditions that the students wouldn’t usually see in undergrad, and it’s very important for them to have that exposure.”

Marshall believes that UT’s the-ater students are more focused than they were when he attended over twenty years ago. He praised them by saying they are very disciplined and good at taking criticism and putting it to work.

Marshall brings life to Chorus in this reenactment of Henry V. Chorus is the narrator of the play, a professor retelling the story in contemporary times.

“My goal with playing Chorus is to excite the audience and to make

it clear for them to follow and to not scare them with the language and make the images strong for them,” Marshall said. “I just love the theater.”

The main character of the play, Henry V, is personified by Nolan Thomaswick, a junior majoring in theater. He performed in last sea-son’s performance of Twelfth Night and also in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Toledo Symphony.

“I definitely plan to bring a lot of energy to Henry,” Thomaswick said. “I think the rest of the cast is won-derful and together we will put on a wonderful show.”

After graduation from UT, Thom-aswick plans to earn an MFA in theater from a graduate school and eventually perform on Broadway. He says he’s learning a lot from Alby and Marshall.

“Qarie is awesome and it’s an absolute honor to work with him,” Thomaswick said. “He’s done a lot of acting work and just to learn from him, and the theater wisdom he brings to it, is great.”

Henry V will be performed Oct. 16-18 and October 23-25. Showtimes and ticket information can be found on UT’s Theatre and Film webpage.

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Jokes, laughs and good times will begin Oct. 21 at CAP’s first comedy night

1. Marijuana is sometimes baked into brownies and other types of baked goods

usually referred to as edibles. 2. A pipe is one example of a way people

are able to smoke marijuana the same way you would tobacco.

3. Dabs are a concentrated cannabis extracts that is heated so the smoke can be inhaled.

4. Cannabis oil is used for a variety of things including for candy and other forms of edibles as well as for medical purposes.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 21, students can kick back, relax, and erase their stress with a fun-filled night full of laughs and good times at Comedy Night — all free of charge.

Campus Activities Programming is introducing this new event for the first

time at the University of Toledo featuring up-and-coming comedians Jeff Dye and Mike Paramore.

Moham-med Albaaj, president of CAP and third-year pre-med public health major, said

that idea was to bring these comedians in before they become “big.”

Jeff Dye has performed in several shows, including MTV’s “Girl Code” and “Last Comic Standing,” said Matthew Straub, com-munity engagement manager of CAP and second-year civil engineering major.

Albaaj said they are expecting around 1,000 students to attend.

“One of the things that made me really want to do it [is that] we saw a lot of students asking for a comedy night,” Albaaj said. “A lot of people mentioned that they want a comedy night; they want to have fun and just go and listen to laugh and just enjoy their time.”

CAP’s Comedy Night will also in-clude a surprise student comedian.

“The people came to CAP and presented their materials and then from there we made our

members — CAP members — vote for the best one they think is the best,” Albaaj said. “We already made that decision, but we’re not going to pronounce [sic] it until the night.”

Straub said the students who tried out for this surprise performance are members from other organizations that are focused on comedy. CAP’s goal was to reach out to other orga-nizations on campus and partner with them to offer entertainment to students.

“We wanted CAP to collabo-rate with other organizations here at UT. It’s open for every-one; we’re all here to serve students,” Albaaj said.

Both Albaaj and Straub said

CAP is plan-ning more events that students will be excited about and want to get involved in.

“I think one of the things is to just add new events that would really ap-peal to the students. Just something new,

something different, that I personally would like,” Straub said.

CAP is planning is their annual haunted house which will take place a week after

Comedy Night. Comedy Night will be held in

the Student Union Auditorium. Student admission is free and there is a $5 charge for the pub-lic. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7 p.m.

EMILY SCHNIPKE / ICQarie Marshall plays Chorus in the UT’s production of Henry V. Here, Marshall is practicing one of his monologues.

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““I think one of the things is to just add new events that would really appeal to the students. Just something new, something different, that I personally would like.”

MATTHEW STRAUB

Community Engage-ment Manager of CAP

Keep an eye out next week for a feature on UT’s marching band.

law are,” Blaine said. Cutri said adding the position will

also help the university to realign its strengths and make sure it is better able to meet the needs of students.

“We want to make sure that we are able to provide students with the educa-tional opportunities that they pay for,” Cutri said. “We want to make sure that our operations are effective and efficient and that all applicable laws and regula-tions are complied with.”

Newton said bringing Blaine on board will be beneficial for the uni-versity by improving safety for those who attend.

course will be held on October 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Recre-ation Center Oak Room.

“We’re looking at ways to expand the training and reach even more folks,” Newton said.

The sessions are available for anyone who wishes to attend and there will be one other open session before the end of October. ALICE training is also available upon request, Perry wrote.


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to what Boise State has accomplished.

One opponent still standing in the way is NIU. The Huskies have beaten the Rockets five years in a row in a variety of different ways. Close games, blowouts, games in which Toledo had to look to their fourth string quarterback. No matter what happens Northern Illinois always seems to come out on top.

The Huskies have looked average at best so far this season. NIU lost their MAC opener to Central Michigan 29-19 before rolling to a 59-41 victory at home against Ball State.

Again, Toledo held the Cardinals to just 10 points.

The question is, can Toledo handle them?

If you’re asking me I’d say yes.

First and foremost, on paper the Rockets hold the best and deepest de-fensive team in the MAC — which is the biggest dif-ference between this year’s and last year’s team.

Toledo’s defense has held opponents to a less-than-average of 12 points per game this year.

They’re a plus-3 in the turnover margin and have been excellent in the red zone, allowing only one touchdown in 13 tries.

UT is out-gaining teams on the ground by over 100 yards per game.

None of this guaran-tees Toledo anything. Throughout the season, teams have bad games, injuries happen and other distractions pop up.

The Rockets aren’t getting ahead of themselves but the fans are for sure raising the bar with every win. The turnout of this season could have a large impact on the University of Toledo’s foot-ball program right now and in the future.

Something tells me they won’t disappoint.

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The Rockets have prepared for this young team with a much lighter schedule com-pared to ones in seasons past that have seen elite teams such as Kansas, Duke and VCU.

“[It’s] more manageable,” Kowalczyk said. “I didn’t want

to overwhelm them playing some of those elite teams on the road. But we play some good mid-major conference teams and will be taking a trip up to Alaska that will chal-lenge us too.”

UT will start their 2015-16 season off in Savage Arena against West Virginia Tech on Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m.

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enforcement is ultimately is up to the discretion of the mayor, the chief of police and individual officers.

Toledo law enforcement has “home rule” authority, which means methods of en-forcing minor misdemeanor offenses are up to Toledo’s police departments, instead of being dictated by the state or federal laws.

According to the lawsuit from DeWine, the home rule authority would apply if Sensible Toledo only relaxed penalties of minor misdemeanor offenses. He said the ordinance also ne-gates penalties for felonies, which is more than simply changing enforcement policy — it’s ignoring state and federal law.

When announcing the lawsuit, DeWine cited a recent example of 226 pounds of marijuana confiscated by the Ohio Highway Patrol.

“If they had been charged under the new Toledo ordinance,” DeWine said, “neither would serve prison time nor pay a fine for such a crime.”

According to Nestor, the ordinance has posi-tive effects on the criminal justice system and related racial disparities.

“There is a great deal for Toledoans to be proud,” he said. “We are leading the state in this. Literally, marijuana advocates all over the state have been looking towards Toledo. They’ve been inspired and motivated by what we have done in Toledo.”

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decide not to follow the ban because it will still be in the back of their minds. Hopefully they will realize that maybe smoking isn’t the healthiest thing to do.”

Riddick said it is everyone’s responsibility to keep campus smoke-free and to kindly ask smokers to put out their cigarettes while they are on campus.

“Knowing that for a college campus, it’s a difficult thing to ask. Really, it’s a cultural shift whereas healthier students come to campus, the access to healthier options is one of the things that as an institution we need to be providing to our students.”

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“Really, it’s a cultural shift whereas healthier students come to campus, the access to healthier options is one of the things that as an institution we need to be providing to our students.”

VICKI RIDDICKDirector of Rocket Wellness

“There is a great deal for Toledoans to be proud. We are leading the state in this.”

SEAN NESTORSensible Toledo

campaign manager

Oct. 14, 2015

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