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Toledo’s got Pride The annual festival begins Aug.

22 with Toledo Pride Nite Glo 5K.

COMMUNITY / 8 »

Ready for launchRockets hope to use last year as

motivation for upcoming season.

SPORTS / 5 »

Campus constructionA guide to what happened over

the summer at UT which includes the building of Academic Honors Village, a new pipe outside of Lot 10, renovations to the Larimer Athletic Complex and other construction.

NEWS / 3 »

New bins to be used for trash, recycling

UT’s Rocket Recycling program provides receptacles for recycling and trash on main campus.

NEWS / 3 »

““It’s taken three years, lots of great stories and now I’m finally comfortable declar-ing myself a proud member of the University of Toledo.”

CLAYTON NOTESTINEWhat it means to be a Rocket

OPINION / 4 »

Music Fest is back / 8 »

TECHNOLOGY

BACK TO SCHOOLADMINISTRATION

SAMUEL DERKIN / ICFreshmen students move into Parks Tower on Aug. 19 with all of their belongings and help from their families and friends. Move-in continues for new students through Aug. 21.

New UT students move in

New leader, new goals

New technology arrives at Carlson

Campus events welcome students By Josie Schreiber Staff Reporter

Take a break from all the pre-college stress and check out some of the events com-ing up this week. The start of the year activities are prime time for free food and mak-ing new friends.

“I think one of the biggest things is there are so many students who are looking for the same thing,” said Rudy Taylor, program manager at the Office of Student Involve-ment. “They’re looking to meet new people.”

Taylor coordinates the First Weeks overall schedule and has a part in planning some of the major events with the First Weeks commit-tee including the commuter welcome reception and the post-convocation barbecue.

Depending on the event, Taylor said there will be between 100 to 1,000 people in attendance.

The commuter welcome reception will take place on Friday, Aug. 22 from 2-4 p.m. followed by freshman convo-cation from 4-5 p.m.

There will be a barbecue following convocation in Lot 5 next to Savage Arena from 5-7 p.m.

After the barbecue, there will be a free open ropes course from 7-9 p.m. on the track level of the student recreation center. Accord-ing to the First Weeks events schedule, all students who wish to attempt the open ropes course must wear ten-nis shoes or hiking boots.

The Campus Activities and Programming (CAP) foam

By Trevor StearnsStaff Reporter

New laptops, iPads, computers and other technological upgrades have been added to Carlson Library in time for this fall at the University of Toledo.

As a result of Student Govern-ment’s requests, these upgrades were things senators thought students most wanted to see in the library. According to Domi-nic D’Emilio, director of college technology, client services and network services, some features have been in the works for the past two years, but were all fin-ished this summer.

“The charging tables, the com-puters and the laptops were all brought to us by the student gov-ernment,” said Rick Gerasimiak, manager of desktop support. “We listen to the students.”

According to D’Emilio, new iPads, were installed so students can come into the library and quickly check their email or browse the web without using one of the computers.

“It’s just a simple kiosk system to browse the Internet,” said D’Emilio. “We also came up with some unique printing capabilities with the iPads.”

The iPads, dubbed “Rocket-Pads”, cost about $500 each in-cluding the wall mounts that were used to hook them up. Two Mac labs were upgraded and installed with a total of six new iMacs in the process. The Mac labs are rooms in the library with sixteen iMac computer workstations.

“We thought that the labs were being underutilized,” D’Emilio said. “We know that Macs are popular among the students, so we bought all new computers.”

According to D’Emilio, since most of the items that were pur-chased were in bulk, UT was able to get discounts, so each iMac cost around $1,100. The MSRP for iMacs is currently $1,799.

Another addition to the library are five charging tables which cost around $1,000 each, accord-ing to D’Emilio. At the charging tables, students will be able to

charge their phones, laptops or tablets. Some cables are provided, but students are welcome to bring their own as well.

D’Emilio also mentioned that they incorporated these tables as a service to the students after seeing them come into the library and set their devices on the floors while charging.

“We noticed that people were unplugging monitors to plug their devices in,” Gerasimiak said. “Aside from that, we found that

people were getting stuff stolen.”Gerasimiak said the added

charging tables were custom-made to match the existing décor in the library. He explained that these tables are also above the standard of most charging tables, as they are five feet in diameter as opposed to the normal four feet.

Perhaps the biggest change in the library according to Gerasimi-ak is the new all-in-one computers

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By Amanda Eggert Editor-in-Chief

“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

This is how Nagi Naganathan described his experience prepar-ing to take his new position as interim president – all of which happened this summer after former president Lloyd Jacobs stepped down June 30.

Naganathan took over as inter-im president July 1 and described his experience as “an opportunity to serve this institution.”

“I received a great deal of support from faculty, staff and students encouraging me to serve as well,” Naganathan said. “It is

truly an honor to serve from this office.”

Naganathan said that although recruitment and retention are his primary focus for the upcoming year, he also wants to improve communication between the administration, faculty, staff and students. In addition, Naganathan wants to make a habit of “recog-nizing good things that are hap-pening on campus and engaging all faculty, staff and students.”

In order to do this, Naganathan will implement planned engage-ment activities to interact with students and faculty.

One such activity is “Walk with the President.” During this event, he will be able to meet with students in a casual setting.

“It is not a business meeting; students can come up and share their experiences and other things we can do,” Naganathan said. “It is more of an engagement strategy with the students. It’s going to happen many times throughout the year.”

Meeting students and welcom-ing back the faculty members for the school year is something

See Transition / 6 »

“I loved meeting students when they came into the class and I truly look forward to the energy as our students come on campus.”

NAGI NAGANATHANInterim President

SAMUEL DERKIN / ICAlanna Rufe, a third-year pharmacy major, uses the new RocketPads to browse the web at Carlson Library.

Interim UT president discusses plans for this year

Welcome backFashion columnists Autumn

Baker and Teddi Covington help you choose what to wear for your first days back to school.

COMMUNITY / 9 »

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This week in UT history

Five years ago: The contract for Dean of the College of Engineering Nagi Naganathan has been rene-gotiated. The contract, origi-nally slated to end in June 2012, has been extended to June 2014. “Engineering has emerged as one of the sig-nature programs on campus under Naganathan’s leader-ship,” said Main Campus Provost Rosemary Haggett.

10 years ago: The Lady Rockets soccer team is set-ting its sights on qualifying for the Mid-American Confer-ence Tournament this year. Last season, the Rockets finished 8-11 overall.

15 years ago: The University of Toledo is not showing students the respect they deserve, said Nick Tokles in reference to UT’s refusal to allow him to serve 42-proof liquor and wine in his establishment. “They are treating UT students like little kids,” said Tokles, owner of Nick & Jimmy’s in the UT Student Union.

SAMUEL DERKIN / IC

Band ten-hut!The University of Toledo Rocket Marching Band drumline practices on the Memorial Field House lawn on Aug. 19. The marching band will be performing at the first football game of the season on Aug. 30. The game between the UT Rockets and the New Hampshire Wildcats will start at 7:00 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.

STUDENT GROUP OF THE WEEK

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Ad Hoc

Purpose: We provide fun games for UT students and the community using foam dart projectiles.

Leaders: President: Nick McCullough.Upcoming event: oUTbreak, the campus wide Humans vs.

Zombies game. The game runs from October 16 through 24. Safety briefings will run from the week before. The times and locations have yet to be determined.

Learn more: Contact Nick McCullough at nicholas.mc-cullough@rockets.utoledo.edu or like their Facebook page at facebook.com/utoutbreak.

Would your group like to be featured as the IC’s Student Group of the Week? Email Morgan Rinckey at mrinckey@independentcollegian.com.

What was your favorite movie of the summer?

“Neighbors. It was great because I got to see Zac Efron with his shirt off all the time.”

Madison Fontana First-year

Undecided

“The Purge 2. It keeps you on your toes — the suspense. You know what I’m saying?”

Rickey Evans Third-year

Criminal justice

“The Fault in our Stars. It was relat-able because I went through chemo myself.”

Grace Vinesky First-year

Nursing

“22 Jump Street — Channing Tatum.”

Hailey Kim Second-year

Pharmacy

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IN BRIEF

Commuter reception to be held Aug. 22

Commuter Student Services will host a commuter reception Aug. 22 in the Student Union Auditorium from 2-4 p.m.

Free ice cream will be available and there will be games and prizes awarded. All commuter students are welcome to attend and meet other students before the year begins. Commuter resources will also be available.

Theater audition workshop to take place Aug. 22

The Department of Theatre and Film will host a free workshop Friday, Aug. 22 for stu-dents who want advice for how to prepare before an audition.

The event will take place in the Studio The-atre inside the Center for Performing Arts at 7 p.m. Topics will include learning how to prepare a monologue, choosing what material to use in an audition and how to prepare for various types of auditions. The workshop is intended to prepare students for the University of Toledo theatre auditions Aug. 28-29.

No RSVP is required to attend, but par-ticipants should be on time. For more informa-tion, contact Angela Rid-del at 419-530-2452.

Therapy program barbeque to be held Aug. 24

Students in the physi-cal therapy and occupa-tional therapy doctoral programs will collabo-rate to host a barbeque Aug. 24 at Wildwood Metropark.

The event will take place from 2-4 p.m. with various outdoor activi-ties, such as a corn hole tournament. Free food will be provided, and the event is open to students and faculty as well as their friends and family.

For more information, contact Kaitlyn Bailey at Kaitlyn.bailey@rockets.utoledo.edu.

2014 Part-time Job Fair to be held Aug. 27

The Department of Student Employ-ment will host a job fair Wednesday, Aug. 27 to help students interested in finding part-time job opportunities both on and off campus.

The fair will be held in the Student Union Ing-man Room from noon to 3 p.m.

For more information, contact Sheila Anderson at 419-530-8553.

Photograph exhibit to be held until Aug. 30

The Center for Visual Arts will host “Still Pho-tographs,” an exhibit by Eric Zeigler every weekday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Aug. 30.

The free exhibit will be held at the Clement Gallery and features Zeigler’s photographs from the last six years.

Eric Zeigler received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco Art Institute. He currently teaches photography and new media at the University of Toledo.

Boys and Girls Clubs hosting school supply drive until Aug. 26What: Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo will be accepting school supply donations, including pens, notebooks, crayons,

pencils, markers, rulers, binders and folders.Where: various locations around Toledo, including UT’s Student Union.

New bins to be used for trash, recyclingBy Chloe ClarkStaff Reporter

UT’s Rocket Recycling program provided new refuse bins over the sum-mer months. Arrays of five bins — four for differ-ent materials for recycling and one for trash — have been placed in strategic locations on campus.

Brooke Mason, UT’s sustainability special-ist who also manages the Rocket Recycling Program, wanted the old waste disposal units removed because she felt they were unsightly and unappealing to students who use them.

“They were old, all beat up and scratched up, and not very aesthetically pleasing,” Mason said.

Mason said the recep-tacles also have conve-nient openings, so no physical contact with the bins is necessary.

According to Mason, the recycling bins were purchased from a grant received in May 2012 for $100,000, half of which came from the Environ-mental Protection Agency while the other half was matched by the University of Toledo. Half of UT’s share came from Mason’s sustainability budget and the other half came from private donations.

Mason said the new bins are being main-tained by a group of UT student interns at Plant Operations. Once the bins are full, they will be emptied and the mate-rial will be collected for processing by the Rocket Recycling staff.

Despite the new bins’ ease of use, Mason said there are few minor restrictions on what can and cannot be recycled in them. She said glass can-not be recycled because of some restrictions made by landfill com-panies. Starbucks cups also cannot be recycled because the contents of the cup can cause con-tamination in the bins, according to Mason.

As a result, Starbucks cups and other items which don’t fit into a bin category should be placed in the bin labeled “Landfill.”

However, for students who want to be more eco-friendly, there are other ways to help. Jenny Kiger, manager of UT’s Starbucks in the Student Union, con-firmed that if a customer purchases a thermal cup at a Starbucks location, they’ll save 10 cents on coffee purchases every time the cup is brought in to be filled.

For more information or questions regarding the new bins, visit the Rocket Recycling page at http://www.utoledo.edu/facilities/recycling/binre-cycling.html.

Your guide to what happened over the summer at the University of Toledo

Campus construction

By Emily JohnsonStaff Reporter

While you got your summer tan, the University of Toledo began its own makeover. Here’s a breakdown of what you missed over the summer and what’s still being constructed.

Academic Honors VillageTo accommodate the demand for

honors housing, UT broke ground on the new Honors Academic Village in spring 2014, located across from Tucker Hall and the Jesup Scott Hon-ors College.

Living in MacKinnon, Scott or Tucker Hall is ideal for most honors students living on campus. However, according to Lakeesha Ransom, dean of the Jesup Scott Honors College, the honors dorms were all filled in less than 24 hours after open enrollment on Aug. 11.

Ransom said the new housing will be able to accommodate 500 students when it’s completed in fall 2015. While the honors college students will be given priority, any student is welcome to live there.

According to Ransom, the Honors Village is being built with funds sup-plied by American Campus Communi-ties, a university housing development company with its headquarters in Bee Cave, Texas. ACC is one of the largest developers and managers of private student housing in the United States.

While ACC is building the Honors Academic Village, the university has design meetings with ACC to discuss building plans during construction.

Ransom said she hopes being sur-rounded by students that share the same academic commitment as they will help other honors students be successful.

The dean said the Honors Academic Village will have a variety of features, including an Ideas and Innovations Hub, which will be a lounge-like area in which students “can better connect and collaborate with others on projects and on several issues.”

The Village will also have its own computer lab stocked with Macs and equipped with charging stations as well as SMART Boards for students to use to

work on different projects together.Ransom also said the Village will have

a fully equipped exercise facility.

Pipe outside of Lot 10The underground pipe outside of Lot

10 was replaced this summer to improve utility and reduce maintenance costs.

Jason Toth, associate vice president of facilities and construction, said the pipe needed replacing because it sup-plies both steam and chilled water to the heating and cooling facilities in the buildings around main campus. He also said some of those buildings’ equipment was no longer useful and needed to be replaced, including most of the piping that is similarly used to connect south campus buildings.

Toth said the total cost to fix the pipe and similar equipment will be about $4 million, and it should be completed by the end of September.

“Parking will be disrupted only in Lot 9 for another week, then construction will be contained to the mechanical rooms,” Toth said.

Larimer Athletic ComplexThe $5.5 million renovations to the

Larimer Athletic Complex started in January 2014 and were completed in early August.

The remodel was funded by dona-tions in the athletic department, Toth said. He said the remodel added 10,000 square feet to the complex, complete with a new two-story grand entryway.

After renovations were completed, the weight room tripled in size and equip-ment.

“Larimer is the home of the Rocket Football team,” Toth said. “The only shared areas within the space are the athletic training center on the first floor and the academic center on the second floor which can be utilized by all varsity athletes.”

According to Toth, the locker room was also given a facelift with 120 custom wooden lockers and a new lounge.

Roadways, parking garages and other construction

The Memorial Field House features new landscape projects, including an added sidewalk on its south side and sidewalk repairs.

According to Douglas Collins, director of grounds and off-site facili-ties, a portion of Douglas road by UT’s Bancroft entrance has been repaved this summer after the harsh winter took its toll on the road.

“The entrances to UT are also going to be redone in the near future, as West Towerview Boulevard is the next prior-ity to be repaved,” Collins said.

UT’s parking garages have also been an ongoing construction project from last year.

“Phase II of construction on the park-ing garage was completed this year on August 15, while phase III and IV on the east and west structural repairs will be completed over the next two sum-mers,” Collins said.

Toth said that despite the difficult win-ter, UT worked hard to repair damages from the recent “polar vortex” weather.

“Reconstruction due to the harsh winter was completed as soon as condi-tions allowed,” Toth said. “None of the ongoing work was necessitated by the winter conditions.”

Despite the efforts of the university, some students still find the ongoing construction to be frustrating.

“It really sucks because it makes driving and navigating campus pretty difficult if you’re not from the area,” said Cj Dennis, a first-year global studies student.

On the other hand, some students feel construction is necessary as long as it’s completed before school starts.

“I don’t mind the construction,” said Diana Eby, a first-year psychol-ogy major. “After growing up here, it’s pretty much part of my life now … I just want everything to be done before classes start, that way it won’t cause any more headaches for the students.”

IC names news editorIC Staff

The Independent Collegian has named Amanda Pitrof as news editor for the upcoming year.

Pitrof, a third-year student major-ing in communica-tion, previously served as associate news editor last spring. She said she is very enthusias-tic about her new position and plans to “inform the IC’s

audience of news-worthy material in a timely, accurate and objective way.”

Her goals for this fall include coaching new reporters and learning what it takes to put together a newspaper.

“I think what I am most excited about is being able to work with my col-leagues and friends again and to build those bonds with

our new reporters and photographers,” Pitrof said. “I know this will be a good semester for us, and I can’t wait to see us as an organization grow in knowledge and skill.”

The IC, which is the University of Toledo’s independent student newspaper, is operated by the Col-legian Media Foun-dation, a nonprofit organization.

UT reaches settlement in kidney lawsuitBy Amanda PitrofNews Editor

The University of To-ledo must pay $650,000 to the family of siblings Sarah and Paul Fudacz as the settlement for their 2013 lawsuit.

Paul Fudacz attempt-ed to donate one of his kidneys to his sister, Sarah Fudacz, in August 2012, but a nurse ac-cidentally threw it away. According to The Blade, Sarah Fudacz filed the lawsuit in July 2013.

The disposal of the kidney resulted in the resignation of a nurse, the removal of another nurse from the staff and the sus-pension of UTMC’s live-

kidney donor program, according to an article written for nbc24.com.

The program resumed about five months later, after a review of the poli-cies and procedures, and began with a successful transplant on Jan. 24, ac-cording to medcitynews.com’s article.

A written statement attributed to Lawrence Burns, UT’s vice presi-dent for external affairs, published in The Blade expressed “regret and sympathy that this unfor-tunate incident occurred,” and that “We apologize sincerely and have done our best to help those af-fected move forward.”

“I know this will be a good semester for us, and I can’t wait to see us as an organization grow in knowledge and skill.”

AMANDA PITROFNews Editor

New campus refuse bins

What: four blue recycling bins for of-fice paper, newspa-pers and magazines, metal cans and plastic and one black bin for trash.

Where: strategic locations around campus, including in the Carlson Library and Student Union.

Sponsored by: UT’s Rocket Recy-cling Program

“Reconstruction due to the harsh winter was completed as soon as conditions allowed. None of the ongoing work was necessitated by the winter conditions.”

JASON TOTHAssociate vice president of

facilities and construction

When will it be finished?Honors Academic Village: fall 2015

Underground piping and related equipment: end of September 2014

Larimer Athletic Complex: completed August 2014.

Parking garages phases III and IV: summer 2016

ALEX CAMPOS / ICUT broke ground building the new Honors Academic Village last spring 2014, which was funded by American Campus Communities. The ongoing construction, located off Campus Road, is expected to be completed by fall 2015.

ALEX CAMPOS / ICWorkers continue to re-surface and fix patches on main campus’s Stadium Drive after an underground pipe was replaced this summer. Fixing the pipe and other related equipment will cost UT an estimated $4 million and repairs should be completed by September.

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Everyone is going to tell you about the big events: formal speeches, banquets with awards and classes. Always work your hardest, don’t wait till the last minute to write your papers and take every op-portunity available. That’s what school is all about.

I want to tell you what it means to be a Rocket.

I’m Clayton No-testine, your student body president and the leader of Student Government. As per the usual, I’ll introduce myself like I always do. I’m a senior majoring in political science. I come from a small town called Berlin Heights known for its apple crops and ridiculously good hunting season. When people ask I tell them I’m from Sandusky, Ohio, otherwise known as Cedar Point, and yes — I’ve been there before.

I’m also a geeky 22-year-old kid. I look like I worked for NASA in the 60s. When not in class I play Dungeons & Dragons and eat Thai. I’m a Game of Thrones fan, a Nautilus player on League of Legends, my favorite doctor is Matt Smith and more importantly — I’m a Rocket.

It’s taken three years, lots of mistakes, lots of great stories and now I’m finally comfortable declaring myself a proud

member of the University of To-ledo. The whole experi-ence feels like eternity, but I know in hindsight

my experience at UT will be gone in an instant — like breath on a mirror.

Being a Rocket is about working hard,

going to class and trying your hardest every single day. When I came here I thought taking lots of classes, pushing myself and growing up would change who I was. I kept thinking that eventually these stories

and random events in between the banquets and the important stuff would have to end. It was because of that preconception that I never felt comfortable declaring myself a Rocket. I thought that meant giving up who I was when I first stepped into Parks Tower.

But part of being a Rocket means working hard and still being who you are while doing it. The classes matter and the big formal events matter — but so does the small stuff in between.

Our university has beaten others in medicine, academics, the arts and athletics.

And UT did it with our help. Do ex-actly as everyone says: work hard, study hard and seize opportunities. Our fu-ture lives and careers are up in the air, but at least now we can focus on us.

I’d like to officially welcome everyone to the University of Toledo. The com-ing year is going to be very exciting for

students and SG. The focus for SG this year is us — it’s about being Rockets and building a foundation for the future.

University leadership is changing drastically. SG has finished working with administrators to interview and approve a new head of dining. This is the first time in years that UT has hired an individual to lead dining exclusively. In the past, dining was one of several duties on the plate of auxiliary affairs.

The theory is that by restructuring and reinstating heads of key depart-ments we can make them stronger and more likely to improve. This is why parking services has been moved under the same department that handles parking enforcement.

It’s also why one of our senators, Katie Smith, is interviewing a new head of the recreational center alongside staff and other leaders. The goal is to logi-cally structure student services so that we can more easily improve them from year to year.

The biggest change will conclude in February: the presidential search.

In keeping with our focus, we plan to help choose a president who will be transparent and student-centered. A president who’ll tell us to study hard, work hard and seize opportunities, but someone who isn’t afraid to share those moments in between.

We’ll be gathering student opinion on what they want in a president, along with all the other changes occurring this year, through social media and messages like this. As your president and a fellow Rocket, I invite you to share your voice every Tuesday night at 8:15 pm in Student Union Room 2592.

Again, welcome back to UT and go Rockets!

Clayton Notestine is a fourth-year majoring in political science.

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COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY

A new year, a new beginning

What it means to be a Rocket

CLAYTON NOTESTINE

STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT

Samantha Rhodes Morgan Rinckey

For far too long, workers have been slaving away long hours in jobs that are often tedious and tiring, with a mere $7.25 as their reward. If the number alone doesn’t strike you as unrea-sonable, consider this: a whole hour of work will barely cover the cost of a burrito at Chipotle.

The minimum wage was meant, as the name implies, to be the mini-mum required to cover the cost of living. Today, with many people tak-ing two or three jobs to keep up with their stream of bills, it doesn’t cover enough.

The solution? Increase the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

While the issue of minimum wage affects any worker who depends on that $7.25 to pay their bills, college students in particular have a reason to support the raise. With nearly 71 percent of college students in the labor force, minimum wage is a topic that hits hard on payday.

Minimum wage can also take ad-vantage of young teenagers eager to work but unaware of the challenges they will face. Once the thrill of find-ing work in an increasingly difficult job market wears off, a measly $7.25 an hour can start to rub workers the wrong way.

My first job was at minimum wage as a camp counselor. The kids were cute, but not cute enough to make up for the immense amount of work I put in for so little reward. I hauled crates of sports equipment, ran for ice to soothe newfound bruises, played every

variation of dodgeball known to man with the kids, broke up fights... and at

the end of the week, walked away with barely enough money to buy a single textbook for one of my

classes. To put it in perspec-

tive, consider the University of Toledo’s in-state tuition and

fees for 2014, which is currently just under $10,000. To pay for just two semesters at UT, you would have to work considerably more than a thousand hours a year. Add housing fees, meal plans and books, and the amount of hours

skyrockets from difficult to impossible. The days when college students could

work their way through school are long gone, leaving many with no choice but to turn to expensive loans that will take years to pay off.

Tuition aside, college students aren’t the only ones affected by the low mini-mum wage. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that raising the mini-mum wage could take almost 3.8 mil-lion people off of food stamps. With so many complaining about an excess of government programs and the number of people on welfare, raising the mini-mum wage is an effective way to both reward people for working hard and to cut back on government spending.

Many fear that the increase in wages would result in skyrocketing prices. To some extent, this is true; after a certain point, if the salary in-crease was too drastic, it could lead to unreasonable pricing. However, the modest increase proposed would lead to minimal price increases, which are

far outweighed by the overall ben-efits to the economy that the extra $3 would have.

Overall, anyone living on the wage would have more purchasing power. Raised prices would be offset by people having more money to spend in the first place. That extra spending money doesn’t just bolster the economy — it improves the quality of life through simple luxuries, whether that means getting a chocolate bar in the checkout line or a bottle of nail polish from the makeup aisle.

The bottom line is minimum wage isn’t just a matter of crunching numbers and adding up the extra quarters and nickels. The cashier at your favorite fast food place and the dishwasher at your favorite restaurant aren’t just mindless drones there to take your order and clean up your messes. They’re people, and those people deserve the basic dignity of living wage.

If a raise of fewer than $3 can benefit so many, both the workers and the everyday consumers, and even the economy, then the answer is clear: raise the wage.

Colleen Anderson is an undecided first-year student.

COLLEEN ANDERSON

IC COLUMNIST

Raise the minimum wage

Summertime is slowly drifting away with a little less than a week away until classes start. This will be the start of my fourth, and hopefully, final year.

Two years ago I found myself as a second-year commuter student wanting more out of my time at college.

I knew I liked the idea of writing and I wanted to be a journalist, but I didn’t know what that meant.

When I joined The Inde-pendent Collegian that year at the end of August, I was a reporter unsure of my own writing.

I remember the pain and the struggle of crafting stories on deadline.

One night in particular I remember writing a story at 10:30 p.m. about a Student Government meeting. I had no idea if I would be able to finish it on time. There was

a lot happening in the office that night — yelling about what was going on the front page, not having photos to run with a story, frustration about not having enough space — and I was hesitant to take control of the problems I was facing. I wasn’t able to think through solutions quickly.

I have since then learned a lot about my own potential. Moving up to community editor a year later, I was astounded at how much I’d grown and learned as an individual. Now, as editor-in-chief of the IC, I have taken charge and developed skills as not only a manager, but a leader.

I have spent time teaching reporters the tools for success, which have included my own mistakes and missteps to lead them to have confidence not only in their writing, but in themselves.

To me, the IC is not only a place that I work, it is some-where I can call my home. I spend my time in the office be-tween classes. I have distinct memories of being there besides deadline nights. I like to go back to the office after class to talk with other staff members and use it as a place to relax, away from the hustle of the rest of campus.

I get to work with a talented group of my peers who not only support me, but who believe in me because I believe in them and the incredible things we can do together as a team.

Working at the IC has taught me to have patience and to remember that all of the hard work will pay off — revising and editing a story, late nights, pressure of deadline — and is worth it because the final product, the newspaper, is some-thing that represents the UT community, which I am proud to be a part of.

Our mission statement is something we created that shows how we will serve not only our readers, but commu-nity as well.

OUR MISSIONThe mission of The Independent Collegian is to provide

honest, reliable, informative and truth-seeking journalism to the University of Toledo community.

We will do this by:• Teaching the next generation of journalists the skills and

qualities they need to excel. • Holding authority figures and others accountable by ob-

jectively evaluating their statements and examining both the motives for and results of their actions.

• Holding ourselves to equally high standards of honesty, reliability, accuracy, transparency and objectivity, even if the results are unpopular or inconvenient.

• Serving as a voice for the UT student body, both through our own words and by providing ways for others to express their ideas.

• Using our influence to advocate positive change in our community.

• Caring for our community and acting in a spirit of col-laboration, while never forgetting to serve as an independent voice.

Amanda Eggert is a fourth-year majoring in communication, and is the editor-in-chief of The Independent Collegian.

AMANDA EGGERT

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

COMMENTARY

Consider the University of Toledo’s in-state tuition and fees for 2014, which is currently just under $10,000. To pay for just two semesters at UT, you would have to work considerably more than a thousand hours a year.

It’s taken three years, lots of mistakes, lots of great stories and now I’m finally comfortable declaring myself a proud member of the University of Toledo.

It might be sacrilegious for me to say this, but I have always enjoyed professional football more than its college equivalent.

Before you set the dogs on me, at least hear my reasoning.

Not only is the competi-tion and quality of play in the NFL usually far su-perior to what you see in college football (yes, even Browns’ and Lions’ games), but also, at the end of the season, you know there will always be that one clear champion standing above all the other teams.

The top squad never gets to that point by any sort of voting process either; they just keep winning until there is nobody left to stand between them and the Lombardi Trophy.

Now I know that on this topic I am probably in the minority. Not only is the bowl season a fan favor-ite as is, but most people would much rather watch student athletes play for the love of the game than pay to sit through a battle of multi-millionaires in jock straps.

The fact that the NFL is a business simply turns a lot of people off.

The minds in charge of college football, however, seem to believe it is time to shake things up and attempt to more closely resemble the National Football League’s competitive structure.

This is where the new College Football Playoff system comes into play.

Starting this season, a selection committee will choose four teams, which they have deemed the “best” in the country, to play in two bowl playoff games. The winners of these two semifinal bowls will then face off in a final championship game, ef-fectively giving college football a true king-of-the-mountain team for the season.

These playoff games, as well as the champion-ship, will rotate among the major bowls. Other bowl games will still be played, but the outcomes will not affect this new system, thus ensuring that many uni-versities can still have an opportunity to travel to one of these events.

It all sounds pretty good on paper, but we will have to see how it plays out this season.

The biggest problem so far, for me at least, is that

Ready for launch

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IN BRIEF

MAC and ESPN announce extension deal

The Mid-American Conference and ESPN announced Tuesday a 13-year rights agreement that will be the largest and most extensive agreement in the 68-year history of the Conference.

The extension, which adds provisions to the remaining three years of the original national rights agreement and adds an additional 10 years to the deal with ESPN, brings long-term security for the Conference through the 2026-27 academic year.

Dr. Jon A. Steinbrech-er, MAC commissioner, and Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice presi-dent for programming & acquisitions made the announcement jointly.

This agreement pro-vides ESPN with exclu-sive television and digital distribution rights for all MAC sporting events, and guarantees cover-age of every football game, and select men’s and women’s basketball and Olympic sporting events through the 2026-27 academic season.

Pair of Rockets named to preseason MAC squad

A Toledo duo has been named to the College Sports Madness Pre-season Mid-American Conference team. Junior midfielder Megan Con-nor was honored with a first-team selection while senior midfielder Meghan Topolewski was named to the second team.

“It is nice to see Meghan and Megan get some preseason recogni-tion,” said UT head coach Brad Evans. “They both have worked very hard in the offseason, and I am confident that through the course of the year their quality will be evident.”

Connor was named second-team College Sports Madness All-MAC in 2013 and was one of two Rockets to play in every match last season. The Lodi, Ohio native took 20 shots on goal and was a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll in her sophomore campaign.

Topolewski earned second-team College Sports Madness All-MAC accolades in 2013. She started the opening 18 matches last fall before sit-ting out the regular-season finale due to a foot injury. The Waterford, Michigan native tallied three points (one goal, one assist) from her midfield spot and saw at least 80 minutes of match action on 12 occa-sions.

Connor and Topolews-ki will lead the Rockets in their 2014 season opener against Detroit on Friday with kick-off slated for 5 p.m. at Scott Park.

UT to host “Victory Day” at Glass Bowl on Saturday

The University of Toledo football program will host a special “Vic-tory Day” for cognitively and physically impaired students from Toledo area schools in the Glass Bowl this Saturday from 5-7 p.m.

Victory Day allows special needs students to have their “moment in the sun” on the football field. Each student will be part-nered with a UT football player who will serve as their mentor for the day. Victory Day athletes will participate in a number of simulated game-day activities, assisted by Rocket football players.

Participants will wear Rocket team jerseys and will be presented with medals after the game to commemorate their victory. Toledo Public Schools is co-hosting the event.

Looking aheadThe Rockets will open their new season on Aug. 30 at home against New Hampshire. To mark

the beginning of the new year, The Independent Collegian will be releasing a special edition Sports section, which will run in next week’s paper and will also be passed out before the game.

BLAKEBACHO

SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL COMMENTARY

IC FILE PHOTOFormer Toledo quarterback Terrance Owens scrambles away from Northern Illinois defenders. The Rockets fell out of contention for the Mid-American Conference Championship after losing to the Huskies 35-17 last season. NIU has ripped the MAC West crown out of Toledo’s hands in four consecutive seasons, a streak UT is hoping to end this year. The Rockets will open the 2014-15 season on August 30 at the Glass Bowl against New Hampshire.

Rockets hope to use last year as motivation for upcoming seasonBy Blake BachoSports Editor

The University of Toledo football team must be tired of hearing about last season.

From the heartbreaking loss to Northern Illinois that booted the Rockets out of contention for the Mid-American Conference title, to the team’s disap-pointing 7-5 season record and the resulting bowl game snub, it all has to be getting pretty old.

That doesn’t mean, however, that last year’s disappointments can’t help improve this season’s squad.

“If you talk to someone who said 7-5 was what they expected of us, they’d be lying,” said Toledo senior offensive lineman Greg Mancz. ”We’ve got to reach our full potential and play as well as we can for as long as we can.

“We have to learn les-sons from every game we play, last year being no exception, but the 2014 season is a completely different season. I think we can take the lessons we learned, hopefully improve on and fix them if they are problems, and go at the season as well as we can.”

The Rockets appear to

have stockpiled plenty of weapons with which they can attack the new sea-son. Chief among Toledo’s strengths are a veteran offensive line, a healthy stable of running backs, and perhaps most impor-tantly, a defense that is hungry to improve upon last season’s lessons.

“I feel like we are a much more experienced defense,” said senior linebacker Ju-nior Sylvestre. “[Last year] we had a lot of young guys that had to stumble early and weren’t quite ready. That year of experience will make a huge differ-ence. We just want to be known as a great defense.”

Part of Toledo’s advan-tage on both offense and defense remains the depth at each position on the field, something Campbell assures didn’t happen ac-cidentally.

“From day one I really wanted to build a complete program,” he explained. “We’ve really worked hard and recruited hard to build that within our program. I’d say this is the most complete team we have had coming back, and I’m really excited about that piece of the puzzle for us.”

The biggest question for the Rockets remains the identity of their starting quarterback, but Campbell isn’t afraid to head into Toledo’s first game of the year without a true answer at the position.

“You know me, I’m pretty comfortable letting it play out,” Campbell joked. “I have played a lot of quarterbacks here at Toledo, a couple at the same time. No matter what position it is, you have to earn your position.”

For Mancz, it doesn’t matter who of the three potential QB candidates wins this position battle.

“I like them all,” he said. “I’ve gotten to know them all pretty well, they are all great guys who volunteer to stay after to take snaps, or run plays or learn of-fenses.

“The thing I like the most is that they are all extremely competitive. They are all always try-ing to beat each other at everything. I don’t have a preference. I’m just look-ing forward to one of them getting out there with us.”

Whoever ends up win-ning the quarterback battle will eventually have to face off against Northern Il-linois. The Rockets will be hoping to stop the Huskies from ripping the MAC West title away for the fifth year in a row, a feat that at least some appear to believe this season’s team capable of.

Toledo was chosen over NIU to win the MAC West in the annual poll of the league’s media contingent, as an-nounced at last month’s foot-ball media day at Ford Field.

“They are a great team,”

Mancz said of the Huskies. “They have been a great team now for quite some time, it has shown the past couple years with their record, and they have a bunch of great players.

“There is definitely an excitement level when we play them, and there is always a lot on the line.”

For Mancz, and the rest of the Rockets, this season will be about not only getting to a game with a lot on the line, but also taking full advan-tage of that opportunity.

It might be the only real way for the Rockets and their fans to forget about how last season ended.

“There were multiple games that I can think of where we were close and didn’t finish, and there were ones where we pulled out at the end.” Mancz said. “We need to learn to be a more consistent four-quarter team. That is what the focus of this offseason has really been on.”

“If you talk to someone who said 7-5 was what they expected of us, they’d be lying.”

GREG MANCZSenior offensive lineman

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Most people would much rather watch student athletes play for the love of the game than pay to sit through a battle of multi-millionaires in jock straps.

“I’d say this is the most complete team we have had coming back, and I’m really excited about that piece of the puzzle for us.”

MATT CAMPBELLUT head football coach

Looking ahead at Toledo’s schedule

Toledo will start the 2014-15 season off at home, taking on New Hampshire on Aug. 30 in the Glass Bowl.

The Rockets will then host Missouri the fol-lowing weekend before hitting the road for Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats.

Four of UT’s first five games will take place at home, but Toledo will spend two weeks in a row on the road in October. During that stretch, the Rockets will face Western Michigan in Kalamazoo and Iowa State in Ames.

party will also begin at 7 p.m. and will last until 10 p.m. in the Flatlands. CAP will give away free T-shirts and sunglasses as well as a DJ and a light show.

“From a student stand-point, I’d say the most exciting thing about going to these events is meeting new people,” said Andrew Kurtz, president of CAP. Kurtz said he encourages students to not only check out the CAP events but all of the other events as well.

“I highly recommend the SigEp [Sigma Epsilon] Slip-n-Slide,” he said.

The SigEp Slip-n-Slide will happen on Saturday at

11 a.m. on Parks Hill behind Parks Tower.

CAP will also be hosting a Dayglow-inspired paint party on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m. at the Flatlands and a barbecue on Sunday from 12-2 p.m. in Centennial Mall.

At the barbecue, Kurtz said there will be music on the Student Union front steps and a dunk tank. Kurtz said they will hopefully get profes-sors and administrators to agree to sit in the dunk tank.

Although these events are aimed toward freshmen, Kurtz said all students on campus are welcome to at-tend.

CAP will host more events throughout the school year including a Toledo American Gladiator Competition.

“We’ve got a really good kick-off to the year this year,” Taylor said. “Go out there and have a good time.”

A detailed list of all up-coming events can be found at www.utoledo.edu/studen-taffairs/osi.

there will still be a voting process muddying up the new playoff competition. Just as in the old system, a team with a superior record might be excluded over another university if the selection committee deems the second team’s strength of schedule to have been greater than the first’s.

The alternative solution to this problem will be hard to find. There are simply too many schools to ever be able to decide playoff contenders on record alone, and some teams really do face a weaker level of op-ponent.

Because of those facts, it seems like, for now at least, a selection com-mittee really was the best answer.

I doubt this new system will change my feelings on college football. I enjoy watching, but

it will never trump the NFL for me, even with this new playoff structure.

Even so, I definitely ap-preciate what this format will do for the collegiate level of America’s Game.

Although it’s a very substantial step forward for this level of the sport, it is clear that this idea will require tweaking and re-working, something that is constantly necessary even within the NFL’s playoff system.

It isn’t perfect and prob-ably never will be, but the important point is that it now exists.

College football will now have a playoff system to promote even greater competition, and yet the storied bowl season has not been ruined and every game throughout the year will still count for every team.

The minds in charge of the sport have found a smart way to capture the attention of new fans, and at the same time they have painstakingly ensured that traditionalists will con-tinue to be pleased as well.

You couldn’t really ask for a better win-win scenario.

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The minds in charge of the sport have found a smart way to capture the attention of new fans, and at the same time they have painstakingly ensured that traditionalists will continue to be pleased as well.

Naganathan said he enjoys. “Once a faculty member,

always a faculty member,” Naganathan said. “I loved meeting students when they came into the class and I truly look forward to the energy as our students come on campus.”

Naganathan has been on the faculty at UT since 1986. He was appointed as the dean of engineering in May 2003. Naganathan earned a B.E. degree in mechanical engi-neering from the National

Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli, University of Madras, India (1978), a M.S. degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from Clarkson University, New York (1981) and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University (1986).

Naganathan said he wants to hear from students directly as well as the faculty and staff about issues they care about.

“My goal is to go to every division, academic and ad-ministrative, in this universi-ty over the next few months,” he said.

With high expectations set for the year, Naganathan plans to be an effective and productive leader.

“While the title is interim, the responsibilities are not,” Naganathan said. “As an in-terim administration we want to look back at the end of the year and then be able to say as a campus, as a university, we got these things done.”

Naganathan said he doesn’t like to be a loner, a personal-ity trait which he feels will be helpful in his new position.

“I like to work with people

and I think this is where it presents an opportunity that is my natural affinity to work with people I believe is also good for the university,” Naganathan said.

In terms of his leadership style, Naganathan wants to communicate openly with others rather than just give orders.

“It’s not about dispensing rules, and computers can’t run the place,” Naganathan said.

Naganathan urges students to take advantage of the time he will be setting aside in his calendar, time which he hopes will be used effectively.

“As a faculty member my office door was always open and I enjoyed that interac-tion,” he said.

While Naganathan is ex-cited about his new position, he hasn’t forgotten his origins and how others have played a role in his life.

“The city of Toledo has been great to me and my family. The faculty and the university has been great and I want to do my best to serve this university well and the community well,” he said.

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that have replaced the older computers around the library. These new monitors have a 23-inch-wide screen and the components like the hard drive and USB ports are behind or on the side of the monitor.

“This is also more ‘green’ for us because it takes less power,” Gerasimiak said. “There is only one power cord now.”

In addition, comput-ers in different areas of the

Information Center will now print at one station by default based on proximity so that one printing station will not be overcrowded.

Altogether, D’Emilio said there were 86 computers that were updated, each costing about $750.

The laptop check-out program was also com-pletely refreshed with 74 new laptops available for check-out. The sign-out process is automatic with no need for paper.

“Students are allowed to check-out a laptop in three-hour increments and can check them out again if needed longer,” Gerasimiak said. “All that is required to check one out is a valid student ID.”

Due to the amount or-dered, D’Emilio said these were purchased for around $1,000 each.

Zach Stefancin, a third-year mechanical engineering major, believes that the upgrades will promote more usage of the library’s technology.

“More students will probably come here to study once the word gets

out about the new tech,” Stefancin said.

Regarding any other new upgrades, D’Emilio said he thinks there won’t be any more.

“I think at this point we’re satisfied,” said D’Emilio.

Gerasimiak wants students to know that he is available to help and that students should not hesitate to ask if they need anything.

“If there’s anything that a student feels like they need on a computer, contact us and we’ll put it on for you,” Gerasimiak said. “We’re here to serve you guys.”

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“My goal is to go to every division, academic and administrative, in this university over the next few months.”

NAGI NAGANATHANInterim UT President

“From a student standpoint, I’d say the most exciting thing about going to see these events is meeting new people.”

ANDREW KURTZCAP President

“If there’s anything that a student feels like they need on a computer, contact us and we’ll put it on for you. We’re here for you guys.”

RICK GERASIMIAKManager of desktop

support

“More students will probably come here to study once the word gets out about the new tech.”

ZACH STEFANCINThird-year mechanical

engineering student

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

Wednesday, Aug. 209 a.m. -- “Still Photo-

graphs” Exhibit by Eric Zeigler, these photo-graphs are from the last six years, made while pursuing other projects.Located at the Center for the Visual Arts - Clem-ent Gallery. For more information, contact Angela Riddle by email at TheArts@utoledo.edu or by phone (419) 530-2452.Thursday, Aug. 21

7 p.m. -- S’mores with NRHH, Meet the mem-bers of the top 1 percent of student leaders resid-ing in residence halls. Located at Ottawa House east on the lawn.

8 p.m. -- RSA bon-fire, join other first-year students from across campus in celebrat-ing the start of the new school year, meet the Blue Crew and paint the spirit rock. Located in the Flatlands.Friday, Aug. 22

11 a.m. -- Greek Wel-come Barbecue, free food, music, giveaways and information about fraternities and sororities. Located in the Flatlands.

8:30 p.m. -- Summer Skies over Toledo, using our state of the art digital fulldome projections sys-tems we will tour the night sky as seen from here in Toledo looking at stars and constellation. Located at Ritter Planetarium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and UT community members. Sunday, Aug. 24

3 p.m. -- Jam Ses-sion, learn about the mi-nority organizations and support offices. Located at Centennial Mall.

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LGBT AWARENESS

Toledo’s got PrideBy Joe HeidenescherStaff Reporter

The annual Toledo Pride festival will return Aug. 22-24, where it will animate the city with lights, sound and entertainment.

Toledo Pride is a festival and parade that advocates for equal-ity, unity and acceptance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-gendered (LGBT) people in the Toledo community.

“I think that it’s a celebration of the LGBT community and it’s a cel-ebration of the Toledo community, not just LGBT, but all of us,” said Lexi Staples, executive director of Toledo Pride.

The celebration will begin on Fri-day, Aug. 22 with Toledo Pride Nite Glo 5K at the University of Toledo. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Staples said the 5K had over 500 people in attendance in 2013 and this year she is expecting it to grow even more.

According to a press release by Kelly Heuss, the Toledo Pride marketing coordinator, the 5K will feature a warm-up session, a black light finish line and live entertain-ment after the race.

Staples said that there will be glow sticks and paint available, but partici-pants are encouraged to bring their own and dress in neon colors.

“Everybody decorates themselves and wears the most ridiculous things — like tutus, glow sticks and shenani-gans,” said Staples.

Toledo Pride will work with Spec-trum, UT’s LGBTQA student advo-cacy organization, to host the 5K.

Spectrum will have a table on Centennial Mall, said LaVelle Ridley, president of Spectrum.

“Toledo Pride means a lot to us as an organization, as students of the University of Toledo, and as members of the greater community,” Ridley said. “It demonstrates that the mem-bers of our community have a space in which to celebrate themselves and all that encompasses our rich and diverse community.”

Ridley said that Spectrum has participated in Toledo Pride since its beginning and they plan to partici-pate in the parade this year.

Ridley attended for the first time in 2013.

“It was an awesome experience to be surrounded by people advocating for equality and just having a good time, celebrating themselves just the way they are,” Ridley said.

According to Brent Rabie, outreach and volunteer coordinator for Toledo Pride, Toledo Pride is a good way to broadcast many organizations’ causes that work for equality.

“I think that it raises aware-

ness for a lot of LGBT groups or friendly groups that maybe don’t have the money or the resources to really get out there and this is a good way for them to be exposed to thousands of people and help their causes,” Rabie said.

Toledo Pride is partnering with several KISS FM radio personali-ties on Friday at 9 p.m. for “KISS ‘N’ Drag.” Members of the Morning Rush

COURTESY OF LEXI STAPLESAt last year’s Pride festival, many people walked in the parade while carrying colorful signs and flags. The participants also dressed up in bright colored coloring to show their support for the festival. This year’s parade will begin at noon on Thursday, Aug. 23 and will feature floats from numerous organizations, sponsors and groups.

The annual Pride event begins Aug. 22

ANNUAL FESTIVAL

Music Fest to kick off football season

By Alexandria SabaCommunity Editor

The sound, the lights, the music — and it’s all free on Aug. 29.

Music Fest is a music concert that is open to the entire Rocket community, for everyone on campus and surrounding areas, said Ame-lia Acuna, director of marketing partnerships, events and image projection.

“This year we have a pretty exciting lineup and having done it a few years now, we’ve added a couple new things,” Acuna said. “We have a brand new location, which is in Rocket Hall parking lot. Also new this year is the Bud Light beer garden.”

Alexander Zonjic, a performer in Music Fest, said that the new location is a little more urban compared to previous years because it is right on the street.

This year’s lineup starts with a band from Detroit called the Infatuations.

Zonjic described them being a little R&B, soul group, young, pretty funky and a little bit like Bruno Mars.

The lineup this year starts at 4 p.m. and will last until midnight.

“At four is the Infatuations and then were having our pep rally at 5 o’clock,” Acuna said. “The new president and new interim president will be there to say a few words. The athletic director will be there, the football coach, the football team, the dance team, the cheerleaders — everyone pretty much is there.”

According to Acuna, the pep rally and Music Fest are to get everybody ready for UT’s first home football game.

UT will also be celebrating Rocksy’s third birthday at Music Fest this year.

“Then, after the pep rally there’s Alexan-der Zonjic,” Acuna said. “He has a pretty big following in the Toledo area with jazz and also Motown.”

Zonjic’s performance is called, “Zonjic meets Motown.”

He will be playing with his band and the Motor City Horns.

“We will be doing some Temptations clas-sic songs along with my jazz songs, so that’s pretty exciting,” Zonjic said.

Zonjic said he really looks forward to the audience’s responses to the groups that per-

form at the festival. “Our audiences are very mixed, it’s not only

college and university kids, it’s also people from the city of Toledo so it’s a lot of fun and there’s a lot to look forward too,” Zonjic said.

American Idol winner David Cook will take the stage at 8 p.m.

Acuna said that Cook is a very big draw for the audience.

“We close out the schedule with Mike Pos-ner, who’s got some Detroit ties and he’s kind

of a hip hop, R&B group,” Zonjic said. “Kids love him and he’s got some pretty big hits.”

Zonjic said what makes Music Fest fun is the variety in the lineup.

“I get to experience and book talented bands that normally I would have never booked for,” Zonjic said.

Acuna said that the beer garden will be in the same lot as the stage.

“Then we will have, like we’ve had in the past, a sponsor tent where anyone who wants to sponsor will do giveaways in that tent, a lot of the time people will pass out samples of their food,” Acuna said.

There will be a few different food vendors this year including, Rosie’s Rolling Chef, which will be the only food truck.

“We have new things, we have a great lineup and a new location, the beer garden; we’re selling Music Fest T-shirts at Music Fest. We’re also selling these new shirts this year,” Acuna said.

Debbra Cooper, the traffic coordinator, has her own line of Toledo T-shirts out that she

IC FILE PHOTOLast year’s Music Fest featured a pep rally which included UT’s cheerleaders and mascots Rocky and Rocksy. This year’s pep rally starts at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30. The 5th annual Music Fest starts at 4 p.m. with the Infatuations and ends at midnight with headliner Mike Posner. Music Fest has a new location this year, which is at the Rocket Hall parking lot.

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“I’m thrilled that I was invited to participate in UT’s Music Fest — such a cool, free event to kick off the fall semester, and another example of why I like Toledo.”

DEBBRA COOPERTraffic Coordinator

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FASHION

Welcome Back!By Autumn Baker and Teddi CovingtonFashion Columnists

We’re finally back guys! Some people can’t wait to come back to school to show off their style, but for others — not so much. Although college is not a walking fashion show, you should definitely be cautious of what you step outside in. The first few weeks of school are still pretty warm, but let’s not show up to class in booty shorts and strapless belly shirts. Remember that your wardrobe is also a reflection of who you are.

If you’re not sure what you should wear, that’s OK. Here are a few tips on what you can show up to class in without feeling like you’re overdoing it.

Basic T-shirts/Crop tops

Basic tees and crop tops are two of the most versatile pieces you can pull out of your closet. They can be worn in a dressy manner or for just a casual day on cam-pus. For a comfy look, you can pair your top with boyfriend jeans or a skater skirt with sneakers or flats. Now if you’re one who likes to look a tad more dressy when you go to class, feel free to pair your top with a nice blazer, statement jewelry and wedges or booties. Basic t-shirts can be found at any store, but look for them at Forever 21 to get the best price. Crop tops can be found at PacSun, Forever 21 and American Eagle all at a reasonable cost.

Cardigans

Although it’s still warm outside, class-rooms can sometimes be a bit chilly. Car-digans are pieces that can be easily added and removed from your outfit of the day. It’s always great to have one handy to just pull out in class and throw it right back in your bag once you’re outside again. Find them at Target, Forever 21 and American Eagle for different patterns, colors and a reasonable cost.

Sneakers

Instead of the high heels, combat boots or the flats, don’t forget sneakers. Sneakers are versatile with different colors, patterns and shapes. That means depending on your style, finding the perfect sneaker will be

easy. They can be worn with a dress to make it less formal or it can take a simple, chic look and become casual and laid-back. The possibilities are endless when it comes to sneakers and they can be found anywhere. Sneakers are more commonly found at Foot Locker, Finish Line and Champs; but you can go to Shii by Journeys, department stores and online shops like Topshop to find a better variety of sneakers.

Remember — there’s no reason why you can’t be cute and comfy during classes.

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team and DJ 3PM will entertain atendees throughout the evening.

“We are going to have them dress in drag,” Rabie said. “It’s to raise money for the Northwest Ohio Food Bank.”

Rabie said KISS ‘N’ Drag will cost $8 to attend or $5 with the donation of a non-per-ishable food item.

The parade, which begins at noon on Thurs-day, Aug. 23, will feature floats from numerous organizations, sponsors and groups.

According to the press release by Heuss, “The parade will begin at the corner of Washington and Ontario, heading toward the Maumee River, down Summit St. and ending in Promenade Park.”

The post-parade festivities will include live entertainment, drag shows, food vendors and 40 minute cruise rides on the Maumee River. A few of the musical guests for the evening

include, Rye Rye, Eryn Woods and Pastele. Toledo Pride will host a child-friendly fun

day on Sunday, Aug. 24 from 12-3 p.m. Families are invited to come to Prom-

enade Park and participate in games and fun for the whole family.

“They’ll be able to color their own Toledo Pride T-shirts,” Staples said.

Thorne said Toledo Pride is a way for people to share an experience together and

build a community. The Toledo Pride organiza-

tion also worked on prepar-ing the parks for the festival. Staples said they planted flowers at Promenade, added mulch to playgrounds and painted benches that were in desperate need of it.

Thorne said Toledo Pride serves as a great way to rally people together to accept one another and make our com-munity a good place to live in.

“This is the place where everyone can go and kind of do their own thing to their comfort level,” Thorne said. “It’s like your own experience but everyone comes togeth-er to have their own experience together. It’s pretty amazing.”

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of Toledo.When: Friday, Aug. 22.Registration: 6:30 p.m.What to bring: Glow

sticks and neon colored clothes.

will be selling at this year’s Music Fest. “I’m thrilled that I was invited to participate

in UT’s Music Fest — such a cool, free event to kick off the fall semester, and another example of why I like Toledo,” Cooper said.

Cooper said she has been a graphic de-signer for several years on the west coast and when people would ask her why she returned to her hometown, Toledo, her response would be “I’m proud to live in Toledo.”

Cooper’s T-shirts say “I know it’s only Toledo but I like it” and will cost $15.

The shirts come in black and also UT blue and gold.

Acuna said that there will be a couple differ-ent vendors selling T-shirts along with Cooper.

This year’s sponsors are Huntington Bank,

Toledo Rocket Sports Properties, CAP, The Blade, 92.5 KISS FM, Treu House of Munch, Toledo.com, Metzgers, Buckeye CableSys-tem, UTMC, WXUT, Yark Fiat and Center for International Studies and Programs.

To sign up to be a volunteer, contact Ame-lia Acuna at amelia.acuna@utoledo.edu.

Acuna said that being a volunteer is a lot of fun and volunteers can help out at tents, sell T-shirts or help with the bands.

“We would love to have volunteers,” Acuna said.

“We’re following up this year with a big tailgate party on Saturday, with a great band from Ohio coming in for the tailgate party called Red Wanting Blue,” Zonjic said. “So that’s a bit of a new twist for us.”

They will take the stage in the Rocket Hall parking lot at 4 p.m. before the kick-off of the first UT football game against New Hampshire.

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By IC Staff

The Independent Collegian received two awards in the annual Ohio’s Best Journal-ism contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Judges named the IC the best non-daily college newspaper in the competition, and Amanda Eggert, a Toledo resident who was named the IC’s editor-in-chief in April, won second-place honors for feature writing.

The contest covered work published during the 2013 calendar year, and winners were announced July 25. Earlier this year, the IC was also named best college non-daily in the region in SPJ’s annual Mark of Excellence awards.

For more information about the Ohio’s Best Journalism contest, visit spjawards.org.

The IC, which is the University of Toledo’s independent student newspaper, is oper-ated by the Collegian Media Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

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