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Spring is hereUT will use the spring game to

measure growth among the team’s many open position battles.

SPORTS / 3 »

A fashion show all about dressing to impress

UT’s business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, will host “A Fashion Af-fair” runway show on April 9 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. The goal of the show is to teach students how to ‘dress for success.’

COMMUNITY / 6 »

““Imagine how utterly silly it would be to spell words with z’s instead of s’s; you’d think we were incompetent writerz. Thuz, this new name makez UT studentz sound uncreative.”

EDITORIALCroutons haz a new name

OPINION / 4 »

Acting through lifeCommunity / 6 »

THEATER GREEK LIFE

Puppets come to life on stage

Men walk a mile in heels for survivors of domestic violence

By Joe HeidenescherAssociate Community Editor

A new stage performance written by one of the Uni-versity of Toledo’s own fac-ulty members will debut this month at Center Theatre.

The twist: most of the characters aren’t human.

“It’s life-sized puppets and it’s one of the weirdest shows that we’ve ever done,” said Gina Gass, a puppeteer in the performance.

“The Immortals” is a performance written and directed by UT professor Erica Frank and features a cast of 20 puppets. With her help and background in puppetry, students have been involved in the pro-cess of creating puppets and bringing them to life on stage for this show.

“‘Normal’ is not a word I would use to describe this play, ever,” said Gass, a fifth-year double-majoring in theatre and communication. “It’s so different, it’s so weird … It’s kind of like a weird children’s story with a weird twist. It’s straight

out of Erica’s brain, and it’s really kind of cool. She re-

ally made her story come to life.”

Accord-ing to Alexis Johnson, a third-year theatre major and a puppeteer for the rab-bit, “The Immortals” is different

from most department theatre productions.

“It’s definitely unlike some of our other shows; it’s more open to kids and

normally we do more risky, experimental not-so-chil-dren-friendly shows,” she said. “But there are things in it, just like kids’ cartoons, that adults are also going to enjoy so it’s not like it’s strictly for kids, but it’s kind of trying to make it for everyone on some level.”

George Johnson, a first-year theatre major and puppeteer in the perfor-mance, said the show’s overall message is about global warming and that the play is based off the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean.

Kenzie Phillips, a second-

By Samantha RhodesManaging Editor

Any woman who’s worn high heels is famil-iar with the pain that often accompanies this fashionable shoe style, and soon University of Toledo men will experience this same sensa-tion — except they’ll be walking a mile.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an annual event put on by the Panhellenic Council in which Greek women sponsor one or more men to ‘walk a mile’ around McComas Village in high heels to support the fight against domestic violence.

“I believe that the fight against domestic violence is one that almost every person can relate to and some women may not even realize that they are victims to this kind of abuse,” said Kalee Royster, panhel-lenic chairwoman for the event and a second-year ma-joring in biology. “Most cases of domestic violence happen in the comfort of your own home and the majority of woman deny or blame themselves.”

According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, more than one in three women and more than one in four men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

Statistics prove that women are more commonly the victims and the World Health Organization’s media center reports that on average, 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship say they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner.

To help support this issue, Royster said

Clothesline Project: April 9 & 16The UT Counseling Center uses T-

shirts in a new, unique way — to bring an end to sexual assault and violence against women. The project takes place April 9 in Centennial Mall and April 16 in UTMC cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Denim Awareness Day: April 29The UT Counseling Center will have a

display in the Student Union taking dona-tions and passing out information about Denim Awareness Day.

This day was started when the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a girl implied consent to be assaulted because her jeans were too tight. The booth will pro-mote wearing jeans to work and accept donations to be given to YWCA Hope Center.

Denim Day Walk: April 12Denim Day Walk will be held to sup-

port Denim Awareness Day with a two mile wellness event held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Donations for the YMCA HOPE Center will be collected during the event.

Take Back the Night: April 18UT will join with other universities for

this annual event, which will be held at the UAW Union building to advocate for the end of domestic and sexual violence.

LGBTQ Panel Speakers: April 23The UT Counseling Center will host a

panel of experts to discuss a wide array of LGBTQ issues, including resources, suicide prevention, transgender advocacy, and how to be an ally. The event will take place in Student Union Room 2584 from 6-7 p.m.

Original show to open April 10

Indian cultural festival will come to Toledo area on April 15 with bright bursts of color

PHOTO COURTESY OF UT(From left to right) UT students Emily Werner, Alexis Johnson, Won Hee Kim and alum Megan Aherne rehearse for “The Immortals” with puppets. The show opens Friday, April 10 in the UT Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month events

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“Most cases of domestic violence happen in the comfort of your own home and the majority of women deny or blame themselves.”

KALEE ROYSTERPanhellenic Council

Chairwoman

By Torrie JadlockiIC Staff Reporter

The University of Toledo will experience a burst of color as campus groups host an event in celebration of the Indian festival of Holi.

The event, modeled off the festival that has Hindu roots and features the throwing of colored powder, will be held April 15 from 3-5 p.m. at the field next to the Memorial Field House.

The idea was first raised in the fall of 2013 when staff members at UT’s Center for Religious Un-derstanding wanted to plan “an all-campus event that would help UT students get to know other UT students from other religions and cultures in a fun way,” Jeanine Diller, director for religious understanding at UT, wrote in an email.

“A couple of us had

taken part in the Color Run and recognized it as an American version of Holi, a cultural holiday in India with religious roots in Hinduism that cel-ebrates the start of spring by throwing colors at passersby,” Diller said.

According to Diller, the event is meant to not only be fun for partici-pants, but will also serve as a dialogue on religion and culture.

“Given its connection with religion and thus our mission, we tossed around the idea of combining some version of Holi on campus with students dia-loguing about religion and culture, and realized the colors themselves would do a great job of represent-ing diversity,” Diller said. “We found out several other campuses had been celebrating Holi too, talked with UT’s Indian Students

Cultural Organization, who also wanted to bring this event to UT, and the idea was born.”

Jeff Witt, program director for the Office of Equity, Diversity and Community Engagement at UT, said this event will benefit students by giving

different perspectives. “This event is an impor-

tant one for the Office of Equity and Diversity to support because it builds awareness for one of the key elements of human diversity — faith and religion,” Witt said.

Diller said the event was

successful from the start.“Last year was our first

time running this event,” Diller said. “We expected 200 and over 400 people came. It was also incredibly fun and joyous. I think this year will be even bigger —

PHOTO COURTESY OF TOLEDOFAVS.COMStudents celebrate the Indian festival of Holi at last year’s festival on April 9 beside the Field House on UT’s Main Campus. The powdered colors thrown at one another represent the arrival of spring.

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See Holi / 5 »““You can’t really describe what Jans did that night without referencing a donkey at least a few times.”

BLAKE BACHOAlways expect the right thing

SPORTS / 3 »

““It’s OK to cry; in fact, it’s a natural part of the grieving process. Allowing yourself to be sad for a little while helps you release all of those pent up emotions that are not healthy to keep bottled up inside.”

DEVAN LUTZ10 steps to get over a

past relationship OPINION / 4 »

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“It’s life-sized puppets and it’s one of the weirdest shows that we’ve ever done.”

GINA GASSPuppeteer

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IN BRIEF

Rockets drop two of three games in weekend series against the Chippewas

The Toledo Rockets baseball team suffered 14-1 route in Sunday’s rubber match against Central Michigan.

UT (10-21, 4-5 MAC) dropped the first game of the weekend series 9-5, before winning a game that took 16 innings 4-3.

Senior Alec Schmenk got the start and was credited with his first loss of the season. Schmenk, now 1-1 on the season, gave up four runs on six hits, in three innings of work. But the bullpen of-fered little soultion; Cen-tral scored ten runs after Schmenks’ departure.

At the plate, the Rock-ets managed only four hits. Their only run came on a sac fly from fresh-man Dalton Bollinger which scored sophomore Jordan Kesson.

The Chippewas (20-12, 7-2 MAC) remain in first place in the MAC West Di-vision and is currently tied with Ball State with the best conference record.

After Tuesday’s game against Valparaiso was cancelled, the Rockets are off until this week-end, when they travel to Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan in a three game series.

UT tennis doubles nine-match win streak comes to an end

Toledo’s women’s ten-nis team fell to 13-7 on the season, after being swept by Miami (OH) University.

The Rockets dropped all seven matches they played Sunday afternoon against their Mid-Ameri-can Conference foes.

Senior Lexy Pitt and Junior Emily Mazzola lost just their fourth match of the season (6-2).

Though they lost both doubles matches, the Rockets are still a strong 39-12 in doubles play. They had been on a nine-match doubles win-ning streak.

Miami also won all six singles matches in straight sets.

The Rockets’ final home game is scheduled for Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

Softball drops sixth straight game of the season

UT’s softball team was defeated 14-5 to Northern Illinois in five innings.

The Rockets (12-22, 0-6 MAC) got off to a fast start, scoring four runs before recording their first out.

Junior OF Jessica Lemieux and freshman IF Samantha Showalter went for 2-2 in the game. Showalter also hit her first collegiate home run and drove in three runs.

Showalter’s home run came after Lemieux led off the game with a double and was singled in by sophomore IF Chandler Rice. After sophomore OF Celeste Fidge drew a walk, Showalter crushed a home run into the left field seats.

The Rockets, however only scored one run after that, and their pitching and defense struggled mightily. In addition to the 14 runs given up, the Rockets committed five errors in a short five innings.

The Rockets now head to East Lansing to take on Michigan State in a midweek affair Wednes-day, April 8.

It’s not Rocket Science (Trivia)

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FOOTBALL

Spring is here

IC FILE PHOTOA Toledo defensive player eyes down the quarterback in a 27-20 victory against rival Bowling Green. The Rockets will be looking to use the spring game to improve the number one ranked rush defense in the Mid-American Conference, but was dead last in pass defense and second to last in pass defense efficiency. Toledo will be returning four senior cornerbacks who will be competing for the two starting positions.

By Keith BoggsSports Reporter

Every college football team has questions coming into their spring game.

For the Rockets, the questions begin along the offensive line.

Five starters from last season will graduate this May, leaving only one player on the University of Toledo’s roster with starting experience for the midnight blue and gold.

Junior Storm Norton is the only lineman of the bunch to have any experi-ence playing for Toledo. Norton filled in along the line for three games last season when Mid-Amer-ican Conference Player of the Year Greg Mancz was sidelined with a knee injury.

“One thing about the guys graduating is that they are so dedicated to Toledo,” said se-nior defensive lineman Trent Voss. “They helped establish a culture that has made it easier for the coaches to teach

the younger guys.”While taking over as a full-

time starter will be new for Norton, the lessons learned from the departed seniors will certainly help ease the transition.

“Playing with those guys the last three years, they definitely gave me a lot of information I could pass on to the younger guys,” he said.

Norton is expected to earn a spot along UT’s O-line, but

which spot he ends up in is yet to be determined. For the spring game, the Rockets are expected to experiment with several combinations of of-fensive lineman.

“I think it’s a process,” said Toledo Head Coach Matt Campbell. “Over the 12 practices we’ve had this spring, they’ve gotten better each day. They’ve got experience around them at a lot of other positions.

“My expectation is growth.”Behind the Rockets’ of-

fensive line, two signal callers are expected to renew their competition from last sum-mer and once again battle for the starting position.

That battle, however, won’t take place this spring.

Senior Phillip Ely won the competition last year only to see an ACL tear end his season after less than two games. Junior Logan Woodside replaced Ely and led Toledo to a share of the MAC West title and a bowl victory, but injury also cut into his playing time during

his stint under center.Woodside missed portions

of three games during the final stretch of the season. The junior quarterback un-derwent minor offseason sur-gery and, like Ely, is expected to miss the spring game while he continues rehab.

“We’re really fortunate to have two guys returning who have won a lot of football games,” Campbell said. “I think we’re in a great spot that other teams would love to be in.”

In the absence of Woodside and Ely, Toledo will turn to sophomores Michael Julian and Quentin Gibson for the spring scrimmage. Gibson has yet to take a live snap as a Rocket, while Julian’s Toledo debut was decidedly brief.

Julian replaced Wood-side against Kent State after Woodside went down with an injury. Julian then started the Northern Illinois game before quickly being side-lined by a concussion.

While Ely and Woodside are the favorites in Toledo’s quarterback competition, the spring game will give un-derclassmen like Julian and Gibson a chance to impress their coaches.

“This spring has also given players like Michael Julian and Quentin Gibson, and some of the other quarter-backs, a chance to develop and get some reps they oth-erwise wouldn’t have gotten,” Campbell said.

UT will use spring game to measure growth among the team’s many open position battles

“...That’s what you love about spring. Guys aren’t just challenging for a starting spot, but also for playing time.”

MATT CAMPBELLUT Head Football Coach

COMMENTARY

See Spring / 7 »

Always expect the right thingWe’re going to take a quick trip

down I-75 for this one. In case you recently took up

residence beneath a slab of granite, Bowling Green State University is currently searching for a new men’s basketball coach. Chris Jans was fired after only one season due to his sloppy, drunken performance at a local restaurant on March 21.

You can’t really describe what Jans did that night without ref-erencing a donkey at least a few times. Do a quick YouTube search if you want to see exactly what happened, but expect to feel dis-gusted by the end of the clip.

After BG learned of what trans-pired that evening they promptly sacked their disgraced head coach, earning praise locally for doing the right thing in a messy situation.

Fans of professional sports know that talent usually trumps every-thing. But Bowling Green’s adminis-trators made it clear that this won’t

be the case on their campus, dismiss-ing the man who led the program to its first 20-win season since the 2001-02 campaign.

Good for the Falcons, but I wouldn’t necessarily give them too much credit.

Again, go to the tape. Jans didn’t tiptoe into a gray area that night; he high-stepped his way over the line and promptly whacked a woman on the rump. BGSU did what was right because they had to, not because they wanted to.

On our own campus, the pow-ers that be in blue and gold have had to do the same thing a couple times in recent years. Former University of Toledo track and cross country coach Kevin Hadsell was under investigation for sexual harass-ment when his superiors forced him to depart.

More recently, former Rockets Head Soccer Coach Brad Evans resigned his post amid reports that he had been in a relationship with a former coworker. Don’t think for a second that he left without pressure

from the university. The choices that Toledo and BG’s

decision-makers made in these instances were absolutely the right ones. These men acted in ways that no employer can tolerate. Had these things happened at any old business, it would’ve been expected that people lost their jobs.

But we aren’t talk-ing any old busi-ness. We are talking sports. Therein lies the problem.

Turn on ESPN and within the first hour of program-ming you’ll hear about at least one professional athlete or coach that kept their job after doing something unspeak-ably stupid. Court-rooms can slow this process, but in the end almost all of these men remain on the field.

Only after public opinion starts cutting into profit margins do athletes and coaches start hitting the unem-ployment line. But even then their stay usually isn’t long.

For one reason or another, we’ve reached a point where doing the right thing is the exception instead

of the norm. I’m not saying people shouldn’t be commended when they do what is right, but it shouldn’t come as such a surprise when it does happen.

Fans at every level need to expect and demand the right thing, espe-cially when messy situations pop up. If they don’t hold programs to this high standard, morals will always take a back seat to profit margins.

BGSU did the right thing by firing Jans. They recognized that success on the hardwood doesn’t trump embarrassing behavior off of it. For that, the Falcons should be commended.

But I still don’t give them too much credit. They did what was right be-cause they had to and because Falcon fans expect such action.

Between Hadsell and Evans, it’s clear that Toledo’s fans expect the same.

“...They helped establish a culture that has made it easier for the coaches to teach the younger guys.”

TRENT VOSSUT senior defensive

lineman

BLAKEBACHO

SPORTS EDIOTR

Only after public opinion starts cutting into profit margins do athletes and coaches start hitting the unemployment line.

You can’t really describe what Jans did that night without referencing a donkey at least a few times.

19 points

Getting over a breakup can be difficult. OK, let’s face it, getting over a breakup is hard. It’s hard for anyone; however, there are ways to make getting over a breakup easier. Here is a list of 10 things that have helped me get over an ex in the past.

1. Cut off contact

You know you’re not capable of being their friend right now, if ever. Maybe someday, but it’ll be easier for you to move on if you cut all ties. Don’t allow your ex to string you along, and yes this even means no 2 a.m. Saturday night “I miss you” texts, and no “we’re both lonely” cuddling sessions. If you’re not ready to completely unfriend and unfollow your ex from social networks, at least hide them from your feed and definitely stop stalk-ing their pages.

2. Be sad... for a little whileIt’s OK to cry; in fact, it’s a natural

part of the grieving process. Allow-ing yourself to be sad for a little while helps you release all of those pent up emotions that are not healthy to

keep bottled up inside. So blast “The Scientist” by Coldplay on repeat, grab a tub of your favorite ice cream and let the tears flow. Just don’t lie around

moping for too long!

3. Vent to your BFFs

Friends always know just what to say to make you feel like your world isn’t fall-ing apart. No matter what’s been said, or done, your friends always find a way to convince you that you

are not only amazing, beautiful and intel-ligent, but you are also

always right and anyone else opposing you, is wrong. When your heart has just been ripped out, sometimes you just need someone to let you vent like an emotional, irrational lunatic and tell you that everything you think and feel is completely warranted and that everything will be OK.

4. Get rid of remindersAfter a breakup, you need to clear

yourself of memory triggers while you heal. You don’t need your ex’s tooth-brush or shampoo in your shower anymore; if that scent of candle in your apartment reminds you of them, ditch if for a new scent! Take down the old

photographs of you two together; stop cheering for their favorite sports teams, stop sleeping in his old T-shirt, take their sister’s save-the-date off of your refrigerator. It will be easier to move on if there aren’t daily reminders lingering around to bring you down.

5. Stop analyzingStop second-guessing how you

handled the relationship. Some-times we tend to analyze a play-by-play in our heads of the relationship and how and why it went wrong. Wondering if it would’ve lasted if it had been handled differently is enough to drive anyone insane, and just isn’t constructive thinking.

6. Do something they hated

Remember how your ex hated Lana Del Rey’s voice, so you stopped listening to her music when the two of you were together? And remember how your lactose intolerant ex couldn’t handle eating spicy Indian food? Or how they hated classic films? Well, blast Miss Del Rey as loud as you can, gorge yourself on a giant bowl of curry chicken from your favorite Indian restaurant, and follow it up with a nice creamy milkshake for des-sert! And end your night curled up watching a Humphrey Bogart noire film marathon. You’ll be surprised

how good it feels when you remind yourself who you were before you were with them, and how much you actually do love yourself.

7. Pamper yourselfYou don’t have to spend hundreds of

dollars at a spa to feel pampered. Pam-pering can be something as simple as sleeping in, taking time for you to relax and recharge is a vital part of the heal-ing process. So whether it’s face masks, pedicures and getting your hair done, or sleeping in, taking a bath instead of a shower for a change or splurging on that one expensive item you’ve been pining over for months — pamper yourself; you’ll feel amazing for it.

8. Challenge yourselfA breakup is a blow to anyone’s

self-esteem, and sometimes you just need to find new reasons to love yourself. Showing yourself you can accomplish something great, or surprising yourself and achieving something that you thought might be too challeng-ing for you, is one of the best ways to rebuild your self-esteem. Nothing feels better than doing something you didn’t think you could do, and actually doing it well. Remember how good it feels to think, “Yes! I nailed it!” So challenge yourself, and you will continue to surprise yourself.

9. Catch up on all of the things you’ve been putting off

Remember how you were going to have your grandma teach you how to crochet? Remember that group paint-ing class your friends have been talking about taking for months? Remember how you were going to redecorate your bedroom? Remember all those Pinter-est projects you’ve just been dying to try? Well, go for it! Take advantage of your newfound freedom, and spend your time however YOU want. Free-dom feels great now doesn’t it?

10. Try new things and go new places

Stop going to the same places, doing the same things, eating the same food as you did when you two were together. Step outside of your comfort zone and try new things, keep an open mind and you never know what could come your way. Maybe you’ll meet different types of people you would’ve otherwise never met; maybe you’ll discover a new hobby you love, or a new type of cuisine you can’t live without. Not only will you be making new memories without your ex, but you also won’t have your old memories lingering around either.

Devan Lutz is a third-year major-ing in communication.

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Things have pretty much looked the same in the Student Union since the beginning of the school year — the businesses are the same and the signs haven’t changed. So when Croutons was re-named Croutonz, the one-letter change was noticeable tables away.

Imagine how utterly silly it would be to spell words with z’s instead of s’s; you’d think we were incompetent writerz. Thuz, this new name makez UT studentz sound uncreative.

There haz been some major publicity surrounding Croutons having a contest to change itz name, and we were disappointed that it didn’t even change. There were posters on the wallz and a banner over the Croutons sign. People all across the campus were dreaming up creative salad punz and hoping to win a lifetime of free saladz, all of which UT Dining Servicez offered az the prize for whomever came up with the best new name.

Word choice had never been looked at so closely. So the one-letter change waz not only a surprise, but it felt like a re-ally awkward choice. We were waiting for the best salad pun of our livez and what we got was just an added “Z”.

Were there no other optionz? If they didn’t want to keep the name “Croutons,” then why did they choose to keep the exact same name, just replacing the “S” with a “Z”? Why make such a big deal out of the competition if they went with the choice that changed one mere letter? They hardly even needed a new sign after that name change.

We really don’t know the reasoning behind thiz decision, but what it seemz like iz an attempt at making the name cool. It’z like they used Urban Dictionary to figure out how to make something cool, but they looked at a definition from 2004 written by a sixth grader.

Because we feel like students were robbed of their chance to name the salad bar something cool or punny, we have created a list of possible namez Croutonz could have changed to.

• croUTons — One of the suggestionz for the contest was to show UT pride. A simple way to do this iz by capitalizing the “U” and “T” that are placed right next to each other. Plus, it also keeps the original name “Croutons,” which apparently dining servicez really liked.

• Rocky’s Salad — Rocky already has Rocky’s Pub and Grill, but why not add a salad bar? Having Rocky associated with only with bar food could reflect poorly on the university. Just like when the Cookie Monster only ate cookiez, so PBS made him eat vegetablez too.

• The Iceberg — This name iz simple, to the point and re-latez to salad by referencing iceberg lettuce.

We know this topic iz kind of silly to write a whole edito-rial on, but its ridiculousnezz really got our attention. UT said they would do something new and original, but in the end, not much really came out of it.

Croutons is a cool name — we get that. But if you hold a contest where tonz of free salad iz at stake, then let’s get seri-ouz. We think our Student Union deservez more decency.

P.S.: Whoever got free saladz for submitting this idea, you’d make a great salesperson.

It’s all too easy to get caught up in the winter blues. If you’re like me, winter is the season where my motivation gets as low as the temperatures: I want nothing more than to lay in bed all day and put off my obligations a little bit longer. It’s hard to push yourself to do something when the outside world is dreary, gray and cold.

I often hear students say Toledo is such a depressing city and college life here is dull. With Toledo being a prevalent commuter campus, there is often a less than ideal number of students on campus. Also, unlike other campuses, the mall and other fun activities are located quite a distance from campus. In the fog of winter depression, it can be easy to agree. However, I have found many reasons to believe otherwise.

Taking advantage of a rare, 60-degree spring day, I dusted off my flip-flops and capris and took a walk around campus with a friend from my hometown. De-scribing all of the buildings and loca-tions on campus to her gave me a tickled feeling in my stomach. It seemed like, for the first time, I was really soaking in the beauty of campus. I was excited to show off the Alumni Pavilion, the Spirit Rock and the greenery outside of the Student Union. I felt rejuvenated and experienced

a youthful giddiness as we took our walk.I thought of the often too-negative

reputation the university receives about campus aesthetics and student life, and I find it truly unfair. Campus has real beauty to show, but only if one is willing to seek it out. Those who say ‘there is nothing to do’ obviously don’t step out of their dorm to experience the beauty of nature. Winter makes it easy to stay boxed up inside of a small dorm room and feel lonely and inactive, but this perspective can easily change

with a simple change of scenery. Emerg-ing from my dorm room for my short walk made me feel recharged and ready to take on the rest of the semester.

So maybe another 60-something-degree day won’t be around again for awhile, but that doesn’t mean you have to stay cooped up with a case of the winter blues. Here are a few of my sug-gestions to brighten up a gray day:

1) If there is more snow (let’s hope not), get a group of friends together and go sledding down any one of campus’s hills. The hill outside of Parks Tower is a popular spot.

2) Plan a movie night with friends or your residence hall. Dr. Armstrong and the Honors College often have weekly movie nights.

3) Check out the Rec Center for an individual workout or attend a group class. Yoga, Zumba or cycling can be great stress-relievers.

4) Change up your studying scenery by heading over to the Carlson Library. There are many public and private study rooms and tables available.

5) Find a spot in the Student Union to sit and relax as you watch the hustle of students go by. There is certainly a bustle to see at lunch hour.

6) Explore a different building on campus. It’s easy to get lost in UHall; you might end up in a favorite spot of mine, the enclosed garden area between UHall’s two towers.

7) Leave your door open and make yourself inviting to others in your resi-dence hall. This is an easy way to make new friends!

8) Do your favorite activity, eat your favorite food or do something that makes you happy. Sometimes we all need an hour to catch up on a favorite TV show, nap, leisure-read a book or call an old friend.

As the semester rounds out, make a promise to yourself to not get caught up in the monotony and the mundane. Change it up, take it in and give these last few weeks all that you’ve got.

Alexis Nieszczur is a first-year major-ing in pharmacy.

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half of the money raised for the event will be donated to the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter in Toledo and the remainder will go directly to RockeTHON to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Austin Pendergast is one of the men who will be racing in heels. Pendergast, a second-year pharmacy major and brother of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, was sponsored by Delta Phi Epsilon.

“I chose to participate in this event because I think that it’s a large event for UT’s campus,” Pendergast said. “It sends a valuable message to not only other students of the UT community, but to others who may hear about this event and its cause.”

His strategy is simply to go into the race “with an open mind.”

“I can’t say I have experience walking in high heels,” Pendergast said. “However, I’m up for the challenge.”

Royster said a portion of the high heels will be donated from Goodwill and Sav-ers, others will be reused from past years and some will be purchased from the sororities sponsoring the men.

The race will take place on Tuesday, April 14 in McComas Village at 7 p.m. with check-in starting at 6:30. Anyone is

welcome to watch.According to the event’s Facebook

page, the goal is for each sorority to sponsor 20 men and to cumulatively raise $1,000. Pre-registration forms are avail-able at each sorority house and cost $10 per participant or $15 on race day.

Royster said pizza donated by the Oasis will be given out at the event, and the first, second and third place winners of the race will receive $25 Chipotle gift cards.

“There will be sashes given out to the participants like Mr. Strut His Stuff, Mr. Highest Heels, Mr. Congeniality, et cetera,” Royster said. “The men who win the sashes with funny names will receive either a Burger King or Subway gift card.”

During the event, a body product drive will also be held to collect toiletries, makeup, hygiene items, razors, tooth-brushes and other women’s essentials, which will also be donated to the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter in Toledo.

Although domestic violence impacts more women than men, Pendergast said he feels a personal responsibility to advocate for this “large issue that needs to be addressed.”

“In our society, women are condi-tioned and trained to know how to react when these situations occur; however, not much is done to actually prevent these situations from happening,” he said. “I be-

lieve that women should not have to live in fear of being assaulted, raped or stalked and that there needs to be a conscious effort on everyone’s behalf to end this.”

Pendergast went into detail about the measures women take to prepare them-selves against male violence, all of which he thinks indicates a huge problem that men need to step up and address.

“As women enter college, one of the things their parents arm them with is mace in case they get attacked,” he said. “While it’s a good idea for women to have it just in case, I think that really shows what kind of environment is being con-doned on a college campus. As a man, I believe that men can do more to prevent this from happening.”

Royster said that although she has never been a victim of domestic violence, some of her friends and close family members have not been so fortunate; however, this only drives her to work harder to advocate for the cause.

“I saw the way it hurt them, and there is no reason for any women to go through the mental and physical pain,” Royster said. “It’s incredibly important to raise awareness for this cause as well as educate people on the signs of domestic violence.

For more information or to learn how to get involved, contact Tayler Bowen at Tbowen2@rockets.utoledo.edu.

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I’ve had people ask-ing me when it is, saying they’re planning to come with their friends. We’re planning for 500.”

Diller said the event will have a lot going on — and will be very colorful.

“Attendees are invited to go to the booths that UT’s religious and cultural organizations have set up in a ring around what we call the ‘Color Zone’ to ask a question about the students’ tradition,

story or people,” Diller said. “After a brief reply, the staffer gives the attendee powdered color to throw.”

According to Diller, attendees can take their pow-dered colors to any booth as many times as they want and throw them, or they can wait for the “color blasts” that happen every 15 minutes when everyone is called to throw their color all at once. Prizes will also be given out to student organizations and attendees at 4:30 p.m.

Witt said his group will help during the information

scavenger hunt. “Each participant will be

given a scavenger hunt card as they enter the event,” Witt said. “They will take the card to the tables in the venue where they will meet individuals from sev-eral faith and religious-based student organizations. Partici-pants will collect information from them, such as traditions, people and beliefs from their faith.”

Diller also said with the number of attendees mixing at the event, the UT diversity staff thinks this is one of the best diversity events the cam-

pus has to offer. Diller men-tioned that she heard many of the international students felt more “at home and welcome at UT” because of the event.

“And there were some meaningful exchanges going on at the tables; one person told me they talked for over half an hour with someone who had a different perspec-tive on religion,” Diller said.

For more information, visit “Holi Toledo 2015!” on Facebook.

This story was originally published online by the Toledo Free Press on April 6, 2015.

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year theatre major and pup-peteer in the show, said the overarching theme of the show is about how humans are hurting the planet and how nobody pays attention until it’s too late.

Alexis Johnson agreed and elaborated on the theme.

“Basically it takes you on a journey with a little girl and she’s figuring this out and seeing it for the first time,” she said. “So the main character is her and she’s seeing it [global warming] and then realizing that I have the power to change it. Basically, ‘if I can get us all to work together, we can change it and save the planet.’”

Alexis Johnson said in ad-dition to the main plot, there are also many added variants.

“One of the characters is based on an ancient Chinese myth and she’s a moon god-dess with a pet rabbit and they mix the elixir of life,” she said. “It’s really crazy.”

There is also a horse wind god, a pillow puppet and a moving island, according to George Johnson. He said he is responsible for puppeting some of the show’s charac-ters such as paper, shoes, a meteor and waves.

According to Alexis Johnson, these non-human characters “aren’t really made into puppets, but you can puppet things and can make them alive.”

George Johnson said that

when he talks to his friends about the show, they always think he’s a part of a mario-nette puppet show — but that’s not what “The Immortals” is.

“It’s based on Japanese Bunraku puppetry; it’s a modern take on that actu-ally,” Alexis Johnson said.

This type of puppetry creates life-sized puppets with carved, elaborate faces and designed costumes. Alexis Johnson said she is working with Erica Frank and other students to create these Bunraku-style puppets for the performance.

“You have to carve foam and glue pieces of felt to-gether so the joints of their arms bend,” she said. “It’s a crazy process, but in the end it all works out.”

“So much fiberglass, so many splinters,” George Johnson chimed in.

Both Phillips and Gass said that although the process takes a lot of time and patience, the finished puppets are immense-ly rewarding to see.

“Even though I just have a bird puppet, I feel like it has its own personality,” Phillips said. “I feel like the crows are kind of jerks … but they grow over time. I am so at-tached to my crow, like I’m going to marry it.”

According to Gass, this is the sort of dedication that it takes to make the puppets come to life. She said that “just throwing care to the wind” is the only way to get over the fear of looking silly on stage.

“It’s really different than a

normal show where you’re act-ing as a character because you have to put a lot into what you are holding,” Gass said. “And whatever it is, it has to be alive all the time. It’s not just you breath-ing — you’re making something breathe and come alive.”

Gass said the entire perfor-mance will also be animated with 25-foot trees, “multi-peopled puppets” larger than some actors, large projections on screens, voice actors and original music compositions and choreography.

“The Immortals” opens Friday, April 10 and runs through Sunday, April 12 and again Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19 at Center Theatre in the UT Center for Performing Arts. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 for students or $12 for the general public, and are available at the door.

Tickets can also be pur-chased in advance from the UT CPA Box Office by calling 419-530-2375 or visiting utoledo.tix.com.

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“It’s based on Japanese Bunraku puppetry; it’s a modern take on that actually.”

ALEXIS JOHNSONThird-year theatre major

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR

Thursday, April 97 p.m. -- Zen Arts

Ensemble Concert, this unique concert experience draws on its members’ experience with avant-garde music and the teachings of Zen. Located in the Center of Performing Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free to the public.

7 p.m. -- “Wear-able Conditions,” Questions like “Can disease be beauti-ful? Wearable?” have been asked. Students in the Department of Art have created an extraordinary “fashion” exhibition of wear-able artwork based on diseases, viruses and disorders. Located in the Green Room at the Toledo Museum of Art. Admission is free to the public.

Tuesday, April 146:30 p.m. -- Faux

Space Images Exhibit, on exhibit at the Ritter Planetarium will be photographs made by students in the Depart-ment of Art’s introduc-tory photo course, ART 2030: Photography. Students were chal-lenged to create photos that invoke a sense of space — in the extra-terrestrial sense. They used a diverse range of materials to create their images including food, toys, pots, glitter, fire, lasers, smoke and oils. All images were made with a DSLR camera; they are not computer generated or shot above the surface of the planet. Images to be shown in the lobby and on the dome also. Located in the Ritter Astrophysical Research Center. Thursday, April 16

5 p.m. -- Raise Our Voices, an event about interfaith conversations about marriage equality and other issues facing the LGBTQ community. The event will be held in the Student Union Room 2584. This will be presented by Toledo Campus Ministries and Equality Ohio. Students can RSVP at http://wmmoh.org/raiseour-voices/.

6 p.m. -- Greek God-dess Pageant, Alpha Sigma Phi will host the pageant at the Nitschke Auditorium. Each soror-ity has nominated one girl to represent them. Tickets will be $5.

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STUDENT FEATURE

Acting through lifeKeely-Rain Battle has spent half of her life acting and explains

why theatre is important to her and others in her major

By Anna GloreStaff Reporter

When you think of difficult college ma-jors, engineering or other science-related programs may initially come to mind. But Keely-Rain Battle thinks otherwise.

“Theatre is not a regular major, you know. It’s not like business or engi-neering, and I feel like sometimes we are underrated because people think ‘oh theatre, you just go on stage and dance,’” Battle said.

Battle is a fourth-year theatre major at the University of Toledo who wants to show other students that theatre majors are dedicated and hardwork-ing — they have to balance school-work, jobs and a variety of classes that Battle describes as “sometimes more physically demanding.”

“We are taking fulltime classes and we have rehearsals every night,” she said. “It’s not just mentally exhaust-ing, but it’s physically exhausting too to perform. We really put a lot of work and heart into what we do, which is really cool.”

Her passion began at a very young age when she first performed in 2003 and immediately fell in love with the art of acting.

“I started theatre when I was in fourth grade; my friend who I went to school with was doing a community theatre production, so she got me started on it,” Battle said.

Her theatre involvement spans more than half of her life, establish-ing it as an essential and meaningful activity to her. Thus, the decision to focus her professional career on theatre was an easy one.

“I did every production in high school. Then, I just figured because

I had never done anything else and nothing else was ever interesting to me, I figured I’d go to school for theatre,” Battle said.

During her time at UT, she’s per-formed in five productions, each of her roles expressing a varying level of dif-ficulty, memorization and stage time.

Her first professional production was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during her freshman year, which was performed at the Peristyle in the Toledo Museum of Art with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Her other roles included Eurydice in “Orpheus,” Irina in “Three Sisters,” Shrdlu in “The Adding Machine” and Antonio in the “Twelfth Night,” which was performed last February at the UT Center for Per-forming Arts.

In addition to acting on stage, Battle said theatre majors are required to participate in backstage activities like make-up, costumes, props and design-related work.

“Everything has been so fun,” Battle said. “Everyone in the cast has been so dedicated and just so excited to perform.”

Although UT’s theatre program isn’t the most well-known one in the country, Battle said it has al-lowed her to learn the ins and outs of theatrical productions while also being able to experiment and grow on stage.

“My theatre experience at UT has been really interesting,” she said. “It’s definitely much [more] different from anything I was doing in high school. There, it was very plain things, and here it’s experimental and abstract and avant-garde.”

Battle said she believes the UT theatre department excels in pushing students to reach their greatest poten-tial and wants everyone to succeed in whatever their strengths may be.

“They always want you to not be yourself, but free yourself,” Battle said. “We do a lot of emotional work; it’s almost like therapy where you dig out any bad or good things that have happened to you, and you bring them up so it’s not just hidden in you and hurting you.”

Aside from hours of acting and memorization, Battle said putting together a production requires an unex-pected amount of physical labor as well.

“We do rehearse four hours a day, six days a week,” she said. “So by the time we go on stage everything is figured out, but you have to experi-ence it new every time you do it, otherwise it’s going to look dull for the audience.”

For her though, after hours of rehearsing, the acting becomes a natural instinct.

“It’s kind of weird. You would

think that actors have to think it through all the time, but really it’s almost like word vomit,” Battle said. “It’s like you’re actually experi-encing these things every time something new, and you just know what you’re going to say. You get to play someone else and you get to experience how they feel and how they feel about other characters and where they are.”

Despite the satisfaction that comes with a successful production, there are challenges and downfalls too. According to Battle, her struggles happened during her second year of college when her schoolwork proved overwhelming and she couldn’t seem to snag any roles.

“I wasn’t in any productions,” she said sadly. “The first semes-ter was because I took on a heavy course load, so I decided I should probably focus on my studies. But the second semester, I just wasn’t cast in anything.”

The disappointment was excru-ciating because her best friend had been cast as the lead in the same production; however, learning to cope with rejection is something Battle said comes with being an actor or actress and that not being cast in everything is “just part of the experience.”

As far as a career goes, Battle said she plans to work in children’s theatre and would like to be a mentor to young actors.

“I figure I’ve done theatre for over half of my life, and I don’t really know anything else…I’m going to come out with a degree in theatre, so why not use it?”

CO-ED FRATERNITY EVENT

A fashion show all about dressing to impressBy Samantha RhodesManaging Editor

Type the phrase ‘dress to impress’ into any online search engine, and you’ll find hundreds of how-to articles offering tips and advice.

But the University of Toledo’s Alpha Kappa Psi believes seeing good fashion in person is more useful than reading about it.

Instead of teaching students how to ‘dress to impress,’ the co-ed business fraternity wants to show them by hosting “A Fashion Affair,” the fraternity’s first-annual runway event on April 9 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium.

“As a professional business fraternity, we believe that the brand we represent is im-portant,” said Jacob Drees, Alpha Kappa Psi executive president and a fourth-year double-majoring in marketing and information sys-tems. “That is why you learn the importance of dressing professionally — the way you hold yourself, the way others see you and know you, that is your brand.”

Christina Haddad, a fourth-year majoring in professional sales and marketing, serves as the fraternity’s fundraising chair and said students can expect to see about 25 models at the event.

“The models will be showing off busi-ness casual wear, business professional wear, cocktail wear and golf outing attire,” Haddad said.

Because the two main sponsors for the show are Men’s Warehouse and Francesca’s,

Haddad said the models will wear attire from both companies as well as show off their own personal fashion sense.

Riley Shull, a second-year majoring in marketing, is an Alpha Kappa Psi model for the show and said that although she’s afraid she’ll trip in her heels, she’s excited to strut down the runway.

“I want to show students how to dress professionally while still being able to show their own unique style,” Shull said. “This is my first time modeling and I wasn’t aware that there would be judges scoring us on our outfits so does that make me a little nervous. But it’s all in good fun and going toward a good cause.”

Haddad said she originally conceived the idea for a runway show to combine all of her former experiences into one educa-tional event.

“I have always had a passion for the fashion industry,” Haddad said. “I wanted to blend my

passion for business and fashion and incor-porate them into an event that would bring together the campus community while also showing students how to ‘dress for success.’”

Due to the participation of models from various organizations, including Greek Life and the College of Business and Innovation, Haddad said she thinks this event will unify students while they “come together to cheer on their peers that are modeling and repre-senting their chapter.”

Pre-sale tickets cost $7 or $10 if purchased at the door, and raffle tickets will be sold two for $1 or 10 for $4.

According to Haddad, use of a photo booth, refreshments, food and music will all be pro-vided with a ticket purchase.

Five percent of the proceeds will also be do-nated to the fraternity’s non-profit philanthro-py, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The Mayo Clinic defines multiple sclero-sis as a disease in which “your immune sys-tem attacks the protective sheath that covers your nerves,” damaging communication between your brain and body and ultimate-ly resulting in the irreversible deterioration of the nerves themselves.

According to the National MS Society’s website, this disease affects 2.3 million people worldwide and has no known cause or cure.

“The MS Society has been our philan-thropy for quite some time, which is why we are so passionate about always giving back,” Haddad said.

Haddad also said the fraternity will

donate a portion of the proceeds to Clean Water for the World, a nonprofit organiza-tion that provides free, safe drinking water systems to communities that don’t have access to clean water.

According to Haddad, yet another portion of the proceeds will be donated to the phi-lanthropy of the student group with the most attendance at the show.

Other sponsors for the show include Can Digital Group, Great Lakes Sound Inc, Oasis, Mirage Barber Shop, Jax, Quicken Loans, Dream Jobs, Charming Charlie’s and Marathon.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Christana Haddad by calling 734-620-7537 or email Christina.Haddad@rockets.utoledo.edu.

“I hope that everyone is able to take some-thing from the fashion show and apply it to their daily life,” Drees said. “With months of hard work going into a three-hour event, I would love to see this event be a gigantic success and be something Alpha Kappa Psi can fine-tune and make even better and big-ger for years to come.”

“I want to show students how to dress professionally while still being able to show their own unique style.”

RILEY SCHULLSecond-year majoring in marketing

If you go

What: “A Fashion Affair.” Where: Student Union Auditorium. When: April 9 at 7 p.m.Sponsored by: Alpha Kappa Psi.

Battle plays Eurydice in “Orpheus,” which was performed at UT in Fall 2012 and was directed by Jessica Bonenfant.

Battle plays Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which was performed at the Valentine Theatre in Fall 2011 and was directed by Cornell Gabara.

Battle plays Irina in “Three Sisters,” which was performed at UT in Spring 2013 and was directed by Cornel Gabara.

PHOTOS COURTESTY OF KEELY-RAIN BATTLEBattle plays Shrdlu in “The Adding Machine,” which was performed at UT in Fall 2014 and was directed by Irene Alby.

“It’s almost like you’re actually experiencing these things every time something new, and you just know what you’re going to say. You get to play someone else...”

KEELY-RAIN BATTLEFourth-year majoring in theatre

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Julian is also expected to try his hand once again at punting. The sophomore only had a few opportunities to boot the ball last season, but will be given a shot to unseat junior punter Nick Ellis this year.

While the quarterback position is up for grabs and the offensive line is months away from sorting itself out, Toledo’s skill positions re-main strengths of the team.

Senior wide receiver Alonzo Russell and junior wide out Corey Jones lead the Rockets’ pass-catching group. Russell, a three-time All-MAC player, has made a name for himself with highlight-reel grabs. He caught 51 passes for eight touchdowns last season and has caught 166 passes dur-ing his collegiate career.

Jones is coming off a breakout campaign, in which he replaced former Rocket Bernard Reedy and caught 68 passes for 842 yards and 5 TDs.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Rockets’ pass defense hampered the team all of last season. UT finished dead last in the MAC against the pass.

One of Toledo’s issues was health. The Rockets played the majority of 2014 without the services of senior corners Cheatham Norrils and Cameron Cole. Norrils missed the year due to illness, while Cole suffered a leg injury and only played in one game.

The silver lining to the Rockets’ injury issues came

in the form of expanded playing time for many of the team’s younger players. All of those men will vie for playing time in the spring game.

“We’re in a good spot in the defensive backfield, when you talk competition,” Campbell said. “We have four guys who we think can start at safety.”

Toledo’s coaches hope to see their rushing defense enter the spring game and pick up right where they left off last season. The Rockets finished first in the MAC against the run last year.

“We really take pride in stopping the run,” Voss said. “For our defense, that’s where it starts.”

For the Rockets, answer-ing some of the roster ques-tions starts with the spring game. For Campbell and his staff, the competition will give many players an oppor-tunity to shine.

“We’ve got some great bat-tles this spring,” Campbell said. “We have ten guys on the defensive line we think can start.

“That’s what you love about spring. Guys aren’t just challenging for a start-ing spot, but also for play-ing time.”

Toledo’s spring game kicks off Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.

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IC FILE PHOTOUT running back Damion Jones-Moore runs into the endzone in the season opener against New Hampshire.

IC FILE PHOTO(Left to right) Sophomore Logan Woodside, senior Robert Lisowski, and sophomore Kareem Hunt wait for the play in a snowy game against Bowling Green.

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