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Rockets fall to BGSU in MAC Championship

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Survey looks at impact of professor-rating Web sites

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Keeping coffee house poetry alive

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A recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions looked at the impact of professor-rating Web site

Survey looks at impact of professor-rating Web sites

By Julie Gollihue IC Staff Writer The results from a recent survey done by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions showed some college students choose classes based on the “easy grading reputation of a professor.” According to the results, out of the 1,229 college students and recent graduates who were surveyed, 45 percent were influenced by comments from online professor-rating Web sites that labeled professors as “easy graders. Full story

UT students ‘spring’ for service before sunshine

Book fair banks cash for college

Faculty remember late colleague

Sports

Gene Cross resigned after two years as head coach of the men’s basketball team on Thursday.

Report: UT receives ‘lurid’ letter prior to Cross’ resignation

Gene Cross resigned as the head coach of the UT men’s basketball team on Thursday, just three days after Athletic Director Mike O’Brien received an accusatory letter about Cross. The Independent Collegian submitted a public records request for the letter on Saturday morning that has yet to be fulfilled. Full story

Rockets fall to BGSU in MAC Championship

Cross quits on players and staff

Rockets lose three of four games

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‘Taxing’ times for TPS

Before you dive into your jigs dinner and pitchers of green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, you might want to consider stopping by the Toledo Board of Education’s public hearing at 5:30 p.m. at Start High School to contribute to the public debate surrounding Toledo Public School’s projected $30 million deficit in the coming fiscal year. Full story

Entertainment tax may be a ‘fun’ way to help balance Toledo’s budget

Save UT’s art curriculum

Marvels of March

Arts&Life

Kafe Kerouac is an established cafe and poetry bar located on High Street in Columbus, Ohio just off

Keeping coffee house poetry alive

In Columbus, Ohio, on High Street right off of the Ohio State University’s main campus, Mike Heslop has been successfully running his coffee house, Kafe Kerouac, since 2004. For poets and writers, coffee houses are one of the primary resources for networking, exercising craft and sharing creative energy. Full story