The Independent Collegian

Alvin Fest took place Saturday, and some residents were upset over it. Ebbe Anderson, 59, a resident of Alvin Street, said that the day-long block party gets too wild. "I'm all for kids having a good time, but Alvin Fest gets out of hand," Anderson said.

The physician shortage crisis is about to get worse, according to a health care conference on Friday morning. "We are approaching the perfect storm," said Jeff Gold, dean of the College of Medicine. Gold showed a map of the United States depicting which states were in dire need of physicians; Ohio was listed as one of the states in crisis, but its neighbor Indiana was listed as OK for now.

University of Toledo Dean of the College of Health Science and Human Service Jerome Sullivan announced that he will step down from his position at the end of the semester. According to Tobin Klinger, senior director of university communications, Sullivan sent out an e-mail to members of the college on March 30 stating that he was stepping down.

The third candidate for the open position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences stressed the importance of a liberal education. Thursday, Y.T. (Yuch-Ting) Lee, dean and professor for the College of Arts and Sciences at Minot State University in Minot, N.

The Independent Collegian was named the best all-around non-daily student newspaper in the four-state region by the Society for Professional Journalists on Friday for the third year in a row. Judgment was made on, among other things, accuracy, ingenuity and adherence to high journalistic standards.

After water damage over the winter halted renovation progress and closed the Student Union Building basement's eatery, Rocky's Lounge had its grand reopening on Thursday. It featured free food, raffle tickets and prizes. "This is very exciting," said Martino Harmon, interim assistant dean of students.

An oil shortage is very possible in the near future, according to David L. Goodstein, vice provost at Caltech University. "If President Bush can realize we have a problem, all of us can realize it as well," he said on Thursday in McMaster Hall. According to Goodstein, in the 2006 State of the Union Address, President George W.