99th year • Issue 7
Wednesday, October 7, 2017
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INSIDE
RESEARCH
CellulART celebrates science and art By Gabrielle Huff Staff Reporter
Volleyball gets two MAC victories SPORTS / 5 »
No more banned books
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COMMUNITY / 6 »
“This makes it extremely easy for someone to get pinned and unable to open the door to escape an attack.”
EDITORIAL
What we can do about parking garage safety OPINION / 3 »
DIALOGUE
Scientists from all over the country gathered at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Center for the Visual Arts for CellulART, to showcase their scientific and artistic abilities Sept. 29. The day was organized by Ashtyn Zinn, a doctoral student, from Rafael Garcia-Mata’s laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences, who has been doing research with cytoskeletons for four and a half years. This event was all made possible when Zinn received the Early Career Meeting Grant from the American Society for Cell Biology. Additional support was given by University of Toledo president Sharon Gaber, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Medicines Karen Bjorkman, Amanda Bryant-Friedrich and various biotech companies. Breakthroughs in this work could mean big things for scientific advancements and future cancer research, said Keith Burridge, professor at UNC Chapel Hill in his keynote speech at CellulART. Burridge was born in England and began his graduate work there in 1971 before moving to the United States and beginning research with
biologist Dr. Jim Watson. Burridge said he has led breakthrough research in the field and hopes his findings could fuel future cancer research, specifically in the ways cancer cells interact with their neighbors, invade other parts of the body and, ultimately, kill
patients. The artistic quality of cytoskeletal research was showcased at the event along with the Toledo community. The Center for Visual Art gave researchers a chance to see Toledo’s artistic community. Local businesses were
also included, with Grumpy’s, a downtown Toledo restaurant and the Bakery Unlimited providing food. Vanderbilt University professor, Dylan Burnette, also spoke at the event about his cell research and scientific artwork. Since 2004, he has been taking microscopic photos of many types of cells and blowing them up onto canvases. Recently, he has been venturing into fashion with scarves and will very soon have tshirts and other apparel, Burnette said. He said what first drew him to creating art out of these photos was how “visually striking and engaging they were, and also how useful they were in teaching friends and family about his work.” He said he is currently working on finding new ways to make science more appealing and understanding for the general public. Melinda Stees, a featured artist at the event, began knitting and creating scientific art four years ago. Stees enlarges photos and knits them onto canvas. A knit piece she created of a photo of a rabbit chromosome in metaphase was featured at CellulART, she said. See Exhibit / 4 »
POLITICS
UT Football not worried about NFL protests
That’s a wrap for UT’s blanket collection
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COMMUNITY / 6 »
“I am the self-branded queen of expectations who is addicted to the almost inevitable letdown.” MORGAN KOVACS
Wearing my heart on my sleeve OPINION / 3 »
RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC
Toledo football head coach Jason Candle (second from right) said the current protesting during the national anthem by NFL players doesn’t concern UT. By Bryce Buyakie and Corey Latimer
News Editor and Associate News Editor
University of Toledo football head coach Jason Candle said that players protesting during the national anthem is not a concern to the team or the university. According to an Associated Press article, more than 200 Football players on teams across the NFL protested during the national anthem by kneeling, locking arms or sitting Sept. 24 and 25. President Donald Trump’s tweets in response to these protests encourage rules to be created by the NFL to prevent players from
protesting. In two tweets, Trump said that players “should not be allowed to disrespect our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem.” If they don’t they should be fired and find another job, tweeted Trump. According to Candle, this is not UT’s issue, nor the football team’s. Candle said he and the
football staff try to keep the players up-to-date on current events and wants the team to handle these events the right way. “I think our guys are aware of everything that is going on,” Candle said. “Look back on the past two weeks and that is all you hear about. Everything on social media has turned into a huge ordeal See Activism / 4 »
“I don’t feel like there is a disrespect or intent to show a lack of respect or towards those who have served our country.” JASON CANDLE UT Football Head Coach
Students discuss race in dialogues By Olivia Rodriguez Staff Reporter
UT hosted a Dialogues on Diversity lecture Sept. 27 to give students and faculty the chance to voice their opinions on various topics. This year’s series of lectures was rebooted from last year’s talks. “We wanted to provide an opportunity to talk about hard topics,” Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Willie McKether said. The talk was originally supposed to be on Hispanic heritage but was changed to race on Charlottesville, because they wanted to talk about the current events, Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion Jennifer Pizio said. Sociology department chair and Associate Professor of Sociology Patricia Case and Assistant Professor and Sociology Undergraduate Advisor Monita Mungo led the discussions with students and faculty asking questions on various subjects. They discussed the definition of race from a sociological point of view and then let people ask questions. Case called race
“a social construction that can change by social classification.” Many topics were brought up in the discussion, including Charlottesville, the NFL protest and equality versus equity. “For equality to happen, white people have to give things up. They have had a majority of the pie for so long that they feel entitled to keeping the pie,” Case said. Mungo described microaggressions as “you are very articulate, which on the surface seems nice, but deeper down they mean you are very articulate for a black woman.” White privilege was defined by Case as not having to combat the barriers of racism. Doctoral program director Amy Thompson said she never thought about how little things like the microaggression could hurt someone and how, come to think of it, she had never been called articulate. Raising children of color was discussed, as many people in attendance have See Opinions / 4 »
MUSIC
Alumnus sets the beat in music By Samantha Gerlach Staff Reporter
Juan Montoya, a 2009 University of Toledo graduate from Columbia, won third place at the Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition in Bulgaria in July, according to a UT press release. Montoya earned his dual master of music degrees in piano performance and orchestral conducting under Jason Stumbo, Lee Heritage, Michael Boyd and Rico McNeela. This competitive conducting contest is held every two years, with only thirty conductors’ applications accepted to compete. Winners are awarded vast notoriety and prestigious, coveted conducting opportunities all over Europe. Montoya has already scheduled concerts in Egypt, Hungary, Romania and Serbia, with more being scheduled in the coming months. “I’m extremely excited and proud of him,” said Stumbo. “He was always a very eager student who knew what he wanted out of his education and took it seriously. At our
private seminars, he came with his own class plans and questions. He knew exactly what he wanted to practice.” Stumbo said Montoya came to UT to study piano for his undergraduate work. Afterward, he immediately went into the master program for orchestral conducting. Shortly after leaving UT, Montoya lived in Malaysia, where he conducted orchestras, including the Bentley Repertoire Symphony Orchestra, served as a music lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia’s largest public university, and was the music director for the university’s symphony orchestra, according to the press release. Montoya served as the assistant conductor for the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and was the music director of the Encounters Training Ensemble, both of which are located in the Dewan Philharmonic Petronas in the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur per the See Conductor / 4 »