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CellulART celebrates science and art By Gabrielle Huff Staff Reporter
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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 »
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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 »
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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
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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 »
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What we can do about parking garage safety
Just last week, we published an article titled “Safety in UT’s parking garages” where we investigated exactly what safety issues, if any, UT students were facing when leaving their cars in parking garages. After investigation, we found that there were a few key issues that left students vulnerable when it came to these parking areas; this includes risks of physical harm, theft or property damage. In the last two years, only nine police reports have been filed at UT for theft and criminal incidents, which speaks highly of the UT Police Department; many of the reports that were filed never led anywhere because there was a lack of evidence, and no cameras caught the incident.
intensified with the unofficial path leading to the back stairwells of the garage. The dirt path is well traveled by students but at the same time remains unlit, unpaved and in a very open place that can lead to dangerous situations.
After investigation, we found that there were a few key issues that left students vulnerable when it came to these parking areas; this includes risks of both physical harm and theft or property damage.
However, the doors in the parking garage stairwells are our main concern, as we feel pose the biggest threat. Most of the doors in the garages open inside, although on some levels doors are missing entirely. This makes it extremely easy for someone to get pinned and unable to open the door to escape an attack. We propose simply taking all the doors off or, if possible, make them pull in or swing both ways. This prevents anyone from being held against their will in a garage and also makes them much more handicap-accessible. We also would like to see the addition of emergency buttons added to the stairwells. This will ensure the safety of anyone choosing to use a parking garage at night. Finally, we would like to see additional motorcycle parking somewhere outside of garages or on the uppermost levels. This will open up spots that are taken by motorcyclists and reduce the number of parking spots being used in garages, making traffic and parking density much better. This is not something we came up with out of the blue; these are issues that affect each of us personally at The Independent Collegian. We are all students who work late hours out of our office in Carlson Library and, in previous years, we had been known to stay until 3 a.m.
Cameras: that’s our main concern. Each garage only has cameras outside watching the entrances, and neither parking structure has cameras inside or in any stairwells. We find this alarming. Most of the cases of theft, cases of damage to vehicles and any assault that may take place can be avoided simply by the addition of cameras inside the garages at all levels. Cameras would also help reduce speeding in the garages, which has the potential to harm students attempting to go to or from their vehicles. However, in addition to the cameras, we feel that having a speed reader and/or a pedestrian walkway added would reduce or eliminate this risk.
Cameras: that’s our main concern. Each garage only has cameras outside watching the entrances and neither parking structure has cameras inside or in any stairwells.
This is not something we came up with out of the blue; these are issues that affect each of us personally at The Independent Collegian. We are all students who work late hours out of our office in Carlson Library and, in previous years, we had been known to stay until 3 a.m. This was not the only risk to physical safety we found, however. Although the stairwells have glass windows and are usually well-lit, this is not always the case, especially at night. Coupled with the glacially slow elevators, this can make for a very dangerous situation, especially for a female student in any garage at night. In the West Ramp Parking Garage, this situation is
Even now that our deadlines are moved up to 11 p.m., we still wait for everyone to finish and give each other rides to our cars in the various parking garages. No one goes alone and everyone watches out for everyone else. Would we do this if we didn’t think we had to? We want to feel secure on our campus, and this is the way to make sure all students can. It’s imperative that UT invests in student safety.
COMMENTARY
Being an adult sucks Being an adult sucks. As a kid, I thought moving out would be the solution to my problems. To be clear, by “problems” I mean being told what to do, having a few chores and a 9 p.m. bedtime because, let’s be honest, those are the only problems you have as an adolescent. I guess I’m an adult now, or at least that’s what people tell me, because I’m five months into living on my own. My childhood self would be disappointed to hear that moving out didn’t fix my problems. In fact, I’m realizing that I never really had problems to begin with. Sure, no one tells me what to do anymore, but sometimes a voice of reason is nice. Those few chores at my parents’ have turned into a responsibility to clean everything, and actually getting to bed at 9 p.m. is like hitting the lottery. Being an adult sucks.
I guess I’m an adult now, or at least that’s what people tell me, because I’m five months into living on my own. While living at my parents’ house, I never worried about what I was going to eat because I knew that my mom would be cooking. I knew I was going to have to eat whatever it was that she prepared,
Tarts, pizza rolls and Oreos. Now that I’m on a budget, I find myself purchasing the off-brands like Toaster Treats, Pizza Snack Rolls and Cream Betweens. My financial priorities now are a little less concerned with the popularity of the product and more with shutting my growling stomach up in a silent classroom for cheap.
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whether I was fond of it or not. Now that my evening meals consist of ramen noodles and whatever I can whip up in the microwave, those dishes that I wasn’t too fond of at my parents’ don’t sound half bad anymore. Paying for everything yourself really makes you understand money’s worth. When you spend hard earned cash on bills, it makes it a lot harder to forget to turn off the lights after you leave a room. You layer on clothes when you’re cold rather than going straight to the thermostat because you know that heat isn’t always worth the pricey gas bill. Paying for everything yourself is a learning experience of understanding your wants and needs. Now that I’m a grown-up, I also have to do my own grocery shopping. I never realized how expensive this whole eating thing really is. As a kid we always had the best snacks in the house, including Pop-
When you spend hard earned cash on bills, it makes it a lot harder to forget to turn off the lights after you leave a room. You layer on clothes when you’re cold rather than going straight to the thermostat because you know that heat isn’t always worth the pricey gas bill. Of course the independence of living on my own is great, but I miss all of the things at my parents’ that I took for granted. Moving out is a huge learning experience in everyone’s life and it isn’t always easy. Maybe one day I’ll get this grown-up thing down, but until then I’ll continue to call my mom for her voice of reason. Riley Clifton is a second-year communication major with a minor in marketing.
COMMENTARY
Wearing my heart on my sleeve I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been told I’m too sensitive. While I disagree with the excessiveness that the word “too” implies (which is like saying I’m “too Morgan”), I do acknowledge that I am sensitive. I vividly remember crying on the first day of school in third grade because my crayons fell out of the wrong side of the box. Still, today, tears remain my defense mechanism. As badly as I want to appear tough when I’ve had my feelings deeply hurt or I’m frustrated, the best I can manage is an audibly shaky voice and some tears. In an attempt to survive in this sometimes ruthless world, I decided I needed to make efforts to harden up; after a little introspection, I noticed a theme to my tears.
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letting me down. Today — when I have much more at stake in life — I expect people to be decent and situations to go smoothly and when they don’t I stew in my selfmade disappointment and heartache. So what’s a girl to do? Well, I’ve come to understand the trouble with my expectations is that I am the only variable I can control. I could not con-
As badly as I want to appear tough when I’ve had my feelings deeply hurt or I’m frustrated, the best I can manage is an audibly shaky voice and some tears. They could all be traced back to one source: me. I am the self-branded queen of expectations who is addicted to the almost inevitable letdown. In third grade, I had expected my crayons to stay in their rightful place, yet they fell out the other side,
trol my crayons, and since mind control is unfortunately not yet in my realm of expertise, I cannot control people. Thus led to my “aha” moment: I can cure my sensitivity, by ceasing to expect. It sounds beautiful and poetic. It also sounds
Today — when I have much more at stake in life — I expect people to be decent and situations to go smoothly and when they don’t I stew in my self-made disappointment and heartache. So what’s a girl to do? entirely unrealistic, but, dang it, I was going to try. With this laissez faire approach to life, I started making conscious efforts to halt my mind once it started to get carried away concocting any sort of insane travel plans, or trying to preplan conversations with friends in my head or imagining any sort of scenario playing out largely in my favor. I suppose I was trying to achieve that current trend of having a “frozen heart” or “black soul” that people seem to brag about as if it’s proof of being further along on the evolutionary ladder. Through my efforts, I did notice success in achieving my goal of hardening up and shaking off my sensitivity, but with that achievement also came unforeseen side
effects, like a sense of detachment and lack of investment. It is difficult to nourish any sort of relationship or project if I’m not imagining (and convincing my sometimes-delusional self) the best possible outcome. While I didn’t feel as let down when things did not go my way, I also did not feel as satisfied when things did. That’s not a fair tradeoff. I would rather feel everything strongly than mildly at best. So, I decided to ditch my efforts at hardening up and instead tattooed the most cliché symbol on my wrist: a heart, as a reminder to wear my heart on my sleeve.
I am the selfbranded queen of expectations who is addicted to the almost inevitable letdown. Through this fruitless endeavor of toughening up, I have come to see and appreciate my strength as the ability to remain vulnerable and continue to expect really great things in a world that has let me down again and again. If it lets me down ten times, the eleventh just might be different. Morgan Kovacs is a fourth-year English major.
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UT researchers say drinking water is safe Water quality, algae and health experts at the University of Toledo, along with city of Toledo leaders, reassured community members that drinking water is safe. “Just because you have harmful algal blooms does not mean that they are producing toxin, that they released toxin, that there is toxin,” assistant professor in the UT Department of Medicine David Kennedy said in a news conference.
UT alumnus to talk about forensic science Judge Roderick T. Kennedy will give a lecture titled “Light A Fire And Curse the Darkness - Where Does the Forensic Science Buck Stop?” as part of the UT College of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series. He will talk about his 36-year career in law and about science’s role in the judicial system. This free event will be held Thursday, Oct. 5 at noon at the College of Law in the Richard and Jane McQuade Auditorium.
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children of color. They talked about the hardships of raising their children in a society that will likely stereotype against them. Mungo said that raising a black child in this society, as he’s doing, is difficult. But, as his son gets older, he will tell him that people won’t see him as a child, they will see him as a man. The next Dialogues
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whether it should be or not. It’s not a concern that pertains to us.” Wide receiver Bryce Mitchell said that he doesn’t focus on the issue that’s being protested. The team has talked about this and, according to Mitchell, it’s not a concern to the players. “I certainly don’t frown upon people who want to voice their opinion on any
on Diversity will cover LGBTQIA+ history on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
If you go What: Dialogues on Diversity: LGBTQIA + History. Where: Thompson Student Union Room 2582. When: Tuesday, April 4 from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by: The University of Toledo.
platform,” Candle said. “I don’t feel like there is a disrespect or intent to show a lack of respect towards those who have served our country.”
“I certainly don’t frown upon people who don’t want to voice their opinion on any platform...” Jason Candle Football Head Coach
The Office of Multicultural Student Success, LGBTQA+ Initiatives and Prism have organized a series of events for the month of October in coordination with the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The first event - LGBTQ History Month Keynoe Address: “Trans, Queer, Jewish and Fighting for Justice” - will be Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in Student Union Room 2592. The other events will be held Oct. 10, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, and 27.
press release. While in Malaysia, he also worked with the Malaysian Ministry of Education, where he trained several high school symphonic bands throughout the country. “It’s awesome to see students that I know personally succeed in the ways he has,” said Laurie VanWormer, the music department secretary. “Juan is a truly gifted musician,” Heritage said. “Although conducting has been the focus of his career, he is also a talented composer.”
Heritage said Montoya wrote pieces during his days at UT that were so good they were published professionally. Montoya’s “Baba” once won the annual UT concerto competition. Montoya was also awarded the golden baton for first place in the Concurso Internacional de Direccion 3.0 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay in 2016 and received the jury special mention at the second edition Black Sea International Conducting Competition in Romania in 2016. According to the press release, Montoya is currently seeking his doctoral degree in orchestral
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UT students were given the spotlight at CellulART, some having 15-minute presentations and many others creating poster board presentations on their research. Zinn noted how this was a great aspect of the event because graduate and undergraduate students aren’t usually able to get a lot of attention or present their research.
conducting and opera at the University of Arizona under Thomas Cockrell. “This is just a beginning for him,” Stumbo said. “It won’t be long before we see him with an agent. He’ll be globetrotting.”
“It’s awesome to see students that I know personally succeed in the ways he has.” Laurie VanWormer Music Department Secretary
When organizing the event, Zinn said she wanted to give UT students exposure for new opportunities. Outside researchers don’t usually give much attention to what students are doing here at UT. So this day was crucial in allowing students to network with scientists from universities across the Midwest, create potential collaborations with other laboratories and for UT to recruit topnotch graduate students, Zinn said.
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(Top left) Sammy Spann, Interim Dean of Students, sits in the dunk tank at the President’s Backyard Barbecue Sept. 14. (Top right) A student poses for a caricature portrait.
(Bottom) Toledo Early College students dance to music provided by WXUT.
UT researcher finds Grass Carp Eggs in Maumee River
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University of Toledo leadership expert and one of three finalists for he Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University Clinton Longenecker will give a lecture at UT Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in Savage and Associates Business Complex Room 1200 and at Baylor in Waco, Texas Oct. 23 at 4:30 p.m. The Cherry Award winner will be announced by Baylor in 2018 and will receive $250,000 plus $25,000 for his or her home department and a chance to teach at Baylor during fall 2018 or spring 2019.
University of Toledo researcher and aquatic ecology research technician at the UT Lake Erie Center Nicole King discovered the first grass carp eggs in the Maumee River. According to a UT Press Release, this evasive fish eats food sources that local fish species compete for, and have the potential to negatively affect the Lake Erie ecosystem. According to he U.S. Geological Survey, this discovery “reinforces the need for ongoing coordination of strategic grass carp management actions implemented through member agencies of the Lake Erie Committee.”
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Volleyball gets two MAC victories By Justice Sunderland
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The Rocket volleyball team defeated Ball State and Akron at Savage Arena this weekend to pick up its first wins of the Mid-American Conference schedule. Toledo is now 7-9 (2-2 MAC), good for third place in the West Division. On Thursday, UT defeated Ball State in straight sets thanks to very few attack errors: 28 by the Cardinals and just 14 by the Rockets. Fourth-year striker Saige Thomas led the way offensively with 15 kills, and firstyear striker Chloee Kleespies recorded nine kills off the
bench. Third-year libero Maurissa Leonard anchored the defense as usual with a team-high 18 digs. Ball State was the first to get a lead as the team scored three straight, forcing a timeout by Toledo. The Rockets battled back and, after a block and two kills by Kleespies, UT gained control of the first set, 19-15. UT led 24-21, but the Cardinals scored three straight to make match point interesting. Right after, they made a service error to end the suspense and the set, 25-23. “Chloee is just a baller,” Coach Smith said about his first-year striker. “Her IQ is very
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Fourth-year outside hitter Annie Beasley prepares to spike a ball set by fourth-year setter Brianna Foster.
high, and she just brings stability when she’s in.” The next set started with Toledo taking the early lead, but BSU quickly closed the gap to take a 9-7 lead, which held up for most of the set. Ball State almost took the set, but UT tied it up at 21. What followed was five minutes of outstanding volleyball from both sides. The teams remained tied all the way to 25. Leonard stepped up with two huge digs, then ended the volley with a kill. The momentum swung in the Rockets favor, and a kill by Thomas won the set for UT, 27-25. “I think it’s always big to win a tight set like that because it teaches you how to win in those crucial moments,” Smith said. The Cardinals appeared to still have some fight in the third set. It was tied at nine until Toledo scored four straight, forcing a BSU timeout. The Rockets controlled things from there. They recorded a service ace, and the Rocket fans could feel the team closing in on their first conference victory of the season. Fourth-year striker Rachel Vidourek closed out the match, and UT won the set 25-16. The Rockets returned to the court on Saturday, defeating Akron 3-2 in front of another enthusiastic crowd. Offensively, UT was led by Thomas again with 13 kills. Vidourek and Kleespies added 10 kills each. Fourth-year captain Carly Townsend got her third doubledouble of the season with 41 assists and 13 digs. She recorded 76 assists and 21 digs combined in both games. All of that while playing with a surgically repaired finger that she dislocated earlier this season. The Zips came out on fire offensively, scoring the first five points of the match. UT got as close as 11-6 after a kill by Vidourek, but Akron responded with three straight points. The Rockets fell behind early, as they could not get anything
going, and lost the set 25-16. In the second set the teams were nearly even through the first 20 points, with UT holding a slim 11-9 lead. The margin grew to four before the Rockets took off with five straight points to stretch the lead to 22-15. The Zips put up a good push, but it was too-littletoo-late, as Toledo won the set 25-21 and tied the match. “If we would have lost that set it would have been interesting to see how we came out” Coach Smith said. The midnight blue and gold dominated the third set, as seven different players recorded a kill. Much like the second set, UT used a run of five straight points to take control, 16-7. With Toledo leading 24-11, Akron rattled off six straight points to cut their deficit to just seven before first-year striker Emma Swope terminated the ball to win the set and put UT ahead, 2-1. The fourth set went back and forth early as Akron looked to stay in the match. The team scored four straight points to take a 12-9 lead and did not let that lead go for the rest of the set. The Rockets made a slight run to cut it to 24-21, but a kill by Akron forced a fifth and final set, thanks to scoring six of the final 10 points. UT jumped ahead early in the fifth set, but it was tied after the first eight points. The final three points were scored by three different Rockets as Kleespies, Vidourek and Swope all smashed one over the net to give UT the victory. “We just got to keep working. There’s no magic words to say; we have a lot of matches left and one win doesn’t make our season,” Coach Smith said about the message to his team. The midnight blue and gold return to Savage Arena Friday, Oct. 6 to take on Northern Illinois. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS
Men’s tennis opens season at home By Adam Jacobs
Staff Reporter
The Rocket men’s tennis team opened its season with an on-campus invitational this past Friday and Saturday. On the first day of the tournament, the team posted a 6-2 record in singles and a 2-0 record in doubles for an overall record of 8-2.
“We felt good about today’s results and I’m loving the competitiveness of this group of guys.” AL WERMER Men’s Tennis Head Coach
First-year Nikola Arsic, second-year Danilo Vukotic, third-year Juan Carranza, third-year Luka Vitosevic, third-year Reid Teatsorth and third-year Vince Anzalone all posted victories in singles against Western Michigan and Case Western. In doubles, Carranza and Teatsorth pulled a great victory against the doubles team of Lenhard Haupt and Billy Heckman from Western Michigan. In the other doubles victory, Juan Olmedo and Vince Anzalone defeated a Case Western University duo of Oludayo Areke and Austin Lawrence.
The Rockets also went 3-0 in singles against Case Western giving them an overall record of 4-0 against Case Western on Friday. On Saturday, the Rockets followed up its impressive first day with a solid second day of competition. The Rockets went 5-4 in singles and 2-0 in doubles, to make for a 7-4 record on the day and a 15-6 record for the whole invitational. The singles victors were, Vitosevic, Vukotic, Suksathaporn and Anzalone. Anzalone won two singles matches against opponents from Duquesne and Detroit Mercy. The duo of Danilo Vukotic and Thawin Suksathaporn claimed a doubles victory over Duquesne’s doubles team, Drew Akins and Andrew Ong. The other doubles victory came from Rocket doubles team Juan Carranza and Stephen Miller, against another Duquesne double team, Tyler Smith and Chris Corrao. This invitational was an impressive one for Vince Anzalone, who notched three singles victories and one doubles win on Friday. Vukotic and Vitosevic are, along with Anzalone, the only undefeated Rockets in singles play after the opening weekend. Carranza was a part of two doubles victories with different teammates. The Rockets look to build off of this very successful weekend and hope to use the early momen-
tum to win more matches, especially in MAC play as the season progresses. In an interview with UTRockets, head coach Al Wermer said, “We felt good about today’s results
and I’m loving the competitiveness of this group of guys.” The Rockets will look to build off this the next they take the courts on Oct. 13 at the Louisville Invitational.
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Football head coach Jason Candle high-fives fourth-year wide receiver Cody Thompson.
Rockets prepare for homecoming By Sam Williams
Sports Editor
The University of Toledo Rockets will square off against the Eastern Michigan University Eagles for their homecoming game. Both teams are coming off a bye week and ready to get back to playing football. The Toledo Rockets’ last game was a 52-30 loss to No.14-ranked University of Miami. Fourth-year quarterback Logan Woodside threw for 342 yards in the loss, continuing his streak of being the most dominant quarterback in the Mid-American Conference. Woodside is leading the MAC in virtually every category a quarterback can and is ranked eighth in the nation for passing yardage (336.5 yards/game). Fourth-year wide receiver
CROSS-COUNTRY
Men’s and women’s crosscountry runs in Cedarville By Kenneth Kruse
Staff Reporter
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Second-year athlete Danilo Vukotic returns a serve during the Rocket invitational. Vukotic joined the Toledo tennis team this year.
Cody Thompson has been Woodside’s top target, bringing in a team-best 27 total catches and 126.2 receiving yards per game. EMU will have to rely on its strong defense to stop the Rockets high powered offense. The EMU defense racked up season-high numbers in both sacks and tackles for loss in their narrow 24-20 loss to the University of Kentucky. Toledo and Eastern Michigan will be meeting for the 45th time in their histories. Toledo leads the series 33-11 and has won the last 10 games in the series. In last year’s matchup, Toledo took the game by a score of 35-20. This year’s game will be at noon on Oct. 7 in the Glass Bowl. The matchup will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
The University of Toledo women’s crosscountry team placed fifth in the Women’s Division I All-Ohio Championship on Friday, Sept. 29 at Cedarville University. Women The Rockets were led by Janelle Noe, a fourthyear runner, who placed 11th at 22:09.0 and contributed to the team score of 138. Noe missed a top-10 finish by under three seconds in the 6K Course. “Today was a very solid day for us,” Toledo head coach Linh Nguyen said in a UTRockets interview. “This was a chance for those that did not travel last week to see some competition. Janelle had a very strong showing to lead the group.” Stephanie Sherman, a second-year runner, finished in the top 20 at the 22:32.3 mark, while Nina Bendixen, a thirdyear runner, placed 32nd at the 22:54.2 mark. Other Rockets finished in the top 40. Amanda Bakley, a first-year runner, placed 38th at
23:01.7, and Maddie Ferner, a second-year runner, placed 40th at 23:05.7. “Overall, I’m very pleased with the way the women ran,” Nguyen said in the UTRockets interview. “Up and down the line, they listened to the race plan and ran good races.” Men Four Rockets placed in the top 70 in the men’s race. Ben Williams, a first-year runner, placed 58th at the 27:29.9 mark and led the team, followed by Jax Talbot, a fourth-year runner, at 27:36.2. Aidan Gallagher and Clinton Caddell, secondand fourth-year runners, finished in 62nd and 67th place, respectively, with times of 27:59.5 and 29:35.6. The midnight blue and gold runners will be on the road in a week and half when they travel to Peoria, IL for the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday, Oct. 13 and to Louisville, KY for the NCAA PreNationals the following day on Saturday, Oct. 14.
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FILMMAKING
Ohio native turns acting dreams into a reality
By Areeba Shah Community Editor
As a kid, every actor dreams of being a part of a production someday. For University of Toledo students, this dream could soon turn into a reality. Writer and director Bryan Bockbrader and producer Aurea Lara will be shooting a film in Northwest Ohio this spring. “Eat Lead” is a 1930s gangsters versus cannibals movie featuring actor Tom Sizemore in the short teaser. “It’s always been, like, a childhood dream of mine to bring a movie to Northwest Ohio,” said Bockbrader. Growing up in the small village of Pemberville in Wood County, Bockbrader frequently visited Toledo, he said. Upon graduating high school, he moved to California to pursue his dreams of acting at California State, Los Angeles. However, shooting a movie in Northwest Ohio has always been on his mind, Bockbrader said. After being awarded the Tax Credit by the Ohio Film Commission, Bockbrader is putting his ideas into action. “Most films get shot in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati,” Bockbrader said. “No one really shoots
in Northwest Ohio and Ohio has a great tax credit.” With limited acting opportunities available in Ohio, Bockbrader said while going to high school in the area, it was always a dream of his to be given an opportunity like this. For this reason, he’s looking to cast students from the University of Toledo Theatre Department in the spring of 2018.
“It’s always been, like, a childhood dream of mine. to bring a movie to North West Ohio.” BRYAN BOCKBRADER Director
Bockbrader wants to work with UT’s Theatre Department in creating costumes and facilitating other parts of the production. Bockbrader said, although they’re not a big Hollywood production, he knows the basics of production and is open to providing theater students with internships and experience. In hopes of expanding their production, Bockbrader and Lara have started a crowdfunding
campaign for a contest called “Hometown Heroes” headed by the Duplass Brothers, an American film and television production company that has produced several HBO shows, including Room 104, Lara said. The Hometown Heroes and Rally is providing next generation filmmakers the chance to use their local community and resources to produce a movie. The top 10 projects to receive the most followers by Oct. 13 will quality for finals and have the opportunity to pitch ideas to the The Duplass Brothers. “What we need is to get 500 followers and 80 percent of our production goal on that site,” Bockbrader said. With such limited time in their hands, Lara and Bockbrader shot the teaser in the span of just six days on Bockbrader’s old college campus. “We got Tom Sizemore. He was huge in the 90s,” Lara said. Bockbrader said they’re hoping to align this project with the contest’s goal to avail this opportunity. “When I wrote this about a decade ago, I wrote everything that I already might’ve had and I just never really had an opportunity to have something like this coming up,” Bockbrader said.
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Actor Tom Sizemore (left), producer Aurea Lara (middle) and director Bryan Bockbrader (right), pose for a photo after shooting teaser for “Eat Lead”.
Aside from acting, Bockbrader has also produced a film called VANish, which is available on Amazon. The entire movie is shot inside a van in the scorching heat of the desert, Bockbrader said. With 115-degree temperatures outside and no access to air conditioning, the movie is centered around
a kidnapping featuring actors, Maiara Walsh, Tony Todd and Danny Trejo. Bockbrader added that he wrote, directed, produced and acted as one of the kidnappers in the movie. “It was really cool to hire all these guys in my film that I grew up watching,” Bockbrader said.
FREEDOM
FUNDRAISER
That’s a wrap for UT’s largest blanket collection By Emily Schnipke Editor-in-Chief
Competitive philanthropic nostalgia is the idea behind the annual event collecting blankets for the homeless across the United States. At the University of Toledo, students took that philanthropy to the next level by collecting the largest amount of blankets in the event’s history at UT. Wrap Up Toledo is an interactive event in which student organizations collect blankets to donate and participate in events to win prizes. According to the event’s website, students provide support for a specific and tangible need: blankets. On Oct. 1 in the Student Recreation Center, 26 student groups collected over 2,818 blankets for the homeless. Noelle Marva, a third-year majoring in cosmetic science and formulation design, participated in Wrap Up with her sorority, Kappa Delta. Marva said participating in Wrap Up is one of her favorite things to do. “It’s always to give back to the community and I’m always looking for ways to show leadership and help others,” Marva said. The event is hosted by UT’s chapter of Mortar Board, with
help from 1Matters and UT Bridge Club. Wrap Up cochairs Pat Ryan and Amber Gasparini were pleased with the events turnout. “People get involved in Wrap Up to show that we really are one community here at Toledo and are willing to help one another as well as those who may be less fortunate,” Gasparini, a fourthyear exercise science and pre-medicine student, said. Student organizations competed in two different competitions: to collect the most blankets and to work with other groups to build a unique, structurally sound and aesthetically pleasing blanket fort using the blankets they were able to collect in the weeks leading up the event. The winning fraternity in the blanket competition raised over 700 blankets. “The more blankets we have the more we can give to other homeless shelters outside of Tent City,” Gasparini said. “It also gives us more money to buy other items such as hats, gloves, socks etc.” Wrap Up was started in Toledo in 1993, according to the event’s website. Harlan Joelson was running a mayoral campaign for his father.
While putting up campaign signs in downtown Toledo, Harlan parked and was met by a naked man in a box who yelled, “Hey man, why are you parking in front of my house?” Joelson didn’t say anything to the man and instead got back into his truck and drove off. He couldn’t stop thinking about the man and the first action he could think to take was to get the man a blanket to cover him up. He went to a local store, got the blanket and took it back to the man, never exchanging a word. After, Joelson went to his friends, family and co-workers and asked if they had any used blankets lying around to take to the homeless shelter. He collected about 100 blankets that first year. Over the next 18 years, Harlan would go on to collect over 75,000 blankets for those fighting homelessness in Toledo. “Donating blankets is almost like giving someone a hug without actually being there,” Marva said. “By giving someone a blanket, you’re essentially wrapping your love around them and it’s pretty cool because you can do that while being miles away from them.”
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Paulette D. Kilmer speaks to students Sept. 28 at the Banned Books Vigil.
No more banned books, no more banned ideas
By Anna Glore Staff Writer
“Words Have Power: Read a Banned Book” was this year’s slogan for the 35th anniversary of the national movement and University of Toledo’s 20th anniversary of Banned Books Week. The Toledo community celebrated a full day of activities centered around the freedom of ideas and opinions in Carlson Library. The event took place on Sept. 28 and included a wide variety of guest speakers, snacks and door prizes. Professor of communication Paulette D. Kilmer said that this day is very important for students for a variety of reasons. “The point of it is to get us to think about censorship and the joy of reading,” Kilmer said. “So really, Banned Books Week is a warning, because someone is always willing to tell us what to do and what to read, and would love it if he or she could just pull books out of the library and make sure that nobody ever saw them.”
“The issues of freedom of expression, the human right to read and think independently...” PAULETTE D. KILMER Communication Professor
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Blankets sit on the floor of the Recreation Center during Wrap up Toledo Oct. 1.
Kilmer, who is also a member of the Banned Books Coalition, said without books, one cannot make an informed decision, which is a critical skill in today’s world. The coalition meets several times a week
“The point is to get us to think about censorship and the joy of reading...” PAULETTE D. KILMER Communication Professor
to discuss the importance of having access to books and to ensure they’re prepared for Banned Books Week. “The issues of freedom of expression, the human right to read and think independently,” Kilmer said. “We want to make sure that we do all we can to pass the word and to show people why it matters.” Professor of Humanities and another member of the coalition, Glenn Sheldon, is also a supporter of Banned Books. As an advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights, he said he found role models in certain books. “We are about promotion of free speech, not just defending the so-called banned books focus,” Sheldon said. “Now, each committee member may have an opinion on where we draw the line on hate speech, but those are healthy debates. I serve on this coalition because of the passion, the focus and the broad intellectual inquiries that my colleagues bring to the table.” The coalition was pleased with the outcome of having 335 students sign the register this year; however, the register may not have accounted for everyone, since not everyone who participated signed, Kilmer said. She is looking forward to an even better event next year. “Breathing is natural, and so is reading,” Kilmer said. “We take them for granted until something happens and we can’t breathe or