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Our newspaper is dying By Editorial Staff
Students get down to give COMMUNITY / 5 »
Rockets struggle over Easter
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SPORTS / 6 »
“Everyone seemed to come with a different agenda, and they all had something to say. There was no order to the event and no consistency in the topic at hand. We need to talk about racism in this country.”
EDITORIAL Addressing racism OPINION / 3 »
Brown for Net Neutrality
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NEWS / 4 »
“What is more offensive, that Donald Trump and his administration embody white supremacist values or that the College Democrats had the audacity to critique it with a satirical political cartoon?”
SYDNEY JONES Letter to the Editor OPINION / 3 »
In 2000, UT threatened our journalistic freedom to report stories, prompting us to become independent. Eighteen years later, our presence to remain in print is being threatened. To put it simply, the Independent Collegian is dying. Despite the tireless efforts of our students and staff, we are not making enough money from ad revenue to survive. This is the last thing we want to happen, yet it’s the only thing that will happen if we don’t receive any support. We care about our newspaper, but more than that, we care about truth-seeking journalism, a priority in today’s era of fake news. Our staff commits to the IC week after week without any pay — something that has been sacrificed within the last semester — for nothing more, but their passion for journalism. Although this seems like it came up fast, funding has been an issue for a long time coming for the IC and other college newspapers around the country. According to the Collegian Media Foundation: Projections and Analysis for the future plan, in 2000, the Collegian’s advertising revenue was roughly $190,000 to $200,000. This doesn’t take into account how $30,000 of potential revenue went uncollected by the staff due to poor collection procedures. If the Collegian had sufficient plans to allocate their funds 18 years ago, we would not find ourselves in this place today. A place where our newspaper is dying. The decline in ad revenue has further contributed to this problem and only made our suffering worse. This is an issue campus newspapers are struggling with nationwide. The IC has personally increased our efforts to create new advertisement opportunities for local businesses and
This is us, as journalists, being very transparent with our readers. This is us, asking you to support our journalistic freedom on reporting. This is us asking for your help. while some have helped to support us, more and more businesses opt to use social media to get the word out. This has led us to find different ways to support ourselves. Our research has uncovered a startling fact: we are far from alone in this struggle. So many college newspapers have gone under from lack of funding and many more have had to cut printing. The Daily Targum at Rutgers, for example, supports its operation through student fees since the university doesn’t fund them. Every three years, the school holds a referendum in which students vote whether to keep the Targum fee on their term bills or not, business manager of the Targum Rachel DeSimone said. The fee is $11.25 per student per semester and is adjusted every year in relation to printing and delivery expenses. At the beginning of each semester students can email the business manager for a refund of the Targum fee if they don’t wish to support the paper. This is a very long tedious process that takes weeks and on average, they receive at least 800 to 900 refund requests a semester. See Struggle / 3 »
POLITICS
Election results are in By Bryce Buyakie News Editor
With the recent Student Government elections concluded, a new president and vice president are set to take office in fall of 2018. However, voter turnout was down by 500 votes from last year. Out of 23,000 students who attend UT, 434 turned out on OrgSync to vote this election – compared to the 934 voters in the 2017 election, according to statistics provided by SG. “This is a lower voter turnout than last year, which I believe is due to the election being uncontested,” said Kyle Zapadka, SG’s speaker of the House. Current Vice President Drew Williams will succeed President Jimmy Russell, and Senator Sofie Rodriguez will replace Williams as vice president. Williams and Rodriguez planned to campaign on connecting UT with downtown Toledo, improve sexual
assault awareness and education within student organizations, work to provide more funding to the Counselling Center and increased transparency, but now the incoming executives are working with the administration on all these points. “We are working with Dr. Flapp and understanding where we can allocate more resources to the Counselling Center,” Rodriguez said. “There are a lot of flaws with the Counselling Center and part of my personal mission as well as the current president’s is to improve everything.” Sixteen senators were also elected in uncontested elections, including second-year political science major Dillon Horter. “What I would like to see is though, seeing SG becoming a bigger voice on campus,” Horter said. “I would like to see students come to SG more often with their daily issues more regularly.”
PARTNERSHIP
UT joins colleges in collaboration efforts By Haris Ahmad Staff Reporter
UT recently entered a partnership with five other northwest Ohio colleges to reaffirm their commitment to educate Ohioans in the region. The Northwest Region Higher Education Compact includes UT, Bowling Green State University, Northwest State Community College, Owens State Community College, Rhodes State College and Terra State Community College. The compact allows the members to support this goal by streamlining the communication and transfer of credits between the member institutions. The schools will try to expand their capabilities by facilitating effective academic, financial and administrative operations through collaboration and outreach. The agreement is one of the ways these schools will help the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Attainment Goal 2025.
According to the department’s website, they aim to have 65 percent of Ohioans, ages 25-64, to have a degree, certificate or other postsecondary workforce credential of value in the workplace by 2025. By 2025, an estimated 65 percent of Ohio’s workforce will be required to have a postsecondary education to meet employer demands. Current graduation rates are not high enough to meet the expected 1.7 million more degree-holders needed for the goal to be met. One of the ways the compact will work is by restructuring the transfer of credits between the schools to make the process as simple as possible, said Bill Ayres, vice provost for academic affairs. “There’s an entire section in the regional compact that talks about transfer credits,” Ayres said. “Now we have a working model in place where See Compact / 4 »
IN BRIEF
Update: Joughin trial By Samantha Gerlach Associate Community Editor
The tragic account of the July 2016 death of 20-year-old Sierah Joughin still unsettles nerves for all who hear it. After four weeks, a jury convicted James Worley, 58, of rural Delta on March 27 of aggravated murder and the kidnapping of Joughin – two accounts punishable by the death penalty. The trial began March 5 with interviews of prospective jurors,
according to a Toledo Blade article. Hundreds of jurors were questioned before a jury was sat. The sentencing phase began April 2, and if the jury doesn’t decide for Worley to receive the death penalty, he’ll be sentenced to life in prison, according to a 13abc article. Judge Jeffrey Robinson said the jury should start deliberating the case by April 4 at noon.
What were you wearing?
Photos by Emily Schnipke As April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, UT’s Title IX Office is displaying a Survivor Art Installation in Carlson Library April 2-6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The purpose of “What Were You Wearing?” is to provide a tangible response to our culture’s most pervasive rape myths about sexual violence only affecting someone because of how they are dressed. The exhibition offers a collection of 24 survivors’ stories along with recreations of the outfits they were wearing at the time of their assaults. Students are encouraged to take part in this discussion to provide an anonymous description of the outfit they were wearing with an explanation of what happened to them while wearing that outfit. The free event is open to the entire UT community and will be up for the rest of this week.
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EDITORIAL
Addressing racism
Freedom of speech is not up for debate. Though, if you are a member of the UT community when two weeks ago the College Democrats put up a banner depicting President Donald Trump as a KKK member, you may not be so sure. After the initial fallout from the banner, and a student who has not been identified took it down without permission, UT President Sharon Gaber wrote in a letter to the school that she was disappointed in the actions the Dems took and would be hosting a town hall to discuss freedom of speech. This was the wrong approach. The student group explained that the reason they posted the banner was to get new members to join their organization and to foster a conversation around the racism that Trump has portrayed throughout his presidency. The purpose of the banner was not to start a conversation about us having a right to say what we want, but rather to address the racist implications behind the rash policy decisions Trump has initiated in his year in office. The conversation became a shit show. The college republicans and college democrats were going back and forth arguing against each other and avoiding the actual issues. The message the banner was trying to send was garbled in a mix of broad accusations ranging from “All republicans are white supremacists,” to “President Gaber doesn’t get offended by sexual assault,” all of which drastically miss the main point. Everyone seemed to come with a different agenda, and they all had something to say. There was no order to the event and no consistency in the topic at hand. We need to talk about racism in this country. When the issue of racism
in Trump’s presidency was brought up during the forum by UT alum and community activist Julian Mack, the conversation was immediately halted. To add insult to injury, at the end of the of the town hall, the entire counseling center staff was available to speak to students. Why would the assumption be that students would need counseling after an openforum conversation about freedom of speech? We don’t need counseling, we need social justice. Throughout her presidency, Gaber has been active in implementing diversity initiative on campus. She created the role of Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, which is currently held by Willie McKether, who did not attend the forum. However, her expressing her disappointment in the actions taken by the college democrats and sending the letter to the whole university was uncalled for. Every year, the controversial group Created Equal comes to campus and displays graphic images of aborted fetus’ in Centennial Mall. Not only has she not sent an email warning of the event, Gaber has never expressed disappointment in this group publicly. By sending this letter, Gaber has set a different precedent for commenting on controversial campus events. Her position as University President makes it appear that she speaks for the entire administration. What made this banner different to elicit the opinion of the President of the university? Today, at 7 p.m., the Young Americans for Liberty will have their first major campus event, hosting the executive director of Gun Owners of America Larry Pratt as a speaker to discuss how gun free zones should be disbarred. We eagerly await Gaber’s opinion.
Struggle
going to have to cut our print paper and go all-digital next year,” Cole said. At the moment, this could be the best idea for the IC. We could petition for a student supported fund, with an opt-in or opt-out option, that would allow us to remain independent. This is our dream solution. But right now, it is not an option. A state tuition freeze by the state of Ohio won’t allow this, no matter how desperate we are. We’ve put plenty of thought into this. Trust us, we don’t make any decisions lightly. But if we can’t find any new revenues of funding ourselves, find an increase in advertisements or find a mysterious benefactor, the IC will be no longer just after our 100th year. We need your help. Our readers — the UT community and UT students — can help us to save ourselves. This is our plea. We need your local business to advertise with us. We want you to share our Kickstarter — and donate to it if you can. Come to our Chipotle event. Eat and be merry, while still helping us. This is us, as journalists, being very transparent with our readers. This is us, asking you to support our journalistic freedom on reporting. This is us asking for your help.
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The New University newspaper at the University of California at Irvine also has a student fee. According to Editor-in-Chief of New University Megan Cole, the paper ran their first student fee referendum in 2013, for 99 cents per student, per quarter. They proposed the fee to their student government and they voted to put the referendum on the ballot for UCI’s yearly spring elections. The group had to receive at least 60 percent “yes” votes for the fee to go into effect. Since 33 percent of all student fees have to go into a financial aid fund, this referendum leaves their paper with about $60,000 per year. Unfortunately, that student fee lasted only five years and is set to expire this June. Cole said they tried each year for the past three years to renew the fees and wanted to increase it to $3 to account for inflation and ad-revenue loss. Sadly, they haven’t been able to pass it yet. Last year, the group received 54 percent “yes” votes, which was just short of the 60 percent needed. “We’re trying to get it on the ballot one last time for this spring’s election, but if it fails to pass again, we’re
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Students discuss banner Dear Editor, As any reasonably sentient person agrees, the fourth-grade-level rhetoric spouted by 45 has emphasized, rather than minimized, the tension-crack divisions between minority groups and the heteronormative mythos of a straight/white/man-mainstream, middle class America. I do not like Donald Trump. I am not a member of the College Democrats, but I consider myself a Democrat for pragmatic’s sake; the two-party system (again, as any reasonably sentient person agrees) oversimplifies multi-faceted, nuanced conversation points into––usually––bad catchphrases. With those cards on the table, and asserting myself with the belief that those within the same(ish) ideology are the people responsible for its maintenance, I am appalled by the College Democrats’ decision to mesh 45’s face with the KKK’s hood. As Shah and Morse’s article quotes, communications director Alexander Seifert explains the organization’s decision: The banner was posted because it’s, apparently, “difficult to get students involved.” Thus, “more aggressive” tactics were necessary. I am appalled by this decision because it uses the very same hyperbolic fear tactics of 45’s repulsive presidential campaign—rather than, in the words of Michelle Obama, watching the Republicans “go low” while “we go high.” Mud-slinging isn’t my primary concern, though. To use the KKK just to startle, just to “get students involved,” is to demonstrate the peak of white privilege. Maybe the KKK is just a footnote in a history class to some of us, some kind of symbol to haphazardly throw onto banners as an attention-getter, but I think it’s likely that students directly affected by the terror group endure visceral repulsion when they see that hood. It’s not something to throw around because your organization happened to have a bad recruitment season. Because the College Democrats were so careless and crass in their botched communication-attempt, now Republicans have the moral authority to say things about the Democrats, like, “They put up walls instead of bridges.” Astonishing, given the three-syllable chant that rang through Trump rallies all fall. The point is, if I have to be part of a political party, I want to be part of one with the few remaining level-headed folks in this country, on this campus. In navigating the Republican wasteland left by Donald Trump, the College Democrats had the opportunity to be that level-headed voice. And, congrats team, y’all blew it. —Teresa Northcraft, third-year English major
Dear Editor, Recently, the College Democrats put up a controversial banner of a political cartoon depicting President Donald Trump in a KKK hood. The narrative surrounding the banner and my organization was set before we had a chance to respond. The intent of this column is not to change minds, but to offer perspective to the situation, as well as offer my personal opinion on the matter… Some say the banner was offensive, to which I respond with a question: What is more offensive, that Donald Trump and his administration embody white supremacist values or that the College Democrats had the audacity to critique it with a satirical political cartoon? As I stated at the forum, this is not a Democrats vs. Republicans issue. My issue is with the Trump Administration and the people surrounding him at an institutional level who have allowed public discourse to become the way it is. Many have used Michelle Obama’s quote, “When they go low, we go high” as a means of demeaning the banner. I simply cannot see how that applies to what we did. I don’t make these statements to people who I simply disagree with politically. I make these statements to people who threaten my ability to live in this society. I made this statement about a man who is ambiguous in denouncing support from white supremacists. Do I think that everyone who voted for Donald Trump is racist? Absolutely not. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that Donald Trump has garnered support from certain groups of people who are. You might not prescribe yourself as racist, sexist, xenophobic or homophobic, but that doesn’t absolve you from the responsibility in recognizing when the leader of your party and those surrounding him espouse those values in a way we haven’t seen in modern political discourse. Calling out a white supremacist is not “going low.” Through the controversy the message of systemic racism got lost. Complaints ranged from just wanting attention to an all-out attack on conservatives to inaccurately speaking for all of the Democratic Party. Not one person who opposed the banner personally asked us why we put it up. People 100 percent have the right to disagree with the banner, but I think it is important to make an attempt to understand the intent rather than make assumptions without all of the information… —Sydney Jones, president of College Democrats and fourth-year political science major This letter has been condensed and appears in full at independentcollegian.com.
COMMENTARY
Childhood friendships don’t change, we do There comes a moment in all our lives when our childhood friends start to fade into the past. It’s an incredibly sad thing, knowing that you are no longer the same person you were for all those years and no longer compatible with your former friends. But we must not look at the past. No, we may not have the same likes and dislikes we used to; we may not have even a sliver of who we were before. But as those friendships that we once used to define ourselves inevitably fade away, we’re faced with the question we’ve been avoiding ever since those friendships began: am I
But as those friendships that we once used to define ourselves inevitably fade away, we’re faced with the question we’ve been avoiding ever since those friendships began: am I truly happy?
MEAGAN O’HARA
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truly happy? I believe that friendships should not be a necessity to happiness, but rather an accessory. Everyone must discover who they are at one point, and friends should encourage the growth and exploration that life supplies, not cage it in. As we get older, we feel those strains that tug on our hearts, the ones that want us to break away from the pack and explore what life could mean as our true self. In a way, these long-established
childhood friendships keep us from changing. Many people are afraid of change, and friends are afraid to lose the person who sat by them at lunch in fifth grade or the person who they shared their first sleepover with. But here’s the thing — those friendships are never gone. They will stay with us forever because the past does not change. We cannot go back to change who we invited to our eighth birthday party or the friend who knew all of our high school crushes. Those were — hopefully — the people that made us truly happy at that time. Those friendships were legitimate, and the happiness we derived from them will always be a part of our history. We may be different people now, but who we once were will never change. It’s time to start the exploration of our true selves and encourage one another. It’s time for us to let go of people who hold us back and bring us nothing but pain and sorrow. It’s time for us to move on and to finally be happy. Meagan O’Hara is a first-year nursing major.
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Will student activism shift to voter turnout? By Ben Morse
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After a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, young activists took center stage. Outraged students made the news media rounds, replacing the adult analysts, experts and lobbyists who usually direct the national posttragedy conversations. On March 24, students across the country— and the world—protested gun violence as part of he March for Our Lives movement. But, will the spike in student activism translate to a strong turnout in the November midterms? “In typical midterm elections, younger voters tend to vote at lower rates than during presidential election years,” wrote UT Political Science Professor Anthony Daniels. But this year, he expects youth turnout to be higher, in part, because of the national outcry after the Parkland shooting. “Recent protests surrounding gun control reveal the intensity of feeling that many young people have.” “[This] intensity,” Daniels wrote “is usually a very solid predictor of voting behavior. When people are
engaged and excited…they tend to participate.” One student, Hope Talbert, a senior at Sylvania Southview High School, will cast a ballot for the first time since turning 18 in the upcoming November midterms. “I 100 percent plan on voting and I know all of my friends are too,” wrote Talbert. “This is a time where a lot of people, as well as myself, feel that our opinions actually matter and can make a legitimate difference.” Jordan Topoleski, a student in Talbert’s graduating class, plans on voting because “it’s the purest form of democracy.” And he expects to see others his age at the polls. “I do full heartedly believe this will spur one of the biggest youth turnouts we have historically seen,” Topeleski wrote. “Youth, more so than ever, have taken charge and begun to see how important it is to stand up for what we believe in.” But, he added, today’s activism is not just a harbinger of an increase in student voting, it’s a move toward active conversation. “It has generally brought political
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High school students protest Congressional inaction March 24 over gun control and the neglect of inner city and lower income schools at the March for Our Lives. Toledo area high schoolers organized the march in conjunction with the YWCA.
discourse and involvement to the everyday ‘table talk’ level of this younger generation, and this is HUGE!” Ryan Pinski, a junior at Sylvania Northview High School, spoke to a large crowd during Toledo’s March For our Lives event. Just about a week later, he reiter-
ated what he said that day. “Personally, I don’t feel our lives should be taken from us by somebody else,” Pinski wrote. “I shouldn’t be scared to go to school every day in fear of being shot.” “Too many people die every day because of guns and I don’t feel like
things should continue on the way they are,” he added. Although not yet old enough to vote, Pinski strongly encourages those who are able, to do so. Penny Tullis, the youth development director at the YWCA of Northwest Ohio was one of the few adults who facilitated Toledo’s march. After seeing students like Pinski speak out against the stagnant politics of gun laws, she “can’t imagine that it won’t impact the polls in November.” Dominic Spinale, an NRA member and local shooting instructor whose Facebook page includes a picture of an assault rifle placed on top of an American Flag, disagrees. “Most of the students…don’t even know what an assault weapon is [or] what they do,” Spinale said. “I do not think their movement will have any effect on our gun rights,” he added. “I’m not sure if more will be at the polls. By November, I truly believe this will have died down.” But, the midterms are seven months away, and as Daniels noted, political change can be unpredictable.
Politics
remembrance
Brown for Net Neutrality
John Savage’s legacy
By Bryce Buyakie
“Entrepreneurs and innovators guided the internet far better than the heavy hand of government ever could have,” said Pai, FCC chairman. The Ohio congressman blamed the lack of bipartisan support on corporations’ influence within the Republican party, but also recognized the impact of corporations within his own party and times when he sided with and against corporations. “We need one more brave
News Editor
Democratic Senator of Ohio Sherrod Brown defended the Congressional Democrats legislation that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality Thursday in a phone conference saying, “it protects free speech and consumer choice and access to public information.” The legislation comes after the FCC voted along party lines in December to deregulate the broadband industry, which overturned an Obama-era decision that required internet providers to deliver content at the same speed and prevented providers from charging extra for premium speeds. The mostly partisan resolution aims to prevent the commission from making similar decisions in the future and overturn the December net neutrality vote, Brown said. At the time of publication, all 49 Democratic senators and Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine endorsed the bill, however, it needs one more vote to pass. The net neutrality bill is backed by 150 lawmakers in the House, Democratic Representative Mike Doyle, top Democrat in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Sherod Brown U.S. Senator
told The Hill. Time is running out for Democrats who have a 60-day window under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the FCC’s decision, after it was published by the Federal Register on Feb. 22. Brown said the FCC vote will mostly impact the middle and lower classes. “Maybe if you’re more well-off, you don’t care about spending more for a faster internet speed,” he said. “But if you’re younger and use it more than the average 50-year-old for summer jobs, school and getting the news, you will pay more.” Republicans such as Ajit Pai say they want to return the internet to pre-2015 regulations, and to restore the “light-touch regulatory scheme that enabled the internet to develop for and thrive nearly two decades,” according to the FCC’s ruling.
By Jessica Harker Opinion Editor
This year, the UT community remembers the legacy of John Savage, an alum and former athletic director who passed away 25 years ago from leukemia. Though Savage Arena is a structural reminder of the impact he had on the university community, Savage’s story stretches far beyond the building and throughout the city of Toledo. In 1957, he founded Savage and Associates, an insurance and financial service agency, which according to the General Agents Management Association is now one of the 100 largest agencies in the United States. Savage had nine children and was described in a letter to UT News by his son Sean Savage as someone who “exuded confidence and positive energy to everyone he encountered.” “People loved being around my dad because they felt better about themselves and what they could accomplish,” Sean Savage said. Outside of his business accomplishments, Savage was a gifted speaker and writer. He was a well-known guest speaker and lecturer as well as
“The internet is a vital part of modern life, and no matter who you vote for or what your political views, his shouldn’t be a partisan issue.”
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if there is some course or curriculum that Bowling Green offers that UT students would like access to, there’s a way to make it happen.” The partnership would simplify the administration of transfer students to ensure that their earned credits are transferred. “We’re getting better at sharing information amongst ourselves and making sure that once a student is eligible to receive an associate’s degree, we’ll make sure they get it,” Ayres said. “And if they’re eligible to receive a bachelor’s degree, let’s make sure they actually get it.” The partnership solidifies a commitment to education that UT and BGSU have already expanded on.
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the author of three books. He was also very active in the community, having been involved in UT athletics up until his death. According to UT athletics website, Savage served on the Athletic Board and acted as a chairman of the Hole-In-One tournament. He was also the co-founder of the University of Toledo Corporation, “which has raised more than $25 million in 14 years,” according to its website. Savage was recently recognized for his accomplishments and was inducted into the City League Athletic Hall of Fame. “The last words to his kids were ‘Keep it going.’ We all knew what that meant. Family, faith, hard work, and integrity,” said his daughter Kelly Savage on the Savage and Associates website. “I know he would be so proud of how his wife is doing, he would be proud of how his children and, especially, his grandchildren are doing, and he would be very proud that Savage and Associates has continued to grow and thrive.”
UT President Sharon Gaber and BGSU President Rodney Rogers signed an agreement to share resources in modern world languages, Ayres said. This compact allows the member institutions to further share resources to expand the capability for education and development. UT students are likely to see enhanced career counseling and increased academic opportunities as a result of the partnership, according to the Ohio Department of Higher Education. There will also be more pathways from the primary to secondary education system that will reduce the cost of higher education in the northwest Ohio region. “Students on the UT campus, especially those with a lot of transfer credits, will begin to see additional opportunities to make things a lot smoother,” Ayres said.
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DANCE MARATHON
Students get down to give By Emily Bruns Staff Reporter
Thirteen hours, thousands of students and over a hundred thousand dollars raised each year for the Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo. On Saturday, April 7 at 10 a.m., UT students will host their 17th annual RockeTHON. The 13-hour dance marathon will be held at the end of Miracle Week, after a week full of events. The dance marathon movement started at Indiana University in 1991, now with over 300 universities participating every year. UT joined this movement in 2001, organized by Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. Last year, RockeTHON broke their record, rais-
ing $153,000 for the Mercy Children’s Hospital with over 1,000 participants. This year, they hope to raise over $160,000. “This year, we have really increased our awareness on campus, as well as our personal fundraising,” said Samantha Denlinger, overall director of RockeTHON. “At this point, on donor drive, we are approximately $10,000 ahead of where we were last year.” Currently there are 1,033 participants and 40 teams registered. “RockeTHON has been growing and growing every year, and we are so excited to see our hard work pay off,” said Sammy Roush, RockeTHON morale captain.
Leading up to the big day, the UT RockeTHON Dance Marathon Commission hosts many events during Miracle Week from April 2 to April 6. Events include a cornhole tournament, an egg hunt, giveaways, FREE FOOD, various lawn games, Alpha Omicron Pie in the Face and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Bench-A-THON. “Changes that we have made this year not only with RockeTHON, but with miracle week itself is how we present our organization,” Roush said. “We take a lot of pride in our dedication to the kids of Mercy Children’s Hospital, and want to present ourselves as professionally as possible.” The RockeTHON Dance
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UT students participate in a dance led by RockeTHON dancers during the 2017 event.
Marathon Committee is currently accepting new members for next year’s committee. “My first time attending RockeTHON was my freshman year as a dancer,” Roush said. “I had a great experience and knew I wanted to get more involved.”
Whether participating as a dancer, a committee member or a donor, RockeTHON and Miracle Week allow students to remain involved and support the local community hospital. Students can sign up for RockeTHON at dancemarathon.com.
Spotted in the SU: Try something new
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Student groups such as Alpha Xi Delta (left) and Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (below) tabled in the Student Union during the last week of March to talk to students about their groups. SETA even had vegan cheese for students to try.
Ballroom Dance Lessons Sunday, April 8 from 4-6 p.m. in the Student Union Ingman Room. Blood Drive Tuesday, April 10 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in Student Union Ingman Room.
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ISA celebrates diversity By Christopher McCormick Staff Reporter
UT’s International Student Association will host a night of celebration, entertainment and international cuisine April 6 in an effort to promote diversity on campus. The event, held in the Student Union, will include dinner with dishes sourced from international restaurants around the Toledo area. President of ISA Jose Viloria views cuisine as an excellent way to experience the culture of others. “It’s a way for all of our organizations to show their culture through dance and food,” Viloria said. “The only thing we ask is you be willing to learn and experience other cultures.” The night’s festivities will
also include traditional dances performed by representatives of ISA’s 12 associations. This is the 42nd year ISA will host the international dinner and it is the organization’s biggest event. This year’s festivities will continue ISA’s long-standing tradition of promoting diversity and learning on UT’s campus. “I always tell my members, do not ever get upset if someone asks you where you’re from and doesn’t know where your country is on the map,” said Viloria, who is Venezuelan by birth. “That’s a moment for you to be an ambassador and educate others.” According to Griso Barrios, ISA’s vice president, the organization is responsible for proving that sense of
community that international students need to be successful in college. The officers and members of ISA are confident the dinner’s festivities will encourage the integration of students of different cultures. For Barrios, this kind of education is necessary for a healthy campus and should be fun. “A lot of students come and don’t have anyone on campus, we want to be that home for international students, a resource that they can use to meet people from their country and from other countries that are probably going through the same thing,” Barrios said. Tickets can be purchased at Ask Rocky for $15. At the door, tickets can be purchased for $20. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
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BASEBALL
Rockets struggle over Easter By Kenny Kruse Staff Reporter
UT’s baseball team (7-17, 3-3 MAC) took on the Ohio State Buckeyes (19-8, 2-1 Big Ten) and the Miami (OH) RedHawks (15-9, 4-2 MAC) last week. Last Tuesday’s home game against Defiance College was canceled. Fourth-year, right-handed pitcher Sam Shutes collected the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award for his performance at Western Michigan. Ohio State
The Rockets took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Third-year outfielder Ross Adolph, drove in first-year infielder Trace Hatfield on a ground out. The Buckeye offense was firing on all cylinders as the team scored all its runs from the second inning to the sixth. OSU took a 19-1 lead and collected 13 hits. Toledo had an opportunity to score in the fifth inning with bases loaded, but couldn’t come through with a hit. UT came alive in the eighth, scoring a trio of runs to trail Ohio State, 19-4. Adolph smashed an RBI double in the eighth, scoring first-year outfielders Zach Schwartzenberger and John Servello on a wild pitch and Adolph scored in result of a fielder’s choice. The Rockets came up short in Columbus, in a 19-4 decision, with eight hits and an error. Fourth-year infielder Casey Gose collected three of Toledo’s hits. This marks his third straight game with multiple hits since becoming a part of the starting lineup. Miami – Game 1
The RedHawks scored a quartet of runs, 4-0, split between the second
and third innings. Toledo responded in the fourth inning with a pair of runs, 4-2, to cut Miami’s lead in half. First-year outfielder Chris Meyers and Servello each drew walks. Adolph smashed a two-RBI double to right field. Miami tacked on a run in the fifth and seventh innings, expanding its lead, 6-2. The Rockets offense exploded in the eighth, scoring a handful of runs and taking a 7-6 lead. Three straight singles loaded the bases and a run was scored on a walk. RBI singles came from Hatfield and fourth-year outfielder/catcher AJ Montoya. Fourth-year infielder/catcher Dalton Bollinger hit a sac-fly and second-year catcher Michael Ryan hit into a fielder’s choice. MU scored another pair of runs, split between the eighth and ninth innings, to win the series opener, 8-7. The RedHawks collected 12 hits and an error compared to the Rockets eight hits and three errors. Game 2
After a scoreless first inning, Adolph cranked a home run over the right field wall at the first pitch thrown, giving the Rockets a 1-0 lead. Miami matched the run later in the inning and collected two more in the third, taking a 3-1 lead. UT regained the lead in the sixth with a trio of runs, 4-3. Adolph sprinted out a two-RBI triple, bringing home Hatfield and Servello. Bollinger’s single brought Adolph home in the next at-bat. MU tied the game later in the inning, 4-4, due to a two-out Rocket error. Toledo added a pair of runs the following inning to lead 6-4. Meyers
singled and reached third on an error. Brad Boss, fourth-year fielder, hit a two-run home run over the right field wall. Another pair of runs came in the ninth for the Rockets. Gose bunted and fifth-year catcher Corey Tipton scored. Meyers scored on a wild Redhawk pitch, giving the UT an 8-4 lead. The Rockets held the RedHawks scoreless in the ninth to secure the series-tying, 8-4, victory. Shutes earned his fifth win and second-year right-handed pitcher Austin Calopierto earned his first save. UT collected 11 hits and an error to Miami’s 12 hits and an error. Game 3
Toledo scored a pair of runs, 2-0, in the third after two scoreless innings. Gose scored a Miami error and Boss singled Meyers home. and added another, later in the inning. UT added another two runs in the sixth to regain the lead, 4-3. Adolph doubled, scoring Servello, and Bollinger singled, scoring Adolph. The seventh was just like the sixth for the Rockets. Hatfield crushed a two-RBI double to lead MU, 6-3. Miami responded with a trio of runs to tie the game at six apiece in the eighth inning. In the ninth, the RedHawks tacked on the seventh run to defeat the Rockets, 7-6, and taking the weekend series. The Rockets will take on the Michigan Wolverines (16-11, 3-0 Big Ten) on April 4th, at 4 p.m. in Ann Arbor, Michigan before hosting the Ohio Bobcats (14-12, 3-3 MAC) in a threegame weekend series, April 6-8th. First pitches against the Bobcats are 3 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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Six Rockets qualify for MAC tournament By Justice Sunderland Staff Reporter
The Toledo women’s track and field competed in the Raleigh Relays March 30 and 31; six girls posted times good enough to qualify for the Mid-American Conference tournament at the end of the season. “The team really came ready to compete this weekend and we saw a lot of personal-bests throughout events,” Head Coach Linh Nguyen said following the end of day two. “It’s not a stretch to say they enjoyed the weather.” Third-year sprinter Janice Williams set the tone on day one, finishing second in the 100m dash, setting a personal best and qualifying for the MAC tournament. Fourth-year runner Janelle Noe finished seventh in 1500m, also qualifying for the MAC with a personal best. Fellow fourth-year Petronela
Simiuc finished 11th, about two seconds behind her teammate. She also ran a MAC qualifying time. The Rockets had three runners all set personal best and qualify for the end-of-year tournament in the 3000m steeplechase. Athena Welsh finished fifth, Stephanie Barlow finished tenth and Olivia Chinn finished twelfth. Third-year field athlete Katie Dewey finished in ninth place in the shotput with a personal best of 14.43 meters. Third-year Sally Frank and first-year Chloe Kleespies also set personal best in the shotput, but failed to qualify for the MAC tournament. First-year athlete Karoline Steppin set a personal best in the long jump with 5.77 meters. Steppin also set her personal best in the javelin in day two of competition with a throw of 38.83
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Rockets tied for first place in the MAC By Adam Jacobs Staff Reporter
The Rocket softball team tied for first place in the MAC west after wrapping up a solid week. The Rockets started the week hosting Oakland University on Wednesday, March 28 for a double-header. The Rockets would come out on top in both contests, 1-0 and 2-1. The first match was characterized by defense, with third-year Heather Webb showing out for her tenth win of the season. She included eight strikeouts in the victory as well. Third-year Katie Cozy put down an RBI single for the games only score. The second match against Oakland proved to also be a defensive showcase, with both teams locking down the other. Third-year Kailey Minarchick dominated Oakland in her start for her ninth win of the season. She struck out six batters and only gave up four hits. Cozy and first-year Bekah Yenrick both had RBIs to give the Rockets their two runs. A second set of games during the week for the Rockets came in a three-game series against the Kent State Golden Flashes. The Rockets would go 2 and 1 against Kent State, putting the Rockets in a tie for first place in the MAC west. The first game was not an ideal start to the series for the
Rockets. After falling behind earlier, the Rockets found themselves in a 6-2 hole in the seventh and final inning. The Rockets, however, would rally for four runs in the seventh and send the game to extra innings, ultimately losing in a walk-off finish in the eighth, 7-6. For the Rockets, Cozy and first-year Bailey Curry both had two RBIs, while first-year Kylie Norwood added one. Webb was handed her sixth loss of the season, on the defensive end. The second match between the conference rivals proved to have much better results for the Rockets, as they exploded for 11 runs in an 11-3 victory over Kent. In the offensive explosion, first-years Ebony Garza and Meghan Choate, along with Cozy, all hit home runs, as Minarchick racked up her 10th victory of the season on the mound. On Sunday, both teams faced off in the rubber match. Again, the Rockets prevailed with a score of 6-3. Unlike the second game, the Rockets did not get off easy with this win. The Golden Flashes would claw back from a 3-0 deficit early and tie the game at three. The Rockets, though, would finish strong, aided by solid
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WOMEN’S GOLF
Toledo golf finishes sixth By Jackson Rogers Associate Sports Editor
Over the weekend, UT’s women’s golf team finished in sixth place at Eastern Kentucky University’s Colonel Classic. The Rockets finished in seventh place in the opening round on Friday. The tournament was originally scheduled for 54 holes, but was cut down to 36 holes due to a large amount of rain over the last two days at the par-72, 5,815-yard University Club at Arlington. Western Kentucky led the field of 14 teams after shooting a first-round total of nine-over 297 with Akron in second place at 10-over par. The Rockets were just eight strokes out of the lead after scoring a 17-over par 305. The Hilltoppers’ Mary Joiner
was the individual leader of the day at two-under 70. Third-year Pinyada Kuvanun finished just three shots out of the lead and tied for fourth place at one-over par 73. Second-year Saranlak Tumfong tied for 22nd place at four-over par 76 with third-year Natcha Daengpiem one stroke behind and tied for 29th place at fiveover par 77. Showing up for the Rockets were third-years Hannah Kochendoerfer (79/T-46th) and Pimchanok Kawil (80/T59th). Also competing for UT as individuals were Donchanok Toburint (77/T-29th) and Thunpijja Sukkasem (81/T-62nd). On Saturday, Xavier won the tournament title in a playoff over the host Colonels after the two teams
finished tied for first place on Friday at 19-over 595. Western Kentucky’s Joiner and Akron’s Danielle Nicholson finished tied for medalist honors with Joiner birdieing the first playoff hole to take home the trophy. Second-year Saranlak Tumfong recorded a top 10 finish for Toledo by tying for ninth place at six-over par 150 (76-74). Two more Rockets were within three strokes of Tumfong. The duo of third-years Kuvanun and Daengpiem (73-78) tied for 15th and 28th place, respectively, at seven-over 151 and nine-over par 153. The Rockets will return to action at Bowling Green’s Dolores Black Invitational on Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8.