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Who’s cheating?
WOMENS BASKETBALL
UT researchers use Ashley Madison hack to map out who is more likely to be unfaithful
By Meg Perry Staff Reporter
Have you ever wondered if your significant other was cheating? In today’s day and age, it has become easier than ever to discreetly be unfaithful, especially with the use of the Internet. Ashley Madison, an online infidelity matchmaking service, is one of those resources. However, in July of 2015, the site was anonymously hacked. According to UT Ph.D. student Michael Chohaney, studying spatially integrated social science, and Kimberly Panozzo, who recently graduated UT with a master’s degree from the Department of Geography and Planning, the hackers were able to steal internal documents and private customer records which were then publicly released. This
became the inspiration for their most recent project. The researchers said this project led to their research titled “Infidelity and the Internet: The Geography of Ashley Madison User Ship in the United States” and was recently published in the journal Geographical Review. “We were lab
Chohaney wrote. “Our minds immediately went to the same place—these records have billing addresses, which can be mapped. Our first goal was to map where users live. The next question was, do users cluster? And, if so, why?”
mates and read about the data breach in the news,”
Chohaney’s and Panozzo’s worked as a team to delve into the scandalous data exposed by anonymous hackers from the extramarital website Ashley Madison. They said that they were intrigued by what they could learn from the exposed data. “Kim and I had many theories about how Ashley Madison users were geographically distributed and how user ship spreads from one area to another,” Chohaney wrote. “We were also motivated as geographers to create more accurate user ship maps than the media, which were flawed from including nonpayer accounts.” The researchers reduced the millions of leaked Ashley Madison accounts to 702,309 subscriber profiles with See Cheaters / 4 »
HOLIDAY
UT hosts annual Unity Celebration By Bryce Buyakie Staff Reporter
Students, faculty and members of the Toledo community paid tribute to the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the 16th annual Unity Celebration held in Savage Arena. This year’s theme was “Reconciliation Through Service: Education, Social Justice and Religion,” the three pillars that defined Martin Luther King’s philosophy and movement. The event kicked off at 9 a.m. The keynote speaker, Donzaleigh Abernathy, award-winning actress and daughter of civil rights icon Ralph David Abernathy, spoke at length about
her relationship with Dr. King, the Civil Rights Movement and what is needed to continue his work today. The event featured performances from the University of Toledo’s Gospel Choir, the UT Fire Squad Dance Team, Scott High School’s Marching Band, Toledo School for the Arts and the recognition of the MLK and African American Leadership Council of United Way Scholarship Award recipients and various speakers. “I remembered a man who loved me,” Abernathy began as she described See MLKJ / 4 »
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CAMERON FISK / IC
The Martin Luther King Jr. celebration was highlighted with a speech by Christopher Rowell I, a local pastor.
Standing ‘United’ in Toledo Managing Editor
“We as citizens need to remember our president works for us. Our senators and legislators works for us. But we have to speak with a unified voice of how we want them to carry our voice forward. And if we are silent, they aren’t going to hear us.” This is the point of the Unity March and Celebration being held Friday, Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. at the International Park Gazebo in downtown
“We came together as an agency, somewhere halfway through the election, to really talk about the divisiveness and the nastiness that was starting to come out.” LISA MCDUFFIE President and CEO of YWCA Northwest Ohio
Toledo. The march is a sistermarch to the national Women’s March on Washington happening on Jan. 21. Lisa McDuffie, president
Rockets win against BG SPORTS / 6 »
Women split wins against Buffalo and Northern Illinois By Jackson Rogers
ACTIVISM
By Emily Schnipke
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Second-year center Kaayla McIntyre drives to the basket against NIU forward Kelly Smith.
and CEO of YWCA Northwest Ohio, who is hosting the march in Toledo, said the Unity March was being planned even before Election
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Day, before the country knew who the next president of the United States would be. “We came together as an agency, somewhere halfway through the election, to really talk about the divisiveness and the nastiness that was starting to come out,” McDuffie said. “The comments that were being made about Latinas and AfricanAmericans and women and all of that. That’s what started See March / 5 »
INSIDE
“Post-truth refers to a period when truth has become unimportant or irrelevant, which, unfortunately, is an incredibly apt choice for 2016.” EDITORIAL Living in a post-truth world OPINION / 3 »
This past week, the University of Toledo women’s basketball team beat the University of Buffalo 73-64 on Wednesday and lost to Northern Illinois University 77-73 on Saturday. The two games bring the Rockets’ record to 12-4 on the season. “Well, we feel good knowing that Buffalo hadn’t lost a game at home this season,” head coach Tricia Cullop said. “We also knew, coming into this game, they were going to be hungry. We have a lot of respect for this program and what they’ve done thus far this season, and we knew it was going to be a physical game.” Second-year guard Mikaela Boyd led the Rockets in double figures with 19 points, followed by second-year center Kaayla McIntyre with 15. Boyd also pulled down a contest-best 10 rebounds to post her third career double-double.
“We have a lot of respect for this program and what they’ve done thus far this season, and we knew it was going to be a physical game.” TRICIA CULLOP Women’s Basketball Head Coach
As a team, Toledo shot a respectable 48.1 percent (26-of-54) from the field, including 33.3 percent (3-of-9) from beyond the arc, and 64.3 percent (18-of-24) from the free throw line. UT dominated on the interior, outscoring Buffalo 40-24 in points in the paint. The Rockets also forced 19 turnovers and scored 16 points off of them. “I really think the first quarter’s where we won the game,” Cullop said. “We couldn’t advance the lead, so I’m glad we had a good See Win/Loss / 6 »
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“However, since my younger sister has gotten a phone, I speak to her every single day.”
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EDITORIAL
Living in a post-truth world
It’s Since 2004, the Oxford dictionary has awarded “Word of the Year” to the word that attracted the most interest and importance in the year. This single word gives us a brief synopsis of the year. During the rise of social media in 2009, “unfriend,” got the award and with the continued surge in digital narcissism in 2013, the word “selfie” received that award. In 2016, “post-truth” was awarded the honor. Post-truth refers to a period when truth has become unimportant or irrelevant, which, unfortunately, is an incredibly apt choice for 2016. The year saw a rise of entire movements fueled in large parts by outrages that were later shown to be completely fabricated. Yet it seemed as if those who had been affected by the false stories and reports did not seem to care that they were false. So although it is only 18 days into 2017, this attitude sets a precedent for what we think is a strong frontrunner for Word of the Year 2017: Fake News.
Post-truth refers to a period when truth has become unimportant or irrelevant, which, unfortunately, is an incredibly apt choice for 2016. Fake News is news published despite being fake. Examples include claims that Hillary Clinton had sold weapons to ISIS, that the Pope endorsed Donald Trump for president that Ireland was allowing American refugees into the country who were looking to escape Trump’s presidency. These stories sound absurd, mostly unreasonable and, above all, downright false. Yet, despite all of these factors, people still believed. Buzzfeed reported that the Pope’s endorsement story garnered 960,000 clicks on Facebook and was the most popular story on the social media site three months to election day. The story about Hillary Clinton selling weapons to ISIS alone 789,000 clicks. Fake News gets the same attention as any real article. This makes it hard to distinguish truth from falsehood. The trend is even more troubling when you consider that soon-to-be president of this democracy seem to be its chief architect. Trump’s approach is to label news outlets publishing critical stories about him as fake, and thus to discredit them. Journalism and investigative journalism have always been key aspects of maintaining an informed electorate since the start of this country. Thomas Jefferson said that “wherever the people are well-informed they can be trusted with their own government.” This emphasizes the need for multiple and reliable news outlets in a democracy. The internet age brings with it an overwhelming amount of information, and with that comes a lot of undesirable information. It’s human nature to only want to see things that we like or make us feel safe and comfortable. So instead of taking in all the information, recognizing different opinions and learning to respect them, we choose chauvinism. With the rise in fake news we are not just chauvinistic but also actively seek out and support people whose views on issues are similar to ours, even if those opinions are utterly fabricated. This scheme has been used by many important political figures in 2016, most notably, the president-elect.
OPINION
Technology and children—not always a bad union
JESSICA HARKER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
This past Christmas I was able to spend a week at home in Youngstown, Ohio, with my family. This was a rare opportunity for me, considering I can’t drop everything and make a three-hour drive every weekend. I was especially excited to see everyone while they opened their presents. As the oldest sibling in a divorced family, I have a 19-year-old sister, a 17-year-old brother, a 13-year-old step-sister and a half-sister that’s only 10. When the Big Day arrived, we all gathered around the tree and dove straight into the massive pile of presents in front of us. When the initial carnage was completed and we thought all the presents were gone, my mom pulled out a small box from under her chair and passed it around the room with the instructions, “One last one for Christina.” Christina is my youngest sister, having just turned 10 a few days before Christmas. She ripped quickly through the paper on the box and then started to shriek. It was
My biggest issue about going to Toledo for my college education is that it’s so hard to have my siblings growing up so far away from me.
This reconnection with my sister is something that I didn’t know I needed until I had it. I was always under the impression that technology ruins childhoods, but now I see the wide possibilities it can open up. It can lead to a closeness that was slowly slipping from my grasp. Not only has this been a positive thing for our sibling relationship, it has also allowed my sister to reconnect with family all over the country. Our uncle and his family moved to Pennsylvania a couple of years ago, and it was hard on her because they were all very close. Now she gets to talk to him and her cousins whenever she wants to. But the perks don’t end at mere communication. Now that my sister has a phone, my mother and stepfather have the ability to more closely regulate where she is. They have a family app that allows them to set boundaries for her, as well as receive notifications when she comes to or leaves the house. For a household with two busy, working parents with a very independent little girl, this was a sigh of relief. She’s safer, she’s more connected with her family and she’s happier than ever. A lot of people will still argue that these things don’t outweigh the negative effects of giving children technology like this at such a young age, but I disagree. The main issue always seems to be that they are going to spend all of their time on their phone, that they will turn into
lifeless robots glued to their screens and obsessed with the Internet and social media. Yet, as my sister is more connected than ever before, it seems to be the exact opposite. She spends more time outside, she gets to be with her friends more and my parents feel more comfortable giving her these freedoms because they know she will stay safe.
She’s safer, she’s more connected with her family and she’s happier than ever. I think that the biggest issue is a fear of change, but today’s kids are not the same kids that grew up years ago. They are different, and as time changes we have to keep evolving in how we look at the world. These advancements were not available in earlier years, so to judge a childhood’s worth before and after these things were available is completely worthless. I think we need to reexamine the way we view technology in relationship to childhood and realize that, while too much of a good thing can lead to disaster, writing off all technology as bad actually undermines the positive opportunities for families like mine. Simply, don’t knock it till you’ve actually seen what it can do. Jessica Harker is a third-year communication student and the IC’s Editorin-Chief.
OPINION
What’s inside an atom?
It’s human nature to only want to see things that we like or make us feel safe and comfortable. Trump has called CNN, Washington Post, and the New York Times fake news and untrustworthy. But while doing that he also calls TV and radio shows, like Alex Jones’ Infowars after his electoral victory, to thank them for their support during the elections. Jones is known for his conspiracy theories about both the 9/11 and the Sandy Hook school shooting describing them as hoax and claims that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are demons. Literal demons. The issue is that this attitude is creating a vacuum only to be filled by the stories and news outlets that support him. That attitude alienates all other outlets which he, and the majority of his supporters, consider fake. We wonder how people would react if any other candidate or political figure had used this approach? Would the outcome be different if Hillary was first to report her email scandal to the public? Would people believe her? Or would people believe Nixon if he was the one who reported on Watergate? After all, he did end up to be “not a crook.” Does the storyteller affect the story’s acceptability? With the inauguration Friday also comes another change in America; a new media landscape. Similar to how the internet and social media changed the way news operates, a new president so vehemently against the media will change the way we operate and interpret news. Maybe the fact that this editorial criticizes Trump’s approach will make it lose all credibility among some readers. For others, it may do the opposite. Maybe the Word of the Year won’t be “fake news,” and instead we’ll revert back to the fun, lighthearted internet words, and “dab” will finally get its due. But regardless of what happens, to fight the epidemic of “fake news” and return to a standard of journalistic integrity and facts, we need to learn to accept the facts as they are, respect divergent opinions, and call out organizations that violate journalistic standards regardless of our political leaning.
a brand new iPhone 7. At first I was irritated and kind of jealous. That has a lot to do with me carrying around the iPhone 6 while my sister (who is 10 years younger than me!) gets a brand-new, top-of-the-line phone. But after awhile, my attitude started to change. My biggest issue about going to Toledo for my college education is that it’s so hard to have my siblings growing up so far away from me. I feel like every time I see them , they have changed completely. Especially the younger two siblings, who seem to grow a foot taller every other day. I don’t get to see them on a regular basis because we have such busy lives. However, since my younger sister has gotten a phone, I speak to her every single day. I even get to visually see her, since her new favorite thing is FaceTime. Before, I felt like I was missing everything. Now she calls me simply to say “Hi!”, even when nothing is going on.
SANS BASNET IC COLUMNIST
All building blocks of matter are made up of elementary particles, particles that cannot be sub-divided. They are fundamental. This phenomenon can be explained by the “Standard Model of Particle Physics” or, for science geeks, a gauge quantum field theory. The standard model, therefore, consists of a set of Fermions, Leptons and Bosons. Fermions are divided into two categories; quarks and leptons. There are six quarks altogether. Up, down, charm, strange, top, bottom. And six leptons; electron, muon, tau, electron-neutrino, muon-neutrino, and tau-neutrino. As of now, there are five experimentally verified gauge bosons: photon, gluon, W and Z boson, and the Higgs Boson. Confirmed in 2012, the Higgs Boson gives mass to all other
subatomic particles. In popular culture it is referred to as the ‘God particle.’ Let me attempt to explain the simplest element, a hydrogen atom. A hydrogen has one proton and one electron, very simple. Electron is a part of the “Standard Model,” so it ought to be fundamental. However, proton isn’t. A proton is made up of quarks and gluons. The combination of one up quark and two down quarks makes a proton. Thus, two up and one down makes a neutron. The quarks in a proton are band by gluons. Gluons are force carriers; they mediate strong force between quarks. So three of these quarks exchange strong force via the gluons. The mathematics around this is called ‘Quantum Chromodynamics,’ one of physics’ hardest calculations.
All building blocks of matter are made up of elementary particles... Everything you observe in nature is derived from these quark combinations, including humans. We are made of
mostly proton and neutron, so we can call ourselves baryonic matter. There are four fundamental forces in nature: strong, weak, electromagnetism, and gravitation. Particle physics explains these forces through force carriers. For instance, the strong force is carried by gluons, weak by W and Z bosons, electromagnetic interaction via photon, and experimentally unconfirmed graviton carries gravitational interaction. The “Standard Model” was developed in the last half-century, so it is a fairly recent scientific achievement. In theory, any phenomenon that occurs in nature can be summarized with the complex mathematics of the standard model, other than gravity. The story goes in the very beginning when the universe
was in the hot and dense state. Shortly after the Big Bang, the four forces of nature were combined into one unified force. Once the universe expanded and cooled down, gravity was first separated. Physicists have managed to combine the three of these four forces in the standard model, but gravity seems to be the hard one. Gravitation is prominent in astronomical objects while the physics of small is explained by quantum mechanics. The problem is how to combine these two fields into one beautiful Theory of Everything? We will not go deeper into that because it deserves its own article. Sans Basnet is a secondyear student studying Physics and Mathematics. Email questions to basnet@physics.org or tweet @SansBasnet.
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usable billing addresses. They also eliminated inactive or duplicate accounts and focused on men who paid for the website’s services. According to the researchers’ findings, the Fairfield area in Connecticut led the nation in Ashley Madison subscriptions followed by the metropolitan areas of Boulder, Colorado; Jacksonville, North Carolina and Manchester, New Hampshire. The researchers’ map indicates the Cleveland area and Ohio’s southwest corner have higher subscription rates than our local region, and that the lowest subscription rates were in poor Appalachian and southern locations, reinforcing the researchers’ conclusion that wealth is linked to Ashley Madison user ship. Chohaney explains they were surprised that factors affecting infidelity such as income, male breadwinning and population found at an individual level also held true for entire metropolitan areas. They found that, on average, wealthier, younger, employed, typically non-religious men were more likely to spend their money on the
PUZZLES THEME: SUPER BOWL
ACROSS 1. Chewing noise 6. Unit of work or energy 9. Alternative to knit stitch 13. Flu symptom 14. “We will, we will rock ___” 15. The color of some old photos 16. Crème de la ____ 17. Pilot’s estimate 18. Often-missed humor 19. *Team that’s never been in Super Bowl 21. *Team with most appearances but no wins 23. Articulate 24. *Washington’s Super Bowl MVP, ____ Rypien 25. Protestant denom. 28. Uncontrollable anger 30. Lung pouch
Last week’s solution:
extramarital services. “This is the only academic geography article we know of that collects, processes and analyzes publicly available data originally stolen and released by Internet hackers,” Chohaney said in a previous interview with UT News. “Due to ethics concerns, we handled the Ashley Madison user account information with the utmost respect for personal security and privacy. No individual user identities or locations can be derived from our work.”
“This is the only academic geography article we know of that collects, processes and analyzes publicly available data originally stolen and released by Internet hackers. Due to ethics concerns...” MICHAEL COHANEY UT Ph.D Student
35. a.k.a. The Islamic State 37. Tibetan monk 39. “Semper Fidelis” to U.S. Marines, e.g. 40. *Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl MVP, ____ Swann 41. Jerry Maguire, e.g. 43. “For” in Spanish 44. Reduce pressure 46. Those not in favor 47. Larger-than-life 48. Seabiscuit’s house 50. Big top 52. “Fat chance!” 53. “The Sun ____ Rises” 55. Horse poker 57. *Companies pay big for it on Super Bowl night 61. *One of 4 teams with no appearances 64. Sad face 65. Girls’ night out, in text 67. Shipping box 69. R2-D2, e.g. 70. Container for ashes 71. Remove location from IMap 72. Singles 73. Bird-to-be 74. Boris Godunov and Nicholas Romanov DOWN 1. Chlorofluorocarbon 2. *____ Adderley, appeared in 4 of first 6 Super Bowls 3. Last word on walkie-talkie 4. Advisories or reminders 5. Antebellum 6. Windows to the soul? 7. Decompose 8. Exotic jelly flavor 9. ____wig or ____winkle 10. Second word in a fairytale? 11. *”The ____ is the thing” 12. Big name in chips 15. Former Himalayan kingdom 20. African antelope 22. Part of investment portfolio, acr. 24. Reminder of past 25. *Suffered 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses 26. Heretofore 27. Santa Maria’s companion 29. *She’s a Lady 31. Tug-of-War prop 32. Locker room infection? 33. Courtyards 34. *Vince Lombardi, e.g. 36. Give the cold shoulder 38. Casino chip 42. Hint of color 45. Lamentation 49. Freddy Krueger’s street 51. Popular political promise 54. Smooth transition 56. Mends a sock 57. ‘70s hairdo 58. European “curtain” 59. Justice’s garb 60. Deuces 61. Chinatown gang 62. Wine country 63. Recipe command 66. *____ Stadium in Houston 68. Lt.’s subordinate
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her life with Dr. King, “a man who knew me in my mother’s womb. Who was there when I was a baby and when I learned to talk. He was there that Sunday morning when he lifted me up before God and blessed me as a baby. He kissed me and he stood there as my godfather. He was there when I learned to walk and swim.” During her talk, she described King as a courageous man who overcame his fears, but who would not have been able to become the man he was without the people he surrounded himself with. When Rosa Parks was arrested, Ralph Abernathy convinced King to join him in the bus boycott and become head of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Organization. This ushered in the Civil Rights Movement that would lead to the March from Selma to Montgomery and his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Abernathy said that just
like her “Uncle Martin,” she too has a dream. “We will all come together and we will be the America for all. Not the America for the some. Not the America for the rich, but the America for the poor, for the middle class, for the disenfranchised, for the handicapped, for the
others who are different. She said that only through understanding can we have a just and peaceful world. “I wanted to understand everyone’s plight in the US,” said Michael Jones, a fourth-year criminal justice major, about why he attended the event. “Today is
“We will all come together and we will be the America for all. Not the America for the some... ” DONZALEIGH ABERNATHY Keynote Speaker
gay, for the women, for the blacks, for all of America,” she said during her speech. We can do this, Donzaleigh explained, through nonviolent protests and demonstrations, because violence cannot bring about a peaceful society. Her father once told her that no one sits down at a table to understand each other, and that is why people hate and fear
“...Not the America for the rich, but the America for the poor, for the middle class, for the disenfranchised, for the handicapped, for the gay, for the women, for the blacks, for all of America.” DONZALEIGH ABERNATHY Keynote Speaker
a day to come together with all people of all races and ethnicities.” Along with Abernathy, Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur spoke at the event. Each talked about their uncertainty of the future of this country, adding that only a united community can preserve the legacy and actions of King and his movement. “I wanted to see more people come out to see the better side of humanity,” said Bryanna Hardy, a fourth-year recreational therapy major who attended the event. “I learned a lot and enjoyed getting the perspective of someone who knew Martin Luther King personally.”
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COPE is a training exercise that offers participants a glimpse into the lives of low-income individuals and families living in our community. It is a look into the obstacles that are faced, the decisions that are made, and the consequences that impact these families every day. The event will be held in the Student Union, room 2592. Climate Change Disruption: How Do We Know? What Can We Do? Thursday, Jan. 19 7 p.m.
The University of Toledo is hosting this event to discuss the topic of climate change. Andy Jorgensen, associate professor of chemistry and environmental sciences at UT will lead this discussion as part of the Lake Erie Center Public Lecture Series. The free event is open to the public and will be held at the UT Lake Erie Center. People who attend the event will be able to ask questions and share opinions. Participants also will be encouraged to share their views using a “clicker” or personal response device to compare their replies to those of more than 3,000 members of Jorgensen’s previous audiences. School of Interdisciplinary Studies Showcase
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Experiencing your own diversity By Areeba Shah Staff Reporter
This Saturday, the University of Toledo invites students and community members to experience their own diversity in a whole new way at the annual Winter scholarship Gala. The gala will be hosted by the Filipino American Association (FAA), Jan. 21 at 4:30 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium and is free to the public. The FAA is a student organization at the University of Toledo that promotes Filipino culture on campus. The gala’s purpose is to provide three scholarships worth $500 each to deserving members of FAA. The committee will choose three recipients from a pool of over 20 applicants whom they think have the most potential to become future leaders not just in FAA but leaders in life. The three chosen recipients will be announced during the gala. Since this will be the first year that more than one member is being awarded a scholarship, FAA will not only be celebrating the winners but also how far they have come as an organization. Shirley Yee, secretary of FAA, said the gala will include everything from cultural performances to authentic Filipino food. “The gala will provide a lovely family-like environment for students to experience,” Yee said. Yee encourages community members to come out and attend
the event to experience the culture through its food, performances and overall atmosphere. Performances will also be held by outside members from other schools such as Wayne State and the University of Illinois. The performances will include singing, dancing, and a piano-violin duet. While the cultural aspect of the organization will be evident, the focus of the event will be to
“When we teach them things about our culture, they give back and teach us things about their culture. It’s like one big melting pot, you know.” LAUREN BAHONSUA Second-year Pre-Pharmacy major
showcase the individual talents that the members have to offer. For this reason, the Gala is more of a student-driven event organized by all members of FAA. “They have the opportunity to display their own talents and do what they want to see done on stage,” said Lauren Bahonsua, a second year pre-pharmacy major. Bahonsua, the event coordinator for the evening, will also have her own performance at the gala.
Alongside Lauren Deza, a UT alumni who graduated just last year, Bahonsua will sing the Filipino national anthem. From choreographing dances to planning events, Bahonsua has come a long way. Since joining the organization last year, she has made new friends and is currently living with two members. Bahonsua explained that the organization is very diverse within itself. “You don’t have to be a Filipino to join the association. The executive board itself only has three people who are actually Filipino,” she said. “There are two Caucasians and a treasurer who’s Korean.” Being a diverse organization, the FAA is constantly educating new members who have no knowledge of the Filipino culture at all. “They even give back to us,” Bahonsua said. “When we teach them things about our culture, they give back and teach us things about their culture. It’s like one big melting pot, you know.” Performer Grace Garcia is also very excited to celebrate the growth of the organization. The first year pharmacy student will be performing a medley and modern hip-hop dance along with members Alex Nomichit, Laura Deza, Kayla Gray, Mikey Pasztor, Ralph Palad
and Aileen Mendoza. Garcia has been rehearsing since November and said she is thrilled to have the opportunity to perform since she loves to dance. “It’s going to be a great show,” Garcia said. “Not only will you learn about the Filipino culture but also about UT in general.” Garcia says that she is happy she got the chance to “experience her diversity” and encourages other UT students to attend the event and experience their own diversity as well.
Thursday, Jan. 19 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. A number of professors will be speaking throughout the day at Libbey Hall. One such professor, Renee Heberle will present on different approaches to understanding current conditions in US prisons. She will suggest several ways we can move toward a more just approach to repairing the harms we inflict upon one another. LEGO & Construction: Build Every Day Saturday, Jan. 21 10 – 4 p.m. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education is important, but have you ever wondered what careers actually use STEM each day? Imagination Station and the Associated General Contractors of Northwest Ohio are partnering to bring representatives from local trade associations and businesses to the science center to show off how they use STEM every day utilizing fun, hands-on activities and LEGO bricks. Cancer Awareness Night Saturday, Jan. 21 3:30 – 6 p.m. The University of Toledo hockey team will be hosting a cancer awareness game at the Ice House. The boys will be wearing special jerseys for the event and a few jerseys will be auctioned off during the game. Don’t forget to wear your pink and show your support! Teach a Pottery Class The Mayores Senior Center is in need of a someone willing to teach a pottery class to seniors. The position is open to anyone and everyone willing to give some time to these wonderful seniors. Schedule is flexible to to fit your lifestyle and course work. Funding is available and they have their own kiln. Questions? Call Miles Hagner: 937-974-4582.
March
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our agency to saying, ‘Post-election, we need to bring the community together.’” At the time that the YWCA started to plan their march, polls nationwide showed the 2016 democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as the favored frontrunner. McDuffie said many believed she was going to win. “Even if she would have been president, we still would’ve been having a march,” McDuffie said. “From that perspective, we were that sold on the need to bring like-minded individuals that have common interests together to carry one voice and one message that we care about our fellow citizens.” The theme of ‘unity’ stems from events occurring in other communities, including hate crimes against Latinas, women, Muslim Americans and African-Americans. The YWCA wanted to show that those things are not acceptable in Toledo, Ohio. “And it was like, ‘Why are we back to that?’,” McDuffie said. “I’m young enough where luckily I didn’t see things like that. But I’m a historian enough where I’ve watched enough to see where it used to be and I feel like that was being reintroduced into our culture and into making it almost acceptable to treat people incorrectly.” McDuffie said for her personally, she first started to feel the call to action when President-elect Donald Trump made his first comment about ‘building a wall.’ “Our mouths fell open and we scratched our heads and said, ‘Did he really just say that?’,” McDuffie said. “We said that quietly, we said that in safe circles, but many of us didn’t say it outwardly. And then there were comments made about Muslims and comments made about African-Amer-
icans. And so far you have those small subsets, folks that were scratching their heads going, ‘Wait a minute, how dare he?’” Marchers attending the Unity March will be coming out for a variety of different reasons. For some, President-elect Donald Trump isn’t the candidate they wanted. For others, they want to stand up for legislation that may now be at risk. To McDuffie, those reasons all fall into their common interest to support one another.
“This march is meant to bring everyone in the community together and to help us brace ourselves for the next four years.” LILY OSTRANDER Third-year Pharmacy major
“Now it’s time, clearly, that all those groups come together because an attack on one is an attack on all,” McDuffie said. Lily Ostrander, a third-year pharmacy major at the University of Toledo and a part of the planning committee, said that the march will be a great way to bring together different community members in one place. “During the past election season, a lot of people felt isolated or divided among party lines or viewpoints,” Ostrander said. “This march is meant to bring everyone in the community together and to help us brace ourselves for the next four years. Unity means sticking together and supporting our neighbors, even if we might disagree. The divisions we create among ourselves will only serve as diversions from the real problem.” Ostrander said that the theme of ‘unity’ speaks to the community to keep them united as the next presidency begins. “I want to be involved in this march because I think it’s a great statement to march on Inauguration Day and acknowledge that we, as a community, cannot be divided by hate and we will not tolerate it to any degree,” Ostrander said. “And it’s funny, because I’m not originally from Toledo, but I have lived here for the past few years and I’ve fallen in love with this city and the people within it.” For more information about the march, visit the event Facebook page, YWCA Unity Event.
ART
CAP and Canvas
By Anna Glore Staff Reporter
If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at painting but didn’t really know where to start, now’s your chance to try something new and create your own work of art. The University of Toledo’s Campus Activities and Programming is hosting ‘CAP and Canvas’ on Jan. 19. The event is an art class led by an instructor who will guide participants in creating their own painting. Megan McCormick, CAP’s director of arts and culture, said that the theme will be ‘outer space,’ and a rocket will be incorporated into the painting as well to show some Rocket pride. “I learned quickly what types of tools and utensils were needed in order to pull off a seemingly simple painting,” McCormick said. “After talking with our artist, we decided that an ‘outer space/ Rock-
ets’ theme would be most appealing to students and community members of all ages, and so it began.”
Brandi Avery, vice president of programming and finance for CAP, said that she will be serving as a supervisor for the event to ensure things run smoothly and to help when need be. “We chose this event because a lot of college age students seem to be interested in the Wine and Canvas companies who charge upwards of $30, so we wanted to bring it to students for free,” Avery said. Unlike the typical wine and canvas events, there will be pop and juice served instead of the alcoholic beverages. McCormick said events like these are important because they provide students with a safe, healthy way to socialize with current friends and make new ones. “An event such as this is important to bring to UT’s campus because it gives students an oppor-tunity to try new things or test their current skills, express themselves creatively and keep an open mind for the arts,” McCormick said. Avery said that in addition to this being a unique event for students to partake in, it also can serve as a stress reliever.
If you go What: CAP and Canvas Where:Student Union Auditorium When: 7 - 9:30 p.m. Cost: Free
“School can be very stressful for students, and allowing fun free events gives students time to have fun, meet new people and enjoy new things they may have never done before,” Avery said. “It also gives whoever attends a nice picture to hang in their dorm or apartment.” The event will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. All students and community members are invited to come free of charge; however, only the first 100 people will be able to participate.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Rockets fall to Central Michigan University, redeem themselves in win against rival Bowling Green Falcons By Justice Sunderland Staff Reporter
The University of Toledo men’s basketball team rallied from a 14-point deficit but ultimately fell short at Central Michigan on Saturday 96-88. Toledo is now 9-8 (2-2 MAC) on the season and CMU stands at 11-6 (1-3 MAC). “We had some great looks. They hit a couple of tough shots and gained some confidence,” said head coach Tod Kowalczyk. “We had opportunities in the second half; I’m disappointed with the loss but happy with our heart.” Fourth-year guard Jonathan Williams led UT as he recorded a career-high 30 points. Fellow fourth-year players Steve Taylor Jr. and Jordan Lauf pitched in with 20 and 13 points, respectively. Taylor Jr. tallied 16 rebounds, marking his conference-best 13th double-double of the season. Second-year guard Jaelen Sanford added 18 points and six rebounds. However, CMU controlled the rebounding department 44-37. The Chippewas were led by fourth-year guard Braylon Rayson with 28 points as third-year guard Marcus Keene added 20 points. “It’s hard to win in this conference,” Kowalczyk said. “We didn’t make a couple shots in the first half and that hurt us, and I think there was some loose balls we should’ve gotten.” CMU started the game off right on an 11-0 run, forcing an early timeout by the Rockets. After the timeout, UT responded as a Sanford jumper cut the lead to 17-16. On the next possession, Rayson knocked a three-pointer, which sparked an 11-2 CMU run. Toledo couldn’t get anything going and called another timeout with just under four minutes remaining in the half, trailing 28-18. The timeout didn’t do much for UT as their deficit grew to as big as 14. But Lauf converted an and-1 off a nice dime by Taylor Jr. to cut CMU’s halftime lead to 45-35. Toledo made their move about four minutes into the second half with consecutive threes by Sanford, Lauf and Williams to cut the lead to four. UT continued to push forward, forcing a Chippewas timeout with 11:21 remaining. Toledo’s offense was effective, but they couldn’t get enough stops on the defensive end to significantly cut into the lead.
“We had opportunities in the second half; I’m disappointed with the loss but happy with our heart.” TOD KOWALCZYK Men’s Basketball Head Coach
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start to the game and I’m glad we kept our composure when they made their runs.” The Rocket defense held the Bulls in check offensively, holding them to only 36.1 percent (22-of61) from the floor, including 20.0 percent (4-of-20) from three-point land. Offensively, Toledo relied on seven points each from Woody and McIntyre to claim a 20-9 advantage at the end of the first quarter. The Rocket duo combined to score the final eight points of the period to give the visitors a lead they would not relinquish. The Bulls came out in the opening minutes of the second period and received a pair of layups from Smith to trim the margin to 23-16, forcing UT to call a timeout at the 6:41 mark. UT settled down and traded baskets with UB over the next threeplus minutes to bring back momentum. The Rockets then ended the half with a 13-7 run, finishing the half with a 40-30 lead. The Rockets blasted out of the break and benefited from three big baskets by first-year forward Sara Rokkanen to increase their lead to a game-high 17 points, 55-38, with 4:08 remaining in the third period. Rokkanen converted a jumper, a layup and a three-point field goal to give UT a 17-point cushion. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they let Buffalo rattle off nine of the next 11 points to cut the margin to 10 points, 57-47, at the 7:40 mark in the fourth period. McIntyre helped the Rockets answer with back-to-back field goals to make the score 63-48 with 4:08 left in regulation. The Bulls pulled within nine points late, but UT sealed the victory by scoring its final 10 points at the charity stripe to secure the impressive 11-point road triumph. Against NIU, fourth-year forward Janice Monakana paced the Rockets with season highs in points (21) and rebounds (11) to post her first double-double of the season and sixth in her collegiate career. The 2015-16 honorable mention All-MAC selection returned to the playing rotation after missing the
“We wanted to make it hard on their guards. Keene scored 20, but he shot one of eight from three, so we made it hard on them, just not hard enough,” Kowalczyk said. Sanford knocked down two free throws to cut the lead to 60-58, but that was the closest the Rockets got. First-year guard David DiLeo and Rayson knocked down back to back threes to put CMU up eight with 8:18 remaining. Toledo cut it as close five on two separate occasions, but Central Michigan answered with big buckets every time to prevent UT from gaining any momentum on the road. “They aren’t going to quit; the heart was there tonight,” Kowalczyk said about his team’s effort. The Chippewas controlled the ball and the clock for the rest of the game, taking the game 96-88 and earning their first victory in the MidAmerican Conference. The midnight blue and gold return to the court Saturday, Jan. 21 as they RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC travel to Kent to take on Fourth-year guard Jonathan Williams drives to the hoop in the second half of the men’s basketball game against Bowling Green State University. the Golden Flashes. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. The Rockets controlled the game early building a lead as big The Rockets also deas nine. BGSU battled back with about four minutes left in feated Bowling Green in the Battle of I-75 on Tuesday 85the first half. UT responded with explosive offense and took a 73. UT controlled the entire game. The Falcons did make 43-32 lead at halftime. a run in the second half, but Toledo shut the door. Toledo’s lead only grew in the second half. Things were UT’s offense was led by second-year forward Nate Naviunder control until about the five minute mark when the gato with 22 points on six three-pointers, five rebounds Falcons attempted to make it a game cutting the lead to as low and seven assists. Fourth-year guard Jonathan Williams as nine, but the Rockets continued to be effective offense and also added 20 points. won their third game in MAC play.
last three games with a left shin injury. As a team, UT shot 38.9 percent (28-of72) from the field, including 21.7 percent (5-of23) from threepoint range, and 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the free throw line. Northern Illinois scored the game’s first seven points and led 21-13 at the end of the first period. The Rockets settled down nicely following the rough opening RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC 10 minutes Women’s basketball head coach Tricia Cullop argues with a and actureferee during their game against Northern Illinois Jan. 17. ally outscored the momentum into the Rockets’ favor. Huskies in each of the final three UT continued to chip away at the quarters, but they dug themselves deficit and utilized an 11-2 burst too big of an early hole to pull off to come all the way back and knot the come-from-behind victory. the score at 64-64 with 7:54 left UT’s deficit grew to as many as in regulation. Third-year guard 17 points, 39-22, in the second Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott capped the stanza before it went on a 12-0 run rally with six points to tie the game to make the score 40-36 with 9:35 The squads then exchanged remaining in the third. The Midpoints over the next four-plus minnight Blue & Gold tallied the final utes until NIU’s Glenn converted an nine points before intermission and offensive putback at the 3:07 mark the first three after the break to to give the visitors an advantage trim the margin to only four points. they would not give up. Monakana sparked the rally with The Rockets will be back in acseven points to bring the home tion against Ohio (12-4, 3-2 MAC) team to its feet and forced Northern on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The openIllinois to burn an early timeout in ing tip versus the Bobcats is slated the third quarter. The 2016-17 team for 7:00 p.m. in Savage Arena and captain converted a pair of layups will be streamed live on ESPN3. and drilled a triple to swing the
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Rockets swim team takes on Akron Zips By Sam Williams Sports Editor
The University of Toledo swimming team took on the reigning Mid-American Conference Champions University of Akron at home last Saturday as they looked to salvage the rough start to their season. The Rockets have dropped all of their matches thus far and finished fifth at the Zippy invite. The Rockets dropped their match to Akron 175-87 despite great swimming from the team. Third-year swimmer Maggie Hack set a team-best time for the season in the 1,000-meter freestyle. She finished in second place with a time of 10:41.58. Close behind her was fourth-year athlete Rachael Hester, who finished in third place with a personal season-best time of 10:41.88. Also competing in the 1,000-meter freestyle was first-year swimmer Corinne Harris who finished with a new personal record time of 11:04.06. In the 200-meter freestyle event, first-year swimmer Izzy Jones finished with her second victory of the season with a time of 1:53.13. Jones followed up her finish in the 200 freestyle with a second place finish in the 200-meter backstroke event. Third-year swimmer Emily Frederick also participated in the 200-meter freestyle event, and posted a career best time of 1:59.25. Third-year swimmer Jessica Avery grabbed the Rockets nine points in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.41, her best time of the season. First-year swimmer Bec Welke finished closely behind Avery with a time of 1:05.67. Avery managed to grab another victory later in the meet, when she finished first in the 200-meter breaststroke. She finished with a season-best time of 2:20.34. First-year athlete Duda Sales continued to improve in the 200meter fly competition. Sales finished with a time of 2:07.27, which is five seconds faster than her previous best time in the event. This match against Akron is only her second ever Collegiate meet. On the opposing side of things, Akron’s swim team managed to grab 11 first place finishes out of the 14 events, and second-year Akron athlete Sadie Fazekas snagged a pool record in the 100-meter butterfly. The Zips also had two events where they finished in all of the top three positions, the 100-meter backstroke and the 100-meter freestyle. The Rockets are focused on grabbing their first victory next Sunday, Jan. 22, when they take on MAC foes Miami University at 1 p.m.