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New Ohio bill proposing textbook fee raises concerns By Maryam Jawaid Staff Reporter
Paying tuition is a looming concern for most, if not all, college students. An increasing number of students are obligated to take out student loans to fulfill their tuition requirements each year. It is for this reason that the new bill being proposed for Ohio schools to increase tuition by charging a textbook fee has been questioned among University of Toledo students. “For the 2018-2019 academic year, the board of trustees of state institutions of higher education shall provide textbooks to all undergraduate students as a mandatory service,” the bill, H.B. 49, states. In accordance with the bill, the board of trustees of UT may charge a textbook fee of up to $300 for a full-time undergraduate student. “Essentially, the bill will put the responsibility of purchasing textbooks on the institutions,” said Student Government President Amal Mohamed. “Tuition will go up by approximately $300 a semester, but all textbooks will be provided to students.” The bill states that the textbook fee will cover any instructional tools, such as bound and electronic textbooks and software, used specifically for curricular content instruction in a course. According to Mohamed, Stu-
dent Government is assembling a task force of senators that will visit various student organizations and classes to educate them on the bill. Once students understand how it will affect them and the university, they will make an educated vote.
“Tuition will go up by approximately $300 a semester, but all textbooks will be provided to students.” AMAL MOHAMED Student Government President
Mohamed, fourth-year biology and psychology major, stressed that Student Government aims to assess the opinion of UT students on the subject. “We are introducing a referendum that will be made public in the upcoming weeks, in which any student at UT can vote for how they feel about the bill,” said Mohamed. However, the Finance Committee on Higher Education will have the final say on imposing the fee, Mohamed said. While the effects of the bill will be felt by all students, the benefit could vary according to major. “It depends on your major, what
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First-year nursing students Meghan Darnell (left) and Madison Graham (right) sit together March 21 to study for their Anatomy and Physiology I lab.
year you’re in and how much you use textbooks,” said Judy Daboul,
third-year biology pre-med major. “Our library itself has a lot of text-
“We are introducing a referendum that will be made public in the upcoming weeks, in which any student at UT can vote for how they feel about the bill.” AMAL MOHAMED Student Government President
books that you can use.” Daboul elaborated that, while science majors may spend around $300 on textbooks during their first year, the cost for other majors, such as English, is usually far less. Furthermore, several alternatives exist for students, such as purchasing cheap books from Amazon, borrowing from the See Textbooks / 4 »
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University of Toledo harnesses solar power for sustainability By Benjamin Morse Staff Reporter
Every student has faced the dilemma of sitting on campus somewhere, studying in a beautiful green space, only to be forced inside to charge their electronics. But with the help of the Student Green Fund, that won’t be an issue any longer. The University of Toledo community can now use the sun’s energy to power up their electronics outside. In spring of 2016, second-year UT student Julia Button wrote a proposal to the UT Student Green Fund for exterior tables with solar panel-equipped umbrellas that harnesses the sun’s energy into attached ports. These ports can then be used by students to charge whatever electronic devices need power when they are outdoors. Installed last semester and currently ready to use, the solar panel tables sit outside the Student Union, near the Engineering Campus and on the Health Science Campus. Director of Energy Management, Michael Green, said he understands the benefits of bringing environmentally friendly ideas to fruition. “It’s a loving, kind, sustainable change,” Green said. “It’s going to have a good, social, positive impact for students.” According to Green, students may plug in their devices or utilize an absorbable energy charg-
ing pad, all while interacting in an outside environment. Campusgoers have already begun reaping the benefits of the recently constructed tables. First-year student Emily Mahoney said she utilizes the
charging station for both means of convenience and interaction. “It’s a refreshing addition to campus,” Mahoney said. “I was
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Students line up during the lunch rush March 21 at Agave in the Lance Thompson Student Union.
Tapingo comes to UT By Emily Lorton Staff Reporter
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A solar-powered table sits outside of the Lance Thompson Student Union. It is available for students to use to charge their electronics.
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Just walking through the Student Union during lunchtime can be a struggle due to long lines weaving throughout the whole building. However, thanks to the University of Toledo’s decision to implement a new app called “Tapingo,” dining lines have the potential to become a lot shorter and speedier. Tapingo is an app that will allow students to preorder their food from certain locations on campus. After working on implementing the app for several months, it went live Monday, March 20 for UT campus. Gary Casteel, operations director for UT’s dining and hospitality services, said Tapingo will improve the speed of service, cut down wait time, allow personal order customization and save previous orders so that reordering is a breeze.
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“The safety of our students is my very first priority, and we want to do all we can to help eliminate these occurrences.”
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR “Unreported sexual assault is still sexual assault” OPINION / 3 »
“It will speed up the payment process in our retail locations, but most of the advantage goes towards the guests’ experience,” he said. Tapingo can be used to order food at Croutonz, Agave, Java City, Subway and Starbucks, but Casteel said that other locations may be added in the future. “It’s awesome this app works for most places on campus, but it would be even more convenient if they could somehow make this work for the dining halls,” said Trevor Daniels, second-year mechanical engineering student. Taylor Burchfield, first-year communication major, said this app will help students who have a small window to grab lunch between classes. “This app is a game-changer because that Subway line is not a joke,” said Justus Maveal, secondSee Service / 4 »
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EDITORIAL
EPA budget cuts will affect Toledo
A leaked draft of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 budget proposal indicates that the Trump administration intends to suggest cutting the program from $300 million annually to $10 million. It would be part of an effort to slash $2 billion from the agency and reduce its workforce by 3,000 employees. Cutting down that far is sure to cause some sort of backlash. But from where? At our own university and in our own community. The plan is to cut the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that was launched in 2010. This would “essentially stop restoration efforts in their tracks in states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio,” as said by Chad Lord of the Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition to Cleveland.com. The program’s action plan identifies four major focus areas: cleaning up the Great Lakes’ areas of concern, preventing and controlling invasive species, reducing nutrient runoff that contributes to harmful/nuisance algal blooms and restoring habitats to protect native species.
Cutting down that far is sure to cause some sort of backlash. But from where? This program is helping to research a serious issue that plagues our area. It wasn’t too long ago that Toledo had its very own water crisis. Algae took over our water. Citizens were warned not to drink the water and even to avoid using it all at one point. For several of our editorial staff, arriving
in Toledo for our first semester just as the algal bloom affected people was disconcerting. Money from the initiative supports programs to fight algal blooms that have threatened drinking water in Toledo, protecting marshes along the lakes and cleaning up pollution in rivers that drain into the lakes.
This program is helping to research a serious issue that plagues our area. It’s disheartening that people feel unsafe in drinking their own water. Flint, Michigan has been dealing with their own water crisis for over three years. Their situation deals with the contamination of their source of water supply with lead from corrosive pipes. The EPA just gave Flint $100 million for water-crisis recovery. The EPA is so very important to many in the United States. It’s hard for us to imagine a worse time for the president’s administration to abandon efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes. Another algal bloom could happen. Flint is still struggling with obtaining clean water. There is still so much left to be done, and there is so much we can do to help. There are many protests across the country against the Trump administration’s proposed policies. A March for Science is planned for Toledo. Check out their Facebook page for event details. Find your local district representative and start calling, emailing or even visiting their office.
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Which is better — doctor or pharmacist? Parents only want the best for their children. They want to see them grow up, succeed, get married and, maybe, have a couple kids of their own. All parents want their kids to have the best life, not to fall victim to the same mistakes they made and to be the best kind of person. No one wishes anything less for their children. Perhaps that’s why we have all been told by our parents at least once in our lives to go into the medical field. Yup, this definitely brings back some childhood memories. Oftentimes when we think of the medical field, doctors are the first thing that pop into our minds. What most people don’t think about is that pharmacists are doctors too. In fact, doctors and pharmacists work together daily. Being an aspiring medical doctor that works in a pharmacy, I know this this for a fact. But which job is better? Which job will help
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people the most? There are many conflicting opinions regarding the importance of pharmacists versus medical doctors. As someone who’s had a taste of both, I feel I can give some strong points of either profession. Going to medical school has always been my dream, and I can’t imagine doing anything else. Doctors treat and diagnose patients, whether they are working in the hospital or on vacation with friends. A person doesn’t have to walk through office doors to be helped. Doctors can help anyone,
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Rejoinder: Unreported sexual assault is still sexual assault Dear Editor, On behalf of Jeff Newton, UT’s chief of police, and Donald Kamm, director of our Title IX office, I want to express our deep concern about the views expressed in the letter that appeared in last week’s edition of your paper about unreported sexual assaults at UT. As I have stated in a previous communication to our students, sexual assault is never acceptable. We found the stories reported to be terribly disturbing, both because of the impact the assaults had on the women who told their stories, and also because of the perception of the University’s response to some of the incidents. We take every report of
As I have stated in a previous communication to our students, sexual assault is never acceptable.
sexual assault very seriously at the University. Members of our UT police department are trained to be sensitive to victims of assault and to provide as much support as possible to someone reporting a sexual assault.
We take every report of sexual assault very seriously at the University. After reading the letter, our police chief personally reviewed all records to see if he could determine what may have transpired to have left the victim feeling so disillusioned. He could not find anything in his records that indicated a victim was treated improperly, but we realize that if a victim remembers her experience with the police in a negative way, perception is reality. We are so very sorry that she had that experience. Our Title IX office also reviewed the case in which the victim felt the Univer-
sity failed to listen when she indicated she did not want to be contacted. The role of our Title IX office is to protect the rights of all students. We have policies in place that attempt to ensure all reported cases are investigated, even when a victim no longer wants to participate. This is done in the interest of protecting the safety of the victim, as well as others at the University. We are sorry that the student felt further violated by our attempts to learn the truth. We feel strongly that the information you provided warrants more than a letter from us. In the next weeks, I will be convening a discussion with my senior leaders to discuss additional ways to address this problem. The safety of our students is my very first priority, and we want to do all we can to help eliminate these occurrences. UT created the Center for Student Advocacy and Wellness last year to strengthen our efforts to prevent sexual violence and help survivors. We have hired a full-time, dedicated counselor and victim advocate funded by
the center. These efforts complement the support services provided by the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program already happening at the counseling center and through our partner, the Hope Center. We are making progress, but it’s never fast enough. Any student, faculty or staff member can receive immediate assistance or have questions answered by calling 419-530-3431 (24 hours a day).
We feel strongly that the information you provided warrants more than a letter from us. If anyone has ideas as to what else we can do to address this very serious problem, please encourage them to reach out to me at UTpresident@utoledo.edu. Sincerely, Sharon L. Gaber, Ph.D. President.
OPINION
The deception of the melting pot When I started school, I was taught that America was a melting pot. My teachers emphasized the words on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Emma Lazarus’ words were a promise that I believed in. As the eldest child of immigrants, a lot of things about this country were hard to understand. Phrases and foods were difficult to get used to. The first time we saw the word “ski” appear in homework, it caused a lot of confusion. The children in my kindergarten class would tell me I was “too dark” to play with their dolls. They were genuinely surprised that I lacked the “scent” that their grandmothers told them a black person would have. My parents and I learned together what these insults meant. To be sure, these were clear signs that I was not an American, and my parents tried to tell me as much. But I was a child and I didn’t let that tarnish my vision of the “melting pot” I was told we live in. Even though I experienced the racial divide through countless microaggressions in the years following, like people asking if I wash my hair or if either my toothpaste or soap were, in fact, black. It wasn’t until my high school freshman social studies class that I knew for sure that the “we’re a land of immigrants,” “everyone is equal,” was pure indoctrination. The teacher asked us what we thought was a simple question: “Who is an American?” The class
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looked around confused. We thought we all were. That’s when our teacher shattered my illusion of what America is. She told us to imagine an onion, each layer a characteristic of “an American.” The first layer was male. Then the layers’ list went on to include white, ablebodied and heterosexual, but it didn’t matter.
It wasn’t until my high school freshman social studies class that I knew for sure that the “we’re a land of immigrants,” “everyone is equal,” was pure indoctrination. From the very beginning, it was clear that I would never fully be American. My view of America was forever changed that day. The 2016 elections felt like déjà vu. It brought back those same feelings of
disappointment and shock. The fact that much of the country voted against their own interests to elect the 45th president as the leader of the free world was a jolt to me and shattered another piece of my reality. The realization that the people I see on the street, in my neighborhood, even my friends, heard his hate, the racism and the vitriol, and still chose him to be the leader of the free world has made me the most cynical form of myself that’s ever existed. There’s a constant thought in the back of my mind that the person I’m speaking to considers me an unwanted inhabitant of this country. I’m still getting used to the feeling that a friend is smiling in my face knowing that he or she voted for a man who refers to me and the people who look like me as “the black.” These emotions are further fueled by the fact that not one of these people I’ve known my entire life have said or done anything to denounce a single member of the current administration’s racist, false or completely insane comments. They ignore all the horrible acts committed against minorities in the name of Trump’s America. The same people who overanalyzed and degraded every move and word former President Obama made have gone mute, and I can’t help but notice. Between the doublespeak and lies the 45th president spews and the rise in hate crimes nationally, I don’t know what to trust in anymore.
I had successfully convinced myself that I belong here. I convinced myself that any discomfort I felt was just a minor inconvenience. But that couldn’t be further than the truth. None of what I was taught about America is true.
There’s a constant thought in the back of my mind that the person I’m speaking to considers me an unwanted inhabitant of this country. All of a sudden, a former nude model is a more acceptable First Lady than an Ivy League-educated attorney. It’s no longer acceptable to criticize the person occupying the Oval Office when, months ago, our president was the devil incarnate. Nothing makes sense anymore. Blindly following misinformation and downright lies is not patriotism. It’s idiocy. The late Malcom X once said, “You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.” America needs to read these words now more than ever. Most people in this country don’t even see me as a person, much less an American. Shawna Simon is a University of Toledo alumna.
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library and even forsaking textbooks altogether in favor of studying from lecture notes, Daboul said. “Especially for international students, they already charge a high fee and then adding this makes it more expensive,” said third-year psychology major, Rasha Sheikh. “While the fee doesn’t suit me, it might suit others.”
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year business major. “It will definitely save some time.” To use the app, students need to download it from the app store on their phones, select the location, place the order and choose the method of payment. Tapingo shows the wait times for each location and gives an approximate
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time when the order will be ready for pickup. Each location that uses Tapingo has a sign identifying where to pick the order up, Casteel said. Casteel said UT is the first school to use the Tapingo app in the area. According to the Tapingo website, they believe that “technology removes the hassles and stress of everyday transactions—so humans can focus on more important things. You know, human things.”
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able to charge my cell outside and even meet others at the table. I can see myself, and maybe even a couple of friends, there again sometime soon.” According to the Student Green Fund webpage, the SGF serves to finance student proposed projects that promote sustainability through an optional five-dollar fee offered at the start of each semester. SGF Manager Matthew Rader hopes to keep the SGF
active and encourages students to bring their eco-friendly proposals forward. “Any student that has a
“Any student that has a sustainable idea can present to the fund. We as a group discuss it, vote on it and approve it.” MATTHEW RADAR SGF Manager
sustainable idea can present to the fund,” said Rader. “We as a group discuss it, vote on it and approve it.” According to their grant requirements, any student currently enrolled or recognized student organization may apply for funding from the SGF. University faculty, staff and administrators are also allowed to apply for funding, with the requirement that the funds directly involve one or more students. Project proposal sheets can be found on SGF’s UToledo webpage.
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Rocket baseball heats up in Illinois By Kenny Kruse Staff Reporter
The University of Toledo baseball team participated in the University of Illinois’ tournament this past weekend at Illinois Field in Champaign, IL. UT swept Southern Illinois University in two games: 8-7 on March 17 and 10-2 on March 18. The Rockets split a pair of games with the host of the tournament, the University of Illinois, losing 11-5 on March 17 and winning 10-4 on March 19. The Rocket record improves to 5-15 and the team has won four of their last five games. GAME ONE
The Rockets fell behind 2-0 against the Southern Illinois Salukis. Dalton Bollinger, a third-year infielder, hit a double to lead off and scored a run on an RBI double from third-year outfielder AJ Montoya. The following inning, thirdyear fielder Matt Hansen and second-year infielder Riley Campbell each singled to reach base for the Rockets. Second-year outfielder Ross Adolph doubled next to the right field line to score Hansen. Montoya collected another double, allowing Campbell and Adolph to score to lead 4-2 after three innings. The Salukis and Rockets each scored three runs in the fifth inning. Southern Illinois added another run in the following inning to cut Toledo’s lead to one, 7-6. In the bottom of the seventh inning, UT’s run came from a two-out solo home run to left field from fourth-year Josh Cales. Toledo allowed one SIU
run in the ninth inning and defeated the Salukis, 8-7. Fourth-year left-handed pitcher Steven Calhoun received his first win in the first decision of the season, and second-year left-handed pitcher Michael Jacob got the save. GAME TWO
The first inning was quiet, but Illinois scored a run in both the second and third innings. A three-run third inning was what Toledo needed to take the lead, 3-2, and was the only time UT would lead. Fourth-year catcher Corey Tipton was walked, first-year infielder Antonio Bennett singled and Hansen walked to load the bases. Campbell hit a three-run RBI triple to left-center field, scoring Tipton and Bennett, along with Hansen hustling from first base. The Fighting Illini came back and fought. In the fourth inning, Illinois scored three runs in and six more runs were added by the seventh. Toledo attempted comebacks in the fifth and ninth innings. Campbell hit an RBI single up the middle, allowing Hansen to score another Rocket run in the fifth. Tipton hit a sacrifice fly to score Cales, who was hit by a pitch. These were the last runs the Rockets would score. GAME THREE
UT got the game started, scoring a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Thirdyear infielder Brad Boss was hit by a pitch and scored on Hansen’s RBI double. Hansen advanced to third and scored a run after an SIU wild pitch.
SIU responded with a double that scored from two fielders’ choices, cutting Toledo’s lead, 2-1. UT answered with a sixth inning run, increasing their lead, 3-1. Hansen was walked, Campbell bunted him to second and Bollinger hit a single down the left field line to score Hansen. The eighth inning was RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC when Toledo A University of Toledo baseball player sides into second base after a failed attempt to steal third added seven base April 19, 2016, in a game against the University of Dayton Flyers. runs to make it a 10-1 lead. and leads the pitching lineup the Rockets. Adolph and hits and a pair of earned First-year catcher Michael with two wins. Achter gave Bollinger both walked and runs. Shutes also recorded Ryan was walked, while up a walk with a pair of hits scored with one out when his career-high-tying nine Hansen and Campbell each while allowing two runs, one Montoya hit his first home strikeouts. Fifth-year Caleb singled to load the bases with earned, all within six innings. run of the season. Ryan went Schillace and fourth-year no outs. Adolph was walked GAME FOUR deep and scored Bettinger, Jordan Kesson were the with bases loaded, which The Rockets scored three who was hit by a pitch just a right-handed relief pitchers brought in another run, and runs in the second inning, few at-bats earlier. for the Rockets, who comCampbell scored on a wild beginning with Montoya’s The Fighting Illini added bined for pitching three pitch to extent the Rocket single and first-year infielder their second run in the fifth innings, allowing three hits. lead. Montoya was walked and Malave Bettinger’s walk. Ryan inning, but the Rockets The midnight blue and the bases were loaded again. was walked and Bennett hit a quickly added a run in the gold will travel to South Fourth-year pinch hitter three-run RBI double, making sixth inning from Bettinger’s Bend, IN, for a matchup Jacob Britt singled, scorthe score 3-0 in favor of UT. RBI groundout. Two more against Notre Dame March ing Bollinger. Bennett and Illinois responded with Illini runs were plated in the 22 with a 6:05 p.m. start Montoya both scored due to a run the following inning, seventh inning, and the team time. The Rockets begin Boss’ being called safe on a but Toledo copied that in wouldn’t score any more. league play and the home throwing error. Boss and Britt the fourth inning when BetUT’s fourth-year rightseason this coming weekadded two runs when Ryan tinger hit a one-out double handed pitcher Sam end, March 24-26, against hit a two-run single. and scored, 4-1, when Ryan Shutes (2-3) received his Northern Illinois University. Fifth-year left-handed plated him in. second consecutive win First pitches are at 3:05 p.m. pitcher Ross Achter received The fifth inning was and pitched for six inFriday, 1:05 p.m. Saturday, his second win of the season exciting for Montoya and nings while allowing five and 1:05 p.m. Sunday.
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Men’s season ends in DC By Justice Sunderland Staff Reporter
The Rocket men’s basketball team earned a berth in the College Basketball Invitational March 15, where they fell in the first round 73-69 to George Washington University. Second-year guard Jaelan Sanford led UT with 25 points and three assists. Fourthyear forward Steve Taylor Jr. was the only other Rocket to score in double figures, recording 18 points. UT was without fourth-year guard RACHEL NEARHOOF / IC Jaelan Sanford, second-year guard, runs through a pick Jonathan Williams by Luke Knapke, first-year center, during Toledo’s for personal reasons. set first round MAC Tournament victory over BGSU. He was replaced in larger than seven. A turnover by fourththe starting lineup year forward Jordan Lauf led to a GWU by second-year forward Taylor Adway. Fifth-year George Washington forward three that increased the lead to 10 with 13 minutes left in the game. Tyler Cavanaugh scored a game-high 29 UT quickly cut the lead to five, points to lead the Colonials to victory. thanks to threes by Sanford and Toledo was efficient offensively, second-year forward Nate Navigato, shooting 50 percent from the field, but Cavanaugh answered right back including 61 percent in the second with a triple of his own. half. However, that was not enough to The Rockets stayed within striking off set the nine three-pointers made by distance, not allowing the margin to go George Washington. above seven. UT was down five entering The Colonials led the entire game. Early in the half, Cavanaugh scored eight the final minute of play. Sanford drove to the lane to cut it to three. straight points to put George WashingTrailing 71-66, Navigato was fouled ton ahead 10-5. UT went scoreless for about four minutes, but then Cavanaugh while shooting a three and hit all three hit another three and GWU led by eleven free throws cut the deficit to two. Toledo forced a five-second violation to get the with 8:44 remaining. ball back with 15 seconds remaining. Toledo responded with a 7-0 run of Navigato drove the lane but couldn’t their own to cut the deficit to 24-20. The finish the layup through contact. Cateams traded buckets the rest of the half. vanaugh grabbed the rebound and was Sanford hit a three with 33 seconds left, fouled, hitting both free throws to clinch but UT gave up a layup with time expirthe victory for the Colonials. ing in the first half. GWU took a 35-29 This was the final game in a Toledo lead into the locker room. uniform for Zach Garber, Lauf and The back-and-forth play continued into the second half, and the lead was no Taylor Jr.
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First-year guard Mariella Santucci faces off against first-year Creighton forward Jaylyn Agnew during the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Women’s basketball falls short in NCAA tournament By Sam Williams Sports Editor
Coming off an impressive MAC tournament run, the University of Toledo women’s basketball team headed into their first NCAA tournament in 16 years and looked to advance to the second round. Unfortunately, the Rocket momentum from their conference tournament didn’t transfer to their game against the Creighton University Blue Jays, and the Rockets lost by a score of 76-49. Second-year guard Mikaela Boyd led UT with 11 points in the game, followed closely behind by first-year guard Mariella Santucci and second-year center Kaayla McIntyre, both of whom had 10. Scoring was a huge handicap for the Rockets in this matchup. Throughout the season, fourth-year forward Janice Monakana, third-year guard Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott and Santucci combined to average 31.7 points per game. But, in the NCAA tournament matchup, the trio combined for only 19 points. The Blue Jays were firing on all cylinders from the start of the game, especially for fourth-
year Creighton guard Marissa Janning, who scored 15 points for the Blue Jays within the first six minutes of the game. This monster start to the game from Creighton eventually led to a 27-12 lead for the Blue Jays at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter didn’t fare much better for the Toledo women, either, as the Creighton Blue Jays went on a late 9-0 run to give them a 24-point advantage over the Rockets. Santucci charged down the court to grab a bucket before the end of the quarter, sending the teams into halftime with the score at 44-22. Creighton dominated UT in the first half with the Blue Jays shooting 15-29 from the field, including 7-14 from the three-point range. Comparatively, the Rockets shot just 11-34 and didn’t hit a single three-point shot out of their seven attempts. Toledo came out of half-time with some life that was not seen in the first half. The quarter opened with six straight UT points, all coming from McIntyre, forcing Creighton to take a timeout.
Unfortunately, this energy did not continue for the Rockets, as the Blue Jays came out of the timeout and outscored UT 7-2, giving the Rockets’ Big East opponents an even larger 53-32 lead. After a third quarter media timeout, Creighton put the pressure on Toledo again, outscoring them 8-3 and giving the Blue Jays a 63-35 lead at the end of the third quarter. The start of the fourth quarter didn’t differ much from the previous three, as the closest the Rockets got to the lead was 24 points. The game ended with a score of 76-49, sending Toledo home from their first NCAA berth since 2001 with a loss. “This team has fought so hard all season long and been in every game,” said UT head coach Tricia Cullop in a postgame interview, “and today was just a tough pill to swallow because of how hard we fought all season long.” This game marks the end of the 2016-2017 Rocket season, giving them a final record of 25-9 and a MAC championship as they look ahead to next year.
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| The Independent Collegian | Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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Thursday, March 23 6 – 7 p.m.
4AW Annual Gala Tuesday, March 28 7:30 – 9:45 p.m. This gala, hosted by the Association for the Advancement of African American Women, will be held in the Student Union Ingman Room. Certificates will be given to recognize any women who are making a difference on campus. There will also be a guest speaker, performances by Tionna Hood and a poem recited by a guest speaker. Food will be provided as well. 2017 Midwest Graduate Research Symposium Saturday, March 24 All Day This is an annual Research Symposium in which graduate students from across the region give talks and present their research. Approximately 150 students present per symposium and about 100 more volunteers come to help out. There will be presentations in both the Memorial Field House and the Student Union.
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Campus H.E.A.T., which stands for “Hunger Elimination Amongst Toledoans,” is a campuswide event hosted by the Catholic Student Association in the Student Union Auditorium. Volunteers will help make about 1,000 pizzas as a race against time to try to beat the Campus H.E.A.T. record! All of the pizzas will then be donated to charities around the Toledo area.
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By Areeba Shah
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Every year, the University of Toledo dedicates one big day to provide one big thanks to the Toledo community through one Big Event. Known as the largest student-run service project, UT Big Event will take place March 25 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Volunteers are expected to arrive to the Student Recreation Center for a kickoff speech to start the event. First-year pharmacy major Katie Matousek said that the Big Event is intended to bring together different organizations to serve the community. While groups can choose where they serve by submitting requests, organizations that do not have a preference will also be assigned to do work, Matousek said. “I think it’s great to give back to the community without expecting anything in return,” said Matousek, the team leader for Active Christians Today.
“It sounds like a bigtime commitment, but its only one day out of your entire year and it’s just giving back to your community, giving back to those around you, who make UT great.” CARLEE VAUGHN Second-year Pharmacy Major
She has been involved in the planning of this event for two months and expects at least 30 different organizations to be taking part in this year’s Big Event. Second-year exercise science major Stacy Isaac said that she is also looking forward to giving back to the place she has been living in. This is her way of
thanking the community for the opporKappa Sigma as a first-year, Vaughn’s volunteer. tunities it has given her. responsibilities included gardening, re“Even if you wanted to go with just “I hope to gain a better understand- stocking and organizing shelves at a local a friend, a lot of organizations would ing of what the community here in food bank. Vaughn said that she sensed enjoy the extra help,” Vaughn said. Toledo is like by working alongside a good feeling after giving back, which is Students and staff members who people from different places with difwhy she is participating again this year. are interested in participating can ferent values,” Isaac said. “It sounds like a big-time comsign up through OrgSync. Taking on the role of a team leader mitment, but it’s for Food Recovery Network, Isaac said only one day out that it means something to be able to of your entire year help people and work together in peace. and it’s just giving She encourages people to think about back to your coma time in their own life when they have munity, giving back been in need and how others have to those around you, reached out and helped them. To her, who make UT great,” that is what Big Event is about. Vaughn said. “I expect my team members to work Vaughn encourdiligently, be respectful of others and ages students who are understand the importance of what they hesitant to go ahead are doing,” Isaac said. and give it a shot. Claudia Garber, a volunteer from Even students who last year’s Big Event and a seconddon’t have an orgaSAVANNAH JOSLIN / IC year communication major, said she nization to go with Quinn Jernas, a fourth-year communication had a great time participating during can sign up through major, volunteers to help clean up the community her freshman year. Rocket Nation and at Big Event 2016 with Zeta Phi Eta. Her organization, Zeta Phi Eta, spent a total of three hours cleaning up a neighINVOLVEMENT borhood in downtown Toledo. The experience allowed Garber to gain an overall understanding of the By Mariah Williams value of teamwork and Alison Malmon at the end of her first year Staff Reporter dedication. at the University of Pennsylvania, after “My favorite part of The University of Toledo is home to her brother committed suicide. Malmon Big Event was getting many diverse student organizations, but also founded a chapter at Georgetown to know the members one in particular is making a point to ad- University the following year, and the of my fraternity a little dress the effects of mental health. organization took off. more than I did before Sofie Rodriguez, a second-year recreIn 2003, Active Minds was officially the event,” Garber said. ational therapy major, and Bailey Kurtz, established with a headquarters in WashCarlee Vaughn, a a second-year pre-med exercise science ington, D.C. second-year pharmacy major, recently founded a chapter of Ac“Active Minds, to me, is a movement,” Rostudent, is participating tive Minds at the University of Toledo. driguez said. “It is a group of students trying for her second year in This organization is the first group to end the stigma against mental illness.” a row and has decided at UT completely dedicated to mental Grace Sheckler, a second-year healtcare to volunteer as a team health awareness. administration major, heard about the leader for the honors Rodriguez and Kurtz had been friends new group through her service fraternity, college this year. since the beginning of their first year at Alpha Phi Omega, which Rodriguez and Volunteering UT. After sharing their experiences with Kurtz both belong to. through Lambda mental health with each other, they deSheckler said she chose to join Accided something needed to be done. tive Minds because of the impact mental “This moment not only brought us closer health has made on her life after her high but sparked a passion in us to share our sto- school best friend committed suicide. ries with the student body,” Rodriguez said. Both Rodriguez and Kurtz have family members who suffer from a mental illness. “There is still such a “We knew that we weren’t the only shroud surrounding ones on campus who had similar expemental illness, and we riences,” Rodriguez said. “We wanted an organization that would create open need to start speaking conversation about mental health for more about it.” people to not only ask questions but to GRACE SHECKLER also meet other individuals who share Second-year Healthcare Administration Major similar stories.” Active Minds held its first meeting in the Student Union Jan. 23 of this year. Since then, this group of more than 25 “There is still such a shroud surrounding students has been meeting every other mental illness, and we need to start speaking Monday night from 7:30–8:30 p.m. in more about it,” Sheckler said. “I joined because Rocket Hall room 1542. I want to be a part of making that change.” These biweekly meetings last about Aside from their biweekly meetings, one hour and focus on a specific topic or Active Minds occasionally organizes other illness. Some of the topics that have been events. On March 1, they hosted a table in discussed this semester include eating the Student Union and passed out orange disorders, schizophrenia and obsessiveribbons for self-injury awareness day. compulsive disorder. Rodriguez said they also plan to host Active Minds is an organization made up an event in the fall called the “Backpack of more than 400 student-run chapters on Project.” They will collect gently used different college campuses across the United backpacks and set up a display to symbolStates and Canada. They are dedicated to ize the number of college students who promoting awareness, discussion, education commit suicide each year. and support regarding psychiatric disorders. To find out more information, visit their The original chapter was founded by Facebook page, @activemindsToledo.
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