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UT terminates Marching Band Scholarship By Olivia Rodriguez Staff Reporter
The Marching Band Scholarship was started five years ago when Lloyd Jacobs was the University of Toledo president. However, the university is now phasing out this source of financial aid. The scholarship provides $1,000 each to every band member. “The administration at the time said, ‘How can we grow the band? We’d like to see a bigger band. How can we help that happen? What are ways we can do that?’” said Andrew Rhodes, the director of athletic bands at UT. One of the ways that appealed to the administration in 2012 was creating a scholarship, under what was the perceived financial status of the university and scholarship funds around at that time, Rhodes said. The band grew from the 145 members before the scholar-
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The University of Toledo drumline performs during a timeout at one of the home football games.
ship to 250 members currently. However, this is not just from the scholarship, Rhodes said. The band has played at more events in recent years such as at the Bands of America competitions and Sounds of the Stadium, a concert where the band plays all the music
from the season, while also performing at different high schools in Ohio. “It is a different era now with a different administration, with different financial realities for the university,” Rhodes said.
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Created Equal spreads pro-life message at UT By Gabrielle Huff Staff Reporter
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The windows of eight cars owned by University of Toledo students were shot out in the late afternoon on Oct. 26. The suspects are now in custody and files were charged against the suspects Nov. 1. UTPD filed warrants for criminal damage and criminal mischief charges on four individuals believed responsible for damaging vehicles in the East Ramp with a BB gun, according to Jeff Newton, chief of police and director of public safety for the university. None were UT students or had known affiliates with UT. The four individuals charged are: Nicholas Poker, 35 of Toledo; Stephen Provolt, 25 of Toledo; Dameon Bates, 25 of Toledo; and Achlee Vannoster, 21 of Toledo. A BB gun was used to fire shots from inside another car containing four people unaffiliated with the university, Newton said. The cars were on the first floor of the east ramp parking garage, near Bancroft St. and North Towerview Blvd., he said. Initially, seven cars were reported shot at, but an eighth car was later reported. Nothing was taken from the cars, and no one was injured in the incident, as all the cars shot at were unoccupied. The victims
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Posters advocating against abortions line at Centennial Mall Nov. 2. The group, Created Equal, spoke with students about pro-life choices.
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The controversial pro-life group, Created Equal, visited University of Toledo’s main campus Nov. 2 to convey a strong message with graphic images of dead fetuses and abortions posted throughout Centennial Mall. Mark Harrington, of Columbus, Ohio, started the organization in 2011 to help mobilize and vocalize his beliefs. He said that he has a great passion for advocating against crimes against humanity, and he believes that the preborn are the most unprotected group of humans. Since 2011, the group has been travelling around the country advocating pro-life beliefs. Most of their time is spent doing what they call “Justice Rides,” travelling to college campuses and big cities debating the prolife and pro-choice dilemma. The organization’s website, createdequal.org, states that the “Justice Rides” were modeled after the Freedom Rides of the civil rights movement. They chose this format because they believe it is most effective and allows the group to reach out to as many people as possible, Harrington said. These Justice Rides have been very controversial and marked with protest all over the country
because of their use of graphic images in their protests. They set up huge poster boards Thursday around Centennial Mall of abortion imagery, photos of dead women supposedly killed during failed abortions and dead fetuses. These graphic photos are a lot to take in when walking from class to class through Centennial Mall, said Aaron Campos, second-year UT student. Although he is not a big supporter of abortion, he said it is not at all necessary to have a debate about it on campus with such graphic imagery. Members of the group stood around campus asking students questions such as, “Do you think abortion is okay? Why or why not?” They also handed out flyers with imagery echoing their displays in Centennial Mall. This message is important because there is no real debate about abortion and universities mislead and misinform students to influence them to be prochoice, Harrington said. At the event, there was not much debate regarding abortion. Instead, a pro-life message was being expressed by the participants by way of handouts, signs and a speaker. See Anti-abortion / 4 »
Several University of Toledo students and staff members gathered with the family of Phoenicia owners, Ed and Sam Barakat Nov. 7 to celebrate Phoenicia’s grand opening and indulged in the free buffet provided by the restaurant. The Mediterranean cuisine moved from the third floor of the Student Union to a larger location on the fourth. “We love that Phoenicia’s new location has more space because we can accommodate for more people,” said Ed Barakat, one of the co-owners of the restaurant. Ed and his brother, Sam Barakat, have worked together in the restaurant business for 28 years after opening their first restaurant, Papa’s, in 1990. The small tavern
was located near Campus Drive and Bancroft Street. Five years later, the restaurant’s popularity created the need for more space, so Sam and Ed opened Phoenicia on the third floor of the student union, he said. Ed’s daughters, Reem and Alcy, both UT alumni, have worked in the restaurant since they were in school at UT, and they now assist with management. “I’m so excited about this opening,” said Reem. “The food served here is what I eat every day, and I love working with my family,” she continued. “It’s my home away from home.” Students say they are excited about the opening as well. “The new lounge space they added to
the restaurant is great for students to relax and study,” said Daniel Blandford, thirdyear history major. Phoenicia is open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. For more information, please visit www. phoeniciaoncampus. com.
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EDITORIAL
A matter of time
Recent crime highlights issues with UT security
We have a serious safety issue at the University of Toledo. The problem? No one is communicating with students about crime or concerned about fixing gaps in security, leaving students vulnerable. It was only a matter of time before something happened, and something did. Last week, eight cars parked in the University of Toledo East Ramp parking garage were found to have their windows shot out. It was later reported by UT Police Chief Jeff Newton that another car was vandalized, bringing the total to eight. According to an article by 13 ABC, there were BB gun pellets found at the scene, and UTPD said was “reviewing surveillance video.” The article later mentioned that UTPD had no suspects at the time and no other information had been published. No UT Alert was sent out about the incident, and UTPD did not respond to a request for the police report by press time. This is one of the most severe crimes to have been committed on UT’s campus this semester. Seven cars parked on UT property were vandalized and no one informed the community. To make matters worse, UTPD informed the only press that’s covered the incident that they would “review surveillance footage.” According to the UTPD’s own source, quoted in an article by the IC earlier this semester, the only footage available is at the entrance. There is more than one exit to that parking garage. It took all of three seconds for us to realize that, if the vandalism occurred on the first floor of the east garage (which it did, according to 13 ABC), the back door opens up to a dirt path that leads to two DIFFERENT streets heading off campus, with no cameras in sight. We’re guessing the vandals probably figured that out too. This issue is one of many the Independent Collegian addressed early last month in an editorial titled “Parking garage safety and what we can do about it,” highlighting the continued need for the university to consider the gaps in safety in these parking spaces. However, one issue that editorial did not address was the UTPD failure to inform students, and other community members, via UT Alerts about crime in the area. According to their own timely warning guidelines, “The University of Toledo issues a campus crime alert when a crime is reported to the University of Toledo Police Department or the City of Toledo Police Department and it is determined that such offense represents a threat to the safety of the University of Toledo community.” The UTPD website states that they attempt to get information out via UT Alert within 48 hours and will do
so when there is a danger to students and the information will not impede law enforcement efforts, on a case-tocase basis. However, only two alerts are reported for this year on the webpage, both for robberies at Gateway Plaza. UTPD has also sent out notices about a gas leak and power outage, and sexual misconduct investigations so far this year. The alerts are coupled with just as many tests of the alerts as actual ones.
This is one of the most severe crimes to have been committed on UT campus this semester. Seven cars parked on UT property were vandalized and no one informed the community. However, when compared to the Toledo Police Department crime map, it’s clear that 32 incidents have been reported at or around the University of Toledo since Sept. 4, including two robberies at University Hills. Adding the vandalism on campus, this makes it 33 incidents. According to UTPD’s own criteria, any continuous danger to students or community members should be reported on, and robberies notoriously fit the criteria. So why weren’t the two robberies at University Hills, or any of the other 30 crimes committed in less than a half mile radius from campus reported to UT students? How does vandalism with a BB gun, affecting seven people with no suspects and probably no footage to go off of, not something that poses an immediate danger to the UT community? We don’t have all of the facts about each of these cases and a majority happened off campus. However, the sheer number of reports compared to the number of UT Alerts sent out this year shows a disturbing pattern. This, coupled with the indisputable fact that UTPD should have informed students immediately of this most recent vandalism and has yet to make mention of it, continues to raise concerns. Knowing the state of parking garages at UT and the daily issues students face parking within them, we find that we can no longer turn a blind eye to safety on campus. UT students deserve to be secure, and staying informed is a key aspect of that security. We need to do better for the UT community before a true tragedy occurs and someone gets hurt. It really is only a matter of time.
Chaos, order and “Arcadia” I almost didn’t make it to “Arcadia.” The play sold out hours in advance, to the delight of the actors running through the halls of the Center for Performing Arts exclaiming, “It can’t be sold out! It just can’t be!” It was opening night and I was fifth in line on the waiting list. A large party of math professors had reserved the entire front section of the theatre. Miraculously, I was granted entrance moments before curtain. What followed was a two and a half hour meditation on the present’s relationship with the past and a work of historical fiction where the 19th century shared the stage with the 20th, both periods attempting to understand the natural chaos and order of the universe. The plot for Tom Sheppard’s “Arcadia” is complex and academic. It melds a classic theatre writing style with mathematical jargon and archival research. I overheard members of the audience admitting confusion (not the math professors) and therefore dismissing the play. But this viewer would argue that the complexities are central to
this in Bernard’s conviction that there is evidence for Lord Byron’s guilt, and the latter in Thomasina’s mathematical discoveries. Lord Byron is never seen, even in flashbacks, inviting the audience to partake in the ambiguity.
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the purpose of the show. The central conflict is between a desperate intellectual, Bernard Nightingal (brilliantly played by Brad Smith), and writer Chloe Coverly (the equally talented Kenzie Phillips) tediously studying and debating Lord Byron’s role in killing a man in a duel. This present-day debate is periodically interrupted by flashbacks to the 19th century tutoring sessions between the brilliant but mischievous Septimus Hodge (Justin Petty) and his pupil Thomasina Coverly (Grace Mulinix). Both sections, the past and the present, explore the ability of one to prescribe meaning to uncertainty. The former explores
viewer thinking during and after the show. “Arcadia” kept me thinking so much that it pervaded my weekly trip to the movie theatre as well. I imagine many student viewers will struggle to grasp the plot, but I urge
What followed was a two and a half hour meditation on the present’s relationship with the past and a work of historical fiction where the 19th century shared the stage with the 20th, both periods attempting to understand the natural chaos and order of the universe. In my three years reviewing UT productions for the Independent Collegian, this is by far the best all-around production I have seen. “Arcadia” has what college plays should have: a curation of thoughtful, perhaps underdone, works directed tastefully (this one was especially smart and subtle by guest director Qarie Marshall) and performed with tremendous effort. This production checked those marks with charm and a little bit of experimentation to keep this
students here at UT to enter “Arcadia” with a mind of acceptance. Accept that you will not understand every piece of mathematical jargon or trivial chapter of literary history. Anyone who leaves the theatre claiming they understand it all is either lying or in the midst of concocting a story within their own minds, much like Bernard or Armand. Remember, this is a play about chaos. Accept it and order will follow. Evan Sennett is a fourth-year double majoring in film and English literature.
COMMENTARY
What baseball taught me I grew up to the sound of Tom Hamilton exclaiming his praises for the team at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Some of my earliest memories were helping my dad in the garden or pulling weeds while cheering on the Tribe on the radio. If we weren’t on the couch with a glass of chocolate milk and barbeque chips watching the game on TV, we were listening to it. Hearing the sound of John Adams’ drum beats and “swiiiiiing and a miss” became a sort of lullaby to me, where I often didn’t even acknowledge the individual pitches anymore but was comforted by the sheer sound of the game.
It taught me that life can throw you curveballs and sometimes they can hit you, but your reaction and resilience can be a game changer. I remember my sister and I playing baseball with a Wiffle ball and a plastic bat back when I was a preschooler. One of my earliest painful memories was walking in front of her swing and getting knocked down by that plastic yellow bat. It was a lesson that I didn’t soon forget. My dad used to let me use his old softball glove when he threw pitches to me. The glove was always too big, but I felt like such a pro with it on. I loved playing catch with my
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dad, and he always let me catch a few breaks just so that I could feel like I had caught the last out to win the World Series. Fast forward to college life, where my boyfriend and I would sport our best Cleveland fan gear and listen to the games in his room while indulging in Toft’s ice cream. We would map out when we could head home to Cleveland to catch a game and settled for a few Mud Hens games to hold us over. We would spend our summer nights playing catch on Centennial Mall, and I winded down the summer season by watching him play intramural softball at Scott Park. Baseball has always been a part of each stage of my life, and the sport has taught me much more than how to call a ball from a strike. The game taught me that sometimes you need to take a lap and run the bases. It taught me that sometimes you strikeout and sometimes you get a walk. Regardless, you show up for your next at-bat with a clean 0-0 slate.
The game taught me that you can’t spend your time hiding in the outfield because that ball is going to come at you fast and you better be ready for it. Baseball might be “America’s Pastime,” but, for me, it has shaped so much of who I am. The game taught me that sometimes you have to take a risk and steal a base because the reward can be so great if you put yourself out there. The game taught me that you can’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing. If that was the case, you’d be absent from so much of what life has to offer. It taught me that life can throw you curveballs and sometimes they can hit you, but your reaction and resilience can be a game changer. The game taught me that you can’t spend your time hiding in the outfield because that ball is going to come at you fast and you better be ready for it. Baseball might be “America’s Pastime,” but, for me, it has shaped so much of who I am. I will always be grateful for the sound of a great ballgame. Until the spring… Alexis Nieszczur is a fourth-year student in the pharmD program.
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State funding has also changed the university’s funding, according to Rhodes. “There were some changes that needed to be made university-wide in how we were awarding scholarships, and this [phasing out the scholarship] was one of the [changes],” Rhodes said. The scholarship allowed a lot of band members to
focus on school and the band when they otherwise would need to work to pay for school, according to Rhodes. He is hoping to “grandfather out the people who are receiving the scholarship.” “I understand why, but I don’t like it,” said secondyear music education major Ashley Venrick. “The scholarship helped and now I have to find another way to pay for [college].” People don’t come just for the scholarship; they
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Eight car windows were shot out Oct. 26 in the East Ramp Parking Garage.
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called UT police to report the damage to their vehicles, he said. Several officers responded to the scene using the cameras located throughout the parking garage to determine the suspects involved. Right now, there is no known motive for the shooting, according to UTPD. “The victims involved did right by reporting the damage,” said Newton. “It helped us solve this case, and we hope to get restitution for those victims that had insurance claims or a cost to them because of the incident.” UT students have mixed feelings on the shooting. “I parked there today,”
said Claire Minniear, third year law and social thought student. “Now, I’m nervous to park there again.” Jim Edmunds, a graduate history major in UT’s Program 60 said he parks in that garage all the time and has never had any problems. “It’s so hard to prevent incidents like this because people always want to screw around,” he said. Dave Parent, a third-year film major who sometimes parks in the east garage, said
“We want students to continue to report when they have information or see a crime occur. That’s what aids us in our prevention of incidents like this.” JEFF NEWTON UT Police Chief
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PHOTOS BY MEAGAN O’HARA (Top left) University of Toledo students and community members enjoyed the Matheatre production Nov. 1. (Top right) Sadie Bowman rocks out during a song about calculus.
Abortion should not be legal in any situation, including rape, which is a very controversial topic for many people, Harrington said. Students at the event expressed concern that men are speaking so adamantly on something that would never directly
(Bottom left) Ricky Coates called on audience members to help perform a song on the shape of functions.
UTPD did a great job and is relieved to know the suspects were caught. “We want students to continue to report when they have information or see a crime occur,” said Newton. “That’s what aids us in our prevention of incidents like this.” UT police are very pleased to bring this case to a conclusion. “It’s always a good outcome when you identify the bad guys and bad girls involved,” Newton said.
affect them. The fact that there was a man publicly speaking to a crowd at the protest bothered Kayla Noon, second-year middle childhood education major, she said. Men don’t have any business speaking on the issue because abortions deal exclusively with the health of women, Noon said.
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Toledo soccer wins MAC
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With 10 seconds left in overtime, fourthyear forward Sophie Pohl buried a shot in the back of the net to win the women’s soccer team its conference-best fifth MidAmerican Conference tournament championship, a 2-1 game over archrival Bowling Green State University and a ticket to the NCAA tournament. Second-year forward Kelsey Kraft touched the ball back to Pohl, who fired a shot from outside the box and put it just out of the goalie’s reach and inside the far post. Pohl scored both goals for UT in the match and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Toledo is 12-7-3 this season. Toledo advanced to the championship by defeating Ball State University 2-1 on Nov. 3. The difference in this one was a rebound off of a free kick that was knocked in by third-year captain Regan Price in overtime. BALL STATE, 2-1
Toledo found itself trailing early as firstyear goalie Madison Perrin saved a shot but did not control the rebound and the Cardinals put it in the back in the ninth minute. Perrin went on to make three more saves in the game. The Rockets received two yellow cards before halftime. They also got two more shots on goal by fourth-year forward Isa Echeverri and fourth-year defender Chiara Paradiso, but they were both stopped by the keeper. In the 56th minute, UT struck back to tie the match, and Pohl found an open teammate, third-year midfielder Alena Sidwell, for the goal. Several minutes later, Ball State’s Lucy Walton attempted to break the tie, but Perrin was there to make a good save. The last good chance for either team came in the 68th minute as Price tried to sneak a quick header by the keeper, but it bounced
widely to the right. At the end of regulation, the teams were knotted 1-1. The Cardinals controlled the ball for most of the first overtime, firing three shots to UT’s one. But Perrin came up big with three saves, so the teams headed to a second overtime. In the second overtime, the teams battled back and forth. With just a minute remaining, Ball State fouled, giving Paradiso a free kick from just outside the box. It was saved by the goalie but Price knocked in the rebound for her first goal of the season to send the Rockets to the championship game. BGSU, 2-1
In the first half against Bowling Green, both teams played hard to get scoring chances, although neither really got a good look at goal. Toledo shot six times, along with four by the Falcons, but only three of the shots were on goal. It would not take long in the second half to break the scoreless tie. In the 59th minute, Sidwell found Price on the right sideline and Pohl in the middle of the box to take a 1-0 lead. The Falcons did not go away quietly; in the 79th minute, first-team all-MAC forward Erica Hubert tied it up at 1-1. UT had one more chance in regulation, but it was stopped and they headed to overtime. It was a hard-fought overtime period that was not decided until the end by a goal from 25 yards away by Pohl with just minutes remaining in the match to put UT ahead 2-1. Pohl was named to the all-tournament team, along with Echeverri, Price and Paradiso. This is Toledo’s first MAC tournament championship since 2011.
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FOOTBALL
Toledo football shows up big against Northern Illinois
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The University of Toledo football team defeated Northern Illinois 27-17 in a battle for the top spot in MidAmerican Conference West Division. The win boosts the Rockets’ record to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in MAC play. “Tonight was about our senior class,” UT head coach Jason Candle said. “It was about Terry Swanson. It was about Logan Woodside. It was about Trevon Mathis. It was about Marquise Moore, Elijah Nkansah, Brant Weiss, these guys that have been rock-solid players, guys that have played a lot of football here and have been embarrassed by this football team that we played tonight. They probably took that a little personally and came out tonight and got a win.” Fourth-year quarterback Logan Woodside threw for 361 yards and completed 23 of 31 passes. He ended the day with 9,288 career passing yards, giving him the record for most passing yards in program history—62 more than previous record-holder Bruce
Gradkowski (9,225 from 2002-05). Fourth-year running back Terry Swanson became the seventh Rocket to rush for more than 3,000 yards in his career. Swanson was given the rock a lot in the game, running the ball a careerhigh 29 times for 116 yards and three touchdowns, also a career high. He now has 3,082 yards in his four year career. UT scored on its opening possession of the game on an eight play, 81-yard drive. Swanson capped off the drive with a four-yard TD run. The Huskies responded later in the quarter on a one-yard run by Tre Harbison that capped a 70-yard NIU drive. The Rockets failed to capitalize on a chance to score in the second quarter when a 10-yard TD run by Woodside was reversed and ruled a fumble before he crossed the goal line. The Rockets got the drive started on their own oneyard line but blasted off on an 89-yard catch and run by second-year receiver Diontae Johnson. Johnson caught a career-high 10 passes for 166 yards. “We knew we were going to face adversity at some point in the football
game,” Woodside said. “With football, there is adversity and you have to overcome it. I would have liked to have had that back, but my teammates picked me up and I shook it off and just tried to go out and make the next play.” The Huskies marched down the field quickly on their first possession of the second half on a seven play, 80-yard drive with a one-yard run to give NIU its first lead, 14-10. Toledo fought back with 13-yard touchdown run by Swanson to retake the lead with 8:55 left in the third quarter. A few moments later, the Rockets extended the lead to 24-14 on a one-yard drive by Swanson. The Husky special teams unit came up big when Jackson Abresch blocked first-year Bailey Flint’s punt attempt deep in Toledo territory, recovering the ball on the UT 11-yard line. However, Toledo’s defense held strong and forced NIU to settle for a 25-yard field goal, making the score 24-17. Toledo countered again with a 34yard field goal by Jameson Vest with 8:58 left to play to up the Rocket lead to 27-17. NIU was forced to try a 47-
yard field-goal attempt that sailed wide right with 3:46 to play. UT ran down the clock on its final possession before punting it away with 1:28 left. The Huskies advanced to the UT 25 yard line when time ran out. “NIU has had us for a long time,” Woodside said. “We just came out and stuck together and executed when we needed to and came out on top. I’m so proud of this team. The defense played lights out tonight. The offensive line and Terry did a great job tonight. This is big for us, but next week is going to be bigger.” The Rockets travel to Athens next Wednesday to face the MAC East Division co-leading Ohio Bobcats. The game is at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2.
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Logan Woodside avoids a defender Nov. 3 against Northern Illinois University.
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Toledo community members celebrate Indian culture through dancing in the Student Union Auditorium Nov. 4.
ISCO’s seventh year of Diya By Alyssa Dosmasica Staff Reporter
Being an international student, it can be hard for students to meet likeminded individuals. For this reason, the Indian Student Cultural Organization hosts Diya every year to welcome Indian students to the University of Toledo’s campus. They have hosted the cultural event for the past seven years, which is open to the Toledo community. Ruchira Mahashabde came to UT after receiving her pharmacy degree at Mumbai University in India. She is now the president of Indian Student Cultural Organization and has been for the past two years. “There’s a lot of Indian population studying here and staying here,” Mahashabde said. “The Hindu temple in Toledo helps many Indians come together.” The word ‘diya’ means lamp and is classified as the festival of lights. It is a five-day festival occurring between the month of October and November. Participants decorate their
houses with small homemade lamps. UT’s particular celebration of Diya included singing, dancing and fashion shows by UT students and the Indian community in Toledo. They also held a DJ party, an unofficial part of the Diya celebration for people to enjoy.
“The Hindu temple in Toledo helps many Indians come together.” RUCHIRA MAHASHABDE President of ISCO
Typically, 500-600 people attend this event every year. While everyone is welcome to attend, the majority of individuals that attend are part of ISCO or the Indian population in Toledo. ISCO was created 27 years ago and consists of 250-300 members and 10 panel mem-
bers. It is open for all students to join. The group has several other events throughout the year celebrating Indian culture. One such event is their freshman party, which welcomes incoming Indian freshmen and helps them adjust into the new culture of living in the United States. The organization also helps incoming Indian students with their airport pickups, apartment organization and important paperwork. They also pair up the individual with current ISCO members to help them adjust to Toledo by staying with someone that knows the area. One of Mahashabde’s goals for the Indian student cultural organization is to include other organizations and collaborate with them. Trying to get other parts of the university involved with this organization is incredibly important to her. “Helping incoming Indian students from across the globe adjust to college and be a part and welcomed,” said Mahashabde on what ISCO does.
As part of the Shapiro Lecture Series, worldrenowned actress and singer Audra McDonald spoke at the University of Toledo Doermann Theater Nov. 5. “This was Edward Shapiro’s gift to the university, to celebrate intellectual engagement,” said Charlene Gilbert, dean of the College of Arts and LetEMILY SCHNIPKE / IC ters. “He also Audra McDonald speaks in Doermann Theater Nov. 5 about wanted it to be music, her life and advocacy. an event that those, it was amazing to witness and liswas publicly ten to someone of her stature,” Johnson engaging as well.” said. Gilbert said Shapiro established this lecture series to allow the Toledo community to interact with University of Toledo “This was Edward students. He also had three criterium the board must follow when picking a keynote Shapiro’s gift to speaker. the university, to The person has to be of public note, they have to be someone who is wellcelebrate intellectual known, and Shapiro also wanted it to be engagement.” someone with intellectual gravitas. CHARLENE GILBERT This year’s speaker starred in the mediDean of the College of Arts and Letters cal drama “Private Practice” and the 2017 film “Beauty and the Beast.” McDonald was also awarded the National Medal of Johnson added he believes in student Arts in 2015 by President Barack Obama. attendance at events like the Shapiro She discussed the importance how of Lecture Series. arts have played such a key role in her “I believe it’s beneficial for students life during the lecture. to come to things like this, especially if “Art exists because of us, because we are human,” McDonald said. “The arts are powerful you’re an arts major, or even if you’re not but you’re thinking of doing something because they remind us that we are fractured, in the arts,” Johnson said. “You’re getting that we are all very connected.” the opinion and influence from someone who has done it.” “The arts are powerful Though the audience was an even mix of students and community members, because they remind us McDonald gave one piece of advice to that we are fractured, the younger crowd. that we are all “You’re young, make mistakes,” McDonald said. connected” She talked about her troubles and triAUDRA MCDONALD umphs growing up. She also reminded the Broadway Singer crowd that even though times may seem dark, there is always a light. Gilbert encourages all students and community members to attend future She also referred to herself as a strong Shapiro Lecture series, as they are a wonadvocate for the LGBTQ community and derful opportunity, bringing the commuthe empowerment of the homeless youth. nity together through education. McDonald said she uses her voice to speak about issues she is passionate about. “I can’t help but exercise that power; I “I believe it’s beneficial am a citizen of the human race,” McDonfor students to come to ald said. Those who attended the lecture were things like this, especially invited to ask questions at its close, many if you’re an arts major, of whom were students. Third-year paraor even if you’re not but legal major Xavier Johnson said that his upbringing exposed him to McDonald’s you’re thinking of doing talent. something in the arts.” “Growing up with my mom and my grandmother, we watched a lot of BroadXAVIER JOHNSON Third-year Paralegal Studies Major way productions, ‘Annie,’ ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ and having grown up watching