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Monday, October 13, 2011
Serving the University of Toledo since 1919
www.IndependentCollegian.com 92nd year Issue 15
The 99 percent Occupy Toledo Around 200 people gather in Levis Square to protest corporate greed in America By Russell Axon For the IC
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty, according to a protester’s sign at the Occupy Toledo event. The ongoing occupation began Monday at 11 a.m. with a
rally and two general assemblies at Levis Square at the intersection of Madison Avenue. and St. Clair Street in downtown. Approximately 200 people of various walks of life participated, holding signs protesting corporate greed that said ‘Tax
the rich!’, ‘Bail out people, not banks,’ and ‘Forced to choose between groceries and rent,’ among others. A small group of megaphonewielding women initiated chants, including “We are the 99 percent,” “Stop the greedy, feed the needy” and “It’s our
street, not Wall Street.” Protester Betty Almester has a son with a $100 thousand in debt. She held a sign which read “Private loan scams = student loan slaves.” “I’m attacking bankers,” she said “Everybody I know that has these private bank loans
are not digging out of them. There’s no light at the end of the tunnel.” A minor squad of police officers was present at the event and federal agents with rifles were reportedly perched on the
Student shaves head for cancer
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Nancy Ngo, a junior majoring in social work, shaved her head in McComas Village yesterday. She will be donating her hair to the Angel Hair Foundation. Emily Sweeney For the IC
Nancy Ngo sat before a gaping crowd in McComas Village yesterday and did what many girls would never dream of doing — she shaved her head. The junior majoring in social work will be donating her hair to the Angel Hair Foundation, a non-profit foundation created to help children and teens that have lost their hair due to a medical illness. Ngo did this to raise money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a children’s cancer research charity. She shaved her head as a crowd including cancer survivors looked on outside of the Pi Beta Phi house, a sorority Ngo belongs to. Nick Kneer/ IC
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Around 200 protesters gathered for the Occupy Toledo event last Monday. The Occupy movement started on Wallstreet and has grown to 222 cities in the nation. The Occupy movement consists of a nonviolent assembly of people from all professions and statuses who are against corporate greed.
Ritter Planetarium goes 3-D By IC Staff
After six months of renovations, UT’s Ritter Planetarium will re-open its doors to the public to feature a new 3D digital projection system, the only system of its kind in the world.
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But our ultimate goal is to be able to produce our own shows so we can then sell to other planetariums.
Michael Cushing Director, Ritter Planetarium
viewings of the film “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” will be shown. Cushing said the total price of renovations was $350,000 and the projection system itself cost the university roughly $300,000. Cushing credits the new projection system to UT President Lloyd Jacobs who “found pots of money here and there left over from other projects” and grouped them together to fund the
renovations. Public Relations Media Specialist Jon Strunk said the left over money came from capital funds, an amount of money that must be spent in the year it was granted. Cushing said by upgrading from the old analog system to a digital system, more can be done. He said it is a more integrated system where pictures can be shown with the click of a button “Previously, if we wanted
I think she looks so beautiful.
Lauren Fontana Sophomore, Communication
to show pictures, the windows located around the planetarium would rotate individual slides,” he said. Cushing said he would eventually like to see other departments to utilize the space. “But our ultimate goal is to be able to produce our own shows so we can then sell to other planetariums.” Other renovations to the planetarium include the installation of new carpet and seats, as well as a new coat of paint.
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The projection system, created by Spitz Incorporated, can project images of any location on Earth, other planets or stars at anytime, even stars that cannot be seen by the human eye, according to Planetarium Director Michael Cushing, assistant professor of astronomy and physics. The grand opening of the center is this Saturday where
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The Ritter Planetarium updated their projector to a 3-D digital system. The system can project images of any location on Earth, other planets or stars at anytime. The new projector cost $300,000. Other renovations include new seats, carpet and paint.
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Ngo was inspired to do this after seeing an ad for the charity on the Internet. She said at first she thought the people who shaved their heads for the charity were crazy, but she changed her mind after a few weeks. “The idea stuck in my head,” she said. “I went back to the website and read stories about little kids who had been diagnosed. One of the kids I came across, Luke, was so cute, I feel in love with his picture.” Ngo said after learning Luke had passed, she thought she was crazy not to help. Ngo went to over 35 organizations, telling them about her quest to raise money. She exceeded her goal of $1,500 and the exact amount is unknown as she continues to receive donations. “I want people to be curious and ask me why I’m bald. Some people will think I just shaved — Cancer, Page A6