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UT astronomers make national news, discover apparent brown dwarf

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Astronomers at the University of Toledo made national news this month with a recently discovered new cosmic object floating alone in the Milky Way galaxy.

The newly identified object was named WISEA J114724.10-204021.3 — WISEA 1147 for short.

“This is a pretty big deal for me and the University of Toledo,” said Adam Schneider, a postdoctoral researcher, and the lead author of the study. “What I think is great is having an undergraduate involved.”

Schneider and the team that discovered the object theorizes that the freefloating planetary object is a brown dwarf.

The team estimates that WISEA 1147 is approximately 100 light years away from Earth and about 10 times the mass of Jupiter. NASA called this one of the lowest mass brown dwarfs ever discovered.

According to NASA, “brown dwarfs form like stars but lack the mass to fuse atoms at their cores and shine with starlight.”

James Windsor, the 20-year-old second-year astrophysics major working on the project, said WISEA 1147 was found in the relatively young TW Hydrae star family and is likely only 10 million years old — which

makes it too young to be a planet and more likely a brown dwarf.

Schneider and Windsor used data from two of NASA’s databases to make the discovery, the Wide-field

Infrared Survey Explorer, WISE, and the Two Micron All Sky Survey, or 2MASS. “We started looking through very large catalogues of infrared data, and we knew from previous experience that young brown dwarfs occupy a region of color space, so how bright a light is at a certain wavelength,” Schneider said. “We basically searched this color space for new objects of this type, and we found probably around 100. 50 were known objects, and then out of the other 50, this was the most interesting one.”

Windsor said he was tasked with searching for candidates resembling a brown dwarf

out of thousands of potential objects in a database. WISEA 1147 was one of these objects chosen because it produced a specific color.

“My job was to do a data calculation through writing program and generating images and looking for specific outliers on a plot,” Windsor said. “Out of the potential candidates this one produced a much redder color. Which usually implies the object is younger.”

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Scholarship named after former resident surgeon

UT hires new dean of students

By Carl Macaulay Staff Reporter

A University of Toledo resident surgeon who recently died of cancer is slated to be honored with a scholarship in his name and an honorary completion of his residency.

Cyrus Chan, who battled stage IV colon cancer for the past year, died on April 21 at the age of 39.

Over the past month, 337 donors raised over $40,000 for the Cyrus Chan Legacy Scholarship on GoFundMe — exceeding its initial goal of $25,000.

“We want to honor his track record of accomplishments with an honorary completion before the time that is traditionally required to accomplish that, because he may not be able to participate in the final year of training,” said Thomas Schwann, the Interim Chair of the Department of Surgery and

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chief of staff at UTMC, just before Chan’s death.

Chan, who was a general surgery resident UTMC, was supposed to finish his residency in July this year.

Schwann said Chan will be given an honorary completion at the same time the chief residents will celebrate the end of their training program.

“We typically have a celebration of our chief residents finishing their rigorous training program at the middle of June … it is during that celebration that we hope to be able to focus on Cyrus and shine the spotlight on his accomplishments,” Schwann said.

The initial target was to raise $25,000 for the scholarship in honor of Chan but the goal was later revised to $50,000 in light of to the level of support received.

“The first scholarship was for residents like him, but the medical community surpassed what we thought we would get. So we came up with a second one for medical students because that was his main drive. Even though he did teach the residents, he would really like teaching the medical students,” said Stephen Stanek, a resident surgeon at UTMC. Stanek said the scholarship will be funded through private donations, the medical community and from the countless people Chan impacted.

“Teaching students is something [Chan] always loved doing, so we thought creating a scholarship in his name will show him how much he’s touched other people and would inspire more people to

The university hired Phillip Cockrell as the new associate vice president and dean of students on April 4.

“Dr. Cockrell was the best qualified among the candidates,” wrote Kaye Patten, senior vice president for student affairs, in an email interview.

Cockrell previously served as associate vice provost and dean of students at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He also has student affairs experience from his time spent working at Mississippi University for Women, Ohio State University and Florida International University.

“I look forward to working collaboratively with the administration, faculty, staff and students to enhance the student experience.” Cockrell said in a UT press release Alongside Patten and the divisional senior leadership team, Cockrell will develop strategies and initiatives to enhance the student experience. He plans to improve that experience through both outreach and education.

“Dr. Cockrell’s primary goal is to support the enhancement of the general welfare of all students through his leadership and

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Remembering Reiber

UT gathers to celebrate the life of former assoc. director of communication Don Reiber

By Anna Glore Staff Reporter

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Members of Don Reiber’s family sit with UT students, faculty, and staff, as well as community members, during his memorial service held Sunday, April 24, at 2 p.m. in Savage Arena. The event showcased pictures of Reiber and speeches from different people who knew him.

Students, faculty, alumni and friends gathered together on Sunday, April 24 to honor and memorialize the life of former communications faculty member Don Reiber.

Reiber was an associate professor of communications and the director of the Department of Communications Media Services at the University of Toledo for nearly 40 years.

Mike Towbridge, an

alumni of UT who graduated in 2007, was one of many former students of Reiber’s who attended the service.

“He was more than a professor; professor doesn’t fit him,” Towbridge said. “He was everything; he was the kind of person that no matter what, no matter when, if you got ahold of him he would do anything he could to make it work for you.”

Kind words were said about Reiber and his time at UT at the memorial service,

including those by close friends and coworkers at the university. Jackie Layng, a communications professor, worked alongside Reiber in the communications department for 19 years.

“One of my favorite memories, when we moved from the Scott Park campus over to Rocket Hall, we didn’t have a lot of furniture,” Layng said. “We needed chairs for the students to sit in, and they were throwing See Reiber / 2 »

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be like him in the program,” Stanek said.

Chan received numerous awards for teaching, according to Mary Burda, a research and education coordinator at UT’s department of surgery.

“He has won numerous teaching awards — medical students voted him teacher of the year numerous times. He got the Gold Humanism Award and the Shining Star Award,” Burda said.

Stanek called Chan a hard-working, spirited person who never complained, and said he hopes the scholarship created will inspire more people.

“He left an indelible mark on people’s lives — not only with medical students, but he was also free with his knowledge with nursing students, physician assistant students and with anybody,” Schwann said.

supervisory role with Student Conduct, Multicultural Student Success, Student Experience, and Student Involvement and Leadership,” Patten wrote.

As dean of students, Cockrell will advise individuals and groups of students. He also provides co-curricular educational opportunities for students and implements policies related to student rights, responsibilities and behavior, Patten wrote.

His office also serves as a liaison between students, faculty, staff, parents and members of the general public.

“I am pleased that Dr. Cockrell has joined UT and the Division of Student Affairs leadership team,” Patten wrote. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will benefit the university and our students.”

researchers learn more about the development about our own solar system and how it came to be, according to Windsor.

According to NASA, this has only just revealed new clues surrounding these quiet worlds drifting in space.

“Another reason that astronomers want to study these isolated worlds is that they resemble planets but are easier to study,” according to the NASA article about the discovery. “Planets around other stars, called exoplanets, are barely perceptible next to their brilliant stars.

By studying objects like WISEA 1147, which has no host star, astronomers can learn more about their compositions and weather patterns.”

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out chairs at Rocket Park, so he and I dressed in all black, took a van and kind of, basically dumpster dove, and were able to outfit the studio with the classroom.”

Layng said that he was an incredible work partner and she shared many wonderful memories with her co-worker.

As a longtime professor in the communication department, Reiber left his fair share of memorable impressions on his students. Several shared stories to remember him at the memorial service.

“He was always very meticulous about putting up his Christmas tree lights,” said Holly Layman, a 2009 UT alumna. “And I kept in great contact with him the entire time I was in school and after I graduated and he sent me a Christmas ornament, in the shape of a Christmas tree because everyone needs to have a Christmas tree in their house and their apartment.

I still hang that on my tree today. He sent a lovely card with it; he was just the best.

There’s no other way to put it.”

The memories shared by those present gave a feeling of the type of person Reiber was to those who didn’t know him as closely. Dee Drummond, an associate

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The production control room in Savage Arena was dedicated to Don Reiber on April 24, during his memorial service for the time he spent working in the space and his dedication to the communication dept.

lecturer in the communication department, said that seeing the students come together after Reiber’s passing was truly remarkable, and something that she will never forget.

“I honestly feel like I’m learning from Don by listening and watching all these people, and these lives he’s touched. So, it makes me wish I would have had him for a teacher, and it makes me wish that I’d have known him better,” Drummond said.

A point that nearly each of the speakers seemed to reiterate was Reiber’s legacy living on through the students that he taught and worked with.

“Everybody that ever had more than five minutes to talk to him, you really felt

like you knew him personally and on a deep level, and he knew you,” Towbridge said. “You just knew that he was there for you no matter what.”

At the end of the memorial service, there was the dedication of the Don Reiber Media Control Room in Savage Arena. Reiber spent much of his time at the university working with the athletics department and producing sports broadcasts.

“He ate, slept and breathed broadcasting and there was just nobody like him,” Layng said. “He was truly an amazing person, and it was awesome was serving with him for 19 years and having this amazing work partnership that helped us build the program that we have today.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF NASA

This photo pinpoints the exact location UT astronomers discovered WISEA 1147. This find, which is likely a brown dwarf, was revealed earlier this month.

be considered a planet because it does not orbit a star and is free-floating out in space.

There is a small chance this object was kicked out of a solar system, but this probably is not the case because it is so young and that process takes millions of years. This object probably formed on its

“I really want to be an active researcher in astronomy. Whether that is theoretical or observational or at university I don’t know, I just want to do science.”

JAMES WINDSOR Second-year astrophysics major

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own, Schneider said.

“This is all unexpected, I never thought this study would get so much attention,” Windsor said. “I really want to be an active researcher in astronomy.

Whether that is theoretical or observational or at university I don’t know, I just want to do science.”

Other authors include Michael Cushing, an associate professor of astronomy at UT and Ritter Planetarium director; and Ned Wright of University of California, Los Angeles.

This study can be found in the latest edition of the Astrophysical Papers.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Finding what I want to be

Were you one of those people who grew up knowing exactly who they wanted to be when they got older? Were you one of the lucky few who, when asked in 4th grade, proudly said firefighter, author or painter and stuck with it ever since? Well, I wasn’t.

I had no idea what I wanted to do when I grew up. I jumped from author to lawyer to first female president.

I even tried paleontologist on for size, but nothing seemed to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF fit. Even when I came to UT I became a communication major simply because I knew I was good at public speaking, and it was a pretty general field.

So this is how I was, wandering aimlessly through a degree I didn’t think I cared about, when I applied for The Independent Collegian. Well, technically when my friend badgered me into applying for the IC and I reluctantly gave in. That would have been a little over a year ago.

Now I am the Editor-in-Chief, having moved quickly through Associate News Editor and News Editor in only about a year. It was a quick learning curve, and at times almost unbearably stressful, but always worth it.

But now I know what I want to be when I grow up. Being a reporter here at the IC sparked a passion I have never known before. Now I have been given the opportunity to help run the paper, and I’ve never been more grateful.

Getting the opportunity to be the Editor-in-Chief of the IC is something I could have only dreamed about. Being only a third-year student in the fall would make me one of the youngest EICs the paper has had, which means I won’t have a whole year of experience most others in the position have had, which is both exciting and nerve racking.

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Getting the opportunity to be the Editor-in-Chief of the IC is something I could have only dreamed about.

Being only a third-year student in the fall would make me one of the youngest EICs the paper has had.

Thank God I won’t be the only one working here.

I could never have accomplished anything this year if it wasn’t for the amazing group of people I get to work with. Every day I am impressed by the amount of passion, skill and creativity that my coworkers have and bring to the table every week.

This is a huge transitional year for us here at the paper.

We are losing a lot of really talented and exceptional people including our general manager, managing, sports and copy editors as well as our personal vagrant editor and layout guru. It’s going to be hard to come back in the fall knowing that so many of the people I’ve come to know and love won’t be around every Tuesday night.

But I will, and I think that is how you truly know you’re doing what you should be doing with your life. When your friends no longer work with you and you feel like you’re alone, if you still get excited about doing what you’re doing, then you’re in the right place.

The thing about the IC is it’s not supposed to be a place that you stay for too long. People come and go every year, gaining the skills and experience they need. It’s all about the learning experience.

On the other hand, some of us end up here for most of the time we spend at UT, sometimes even longer. We continue to grow and learn every year, become experts in the IC and everything it encompasses. We are definitely the minority here, but also an important element to its sustainability.

Even my academic adviser, who has truly been a huge factor to my growing success and confidence in what I am doing, warned me to not let the paper overrun my life. But how could I not? I think this stems from a misconception that when you throw your whole heart into something you truly care about you’re going to let other things fall through the cracks, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with letting the paper overrun my life.

If I’ve learned one thing from this, it’s not to worry if you don’t know what you’re doing right now. For a lot of people, myself included, you won’t know until it smacks you in the face.

At the same time, don’t settle for mediocrity, either. Don’t allow yourself to be comfortable in a position that doesn’t consume and excite you. Don’t work without passion. Once you find your niche, you will be able to go above and beyond even your own expectations of yourself, and you’ll finally be able to answer the question, “What do you want to be when you grown up?”

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Carlson Library renovations and hours Dear Editor: Thank you for your recent article concerning the upcoming renovations to Carlson Library, as well as your editorial supporting these efforts. I do need to point out one correction in the editorial, however.

Carlson Library has always been open 24-hours a day during exam week, and has extended hours the weekend before. This semester, we

will be open until midnight on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and April 30. We begin our 24-hour schedule on Sunday, May 1, and remain open until Friday, May 6, at 6 p.m. We look forward to offering the students a place to prepare for their important final exams.

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COMMENTARY

Remembering the “magic” of The Titanic One hundred and four years. It’s different people. Each day would be a been a hundred and four years since new surprise because it was the ship of the Titanic made its maiden voydreams. There was something magical age across the Atlantic to America. about the RMS Titanic, enhanced by When most people think of the its exquisite features or the mixture of Titanic two quotes typically come people onboard. Nevertheless, the movie to mind: “Draw me like one of your also depicted the real life experiences of French girls” and “I’ll never let go,” each social class, from the coal-throwing depicting the artisworkers at the bottom tic, romantic and of the ship to the cigarclassy characterislighting millionaires tics associated with in the snake pit. It was the ship. magical, entwined with The movie “Tithe very real distinctanic” was a true tions of society and representation of class status. what really hapWith all this granpened on that ship, deur and magic, this the mechanical invincible fantastical aspect as well as the beast lost to natural emotional. It’s actuforces and sank to the ally crazy to think bottom of the sea. All that in two days, the people, no matJack and Rose fell and ter the class, all sank love and decided to get to the same fate. We off the boat together should all take a minIC COLUMNIST ... but considering ute to think about how this ship was the RMS it would have been like Titanic, it makes sense. Everything to be in the passenger’s shoes during seemed timeless on that ship. those next few days leading up to the Remember the scene when Rose sinking of the ship. Would you have told Jack that she wanted to be with been the person that allowed others him romantically and they sealed to take your spot on the lifeboat? the deal by passionately kissing at Or would you have been the brutes the railing of the Titanic? I althat forced their way to the front ways thought that when the screen for the nice, spacious area of wood, slowly faded to black, two weeks had whilst watching others jostling their passed. But it was only a day. Yes, way aboard the ship to say goodbye the Titanic was so magnificent and to their loved ones? I guess when grand, that as the movie showed, it tragedy hits, class and manners and would seem like a lifetime was spent etiquette doesn’t matter, you are on board that ship instead of a few stripped down to the person you are days. inside.

It’s fairly hard to answer these questions when you aren’t actually in the situation — but it is something The Titanic was so to think about if you will be boardmagnificent and ing the Titanic II in the year 2018.

Aussie billionaire Clive Palmer has grand, that as the set an official year to the second movie showed, it launching of the Titanic. would seem like a I would have just accepted my fate and died along with the ship lifetime was spent on if there were no more room on the board that ship instead boats. And, I would have 100 percent imitated Rose’s decision to leave the of a few days. boat with her beloved Jack. While Rose and Jack’s story was never documented, there is a possibility Accordingly, if I was onboard the that there still is a Rose Bukater out Titanic I think I too would have been a there, that changed her name to Rose big dreamer, even if it was just because Dawson. According to the movie, of the lavish interior and its sea of she had kept her story a secret, even

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to her husband. Believing, that Rose Dawson was a real person, adds to the magic of the Titanic. What’s a beastly, fantastical structure, without the fairytale romance that met a Shakespearean tragic ending?

There are artifacts of the Titanic that can be purchased at auctions ranging from mere lunch menus to pieces of wood that may or may not have been apart of the ship. Honestly, if I was as rich as Mr. Palmer, I would go to one of these auctions and bid on all the antiqued items that I would find interesting and put it on Titanic II. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be surrounded with Titanic

Believing, that Rose Dawson was a real person, adds to the magic of the Titanic.

What’s a beastly, fantastical structure, without the fairytale romance that met a Shakespearean tragic ending? antiques and feel like the people on board the original Titanic?

The 104th anniversary of the Titanic, however, should not be about auctions of Titanic artifacts to make money. It should be about remembering the people that jumped off the ship or died in the frigid water because of the upper class’ fear of having their authentic leather coats touched by another human being in the life boats. Through these next few days, we should all just take a day to sit on the couch with an elaborately styled china tea cup and matching plate, and watch “Titanic” and imagine the feelings of the passengers onboard. I for one will accept this challenge and complete it with maximum satisfaction. Not only that, but you will be reliving the romantic yet tragic story of Rose and Jack, which may inspire you to embark on your own Titanic journey in 2018 courtesy of Mr. Palmer.

Samar Ayoub is a first year majoring in biology.

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The Toledo women’s golf team traveled to Noblesville, Indiana where they hit the links to compete in the 2016 Mid American Conference Championships over the weekend.

The Rockets finished second in the tournament, just four strokes behind No. 13 Kent State to complete the most accomplished season in program history.

This was the third runner-up showing for Toledo in the last four years, while the Golden Flashes notched their 18th straight league title.

“I’m really proud of this team,” said Head Coach Nicole Hollingsworth. “This is a great group that just continues to get better every week.”

UT shattered many records this season, including a school record of the most tournament victories in a season with five.

Senior Sathika Ruenreong was named first-team All-MAC for her fourth straight year, making her the only Rocket to ever earn this honor more than once.

Senior Manisa Isavas received second-team All-MAC honors for her third consecutive year, and is the third ever Rocket to be named to an all-MAC team on three different occasions.

Hollingsworth was also honored as MAC Coach of the Year following the tournament, marking her second time winning the award in the past three years.

“I’m humbled and very happy,” Hollingsworth said. “Yeah, my

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name is on it, but it is a team award and the team’s hard work.”

Senior Morgan Salm was back and played in her first tournament since late February after a wrist injury.

Salm finished tied for 33rd place, 15-over par 231 (75-77-79).

“I gambled putting Morgan in there, but there is no one stronger than her,” Hollingsworth said. “I’m glad she was able to finish her golf career with the team.”

Senior Manisa Isavas was one-over par through 11 holes until she sunk four straight birdies to close out the opening round.

She tied for first with the best round of the day at three-under par 69.

Following the first round of the tournament, Toledo sat in first place with a 289 one-over par.

Freshman Natcha Daengpiem and Pimchanok Kawil rounded out the Top 10 for the Rockets with a oneover par 73 to end the day tied for seventh. Daengpiem and Kawil carded one birdie and two bogeys, and two birdies and three bogeys, respectively.

Ruenreong collected just one birdie and was just outside the Top 10 with a 13th place showing at twoover par 74.

Behind Toledo after day one sat Western Michigan with a fiveover par 293 and Kent State at six-over par 292.

Round two is when the tides changed in the three-day tournament for the Rockets.

Toledo shot five-over par 293, dropping them three strokes behind Kent State after two rounds.

Kawil was the only Rocket who shot under par on day two, to finish the day in second place two-under par 142.

She shot a score of 69, making her only the third Rocket to notch a score under 70 in MAC Championships history.

Isavas was the only other Rocket to round out in the Top 10 after day two with a fifth-place showing at even par 144.

The Golden Flashes took the lead after two with a three-over par 579 with Toledo and Ohio following behind with six-over par 582 and 17-over par 593.

Sunday marked the start of round three where UT looked to close the gap between themselves

and Kent State.

Toledo finished with its lowest stroke total ever in the MAC Championships with an eight-over par 872, but fell just short of defeating nationally ranked Kent State.

“It’s hard to swallow because I saw it,” Hollingsworth said. “But, did they ever quit? ... If the answer is no, then I can be nothing but proud of this team.”

Kawil finished the tournament with a career-low three-under par 213, snagging a second-place finish, just two strokes behind leader Danielle Nicholson of Akron.

Daengpiem was next for the Rockets finishing in ninth place with a score with a threeover par 219. Rounding out the Top 10 were Isavas and Ruenreong who tied for 10th place at four-over par 220.

Hollingsworth will be graduating three seniors but is not worried about the fate of the team.

“If we’re not better next year, then I’m not doing my job.”

The final leaderboard shows Kent State on top with a fourover par 868, while Toledo and Ohio followed behind with a second and third place showing at eight-over par 872 and 18-over par 882, respectively.

“I’m glad all my seniors got to play and finish their careers on top,” Hollingsworth said.

Ruenreong was one of six individuals to be selected to participate in an NCAA regional at the Shoal Creek Course in Shoal Creek, Alabama on May 5-7. She is the first Rocket to ever compete in an NCAA event.

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Senior Jessica Lemieux smacks a line drive to the outfield against second place Miami (OH). She leads the Rockets with a .350 batting average.

UT sweeps Western

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The University of Toledo softball team got its first road sweep of the season, beating Western Michigan in a threegame series over the weekend.

UT won 3-1 on Friday before taking Saturday’s double header 7-4 and 2-1 on Saturday. The wins put the Rockets at 13-31 (6-1 MAC) on the season.

“I think this weekend was huge,” Head Coach Kristen Butler said. “They (WMU) were number one in the west so that was big. I think right now for our team, it’s do or die so to go in against such a strong team, I think that was huge for our team.”

On Friday, senior Jessica Lemieux got UT on the board in the first inning after she scored on a Western Michigan error.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Bergman tacked on another run for Toledo in the second inning with a solo home run.

Sophomore Ashley Rausch added some insurance in the seventh off of a Lemieux double to extend the lead to 3-0.

The Broncos scored a run in the seventh to cut the deficit to 3-1 but failed to produce more. Senior Marla Gooding got the win for the Rockets, allowing no earned runs on four hits and a walk over seven innings.

In game one of the Saturday doubleheader, Lemieux kicked off the scoring again when she hit a triple and stole on a Bronco throwing error to make the score 1-0.

Bergman singled to left field, scoring junior Brittany George to increase the UT lead to 2-0. The Rockets scored two runs to make the score 4-0 in the third following a single from sophomore Samantha Showalter and a double by George.

“It definitely helps for me to go out there and throw strikes,” Gooding said.

Western Michigan answered back in

the bottom of the fourth with four runs, tying the game following two singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.

Toledo took back the lead in the fifth inning with a solo home run from George, her fourth of the season. Junior Chandler Rice brought in Lemieux with an RBI single up the middle to extend the lead to 6-4.

“We’re fighting to be able to make the MAC tournament...”

KRISTEN BUTLER Head coach

Gooding capped off the scoring with a sacrifice fly to bring in Kim Frank, making the score 7-4.

In Game 2, Western Michigan struck first with an RBI double to center field.

Toledo responded with one run each in the third and fourth innings with consecutive sacrifice flies to take the lead at 2-1.

Gooding got her third win of the series after pitching 17.3 total innings and striking out five batters.

“We’re fighting to be able to make the MAC tournament,” Butler said. “So I think the series reinstated a little confidence. I think coming in and being able to compete with Western Michigan the way we did — I think is a huge confidence booster.”

Toledo will get back to the diamond with a doubleheader against Bowling Green on Wednesday before hosting a three-game series against Northern Illinois this weekend.

First pitch against the Huskies is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday.

The Toledo baseball team traveled to Mount Pleasant for a weekend series against Central Michigan. UT dropped the first two games 14-2 and 1-0 before getting a win on Sunday 4-3.

After the series the Rockets stand at 9-31-1 and 4-8 in MidAmerican Conference games.

Central Michigan came out swinging hot bats in the first game, scoring 12 runs in the first three innings. UT couldn’t make up that deficit.

Junior LHP Steven Calhoun was handed the loss allowing ten runs in only three innings of work. Sophomore Brad Boss had an RBI going one for four at the plate. Junior Jake Krupar and senior Deion Tansel each scored for the Rockets.

The Chippewas got things going in the bottom of the first when sophomore Daniel Jipping hit an RBI double down the line. Calhoun later hit a batter with the bases loaded, allowing another run to score.

They capped off the five hit, six run inning with two RBI singles from sophomore Colton Bradley and junior Robert Greenman. Jipping struck again in the bottom of the second with a solo homerun to straight away center field.

Central Michigan was not done yet, adding five more runs in the third. Sophomore Zach McKinstry hit a three- run triple to stretch the lead to 11-0. McKinstry later scored on a sacrifice fly.

UT only managed two base runners through the first four innings but scored their first run in the top of the fifth on a bases-loaded walk. The Rockets trailed 12-1 after five innings.

The scoring did not stop for the Chippewas as they plated two more runs in the bottom of seventh.

Toledo added an unearned run in the eighth inning when Tansel scored from first on a bad throw from the outfield.

On Saturday the Rockets looked to bounce back but fell short in a much more competitive game.

Senior LHP Ross Achter was given the loss despite allowing

only an unearned run on eight hits in 6.2 innings. His counterpart Nick Deeg pitched a complete game while shutting out UT. Five different Rockets recorded a hit but they were unable to get one across the plate.

Sophomore Matt Hansen had the only extra base hit.

It didn’t take long for Central Michigan to score the lone run of the game as freshman Daniel Robinson singled home a run in the bottom of the first inning.

The Chippewas were threating again in the bottom of the second with runners on first and second until junior Alex Borglin grounded out to end the inning.

Toledo left a runner on base in the third, fourth and fifth innings.

In the top of the ninth, UT tried to extend the game as sophomore Dalton Bollinger singled to right field after fouling off five straight pitches.

After a walk, junior Cory Tipton came on to pinch hit but he flew to center field on the second pitch of the at bat to end the game.

Head coach Cory Mee picked up his 300th career victory on Sunday in a thriller.

Junior RHP Sam Shutes got the start for Toledo. He went four innings allowing only a single run. Freshman LHP Michael Jacob and senior John Martilotta appeared in relief for the Rockets.

Jacob earned the win and Martilotta notched the save, a career-first for both.

Toledo’s offense was led by Bollinger who had the lone RBI. Martilotta recorded the only extra base hit going 2-4 on the day. Senior Lucas Sokol also earned his second multi-hit game of the season.

In the top of the first UT tried to make up for not scoring the day before, rattling off three runs on only one hit.

Senior Cory Finkler scored the first run on a throwing error, then Tansel scored from third base on a wild pitch. UT capitalized on several errors in the inning.

Central Michigan was on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Jipping smashed a double down the line scoring McKinstry from first base.

They added another run in the fifth when Borglin hit his own RBI double. Toledo lead 3-2 after five innings.

Tansel scored the Rockets fourth run of the game on a throwing error by the Central Michigan pitcher in the top of the seventh.

After an RBI single in the eighth, the Chippewas attempted to tie the game in ninth. Borglin hit a two- out single to put the tying run on base. But McKinstry grounded out to second base to end the game and the Rockets’ five-game losing streak.

UT returns to the diamond Wednesday, April 27 as they Travel to take on Michigan State.

First pitch is slated for 3:05 p.m.

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Senior Deion Tansel prepares his swing against Dayton while sophomore Dalton Bollinger looks on in the batters box.

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Pride GROWs in Toledo

By Yasmeen Hamdah Staff Reporter

It’s the feeling of spring and summer. The dirt under your fingernails and the smell of sweat might be overwhelming to some, but at the end of the growing season, all of your hard work will come to fruition as the plants you’ve worked to sustain bring you vegetables and fruits to enjoy.

This is the feeling of success that Toledo GROWs wants to bring back to the city of Toledo and northwest Ohio. Toledo GROWs is a grassroots, nonprofit program created by the Toledo Botanical Garden.

It assists people who are interested in establishing community gardens in the Toledo area, as well as areas in northwest Ohio.

“We want our city to be accessible as a dwelling place, and as a safe place, and not just a place where we think, for some reason, tourists are going to want to come, or people who are going to go work for eight hours of their day and then leave,” said Page Armstrong, a professor at the University of Toledo.

Before the involvement of UT’s Jesup Scott Honors College with Toledo GROWs, Armstrong participated in Toledo GROWs through other organizations. She’s been working with them for seven years.

“They [Toledo GROWs] do many things, but they started off with promoting urban gardens in the city of

Toledo and helping people start gardens,” Armstrong said. “Since then, they’ve added on a whole educational component. They work with inner city kids; they work with families, they work in neighborhoods helping to educate people about growing food and nutrition.”

First launched in 1997, Toledo GROWs has been in operation for nearly two decades and has supported over 165 gardens in northwest Ohio. Their mission is to better the Toledo environment and community, according to their website. Toledo GROWs is accomplishing their goal by providing assistance to those that want to start their own gardens in the area.

Toledo GROWs provides the tools, supplies and funding needed to establish community gardens in northwest Ohio. According to their website, Toledo GROWs also sends out volunteers to provide assistance with the preparation and the starting of the gardens. After this initial work, the garden is now in the hands of the community and they are responsible for the growth and flourishing of the plants.

“If a group comes to them, or a person comes

to them and wants to start a garden, they will help them start the garden, they will give them free plants, they’ll lend them tools, they’ll go out and put some labor into it, but it won’t be their garden,”

Armstrong said.

The community gardens that Toledo GROWs has established are in a variety of different locations.

These areas include schools, backyards and vacant lots.

According to Armstrong, Toledo GROWs does not just enhance the appearance of the city of Toledo. The program also aids in making the city of Toledo more accessible to those in need.

“I really like that Toledo GROWs is trying to work with all groups in Toledo,” Armstrong said.

Plants such as vegetables, fruits and flowers are grown in the community gardens.

The growth of these plants have improved the access some Toledo community members have to fresh and healthy foods. With the gardens that Toledo GROWs creates, there is a way for these people to have access to healthy foods.

Toledo GROWs has been working to educate members of the Toledo community about the importance of

Toledo having more green spaces. The organization has been reaching out to Toledo students and assisting with school gardens as well as hosting field trips to community gardens around the area.

According to Toledo GROWs website, school groups can visit the Robert J. Anderson Urban Agriculture Center, the headquarters of Toledo GROWs. On these field trips, students tour the farmstead and learn more about Toledo GROWs. The center is an urban farm where the workers of Toledo GROWs raise plants to be taken to community gardens and planted.

“It’s a place

where they [guests and those involved with Toledo GROWs] can come and learn; we have workshops here,” said Yvonne Dubielak, an outreach and education director for Toledo Botanical Garden.

According to Dubielak, Toledo GROWs is an opportunity for Toledo community members to work with the soil that their food grows from. In addition to getting people involved with nature and educating people about the importance of plant life, the

Toledo GROWs program provides a way for people to communicate and learn from one another, Dubliak said. Toledo GROWs also has a council that welcomes gardeners to exchange ideas and resources that other gardeners could use and benefit from when working on their projects.

“We’ve been around for about 20 years and started as a grassroots org to promote community gardening, to get people connected back with the soil, the source of their food,” Dubliak said. “What we do is, we help community gardens throughout the city and throughout the area.

We do a lot of networking, partnering with other organizations as well, so that we can help funnel resources to those [community gardens] gardens as much as possible.”

According to their website, Toledo GROWs hosts volunteers every Wednesday during the spring growing season from 9 a.m. to noon to help in the greenhouses and around the agriculture center growing and cultivating the food. You can volunteer at the Toledo GROWs headquarters, The Robert J. Anderson Urban Agriculture Center, at 900 Oneida St. in Toledo.

More information about the Toledo GROWs program and where you can volunteer can be found at their website: http://www.toledogarden.org/toledogrows.

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The loss of a generation’s idol

TANASIO LOUDERMILL GUEST COLUMNIST

Last Thursday afternoon, when the news broke that the ever-changing enigma Prince Rogers Nelson had suddenly ended his 57-year tenure on this thing we call Earth, I was in complete disbelief. The person that had shaped so many aspects of my being was gone — forever. My first response was, “No … It couldn’t be true.” It still has not fully registered in my brain, and I don’t know how long it will be before I can truly accept it.

Prince initially changed my life when I was at the tender age of seven. I combed through my mom’s VHS collection and chose “Purple Rain” as the film I was going to watch that day. As his silhouette filled my TV screen, and “Let’s Go Crazy” began to play, I was in complete awe. I had never seen anything like it. The clothes that he and The Revolution were sporting, the stylistic blend of genre that took me on a wild ride throughout the course of the film, and the explicit representation of sex (even though I didn’t quite know what that was yet) kept me coming back for more. I faithfully watched “Purple Rain” every day for who knows how long, like I was getting paid for it. Eventually, I claimed my mom’s copy of “The Very Best of Prince” as my own, and carried it with me everywhere, my CD Walkman right by my side. His lyrics awakened so many questions for me.

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‘Birth of Venus’

Denim for a cause

By Amber Thomas

Associate Community Editor

It’s the feeling of spring and summer. The dirt under your fingernails and the smell of sweat might be

By Emily Schnipke Community Editor

Walking into the art classrooms at the Toledo Museum of Art, it’s hard not to notice the easygoing camaraderie that these bachelor of fine arts students have with each other.

Those friendships are what makes group projects in classes like Eric Ziegler’s all that more fun.

The image they’re working to recreate started out as a joke, the class admitted while laughing. And the addition of gender-swapping the characters was also thought up as a laugh.

“We said, ‘Oh, that’s your joke? Now you have to be Venus,’” said Robert Cummerow, a third-year photography student.

Eric Ziegler, a lecturer of multidisciplinary art and foundations at UT, teaches the advanced photography course that is specialized in lighting. He said that the assignment for this shoot was to create a single image that utilized their resources (equipment, people and

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creativity) as much as possible.

“The students chose to recreate Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus,’ but with all roles gender swapped,” Ziegler said. “We are going to recreate the painting as best we can with real life sets, and compositing of images.

Every student in the class is involved in a way that best suits their skills, and we are all working as a team to make the image happen.”

Last year’s class project included the burial of one of their classmates in the woods. Ziegler said that the class utilized the natural light that was available as well as bringing out artificial lights and even a fog machine.

“It was taking

everything as far out from our comfort zone as possible,” Ziegler said.

This year’s outdoor photo shoot was at the Maumee Bay Park on April 14.

Steven Hoody, who posed as gender-swapped Venus, stood in a half-thong while his classmates shivered in coats cupping hot coffees.

In the class, students are working with on-camera flash, studio continuous lighting and studio strobe lighting in addition to their study of the use of natural light.

“In the class I teach the students the process of how to light a scene or object to get the desired outcome they are looking for,” Zeigler said. “This class approaches lighting as a tool that can be

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overwhelming to some, but at the end of the growing season, all of your hard work will come to fruition as the plants you’ve worked to sustain bring you vegetables and fruits to enjoy.

This is the feeling of success that Toledo GROWs wants to bring back to the city of Toledo and northwest Ohio. Toledo GROWs is a grassroots, nonprofit program created by the Toledo Botanical Garden.

It assists people who are interested in establishing community gardens in the Toledo area, as well as areas in northwest Ohio.

“We want our city to be accessible as a dwelling place, and as a safe place, and not just a place where we think, for some reason, tourists are going to want to come, or people who are going to go work for eight hours of their day and then leave,” said Page Armstrong, a professor at the University of Toledo.

Before the involvement of UT’s Jesup Scott Honors College with Toledo

GROWs, Armstrong participated in Toledo GROWs through other organizations.

She’s been working with them for seven years.

“They [Toledo GROWs] do many things, but they started off with promoting urban gardens in the city of Toledo and helping people start gardens,” Armstrong said. “Since then, they’ve added on a whole educational component. They work with inner city kids; they work with families, they work in neighborhoods helping to educate people about growing food and nutrition.”

First launched in 1997, Toledo GROWs has been in operation for nearly two decades and has supported over 165 gardens in northwest Ohio. Their mission is to better the Toledo environment and community, according to their website. Toledo GROWs is accomplishing their goal by providing assistance to those that want to start their own gardens in the area.

Toledo GROWs provides

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