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HOUSING DISPUTE
Housing dissatisfaction
Students clash with landlords over terms of lease By Jessica Harker Associate News Editor
Rocket takes flight Vince Anzalone wins Flight C singles title at Purdue Invitational. SPORTS / 3 »
One of the newest apartment complexes available to University of Toledo students, Edge 1120, is facing controversy over claims of unavailable services. An anonymous UT student who lives at Edge wrote in an email interview that due to the lack of services available and the lack of assistance to solve the problems by Edge management, they withheld rent for the month of September. “I have sent numerous emails back and forth with Jennifer Mann, the manager. She is very rude and did not seem concerned with fixing my issues,” the student wrote. “When I told her I was very unhappy with stuff not working and being expected to still pay full rent I told her I was going to withhold rent this month. She told me to contact her when I had a lawyer.” The student wrote they then
Self-esteem in style A new student group on campus was created to focus on improving self-esteem through fashion.
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COMMUNITY / 6 »
“As a young and new teacher, I believe that a more hands-on approach ... brings the students closer to the subject matter.”
had a meeting with Mann, a corporate manager and another resident, and they were treated poorly then as well and told the only thing that could be done for them was to break their lease and leave by that week. “They were both very mean and rude, the corporate manager more so. When I started crying because of the issues I am having and the stress that it is causing me has exasperated [sic] some medical problems I have, [Mann] was laughing. I kid you not, laughing. She was so condescending and rude. Talking to me like I was some little kid,” the student wrote. Many residents of Edge are currently in similar situations, wrote the student, but are oftentimes too worried to speak up about it. “The day I saw my eviction notice, everyone on the fourth floor of my building had one. I know personally of at least 10
people,” the student said. Edge 1120 management declined to comment about the eviction notices and the alleged issues that caused students to withhold rent. Carlos Baez, a second-year theater major and a resident of Edge 1120 said there was a range of things not available or not fully-functional when he and other residents moved into the building. “I wish they would have had everything built when they started moving people in,” Baez said. According to Baez, the outlets were hard to use, there was incomplete construction in his apartment, they were not finished painting and the Wi-Fi was “spotty at best.” Baez said these problems have yet to be fixed. The electronic access cards
Gaber takes the reins
MAISHA RASHID
Education requires interaction
OPINION / 4 »
PROTEST
UT students hold protest at mayoral candidate’s campaign event By Jessica Harker Associate News Editor
Soccer drops two to start MAC play UT’s women’s soccer team struggled on the road with both Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. SPORTS / 3 »
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President Gaber was inaugurated on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Savage Arena Auditorium. The event was preceeded by a week of activities welcoming Gaber, including the President’s Backyard Barbeque and the signing of Gaber’s welcome banner. Over 1,200 students, faculty and community members attended the livestreamed inauguration ceremony.
Oldies but goodies for the fall season
A group of students from the University of Toledo held a protest Sept. 24 against mayoral candidate Mike Bell due to accusations of sexual harassment by Allison Dow, a former UT student. The protest took place Thursday evening around 5 p.m. at Tony Packo’s restaurant on Front Street during an event hosted by the mayoral candidate titled “A Conversation with Mike Bell.”
WOMEN’S HEALTH
From bellbottoms to turtleneck crop tops, Modrowski has all the fall fashion tips you need.
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“We approve of the plan and, from what we’ve heard, we’re hopeful about the execution.” EDITORIAL Gaber’s goals point UT in the right direction OPINION / 4 »
Menopause clinic opens By Ashley King Staff Reporter
Women dealing with menopause will have a new resource for treating their symptoms starting Oct. 7, 2015. The University of Toledo Medical Center is opening a menopause clinic, which will be the first in the Toledo area. Lance Talmage, an OBGYN physician at UTMC, said the clinic will begin with eight patients and grow from there. “We’ll start out with available consultations for about eight patients per week,” Talmage said. And that will be subjected to expansion if the demand justifies it.” The clinic offers hormonal and non-hormonal therapies, prescription drugs and herbal options to help its patients deal with symptoms.
Current information on menopause treatment was lacking, which was part of the deciding factor in creating the clinic. Talmage will be working with Terry Gibbs, a certified menopausal counselor. Talmage said Gibbs has special training in this area, being a certified menopausal counselor through the North American Menopausal Society. The clinic also did not require additional funding from the university, according to Talmage. It takes what is available from already existing clinics and made it available to its patients. “There’s no cost. It’s simply utilizing the clinic facility that we already have and adding another clinic to that,” Talmage said. According to Gibbs, there is an entire generation of
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This year, university students were able to begin residence in the new Edge 1120 apartments near campus. Weeks after moving in, students said some services were See Edge 1120 / 5 » still unavailable, leading to conflict.
people who will have questions about this topic. “You have right now a baby boomer generation, which includes 77 million people. That’s a lot of people,” Gibbs said. “Five to six thousand women turn fifty in America every day. There’s a lot of people who have these questions every day.” Sharon Barnes, associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, agreed with Gibbs and Talmage about the baby boomer generation not taking the topic of menopause lying down. “They’re doing it really quite differently than their mothers,” Barnes said. “Like they have all the way along.” The topic of menopause generally relates to older women. However, there are younger women who begin See Clinic / 2 »
MIKE BELL
Dow said the protest was in response to an encounter she had with Bell early in September. She came out with accusations against Bell saying he made inappropriate comments to her as well as an unwelcomed physical advance on Friday, Sept. 4 at Wesley’s Bar and Grill. “I was standing at the bar ordering a drink with some friends and I felt someone come up behind me and put his hand on my lower back and whispers, ‘If you stand up on your tiptoes in that dress me and my friends will pass out,’ and he lowered his hand to my butt,” Dow said.
Lily Ostrander, a second-year pharmacy major, wrote in an email interview that the group arrived at the restaurant at 4:50 p.m. and immediately faced confrontation. “Someone from Tony Packo’s came out (we assumed he was the manager) and asked us to move away, to which Allison replied that we were on public property and won’t move, but that we would not block the entries. However, he still asked us to move farther away and even said ‘the further the better,’” Ostrander wrote. She wrote that there was no direct confrontation with Bell because at about 5:20 p.m. he was snuck in through the back door of the restaurant. Dow did not witness Bell entering through the back because she was busy speaking to his PR person at that time; her assumption was that it was a distraction so as to avoid a public confrontation. “It’s funny that the event is called ‘A Conversation with Mike Bell’” when he has to sneak in the back to avoid a conversation with me about sexual harassment,” Dow said. Tiffany Runion, a fourth-year women’s and gender studies major who also attended the protest, wrote in an email interview that they had about a dozen or so supporters protesting at the event. “Beth and Allison rotated duty on the megaphone, shouting to See Bell / 5 »
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menopause prematurely. “There are people that are prematurely menopausal and
really these are questions that these young people may want to ask their mothers,” Gibbs said. Barnes said the taboo of talking about menopause has
more to do with the taboo of women’s bodies in general. “I think there’s a taboo around all women’s bodily functions,” Barnes said. “I think menopause, menstruation, et cetera, that points to women’s biology is uncomfortable because we’re used to seeing women’s bodies in a sexual way.” Gibbs advised that knowing your family’s medical history can be beneficial for you in the long run. “Most of the things that you’re genetically predisposed to start showing up [in the] forties, fifties,” Gibbs said. “And if you have some idea what your family history is all about, then you can really kind of do some preparation.” The clinic offers 45-minute appointments and is open on Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.m.
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SOCCER
Rockets take flight UT drops
Freshman Vince Anzalone wins Flight Ohio 0-0 3-1 Akron 0-0 2-2 C singles title at Purdue Invitational EAST DIVISION
Bowling Green 0-0 2-2 Buffalo 0-0 2-2 Kent State 0-0 1-3 Miami 0-0 1-3 UMass 0-0 0-3
WEST DIVISION Ball State 1-0 2-2 Toledo 0-0 3-0 Northern Illinois 0-0 2-2 Central Michigan 0-0 1-3 Western Michigan 0-0 1-3 Eastern Michigan 0-1 1-3
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Miami 2-0 6-3 Toledo freshman Vince Anzalone started off his collegiate career with four straight victories to claim the Flight C singles title at the Purdue Invitational this weekend. Kent State 1-1 5-3-2 Buffalo 1-1 5-4-1 By Jackson Rogers Sophomore Stephen Miller has only been a month.” Sports Reporter and freshman Juan Carranza All of the Rockets’ douAkron 1-1 4-5-1 The Toledo men’s tennis both won their first matches bles teams had little success Ohio 1-1 3-6 team started off its 2015 of the season in the Flight with each team falling in the season over the weekend Bowling Green 0-2 4-5-1 C division but their success second round.
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at the Purdue Invitational. Freshman Vince Anzalone started his collegiate career with four straight victories to claim the Flight C singles title. “It was definitely an experience that I enjoyed,” Anzalone said. “Being in my first college match ever — then, of course, winning the whole flight was just a huge confidence booster for me.” Anzalone played three consecutive two-set matches before needing a three set decision (0-6,6-3,6-4) in the championship against Southern Illinois’ Alex Pozo. “[College] is a lot different from high school,” Anzalone said. “It’s a lot more competitive and a lot more non-traditional. The traditions are upheld, and I think that is a good thing because it makes it more fun for the athletes.” Freshman Reid Teatsorth also made a run to the finals in the Flight E division. Ball State’s Patrick Downs took down the freshman in three sets (3-6, 6-2, 6-4) to take home the Flight E title.
stopped there. Carranza was defeated by Wright State’s Marc Sodini in a hardfought three-sets (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to be eliminated from the invitational.
“Being in my first college match ever — then, of course, winning the whole flight was just a huge confidence booster for me.” VINCE ANZALONE Freshman tennis player
“There were some ups and downs,” said Head Coach Al Wermer. “We’re really proud of Vince and Reid, I think they’ve proved that they put in a lot of hard work over the summer and that was evident over the weekend. It was also evident on how fast they’ve been improving since they’ve been here, which
UT defeats Arkansas State 37-7
“I think it’s a lot of trial and error,” Wemer said. “The first thing we do is try to matchup our game strengths versus our weaknesses, personality and compatibility. “I would say those are the three things that go into deciding doubles pairings.” Anzalone was paired with sophomore Omar Espinosa but lost 8-2 to a team from Eastern Kentucky in Flight A. Carranza and Teatsworth were defeated 8-4 to the future runners-up Ball State in Flight B. Miller teamed up with freshman Luka Vitosevic in Flight C and dropped a competitive 9-7 decision to a Southern Illinois pair that would lose the championship match to Eastern Kentucky. “I’m extremely optimistic; I think the guys have an attitude,” Wermer said. “We have a lot of talent; we’re going to be very deep and we also have good talent high in the lineup.” Toledo will return to the courts this weekend when they will compete in the ITA All-American Tournament on Oct. 3-11 in Tulsa, Okla.
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The University of Toledo women’s soccer team opened up Mid-American Conference play on the road this past weekend. UT dropped back to back games with a 0-2 defeat on Friday against Northern Illinois and then a close 0-1 on Sunday verses Western Michigan. The Rockets (4-7-0, 0-2-0 MAC) applied heavy pressure against the Huskies (2-7-0, 2-0-0 MAC) with four first-half shots. Sophomore midfielder Isa Echeverri had two shots on goal, but both were saved by NIU goalkeeper Mackenzie Lee who had four saves in the matchup. “We didn’t threaten them [NIU] as much as we were threatened,” said Head Coach T.J. Buchholz. “We were right there; we just need to find a way to score.” UT took a 0-0 tie into the locker room for halftime. The Rockets were unlucky in the second half. NIU midfielder Lauren Gierman recorded a brace finding the net in the 60th minute on a direct kick from 50 yards out and again in the 71st minute on an almost identical kick. Toledo would create one last chance with a shot from junior Kiersten Johnson but the shot sailed wide right. “We just need to work on putting the final pieces together,” said senior midfielder Megan Connor. “We need to finish our opportunities when we get inside the box.” The Rockets outshot the Huskies seven-to-four but struggled finishing. They also won four corner kicks in Friday’s contest. “As a whole, the team is doing very well,” Buchholz said. “We had a tough opponent — good on their home field — and we couldn’t find a goal.” UT headed to Kalamazoo on Sunday where they found themselves in a defensive battle in a 1-0 loss to Western Michigan (5-2-2, 2-0-0 MAC). While both teams kept the goalies busy with ten shots apiece, the Broncos scored the single goal in the 85th minute. Western Michigan’s Irene Young scored off a header assisted by Candice Uhl with just five minutes remaining. “We went into these games with the mindset that we had everything to gain and nothing to lose,” Connor said. “We were going to give everything we had in both games.” Johnson and sophomore Sophie Pohl, both had multiple shots in the contest but couldn’t convert for the Rockets. After losing both MAC games the Rockets fell to fifth in the West Division of the MAC standings. See Soccer / 5 »
VOLLEYBALL
UT struggles at Ball State and Buffalo, fall to 0-2 in MAC play By Justice Sunderland Sports Reporter
The University of Toledo’s football team defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 37-7 in a rematch of the Jan. 4 GoDaddy Bowl. The Rockets’ (3-0) defense led the way forcing three interceptions and recovering two of six ASU fumbles. UT’s front seven put on a dominant show in the trenches, holding the Red Wolves to -14 rushing yards and to 209 total yards. UT’s defense has been extremely tough in their red zone defense giving up 13 points in 11 tries and only one touchdown. The offense was led by senior quarterback Phillip Ely who threw for 308 yards on 25of-52 passing. Sophomore Cody Thompson led the recieving core with five catches for 112 yards including a game-long 37-yard reception. The Rockets were paced on the ground by sophomore running back Terry Swanson. He rushed for 72 yards on 17 attempts and two touchdowns. Junior running back Damion Jones-Moore also contributed 65 yards on a game-high 18 carries and a touchdown. Toledo gained 477 total yards of offense against ASU. Freshman kicker Jameson Vest has been solid so far for the Rockets. He went three-for-three against the Red Wolves including his career-long of 44-yard. Toledo will attempt to hold onto their unbeaten record when they travel to Ball State on Saturday to open up Mid-American Conference play.
two to start MAC play
The University of Toledo women’s volleyball team continued to struggle through this season in Mid-American Conference opening weekend. The Rockets (3-12, 0-2 MAC) opened conference play with a 3-2 home loss to Ball State (25-13, 25-18, 2426, 11-25, 10-15) on Thursday before traveling to Buffalo on Saturday falling 3-1 (25-20, 19-25, 23-25, 14-25). Freshman libero Maurissa Leonard led the Rockets defense with a season-high 32 digs against the Cardinals. “She continues to improve and be the anchor of our back row,” said Head Coach Greg Smith. Senior setter Alex Hines tallied a career-best 18 defensive saves while junior libero Maggie Johnston added 14 more for the Rockets. The offense was paced by sophomore outside hitter Saige Thomas who tailed 16 kills. Freshman right side hitter Carly Townsend added 14 kills in her first MAC competition. The Rockets started the
game strong, taking the first 2 sets (25-13) and (25-18). Townsend set the tone early in the first set with six kills and a .667 attack percentage. The defense played tough as well holding Ball State to .000 attack percentage. UT carried the momentum in the first set over to the second set. Townsend tallied five more kills and a .444 hit percentage. Leonard had 10 digs in the second set to help hold the Cardinals to a .042 attack percentage. In the third set the Cardinals started to get things going, jumping out to a 14-7 advantage. The young UT team did not quit, battling back to tie the set at 23-23. Ball State would prevail with two clutch blocks to win their first set of the match. The Cardinals would not look back taking the next two sets. Senior middle blocker Kelly Hopkins paced the Cardinals with 12 kills and a match-high nine blocks. She was part of a Ball State effort that resulted in a 19-9 advantage in the blocking department. Senior libero Kati Vasalakis was BSU’s defensive leader in the back row with 31 digs.
“I think we got the wind knocked out our sail after the third set,” Smith said. “After such a great a comeback the team barely had anything left in the tank to finish off the match.” On Saturday UT traveled to New York to take on conference foe Buffalo (2-12, 1-1 MAC). The Rockets would drop their third straight match of the year and currently sits in last place in the MAC West division. See Struggles / 5 »
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Sophomore Saige Thomas prepares to spike the ball.
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EDITORIAL
Gaber’s goals point UT in the right direction
Sharon Gaber became the University of Toledo's 17th president on Friday, Sept. 25, officially taking on the role she has been busy with for months. In her time here, she has already made staff adjustments and started getting to know the UT community. In her inauguration speech, she spoke about her vision for UT and outlined specific goals. Gaber gave a lot of airtime to the idea of unity. In the past, one criticism we had of former President Lloyd Jacobs was of his lack of shared governance and poor relations between himself and the faculty. In her speech, Gaber highlighted the role that input from community members and faculty took in the formation of her goals, emphasizing the idea of community and the importance of sharing ideas. Although Gaber has already begun attending community events to establish herself with different groups at UT and gathering information on the university, the bulk of Gaber’s work is still ahead of her. In her inauguration speech, she outlined a series of goals which lay the foundation of her strategy. 1. To work with the community and region to promote UT’s reputation on the national stage. Gaber said that, as someone with a degree in city planning, she understands the importance of universities' working with the area they are housed in. To this end, Gaber wants to form connections with various institutions and organizations in the community, region and nation to elevate UT’s status. A few examples she used as already-existing connections are UT’s affiliation with ProMedica and the partnership with the Toledo Art Museum, which she says is already improving the university and student experience. While Gaber doesn’t have a specific strategy for tackling this undertaking yet, she emphasizes the importance of UT members' using their own positive achievements to elevate the university, once again emphasizing the sense of community she has focused on building. 2. To increase student enrollment, retention and academic preparedness. This goal has been a long-standing one of the university even before Gaber arrived. However, the recent departure of Cam Cruickshank after disagreements of philosophy is an indication that discussions, at the very least, are already in the works. This year, while UT’s enrollment numbers fell, its retention numbers rose, achieving half of this goal already. Part of the strategy for reaching this goal may involve hiring someone to replace Cruickshank. The replacement vice president of enrollment management and online education will play a crucial role in shaping enrollment strategies, and the quality of the person Gaber hires for this position will be a determining factor in the success or failure of this goal. 3. Increase funded research. Increasing funded research ties into the goal of elevating the university’s reputation. Funding research leads to academic recognition and acclaim for the university, so it makes sense to focus on it. This means research from both students and from faculty members, from pushing to connect students with internships to allowing for faculty to do independent work in their field. However, finding the money to fund the research ourselves is another problem entirely, which ties into Gaber’s next goal. 4. Increase fundraising. This goal is arguably the most crucial part of Gaber’s plan. Without the money to work on projects, many other components like funding research, giving students scholarships that allow them to attend UT or increasing academic programs to improve retention are made more difficult. While fundraising itself is a simple concept, Gaber’s strategy will need to include what sources she plans on targeting for fundraising. This goal also ties closely into promoting UT’s reputation, because the better our reputation, the easier her fundraising pitch will be. 5. To reduce administrative costs to make UT more affordable. While reducing costs is always a concern with an ever-shrinking state budget, the particular goal of reducing administrative costs to reduce tuition are two particular target spots. Gaber has already taken steps towards this by combining two positions into one — effectively cutting down on salary costs. Although she didn’t make the change exclusively to save costs, she has mentioned in past interviews the concept of combining positions as a potential way to save money and become more efficient. While reducing administrative costs is a good goal, the way it’s done is just as important and keeping the balance between quality and cost is a delicate one. As of now, none of these goals have strategies to accompany them, something Gaber addressed during her inauguration speech. Considering the fact that Gaber has only been in office for three months, we don’t expect her to have fixed every problem the university has just yet. Right now, it’s too early to tell when and how these goals will translate into action. For now, we approve of the plan and, from what we’ve heard, we’re hopeful about the execution. After seeing what she’s done with her time so far, we stand by our previous editorial conclusion made during the selection process that Sharon Gaber is the right president for this university.
COMMENTARY
Education requires interaction Playing the roles of both a student causes increased attendance as well as and teacher as per my Ph.D. student higher scores in analytical exams. status, I have found that trying to retain It then seems like a natural assumpknowledge without active participation tion that this more-active instructional is like trying to comprehend a math approach will improve learning. As problem after having your professor such, it is surprising that it took this demonstrate it on the board versus long to realize and implement this attempting the problem educational system. yourself on a piece of The reason for the paper. The former is an continuance of this sysabstract thought and tem is, I believe, the fact the latter provides the that it works and we “tangible” satisfaction often think knowledge and understanding of simply means knowthe subject. ing how to fill the gaps. The current pedaBeing a scientist myself, gogic paradigm, or as the world progresses educational system, of on the “shoulders’ of repre-class textbook readsearch and technological ing and in-class lectures advancement,” being able results in a disconnect to just remember conbetween students and cepts is going to become IC COLUMNIST the learning material. As obsolete and futile. a young and new teacher, I believe that In certain fields such as medicine, a more hands-on approach of pre-class being able to recall from memory is video learning and in-class problem necessary and expected. However, solving brings the students closer to being able to remember basic concepts the subject matter. will only take us so far. Being able to This more-interactive educational build upon those concepts to come up method makes it easier for students to with novel theories is more important, absorb complicated material through which is why we should focus on an visual learning. An example of this is application-based method of learning. watching the videos of symptoms of New pedagogic styles are currently a disease, instead of just reading a debeing advocated quite actively. Pedascription of them in a textbook. As well gogical styles have advanced to include as active participation with the matesystems such a cMOOC. MOOC stands rial, in-class problem-solving exercises for “Massive Open Online Course,” leave the student more satisfied and and the lower-case C indicates the looking forward to the next class. importance of using connections and Seeing words spewed across a white community for improved learning. To background, using complicated and elaborate, cMOOCs use the “connectivhighly technical vocabulary, makes ist pedagogy,” where the instructional textbook-reading an ineffective way to approach uses digital and social tools understand the material. As for the ne- to enhance learning. Here lectures are cessity of memorizing page after page, available online and learning involves it is no more useful than filling up a discussions in forums and blogs and leaking bottle, since the memorized other digital social discussions. concept will seep away soon enough. The cMOOC system exploits the A recent study done by Brent Stockphilosophy that social interactions and well at Columbia published as “Blended questions encourage continual learning learning improves science education” and emergence of new ideas. Thereby, in Cell, where they test the results of the this system encourages continuous above-mentioned changes to the pedaand collaborative learning experience. gogic system. The paper shows that these Additionally, these discussions are changes to the instructional approach expected to encourage the production
MAISHA RASHID
of future projects. The human being is a social creature and currently social networking has become second-nature in our world and society. Thus, employing this characteristic to achieve a more-effective method of acquiring knowledge promises to be very fruitful. As I sit through my class watching my students jot down the math problem I just showed on the board, I realize the hypocrisy of my article. I am employing the exact methods I am questioning. I could have made my class view a visual demonstration of the concepts in a video format, let them do the problem first and then show them the answer, and provide a place to have discussions on the lecture after class. In the interest of staying in my comfort, I used the traditional method of in-class lecture with in-class example problem solving. This involved little interaction from the students and their satisfaction was, unfortunately, a minimal concern. So why did I choose to use methods that preach the reverse philosophy of what I wrote about today? We are creatures of habit and doing the familiar seems easy. When a successful system is already in place, the introduction and propagation of a new one is difficult to accept and practice. When I used the traditional methods of teaching, I was motivated by the certainty of success, as I knew this system had worked before. However, familiarity cannot and should not restrict improved approaches. An interactive system of pedagogy, which includes the more-effective visual learning using videos and illustrations, critical and retrievable learning from first-hand problem solving and fostering new ideas, and pattern of continual learning from digital social discussion, is the method of the future. Stockwell’s paper already shows the statistics on how some aspects of this system improves learning. The world, being advanced by innovations and research, needs to first form a firm base to build upon, using new and more effective pedagogic styles. Maisha Rashid is a doctorate student studying cancer biology.
COMMENTARY
What is 16-millimeter film and why should we care? The modern conveniences of Bluold 16-mm film archive and are preray discs, DVDs and even streamable senting it to the public once again. The videos has obscured the importance first Friday of each month this school of 16-millimeter film. With a year, the public will be able super-abundance of digital to revisit important media, reels of 16-mm film classics on good old have been collecting dust celluloid film. The tiin the corners of forgottles will include the ten classrooms, churches screwball comedy and university storage classic, “His Girl closets. While digital vidFriday” (directed eos overload our senses by the Shakespeare at an alarming rate every of screwball himself, day, old 16-mm film prints Howard Hawks), the have been under our noses John Ford 1939 westthe entire time just waiting ern, “Stagecoach” to be enjoyed again. and even Jean-Luc Most movie theatres used Godard’s French IC COLUMNIST to project the larger, 35-mm New Wave film, film (now most theatres “Breathless.” have converted to digital projectors). This Friday, Toledo will be treated 16-mm film was the cheaper, smaller to Akira Kurosawa’s action mastercounterpart to theatrical prints. 16-mm piece, “Seven Samurai.” This beloved was first used to train the army for classic not only helped put Japanese instructional or propaganda purposes. cinema on the map, but inspired Eventually, the 16-mm format found many American films including “The its way into the classroom and even Magnificent Seven,” “Star Wars” and homes. At the time, it was the only way even “A Bug’s Life.” to re-watch a film without waiting for Of course, 16-mm film is prone to another release in a movie theatre or on splices, scratches, pops in the optitelevision. Like old books, film prints cal soundtrack and jittery frames, but have an immortal quality. these “imperfections” only add to the The Toledo Department of Theatre charm. The experience of a film print and Film has finally rediscovered their is magical because of its history. While
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digital movies, created by pixels in a computer, are cold and harsh, film has a warm, organic quality. If taken care of, the images can be stunning. The argument for 16-mm film is much like that for vinyl record-collecting, where there is not only a nostalgic charm, but also a genuine argument for quality. Toledo’s film department is moving in the right direction by encouraging film screenings, but is only one screening per month enough? It is understandable that after so many years of being locked away in a closet, many of the 16-mm film prints are not in the best condition, and only a handful are actually screen-able. Therefore, there can’t be a showing every day because there just aren’t enough films. However, I would like to see Toledo produce more screenings of important classics from around the world. Whether they are projected on film or on a digital format, classics are magical either way. Treat yourself this Friday to an important foreign film you may have never seen. If you have seen “Seven Samurai,” enjoy the unique experience of a 16-mm projection. The magic flicker of the silver screen might even inspire you. Evan Sennett is a first-year majoring in film studies, and he is also an IC cartoonist.
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Buchholz and the Rockets are returning to the Glass City, where they will take on Ball State and Miami this weekend. The Cardinals (62-2, 2-0-0 MAC) are sitting in second place in the West Division, while the Redhawks (6-3-0, 2-0-0 MAC) sit atop the East Division and have won their last four games. “We’re excited to be home to show everyone who we are,” Buchholz said. “This is a great team, but our record does not show the type of team we truly are.” The Rockets have done well in their only two home
Struggles
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Junior OH Mary O’Connor led the Toledo offense against the Bulls with 11 kills; Thomas followed close behind with 10 kills. The defense rallied behind Johnston who recorded 20 digs and Leonard and Hines who recorded 14 and 12 digs respectfully. Hines also led the team with seven blocks. Buffalo was led by a strong performance from Megan Wernette — who contributed
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to the main building and the game room were also not complete upon move-in date, according to Todd Rode, a third-year adolescent young adult education major, through an email interview. “They finished the game room within the first few days and the key fobs were ready during the first week,” Rode wrote. There was also confusion and lack of spacing surrounding the parking lot at the apartment complex, according to Baez. “The parking lot situation was also a bit weird with some of the numbered (reserved) parking as well as the maintenance parking wasn’t marked, leading some people to get towed unfairly,” Rode wrote. “They marked them after the people were towed without being told that they were parked in a reserved spot that wasn’t marked yet.” Baex wrote that much of the frustration towards Edge comes from the high price of rent. People staying at Edge 1120 have a range of floor plans available to them, ranging from studio apartments, one bedroom/one bathroom plans, all the way to four bedrooms and four-anda-half bathrooms, according to Edge 1120 website. The rent is highest for a one bedroom/one bathroom apartment, starting at $999 a month. Rent is cheapest for a two bedroom/two bathroom apartment at $499 a month — though the website says that is not a set price for all apartments. “I would renew my
games of the season, outscoring their opponents 4-1. “We love playing on our field, being in front of our fans,” Connor said. “So we’re really excited to come back.”
The Rockets look to remain unbeaten at home as they take on Ball State on Friday, Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. and Miami on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. at Scott Park.
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12 kills and 6 blocks — and Tessa Ooyama who racked up 23 digs. The Rockets would win a very competitive first set (25-20) before dropping the next three sets. The offense struggled greatly as Buffalo held UT to a -.025 attack percentage as a team. Toledo had a chance to take a 2-1 set lead in the third set. The two teams tied the score 10 times and met at a 23-23 points a piece. The Bulls managed to notch the next two points taking the set and eventually the lease if they lowered the price,” Baez said. “I know I am paying for luxury, and if they aren’t going to give me quality I don’t want to pay.” Charlon Dewberry, managing attorney with the Student Legal Services at UT, encourages all students who have opted to pay their legal fees and are experiencing these issues to make an appointment with legal services. For those students who opted out of their legal fees or do not wish to use University Legal Services, Dewberry suggested they speak to a lawyer about their specific situation. For those who do plan to speak with legal services, or an outside attorney, Dewberry said to bring all documentation of the incidents, including copies of maintenance requests placed, eviction notices, the lease and photos documenting any issues that may have occurred accompanied by times and dates. “If this kind of situation is going on, sooner is always better than later when speaking to a lawyer,” Dewberry said.
“I would renew my lease if they lowered the price. I know I am paying for luxury, and if they aren’t going to give me quality I don’t want to pay.” CARLOS BAEZ Edge 1120 resident
match in the following set. “I think it’s a combination of youth and injuries,” Smith said. “Losing two players to season-ending injuries doesn’t help an already young team. “They are still learning how to bring it every night, which is different from high school or club.” UT will return to make play when they return to Savage Arena to take on Western Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m. and Northern Illinois on Saturday at 5 p.m.
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passing cars along Front Street. Things like ‘Sexual harassment is not a form of flirting!’” Ostrander wrote. “We received positive reactions like honking from people, but we did also get one person shouting, “You’re an idiot,” from their car. Reinforcing why we were there in the first place — to bring up the issue that women who speak up against harassment are attacked.”
“We received positive reactions like honking from people, but we did also get one person shouting, “You’re an idiot,” from their car.” LILY OSTRANDER Second-year pharmacy major
The goal of the protest was to stand up against sexual harassment in the community. “Mainly I wanted to stand beside Allison,” Runion wrote. “No man should ever be allowed to put their hands on a woman and get away with it. It does not matter where we are, what we are wearing or how we are dressed.” Mike Bell denied to comment on questions regarding the protest. After the incident the fight went to social media, where Dow made posts on both Twitter and Facebook about the alleged harassment. Bell denied all allegations and had even said he did not know who Dow was, nor did he remember meeting her at the bar that night. Bell made no comments about how the accusations could affect his ability to run for mayor, and continues to campaign for the position. Elections for mayor will be held on Nov. 3
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Midnight Breakfast -- Sept. 30. Free food with be available to all students From 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students are encouraged to donate a nonperishable food item for this year’s homecoming philanthropic organization, the UT Student Food Pantry.
Casino Night -- Oct. 6. Students will have a chance to play Blackjack, Texas Hold ’em and slot machines in the Student Union Auditorium from 7-10 p.m. The Casino Night festivities are free to all students. Fake money can be won to trade in for prizes. A shuttle service will be provided from campus residence halls to the Student Union bus loop.
Self-esteem in style Students create group focused on achieving confidence through fashion
Field Day -- Oct. 7 in the Centennial Mall. Running from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., all students have access to a Field Day event. Free food will be available during this time, along with prizes and giveaways for students. There will be a pep rally at 12 p.m. Also, PhotoBooth Live will be in Centennial Mall to give students the chance to take a group picture with Rocky, Rocksy, Coach Campbell, President Gaber and the football team. Pageant Show -- Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Ingman Room in the Student Union. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. as a free event for all students, but seating is limited. The show will feature the Top 20 Homecoming King and Queen candidates. Judges will score the candidates in three rounds. Annual Talent Show -- The National Pan-Hellenic Council will host their Annual Talent Show on Oct. 8 at 7-10 p.m. in Doermann Theatre inside of University Hall. The event is free to all students, but seating inside Doermann is limited. Pancake Breakfast -- Also on Oct. 8, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. will have a Pancake Breakfast. From 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the International House Dining hall where students can enjoy free food. Food will be on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Food Trucks -- Food will be cruising onto campus on Oct. 9. Food trucks will be lined up on Centennial Mall for students, faculty and staff to purchase food from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Food trucks scheduled to be there include Displaced Chef (Cuban), Rosie’s (Italian), Grumpy’s On The Go (salads), Jeanie’s Weenies (gourmet hot dogs) and Taco Danny (Mexican). Students, faculty and staff must pay for their own meal. Basketball Tournament -- The Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. are hosting an I-75 Basketball Tournament on Oct. 9. The event will be held at the Health Education Center (the ROTC building) from 6-10 p.m. Admission for students is $3 or the donation of a nonperishable canned good. Registration for the tournament is required. For more information contact Ibrahim Shafau at ibrahimshafau@icloud.com. Homecoming Day -- Oct. 10. Festivities will start at 10:30 a.m. with the Annual Edwards C. and Helen G. Schmakel Homecoming Parade. The parade route will begin on Bancroft Street and then will turn right on Middlesex Drive, right on Hughes Drive, right on Cheltenham Road and will end up back on campus. Parade floats and the University of Toledo Marching Band will be featured. Homecoming Game -- Following the Parade, the Toledo Rockets Football team will take on Kent State University for the Homecoming football game. The game will begin at 3 p.m. The 2015 Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned during halftime.
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(From left to right) Amber Sanders, Miylie Yarbrough, Taylor Hunt and Amber Thomas pose for a photo at the Student Activites Fair as they represent their new organization, StyleList, which was created in March. By Anna Glore
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A new student organization is strutting on and off the runway trying to promote confidence through fashion. StyleList is the brainchild of Amber Sanders, fourth-year marketing student at UT. The club became an approved UT organization in March. “We’re here to enhance the culture at the University of Toledo through fashion,” Sanders said. “We have meetings and forums to inform students about trends and self-esteem and confidence and things like that.” Sanders said the organization hasn’t hosted a lot of events yet, but they are working on getting more together. So far, they have held several meetings and had a mixer with the aim of displaying hometown pride. According to Sanders, about 20 students came to the first meeting. One of those students was Miylie Yarbrough, a third-year business management major. “We have a lot of people that actually want to be in StyleList so I think it’s nice,” she said. According to Yarbrough and Sanders, StyleList has been working on holding events and participating in fashion shows around the area. They are participating in a show in Akron on Oct. 31. “We also do a lot of community
service, which is good,” Yarbrough said. “Everybody can get involved in that and not just clothes.” Clothes just happen to be one of the passions these ladies share.
“We’re
here to enhance the culture at the University of Toledo through fashion.” AMBER SANDERS President of StyleList
Sanders said she came close to being a fashion merchandise major and Yarbrough said she hopes to one day to work in department store management. Being from Michigan, Sanders said she saw a lot of schools in her state — as well as in Ohio — that had fashion organizations, but UT didn’t. Her hopes for the organization are to help students practice the confidence they need in the job market while looking stylish. “This club is kind of like prac-
tice for a career,” Sander said. “It is kind of like running a business or organization.” Sanders hopes more people will get involved so there can be many different aspects to StyleList. “We can be different divisions of StyleList, like StyleList models, StyleList bloggers and things like that, so everybody can get a job and it all comes together.” Despite the name, the organization is not only for those interested in getting some fashion tips. “We’re not only a fashion group,” Yarbrough said. “You don’t have to just like fashion, you can like photography, blogs or anything artistic pretty much. Everybody thinks we’re just about clothes but we’re not.” The organization has recently been putting together a social media presence. Yarbrough said that as the public relations specialist for StyleList she posts to Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. “[We post about] our events pretty much, and what we have going on around campus. We’re trying to start a blog where we’ll take pictures of random people in their outfits, like, ‘outfit of the day, how do you feel?’” Yarbrough said. Yarbrough encourages anyone that is interested in StyleList to follow them on Instagram and Twitter at @ UT_stylelist.
FASHION
Oldies but goodies for the fall season
EMILY MODROWSKI FASHION COLUMNIST
Fall is finally here, and we should be excited not only for the return of trips to the pumpkin patch and Halloween but also for the autumn fashion trends.
Flare or Bellbottom Jeans Just like pumpkin spice lattes, the 70s are back. Bellbottoms are no longer your parents’ high school memories. Jeans with flared bottoms can actually be pretty figure-flattering. Since they are tighter at the top and flare out at the bottom, they give the illusion of an hourglass. And this flared bottom phenomenon isn’t limited to denim. A big trend in the world of bellbottoms is the almost pajama-like material pant. These are comfortable while still looking super-stylish and come in a ton of different colors and patterns. Shoes that work best with flaredbottomed pants are typically clunkier, heavier-type shoes — like chunkyheeled sandals or platforms, especially ones with wood heels.
A-Line Skirts A-Line skirts are great for a number of reasons. Not only are they adorable, but also they really embellish every body type. The way they cinch in at the waist and flare out a bit adds a lot of shape and slimming features. They really compliment any body shape; it’s one of those items that just looks good on anyone. In style right now is a jean A-Line skirt, especially the kind ABIGAIL SULLIVAN / IC
with buttons going all the way up the front. The jean A-Line skirt is a really fun look that you can do a lot with. They obviously go with any color you can imagine and a lightly tucked-in shirt paired with it makes for a casual but cool look. Another popular one is suede, typically in shades of brown. The suede has a much more classic, vintage feel and really looks nice this time of year.
Turtlenecks Turtlenecks are also a thing of the past making their way to our present. While your grandmother may sport some holiday-print turtlenecks, I promise there’s a much more stylish way to wear turtlenecks. One of the more popular trends is the turtleneck crop top, sleeveless or with long sleeves. It makes for a sleek fall look matched with high-waisted jeans. Paired with pea coats, ponchos or wraps, turtlenecks also make for a cool modern look. Solid colors create clean, polished outfits, but if you’re feeling a bit bolder, a simple pattern or small detail will look nice without being overwhelming. Fall is my favorite time of year for fashion. There are always so many new trends to try, and a lot of oldie-butgoodie trends make comebacks. Try some of them out and you’ll be ready for show-stopping trips across campus in the crisp autumn air. Emily Mowdrowski is a third-year communication major.
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