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College Republicans held an NRA-U event hosted by the National Rifle Association at the Student Union April 18.

The interactive presentation teaches st...

College Republicans host NRA-U on campus

April 24, 2019

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April 24, 2019

College Republicans held an NRA-U event hosted by the National Rifle Association at the Student Union April 18.

The interactive presentation teaches students about the history of the Second Amendment, the NRA and, according to the association’s website, the current gun...

April 24, 2019

An assault outside of Carlson. Speculative tweets. Passing rumors. Last week, University of Toledo’s campus was a case study on the convergence of crime, misinformation and social media. The Independent Collegian sat down with UTPD Chief Jeff Newton to sort through wha...

Note: The IC uses pseudonyms when discussing individual’s experiences with smoking weed to protect their identities.

When most people grab a cup of coffee, Joe reaches for his leaves. The grinded herbs folded into a joint serve as his morning fix.

The effects start subtl...

Marijuana laws and regulations differ state by state, making it difficult to know when, where and how to get high without running into legal troubles. 

While each state has its own restrictions and policies, recreational marijuana in some form is now legal in Alaska, Ca...

"Weed is something that is natural from the Earth. You don’t have to chemically modify it,” a six-year long weed smoker and UT student said. “You can literally grow it, pick it, dry it and smoke it and it’ll do exactly what it does.”

Another user added that legalization...

With medical marijuana now legalized in Ohio and dispensaries beginning to open around the area, marijuana is a fervent topic discussed among college campuses across the country. 

There seems to be a general consensus of UT students, with an overwhelming majority saying...

April 5, 2019

University of Toledo President Sharon Gaber addressed students, faculty and community members concerning the state of the university on Wednesday, highlighting student and faculty accomplishments and campus improvement efforts.

It was a full house in the Thompson Studen...

April 3, 2019

A set of crucial issues are animating the 2020 Democratic primary.

Conversations focus on revitalizing the nation’s response to climate change, creating a single-payer health care system, reckoning with the nation’s slaveholding past and uprooting a long-held electoral...

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