Editorial: School safety concerns
IC Editorial Board
October 7, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
A shooter entered Oregon Umpqua Community College last Thursday and opened fire on innocent students and professors. He entered a classroom and pulled the trigger, first shooting a professor point-blank, then peppering the group of students until all were down. Eventually he took his own life, and the... Read more »
Editorial: Gaber’s goals point UT in the right direction
IC Editorial Board
September 30, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
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... Read more »
Editorial: Got spirit?
IC editorial board
September 23, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Last Thursday, Centennial Mall was spilling over with nearly 2,000 people. Students on tiptoes snagged colorful selfies to add to their Snapchat stories. The sounds of brass blared and the beats of drums percussed across the beautiful, sunny mall. Everyone buzzed with excitement and anticipation for... Read more »
Editorial: UT unranked
IC editorial board
September 16, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Last week the U.S. News & World Report published their annual ranking of national colleges and universities for 2016. As students at the University of Toledo, we were a little disappointed when we realized UT was among the unranked schools on the list. We’ll be the first to say that UT is not... Read more »
Editorial: Too little, too late
IC Editorial Board
September 9, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Administrators come and go, and some will be missed more than others. Cam Cruickshank, vice president of enrollment and online education, recently stepped down from his positon at the university, although it’s unclear whether he made the choice himself or whether he was encouraged to step down by... Read more »
Editorial: Freedom of speech, where is the line?
The IC Editorial Board
September 2, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
The amount of free speech that should be allowed has always been more than a rhetorical question. The University of Toledo recently enacted a new free speech policy on campus. The new policy focuses mainly on the logistics, hashing out issues like making sure people expressing free speech don’t... Read more »
Editorial: What’s in a name?
IC Editorial Board
August 26, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
We have a hunch that the University of Toledo likes long titles. As silly as it sounds, there may be some truth to our conjecture. After all, no one can deny the fact that some of UT’s administrators have rather long titles. For example, Rudy Taylor’s former position was the program manager for... Read more »
Editorial: The year in review
The IC Editorial Board
April 29, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
This has been a year of transitioning at the University of Toledo. Many things have changed and are going to be different in the future. Hired a new president We started off the year with an interim president, but we will end it with a full-time president. Interim President Nagi Naganathan did a... Read more »
Editorial: UT’s Title IX policy is improving
The IC Editorial Board
April 22, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
The University of Toledo is updating its policies to comply with Title IX, a federal law forbidding discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. There have been a few Title IX complaints this academic year, and in at least one instance that involved a student who was sexually assaulted, the... Read more »
Editorial: Ambiguous senate bill raises questions
IC Editorial Board
April 15, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
The Ohio State Senate introduced a bill that would require Ohio universities to submit an action plan to reduce the cost of attendance for in-state students by five percent. “We leave the ‘how’ up to the leadership at our great colleges and universities because we understand there are many ways... Read more »
Editorial: Croutons haz a new name
IC Editorial Board
April 8, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Things have pretty much looked the same in the Student Union since the beginning of the school year — the businesses are the same and the signs haven’t changed. So when Croutons was renamed Croutonz, the one-letter change was noticeable tables away. Imagine how utterly silly it would be to spell... Read more »
Editorial: Rocket Hall blasting off
The IC Editorial Board
April 1, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
How many classes have you had in Rocket Hall? Was it more when you were a freshmen? According to Matthew Schroeder, chief operating officer of the University of Toledo Foundation, classes have been systematically phased out of Rocket Hall and moved to other buildings on campus. This leaves Rocket Hall... Read more »