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Pride GROWs in Toledo

Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2016
Filed under Community

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... Read more »

Rallies in Toledo: Sanders speaks at Seagate Center

Jessica Harker, News Editor
March 16, 2016
Filed under News

  Senator Bernie Sanders visited the Toledo Seagate Center March 11 for a rally to gain support for his presidential nomination in anticipation of the Ohio Primary. The rally started around 1:30 p.m. when Sanders was introduced by Baldemar Velasquez, labor leader for the Mexican-American farm... Read more »

Rally aimed to destigmatize addiction

Rally aimed to destigmatize addiction

Amber Thomas, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2016
Filed under Community

  In the Toledo area, approximately 10,000 people are addicted to heroin and other opioids, according to Team Recovery 419. To combat these numbers and raise awareness about the issue, Team Recovery 419 hosted their annual Ohio vs. Heroin Rally on Sunday, Feb. 21. Matt Bell helped found... Read more »

5 local winter hangouts

IC Staff
January 27, 2016
Filed under Community

The winter blues are hard to shake: it gets dark early, it’s frigid and gray and it seems a lot easier to hibernate indoors and be antisocial. But don’t let winter keep you in and keep you down, if the weather can chill, then so can you. Here are five great local places to visit if you’re looking... Read more »

RedBall Project rolls into town

Anna Glore, Staff Reporter
August 26, 2015
Filed under Community, Top Stories

Toledo residents got a dose of playtime this week as the RedBall Project rolled into town. This summer, the Toledo Museum of Art hosted an interactive exhibition known as “Play Time,” which involved a collaborative exhibit with New York artist Kurt Perschke. Perschke is the artist behind t... Read more »

Last August’s water crisis raises questions about potential future incidents

Jessica Harker, Staff Reporter
April 29, 2015
Filed under News, Top Stories

Northwest Ohio faced a difficult crisis last year when local officials discovered unsafe toxins in the region’s water supply. As summer approaches, Toledo leaders are working to prevent the incident from occurring again. Isabel Escobar, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is researching... Read more »

Toledo works to end violence

Jessica Harker, Staff Reporter
April 15, 2015
Filed under News

The University of Toledo will join together with the community April 18 at their annual Take Back the Night event to bring awareness to domestic violence and other issues women in the community face every day. Sharon Barnes, the interim chair of the women’s and gender studies department at UT, helped organize the ... Read more »

New community women’s rugby team tackles gender norms in Toledo

Joe Heidenescher, Associate Community Editor
April 15, 2015
Filed under Community

To the untrained eye, watching a group of women tackle one another in the middle of a grassy field might look like a full-out brawl, but a closer look will reveal that it’s actually a group of local women playing the aggressive sport of rugby. “Well, we’re actually both from Massachusetts. I came... Read more »

Is global warming real? : Toledo experiences record-breaking low temperatures, but globally, temperatures rise

Joe Heidenescher, Associate Community Editor
February 24, 2015
Filed under Community

If global warming is really changing the face of this planet, then why on Earth is it so cold? Last Friday, Feb. 20, Toledo broke a record for the coldest temperature recorded in February. According to the Blade the temperature at 7:40 a.m. was -19 degrees Fahrenheit. According to AccuWeather,... Read more »

Age is just a number: College classes are not just filled with high school graduates, but also high school students

Joe Heidenescher, Associate Community Editor
January 27, 2015
Filed under Community

Did you know that there are students at the University of Toledo that aren’t even old enough to drive? These students enter the college atmosphere and aren’t even old enough to vote. At UT 84 percent of students are under the age of 25, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and even... Read more »

Once upon a dream: UT student Laurel Lovitt makes dreams come true for children through her princess parties

Amanda Eggert, Editor-in-Chief
January 13, 2015
Filed under Community

Laurel Lovitt is making her dreams of being a princess and the dreams of children come true. Her business, Laurel’s Princess Parties, was launched in May 2013 and has substantially grown since then. Within the first six months of the business, Lovitt performed at 33 parties. In 2014, there... Read more »

Estar Cohen Project; The jazz-inspired music group will host a concert on Dec. 5 at the Toledo Museum of Art

Catherine McGowan, Staff Reporter
December 2, 2014
Filed under Community

Modern jazz-inspired music group, Estar Cohen Project, will host a concert to promote the release of the group’s debut album, “Waiting for Dawn.” Estar Cohen, a fourth-year vocal major at the University of Toledo, said the main focus of the Estar Cohen project is live, improvised music with empathetic... Read more »

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