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5 minutes could provide clean drinking water

Amber Thomas, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2016
Filed under Community, News

For many of us, relieving thirst is as simple as walking up to the nearest water fountain, or opening the tap to fill your water bottle. However, children in third-world countries struggle to find the luxury we take for granted. To raise awareness for this problem, the University of Toledo’s UNICEF... Read more »

Toledo turns blue

Toledo turns blue

Emily Jackson, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2016
Filed under Community

One in every 42 boys and one in every 189 girls — the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that’s how many U.S. children have autism. Since April is considered National Autism Awareness Month, the University of Toledo’s chapter of Alpha Xi Delta has been working to bring to light the... Read more »

Night of Queens

Sydney Brasic, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2016
Filed under Community

The room darkens and suddenly, bright pop music begins to play. A single spotlight focuses on the door and out walks the most outrageously dressed woman you’ve ever seen. Wearing a tight sequined dress and long, beautiful eyelashes, you can’t help but feel drawn to her amazing amount of confidence.... Read more »

National Library Week

Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2016
Filed under Community

Take time to appreciate one of the University of Toledo’s most popular hangouts during National Library Week. UT’s own Carlson Library will be hosting a variety of events in celebration from April 8-14. “Every year, the American Library Association puts out a theme, and this year the theme is... Read more »

Diversify UT

Diversify UT

Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
March 30, 2016
Filed under Community

Diversity Week is a long-standing tradition at the University of Toledo that fulfills the purpose of bringing UT students together. This year’s event will be held April 4-8. Put on by UT Student Government, in collaboration with several different student organizations and university departments,... Read more »

UT celebrates the ‘Rhythms of Africa’

UT celebrates the ‘Rhythms of Africa’

Emily Schnipke, Community Editor
March 30, 2016
Filed under Community

Students can take a peek into the traditions of Africa during an event put on by the University of Toledo’s African Peoples’ Association on April 2 in the Student Union Auditorium. Nnenna Kalu, second-year biology major and APA event coordinator, says that this event serves as an education resource... Read more »

I Wear What I Want

I Wear What I Want

Emily Schnipke, Community Editor
March 30, 2016
Filed under Community, Fashion, Top Stories

Growing up, I knew I was fatter than my friends. It wasn’t something that just suddenly happened. And it wasn’t something that I did. I was just as active as my elementary classmates, playing kickball on the playground and racing around the soccer field to tag my friends. Being fat was something... Read more »

UT students strut their stuff

UT students strut their stuff

Amber Thomas, Staff Reporter
March 30, 2016
Filed under Community, Fashion, Top Stories

Roll out the red carpet and put on your fancy pants. Cameras flashed as UT students showed off the latest fashions during the 47th-annual Black Student Union fashion show on March 24 in the Student Union Auditorium. “The BSU Fashion Show is an annual scholarship fashion show that’s held every... Read more »

Spare change for life

Sydney Brasic, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2016
Filed under Community

It’s not uncommon for students to reach deep into their pockets to buy a T-shirt or a coffee at Starbucks. Many don’t like to carry change and are relieved to get rid of it when someone asks for donations. What you usually don’t see, however, is that same change filling up baby bottles. UT for... Read more »

Students need ‘Acceptance’

Students need ‘Acceptance’

Emily Jackson, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2016
Filed under Community

For many high school seniors, the world of college admissions can be a daunting and stressful process. GPA, ACT and SAT scores are constant worries for them, not to mention the struggle of trying to decide the colleges to which they should apply. In the academic novel “Acceptance,” author Susan... Read more »

Rocking the Arena

Rocking the Arena

Emily Schnipke, Associate Community Editor
March 23, 2016
Filed under Community

Ten hours of music. Eight bands. Over 5,000 fans. Savage Arena was alive once again with the sounds of guitar solos, cymbal crashes and passionate singing. Last Saturday’s Rock the Arena Concert left an impressionable mark as the first of many to come in the new Savage Live Concert Series. The new... Read more »

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity

Emily Schnipke, Associate Community Editor
March 16, 2016
Filed under Community

Spring Break — it’s what every student looks forward to from the moment the spring semester begins. Just three more papers until relaxing on a beach in Daytona. Just two exams until hitting the slopes in Colorado. Just one more class until sleeping in for a week. One group of students, however,... Read more »