Man-eating plant comes to Toledo
Sydney Brasic, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2016
Filed under Community
What do you get when you mix a florist in love and a blood-thirsty talking plant? You can find out the answer in the University of Toledo’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” on April 15-17 and April 22-24. In the famous horror musical set in 1960s Los Angeles, nerdy florist Seymour Krelboyne... Read more »
UT raises water crisis awareness
Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2016
Filed under Community
Would you run a 5K race with heavy jugs of water strapped to your back? You can do just that next weekend at the fourth annual Walk for Water Toledo. And it’s for a good reason: to raise awareness about the difficulty of finding clean drinking water in third-world countries. Kristy Kagy is the president... Read more »
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
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
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’
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
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
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’
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 »