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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 »

Loss in overtime ends UT women’s basketball season

Loss in overtime ends UT women’s basketball season

Jenna Nance, Associate Sports Editor
March 16, 2016
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

CLEVELAND, Ohio – After securing a first-round bye to Quicken Loans Arena in the 2016 Women’s Mid-American Conference Tournament, the No. 4-seeded Rockets were defeated in a quarterfinal battle with the No. 5-seeded Akron. The final score was 73-71 in overtime. Following the loss, UT did not make... Read more »

Rockets let Western slip between cracks

Rockets let Western slip between cracks

Marcus Dodson, Sports Editor
March 2, 2016
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Turnovers and foul trouble plagued the Toledo men’s basketball team in its 70-64 road loss at Western Michigan on the Broncos’ senior night. The Rockets committed a season-high 23 turnovers in the six-point loss. With the loss, Friday’s matchup at home against... Read more »

Under Construction: Arlington Avenue to be repaired by June

Under Construction: Arlington Avenue to be repaired by June

Amanda Pitrof, Editor-In-Chief
March 2, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

The Arlington Avenue construction by the University of Toledo Health Science Campus, which started about two weeks ago, is scheduled to continue until late June of this year. This is part of a city of Toledo street project, which they hired contractor, Crestline Paving & Excavating Co. Inc. to work o... Read more »

Under construction: University of Toledo plans to replace Stadium Drive bridge

Under construction: University of Toledo plans to replace Stadium Drive bridge

Lauren Gilbert, Copy Editor
March 2, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

The re-construction of the University of Toledo bridge on Stadium Drive will cause road closures beginning Monday, Mar. 7 and lasting through the summer until Friday, Aug. 12. Right now, a portion of Lot 10 is being utilized as a staging area for the project, according to Jason Toth, associate vice p... Read more »

Photo Finish

Photo Finish

Colleen Anderson, Jessica Harker, and Lauren Gilbert
February 24, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

The search for the new University of Toledo provost is drawing to a close after all four candidates have visited and presented their ideas to the UT community. Each candidate had different focuses and issues, all based on their evaluations of the UT community. A search committee will review all the community... Read more »

New organization supports minority journalists

Carl Macaulay, Staff reporter
February 24, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

A University of Toledo chapter of the National Association for Black Journalists was created last semester to educate and empower minority professionals in the media. “Some people need guidance, everyone isn’t a go-getter, so they need an organization that can culture them and nourish them so... Read more »

Taking on a new role

Taking on a new role

Jenna Nance, Associate Sports Editor
February 24, 2016
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

There is no doubt that basketball is a physical, high-contact sport. Day in and day out, athletes are put to the test both physically and mentally. Nancy Kessler, sophomore center out of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, is no different. Standing at 6’3, Kessler not only brought physical play to the Rockets,... Read more »

Toledo police department drop charges in student assault case

Toledo police department drop charges in student assault case

Colleen Anderson, Managing Editor
February 17, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

For the link to our original story covering the student assault click here. Several students have been charged with Student Code of Conduct violations following an off-campus student assault, according to a Feb. 1 University of Toledo press release. The Toledo Police have chosen not to press charges. ... Read more »

Administrators handle diversity on campus

Administrators handle diversity on campus

Amanda Pitrof, Editor-in-chief
February 17, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

With the social and political climate of the country, universities have been tasked with handling racism from both internal and external sources over the past year, with some schools rising to the occasion while others become cautionary tales. The assault case Jan. 23, 2016, between a UT student and... Read more »

Enrollment and retention raise for 2016 spring semester

Enrollment and retention raise for 2016 spring semester

Colleen Anderson, Managing Editor
February 17, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

To read about the enrollment and retention rates of the previous fall semester click here. As the University of Toledo continues to develop its enrollment strategy, undergraduate enrollment numbers increased for the first time since 2010 while retention also rose and graduate enrollment continued to decline.... Read more »