1. By Katie Harrington
Staff Reporter
Permanent residents in neigh-
borhoods surrounding campus
voiced their issues with student
renters and demanded action at a
Sept. 18 housing forum.
Councilman Tyrone Riley
mediated the discussion at Corpus
Christi University Parish, and was
joined by University of Toledo
representatives to answer questions
about off-campus student housing
and neighborhood issues.
“Neighbors are concerned about
too many people living in one
residence, parking issues, noise, lit-
ter, uncontained or out-of control
parties.” said UT Police Chief Jeff
Newton.
According to Newton, many
neighborhoods are being affected
by these complaints, such as Ban-
croft Hills, Indian Hills, Secor Gar-
dens, Byrne Hill Estates, Sheridan
Place, Old Orchard and Hampton
Park in West Toledo.
Several of the permanent neigh-
borhood residents who attended
the meeting said they believe
student-related issues are occur-
ring more often.
Residents believe there have
been multiple situations where
more than three unrelated students
live in a home, which is illegal.
“Law states that a one-dwelling
rental unit may have no more than
three unrelated people living in
it,” said Chris Zervos, director of
the Department of Inspection.
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for the reconstruction of a Haitian
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OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING
ON-CAMPUS DEMONSTRATION
STUDENT OUTREACH
Are we bad neighbors?
Residents dissatisfied with UT student renters
JACKIE KELLETT / IC
Councilman Tyrone Riley
mediates an off-campus
housing forum Sept. 18.
NICOLE BADIK / IC
UT BASH president Clayton Notestine said the gaming organizaion decided to pur-
chase an arcade game with some of the group’s excess funds. After working with the
Student Union, BASH was able to purchase a refurbished Galaga machine. The game
is currently parked in the union on the first floor next to Rocky’s Pub. It’s free to play
for now, but Notestine said games will cost 25 cents each starting Oct. 1 in order to
provide funds in case the machine needs repairs.
Tensions erupt at on-campus free speech event
ANGELA PELUSO / IC
A student confronts a man preaching in Centennial Mall
on Sept. 24 during a free speech event.
Game on
BASH brings
arcade game to
Student Union
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By Angela Peluso
Staff Reporter
What one participant described as a
“free speech circus” — with screams,
obscenities, taunts and even prayers —
took place in the afternoon at Centen-
nial Mall Sept. 24 when the Young
Americans for Liberty (YAL) held an
event in celebration of free speech.
The group put up a paper “Free
Speech Wall” in front of the Student
Union and invited students to write
whatever they wanted. Things turned
chaotic when three men, not affiliated
with the university, started preach-
ing to the Centennial Mall audience
about subjects like homosexuality and
premarital sex.
“I was a student at Ohio University
and I knew I was headed to hell like
some of you young people,” one of the
men preached to the Centennial Mall
audience. “I came to Jesus Christ, I
humbled myself — ” and was cut
off midsentence when a UT student,
who wished to be anonymous, yelled
obscenities. In turn, the man told the
student to fear God.
The preaching men came with signs
that read “GOD’S LOVE” and “Let’s
STRAIGHTEN things out.” Illustrated
under the latter was a man saying he
was born gay, while a cartoon devil to
his left claimed the man had not been
born that way, but had simply given
into the temptation of sodomy.
Multiple UT students used words
like “disgusting” as they walked by or
stopped to quiz the men.
One of the preachers retorted, “Do
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By Samantha Rhodes
News Editor
If you love arcade games, playing “Galaga”
might really push your buttons. The only
thing better than playing it would be playing
it for free. And because of the Benevolent
Adventurers’ Strategic Headquarters (BASH),
that gaming fantasy is a reality.
BASH, a UT student organization of over
30 years, recently provided UT students with
a fully refurbished Galaga arcade game, which
students are able to play free of charge in the
Student Union.
Released in 1979 as the sequel to Galax-
ian, Galaga is a shooter arcade game with the
objective to score as many points as possible
by destroying insect-like enemies.
The old-school game mentality and simple
style behind Galaga has forever locked it in
place as a classic arcade-style game.
Ryan Singer, a second-year mechanical en-
gineering student, said Galaga is “pretty sweet”
and brings back the “quest for a high score feel-
ing” that is often lost in modern video games.
“I’ll probably find myself playing it every
time I pass it just so I can try to beat the high
score,” Singer said with a laugh.
BASH president Clayton Notestine said
BASH first decided they wanted an arcade
game when they had excess funds after last
year’s BASHcon, and decided they wanted
something they could give to the student body.
Originally, Galaga was out of their price range.
However, when BASH heard from Student
Government that there was an account in the
UT Foundation that was being dropped, they
pounced on it.
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