The Independent Collegian

One female faculty member resigned and four males filed a legal grievance in response to a recent report claiming a hostile work environment exists toward women in UT's history department. The report, compiled by the Office of Institutional Diversity and leaked to the press on Thursday, said interviews with females in the department revealed that "these female faculty members feel that they are addressed in a condescending manner, are patronized and simply not respected as scholars.

A group of graduate students and the UT College Democrats are lobbying to get a vaccine covered by the UT Student Health Insurance Plan. GARDASIL, a vaccine created by Merck & Co., Inc., could help prevent cervical cancer and genital warts linked with the human papillomavirus, or HPV; however, not all women are getting it because of the price, according to Allison Dow, the person in charge of the lobby and a junior majoring in pre-law.

Fifty high school students will be able to take a summer course at UT because of a $340,000 grant by the Ohio Board of Regents. The grant, which is for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summer Academy Program, was given to encourage students to become science and math teachers.

Publishing one book in a lifetime might seem like a worthy achievement, but what about publishing three books in one month? Ioan Marinescu, a UT professor of mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering, did just that in December 2006. "I gave the manuscript for one book in January, one in February and one in March, and they all came out at the same time," Marinescu said.

Despite the amount of snow UT has seen in recent days, a presentation about global warming was given last Thursday. According to Alexander Wrege, the presenter and a doctorate student, global warming is real, regardless of recent weather. "The hottest year on record is June 2005 to July 2006 - there were all new record highs in various parts of the world," Wrege said.

When the word Facebook is said, not everyone thinks of a professor as a user; however, some professors at UT are taking the time to use the social site. Roberta Thornton, a composition professor in the UT English department, has had a Facebook.com account for a year.

As the city of Toledo becomes more serious about utilizing Wi-Fi technology, UT is working to make Wi-Fi a reality on campus. Joe Sawasky, chief information officer for UT, said that the project will probably happen in increments. "We don't know if we can fund the project all at once," he said.