TOLEDO, Ohio - Undergraduate students who feel their grades do not reflect what is outlined through syllabi or University of Toledo policies can file an academic grievance. 
The grievance petitions the overall grade of a class on the premise that a violation has occurred and is filed with the Undergraduate Academic Grievance Counsel (UAGC). 
One reason students may come to the counsel is if their grade isn’t reflecting a made up exam or assignment although they have an excusable excuse, Michael Kistner, chair of the UAGC, said. 
Students must speak with instructors first when problems occur; however, if a resolution has not been reached, the students can go up the chain of command, Kistner, said. 
They next go to the chair of the department, then dean of college, before finally filing a detailed petition with the counsel. 
In order to do so, the student must fill out an application, which states they have talked with the instructor, chair, and dean and have not found a resolution as well as provide a report of what they feel was not done correctly in their grade. 
Kistner gathers the information and presents it to the other eight members of the counsel who then reviews it. 
UGAC consists of five faculty members and four current students. 
The council makes the final decision and from start to finish, the entire process can take an entire semester. 
“Going through the different levels, and then filing out the actual petition, getting the information and then bringing the counsel together to, to, discuss and make a decision,” Kistner said. 
If ruled in favor of the student the instructor has ten days to make the grade changes; if ruled in favor of the professor, the student’s grade remains untouched. 
Kistner says he receives 20 inquires each semester but only six are actually filed; however, students such as mechanical engineering student Keaton Gargac who did not the process existed. 
“I just had assumed that whenever we filled out those –uh- end of the semester like teacher evaluations that those where kind of our way of like getting to the higher ups” 
Students have until the last day of classes of the next semester or session to file a grievance: 
-If grieving a grade for the fall semester, applications are due by the last day of the spring semester. 
-If grieving a grade for the spring semester, applications are due last day of the summer session. 
-If grieving a grade for the summer session, applications are due by the last day of the fall semester. 
Currently, students who want to grieve a grade from last fall have until April 26 file.

Kaylee Loofbourrow, UT:10 News Reporter
​March 9, 2019

TOLEDO, Ohio - After a few months of seeing and treating patients, Halim Clinic held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 9.. 
The grand opening showcased what the collaboration between local doctors, volunteers, and University of Toledo medical students is offering to the community. 
The clinic provides free primary care services for individuals who have limited to no healthcare coverage. 
‘They just need some really basic routine, uh, examinations or diagnoses or medicines, but they can’t afford to or are too scared of going to the doctor, uh, because it costs so much,” Mazzin Elsamaloty, first year UT medical student and director of administration, said. 
Patients can walk in or schedule appointments not having to worry about bills being sent to insurance companies, said Dr. Lailah Abawi, attending physician at Halim. 
“They check in, give us their names, their past medical history, and these kinds of things and then we get the ball rolling from there.” 
High blood pressure, diabetes, and common colds are some of the current cases the medical staff is attending to. 
The clinic is affiliated with Pathology Labs, which provides the clinics patient’s basic lab testing at no cost, Abawi said. 
The staff is currently working to offer services such as an in-house pharmacy and dental care. 
Halim clinic is breaking the cycle for a lot of people who cannot afford healthcare or are too scared to go for it by breaking that ice and introducing them to how a doctor visit looks like, Elsamaloty said.

Samantha Gerlach, UT:10 News Reporter
February 26, 2019

TOLEDO, Ohio - Twenty-eight percent of the 276, 491 people living in Toledo, OH are impoverished. 
One in four people live with a food insecurity said Dan Rogers, CEO of Cherry Street Mission Ministries. 
College students are no strangers to the statistic. 
There are 33 to 50 percent of them living with food insecurities said Dan Boyle, Coordinator of UT Student Advocacy and Support. 
People living with food insecurities might know what they’re eating for breakfast, but not necessarily for lunch, Boyle said. 
UT has many resources for students experiencing tough financial times. 
The Office of Student Advocacy and Support opened a food pantry for students and staff in February 2016. 
Students register with their rocket cards and can then visit the pantry one to two times a week and take food for a whole week at no cost to them. They can even stop in for a quick snack, which won’t count as one of their two visits. 
Rieko Schaib, second year bioengineering major, said her meal plan allows her 200 meals per semester, so she uses the food pantry to save them. 
When the pantry opened, Huntington National Bank, a partner of UT, granted $10,000 to the pantry to purchase food. 
The pantry also has a partnership with the Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, where food can be purchased in bulk at discounted prices, Boyle said. 
“Our hope is that alleviates some of the stress and some of the, the, um, malnourishment our students might experience, so they can focus on their academics, because that’s really why they’re here,” Boyle said. 
The food pantry accepts all donations of nonperishable foods, which can be dropped off during the pantry’s business hours, Monday through Friday, eight a.m. to five p.m. Boxes are also located around main campus for convenient drop-offs.

Kaylee Loofbourrow, UT:10 News Reporter
February 26, 2019

TOLEDO, Ohio – Each semester, University of Toledo students can receive legal services for $10. 
Students Legal Services, INC. (SLSI) provides licensed attorneys who are available to consult, represent, and refer with students Monday through Friday in Lancelot Thompson Student Union Room 3504, said Tresa Anderson, a SLSI paralegal. 
The general practice law firm can assist in legal matters including consumer, housing, accident cases, and traffic. 
The most common matter students come in for is landlord and tenant issues such as signing leases, Anderson said. 
Due to conflict of interest, SILI cannot provide advice or representation in matters concerning actions between: 
* Students and the university. 
* Students. 
* Board of Regents, Board of Trustees, faculty, or staff of the university. 
* State officers or agency arising out of the performance of the officer or agency official duties. 
* Law enforcement officers arising out of the performance of their office. 
Representation for other matters such as immigration and felonies are also not provided by the program because those matters require specific expertise not covered by the general practice, Anderson said. 
If representation cannot be provided by the program, SILI can still advise whether an individual needs an attorney and will provide a referral to other counsels in the area. 
However, 30 percent of students opt to waive the fee becoming ineligible for services, Anderson said. 
“As a struggling college student, financials sometimes just get the best of us, and I saw a free $20 to save,” Noah Fox, a UT sophomore studying social work, said. 
Living locally, if anything was to happen, he would probably go to his parents first, but it still a great resource to have, Fox said. 
“For somebody that doesn’t have that drive ten minutes down the street to see their parents, like, if there’s people out here that wants to help us, that’s awesome”. 
Students have until the end of the add/drop period to waive the legal free though their myUT Portal. 
If the fee is waived, students will not be able to receive services until the following semester after paying that semester’s fee.