By Annie Furia Copy Chief Though the Univeristy has many options for financial aid, many students choose to apply for scholarships to aid them in pay- ing for tuition and other fees. The University awards an average of 5,800 scholarships, totaling approxi- mately $20 million per year, accord- ing to the Office of Admissions website. However, those statistics refer mostly to incoming freshman, said Director of Scholarships Armina Patton in an email. The numbers for scholarships awarded to current students are slightly different. “BGSU offers more than $27 million in scholarships each year,” Patton said. “There are over 750 listed on the searchable schol- arship [directory], not including University Freshman Award Scholarships that may be awarded to new incoming under- graduate students.” There are several different categories for scholar- ships, according to the University Scholarships Office website. The website lists the categories of Wednesday, September 17, 2014 VOLUME 94, ISSUE 12 WWW.BGNEWS.COM ESTABLISHED 1920 | An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community THE BG NEWS CHANGE IN CULTURE TALKING ABOUT RESPECT Sophomore Kara Ross transferred onto the BG women’s soccer team for this season, hoping to be part of the rebuilding pro- cess. Read more about what direction Ross hopes the team will go in. | PAGE 3 Columnist Phil Schurrer talks about respect and emphasizes the impor- tance of holding yourself to a higher standard. | PAGE 4 Cody Fuller Sophomore, Construction Management HOW ELSE SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATE STUDENT PARENTS? “Baby store on campus.” University opens rooms for breast feeding Opened last year, students have mixed reactions PAR FOR THE COURSE STUDENTS PLAY putt-putt golf in front of the Rec Center Tuesday afternoon. JOHN CLEVENGER | THE BG NEWS Jacquii A. Tilley Reporter The University has it’s first lac- tation room. Jonah’s room, a room desig- nated for breast feeding, opened last year in room 105A on the first floor of Hanna Hall. Breast-feeding students and faculty who do not have pri- vate spaces to produce milk for their children can do so in Jonah’s room. The University started the room in response to Sarah Jefferson, a graduate who felt the University did not support her when she became pregnant. The room is named after her son. Jefferson, a scholarship stu- dent, dropped out of college but returned after a year to fin- ish her bachelor’s degree. She graduated before pursuing her career and a Master’s degree at another university. Mary Krueger, director of the Women’s Center said “The room is not just for BG students, but also for employees.” Jonah’s room is not the only breast-feeding room on campus. There is another room located in the Education Building in room 305. That room was start- ed by a faculty member who had a child and needed to pump milk for her child in privacy. The University also has a new fund for student mothers called the Elizabeth M. Boyer Fund. “The student fund is not like a scholarship,” Krueger said. “[It’s] more like a fund to help mothers with the aid of their child.” Krueger said there is a party “If we see more students utilizing the space, we can build a case.” Faith Yingling | Director of Wellness See MONEY | Page 2 See JONAH | Page 5 SHO W me the MONEY Scholarships offer financial aid, mainly target freshmen
Transcript
By Annie Furia
Copy Chief
Though the Univeristy has many options
for financial aid, many students choose to
apply for scholarships to aid them in pay-
ing for tuition and other fees.
The University awards an average of
5,800 scholarships, totaling approxi-
mately $20 million per year, accord-
ing to the Office of Admissions website.
However, those statistics refer mostly
to incoming freshman, said Director of
Scholarships Armina Patton in an email.
The numbers for scholarships awarded
to current students are slightly different.
“BGSU offers more than $27 million in
scholarships each year,” Patton said. “There
are over 750 listed on the searchable schol-
arship [directory], not including University
Freshman Award Scholarships that may
be awarded to new incoming under-
graduate students.”
There are several different
categories for scholar-
ships, according
to the University
Scholarships Office
website.
The website lists
the categories of
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 VOLUME 94, ISSUE 12 WWW.BGNEWS.COM
ESTABLISHED 1920 | An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding communityTHE BG NEWS
CHANGE IN CULTURE TALKING ABOUT RESPECTSophomore Kara Ross transferred onto the BG women’s soccer team for this season, hoping to be part of the rebuilding pro-cess. Read more about what direction Ross hopes the team will go in. | PAGE 3
Columnist Phil Schurrer talks about respect and emphasizes the impor-tance of holding yourself to a higher standard. | PAGE 4
Cody FullerSophomore, Construction Management
HOW ELSE SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATE STUDENT PARENTS?
“Baby store on campus.”
University opens rooms for breast feeding
Opened last year, students have mixed reactions
PAR FOR THE COURSE
STUDENTS PLAY putt-putt golf in front of the Rec Center Tuesday afternoon.JOHN CLEVENGER | THE BG NEWS
Jacquii A. Tilley Reporter
The University has it’s first lac-tation room.
Jonah’s room, a room desig-nated for breast feeding, opened last year in room 105A on the first f loor of Hanna Hall.
Breast-feeding students and faculty who do not have pri-vate spaces to produce milk for their children can do so in Jonah’s room.
The University started the room in response to Sarah Jefferson, a graduate who felt the University did not support her when she became pregnant. The room is named after her son.
Jefferson, a scholarship stu-dent, dropped out of college but returned after a year to fin-ish her bachelor’s degree. She graduated before pursuing her career and a Master’s degree at another university.
Mary Krueger, director of the Women’s Center said “The room is not just for BG students, but also for employees.”
Jonah’s room is not the only breast-feeding room on campus. There is another room located in the Education Building in room 305. That room was start-ed by a faculty member who had a child and needed to pump milk for her child in privacy.
The University also has a new fund for student mothers called the Elizabeth M. Boyer Fund.
“The student fund is not like a scholarship,” Krueger said. “[It’s] more like a fund to help mothers with the aid of their child.”
Krueger said there is a party
“If we see more students utilizing the space, we can
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BLOTTERFRI., SEPT. 1211:43 P.M.Jason Andrew Barker, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage possession of alcohol within the 200 block of Manville Ave. Matthew A. Honigford, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for nuisance party.
SAT., SEPT. 1312:11 A.M.Dominick R. Musisca, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/nuisance party within the 300 block of E. Reed Ave. Joshua Andrew Cohen, 19, of Pickerington, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/urinating. Anthony C. Cannata, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for dis-orderly conduct/urinating and underage possession of alcohol. Brendan Odonnell Hogarth, 18, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage/under the influence of alco-hol.
12:33 A.M.Matthew Joseph Brown, 20, of Findlay, Ohio; and Cassandra N. Wylie, 20, of Bowling Green, were both cited for under-age possession of alcohol near Ridge and North Prospect Streets. Marcus Jordan Gierke, 19, of Findlay, Ohio, was cited for underage possession of alcohol and open container.
1:19 A.M.Carlos E. Cuellar Mejia, 20, of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, was cited for disorderly con-duct/public urination within the 100 block of W. Wooster St.
1:37 A.M.Aaron K. Nicholson Jr., 21, of Toledo, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urina-tion within the 100 block of E. Oak St.
1:37 A.M.Nicholas G. Zimmer, 19, of Troy, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/urinating in public near Lot 1 downtown.
1:54 A.M.Cody A. Stoddard, 21, Norwalk, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urina-tion within the 100 block of N. Main St.
2:24 A.M.Ashley Marie Kuhr, 28, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/fighting within the 100 block of N. Main St.
2:35 A.M.Whitney Nicole Griffey, 20, of Walbridge, Ohio, was arrested for underage/under the influence and disorderly conduct with persistence within the 900 block of Klotz Rd. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
3:02 A.M.
Justin C. Wood, 27, of Massillon, Ohio, was arrested for disorderly conduct with persistence within the 2000 block of E. Napoleon Rd. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
9:42 A.M.Nicholas Alan Boss, 21, of Bay Village, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct while intoxicated within the 400 block of Frazee Ave.
11:22 P.M.Esther L. Dehner, 26, of Southgate, Ky.; and John A, Marchetti, 25, of Fort Thomas, Ky., were both cited for open container near North Prospect and Pike Streets.
11:44 P.M.Jessica M. Wright, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage possession of alcohol and open container within the 400 block of Clough St.
11:46 P.M.Kyra Elizabeth Gleckler, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container and underage possession of alcohol within the 300 block of Ridge St.
SUN., SEPT. 1412:13 A.M.Andy G. Ferner, 23, of Toledo, was cited for open container within the 500 block of Clough St.
12:26 A.M.Kevin James Kohlman, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container within the 500 block of E. Wooster St.
12:31 A.M.Marcarini Giuliano Montero, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for littering near North Prospect Street and East Reed Avenue.
12:37 A.M.Derwin Antoine Pritchett II, 18, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container and underage possession of alcohol near East Court and North Enterprise Streets.
12:41 A.M.Shawn Michael Zaborski II, 20, of Toledo, was cited for prohibited acts/altered ID within the 100 block of N. Main St.
12:44 A.M.Brandon Frank Spradling, 18, of Fairfield, Ohio; and Cory Gray Roe, 18, of Swanton, Ohio, were both cited for open container and underage possession near Lot 3 down-town. Michael J. Ralph, 21, of Mansfield, Ohio, was cited for open container.
12:48 A.M.Grant E. Mallory, 24, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container within the 200 block of N. Summit Ave.
12:59 A.M.Brandon S. Gregg, 32, of Rudolph, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/public uri-nation near Lot 4 downtown.
1:06 A.M.Casey Stephen Mauch, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana near Lot 1 downtown.
1:20 A.M.Mark Joseph Skala Jr., 19, of Rossford, Ohio, was cited for littering in public, open container and underage possession of alco-hol near Lot 1 downtown.
1:22 A.M.Edwin James Prime-Orr, 19, of Bowling Green; and Michael J. Wiedle, 20, of Bowling Green, were both cited for disor-derly conduct/public urination near Lot 4 downtown.
1:33 A.M.Mario J. Lassiter, 24, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urina-tion near Lot 4 downtown.
1:42 A.M.Lisa M. Knapke, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container near Lot 1 down-town.
1:46 A.M.Tad William Eynon, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for disorderly conduct/urinat-ing in public within the 100 block of N. Main St.
2:13 A.M.Chad Benton Oldham, 24, of Bowling Green, was arrested for escape, obstructing official business, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia near Lot 4 downtown. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
2:42 A.M.Nicholas James Chuha, 19, of Valleyview, Ohio, was cited for open container and underage possession of alcohol near Lot 4 downtown.
3:08 A.M.Marc Rene Charles, 22, of Detroit, Michigan was arrested for disorderly con-duct/unable to care for self near Crim and Clough Streets. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
Mazey addresses students, faculty
University president focuses on future, emphasizes graduate research
By Seth WeberCity Editor
President Mary Ellen Mazey addressed staff and students about plans to improve the University in her State of the University address Tuesday.
The address took place in the Donnell Theatre in the Wolfe Center at 11 a.m. and was opened by Board of Trustees Chair Francis Voll, who intro-duced Mazey to the stage.
“We truly have the right person to guide the University,” he said.
Mazey began her address by setting the theme of building the Un iversit y ’s f ut u re. She said changes to the University need to be made through financial and academic means, much of which will be informed by the recent Accenture report.
Fall of 2013 saw the University’s “best aca-d e m i c a l l y - p r e p a r e d class,” Mazey said. However, this record was surpassed this fall by the class of 2018, which had an average GPA of 3.32, she said.
This incoming class will see new opportunities for internships.
“Beginning with the class of 2018, we’re guar-anteeing students the opportunity to participate in an internship or other experientia l learning opportunity during their undergraduate career,” Mazey said.
If a student wants an internship, they can go to the Career Center, where they will get help finding one, she said.
As part of the University’s “strategic
plan,” it will focus on the “BG Experience,” Mazey said. This experience involves BG Perspective courses as well as linked courses.
“This unique learning experience allows us to provide a very supportive environment to our stu-dents when they arrive on campus or online,” she said.
Another goal of the plan is to put emphasis on graduate education and research. Mazey said graduates can strengthen the University by serving the region and meeting “global demand.”
An example she gave was George Bullerjahn and Mike McKay, who research algal blooms in Lake Erie.
“Their expertise has been sought after recently and their work will gain more recognition and importance in the future,” Mazey said.
Building partnerships with outside resources is also essential, Mazey said. She mentioned the University’s partnership with the Wood County Hospital to create the Falcon Health Center, as well as the upcom-ing Buerau of Criminal Investigation lab that was given by Attorney General Mike DeWine.
Other goals include focusing on internation-al students, “celebrat-
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Mary EllenMazeyPresident of the University
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By Ashley HardwickIn Focus Editor
Seven city council members gathered at the senior center to discuss a few issues within the community on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.
The issues ranged from Rich Park, the water tower and adopting an ordinance that will increase wages to non-union employees.
Currently the water tower project is underway but coun-cil members are concerned with the sewage run off, espe-cially since there had already been one encounter.
The update on this issue will be discussed at the next council meeting on Oct. 6, as well as the verified number of volunteers in support of Rich Park.
The ordinance to increase nonunion employee wages to three percent was discussed mostly.
“[The ordinance] gives non-union employees a three per-cent increase,” council mem-ber Robert Mcomber said.
He petitioned to adopt the ordinance as well as add an emergency clause. The ordi-nance was agreed upon and passed.
“We wanted to make sure [employees] would get this in their paychecks [soon],” he said. “Before council has tried to treat employees similarly— non unionized employees and union employees.”
President of city council stepped into the discussion, agreeing with Mcomber.
“Ever since I’ve been on council, it has been the intent of what [Mcomber] said,” Mike Aspacher said. “And it gives us the ability to continue to do so.”
Mcomber is confident in the council’s decision.
“I don’t want anyone to feel as if they’ve gotten a better
deal than a nonunion or union [employee],” Mcomber said.
Two students from Notre Dame Academy and residents of the city feel they have got-ten a better deal by attend-ing the meeting than they originally expected.
“I thought it was very orga-nized and reminded me of [high school] city council,” senior Camille Bratton said.
Her classmate agreed with her and said she gained more knowledge by going to the meeting.
“At first I thought it would be boring, so I brought home-work,” senior Isabella Genson said. “But I was interesting to realize what’s going on in your city.”
While the council meetings are typically on every first and third Monday of the month at 7 p.m., the meeting on Oct. 20 will be at 8 p.m., after the Public hearing meeting in the library.
Members concerned with sewage-related runoff
City council discusses plans for water tower, non-union employee wages scholarships as “four-year, renew-
able Freshman Scholarships for incoming freshmen, Transfer Scholarships for transfer students and General Scholarships for new and current students,” as well as Departmental Scholarships.
According to the website, awards range from $300 to cover-ing all fees.
Scholarships can also be awarded through the depart-ments on campus, such as the Alumni Office.
Kelly Basden Lawrie, assistant director for Alumni Affairs, said the office has “approximately 38 different types of scholarships.”
She said a larger number of scholarships can be awarded depending on the amount of funds raised by alumni.
Though the requirements for different scholarships can vary greatly, Patton said it is diffi-cult to single out a requirement or scholarship as more unusual than others.
Lawrie said scholarships “can require a student that lives on a farm or even students in unique districts.”
Lawrie said Alumni Office
scholarships are mainly “based on regular aspects,” such as GPA, but most require students to be from a certain zip code.
This is because the funds for the scholarships were raised by alumni in that area, Lawrie said.
Lawrie said that because of the region requirement, the office can receive a large number of applications from areas where many University students come from, such as Toledo.
However, they are “not extremely competitive,” Lawrie said,
Other aspects can also fac-tor into whether or not students receive certain scholarships.
The University Scholarships Office website says other pos-sible requirements for scholar-ships are “merit, demonstrated financial need, field of study, participation in a specific pro-gram, organization or activity or any combination of these items.”
Receiving a scholarship may sound difficult, but Patton feels otherwise.
“I do not feel any scholar-ship offered is tough to receive,” Patton said. “As long as a stu-dent meets the requirements and submits an application with all materials required, they may be awarded a scholarship.”
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 3SPORTS
Falcons victorious at University of MichiganEarly goal from nation’s leading scorer, Pat Flynn, pushes Falcons past Wolverines 1-0
Falcons drop 3 games during weekendVolleyball team drops to 2-7 after Creighton Invitational
By Brandon ShriderAssistant Sports Editor
Pat Flynn did it again for the Falcons as the BG men’s soc-cer team went on the road to beat Big Ten foe the University of Michigan.
Despite being out-shot 20 to 10 by the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, this win marks the third time in four years that BG has topped Michigan, with the exception coming last season in a double-overtime draw.
“These games are fun to play in the first place, but it’s a big deal for a mid-major to get the win,” head coach Eric Nichols said. “We have two seniors who have been here for four years and have three wins against Michigan. It’s unbelievable.”
The nation’s leading scor-er, Flynn, put in the lone goal of the night early in the first half; the Falcons never gave up the lead.
With the Michigan goal, Flynn tallied his tenth goal of the sea-son and continues to lead the nation in scoring.
“Right now, he’s putting it in the net, but we’ve got some other guys who can score too,” Nichols said.
With the Falcons only scor-
ing one goal during the game, the defensive effort throughout the rest of the game was essen-tial to securing the victory for the Falcons.
“We had a lot of really good individual efforts,” Nichols said. “Our collective and indiv idual defending was great tonight.”
Not only was the defense critical in capturing the win against Michigan, but goal-keeper Nick Landsberger gar-nered five saves, all coming in the second half.
With the Wolverines creating plenty of chances late in the game, Landsberger’s perfor-mance single-handedly secured the Falcons their fifth shut out of the season.
“It al l starts with him [Landsberger]. He had a good presence about him and he played really well,” Nichols said.
With the early season success, out-scoring opponents 20-4, the Falcons are pleased with where they are as a team.
“I am not too critical at this point, but there is always stuff to work on,” Nichols said.
The team has effectively mixed veteran leadership with an array of talents from fresh-men to seniors for early-season dominance.
The win moves the Falcons to 5-1 on the season, giving them their best start with Nichols at the helm.
The Falcons will return home to Cochrane Field on Friday where they are 3-0 on the season.
They will take on Summit League opponent Eastern Illinois, who come to the match with only nine goals scored in five games, in which they have gone 2-3.
By Hampton CrawfordReporter
The BG women’s volleyball team traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, this past weekend to compete in the Creighton Invitational where they fell in all three of their matches.
With the losses, the Falcons moved to 2-7 overall.
The team had a fierce battle in its first match against Wichita State, but the Shockers edged out BG in five sets, winning 25-22, 25-23, 28-30, 33-35 and 16-14.
This is the fourth time this year the Falcons have competed in a match lasting five sets.
BG battled back in every set against the Shockers, showing resiliency by fighting off two match points in the third set and four more in the fourth. Wichita State regrouped after a time-out and won the match.
BG finished with four players having at least 12 kills. Freshman Nicole Slimko and Sophomore Alyssa Maloney led with 16 kills each. Senior Kelsey Bates added 15 kills and freshman Paige O’Connor had 14. Sophomore Madeline Garda picked up 23 digs and Slimko had a career-high 17 digs. Bates tallied a match-best eight blocks. Senior Erica Fullenkamp had a double-double with 52 assists and 10 digs.
BG then followed with two more losses on Saturday; to Creighton where they lost 25-17, 25-18,
25-15 and to Pepperdine 25-15, 25-14, 25-15.
Against Creighton, BG only had a .067 attack percentage, whereas Creighton hit .270. Creighton also had seven aces, five more than the Falcons. However, BG had six blocks.
O’Connor had a team-leading eight kills while Garda racked in 10 digs. Bates had five blocks to go with her six kills and an ace.
The team then moved on to Pepperdine for their final match of the weekend, which proved to be a similar situation as the Creighton game.
Slimko and O’Connor both got nine kills in the match to lead BG. Alyssa Maloney added five kills and four blocks.
Pepperdine won three straight sets against BG, posting an attack percentage of .354. BG had an attack percentage of .140.
BG will now prepare for their last non-conference tourna-ment before heading into con-ference play. The team will head to the Oakland Invitational next weekend in Rochester, Mich.
The University of Oakland will host the UC Irvine and Robert Morris with the Falcons. BG’s first game will be against Oakland on Friday at 5 p.m., fol-lowed by UC Irvine on Saturday at 10 a.m. and Robert Morris at 5 p.m.
By Tobias FlemmingReporter
Having a lasting impact on an athletic pro-gram and being part of a team that is in a rebuilding
process can be a burden on some student-athletes.For sophomore Kara Ross, however, it was motivation to
transfer to Bowling Green State University this summer after playing her freshman year at Brock University in her hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Although Ross said she loved her former school, she came to BG because she wanted more out of her college soccer career.
“Coach [Basalyga] said we need people here who are willing to work, who believe that we can change this culture and I said to her I just want to be around something
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“These games are fun to play in the first
place, but it’s a big deal for a mid-major to get the win. We have two
seniors who have been here for four years
and have three wins against Michigan. It’s
unbelievable.”Eric Nichols | Head Coach
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Last week, a speaker on the Union Oval expounded his religious views and, in the process, sparked “some negative reactions from students,” to quote The BG News.
In his opinion, the fires of hell await homosexuals, for-nicators and drunkards.
There’s no doubt the speaker was entitled to air his views. And there’s no doubt that some would dis-agree with them.
As a witness to last week’s events, it was evident that at least one student’s response went beyond what we would expect at an insti-tution of higher learning. It consisted of an obscene hand gesture.
Although the First Amendment applies to both the speaker and his oppo-nents, it cannot prevent bad taste, poor judgment or the absence of civility.
The problem with the stu-dent’s behavior is not that he wasn’t entitled to express his views, or even whether or not you agree with those views. His behavior did not involve the First Amendment.
Rather, it involved a failure to meet a standard we would expect from members of a university community.
Tolerance is woven like a thread into the tapestry of a university. The very premise of a university is the exami-nation of new ideas and ways of looking at the world.
This is true diversity, not the faux diversity based on identity— that of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
It’s the diversity of ideas. The siren song of “diver-
sity” that we hear and see so much of today merely advances some groups’ agendas and promotes divi-siveness.
It’s based on the belief that members of a certain group have a monopoly on knowl-edge or wisdom. It’s the tyr-anny of the minority.
This is not to imply accep-tance of all new ideas.
Tolerance of different ideas is not identical to acceptance.
But, by descending to the level of obscene gestures, the student has foreclosed any chance for rational discourse.
We hope for and expect a certain level of maturity on a college campus, which should be a place where dif-ferent ideas can be discussed and debated without per-sonal animus toward those who profess them.
In a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Justice William Brennan wrote, “If there is a bedrock prin-ciple underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not pro-hibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”
Since we are a public uni-versity, Brennan’s words apply to us.
But, as a public univer-sity, we should seek and expect a higher standard for ourselves.
Throughout this col-umn, I will make a few confessions.
To some, they may seem silly, but they keep me true to myself.
My first confession: I am a worm-dodger.
On any given rainy day, one might f ind them-selves jumping in mud puddles reminiscing their lunch box days. Or one might spend their time whining about their now frizzy hair.
I, however, find myself giving my professors an explanation of my late arrival or, feeling guilty that they expect one, begin writing a sob story in my head.
If I am walking from point A to point B [on time for class] actively being cautious of the squirming worms desperately easing their way from the side-
walk to the grass— well, that would add delays to anyone’s venture across campus.
This leads me to my second confession: I feel guilty if I step on a worm and I’d feel terrible if I ever walked into class on time with worm guts cov-ering my combat boots.
Here’s my third confes-sion: This simple act of k indness [worm-dodg-ing], though irrelevant to many, reassures me that I am a good person.
I take the time to appre-ciate nature and life, even the slimy disgusting ones and I always go out of my way to do so.
Sometimes I batt le with myself over whether or not I’ve been a good person that day, but I’ve begun to realize that it’s not me, it’s them.
I’m referring to society or any individual who uses manipulation as a tool to make one question his or her own identity or morals.
I’ve encountered many instances where another
person was not only in denial about his or her actions, but defensive as well; then, convinced me that I was the bad guy.
Typically, when some-one is defensive during confrontation, they will blame the person who confronted them in order to avoid responsibility or because they’re embar-rassed, etc.
This used to impact me greatly.
If you know you’re a good person, that’s all you need to be happy with yourself.
Focus on your own behav ior instead of ex haust i ng you rsel f explaining why someone else is wrong.
The majority of the time, accepting the fact that a person will never apolo-gize, admit their mistake or have the ability to see another perspective, will give you more peace with-in yourself than they will ever receive in a lifetime.
When someone on social media orders me to like, share, retweet or post some-thing, I follow a simple two-step process.
Step 1: Ignore it.Step 2: There is no Step 2. However, last Friday a
friend nominated me to post three things I’m thankful for every day for five days, which is a current Facebook trend. At first, I was unenthusiastic. Posting what I was thank-ful for on Facebook because someone tagged me in a post seemed fake and self-serving.
I decided to deal with it as I deal with all my problems and put it off until later.
Still, as I went through my day, my mind kept going back to the post I was going to have to make later.
What was I thankful for? Every time I asked myself that question, I added new things to the list in my head. It didn’t take long to think of more than three.
Despite the fact that I had been cranky and stressed that morning, I found my mood improving through-out the day as I spent more
time picking out all the good things in my life.
I tend to be a pessimistic person. Often I get to the end of a day and all I can think about is what went wrong.
By the end of that Friday, all I could focus on was the positive.
I reached the end of my five days yesterday, and I’ve enjoyed writing every post. It’s tempting to end a long day by complaining to my room-mates about everything that annoyed me, but spending that time reflecting on what I have to be thankful for is not only better for my attitude, but it also saves my room-mates from having to listen to me whine.
Even if you are like me and hate Facebook challenges, I encourage you to spend the next five days [or longer] list-ing at least three things you are thankful for. Post it on Facebook or write it in a note-book, but keep a record some-where. Being able to look back through a list of things you love is a great way to de-stress.
When I read what I wrote over the past five days, it reminds me to appreciate the things I listed, but it also reminds me of how good life is.
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ing and appreciating” diversity and inclusion and improving the qual-ity of life for those at the University.
Mazey outlined a “f inancia l strateg y” that includes making University operations more efficient and looking for philanthropists.
“We will continue to implement the Accenture recommendations to ensure greater efficiency of our operations,” she said. “We will continue to re-invent how BGSU oper-ates.”
Mazey said the University must “ensure our financial future is built on a strong endow-ment.” This means look-ing for donations from “alumni and friends.”
One example of philan-thropy was Bill Frack, who donated $20 million to the men’s basketball team in April, the largest donation the University has ever seen.
“Private support will be extremely important in positioning us for our future,” Mazey said.
Mazey ended her address by speaking about student success and how they can help Ohio’s
economy.By 2020, it is predicted
that 60 percent of jobs in Ohio will require post-secondary education, she said, but only 37 percent of adults in Ohio have an associate degree or higher. To address this problem, she said the University “must play a major role in preparing skilled think-ers for the 21st century economy.”
Mazey also mentioned “spiraling” student debt, but said college educa-tion is a “tremendous investment.” Those with bachelor’s degrees earn about $30,000 more a year than those with only high school diplomas, she said.
Voll took the stage again after Mazey’s address and said students are the “bot-tom line” of anything the University does.
“One thing that I remind myself is that it’s all about the student,” he said. “Let us be known at Bowling Green as a University that cares.”
After the address, Graduate Student Senate President Mike Smith gave his thoughts on what was said.
“I think [the University is] going in a good direc-tion,” he said. “I like the idea that we’ve raised our academic standards for undergraduates.”
Greek organizations hope to attract more freshmen with newer conceptsBy Annie Furia
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Universit y students involved in fraternity recruitment may have noticed a difference in the process this year.
In contrast to the formal recruitment hosted by the Panhellenic Council, fra-ternities have generally had a more informal process in previous years.
Nick Wainwright, vice president of judicial affairs for Interfraternity Council said fraternities have actu-ally had formal recruit-ment techniques in the past few years, though it’s a “newer concept.”
V ic e P r e s ident of Recruitment for Interfraternity Council Matt Flanders said the stu-dents’ perceptions made it seem like more of a change.
“I think it got more out there and we had greater success with it,” Flanders
said. “More people knew about it.”
Wainwright said this year’s process was only a slightly changed version of formal recruitment.
P r e s i d e n t o f Interfraternity Council, Victor Senn said the ver-sion is best described as a more structured recruit-ment, or a semi-formal recruitment.
He said that a full-for-mal recruitment process involves recruitment soft-ware and having potential members look at every available fraternity.
“For us, it is more of a semi-formal process, con-sidering we don’t make the potential new members go through every single fraternity,” Senn said. “We give them the option of the top eight and the top three.”
Senn said some differ-ences from previous years were the use of recruit-
ment guides and recruit-ment tables in the Union.
Another difference was chapter-based recruiting.
“Chapters wou ld host events and we [the Interfraternity Council] would advertise the events to all the potential new members,” Flanders said.
Flanders said he thought the more structured process attracted more students.
“It allowed them to get an understanding of Greek life before com-mitting to join a chapter,” Flanders said.
Of the more than 300 students who registered for recruitment, 145 signed bids at the end of the pro-cess, Flanders said.
Senn said some of the students who did not sign bids simply were not able to attend all the recruit-ment events.
“They didn’t get the chance to see everyone yet, so they didn’t want to
make the decision,” Senn said.
Senn said those who did not sign bids but still had interest in Greek life would go through the open recruitment process.
He added that the Interfraternity Council would “assure that those guys who did show inter-est in Greek life are able to explore their options.”
Senn said the full formal process and open recruit-ment both had advantages, but the council wanted to combine them.
“Trying to find the mid-dle ground with that semi-formal process is really the route we’re taking,” Senn said.
Senn said the council will stick with this policy for the next few years in order to give the process consistency.
“It should be something that we invest in for the future,” Flanders said.
Methods of fraternity recruitment changing, less formal
LAST YEAR fraternities hosted a football game to attract incoming freshmen, hinting at less formal methods to come.
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to kick off the fund on Nov. 10.
First-year Brittany Kennedy was not aware of the new room and would like to know more.
“I didn’t know they had
a lactating room,” she said. “I have so many questions. Why do they need a certain room?”
Other students had more to say.
“I guess it’s okay,” said first-year Janella Blanchard. “Why can’t they do that in their room?”
First-year Kendra Smith
acknowledged the practi-cality of the room.
“It’s probably useful for many girls,” Smith said.
Faith Yingling, director of the wellness connec-tion, said the room affects campus in a positive way and believes more space for young mothers would be a good change.
“Ideally, it would be nice to see more rooms around campus,” Yingling said. “If we see more students uti-lizing the space, we can build a case.”
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big,” Ross said. “She said you can put your fingerprint on this program and I just knew it was for me. It was just a mutual trust between both of us.”
Head coach Lindsay Basalyga said the circum-stances about Ross’ recruit-ment were rather unusual.
“Kara had randomly shown up at a practice up in Canada where Rhonda [Gottschalk], my assistant, was watching a team we have recruited from before,” she said. “She [Ross] was like ‘I hope there is going to be a college coach here,’ and we happened to be there. It’s just one of these perfect situations.”
It took some time for Ross to adjust to the level of play and the athleticism required for Division I college soccer, but she has adapted quick-ly and played over the full 90 minutes in the past two games for the Falcons.
Sophomore Paige Amodio
said Ross is a great fit for BG women’s soccer and does what is needed to put the pro-gram in the right direction.
“She works hard at every single practice, she fits in really good with the style of play that we have and it’s a lot of fun playing next to her since we both play defensive mid positions,” she said.
Teammate and pre-sea-son roommate, sophomore Jessica Creech said Ross has been the exact type of player the program needed.
“[Ross] works hard, keeps a good attitude and she doesn’t do anything that she’s not supposed to,” Creech said. “She is like a perfect role model for peo-ple that should be in our program.”
While she has been part of the program for only a few months, Ross has already made a lasting impres-sion on her coaches and teammates.
“Every single day we see her getting better and better and as individual players get better it drives every-
body else,” Basalyga said. “Kara came here because she wanted more out of the college experience. She wanted to be around people that were commit-ted to the sport. Not just for the two hours that they are at practice, but for the lifestyle choice. She is liv-ing that culture and she has helped in more ways than just on the field.”
Ross said her goal is to move forward with the pro-gram, and so far the team is heading in the right direction.
“I think we have a very talented group of girls who want to be here and want to change this pro-gram,” Ross said. “I mean it’s a work in progress, but we are disciplined; we are holding each other accountable and the more we do that, the better it’s going to get. I want to see the girls that I’m around with right now move for-ward with me and I just want to get a winning cul-ture going.”
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The Bowling Green ten-nis team debuted its four freshmen along with new head coach Olga Elkin this past weekend at the Miami Invitational.
Three of the four newcom-ers competed in doubles action on the first day of the event. Meili Martin and Megan Miller won their first collegiate match 8-2 against Eastern Kentucky University. Madison Adams teamed up with sophomore Harley Hutchison in an 8-4 loss in her first match.
The team then took on Xavier University in all six singles matches. All four fresh-men and two sophomores played in a match, dropping all six to XU. The only player to win a set was Adams, who took her second set 6-3 against All-Big East junior Alex Brinker.
The match stayed close until the end with Brinker winning the tiebreaker set 10-8.
Freshman Emily Witt made her collegiate debut in the sixth flight, losing to Daniella Patton two sets to none.
The second day of the invi-tational was more of a success-ful trip, with half of the roster picking up wins.
Hutchison teamed up with Adams again in the top doubles flight, taking down defending Mid-American Conference regular season champs 8-4. The win was the only doubles win for the team on the day, losing two against MU and another three against XU.
Bowling Green competed in 12 singles matches, split-ting six each against XU and Eastern Kentucky University.
Martin got the first singles win of her career in the third flight against EKU. The win came comfortably, sweeping
Dominika Hadnadova in two sets 6-2, 6-3.
Miller also picked up her first collegiate singles win at the fifth flight. She swept EKUs senior Melissa Gerritsen by winning the first set 6-4 and the second in a tiebreaker 7-6.
Hutchison is off to a slow start individually, playing at the top singles flight the whole weekend. The second year player was not able to win a game in any of her matches, though the first game of her EKU match up was a tiebreak-er loss 7-5.
Even though there were more losses than wins, the experience was what is impor-tant for the young team. All four freshmen were able to compete in individual match-es while three out of four par-ticipated in doubles.
The team will be back in action next weekend when they host the annual BG Invitational at Keefe Courts.
