By Kathryne Rubright City Editor After 33 years working for the city of Bowling Green, Municipal Administrator John Fawcett is pre- paring to step back. He announced his retirement at City Council’s March 2 meeting. “We’ll all be very happy for you on a personal level, because Lord knows you’ve dedicated many years of service to the city, and the city has benefitted in many different ways,” Council President Michael Aspacher said after Fawcett’s announcement. Fawcett didn’t originally plan on a life and a career in Bowling Green. When he arrived here, he thought he’d go back to a previous military post in Colorado after a few years. “What I found, however, was Bowling Green provided an envi- ronment that was outstanding for raising a family. The people are friendly, they’re open, they made me feel welcome. And so that expectation of being here for two years has turned into 35 years,” Fawcett said. “That’s the hold that I think a lot of people experience when they come to BG.” In his time as personnel direc- tor, assistant municipal admin- istrator and municipal adminis- trator, Fawcett has seen the city undergo changes that have likely increased that hold. The renovation of the down- town was the most significant of By Lindsey Meyer Reporter Over the past seven weeks the University has been campaign- ing for health through the Lucky 7 Wellness Challenge. According to the Lucky 7 Wellness Challenge program overview, the challenge is a seven week long well- ness campaign that challenges individuals to partake in physical activity and healthy behavior, such as maintaining a healthy diet and relieving stress. There are approximately 200 participants engaging in this event. People can join individually or as teams, throughout the challenge there has been 37 teams and the size of each ranging from two to seven participants said Karyn Smith, who is coordinating this event. Each week participants are given Friday, March 27, 2015 VOLUME 94, ISSUE 80 WWW.BGNEWS.COM ESTABLISHED 1920 | An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community THE BG NEWS FALCONS START OUTDOOR SEASON CONFRONTING RACISM The BG track and field team begin its season on Friday in North Carolina. They look to improve their place in the MAC after a seventh place finish last year. | PAGE 6 Guest columnist Terrance Davis talks about the racist chants by members of SAE at the University of Oklahoma. He says that, in order for racism to stop occurring, we need to con- front it at its core. | PAGE 5 Heather Paramore Junior, Social Work WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO WORK OUT 7 WEEKS IN A ROW? “Free time, because I don’t have free time and it’s the only thing stopping me.” LEAVING A RECORD A band called The Infatuations will release a vinyl record of their per- formance at Grounds for Thought. Check it out on Page 3 . Precious Stones PRESENTS 6 th Annual Fashion Show Olscamp 101 @ 7:30 Presale $7 @ The door $10 Fri March 27 th See LUCKY | Page 2 See FAWCETT | Page 2 See FAMILY | Page 4 THURSDAY NIGHT HOME COOKING MEMBERS OF BGSU Hillel prepare an Israeli salad during a cooking class Thursday night in Kohl Hall. ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS City Municipal Administrator steps back after 33 years with city Fawcett looks to retirement Winners awarded prizes for seven week workout campaign Enrollment open for specialized education majors Wellness challenge comes to end Discontinued major returns CAMPUS BRIEF First African-American sorority celebrates 50 years The Epsilon Omicron chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was chartered on the University’s campus on March 20, 1965 and will celebrate their 50th anniversary this weekend. Delta Sigma Theta was the first African- American sorority to be established on the University’s campus. In addition to planning meaningful events on campus, Delta Sigma Theta has been dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service on cam- pus, said Delta Sigma Theta treasurer Sydney Howell. This weekend, they will host over 150 Deltas to celebrate the legacy of the Epsilon Omicron chapter with a weekend full of events, including a mixer, community service, a Gala and a re- dedication ceremony for alumni. By Kelly Savela Reporter The College of Education and Human Development has offi- cially opened enrollment for a specialization in Family and Consumer Sciences Education for education majors. Workforce Education and Development now has two spe- cializations which students can choose from: Business and Marketing Education and Family and Consumer Sciences Education. The new FCSE spe- cialization focuses primarily around the family and careers related to the family setting, including life planning, finan- cial literacy, food nutrition and apparel merchandising. Those who obtain this degree will be able to instruct grades 4 through 12 on a variety of life skills. The classes students will instruct will typically fall under elective courses in mid- dle and high school settings, but students will also have the skills to work in a career ser- vices setting. “This opportunity both leads students to a teaching license in Ohio and the ability to teach subjects under that field,” said Program Area Coordinator for Workforce Education and Development Robert Berns. Roughly 19 years ago, this specialization was offered at the University, yet was removed due to low enrollment. Now there is a large demand for teachers in this department and the majority of the neces- sary courses are already offered through Human Development. “This provides students with an opportunity to get a major where there’s a large demand,” By Natasha Ivery Reporter When thinking about jobs and internships, the University holds job fairs and panels for students. On Wednesday evening, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee spon- sored a special networking event aimed just at student athletes in the Stroh Center. Guests dined on finger foods, fruit and desserts provided by Dining Services as students interacted with 11 employers and faculty from the athletics department. Employers included Quicken Loans, Tom James Careers and a medical official from See ATHLETE | Page 4 Student Athlete Advisory Committee holds networking night MICHAELA GABANIC above prepares to set the ball. Below: Gabanic networks with employers at Student Athlete Networking Night. ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS TRAVIS WILLHOITE | THE BG NEWS O FF THE C OURT Networking
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By Kathryne Rubright
City Editor
After 33 years working for the city of Bowling Green, Municipal Administrator John Fawcett is pre-paring to step back.
He announced his retirement at City Council’s March 2 meeting.
“We’ll all be very happy for you on a personal level, because Lord knows you’ve dedicated many years of service to the city, and the city has benefitted in many different ways,” Council President Michael Aspacher said after Fawcett’s announcement.
Fawcett didn’t originally plan on a life and a career in Bowling Green. When he arrived here, he thought he’d go back to a previous military post in Colorado after a
few years.“What I found, however, was
Bowling Green provided an envi-ronment that was outstanding for raising a family. The people are friendly, they’re open, they made me feel welcome. And so that expectation of being here for two years has turned into 35 years,” Fawcett said. “That’s the hold that I think a lot of people experience when they come to BG.”
In his time as personnel direc-tor, assistant municipal admin-istrator and municipal adminis-trator, Fawcett has seen the city undergo changes that have likely increased that hold.
The renovation of the down-town was the most significant of
By Lindsey Meyer
Reporter
Over the past seven weeks the University has been campaign-ing for health through the Lucky 7 Wellness Challenge.
According to the Lucky 7 Wellness Challenge program overview, the challenge is a seven week long well-ness campaign that challenges individuals to partake in physical activity and healthy behavior, such as maintaining a healthy diet and relieving stress.
There are approximately 200 participants engaging in this event. People can join individually or as teams, throughout the challenge there has been 37 teams and the size of each ranging from two to seven participants said Karyn Smith, who is coordinating this event.
Each week participants are given
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FALCONS START OUTDOOR SEASON CONFRONTING RACISMThe BG track and field team begin its season on Friday in North Carolina. They look to improve their place in the MAC after a seventh place finish last year. | PAGE 6
Guest columnist Terrance Davis talks about the racist chants by members of SAE at the University of Oklahoma. He says that, in order for racism to stop occurring, we need to con-front it at its core. | PAGE 5
Heather Paramore
Junior, Social Work
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO WORK OUT 7
WEEKS IN A ROW?
“Free time, because I don’t have free time and it’s the only thing stopping me.”
LEAVING A RECORD
A band called The Infatuations will release a vinyl record of their per-formance at Grounds for Thought. Check it out on Page 3.
Precious Stones
PRESENTS
6th Annual Fashion Show
Olscamp 101 @ 7:30Presale $7 @ The door $10
Fri March 27th
See LUCKY | Page 2
See FAWCETT | Page 2
See FAMILY | Page 4
THURSDAY NIGHT HOME COOKING
MEMBERS OF BGSU Hillel prepare an Israeli salad during a cooking class Thursday night in Kohl Hall.
ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
City Municipal Administrator steps back after 33 years with city
Fawcett looks to retirement
Winners awarded prizes for seven week workout campaign
Enrollment open for specialized education majors
Wellness challenge
comes to end
Discontinued major
returns
CAMPUSBRIEFFirst African-American sorority celebrates 50 years
The Epsilon Omicron chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was chartered on the University’s campus on March 20, 1965 and will celebrate their 50th anniversary this weekend.
Delta Sigma Theta was the first African-American sorority to be established on the University’s campus.
In addition to planning meaningful events on campus, Delta Sigma Theta has been dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service on cam-pus, said Delta Sigma Theta treasurer Sydney Howell.
This weekend, they will host over 150 Deltas to celebrate the legacy of the Epsilon Omicron chapter with a weekend full of events, including a mixer, community service, a Gala and a re-dedication ceremony for alumni.
By Kelly Savela
Reporter
The College of Education and Human Development has offi-cially opened enrollment for a specialization in Family and Consumer Sciences Education for education majors.
Workforce Education and Development now has two spe-cializations which students can choose from: Business and Marketing Education and Family and Consumer Sciences Education. The new FCSE spe-cialization focuses primarily around the family and careers related to the family setting, including life planning, finan-cial literacy, food nutrition and apparel merchandising.
Those who obtain this degree will be able to instruct grades 4 through 12 on a variety of life skills. The classes students will instruct will typically fall under elective courses in mid-dle and high school settings, but students will also have the skills to work in a career ser-vices setting.
“This opportunity both leads students to a teaching license in Ohio and the ability to teach subjects under that field,” said Program Area Coordinator for Workforce Education and Development Robert Berns.
Roughly 19 years ago, this specialization was offered at the University, yet was removed due to low enrollment. Now there is a large demand for teachers in this department and the majority of the neces-sary courses are already offered through Human Development.
“This provides students with an opportunity to get a major where there’s a large demand,”
By Natasha Ivery
Reporter
When thinking about jobs and internships, the University holds job fairs and panels for students. On Wednesday evening, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee spon-sored a special networking event aimed just at student athletes in the Stroh Center.
Guests dined on finger foods, fruit and desserts provided by Dining Services as students interacted with 11 employers and faculty from the athletics department. Employers included Quicken Loans, Tom James Careers and a medical official from
See ATHLETE | Page 4
Student Athlete Advisory Committee holds networking night
MICHAELA GABANIC above prepares to set the ball. Below: Gabanic networks with employers at Student Athlete Networking Night.
ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
TRAVIS WILLHOITE | THE BG NEWS
OFF THE COURT
Networking
those changes, Fawcett said.“It was a major improve-
ment, I think, from all stand-points, from what we used to have,” Fawcett said. “There’s a sizable change in our com-munity compared to what it was 18 years ago.”
Fawcett has been the municipal administrator for 18 years, after two and a half years as the assistant municipal administrator and 12 years as the person-nel director.
While he’s seen mayors and other city employees come and go during that time, the “organization-al setting” has remained the same.
“You’ve got a sense of a working relationship that’s very positive among the executive branch, the legisla-tive branch and the judicial branches of government,” Fawcett said. “That’s not something that you see often
in other communities.”Mayors have always
appointed people to boards and commissions based on merit, Fawcett said, and never on their political party or who they know.
It was the same with the appointment of Fawcett’s replacement, current assis-tant municipal administra-tor Lori Tretter.
Over the past 18 years, Tretter has learned the duties of the municipal admin-istrator and taken on more responsibilities, including making decisions about the city budget.
“She’s done outstanding in every task that has ever been assigned to her,” Fawcett said. “She has every skill nec-essary to be a successful city administrator. So when the mayor identified her as my replacement I was extremely pleased.”
Tretter credits Fawcett with training her to complete the tasks of her next job.
“John’s been truly a great mentor to me,” Tretter said.
Tretter will take over on July 1. After that, Fawcett plans to spend more time with his grandchildren and spend more time on his hobby of cycling.
“I carry two phones, and I’ll be thrilled to be able to lay one aside and say, ‘Okay, that’s the city’s, I no longer have to worry about answer-ing that phone.’ And then on the existing phone it’ll be nice not having a calendar that I have to live by. I’ve had a very structured life.”
Though he’ll lay aside the city phone, Fawcett will stay involved. He will continue his Kiwanis membership, and would be open to serv-ing on a board or commis-sion.
“I’ll be a citizen who will enjoy this community,” Fawcett said. “I’ll be a citi-zen who might be actively expressing my opinions to the mayor or my elected offi-cials, but I’m definitely not going to be one that will try to manage the city from my family room.”
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Last semester a new orga n i zat ion ca l led Kairos was formed at the University.
“Kairos the word stands for Seize the Moment,” said Jamie Kertes, Kairos treasurer.
Overall it is an organi-zation based around God and what he has planned for each person in their life.
“Kairos is a Bible study, but at its core it is a life class with a foundation in Christ. The principles taught in the study not only help us to understand our own personal rela-tionship with Christ but equip us with how to live out each day with the full-ness God intended for us
all,“ said Monica Wright, a Kairos leader and the lead coordinator.
Every other Tuesday evening members meet together to speak about a particular topic and open-ly discuss their thoughts and beliefs about God. The main goal of this orga-nization is to understand what God has planned for them and being able to follow that plan.
“We had just finished the topic of life transitions and listening to the signs and following what God has put in front of us,” said Kertes.
The organization meets with Pastor Tony to learn even more about God and to open up to him about any issues they are seek-ing guidance for.
“He understands that everyone makes mis-takes, and he is excited to talk with us and help us become closer with God,” said Haley Schrock, a member of Kairos.
Being in this group helps members gain a new insight about Christ and what he has to offer each individual.
“I have learned to think about things from a differ-ent viewpoint. Personally, I am able to look at life as a series of shifts and processes now, and the choices I make will ulti-mately represent who I am as I person,” said Schrock.
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“Kairos offers an invit-ing environment for all and provides the free-dom and ability to ask and answer as individu-als feel moved to do so,”
said Wright. This organization is
open to all students and was created to help col-lege students get through any difficult times that they may be encounter-ing. The group said they want to help each student as they are becoming adults and gaining new responsibilities.
“For those who are unsure about joining, Kairos is not strictly a Bible study based on read-ing scripture and under-standing it. Pastor Tony does a great job of help-ing us find God by talking about issues that relate to our lives as college stu-dents … we are all having a good time learning how to live as better people,” said Schrock.
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activities to complete, they range from taking a 10-minute walk to eating a healthy snack. If they accomplish them they are rewarded with tokens. You can also earn additional tokens by logging your exer-cise minutes for the week.
Some of the particular activities that were assigned week to week throughout this challenge were to consume five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day, do some type of stress relaxation, take laps around the Eppler South Gym Track.
“By focusing on just a few activities each week, partici-pants are able to make healthy lifestyle changes without being overwhelmed by them,” said Amanda Long, a team captain.
The more tokens a partici-pant or team earns the more prizes they can win.
“Some smaller prizes include workout gear and equipment and healthy eating giveaways such as lunch boxes & salad shakers. Some larger
prizes include massages, free healthy catered lunch for you and your colleagues, and free personal training packages and Group Exercise passes to the Student Recreation Center,” said Smith.
The Lucky 7 Wellness Challenge has the opportunity for being very beneficial for all those who are involved in it. It brings the participants togeth-er and helps them meet new people while participating in the weekly activities.
“With seven challenges each week, there was some-thing for everyone. I am part of a team of five ladies, all with varying backgrounds. Every single member of my team has improved her lifestyle over the past 7 weeks,” said Long.
Each week participants have been pushing them-selves more and more to main-tain a healthier lifestyle and stay active.
“The real emphasis of this program is on developing a habit of regular exercise and other healthy behaviors, and utilizing social support and variety to promote adher-ence,” said Faith Yingling.
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A band hailing from Detroit, Michigan, visited Bowling Green this past weekend, playing two live shows at the local coffee shop Grounds for Thought.
They are The Infatuations, a rock band that combines acoustic, punk, soul and Motown sounds into their music. According to their offi-cial band website, their new-est album “Detroit Block Party” is like their live performances, “diverse, fun, soulful, gritty and always positive.”
The band members include guitarist Christian Draheim, a bass guitarist nicknamed “Wolf,” guitarist Nick Behnan, drummer Robert Meyers and new lead vocalist Kendrick
Hardaway. For this perfor-mance, backup vocalist Liz Girard, a singer/song-writer from Detroit who is a part of a Detroit-based band called Shotgun Soul, joined them.
The Infatuations had played at Black Swamp Arts Festival in 2013, where they headlined on the main stage and also per-formed at Grounds for Thought.
Community member T.J. Sterns was confused about the new lead vocalist.
“I was disappointed to see that they had switched the front singer out. I was nervous,” Sterns said. “But after hearing [Kendrick] sing … Oh, he’s got some pipes.”
With upbeat power songs like “Dancin’ On My Knees” to sweet love songs like “Back Again,” The Infatuations kept the com-munity of Bowling Green mov-
ing and sent an electric shock through the crowd.
“They felt comfortable here,” Kelly Wicks, owner of Grounds for Thought, said about the mem-bers of the band. “They spent the day here [in town], we walked around campus, ate lunch at The Oaks and got ready for the shows,” he said.
Wicks also spoke to the kind of crowd that gathered during the weekend.
“They feed off this great energy that we have here,” he said.
Other than providing enter-tainment for the community, The Infatuations were also here to take on a new project: to record a vinyl set under the Grounds for Thought label.
“We have our own equipment here. They’ve done every set of
EducationElectric guitar celebrated at conference through panels, performances
By Annie Furia
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Speakers from India, Finland, France, England, Canada and the United States will be in Bowling Green today and tomorrow to attend the Electric Guitar in Popular Culture Conference, hosted by the department of popular culture.
One speaker is Kimi Karki, a folk player from Finland. Karki will be part of a panel at the conference titled “The Instrumentality of the Electric Guitar.”
In addition to speaking, Karki will also be performing Saturday night at Grounds for Thought.
Despite the global diversity of the speakers and performers, most are current or former Ohio residents.
Matthew Donahue, a lecturer in the department and an organizer for the event, said this was intentional.
“Too often Los Angeles and New York get all the attention,” he said. “We want to focus in on the contributions of Ohio.”
The list of performers includes Chuck Stohl, who plays hard rock/heavy metal; Chris Buzzelli, a jazz performer; and Donahue’s band MAD 45, which plays surf/punk music.
Blues guitar player Kelly Richey will perform on Saturday in the Union theater.Donahue described Richey as “one of the top blues guitar players in the country.”
Richey said the conference sounded “right up my alley” because “electric guitar has been my life and performing has been my life.”
Another performer is Skip McDonald, a blues guitarist who also goes by the name Little Axe.
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2015 is already shaping up to be a very promising year for Netflix’s original programming. Tina Fey’s newest comedy juggernaut “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” which had its first season released earlier this month, is hilarious with endlessly quotable one-liners and has found a breakout star in Tituss Burgess. Meanwhile, the stream-ing service’s acclaimed political drama “House of Cards” recently dropped a solid third season to positive reviews.
However, Netflix’s biggest accomplishment of the year so far is its neo-noir family drama “Bloodline.” The show is a deep-ly intriguing drama for adults that never talks down to you. An examination of familial ties and secrets, this series keeps you read-ily engaged with twists and reveals that will leave you blindsided and
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Chet Hesson, assistant athletic director for aca-demics and student ser-vices said that the event is pretty important.
“It’s all about fit,” Hesson said. “Where a student fits best. That’s part of my role in recruitment, helping the athletes with career devel-opment, having one-on-ones with them and build-ing essential relationships. Basically telling them why BG is the best place on Earth.”
St udent At h lete Networking Night began in 2010 and had the biggest turnout of student-athletes this year.
Hesson says the purpose of the networking night is to connect potential employers with student-athletes and their interests.
“We want to connect athletes with employers who match their interests, like sales and marketing,” Hesson said. “Employees are usually interested in athletes because of their determination, drive, abil-ity to overcome obstacles and adversity.”
Marissa Tashenberg, grad assistant for student athlete services, says that they wanted the event to be a casual, welcom-ing environment where athletes could discover their niche.
“We wanted to be wel-coming, so we had a panel of judges answering ques-tions about what sticks out on a resume, how to nail the job, and other job relat-ed things,” Tashenberg said. “We strived for it to be organic, a place where the students could figure out what they want to do next.”
Tashenberg is the aca-demic advisor for men’s
and women’s golf, wom-en’s volleyball and softball teams. They recruited stu-dents’ interests by send-ing out a survey to all the student-athletes at the University and contacting employers from there.
“We contacted employ-ers who we had estab-lished a relationship with,” Tashenberg said. “We tried to get a variety of people to match students’ inter-ests. If a student wanted say, a journalist, then we would reach out and try to grab someone in that field. Some of the recruiters that are here are former Falcons and student athletes.”
Dash Yost, former University baseball play-er, said that coming back to show students athletes about careers is important.
“It’s great to give back to the University,” said Yost, also a sales marketer of Tom James Clothing in Cleveland. “I always ask students what they want out of life, and we go from there. The amazing things Chris Kingston is imple-menting with the students athletes and making win-ning a culture here is mind blowing.”
Carmen Young, presi-dent of SAAC said that networking for student athletes is important for their future.
“I always tell the stu-dent-athletes that life after sports is very different,” said Young. “Sports teach-es you valuable skills to put on your resume and get through life, but aca-demics and marketable skills are more important in the real world.”
PATRICIA HOLT is the co-captain of the women’s golf team. While most athletes struggle with scheduling Holt has found a way to balance her schedule.
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Attending classes, complet-ing homework, and study-ing for exams can trans-form a regular week into a stressful schedule.
Internships, jobs, on-cam-pus organizations and main-taining a social life are added factors that students must bal-ance throughout their college experience.
Students may spend their after-class free time nap-ping, grabbing a beer or binge watching Netflix, but for student-athletes, the bal-ancing act leaves little time for relaxation.
Some student-athletes may be so involved in school and sports that their sched-ules do not allow any time for part time jobs or on-campus activities.
Time and effort that isn’t put into schoolwork is fused into athletics, but the lack of expe-rience in jobs shouldn’t limit
them, said advisor Kerry Jones.“In my opinion, students are
still getting the transferable skills they need – it’s just in a different way,” she said.
Student-athletes can par-ticipate in camps and confer-ences as well as being a part of a diverse organization.
“If you ask a lot of employers, they’re looking for people with leadership, and time-manage-ment skills. Student-athletes have gained those skills from their programs,” she said.
One athlete who has gained the skills Jones described is Patricia Holt, co-captain for the University’s women’s golf team.
“A normal day consists of waking up and working out for an hour, practicing for an hour, eating lunch and show-ering, volunteering for an hour, attend class for 3 hours, come home and eat din-ner – by that time it’s 8 p.m.,” she said.
Jones said being a success-
ful student-athlete is possible; it is all about strategic plan-ning and assessing priorities.
Holt has mastered that ability to participate in golf and complete her degree requirements.
Holt who has completed a BG Athletics practicum, a journalism internship, sports management internship and now volunteers with inter-nal affairs for the University’s athletic department, said that making time for it all is difficult with her irregular practices.
“It is definitely busy and hard at times, but my coach has been really good, especial-ly this semester, with giving us check sheet practices that we can complete on our time,” she said.
Holt advises fellow busy student-athletes to figure out their priorities and schedule around them.
Carmen Young, president of the Student Athlete Advisory
Committee, agrees with her, saying, “Give yourself a time limit then work as efficiently as possible to get it done … I think it’s really important to get into as much [of] a routine as possible and allow yourself some free time to spend with your friends.”
One thing the student-ath-letes don’t have to worry about is scheduling as they have pri-ority scheduling. This allows them to work around practice times and travel schedules.
“Many athletes are practic-ing at least 20 hours a week and take at least between 13 and 17 credit hours. Some athletes take internships dur-ing the summer when their schedule opens up, and if not they at least hold a summer job,” she said.
“Use your sport as a getaway from the crazy outside world – focus all your energy on that as well,” Young said when asked what advice she would give student-athletes.
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Berns said. Students will take cours-
es offered within Human Development, as well as their standard education courses. When these stu-dents enter methods and student teaching, they will be placed in a school with a FCSE teacher.
“This major provides the opportunity to not only learn something you nor-mally wouldn’t in a class-room setting, but also the ability to teach it to oth-
ers,” said Kelsey Marlow, a senior in the College of Education and Human Development.
By including this spe-cialization under the Workforce Education and Development major, the University brought two areas that are simi-lar together. The classes taught as a result from FCSE and Business and Marketing Education specialization are typi-cally elective courses in school systems.
The development of this specialization began three years ago when an advi-
sory committee helped develop the program and emphasized a need for this type of specialization. The program received approval about a month ago from the Ohio Board of Regions and became available in the most recent course cat-alog. This specialization is available for enrollment to all incoming freshman and transfer students and will begin in the fall.
An outline of the pro-gram requirements and curriculum for FCSE is available on the College of Education and Human Development’s website.
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ZACH NELSON
To say I’m disgustingly impressed with SeaWorld’s efforts to debunk all the things being said and done about them since the release of “Blackfish” is an understatement.
Because I’m not impressed. Just disgusted.
Earlier this week, for-mer SeaWorld trainer John Hargrove released his novel, “Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld and the Truth Beyond Blackfish.”
He started working with SeaWorld San Antonio in 1993 and left the industry for the first time in 2001.
In 2003, he worked in France with the animal exhi-bition park Marinel before returning to SeaWorld San Antonio in 2008, until he left the industry for the final time in 2012.
A week after leaving SeaWorld for the last time, Hargrove was interviewed for “Blackfish,” a 2013 docu-mentary about SeaWorld’s mistreatment to their orca whales.
The release of Hargrove’s book comes almost two weeks after Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus announced that they will be eliminating their elephant act and sending the ele-phants to a conservation in Florida by the year 2018.
But don’t let this new information about the circus empire fool you.
In the 90s, they suffered business declination when someone tipped to PETA that they mistreated two of their elephants.
After a 14-year legal case, animal rights groups had to pay Feld Entertainment [the company that owns Ringling Bros.] a $16 million settle-ment for not being able to prove the mistreatment happened.
And yet, even though Feld Entertainment fought to keep their elephants, I hon-estly think the decision to let them go was in part because of all the negative attention building against SeaWorld.
I think Ringling Bros. took a step back, saw SeaWorld’s numbers after the release of “Blackfish” and decided to bow out of using their elephants before the same thing could happen with their business.
Which is what I think SeaWorld should have done in the first place after the release of “Blackfish” and I think this is exactly what they should do now, with the release of John Hargrove’s novel.
At this point, I believe SeaWorld is fighting an unwinnable battle.
In the last two years, SeaWorld’s attendance num-bers and share prices have dropped and, despite their declining numbers, they’ve launched new advertising campaigns about their ani-mals and their care for them.
But I don’t think their truth
campaigns are going to be enough to save them, espe-cially with John Hargrove’s novel only being a few days old.
They have been refuting every allegation that has been thrown at them, but it is only going to hurt them more when more people start talking and more truth about their orca treatment starts coming to light.
More people are starting to open their eyes to how inhu-mane it is to use animals as entertainment and more people are starting to real-ize that these shows, where these wild animals are being exploited, aren’t fun to watch anymore—they’re uncom-fortable and sad.
Animal shows are defi-nitely becoming a thing of the past and I think it’s time to look to the future.
SeaWorld needs to give up trying to fight to keep their shows and turn these nega-tive allegations into some-thing positive.
They should eliminate the shows, rehabilitate the orcas while educating the public on them and the negative effects of living in captivity. And then let them loose.
Once SeaWorld starts owning up to their mistakes and starts correcting them, they will not only improve the state of orcas in the wild, but they will also improve the current state of their corporation.
SeaWorld should own up to its maltreatment of animals, create educational environment instead
ERIKA HECKCOLUMNIST
We must get to the core of racism in order to fight it, current methods of confrontation futile
It has been two weeks since the University of Oklahoma expelled two students for leading a racist song that sparked outrage across the country.
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter down in Norman, Oklahoma were shown in two videos chant-ing a song whose lyrics included racial slurs, boast-ing that there would never be an African-American member.
The song also referred to lynching, with the words, “You can hang ’em from a tree.” The videos were recorded as fraternity mem-bers and their dates rode a bus to a formal event.
The video quickly gained visibility online and ulti-mately forced Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s national headquar-ters to close its chapter at OU.
Although I respect and appreciate the university’s and the national SAE orga-nization’s swift response to the “racial injustice,” our society routinely finds ourselves back at square one when it comes to confronting racism.
A racial conflict emerges, there’s a public demand for accountability and justice, followed by swift actions and apologies from the accused to quell the situation. The cycle repeats itself.
But what does this solve?Personally, it feels like
an insult to my intelligence when I have to participate in class discussions and listen to lectures about racial tolerance.
It’s difficult to digest the suggested progress our soci-ety has made in regards to tolerance when situations like this prove otherwise.
I’ll admit that hyper-masculine black males and hypersexual black females appear in media, popu-lar culture and social per-formance as the dominant image of black men and women in the United States.
However, the failure to address the interpersonal and communal impact of these complex misconfigu-rations of black culture has made it increasingly difficult for us to detach those stereo-types from our race.
As a college-educated African American male, I always feel like I’m climb-ing an uphill battle in a society that clutches to pre-conceived notions about my race.
The color of my skin should have nothing to do with who I am as a per-son, but it seems I have to go to extreme measures to prove otherwise.
I know what it feels like to be racially profiled.
I know how it feels to be yanked from the seat of my vehicle, forced to lay face-down on the cold, black asphalt while being told repeatedly not to move just because I fit the description
of a robbery suspect. I know what it feels like
to walk down the street and witness people of other racial groups cross, fear-ing that I might bring them harm, when all I’m doing is minding my business.
For some of you, that might be hard to fathom, but unfortunately our society condones this behavior.
People all over the world, like the members of SAE in the video, harbor deep-seated prejudices and spew racial epithets behind closed doors because they think no one’s watching. We can punish them, but that won’t change anything.
We are so quick to point fingers when the subject of racism is breached, but afraid to confront the issue at its core.
It’s an uncomfortable topic, but what better way to hash out these issues than through peer-to-peer dis-course? We need to cross those racial boundaries and collaborate in order to acquire the knowledge to combat racism.
Change is scary, but it is necessary. The subject of racism will remain the “ele-phant in the room” until we, as a society, decide to strip down the walls of comfort and confront it. Together.
AFTER LOSING 11 straight, Falcon tennis is back in action against Akron on Friday, March 27.
By Terrance Davis
Reporter
The life of the student-athlete is often misunderstood. Students sometimes look at their athletic classmates and conclude they have a privileged life-style. They assume athletes are only in college in hopes to pursue their athletic career, so they do not focus on their grades. They could not be more wrong.
Take Jose Narro, for example. The sophomore, from Tampico, Mexico, has been one of the bright spots on Bowling Green’s golf team. He rou-tinely finishes ranked in the top-25 in his golf events and was named MAC Men’s Golfer of the Week this past September.
Narro works tirelessly to master all the fundamentals of his golf game, a sport that requires dedication, intel-lect and mental stability.
“Golf is all about your mental and you can really screw yourself up if you don’t come with a positive approach,” Narro said. “Positivity is crucial because a bad frame of mind can quickly impact the precision and accuracy of your shot. Keep your
stress levels low and be optimistic.”Narro encounters stress daily.
However, he does not let that interfere with his responsibilities on and off the course. As a supply chain manage-ment major, he successfully balances a rigorous academic schedule, daily three-to-four hour practices, a social life and a year-round golf schedule that includes heavy traveling.
Narro said he applies the same approach to his schoolwork as he does to golf because he understands its importance.
“Professors have never shown me favoritism. If the assignment is late, it’s late so you have to stay on top of your work,” Narro said. “I always do my assignments as soon as I get them. We know our schedules so it’s really on us to stay on top of our grades.”
Narro was open with his opin-
ion about the misunderstood student-athlete.
“I think people just make opin-ions about things like that, its human nature,” he said, “I have worked very hard to get the chance to play sports in college and I know I have to do my part as a student to make sure I keep that chance. Some nights I want to go out with my friends, but I can’t because I have homework to do. I choose to put school first.”
Narro also has the challenge of being an international student. He does not get to go home to see his par-ents and siblings as often as he wants, but he understands that this was an opportunity for him do something he loved while getting a great education.
“I miss going home a lot because of the weather and my family, but they’ve been really supportive. We are a really close family so we talk all the time. My coaches and teammates took me under their wing and made me feel welcome here so you can say I’m happy,” he said.
Narro’s game has flourished for the Falcons.
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Jose NarroSophomore Golfer. Tied for the fifth-lowest 18-hole score in BGSU history.
Falcons look to end 11 game losing streak
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By Aaron Parker
Assistant Sports Editor
The Bowling Green track and field team will start its outdoor season this weekend with high hopes for the spring.
“We are excited to get the outdoor season started at one of the best meets in the nation this weekend. Our goals for the season are high,” head coach Lou Snelling said. “At the end, we would like to achieve at a level that has not happened at Bowling Green for more than 15 years. This weekend is our opportunity to take a step towards doing that in a great environment against some of the best in the country.”
The opening meet of competition is the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina and will be the third year in a row the Falcons have begun their season at the event. It is one of the biggest meets that they will compete in this year.
The team scored 60 points at last year’s Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championship, which was the most since 1999, and will look to go even further this season.
One of the strongest sections overall for the team will be throws, specifically the hammer. Sophomore Kori Reiser and senior Brooke Pleger both qualified for the NCAA Regional Preliminary Round last year and will look to do the same this year. Sophomore Makenzie Wheat also qualified for the meet, but in the shot put.
Track and Field team prepares for the outdoor season, looks ahead to MAC Championships
McDonald said the guitar is important because it is most likely the most popular instru-ment in the world. The reason for the electric guitar’s popu-larity is its availability.
“You can take it anywhere, you can entertain anyone,” McDonald said. “You get a big sound for a little bit of money.”
“It’s progression. It’s about making it more available and more conducive for more peo-ple to get involved,” he said.
Donahue said the electric guitar has a long history with popular music.
“The electric guitar has been so key and crucial to so many different musical styles and has made an impact really heavily into popular music,” he said.
Richey said the electric gui-tar is a very symbolic instru-ment within popular culture.
“It’s like a battle axe,” she
said. “It’s very empowering.”Richey said one of the ways
the electric guitar has been empowering is its relationship to culture.
The electric guitar has “a storyline that goes along with the change and conflict and evolution of the 60s,” she said.
Donahue said the electric guitar came out of jazz and big band music in the 1930s, where guitar players struggled to be heard over the other instruments.
“By the late 1940s, early 1950s, what you have is a situation where ... the elec-tric guitar really starts to dominate popular music and really that’s been going on since,” he said.
Blues players who needed to be heard in loud clubs and bars also contributed to the rise of the electric gui-tar, Donahue said, and from there the electric guitar entered other music genres.
“Everything from rhythm and blues and rock and
roll of the late 40s-1950s to the present, the elec-tric guitar has been there,” Donahue said.
Due to this diversity of musical styles affected by the electric guitar, Donahue said the organizers chose per-formers who would reflect this diversity in their genres.
A complete list of perfor-mance locations and times can be found online at http://www.bgsu.edu/egpc.
Donahue said he hopes attendees of the conference will gain “an appreciation for the electric guitar, popular music, popular culture … hopefully inspiration from the many presentations and performances.”
McDonald said he wanted attendees to look beyond the intellectual at the conference.
“It ain’t all about knowl-edge and wisdom, it’s about spirit and feeling as well,” he said. “You have to expand your expectations.”
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songs twice each night, so we will pull what sounds the best,” Wicks said. The recording process under the Grounds for Thought label starts with the live performer or band performing a series of nights at the coffee shop while being record-ed. After the live shows,
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Showtime’s “The Affair”] the series features brief flash-forward scenes which reveal bloody consequences.
The cast is superb. There isn’t a weak performance to be found among the ensem-ble, with each actor and actress creating a complex character with secrets and scars to spare. Chandler, of “Friday Night Lights” fame, is billed as the show’s lead, but the real star is relatively unknown Mendelsohn who plays the shady eldest sib-ling. He gives the character surprising depth and has incredible chemistry in his scenes with everyone, partic-ularly Spacek and Chandler. You never know whether to trust Danny or not and that’s due almost entirely to Mendelsohn’s performance, one that he’ll hopefully see an Emmy nomination for.
I have to give a disclaimer, though, that while the show is extremely worthwhile it is fairly slow. There are times when it feels like the action has almost stopped completely, but that only serves to increase the sus-pense and make the viewer more antsy for something important to happen. But while certainly a slow burn, the payoff is certainly worth sticking it out.
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Baseball team looks to end losing streak
Falcons continue MAC play
By Aaron Parker
Assistant Sports Editor
The Bowling Green softball team is gearing up to begin its Mid-American Conference portion of its schedule with two games against conference rival Toledo.
The team is currently 7-13, but is staying optimistic with a long season still ahead.
“We are extremely fired up to start the MAC season. Opening weekend of the MAC is always an exciting time but to open with Toledo makes the week-end that much bigger,” head coach Shannon Salsburg said. “The team has had a solid week of preparation and we are ready to start our bid for a MAC title.”
The preseason coaches’ poll that was released Tuesday chose the Falcons to finish sixth in the MAC this year.
Toledo will come into the game 12-16 so far this season and won its last out-ing against Liberty. The games will be Toledo’s home opener for this year.
The Rockets offense is hitting .283 percent so far and has an earned run average of 5.03. Celeste Fidge has been the leader for the team, batting .439 to go with 36 hits out of 82 at bats.
For the Falcons, despite their record their offense has improved a lot since last year. The team has scored 34 first inning runs so far this season, includ-ing one 10 run first inning early in the season against Caniscus.
Sophomore Aspen Searle has been having a good season, leading the team in slugging percentage, on base per-centage, RBIs, runs, doubles and hom-ers. She has 17 runs in total along with 13 RBIs off of 63 at bats and 21 hits.
Stealing is something that the team has worked on under Salsburg this sea-
son with 22 so far this year. Searle, Marina Cobbs, and Molly Holliday combine for 19 of them. Cobbs is per-fect in the category at 7-7 so far.
Junior Braiden Dillow, who was named MAC pitcher of the week earlier this year, has an earned run average of 3.86 and is 3-6 in the win-loss cat-egory so far. Senior Jamie Kertes has an earned run average of 4.67 and is 3-4 on the year.
The major problem that the Falcons will look to fix in this next series is sending runners home. The Falcons have 134 hits as a team this season and just 68 RBIs compared to their oppo-nents 88. After the first inning, the team seems to slow down.
“We need to continue to work on pushing runs across the board the entire game,” Salsburg said.
Game one of the series will start at 2 p.m. in Toledo.
In the 2014 fall season, he played in all six events for Bowling Green and posted a stroke average of 73.17 over 18 rounds of play, a team low.
He carded a career-low round of 66 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational and at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, tied for fifth-lowest individual 18-hole score in BGSU history since 1972-73.
He also represented his home country in the Latin American Amateur Championship in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, this past January.
“I was really proud I got selected to represent my country, it was a big honor,” he said.
Narro wants to pursue a pro career in golf. However, he’s aware he will have an education that could pave the way for other business endeavors.
“I’ve always wanted to grow pro but I’m not counting on that being my only career. I like business for some rea-son. I might get my master’s one day, I don’t know. I’m young, I’ve got time to figure that out.”
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Softball team looks to pick up offense against Toledo
By Brandon Shrider
Sports Editor
Getting swept in the opening Mid-American Conference series, the Bowling Green baseball team brings an eight-game losing streak into the second conference weekend.
Northern Illinois comes into the series with just an 11-12 overall record, but took two out of three over Buffalo in its first MAC series. BG is 5-14 overall and remains winless in the conference.
With the poor start to the conference season, the Falcons understand that this weekend will help define their season going forward.
“This upcoming weekend is crucial. Nobody is going to feel sorry for us, but we have to pick it up in all phases and get on a roll,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. “Over one-third of the season is already behind us, so we need to get going and find a way to turn it around.”
However, the Falcons have some positives to build on going into the weekend.
BG has three players hitting at or over .300 in Greg Basalyga [.339], Trey Keegan [.333] and Randy Righter [.300]. Between the trio, they have combined for 15 doubles, five homeruns
and 40 RBIs.This includes the top-
two on the team in each of the three categories while Keegan also leads the team in runs scored.
BG has had its fair share of struggles as well.
The Falcons have commit-ted 30 errors as a team includ-ing a handful of errors dur-ing their opening series in the MAC. This hindered them in an array of close games.
They have struggled on the mound as well, throughout nearly the entire staff.
Just one pitcher, Tony Landi, has an ERA below 4.00. This does not include any of the starting pitchers, with the best ERA being a 5.53 from Friday starter, Andrew Lacinak. Closer Trevor Blaylock holds an ERA of 7.54, remaining winless.
Eight of the 12 pitchers for the Falcons carry a ‘batting average against’ over .300 with Lacinak on the cusp at .299.
These team struggles throughout the entire roster have hindered the Falcons’ chance to edge out close games and get the team out of its early season losing skid.
However, BG faces an under-.500 team this weekend and has a chance to right the ship as it approaches mid-season.
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For Wheat, she will look to capitalize on the momen-tum she had in the indoor season after breaking the school record.
Pleger, one of the best hammer throwers in the country, placed third last year at the NCAA National Championship. That was the best by any Falcon ever in the program.
She is now one of the best collegiate athletes to ever compete in the event, sit-ting at the 10 spot on the all-time list.
Nationally, she is currently ranked at 10 among all ath-letes in the country regardless of age. She is the only one in that top ten that is still com-peting in college.
In addition to those three
throwers, the Falcons return Andrea Alt, Alicia Arnold, Tiera Parker, Natalie Sommerville and Kayla Velasquez. All of them scored in the MAC championship last year and combined with the throwers, they scored 32 of last year’s 60 points at the meet.
Arnold competed in five events at the MAC Outdoor Championship last year with the long jump, 100 and 200 sprints and the 400 and 1600 relays. She placed fourth in the long jump and just missed qualifying for the 100 final.
The Falcons begin in North Carolina at 9 a.m. on Friday.
“They just keep getting bet-ter, across the board,” Snelling said. “For this meet, we want to look at personal bests and see how many we get. Automatic qualifying marks as well, that will be the judge of how well we open but we feel pretty good.”
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SOLES SOULSW E A R I N G O U T P O V E R T Y T M5K
Alice Stokes Paul, social reformer, lawyer, and
political strategist, devoted her life to securing
equality for women. She led the militant wing of
the suffrage movement and, realizing that the vote
did not bring women legal equality, wrote the Equal
Rights Amendment, introduced to Congress in
1923. Inluenced by the radical suffrage movement in England, where she was jailed, Paul returned to
the U. S. to found the Congressional Union (1913)
whose sole purpose was to lobby for a constitutional
amendment for suffrage.
She organized the famed 1913
suffrage parade in Washington,
D. C., a spectacle unequalled in
suffrage history. Differences over
tactics with the parent NAWSA
led her to form the National
Woman’s Party (1916).
She introduced picketing at the
White House and non-violent
confrontation as protest tactics,
exhibited a lair for dramatic street theater, and ensured
continuing publicity for the cause by the Party’s confrontations with
President Wilson. She was arrested, imprisoned, went on a hunger strike,
and was force-fed. She founded the World Woman’s Party (1938), which
worked to have equal rights for women included as a tenet in the United
Nations Charter.
“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
REFLECTING ON HISTORY— A L I C E S TO K E S PAU L —
L E A R N
C E L E B R A T I N G W O M E N ’ S H I S T O R Y M O N T H
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Research Symposium
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The Daily Crossword FixThe Daily Crossword FixThe Daily Crossword Fix
A video that challeng-es peoples’ implicit bias toward love has been going viral on the web.
Implicit bias refers to the way people uncon-sciously and sometimes unintentionally react det-rimentally toward other individuals and groups.
“Love Has No Labels” is a video campaign done by the Ad Council that educates and asks people to challenge these implicit biases.
Leslie Potts, president of the National Council of Negro Women at BGSU, finds the campaign inspir-ing but problematic.
“Love is powerful, and has the ability to be uni-fying,” said Potts. “Love does not take away from the very real prejudices, injustices, and systematic oppression that groups face. A lot of the things that divide us are insti-tutionalized. Simply hug-ging and shaking hands with someone who is dif-ferent from you does not change the institution that marginalizes them.”
The four minute video features a variety of unique individuals behind a long
x-ray screen hugging, kiss-ing and showing affec-tion. All that the audience can see displayed on the screen are two skeletons embracing.
As each couple steps out from behind the screen for the reveal the words “love has no race, “love has no gender,” “love has no reli-gion,” “love has no age” and “love has no disabil-ity” are displayed.
The audience cannot see any physical characteris-tics of the people behind the x-ray screen. All that they can see are two skel-etons performing these affections which cripples them from making bias judgements.
Benja min Scha l ler, senior at the University enjoyed the video, but does not think a video is power-ful enough to change the minds of stubborn people.
“It has a very good message. I think if it only changed a few peo-ples’ mind sets on love that it would be ben-eficial to society,” said Schaller. “However, I think that most people who are bigots will remain unchanged in their beliefs unfortunately.”
The Ad Council launched “Love Has No Labels”
in February in efforts to further the understand-ing and acceptance of all communities regardless of race, gender and religion.
Although the video may not create an effec-tive immediate change, it does show that soci-ety is progressing in the right direction.
According to the Ad Council, one in five LGBT people report feeling there is little or no acceptance of their community; six in ten Latinos report that discrimination is a major problem; and a majority of African Americans report that they are not satis-fied with the way they are treated in society.
Ad Council video gets mixed reviews by University students
