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USG calls back senators to vote on Monday Organization 4 members short to pass initiative first time, conducts recount By Eric Lagatta Assistant Campus Editor
The Undergraduate Student Government passed two pieces of legislation Monday night, but it took two attempts to accomplish. USG began its meeting with enough senators to vote on legislation, but the Senate was four members short when the time to vote. They were able to unanimously pass an endorsement of the Information Technology Services’ Alert BG opt-out initiative and USG election legislation, but only after a break while members called other senators to return. “What got my attention is, it’s not like this is a recurring thing,” said USG President Alex Solis. “That’s what caught us so off guard is I’ve never seen this happen before.” After a long open forum in which time was extended five times, four members had to leave for other organization commitments. In order to vote on any legislation, USG must have quorum, or 51 percent of the senators present and eligible to vote. At Monday’s meeting, the Senate required 18 voters, but only 14 were present at the time of the vote. “Our main goal is to never be a stagnant Senate and that’s why a vote is so important,” Solis said. Speaker Melissa Dzienny called for a five minute break to call upon senators who had left. The four senators left other meetings to return. Senators who leave the meeting before it is over are considered absent unless they are excused beforehand, said Internal Affairs Chair Ben Goldsberry. Members are allowed two unexcused absences a semester. Any further meeting absences requires an internal review of their eligibility to remain a senator, according to USG’s bylaws. “We really never have too many issues with attendance,” Goldsberry said. “It happens at the beginning of the semester because people are getting into their schedule.” However, Goldsberry said senators are still expected to come to the weekly general meetings. “If they’re missing the meeting, they’re not representing their constituents and they’re not doing their job,” Goldsberry said. “You’re sworn in to represent your constituency and that’s what we’re here to do.” There were also three senators at Monday’s meeting who were not eligible to vote because they had not done their office hours for the week, Goldsberry said. Senators are required to do two office hours a week, but if they have a deficit on their hours, they are not eligible to vote
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STEVE GREEN, one of the developers of the proposed strip mall on East Wooster Street, explains to city council on Monday evening why he cannot move back the wall of the buffer zone along shared property lines due to engineering issues. City council kept the buffer the same and passed the zoning ordinance by a 4-3 vote.
Strip mall rezoning approved City council passed ordinance 4-3 Monday night By Alex Alusheff City Editor
Plans to build a strip mall on East Wooster Street are continuing after four months of debate and controversy regarding a zoning change between residents and developers. City council voted 4-3 in favor of approving a zoning change, which would allow the owners of the lot between North Prospect and North Summit streets to construct a strip mall. The building would consist of office spaces or store fronts on the ground floor with efficiency residential apartments on the second floor. “I think we came to different conclusions about how the project will impact Bowling Green,” said Daniel Gordon, first ward council member who voted against the change. “The people who supported [the zoning change] came from a business standpoint for economic development. The residents want economic development, but not if it compromises the integrity of the neighborhood.” This pull between residents’ disapproval and the potential for commercial development led to city council’s split decision. With the passing of the ordinance, developers slated construction on the strip mall for late this summer. The initial B-3 zoning change was requested back in October, but was met with opposition from the area’s surrounding residents. They feared the possibility of later developers constructing a four-story apartment complex, which could lower property values. The community’s reaction prompted city council to create a new zone, B-5, which limits a building to two stories while also
restricting residential space to the second floor, conforming to the developers’ original site plan. The reason a commercial building can be constructed on the block, which consists of mostly residential properties, is because it had already been a commercial zone rather than a residential one. Although the zone was changed, the council’s narrow decision reflected the mixed feelings of the audience. “A huge effort has taken place to make the zoning more palatable for those opposed,” said Robert McOmber, At-Large council member. A few months ago, everyone feared the possibility of a four-story student apartment, but now complaints are focused on the placing of buffers, McOmber said. The council member was referring to the compromises between the city and developers to appease residents in continuing with the project. Rather than hold out for future development, which might come decades from now, McOmber said he would support this development now. East side residents’ staunch opposition is one of the reason’s Gordon voted against the change. “Although some have said that residents opposed to the strip mall are simply ‘afraid of change,’ this is an inaccurate characterization of legitimate expressed concerns,” Gordon said. “Residents merely request that such change is consistent with the residential character and integrity of the neighborhood. That reasonable request guides my vote.” Community members who voiced their concerns about the
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Movie collection explores race issues
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Gish Film Theater hosts Reel Black Film Series to entice community discussion By Patrick Pfanner Reporter
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GARY STRAIN, junior, and senior Amy Finkenbine talk about participating in drag queen and king shows and how they identify with their genders during the drag Q & A on Tuesday night in Hanna Hall.
STRUGGLE BUS HUSKIES The Falcons travel to face off with the Northern Illinois Huskies that set an NCAA record for fewest points scored in a half. BG is looking for its second consecutive win. | PAGE 4
The “dream” is still alive, and it’s coming to the big screen in Hanna Hall on Wednesday night. The sixth annual Reel Black Film Series, a collection of films and documentaries, stretches from Feb. 6 to March 12 at the Gish Film Theater. The series addresses social justice and racial issues that plagues society, said Daniel Murphy, graduate assistant for campus activities. The series kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. in room 205 of Hannah Hall with the premier of “Solace,” a film about a couple struggling to survive in a poor economy.
LEARNING ALONG THE WAY Columnist Lydia Scott implores readers to claim their education through participation and hardwork while reminding students to live a full and complete life. | PAGE 3
“Solace” was written and directed by Daniel Williams, a University film professor and director. To help promote the series, several campus organizations became involved such as University Activities Organization. Rob Obey, curator for the series, reached out to UAO to collaborate on the film series, Murphy said. “After careful consideration, UAO found contributing to the series was appropriate,” Murphy said. “The series as a whole will [benefit] the campus community.” The film series is open to the public, and UAO hopes the will audi-
ence take advantage by engaging in discussions with the directors. Directors crave the chance to present their work to a live audience, Williams said. “A live audience is an invaluable tool for receiving critical feedback,” he said. Williams jumped at the chance to show his years of work to an audience. “I couldn’t pass up this opportunity,” Williams said. “This benefits me as an artist and it benefits the audience.” The practice of showing films to a live audience isn’t new to the
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IF YOU HOSTED A FILM SERIES, WHAT MOVIE GENRE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY? “Film Noir because the background narration shows good character development.” Joe Pavlik Junior, Language Education in Latin
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Union director proposes room reservation restrictions
When Union Director Patrick Nelson outlined to Undergraduate Student Government his proposed changes to next fall’s Union room reservation guidelines at Monday night’s meeting, it was met with resistance throughout the room, especially with USG President Alex Solis. Nelson’s plan changes the hours student organizations may reserve Union rooms, limiting their time to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday but allowing meetings at 7 a.m. The plan also limits student organizations to one weekly meeting in the Union for a maximum of two hours, Sunday through Thursday from 6:30
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to 11 p.m. The purpose, Nelson said, is to limit “no-shows,” allow more groups to have meetings in the Union and increase efficiency by not having rooms open yet not in use. “Our job is to take demand, sort the data, find solutions and support the groups,” he said. “That’s costing us dollars to keep areas open.” Student organizations can still get an exception if they submit a proposal in writing for the semester, Nelson said. “We are not going to turn away any reasonable request,” he said. Nelson also said the University will find a building for an organization to have a meeting if there is no room in the Union. Solis countered that Nelson didn’t form this policy with any student involvement. “The last time I checked, student
voice matters, and that’s why I took this position,” he said. Solis also proposed discipline measures for those organizations who do not fully use their scheduled time. “I think you have to look at the ‘one strike, two strike, three strikes you’re out’ rule,” he said. Solis, who sees the plan as a limit on student organizations, said he is worried about what these changes will lead to in the future. “I’m very concerned that if this is the first step, then what’s next?” he said. “I’m more worried is, will this stay a student Union?” Other organizations are also “fired up,” Solis said. He plans to get to work on a USG resolution declaring their opposition to the change. There will be open forums in 206 Union to raise awareness Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m. and Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
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president of University Film Organization. “You’re constantly second guessing yourself when you’re arranging the footage and trying to tell the best story possible,” he said.
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Egyptian struggle for democracy continues CASSIE SULLIVAN COLUMNIST
All eyes turn back to Egypt as the country erupts into fits of deadly and violent protesting, states of emergency and curfews, sending the citizens of Egypt back into a time of a dictatorship, when Hosni Mubarak was still in power. However, the situation isn’t the same as it was when the Arab Spring shook the world stage in 2011. While Egypt is better off than it had been for the past several decades, the democracy put in place has been shaky at best. Because of the problems with the government and other aggressors, Egypt erupted into mass protests and violence over the course of the past two weeks. Unlike the last round of heavy protesting coming from Egypt, there are two triggers to the outbreak of violence. One reason comes from the capital, Cairo, and two other cities in Egypt—Suez and Ismailia. Two years after the fall of Mubarak, the citizens are becoming tired of waiting for changes to happen. The transitional period between a dictatorship and a democracy is taking too long, and the citizens feel as if current President Mohamed Morsi has fallen back into the style of ruling Mubarak had used for the past several decades. The Egyptians are becoming impatient waiting for their freedom. Now because of their actions, the Egyptians are having what freedoms they had revoked and are being sent back into the past. Morsi declared a state of emergency, imposed a 30 day curfew and threatened to take more action against protestors if they do not stop what they’re doing. The news of the imposed curfews was not met well by the civilians as protestors stayed out past the 9 p.m. deadline. While protests are happening in Cairo and other cities, Port Said, a province located on the Suez Canal, erupted into protests when the Egyptian court declared a number of Port Said football fans guilty of the deaths of other
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civilians and riots that happened last year. A bad, tension filled history separates Cairo and Port Said from getting along. The issue between the two parts of Egypt comes from military moves on Cairo’s part in displacing of the citizens during numerous accounts of military action against Israel in the past. Port Said also hasn’t been invested in and does not receive tax benefits from trade that goes through the Suez Canal. When the death sentence was handed down from the judge, protestors rioted at the prison the football fans were being held in. In order to talk over the problems within Egypt, the two biggest political parties in Egypt, the Salafi Nour met and National Salvation Front, met to try and figure out what the best plan was to settle the protests throughout the country. Later in the week, the National Salvation Front called for Morsi to step down from the presidency, calling his term in office “an authoritarian regime” and asked for Morsi to be put on trial for killings and tortures. Friday night protestors stormed Morsi’s presidential palace, resulting in one death and security forces beating civilians, opening fire and spraying the crowd with tear gas while the protestors threw Molotov cocktails and rocks. Because of these actions, the push for Morsi to be removed from the presidency has become even stronger as the UN denounces the violence and requests for dialogue between the government and the protestors. After an eventful week or more, Saturday was relatively calm from protests and violence. As the situation changes by the hour, the protestors in Egypt are making themselves heard, even though it’s a throwback to the events of the 2011 Arab Spring, the Egyptians know how to make their voices heard. While it’s going to be a struggle for them to achieve the freedom they wish without authoritarian ruling, they’re still heading on the right path to a functioning democracy.
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Former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ expectations change as Purdue University President PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST
Things are about to get interesting in West Lafayette, Ind. Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, is probably best known for its engineering and technical education. The university is nationally ranked in aeronautical, agricultural, civil, chemical, computer, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering, among other specialties. In November 2007, Scientist Magazine ranked Purdue as the nation’s fourth best place to work in academia. It counts 22 astronauts among its alumni and also boasts the fourth largest international student population of any American university. Enter Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana. The Washington Post labeled Daniels, “arguably the most effective conservative governor in America.” At the close of his second term, Daniels left Indiana with a $500 million budget surplus and $2 billion in reserves, reduced the number of state government jobs by 19 percent and introduced the largest school-choice program in America for low-income
families. At noon on Jan. 14, his term as Indiana governor expired. At 2 p.m. that same day, he was in West Lafayette conducting a meeting at Purdue. Mitch Daniels is now the new president of Purdue University. There was a certain amount of predictable criticism of him heading a major university because – horrors! – he had no academic pedigree or background. His highest academic achievement was a J.D. from Georgetown. His compensation package at Purdue is unusual. He will earn a base salary of $420,000 plus perks (residence and car). His predecessor earned $555,000. This downward trend was no austerity move by Purdue. Daniels himself insisted on a lower starting salary. According to his employment contract, which Daniels himself helped design, he could earn an additional 30 percent in bonuses only if certain outcomes were met. These include specified graduation rates, tuition affordability, faculty hiring and promotion and philanthropic support. These improvements would be measured in hard numbers over specified time periods. Assuming he “makes his numbers” and earns his 30
percent bonus, he would remain 10th in compensation when compared to other Big Ten presidents. There’s an adage that states, “If you can measure it, you can manage it.” Evidently Purdue’s new president is a strong proponent of it. Perhaps the two most inefficient industries in America today are higher education and health care. But the winds of change are beginning to blow through both. Daniels is evidently aware of this. On Jan. 18th, Daniels sent an open letter to Purdue University. In it, he agreed that the faculty should have the “strongest single voice” in decisions about the university and its future. But Daniels insists, “Shared governance implies shared accountability.” The faculty cannot demand shared governance and simultaneously state that cost control or substandard performance “is someone else’s problem.” He continued, “We cannot improve low on-time completion rates and maximize student success if no one is willing to modify his schedule, workload or method of teaching.” He went on, “‘More for everyone’ or ‘everyone gets the same’ are stances of default, inconsistent with the
obligations of leadership.” Productivity and efficiency are concepts beginning to emerge in academic discussions. Academics are beginning to realize that a university’s stakeholders, viz., the citizenry, students and parents – everyone who ultimately pays the bills – are demanding better instructional results. Research is fine, but the faculty is expected to be in the classroom and continually elevating the teaching and learning standards. Universities are beginning to discover what a good portion of society already understands: results matter as much, if not more, than the process. Only time will tell if Daniels will be successful. Few things are more powerful than academic inertia. But times are changing, and universities are realizing that their “customers” are not only the students or their parents. Future employers are increasingly being heard with their own set of wants and needs. Daniels may be the start of a new breed of academic leader. Things are about to get interesting in West Lafayette, Ind.
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Claim your education through pride in self LYDIA SCOTT COLUMNIST
This morning, I began filling out my FAFSA while I waited on my dad to wake up and help me complete it. The majority of us know how much of a pain this process is. Therefore, it’s no surprise that my mind began to drift. As you know, college is no easy feat. Tuition is expensive. Classes aren’t a stroll in the park. Most of us are away from family. We all have social struggles. But we’re trudging through the mucky mess, nonetheless. What for,
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though? While tackling this beast, why not take what’s rightfully yours, the very thing you are working towards, and make it your own? Claim your education. Do not merely accept it as it comes towards you. Grasp it by the horns and conquer it. Be the proud owner of your knowledge. By dictionary definition, claim means to “take as the rightful owner.” To do this, go to class. You cannot demand something if you do not participate in it. Participation is key because involvement is a great way to achieve success. Success makes claiming something that much easier because you will want to tell people it belongs to you. If you are
not proud of something, you are less apt to want it associated with your name. Another way to lay assertion to edification is through hard work. This goes hand in hand with successfully going to classes. Work hard for the very thing you are paying thousands of dollars to attain. Don’t sit idly by and watch it pass before you. Pick up a book, crack it open and read. Do the work. Force yourself to fight through any and all tussles you have. Doing these things will help you assert yourself and lay a foundation for you to take your education into your own hands. Correspondingly, there is a quote from Adrienne Rich that explains further: “The difference between
a life lived actively, and a life of passive drifting and dispersal of energies, is an immense difference.” What she is saying is to live a life that is full and complete and not merely wade through the waters around us. If you want to take what is yours and be proud of it, aggressively assert yourself through life. Be bold and ask questions no one else would. Don’t be fearful of the outcome. Learn the way that you need to in order to declare what you’ve paid for in monetary ways and with your own sweat. I’ve been claiming my education: Have you?
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JORDON CRAWFORD fights off an Eastern Michigan defender in a game earlier this season. Crawford came off the bench this past weekend against Ball State to lead the Falcons in scoring.
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On Wednesday, the men’s basketball team will be playing Northern Illinois, a team that set three NCAA records earlier in Mid-American Conference play. However, the records are not necessarily ones to be proud of. The Huskies set the following records against Eastern Michigan on Jan. 26: the least amount of points scored in a half (four), lowest field goal percentage in a half (3.2 percent) and lowest field goal percentage in a game (13.1 percent). The Falcons will look to capitalize defensively against a weak NIU offense, just as they did against Ball State this past Sunday. BG recorded 13 steals against Ball State, but saw only two blocked shots, both coming from junior Cameron Black. Sophomore Richaun Holmes still sits with 53 blocked shots on the season, just six shy of the school record. Holmes has outblocked the entire Northern
Rugby hands out season awards Nicholas Vanderpool Reporter
The BG rugby club hosted its annual winter banquet to celebrate the team’s fall season and standout players. The event included award presentations to honor the team’s success from last fall’s season. The club also inducted two former players into the BG Rugby Football Club Hall of Fame — Jeff Weemhoff and Reed Luecke. Twelve rewards were handed out to players to remember the achievements in a specif ic categor y. The rookie of the year award was split between two standout freshmen, Mitch Sora and Matt Marquette. Sora was forced into the lineup after Marquette was injured and missed the rest of the season with bone fractures in his face. The other freshman awarded was Mike Powell, whose breakthrough performance came against Western Michigan when he recorded three conversion kicks and a penalty kick. He was voted man of the match by his PHOTO PROVIDED
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Illinois team by 16 this season. The Falcons are still looking for its first road win this season. BG has not lost to Northern Illinois since the 2006-07 season, and has never lost to the Huskies under Head Coach Louis Orr. Since the 2009-10 season, Northern Illinois is 29-82 and 17-39 in conference games. This season, three of its five wins have come against MAC teams. The Huskies defeated Miami 72-61 on Jan. 9, Central Michigan 74-61 on Jan. 23 and Kent State 67-65 on Jan. 30, the latter being its only home conference win. Their two out-of-conference wins came at home against NAIA opponent Judson University, 72-54 on Nov. 18 and SIUEdwardsville, 65-54 on Dec. 5. The BracketBuster game scheduled for Feb. 23 was also announced Monday. BG was paired with the Summit League’s Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Falcons are 0-1 against Summit League opponents this season after losing to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the Pre-Season NIT Opening Round in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Women’s basketball set to travel to Buffalo Falcons look to start a new winning streak against Bulls By Max Householder Reporter
The BG women’s basketball team will look to begin a new winning streak against Buffalo Thursday night. BG is coming off an impressive 84-59 win against Central Michigan, a team that was undefeated in the MidAmerican Conference (7-0). The team is starting a threegame road trip, which begins at Buffalo Thursday. The Buffalo Bulls are currently 7-14 overall and are tied with BG and Akron with a 5-3 record in the MAC East. Buffalo is 2-2 in its last four conference games with a win in Oxford, Ohio, against MAC East leading Miami. The Bulls lack a dominant scorer, with its three leading scorers averaging about 10 points per game. Freshman Rachel Gregory and junior Cherridy Thornton are tied for the first spot with 10.7 points
per game. In conference, Buffalo has seen significant spikes in scoring from players like forwards Kristen Sharkey and Mackenzie Loesing. Sharkey is averaging 11 points per game in conference along with a team leading 44.5 shooting percentage from three point range. Also, Loesing, a freshman, is third on the team in scoring overall and leads the team in conference play with over 13 points a game. Currently, the Falcons are 5-3 in the MAC East with wins against Kent State and Ohio, and losses from Miami and Akron. With a Falcons win on Thursday and an Akron Zips loss against Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, BG would take sole possession of second place in the MAC East. The Falcons will look toward another big perfor-
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ALEXIS ROGERS holds off a Ball State defender under the hoop.
mance by freshman Bailey Cairndruff. The freshman scored 14 points on four of six shooting against Central Michigan Sunday. All four of her buckets were three-pointers, while she also added two free throws. That game marked the second of three games where the freshman scored in double-digit figures. BG is 3-0 when Cairndruff scores over 10 points. The win also marked the first time the Falcons had scored over 80 points this season as they are a perfect 5-0 in games where they score 70 or more.
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teammates. Alex Garnaut has come a long way to achieve the most improved player award. Garnaut is a transfer student from Australia. “I thought, ‘Wow, it looks like we finally got our guy that can bring the style of rugby we want to this program,’ but it turned out that he did not know a lick of rugby,” said Tony Mazzarella, head coach, with a laugh. Since then, Garnaut learned enough to earn his teams most improved player award. The team had a sense of who earned the most valuable player award. Mauer scored a total of PHOTO PROVIDED 160 points in the fall season, MIKE POWELL gets the ball outside a scrum and prepares to toss it to a teammate. including 22 tries and 25 conversions. He was a key Powell was awarded the rookie of the year for the club along with Garnaut.
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CITY From Page 1 zoning mainly asked city council and the developers to reconsider widening the buffering zones along the property lines shared by the residents. Both resident Vassiliki Leontis and attorney Norman Geer, who represented another community member, asked for the six-foot wall included in the buffering zone along the properties to be moved five feet back. Despite the request, developers were not willing to com-
USG From Page 1 until serving the missed hours, according to the bylaws. This isn’t meant to punish senators, but just to make sure only informed senators vote, Solis said. “When they come in here and do their office hours … they do a lot of campus research,” Solis said. “It’s more of a time to inform yourself.”
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promise any further. “We can’t move the wall,” said developer Steve Green. “We’ve been in this process for four months, we’re not here to change anything.” Green said moving the walls back would create engineering problems with drainage and parking, which he said would be put in a tight space already. Other city officials showed support for the developers, warning city council that a negative vote could hurt later potential for investors to come to the city. “What message are we sending to local community-
minded folks,” said Earlene Kilpatrick of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, “that we are resistant to change and growth?” Kilpatrick and a few other council members commended the developers for their patience in the process and their willingness to work with residents before they amended and passed the zoning change. After the meeting, Michelle Green, who represented the developers, said they were excited and pleased with council’s decision and planned to break ground on the strip mall in July or August.
It was important to pass the Alert BG legislation because it had already been tabled for a week, Solis said. USG also passed its election guidelines as emergency legislation, meaning they voted on it the first meeting it was presented, to stay on their election timeline, he said. Alert BG is a text message and email alert system in which University police send messages to warn the campus community of emergencies.
Students automatically receive emails, but they must opt-in to receive texts. Now, students will automatically be signed-up for the texts unless they choose not to be. The University administration will now carry the initiative forward. “I’m happy this administration saw [the Alert BG initiative] through, and more importantly, now the next step,” Solis said.
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