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NEW OLSCAMP Hall floor plan of the classroom prototype. This interactive classroom will be available in the fall. By Amber Petkosek Social Media Editor
Having class in the shape of a triangle is just one of the features of the new interactive classrooms in Olscamp Hall. Interactive prototype classrooms will be opening in Olscamp Hall fall semester. The point of these classrooms is to help with retention, and the triangular shape is one of the ways to help. Steven Krakoff, the associate vice president for Capital Planning and Campus Operations, said the classrooms will be in a large space on the second floor of Olscamp Hall. The classrooms being built are considered prototypes and will be used to help plan for the remainder of the changes in the plans for the University. “There will be three or four classrooms of varying sizes, small group study areas and collaborative spaces,” Krakoff said. Susan Kleine, the associate vice provost for Undergraduate
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Education, said there was a large team of people who brainstormed and designed the rooms all the way down to the lighting that will be used. “It’s a full A-to-Z design process to re-do parts of the classrooms in Olscamp [Hall] to become experimental or prototype classrooms,” Kleine said. The Olscamp prototype is just the first step in the transformation to take the University from what it is today “to a cutting edge teaching and learning environment,” Krakoff said. “If we find that certain things we test out in the Olscamp prototype don’t work as well as we thought they should, we can make the changes based on the prototype,” Krakoff said. Each individual classroom will be set up differently, Kleine said. One of the rooms is set up for approximately 50 students, it will have connectable chairs on wheels with baskets called pod
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Unisex bathroom to be built in new health center New restrooms may not be in favor for some students By Michelle Black Reporter
Students are used to entering the rest room based off of their gender, but students can expect to disregard the signs this fall and learn to share the same bathroom. The Undergraduate Student Government recently passed a resolution allowing gender neutral restrooms into the Falcon Health Center, which is currently under construction. The resolution also included thoughts from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and the Wood County Hospital. While some students may not be for the idea, senior Jameeka Marshall is comfortable with the idea as long as she receives the same privacy she has when using a women’s only rest room. “As long as there is a lock on the door, I will be perfectly fine with a unisex bathroom,” Marshall said. Individuals who prefer separate rest room facilities may appreciate the benefits of unisex rest rooms. Jeff Deveraux, an academic and diversity affairs chairman, expressed his thoughts about the new unisex rest rooms being added in the health center. “In regards to safety and practicality, gender neutral rest rooms seem to be much more practical and a better use of space,” Deveraux said. The single stalled rest rooms will contain one sink and one toilet. This will not cause safety hazards or eliminate ones privacy. Deveraux said the advantages the rest rooms would have on different groups of people throughout the community will be beneficial. “Their really great [gender neutral rest rooms] for the disabled community,” Deveraux said. “There are some individuals who cant use rest rooms because their not handicap accessible.” These rest rooms will help include the rights of all individuals, he said. “It’s really important to realize that this is a step forward,” Deveraux said. David Neely, USG vice president, said it was a “unanimous decision” among the group to have the gender neutral rest rooms. “The entire purpose is to create a inclusive environment for all students who use the health center,” Neely said. Even though a comfortable environment is being created for students, some are still skeptical. Marshall said one reason she is skeptical is because cleanliness habits may be different between males and females. “There should be a sign reminding guys to put the toilet seat down,” Marshall said. “This way, it will make everybody happy and more prone to using them.” Marshall not only thought about being comfortable with the unisex bathrooms but other students who use them as well. “I think other students will be comfortable with using them,” Marshall said. “They will have more privacy instead of having to worry about stalls and bathroom doors always opening and closing when people enter and leave.” One student agreed with Marshalls statement, but also has her own concerns as well. Senior Taz’mera Malcolm said she likes the idea of gender neutral bathrooms, but hopes that she won’t be rushed on days when the health center is crowded. “I know that these bathrooms are common,” Malcolm said. “I just don’t want to feel rushed on crowded days when a lot of people need to use the rest room.” Lines are Malcom’s main fear and concern based off of past experience with bathroom lines. “If lines for stalled bathrooms get long, I know that these will too and maybe even longer,” said Malcolm. However, Neely ensures students that there will not be any large issues from individuals who may reject the idea of gender neutral bathrooms because of their existing popularity in hospitals already. “I don’t believe there will be anybody outraged by the idea, Marshall said. “Most dentist and doctors offices that I’ve been to also had unisex rest rooms.” Students won’t only become acquainted with gender neutral rest rooms in the health center, but other places on campus as well. The Kreischer Quadrangle will be adding four private unisex bathrooms as well. The Falcon Health Center will be located on the corner of Wooster St. and South College Ave. and will open this fall.
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OLSCAMP From Page 1 chairs, which are more comfortable. “You can combine them, the chairs make a table for students to work in groups,� Kleine said. “It’s all about being able to move around the room.� Another classroom that seats approximately 35 to 40 students will have tables and chairs and each table will have a monitor that electronic devices can be attached to by students. “Students can put what is on their laptop up to the monitor for all to see,� Kleine said. One of the Prototype classrooms will also have a lounge area that is connected where students could work on projects during class. Faculty using the classrooms are going to be trained to use the classrooms to the best of their abilities, Kleine said. The amount that will be spent on the project will be somewhere between 150 and 200 million dollars, Krakoff said. The older buildings on campus are in need of renovations for multiple reasons and Krakoff said now is the time to act. “We need to do it now,� Krakoff said. “We are also facing pressures to make spending decisions that will give the best possible learning outcomes for students. This all comes together in this time and suggests we need to make this level of investment now.� Many of the academic buildings will be renovated in coming years including a new building for the College of Business, the Olscamp Prototype will influence the design of the other projects, Krakoff said. Kleine said there have been many faculty members that have shown interest in teaching in the new classrooms, but only 45 instructors will have the opportunity to use the classrooms in the fall. “People volunteered and expressed interest
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in using the rooms because they want to use experimental learning rather than lecturing,� Kleine said. Among others, some of the classes that will be offered in the prototype classrooms include math, business, general writing studies, marketing, food and nutrition and journalism. These new classrooms are designed to help build retention at the University. “We want to have the best physical environment possible to aid in [students] academic progress particularly in their first and second years,� Krakoff said. “So by focusing a lot of our near term investments on learning spaces that will be available to students during their first and second years we will hope to improve retention overall.� David Neeley, the vice president of Undergraduate Student Government said that after the executive board of USG was allowed to use a satellite lab in Hayes Hall, they gave feedback to ITS and the Provost about how they thought it would be a good way for students to interact with each other and do group work in the classroom. Neeley said the new classrooms will expose students to a new type of learning that will be conducive for them. “It’s something new and refreshing in a classroom for students--being able to work with peers and getting more hands on experience in the classroom instead of being lectured to all day,� he said. Making the University a place students want to be and helping them to interact with students could help with retention at the University. “If students can be cultivated and enjoy learning more in the interactive classroom I think it gives them a better reason to be at the University,� Neeley said.
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BLV House hosts local hardcore music in living room By Geoff Burns Pulse Editor
For senior Sean Patrick and recent graduate Matt Gruen, owning a house is more than paying for rent. The two friends met each other at the University in 2009 during freshman year. Two years later they rented a house and named it the BLV House, which hosts hardcore and punk bands from around the area to perform live sets in their living room. “My friend’s last name is Beeble and we would call the house
‘Beeble Las Vegas,’ which started as a joke,” Patrick said. “BLV just kind of stuck and we couldn’t think of anything better.” The house has hosted bands such as Light Years, Citizen, The Fight Within, Professor and React to name a few. The first show consisted of pop punk bands from Cleveland that Patrick was friends with, but they have been booking mainly hardcore and punk bands. The booking consists of band’s contacting the two friends through Facebook or by email. Then they will have the band perform if the artists’ music will bring people to the house.
Pat Kennedy, vocalist and guitarist for Light Years, said he remembers the house being clean because usually when his band plays at a house show, it’s in a dirty basement. “It was a huge party and a lot more kids came than what I thought,” Kennedy said. “If you know about house shows then you’re kind of aware of what’s going on in this music scene other than what’s just on the internet. The people who go to the shows just kind of get it.” Nick Hamm, guitarist for Citizen, remembers performing in
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After a seven year hiatus, the Bluth family is back. Mitchell Hurwitz’s “Arrested Development” was cancelled in 2006, but a spike in viewer’s interest in the show resulted in a fourth season to be released exclusively on Netflix. The new season opened with “Flight of the Phoenix” which proved that even after several years, the Bluth family has still got it, whatever “it” is. The episode centers around Michael Bluth, who after giving up his new company, moves into his son’s college dorm. The int imate fat her-son bond the two share tested its boundaries with a bunk bed, and an unsettling shower in the same stall. The quirkiness of the cast hasn’t changed a bit since season three. Michael’s son, George Michael, maintains the same awkward allure he had in previous seasons, saying to his father, “It’s hard to be self-effacing when
you’re a perfect specimen of rugged manlessness.” Maeby Funke, although seemingly less abrasive than in previous seasons, retains the same sarcastic attitude she had. And Michael’s older brother, Gob, is still the epitome of, well Gob. Although Buster, Lindsay, and Tobias didn’t appear in this episode, viewers can anticipate that these characters will be equally, if not more outrageous than before. Special guest appearances were made sporadically throughout the episode such as Saturday Night Live regulars Kristen Wiig and Seth Rogen, who portrayed a young George and Lucille Bluth. The cast of Workaholics such as Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine and Anders Holm had cameos in the episode as well. Although funny, these guest appearances did make it seem like the show was tr ying too hard. The rest of the season has a lot in store for viewers, but if you find you’ve made a huge mistake, just remember, there’s always money in the banana stand.
STUDENTS LOOK into the scenery during their two-week trip to the Navajo Nation earlier this summer.
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Visitors gain experience with Native American Culture By Zach Knapp Pulse Reporter
Pine Springs, Arizona was the last stop for the recent summer Navajo trip—a two-week student venture to the Navajo Nation in the
Southwest United States. University students surrounded a fire on the property of June Burnside, who has opened her home to students on the trip for years. Approximately 50 people cycled through the campsite on the last
night. Neighbors of Burnside walked out from behind the piñon trees with their children on their shoulders and food in their hands for the dinner that night.
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But for now, the testing of short range missiles is not as concerning as the projectiles being launched in March or the underground testing done in February. South Korea has made attempts to make dialogue with North Korea, but the North Korean government has not allowed any progress. While South Korea struggles to get North Korea to speak to them, North Korea has made attempts at opening dialogue with China, their ally, in the past month. When dealing with North Korea, China hopes to remove any nuclear weapons located in the Korean Peninsula quickly. But, the relationship between China and North Korea is not too stable. Tired of the country’s antics, China has distanced itself from North Korea. Talks between North Korea, the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia have happened before. The last attempt in 2008 though, ended with North Korea walking out. While testing weaponry and attempting to make strategic political moves, a little attention needs to be focused on the inner workings of the country.
In result to the underground nuclear testing in February, the United Nations had placed sanctions on the country. Aid agencies within North Korea, aiming to feed the children in a country known for its constant food shortages, are unable to get the proper funding they need. The money the agencies needs goes through North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank, which is under watch by the U.S. Treasury. Without the funding that would go through the bank, the agencies are finding themselves in tight binds, carrying in cash for their various projects through one country into another. In order to get the money where it needs to go, the European Union has upset the U.S. by ignoring their sanctions for the sake of the agencies. While North Korea has settled down with its antics and has started testing their technology, a close eye needs to be kept on the country. If no one is paying close enough attention after the fear of all-out war wears off, North Korea can sneak up and take the world by surprise.
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After starting off the year with one action after another, North Korea finally settled down to do missile testing, bringing back the concern— eventually, North Korea will be able to compete within the international nuclear community. For three days, North Korea fired projectiles into the sea, calling these actions normal military exercises. Unlike the nuclear detonation in February and the movement of missiles from one coast to another in April, these exercises are considered harmless, even though the powers in concern are keeping an eye on North Korea. North Korea has made a point to say these tests are a test of their recently developed technologies. The country, known for its hateful rhetoric against South Korea and its stronger ally, the U.S, is testing, not trying or wanting to provoke South Korea and the U.S. Rather than acts of aggression, these missile launches are being considered experimentation with new technol-
ogy. North Korea has some support when it comes to the reaction of the testing of what appears to be short range missiles into the ocean. Some have gone as far as stating if North Korea was another country launching missiles into the ocean, there would be no concern—it would be accepted throughout the international community. Since its North Korea though, the matter hits international news with bigger, stronger countries trying to make an effort to stop a worse-thanthird-world-country from developing technology that can aid them. The real question though, is what kind of missiles have being shot into the ocean by North Korea. South Korea has yet to analyze what North Korea is using, the country stating that North Korea could be shooting recently developed short range missiles or something completely different. The general consensus is the missiles being fired by North Korea are surface-tosurface missiles, which have a range less than 100 miles. Officials are unsure of what North Korea is testing, but it is possible that North Korea is the process of developing large caliber rockets they are unable to deploy yet.
If you will, close your eyes and think about the following words: harmony, together, interlocked agreement, coherence, cohesion, unity and participation. Open your eyes. Did you see any pictures in your mind as you thought about the words? Did you see your workplace or classroom? Did you laugh or glare at the previous question? Or did you say yes? All the words I asked you to envision encompass in some way the definition of cooperation. Cooperation is one of the biggest factors of achieving success in a business, partnership, class project or anything dealing with a group of people and a goal. In a lot of workplaces, there are people who in some way, feel superior to others and thus begin to treat the one
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whom the superior feels is inferior is a manner in which shows lack of consideration, understanding and wisdom. Having an environment where this treatment exists is really unnecessary and inevitably, which will call for removal of the negative variable. Napoleon Hill’s Law of Success states intolerance is one of the biggest barriers of success. Many businesses have completely crumpled because of intolerance and lack of cooperation from some members. Now, I’m pretty sure these acts were fairly large if they cause entire businesses to fail, but even the small acts impact the dynamic of a workplace or whatever environment you find yourself to be in. If tolerance is one of the biggest factors in finding success, then how does that affect the way we treat each other in work and social environments? I think behind every positive social and work environment is a foundation of cooperation and tolerance. Many
businesses have adopted a high tolerant environment coupled with creating and maintaining a diverse atmosphere. Both diversity and being tolerant create an atmosphere of harmony. This harmonic environment provides the perfect conditions to achieve a goal. It would be best to create the best dynamic possible in whatever environment you find yourself in to maximize all utilities and build strong efficient coalitions. In many group projects and other activities, I see acts of intolerance and mistreatment among peers for whatever inane reason. These acts range from completely berating someone inappropriately to embarrassing someone on purpose to excluding them from activity. Now, if the person in question is causing harm to anyone or themselves, that’s a different story, but for the cause of this article, there is no harm being done. Imagine the amount of accomplishment and success one would have if all
members would harmonize in respect and tolerance for their colleagues. Hill often uses Abraham Lincoln as an example in his work. Obviously Lincoln acquired the spir it of cooperation and tolerance and with his Emancipation Proclamation, he was successful at equalizing a torn nation. Now, if this principle of tolerance and cooperation was applied in our daily lives such as workplaces, group projects, and other activities how much more effective and successful would these projects be? I would guess at 100 percent better.
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Some athletes face gender issues that may cause problems for teams By Tyler Wicker Sports Reporter
With multiple athletes in major sports recently coming out, including NBA Center Jason Collins and Major League Soccer midfielder Robbie Rogers, Sexual orientation issues have become a widely discussed topic in the sports world. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes’ role in sports has been debated for many years and the recent New York Times article, “Changing Sex, and Changing Teams,” has helped bring the issue back into the spotlight. For junior Daniel Rivera, this is an important topic people should be aware of because it could help young athletes dealing with sexuality issues. “I think it’s good if [Jason Collins and Robbie Rogers] are looked up to,” said Rivera, a student and employee of University’s
LGBT Resource Center. He also said it helps show that not all gay men are feminine like many stereotypes may suggest. More than six states, including Washington and Massachusetts, have set rules in place requiring that high schools allow students to compete on sports teams based on the genders they identify themselves as rather than the genders on their birth certificates, according to the article. Six other states are also considering similar policies, according to the article. These policies are causing debate, however, and some believe that athletes would be able to acquire an unfair advantage because of physical traits associated with males and females. Rivera said he doubts that a student would go through the struggle and bullying associated with being transgender just to “win a trophy.” “I don’t think a person would
go through that kind of ridicule just to get an upper hand,” Rivera said. The NCAA’s rules on transgender athletes’ participation in college sports differ from the high school rules adopted by multiple states. A transgender male athlete, which is a person who is making the transformation or has made the transformation from female to male, who has been treated with testosterone may compete on a male sports team. Yet, they cannot compete on a female sports team without the team’s status being changed to a mixed team. In contrast, a transgender female athlete must go through at least a year of testosterone suppression treatment before being allowed to play on a female sports team. Rivera said he does not think these rules are fair, in part because of the difficulty and expenses of buying the testosterone suppression treatment, “The treatment isn’t cheap,
Sports might not be everyone’s strong suit Abby Welsh Managing Editor
Whenever I think about sports, confusion comes to mind. My dad used to take me to baseball, basketball and football games all the time when I was little. I would always pay attention to what was going on but I never truly understood. I didn’t understand what an inning was, how long each inning was, or any sports jargon that dealt with each sport. You w ill probably think I am an idiot by the time you are done reading this column, but it’s the truth. I just don’t understand sports. I’m the girl in the crowd during a game, constantly
asking whoever I’m with, “what is going on?’” or “what just happened?” or “what does that mean?” I’m also the girl who cheers because everyone else is cheering. I’m not sure why I’m cheering, but I do it to cover up my stupidity. Needless to say, my dad stopped taking me to games. You would think after being taken to multiple different sports games, I would eventually catch on to what is going on but I just don’t. I don’t want to make myself sound like a complete idiot because I know what a touchdown or a basket is. I can also wrap my head around the basic rules of sport games. I just don’t understand the fine details of rules and when certain points are scored and why. I feel like I need to study sport rules and guide-
lines to feel prepared when I go to games so I don’t look like an outcast. When I hear people talking about sports, they are usually using terms that sound like a different language to me. When people are referring to past games and players I’ve never heard of before, I have no idea who they are and why. Overall, I found it best just to pretend to know what they are talking about and leave it at that. Nod your head and smile is what I tell myself. It’s embarrassing not knowing a single thing about sports when I have so many people in my life that watch and play them. My suggestion to people who are going through the same thing as me is to study those rules and players of games so you too, don’t look like a dummy like myself.
it’s actually really expensive” he said, “I have a transgender friend that has to go a long distance [clinic] to get her supplements.” Rivera said some people do not want to go through a complete transformation. Just because a person identifies him or herself as a male or female, he does not think it always means they want to go through a full physical and chemical transformation,Rivera said. He said he thinks the high schools’ policies are more reasonable. Liz Grabski, president of University’s LGBT organization VISION said that the NCAA rules are unfair to those who are unable to immediately start hormone treatment. “Those individuals would not be able to play with a team that is congruent with their gender identity and I don’t think that’s fair,” she said. “If teams are separated by performance and physical capability, I can understand why they would want the
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individual to physically be at the same level as the player’s female-bodied counterparts, which is what testosterone-suppression treatment would do.” Although it’s not known how many NCAA athletes are transgender, the University of California Los Angeles School of Law’s Williams Institute estimated in 2011 that the total number of transgender people in the United States was around 700,000. According to the Sports Illustrated article “The Transgender Athlete,” Karen Morrison, who has been the NCAA’s director of gender initiatives and student-athlete wellbeing since 2006, has handled around 40 transgender issues cases from different universities and their athletes’ parents and attorneys. Transgender athletes seem to have become more accepted recently. Last December, 50-year old Gabrielle Ludwig, a transgen-
der female at Mission College in Santa Clara, California, made history when she became the first transgender person to play college sports as both a female and a male. Ludwig joined the Mission College basketball team last year. She had been taking hormone supplements since 2007, which by NCAA rules, made her eligible to compete on a women’s college sports team. Although she said she thinks things are getting better, Grabski said that she hopes more research is done on the transgender community to help better improve the NCAA’s policies. “I think research of transgender people is needed and should be evaluated and cited with changing policies,” Grabski said, “There isn’t enough research about the trans community in general, and if policies are going to start changing to be more inclusive, research needs to do the same.”
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STUDENTS TAKE a break during a hike as part of their experience at the Navajo Nation.
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This is a special place to Bill Thompson, director of the Common Good and University instructor, who organized the Navajo trip. Thompson retired in the Spring after working at the University for 26 years as a campus minister and adjunct instructor. He has been leading the Navajo trip for 19 years. The trip can be taken for Peace and Conflict Studies field experience credit. Thompson also leads a trip to South Bronx, New York for credit. During the Navajo trip, students get the opportunity to explore the ruins of Chaco Canyon, hike in Canyon de Chelly and live among the Navajo people in Black Mesa. An important part of the trip is the public service element, said Thompson. Three days on the recent trip were spent at a Lutheran mission working on putting on a play with the local children. Wayne Wilson, Diné-Navajo of the folded arms clan and Pine Springs resident, separated himself from the group before dinner, the last night in Pine Springs, to clean up the sweat lodge he had helped build earlier that day for the students. Wilson recounted the first time he met Bill in 2004 in Pine Springs. Wilson was working with the Pine Springs Association, a community non-profit organization. The organization was in the middle of a conflict with the Bureau of Indian Affairs over the rights of students to get a proper schooling and retain their native language, said Wilson. “I remember Bill came to one of the meetings with all of the students from his trip and showed support for us,” Wilson said. “Having all of the people in attendance helped the politicians from [Washington] D.C. take us seriously as a community. I really
appreciate what he did as an educator, and, whether he knows it or not, he had an effect on education for Native American students in that way.” During the construction of the sweat lodge, a Ford Ranger drove up on Burnside’s property. The shaggy-haired white man that stepped out was not Navajo, but Wayne. June greeted him like family, with open arms. Eric Peterson went on the Navajo trip as a University student with Thompson in 2008 and 2009. “The trip took me out of my comfort zone and showed me what was really going on in the world,” Peterson said. Peterson came back after his first trip in 2008 to finish earning his degree at the University. When it came time to go back the following year he decided he would be staying for good, said Peterson. “It changed my views on what my options are the rest of my life,” Peterson said. “I realized I could move out here and start a new chapter.” Now working in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Peterson stayed at Burnside’s home until he could make it on his own. Keeping the connections like Peterson, Wilson and Burnside will be important for keeping the spirit of the trip going, said Thompson. “We have been going to the same places year after year and we have established relationships,“ Thompson said. “The people we visit are used to Bowling Green students, so they are very welcoming.“ Gordan Ricketts, director of the Arts Village, and Phil Dickinson, an English instructor, will lead the trip in the coming years, but Thompson will try to stay involved with the trip from his new home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said Thompson.
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BLV From Page 3 the house a few years ago and said in an email it’s cool that Patrick and Gruen bring bands in based on the people’s donations who come to the shows. This is important for the music scene because the people are running the shows themselves, he said. “It’s important that there are people still putting on punk shows or at least shows that go by those ethics,” Hamm said. “The only people that come to shows at the BLV house are the ones that truly care about the show or the music scene here.” When Patrick and Gruen were trying to book the house shows, they needed someone to design flyers for advertising. They chose their friend Ryan Stechschulte, a senior art
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major at the University. Stechschulte said Gruen and Patrick knew he was an art student and wanted him to make the flyers. “I was really interested in it because my hometown didn’t have a scene like that,” Stechschulte said. “I wanted to be a part of that here.” Patrick and Gruen’s lease is up in August, and the two friends are going to host more shows in June and July, but will be letting other people host the shows under a different name. Gruen said his and Patrick’s hardcore band, Dismantle, will still play and practice at the house after they leave, but it won’t be the same as it was before. “We’re probably going to be out touring this summer, so having shows will be harder,” Gruen said. “We did it, but now it’s someone else’s turn. I’d rather burn out than fade away.”
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