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DRINKING PROBLEMS The Bowling Green Police Division taught local businesses how to deal with drunken patrons, fake IDs and alcohol abuse during a training session on Tuesday night. Read more on Page 2.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Volume 93, Issue 9
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Festival to get students involved
Veg Club works with Dining Services to promote meatless options By Cassie Sullivan Assistant Forum Editor
More than 300 student organizations to be featured
For some students, picking and choosing what to eat cannot be based on appearance. Vegans are individuals who do not consume meat and dairy products as part of their overall diet, while vegetarians don’t consume meat, but consume dairy products. A club on campus called the Veg Club meets for those who are either vegan or vegetarians. The Veg Club represents the vegans and vegetarians on campus, along with acting as a support group for those who are making the change in diet and lifestyle. While the club acts as a support group for those new vegans or vegetarians, the club also works closely with dining services. The president of Veg Club, sophomore Holly Sanderson, said Dining Services and the Veg Club have a “really good relationship.”
By Seth Weber Web Editor
Students will have a chance to see every organization the University has to offer on Thursday. The annual Campus Fest will feature more than 300 student organizations, all looking to recruit new students. The festival will take place in front of the Union Oval and stretch to old campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Along with student organizations, city businesses will be present such as Qdoba, said Mike Freyaldenhoven, assistant dean of students in the Office of Campus Activities. Among the student organizations, fraternities such as Alpha Tau Omega will be trying to recruit students. Mike Workman, president of
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Natalia Piazza, a freshman tourism, leisure and event planning major, builds a salad at The Oaks. Each dining hall on campus provides vegetarian options for students.
Faculty Senate contests staffing, office location
Blackboard to migrate to Canvas by spring Newer management system preferred by University due to costs, convenience By Abby Welsh News Editor
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Tensions between the faculty and administrators that began last year continued into this semester at the first Faculty Senate Meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Administrators and senators clashed on the two resolutions brought before the senate; one concerning faculty senate staffing and one concerning the location of the Office of Equity and Diversity. Both resolutions ultimately passed, but the latter by a more narrow margin, said Elizabeth Wood, secretary to the senate. The first resolution urges administrators to work with the Faculty
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Senate Executive Committee to reach an agreement on the “acceptable” level of administrative and clerical staffing for the Faculty Senate. The resolution referenced t he Collective Bargaining Agreement, which states that access to adequate administrative and clerical support are
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The switch from Blackboard to Canvas has been an ongoing process for the past year, but the University will have students and faculty members fully migrated by spring semester. The change to Canvas had many determining factors involved, said John Ellinger, chief information officer in the Information Technology Service Department. “We wanted to provide something that was easy, simple and accessible for both students and faculty and staff members,” Ellinger said. “And when you compare an apple to an apple, Blackboard was $75,000
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more than Canvas.” Blackboard’s version was outdated by two versions so it was cheaper to offer Canvas, which was more up to date. The Information Technology Service Department offered a pilot program with a group of 50 students and 30 faculty members during the first semester of the 2012 school year, which Ellinger said went well. “When we reviewed [Canvas], open-source products offered on that were liked by both students and faculty,” he said. “We were recommended by the students and faculty who participated during the pilot program to move forward with Canvas, so we did.”
Canvas is an 18-month migration. Currently, 40 faculty, teaching 90 to 100 classes collectively, are still using Blackboard. “Either they did not make the change to get on soon enough, or brand new professors have more experience with Blackboard,” Ellinger said. Because of the agreement made in 2012 that Canvas would be an 18-month migration, faculty still have the option of using Blackboard in place of Canvas until spring. Michael Carver, histor y instructor, uses Canvas for
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Volunteer Fair connects students, community through service 81 organizations attended to recruit potential members By Dylanne Petros Copy Chief
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MEMBERS OF Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, play foursquare outside of University Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
VOLLEYBALL DROPS THE BALL BG Volleyball dropped three matches in South Bend, Ind. against a Polish pro team and two other opponents. They look to bounce back this weekend when they travel to Milwaukee for Inntowner Invitational. | PAGE 4
OH BABY
This week faculty columnist Phil Schurrer discusses the decline in birth rates in recent years. Schurrer says there are many reasons for this trend and the implications for society and far reaching. | PAGE 3
Students had the chance to broaden their horizons by getting involved with non-profit organizations on and off campus at the Volunteer and Community Partnership Fair on Tuesday. There were 81 organizations at the event, which was hosted in the Union ballroom, ranging from sustainability to cancer organizations. Junior Kevin Lewis went to the fair for multiple reasons. “I volunteered to help set up the fair and I came because I felt like I haven’t been volunteering enough in my college career,” Lewis said.
Other students like freshman Samantha Ruwe wanted to see what organizations were around Bowling Green. “I came because I want to get involved,” Ruwe said. One of the organizations at the fair was the Office of Campus Sustainability. The office is trying to find student volunteers to help out with a project called green tailgating. “Green tailgating is where students will go to the football stadium before the game and recycle any trash that they find,” said senior Jeff Kellermeyer. “Once
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WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO AT CAMPUS FEST? “Seeing all the organizations and being able to get involved.” Joe MacQuarrie Sophomore, Political Science
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FACULTY From Page 1 necessary for the senate to function. Faculty Senate staffing has been reduced from a full-time member staff to staffing shared among three governing bodies: Faculty Senate, Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate Student Government. The result is a 77.5 percent reduction in classified staff support to 22.5 percent, according to the resolution. Benchmarks of peer Ohio institutions that are unionized found that faculty senates generally maintain a full-time or 75 percent administrative support, according to the resolution. Kent State University and Akron University in particular both have 100 percent support. The second resolution was against placing the Office of Equity and Diversity in the same building as the president and the provost. Both are currently located in McFall Center. The office monitors to University’s compliance with federal and state equal opportunities and nondiscrimination laws and regulations. “[This] discourages complaints and creates an atmosphere that could be construed as surveillance,” according to the resolution. But Barbara Waddell, chief equity and diversity officer in the OED, voiced her opposition to the resolution. “We’ve had nothing but overwhelming support,”
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Local business owners and employees learned of the problems alcohol can bring to a business in the classroom instead of in person on Tuesday night. Managers from businesses such as City Tap, The Attic, Falcon Food Mart, Southside 6, Great Scott Community Market and Beckett’s Burger Bar attended the Liquor Establish Employee Training Meeting hosted by
Waddell said of her interactions with people concerning the office’s location. “Students in particular are very comfortable coming to that space. OED is located on the first floor of McFall, Waddell said, while University President Mary Ellen Mazey’s office is on the third floor. “Any concerns that we might have had have gone away,” Waddell said. “OED has to get settled and it has to be settled in one place.” The resolutions will now reach Mazey’s office, with a possible transmittal to the Board of Trustees. The senate also elected Joel O’Dorisio, instructor in the Chapman Learning Community, as the new senate vice chair following the resignation of Julie Haught. Haught resigned due to concerns with the reduction of the senate staffing, according to a letter she wrote to the Senate Executive Committee. “It is with great regret that we are in the position of accepting her resignation,” said Sheri Wells-Jensen, senate chair and associate professor in the English Department. O’Dorisio echoed this sentiment, but said he looks forward to the senate being a “strong functioning body.” “Being a part of the Faculty Senate has been an honor,” he said. “I’d like to be here ... as a representative of all the faculty at the University.”
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the Bowling Green Police Tuesday night to discuss liquor law awareness. Some of the topics discussed were what to look for when identifying a fake ID, how to handle situations such as fights, dealing with drug use from customers and the effects of alcohol abuse. Police dist r ibuted graphic pictures of deceased bodies for attendees to see the negativity of selling alcohol to people who aren’t in the right state of mind while
they are at the bar to get their point across. Det. Scott Kleiber presented to the attendees and said the training meetings have been hosted for more than 10 years, each year hosting two sessions. He said the main reason for hosting the training meetings is to educate managers and owners from bars and retail stores and make them aware of the laws dealing with liquor, especially now with the large amount
“We just want to inform these businesses on what we’re looking for ...” Scott Kleiber | Detective
of college students coming back into town for the school year. “We just want to inform these businesses on what we’re looking for such as fake ID’s and the liquor laws,” Kleiber said. “We want to work with them
in order to resolve the issues through training and make it so they can present the violations to the state.” George Strata, co-owner of Beckett’s Burger Bar, attended the meeting and said it’s important for his business to be aware of new information on compliance issues by going to the training and trying to keep the employees educated on what their obliga-
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“The vast majority of our reductions were from retirements and resignations.” Rodney Rogers | Vice President saw a $2.5 million shortfall this year, Mazey said. A further $6-7 million shortfall is projected for next year due to a decrease in funding from the State Share of Instruction, the formula used to distribute the bulk of state money provided to Ohio’s public universities, she said. “That’s made a major, major difference in our budget,” she said. Rodney Rogers, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, announced the official numbers of faculty reductions. The faculty has been reduced by 69 since last September, Rogers said, and part time adjuncts have been reduced by 39. “The vast majority of our reductions were from retirements and resignations,” Rogers said, without providing official numbers. The University has also improved its rankings in the U.S. News and World Report’s top colleges in the nation. The University moved from 184 to 181 for all universities since last year, Mazey said. It moved from 104 to 102 for public universities. “I hope next year we can say we’re in the top 100,” she said.
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A SALAD bar at The Oaks offers vegetarian options for students as do all dining locations on campus.
VEG From Page 1 “I think the staff is really friendly and really receptive to the club and to the campus in general,” Sanderson said. “[Dining services] really seems to please and work with the students.” But some dining halls, like the Falcon’s Nest prove to be a challenge to add vegan and vegetarian options to the menu, said Daria Blachowski-Dreyer, the associate director of operations and wellness for Dining Services. “We have included vegetarian and vegan options at all of our locations,” Blachowski-Dreyer said. “We’ve iconed our menus so they’re easier to identify for them.” To establish communication and to make sure both vegans and vegetarians are represented, the club attends dining advisor y board meetings and also has a position on the board. In order to work well with the vegetarians and vegans on campus,
Dining Services meets the students’ needs when it comes to what the student’s diet allows them to eat. The dishes that are vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free are labeled with one of the three options. But sophomore and two-year vegan, Daniel Singleton believes dining services can do better to make sure the dishes have the correct icons. People aren’t always sure if food prepared at some dining halls are completely vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free, Singleton said. A way dining services makes sure to involve more students who practice the vegan and vegetarian on campus, dining services also hosts programs within the dining halls. These programs include National Vegan Month in November, along with weekly Meatless Mondays, which calls attention to items on the menu that are vegetarian and Flexitarian Fridays, which features vegan food items in the Oaks and the Carillon Place.
“[Dining services] really seems to please and work with the students.” Holly Sanderson | Sophomore
Another way dining services aims to aid vegans and vegetarians is through the My Pantry option that contains vegan and vegetarian options for those who would like to go out on their own, said Blachowski-Dreyer. “My Pantry has refrigerators if students want to go on their own. We’re always open. If you don’t see something you want, you can always ask for it,” said Blachowski-Dreyer. While dining services is aiming to involve the students and raise awareness, Singleton said dining services is doing a good job. “I feel like they’re spreading awareness and encourage people to reduce their meat consumption mainly for environmental reasons,” Singleton said. “They can go further if they want to.”
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Having children has gone out of fashion Phil schurrer Faculty columnist
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a statistic that should gladden the hearts of future leaders, from toy manufacturers to university presidents. The Center reported that the U.S. fertility rate has stabilized for the first time in five years. In 2007 the rate was 69 live births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 to 44. Thereafter it had begun to decline. In 2012 it stood at 63 births for every 1,000 women. To put this in context, in 1960, the rate was 118 births; in 1909, 127 births. In 2007 the total fertility rate stood at 2.12 per woman, according to Demographic Intelligence. In 2011 it stood at 1.89. A year later it increased slightly to 1.9. This possible future trend is important for students, school and university administrators, food, auto, clothing and toy producers, to name a few. It may possibly herald an increase in the U.S. birth rate, and it comes none too soon. A declining birth rate bodes ill for at least two crucial economic reasons. First, it leads to a reduction in a population that consumes ever y t hing from schoolbooks to diapers to baby cribs to cars to houses. An expanding population is a key driver of a robust economy. Second, the declining birth rate threatens the income of those who are retired and receive Social Security benefits. According to the 2011 annual report by the Social Security Board of Trustees, in 1990 there were approximately five working people for every person of retirement age. By 2035 that number will have fallen to three workers for every retiree. Although the economy influences the birth rate, other factors also play a critical role. For one thing, the Baby Boomers, the 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964, have had fewer children than their parents. This is due to, among other things, the increased
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education of this cohort and the rise of working women. Both education and the employment of women have been shown to decrease the birth rate. Yet another demographic factor that has had an enormous effect on the economy is abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, rough ly 50 million induced abortions have been performed since 1973. In other words, the U.S. would have about 50 million more people needing to be fed, clothed, and educated. These additional people would have had a powerful inf luence on the economy. To put matters into perspective, the babies aborted since 1973 would have equaled two-thirds the size of the baby boomer cohort. We can only speculate on the increased economic activity that would have been generated by 50 million additional citizens. The a rg ument t hat abortion is strict ly a woman’s private choice ignores the larger societal and economic picture. Abortion has enormous social and economic consequences, not to mention moral. In short, there’s no such thing as a purely “personal” choice. Societ y is current ly searching for solutions to aid working women torn bet ween t heir careers and a desire for a family. A child takes time, attention, money and effort; ask a nyone who has raised one. We need to find a way to cherish every child conceived, support every parent in his or her effort to raise a child, and create a more family-friendly environment for both men and women in the workplace. W hen society holds working women in higher esteem than stay-at-home moms, the message rings loud and clear: motherhood is a second-rate vocation. When we reach that stage, we are in peril, economically, socially and morally. Birth rates will decline, and the moral, social and economic consequences can scarcely be envisioned.
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Feminism still needed in society for equality attitude that enforces the need for feminism the most. The other day, I was Autumn Kunkel thinking about a converColumnist sation that I’d had with a relative not long before the beginning of the school year. We got into a discussion about the specifics of I’m an unabashed, unapolomy education, and eventugetic feminist. I’ve been given a lot of ally got on the topic of my mixed responses when I’ve passion for feminism and shared this information in my incessant need to fight the past; some applaud me for women’s rights. He didn’t seem to like this for my strong standpoint, others send mixed signals, last idea. In his mind, sexism explaining that they fully wasn’t an issue in society, and support women’s rights, but he explained that I should would never take to such be “careful” about calling an “extreme” identification. myself a feminist, citing the Then, of course, there are negative connotation that is those who are completely associated with the term. Seeing that it would do no opposed to the ideal. Perhaps the most dis- good to get into a full-blown turbing detail about the last debate with him about the group isn’t that most of them subject [taking into considare necessarily against the eration his bull-headed perequality of women in society. sona], I decided to gear the Rather, it’s the fact that many conversation into another of them simply think that direction, and eventually feminism isn’t necessary in we went off topic into somemodern life. After all, women thing more mundane. Before have made great strides in I left, however, he shared a recent years, and surely they final bit of “advice” for me to don’t have a number of obsta- take before I left for school: cles to overcome in this day I really should be careful about being so assertive and age, right? Unfortunately, it’s this very and unrepentant in regards
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to feminism; some men, he cautioned, might see that as a “challenge.” I left with this last thought in mind, pointing out all the reasons why everything he’d said to me about the “dangers” of feminism is exactly why it is so desperately needed. Feminism is necessary in modern society for a number of reasons, ranging from slight and subtle to more forceful and dynamic. Take the last piece of [admittedly, well-meaning] advice from my relative, for example, telling me to be careful about my firm, shameless feministic ways. Not only is the simple act of giving me such advice evidence of the importance of feminism, but the fact that it rings all too true for females advocates the point, as well. The evidence becomes even more apparent when dealing with more serious matters, such as sexual assault or issues in the workforce. First, the fact that females are at a significantly high risk of being sexually assaulted, regardless of where they are, what they’re doing or what they’re wearing, is a major
reason as to why we need feminism. What’s more, females may very well be blamed for the assault, which further supports this notion. As far as the workforce is concerned, the fact that, in general, women are viewed as a liability means that they earn less than men for doing the same job. With these few examples in mind [though there are many more], is it really a stretch to say that feminism is a necessary force in society? The list of reasons why we need feminism is endless, but the last, most important point is the fact that people —both males and females alike— think that sexism is nonexistent and feminism doesn’t matter. If people don’t recognize the issues and obstacles women have to overcome, there will be little to no progress in society as a whole. And that, precisely, is why we need the feministic principle.
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BG Volleyball experiences ‘deja vu’ at Golden Dome Invitational, goes 0-3 Noah Jones Reporter
The BG volleyball team fell to a season record of 1-4 after losing to 22nd-ranked Purdue in three sets. The Falcon volleyball team finished the Golden Dome Invitational on Sunday winless in three games. “It was a déjà vu of [The Hampton Inn Invitational],” coach Danijela Tomic said. “We were competitive, but fell apart at the end of each set.” Of the three games the team played this weekend, Purdue and the home team, Notre Dame’s games went towards their season record. In game one of the Invitational against Notre Dame, the Falcons were playing from behind early as they lost the first set 28-26. They battled back to win the second set 25-20 and even up the match. Notre Dame would win the next the last two sets with a score of 25-19 in the third set and 25-13 in the fourth and final set. Kaitlyn Skinner recorded eight blocks along with six kills as well during this game. Ashley Dunn led the falcons with 20 digs and Paige Penrod was second in digs with 13. Against the No. 22 ranked Purdue Boilermakers, the
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BG Volleyball players gather together after BYU earns a point in last weekend’s Hilton Invitational. Falcons have started the year 1-4 but, they have played four nationally ranked teams as well as the professional Polish team. Its next match is Sept 13.
Fantasy Quarterbacks standout while most Runningbacks struggle week 1 Fantasy football week 1 updates in the NFL: games which highly affected people’s fantasy weeks. By Brett Creamer Reporter
Week 1 proved to be the week of game-winning field goals and comebacks. There were four game-winning field goals and multiple come from behind victories this week in the NFL. This was also a week where we saw mulitple fantasy standout performances from quarterbacks and wide receivers across the league. The following are games with some of those standout performers. Denver 49 - Baltimore 27: Peyton Manning led the Broncos to a Thursday night victory over the defending Super Bowl champions. Manning threw for seven touchdowns and 462 yards. New offseason acquisition Wes Welker fit right into place, catching nine passes for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Tight end Julian Thomas will be very popular on the waiver wire after his 110-yard two touch-
down performance as well. Cincinnati 21 - Chicago 24: A back-and-forth battle that wasn’t decided until the last minute helped give Marc Trestman a win in his NFL debut. Both Brandon Marshall and A.J. Green had big game for their squads. Green had nine catches for 162 yards, and two touchdowns. Marshall also received for more than 100 yards and caught the game winning touchdown pass from Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. Costly turnovers and penalties really hurt the Bengals in this season opener. Miami 23 - Cleveland 10: Ryan Tannehill threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Brian Hartline in the third quarter, and the Dolphins never looked back. Tannehill, the Texas A&M alumnus looked sharp throwing for 272 yards and proving to be very accurate throwing the ball into tight spots, looked much improved since his rookie season. Despite Brandon
Weeden’s three first half interceptions, the Browns defense kept them in the game holding Miami to just six points in the first half. Browns tight end Jordan Cameron showed a spark by catching nine balls for 108 yards and a touchdown. Minnesota 24 - Detroit 34: Last years reigning MVP went 78 yards on the ground the first time he touched the ball in the 2013 season. Adrian Peterson rushed for 98 yards on the ground and also scored three touchdowns, but that wasn’t enough as the Lions prevailed. Lions off-season signing Reggie Bush had 90 yards on the ground, and another 101 receiving, including a 77-yard touchdown catch. Power back Joique Bell had two touchdowns on 6 carries for 25 yards. Atlanta 17 - New Orleans 23: Although the Falcons jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead, Drew Brees and the Saints bounced back to a hard fought victory.
Brees threw for 357 yards and two scores, while Atlanta’s Matt Ryan threw for 304 yards and two scores as well. Both offenses looked sharp, it took Roman Harper’s fourth-down pass interception in end zone to seal this victory for the Saints. Tampa Bay 17 - NY Jets 18: Rookie quarterback Geno Smith lead the Jets to a last second victory against the Buccaneers. Following a first-down run by Smith, Buccaneer’s Lavonte David committed a personal foul setting up Jets Nick Folk with a game winning 48-yard field goal with two seconds left on the clock. Although it wasn’t a pretty victory, the Jets will take it after their offseason quarterback carousel. Green Bay 28 - San Francisco 34: All of the off season hype was for the right reason as 49er’s Colin Kaepernick threw for 412 yards
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SPORTS brief
Men and women’s basketball schedules set The BG men’s and women’s basketball schedules have been released. Both teams will have their first games Nov. 2 in the Stroh Center. The men will have their season opener against Malone University as the women will have their first and only exhibition match against Tiffin that afternoon. The men’s schedule is highlighted by them participating in the Cancun Challenge from Nov 21-23 where they will play Wisconsin, Saint Louis and Presbyterian. The rest of their non-conference schedule is highlighted by matchups with teams like Xavier, University of South Florida, Morehead State and The University of Detroit Mercy. The women’s schedule is highlighted by matchups against non-conference foes Michigan and Ohio State. They will also have two chances to make up for their Mid-American Conference Tournament loss to Central Michigan this year. The first will come Jan. 18 in Mount Pleasant, Mich., while their second match up will take place on Feb. 19 in the Stroh Center.
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Chris Jones claimed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers Former BG defensive tackle Chris Jones was drafted in the sixth round by the Houston Texans in April’s NFL draft. He was released by the Texans in late August, but was soon claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the start of the NFL season this past week. Jones spent the summer with the Houston Texans and survived roster cuts throughout training camp but was let go before the Texans’ 53-man roster was announced. Tampa Bay signed Jones following his release from Houston. Jones did not appear in the Buccaneers’ season opener against the New York Jets. In his senior year at BG Jones was named Mid-American Player of the Year totalling 42 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He also finished third in the country in sacks and tied for seventh in tackles for a loss, while leading the Falcons to an eightwin season and a berth into the Humanatrian Bowl. In his career he played in 50 straight games, making 44 consecutive starts. Jones has 157 career tackles, 28 sacks, 46 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries.
beloved Falcons. The students at that game were loud and. at times, louder than the Kent State students. ESPN Sportscenter host and alumnus Jay Crawford even tweeted about the fan attendance that was seen at Kent State. In these three years, I have seen each Falcon team improve each and every year. While that has a lot to do with the coaches and the players, I believe a lot of that has to do with the impressive increase of fan support each team has received. On Falcon Fridays, there are orange shirts all over campus and for once it is not only the people that work in the athletic department. It is the regular students: the students that go to class everyday, do homework and study everyday that are showing the support for their teams. BG sports are beginning to get more national airtime and it does a lot for the perception of our school and our students that we are getting the fan bases that we have had lately. Before the game would be on ESPN and our stadiums would be half full which looks sad and is a bad reflection on us a student body. Now, when ESPN comes they make sure to go down our front row of
Cameron Teague Robinson Assistant sports editor I have been a sports reporter for The BG News for two and a half years now and I have reported on almost every sport there is to report on here at BG. My freshman year I reported on the men’s soccer team and the fan base was lacking to say the least, except for a few games against bigger opponents. I remember my first football game here as a student: the stadium was filled for the home opener but every game after that the stadium was lacking in attendance. Seeing the difference between my first two years to now in relation to our student spirit and fan base that has been at all of the athletic games this year is a huge change. The stadiums have been full for all of the games so far this year including the football opener. The event that caught my attention and made me realize the growth in BG spirit and fan attendance was at this past weekend’s game at Kent State. BG hauled busses of students to Kent State Saturday morning along with the students that drove down themselves to watch their
the student section so they can see our “rowdy” fans. Then as they pan upwards to see the rest of the student section it’s not empty there are even more loud and passionate fans that love their school and love their falcons. As a student and a sports reporter, it is a great feeling to see our teams like volleyball, baseball, soccer, football and more competing with some of the best teams in the country. But, the best feeling comes when I walk to the games and can hear people screaming and cheering before I even walk in then I walk into the stadium and see that they are full of students and other BG fans. Our teams work so hard to win and show to it’s fans that they are worth coming out to see. Now our fans are giving every team the respect they deserve and the teams are paying them back with wins and good games against some of the top teams in the country. We can always have more of a showing but to see the increase in just two years is an amazing feat. We can only hope the BG spirit continues and fans continue to come out to the games now that our teams are improving so much.
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LoSS From Page 4 Falcons would fail to win a set, as they lost a close first set 27-25, the second set 25-23 and the third and final set 25-16. Laura Avila led the falcons with 13 assists and 10 digs throughout the match. “We have had the toughest schedule so far that any BGSU team has played,” Tomic said. “The teams we play will make us stronger, all we need is confidence in ourselves now.” Tomic said Kaitlyn Skinner, the teams starting middle, played well defensively and had a great defensive game against Notre Dame. The Falcons also played a non-NCAA professional Polish team called Dabrowa. The Falcons lost in three sets, and only reached past the
teens in points in the third and final set. Tomic said the team was far superior to the Falcons, so she used this match as an opportunity to let everyone play to gain experience. “[Dabrowa] was a great experience, they had players who have played longer than our players have been alive.” Tomic said the team had former Olympians and a Brazilian gold medalist. Setter Laura Avila was named to the AllTournament team. She finished the tournament with 55 assists and 22 digs. The Falcons will take on the Inntowner Invitational at Milwaukee. There, they will face Milwaukee Friday, Sept. 13, 4:30 p.m., Kansas Saturday, Sept. 14, 1 p.m., and the host Wisconsin Saturday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.
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and three scores. This game went back and forth the entire game. Anquan Boldin had 13 catches for 208 yards and one score in his debut for San Francisco. Bay Area native Aaron Rodgers also had a great game going 21-37 for 333 yards and three scores of his own. The Packers battled, but just like in last year’s playoff they showed Kaepernick and the 49ers were too much to handle. NY Giants 31 - Dallas 36: The Cowboys forced six turnovers, in their home opener vs. the turnover prone Giants. New York never gave up, due to two time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning throwing for 450 yards and four scores. Victor Cruz hauled in five catches for 118 yards and three scores of his own. The
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Cowboys were too much to handle as Tony Romo and Jason Witten connected twice in this game. Dallas ground attack was led by DeMarco Murray who rushed for 86 yards. Philadelphia 33 Washington 27: Chip Kelly and the Eagles started out to a 33-7 lead in their new up-tempo offense. Michael Vick threw 203 yards, two scores, and was also efficient on the ground running for 54 yards and another score. RG3 tested the waters after missing all preseason due to his torn ACL injury in last year’s playoff game vs. Seattle. RG3 and the Redskins just ran out of time, after connecting with Leonard Hankerson for a touchdown with just over a minute remaining the Redskins failed to get the onside kick, just falling short on a comeback.
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people come into the game, our volunteers hand out bags so people can recycle.” Kellermeyer and the other volunteers were at the fair to get other levels of campus involved in the organization. “We want to engage the greater community as a whole and we want to involve all levels of campus life in sustainability,” Kellermeyer said. Freshman Taylor Saddler went to the fair because of a class. “I have to do community service for my social work class,” she said. Saddler was interested in
CANVAS From Page 1 both online and in-class teaching. “I honestly didn’t like it at first because it was new, but once I got used to it I didn’t mind it,” Carver said. Carver also explained the difference between using Canvas for his online classes opposed to when he teaches his inperson classes. He said it is more useful for teaching online classes because of the “impromptu conversations students and faculty members can use,” where he didn’t see much of a difference when teaching in-person. “Black boa rd a nd Canvas seem the same to me when I taught classes in person, so I don’t really have a preference for either one,” Carver said. However, junior Ben Hofecker prefers Canvas rather than Blackboard. “My professors rarely used Blackboard or updated it, but I feel like professors are forced
FEST From Page 1 Alpha Tau Omega, wants to promote his fraternity, but also wants students to find what works best for them. Work m a n enjoy s Campus Fest because of the fact that it gives students an opportunity to find what they are interested in and meet new people. “We just want everyone to fit in where they fit in,” he said. A sense of belonging is a theme the University wants to focus on in the years to come, Freyaldenhoven said. Campus Fest is a good way to kick off the year and create an atmosphere of students being involved on campus, he said. T he reason t he University wants to create this atmosphere so early is
the Josina Lott Residential and Community Services organization. The organization is a home for adults with developmental disabilities and elderly people. “I like working with elderly people so I thought this would be the perfect fit for me,” Saddler said. Some students, like freshman Ryan Chernick, didn’t know the fair was going on. “I was at the Union and I saw people walking up here so I thought that I would check it out,” Chernick said. One of the off-campus organizations is the Jaxson R. Hauser Foundation, that Chernick was interested in. “It’s a journey that brought
to use it because it is so interactive,” he said. “Canvas is more accessible for both [students and teachers].” Freshman Kiala Bellamy has a class on Blackboard and the rest using Canvas, allowing her to experience both. “I definitely like Canvas more because I don’t think it crashes as much as Blackboard,” Bellamy said. “It’s faster; more efficient for assignments and grades.” Her favorite feature Canvas has is the “What if ?” option under the Grades tab. Students can type in a grade under an assignment to deter m i ne what score they need to receive a desired grade in the class. “I love that because I feel like I don’t have to constantly bug my professor about my grade and what I need to get on an assignment when I can do it myself,” Bellamy said. “You have to wait for the professor to manually insert grades to Blackboard, which is that the first six weeks are vital to student retention, Freyaldenhoven said. Freyaldenhoven said the people at the tables are excited to meet students and said students should explore Campus Fest to figure out what they want to do with their time at the University. “I think I would tell students to walk around the entire fest,” he said. Besides getting involved in organizations, some students attend the fest for the free giveaways at the tables. “[I’m coming] because I’m new on campus and I want free stuff,” said junior Alex Freeman. Freeman said he’s also interested in meeting new people. Sophomore Noah Willis is interested in joining the Public Relations Student Societ y of A merica because he is a public relations major, but is
us [to the fair],” said Jillian Hauser, one of the people in charge of the foundation. The organization was started in 2012 for Hauser’s grandson, Jaxson, who passed away from cancer as a baby. “We are [at the fair] to educate people, spread awareness and offer financial help to those in need,” Hauser said. Since the foundation is so new, they are looking for student volunteers to help with fundraisers to raise money for families in search of financial help. “The fair helps open the doors for the community and for volunteering opportunities so I thought it would be the perfect place to find an organization,” Lewis said.
annoying because I want to know my grade.” Another feature Bellamy enjoys is the discussion tab. “It’s so easy to communicate with everyone in the class,” she said. “If the professor is too busy maybe a student can answer my question.” Freshman Zach Street also enjoys the discussion tab because he can expect answers from professors and students fast. “It’s definitely way faster, which is nice when you have a last minute question,” Street said. “I don’t like the entire website’s set up though. Street said he believes more work could be done to it because it is “poorly set up and amateur.” “It’s annoying that once you log onto Canvas you can’t click anywhere to go back to MyBGSU,” he said. While Canvas is fairly new to everyone on campus, updates and new changes are sent to the Information Technology Service Department every three weeks. On the top of the header on the right hand side
“We just want everyone to fit in where they fit in.” Mike Workman | President of Alpha Tau Omega keeping his mind open to other possibilities. “I’m just going to see what’s there, I’m not really sure yet,” he said. Sophomore A sh ley Ryan hopes to interact with friendly members of organizations. Last year Ryan felt many booths ignored her, and hopes to find more inviting booths this year. She is also going to support friends who are working Campus Fest. Freyaldenhoven said Campus Fest exists to make students feel welcome at the Univesity. “We really want to focus on students belonging on our campus,” he said.
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there’s be an option to go back to the MyBGSU portal but there are a number of reasons why it may not work for everyone right now, Ellinger said. Ellinger said certain browsers may not work for students and because the MyBGSU portal won’t be fully updated until fall break, which is Oct. 10-12. Some cha nges to Ca nvas students w ill notice include an e-book textbook option, a ‘TurnIt-In’ option, which is where students turn in assig nments t hat checks for plagiarism, and remotes for in-class qu i z zes, wh ich w i l l send results straight to your grades on Canvas, Ellinger said. Ellinger said the goal is to have 75 percent of students use canvas by the end of this year. “I am more than delighted with the progress we have made with this migration to Canvas, and I think students and faculty across campus really enjoy this change,” he said.
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