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VOLUME 92, ISSUE 14
University raises safety awareness
Students may not be aware of some of the safety programs that are available to them, which they can use year-round. For colleges across America, September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month. The month is an opportunity for colleges to partner with non-profit organizations and raise awareness about campus safety. The University does not specifically participate in this month but practices safety awareness all year. “Events concerning campus safety are usually planned by the residence halls,” said Captain Tim James of the University Police. “But in general, there’s always some kind of program going on, as part of our ongoing program of community oriented policing.” Tim Shaal, senior associate director of the Office of Residence Life, described some of the safety programs hosted by residence halls. “We do a number of programs
over the course of the year, and campus safety is intermixed with those programs” Shaal said. “Falcon Heights recently participated in ALICE training with the University Police. ALICE is a program about what to do in the case of an active shooter. I know that one hall is doing a program about locking your doors to prevent theft.” Campus crime became a subject of national attention following the murder of Jeanne Clery, a student at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1986, according to the Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention’s website. Her death galvanized the nation and brought up that there were no laws governing the release of crime statistics at colleges, according to the website. “The Clery Act resulted in a mandate for colleges to be up front about crime statistics so students and parents can make informed decisions,” Shaal said.
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Fraternities compete, raise funds for United Service Organization
Phi Gamma Delta chapters, Toledo start annual tradition By Abby Welsh Reporter
The University’s Phi Gamma Delta chapter participated in a rivalry run to raise money for United Service Organization on Saturday with the University of Toledo’s Phi Gamma Delta chapter. As the runners of the chapter began to warm up early Saturday morning, they were excited to see the support of the community to cheer them on as they ran against Toledo. “All of the chapters around the United States and Canada usually participate in rivalry runs and this is actually our first time running in a rivalry run,” said Christopher Ovalle, chapter president of Phi Gamma Delta. “This is the first year that we contacted the University of Toledo chapter and they got on board, and we have been setting this up since the summer.”
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Phi Gamma Delta wants to make this rivalry run an annual event for their chapter. “We want to start creating a culture and since the campuses are so close- working with their chapter as well,” Ovalle said. Ovalle attended a convention for USO and heard chapters at other universities are known for these rivalry runs. “Our schools are so close and the rivalry is so big, we thought it was a shame that we haven’t started this kind of thing for our chapters,” Ovalle said. Ryan Wong, philanthropy and community service chair, said his motivation to run is geared toward “Helping the USO to support our troops and school spirit to get everyone excited about the UT/BG game,” Wong said.
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CHANGE THE WAY YOU ROLL Student leaders look to bring rental car company to campus By Geoff Burns Reporter
Students without their own wheels may soon be able to look forward to having a car of their own— at least for a few hours or so. The Graduate Student Senate and the Undergraduate Student Government are in the process of forming a committee to obtain a rental car service to bring to the University and have been since 2010 for those in need of transportation. The processing plan has been in the works for more than two years and is something that hasn’t been forgotten about, but has been put at a stand-still. Even though it has been so long since the idea was first brought to attention, the rental service is still in the beginning stages of becoming completed, said Jeffrey Larocque, GSS Vice-President. “A committee was never really formed to bring in a service like this,” Larocque said. “We passed this piece of legislation recommending an administrative committee with graduate and undergraduate students to kind of look on to see if this could be done, but it never happened.” Larocque and GSS looked into bringing either Hertz, Enterprise or U-Haul to campus, but have so far been unsuccessful in determining a vendor. “It was difficult to get interest from the rental companies,” Larocque said. “Some companies weren’t interested because of Bowling Green’s size. You can get to most places in town from the shuttle and other taxi companies. These rental car companies have to want to come to the University for their own benefit.” Alex Solis, president of USG, said many factors play into getting a rental service started on campus. “Last year when the service was brought up, liability and fees came into play and it was tough to get the ball rolling,” Solis said. “There would also be a fee instead of tuition covering the charges...there are so many kinks to work out.” One large problem that came along with trying to get the rental cars on campus was figuring out parking spaces for the vehicles, Larocque said. “There would have to be some dedicated parking spaces and they would have to be allocated to whatever car rental company we had,” Larocque said. “There
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Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate Student Government have already looked into these three companies but were unsuccessful in getting one to come to campus. Let us know what car company you would like to rent your wheels from by tweeting it at @The_BG_News
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JUST DANCE
Gaffigan attracts crowds of students, alums to Stroh for Saturday performance Award winning comedian draws attention to University arena By Natasha Ivery Reporter
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STUDENTS learn Capoeira, an afro-brazilian martial art. It encompasses dancing, singing and percussion. Practices take place Tuesdays and Fridays from 7-9 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 221 Eppler North.
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Comedian Jim Gaffigan performed at the Stroh Center Saturday night. Gaffigan is an award winning comedian who has appeared in numerous films, performed on two talk shows and has two platinum comedy a lbums, according to the University press release. Ga f f iga n kept t he punch lines coming from the start of the show at 7:00 p.m. right up until the end until 8:15 p.m. Gaffigan spoke on a range of topics, from compa ring his
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fifth baby to a shark fin in the water, bacon and Hot Pockets. Stroh Center General Manager Benja min Spence sa id t he event was big. “We sold a lot of tickets; mostly to alumni and grad students who heard Gaffigan was coming and they wanted to see him,” said Spence. “This is big for BG; not only revenue wise, but also actually getting us on the map using the Stroh and having nice events,” said Spence. Grad student Andrea Panning came to watch the show with
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WHAT IS YOUR SAFETY TIP FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS? “Don’t be a fool; wrap that tool..” Sarah Harden Sophomore, Social Work
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Frank A. Septaric, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for littering within the 900 block E. Wooster St. 9:36 A.M.
Complainant advised that an employee stole more than $33 from the cash register of a business within the 1000 block of Haskins Road. 11:04 A.M.
Complainant reported that a package containing $1,500 in various gift cards was stolen off the front porch of a residence within the 1000 block of Bluejay Drive. 9:34 P.M.
Complainant reported that her residence was broken into Thursday night within the 100 block of E. Court St. 11:01 P.M.
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near North Enterprise Street and East Evers Avenue. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
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David M. Odenweller, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for public urination within the 200 block of N. Prospect St.
Rachael Margaret Elliot, 18, of Fairview Park, Ohio, was cited for underage/under the influence within the 500 block of E. Merry Ave.
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Brian McNamara Loftus, 19; and Julia E. McKenna, 18, both of Rocky River, Ohio, were cited for underage possession of alcohol within the 300 Thurstin Ave. 11:53 P.M.
Branna T. Sniadecki, 21, of Swanton, Ohio, was cited for public urination within the 200 block of N. Church St. 11:53 P.M.
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GREEK From Page 1 Toledo’s Community Chair, Nick Placko, also made an appearance at the BG FIJI house before the run to show support for both chapters. “We only had ten runners this year but hopefully we will get a lot more in years to come,” Placko said. The run consisted of about twelve runners who ran within a one-mile radius, where they met another chapter-brother
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Rachel S. Elam, 22, of Mentor, Ohio, was cited for open container near North Enterprise and Ridge streets. 12:39 A.M.
Travor Kieth Turner, 18, of Galloway, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia near the railroad tracks by Thurstin Avenue. 12:49 A.M.
Sean M. McManus, 19, of Holand, Ohio, was arrested for underage/under the influence, open container and obstructing official business
to hand a football. The Toledo chapter ran within a one–mile increment as well. “In Perrysburg, right by the Maumee river, is where we are going to be handing the football to the Toledo chapter,” Ovalle said. It was opt iona l for brothers in each chapter to run. Brothers who did not participate in the run helped oversee the event. “We made sure everyt hing ra n smoot h ly and got people in their running orders,” Nick W heeler, assistant phi-
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Damon M. Contat, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was arrested for underage/under the influence of alcohol within the 100 block of N. Main St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center, Erik D. Studyvin, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was cited for public urination and underage/ under the influence.
Vandalia, Ohio, was cited for public urination and underage/under the influence of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Main St. 2:18 A.M.
Complainant reported that sometime between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., an unknown subject punched out the rear driver’s side window of a vehicle at Lot 2 downtown. The estimated damage is $250. 2:25 A.M.
Nicholas A. Wiitenmyer, 21, of Liberty Center, Ohio, was cited for operating a vehicle impaired and traffic control device within the 100 block of S. Church St. Wesley B. Peterson, 20; and Carlos Orlando Rohena, 23, both of Bowling Green were cited for nuisance party within the 1400 block of Burrwood Drive.
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lanthropy and community service chair said. “This is kind of just a test run so we can work out any kinks and maybe next year will be bigger, get more sponsorships and raise more money for the USO because it is a good organization to get involved with.” Between the two chapters, they raised just under $3,000 and are pla nning on r unning again next year. “The only difference is that we will start in Toledo and run the ball back to BG,” Wheeler said.
Michael L. Favro, 28, of Oak
RENTAL From Page 1 is also this idea, if BG is big enough to support any type of rental car on campus. Will the program be profitable enough for whatever company decides to come here since BG is in that middle ground between a small regional University and a large public University?” While the University and certain rental car companies may question the success of a campus rental car service, freshman Sierra Wolff is hoping to have the chance to take a rental car for a spin someday.
SAFETY From Page 1 Colleges are required under the Clery Act to publish an annual security report detailing statistics about crimes on campus and specified policies. “The report is required by the federal Department of Education. Certain crimes have to be reported if they occur on campus. We are very careful about collecting the statistics,” James said. “Alcohol use is perhaps the most common problem on campus and covers a spectrum of offenses, like disorderly conduct, underage consumption and vandalism.” The University publishes its security report every October. The report is available online and includes information about what the University does to investigate and respond to crime. Last year’s report was 45 pages long.
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Complainant reported that she dropped off a cab fare and all subjects went inside without paying within the 1400 block of Briarwood Drive. 3:43 A.M.
Complainant reported that an unknown subject broke into a locked vehicle within the 400 block of S. Summit St. nothing was reported taken.
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Derick Jordan Damron, 18, of Bowling Green was cited for underage/under the influence of alcohol within the 100 block of N. Main St.
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Harbor, Ohio, was cited for public urination within the 400 block of E. Wooster St.
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Wolff said she would definitely use a service like this throughout the school year. “I think about the winter and think about getting a little closer to things,” Wolff said. “Even just getting around town would be good. I would like to get to places in town easily.” There is currently no committee dedicated to looking into the service, but is something that should be thought about, Larocque said. “I want to see the issue explored again and University administrators start conversation to make this happen to see if it could actually work,” Larocque said.
Prevention education programs are an important part of helping students stay safe. The Alcohol.Edu program that freshmen were required to complete before arriving on campus was introduced this year, Shaal said. The program covered how alcohol affects the body and possible consequences of drinking to one’s health and safety. The program was required by the Dean of Students’ Office, Shaal said. “Campus safety is pretty good. Nothing wrong happens here and everyone is nice,” freshman Gabriela Marin said. Marin appreciates some of the safety policies in the residence halls. “The policy of checking in with the front desk after midnight is good. Random people might try to come in and say ‘I lost my key.’ This way nobody gets in.” Any student with safety concerns should call University Police at 419372-2346.
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You know what annoyed me? The University of Toledo didn’t have enough seats for our band this weekend! — #UTPROBZ I hate how, when you go to a bar, all they play is LMFAO and Taio Cruz. That music sucks. Lame. — #HEAVY ROTATION Vomit in the fountain, food in the toilets and some ... mess on the seat. Seriously, girls, clean up after yourself! — #GIRLY AND GROSS The Sweet Shop at the Oaks needs to be open on Saturday. Better yet, they should be open 24/7. Honestly, the only thing I want at 3 a.m. on Saturday night is a double-scoop waffle cone and I’m not about ready to wait around for the sketchy ice cream truck to roll around. — WE ALL SCREAM I hate that a lot of the clubs only have one entrance and exit. Once you get inside, I swear it’s like third-world traffic in there; everyone is just out for themselves. I’m tired of brushing against bouncers when I’m trying to escape the club. — ENRAGING ENTRANCES It pisses me off when one of my roommates knows I’m having a guy friend over and she puts on her skimpiest clothes and flirts with him. I don’t even like this guy! He’s just my group partner, but you’re oggling him like a fresh piece of meat. — RISQUE ROOMIE What’s up, bro? I don’t know you, so why do you keep walking into my apartment? I wouldn’t mind if you were a friendly fellow, but you came in looking to pillage the women of the party and loot the alcohol. You’re not welcome here. You weren’t the first time, nor were you the fifth time. — LOOTING LOSER I have an idea as to how we could cut back on tuition! How’s about we stop running the sprinklers during thunderstorms and turn off the fountain after 11 P.M. Maybe then we could afford these hard-earned credit hours! — TRIMMING THE FAT
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Everyone, we survived. The world did not end, and the United States’ Armed Forces does not look like a song by the Village People. While I remove my tongue from my cheek let me clarify that I am referring to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), a law which prohibited gay, lesbian and bisexual soldiers from serving openly in the military. Nearly a year has passed since the congressional bill was approved and the first comprehensive academic study (completed by the Palm Center) has revealed that there has been “no overall negative impact on military readiness” or components like troop cohesion, recruitment, morale or harassment. You heard that right: the military has faced no net loss in morale, recruitment, retention and even though men and women are now able to openly serve, there has been no massive disclosure of sexual orientations. The Armed Forces are running as smoothly as ever. In fact, the study has found that the repeal has increased respect and understanding
for lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers, much to the dismay of socially conservative lawmakers. However, critics of the study have cited the time frame as being too small to see any real negative effects of the repeal of DADT. With this in mind, I would propose that “[the] most substantial report on the implications of gay service in the military across five countries with nondiscriminatory policies — Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Israel — concluded that openly gay soldiers do not disrupt unit cohesion and effectiveness.” Using the Israeli military, which requires mandatory service of all citizens, as a case study the long-term effects of LGB integration into the military can be viewed. A study from the International Society of Political Psychology found that while many soldiers were unaware of gay soldiers in their units when one was aware the units’ social cohesion was no different then when unaware. Now that the claim of the study’s time length is properly refuted, why are mainstream conservative movements still denouncing and calling for the reimplementation of the discriminatory policy? I’ll give you a hint: in the last sentence “dis-
criminatory” is the key word. It’s no big secret that the Republican party is not very inclusive toward members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community and when looking at the proponents campaigning for a reinstatement of DADT they tend to fall far right on the political spectrum. The views they perpetuate are misinformed with prejudice causing a cognitive dissonance between what they want to be true and what the facts actually show. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney was a fervent opponent to the repeal though he has claimed the reinstatement would be unnecessary, according to The Advocate magazine. Even with Romney’s assertion, the Republican National Convention approved a platform that was a bit hazy on what a Romney presidency would mean for LGB soldiers. Specifically, two passages from the GOP’s Platform made gayrights activists cringe, stating, “We reject the use of the military as a platform for social experimentation” and will conduct an “objective and openminded review of the current Administration’s management of military personnel policies and will correct problems with appropriate administrative, legal or legislative action.”
The Platform also maintains that the Defense of Marriage Act will be maintained in the military as well as at home, but that’s another matter entirely. Gov. Romney may have claimed the restoration of DADT is unnecessary, but given his record of flip-flopping I, along with many others concerned with military inclusiveness, am not convinced. Regardless of any biases, one holds toward LGB people, the facts are plain to see; openly serving as gay, lesbian, or bisexual in the United States’ Armed Forces has no negative effects on the troops and claiming anything more is rejecting reason for willful ignorance. I’m confident that anyone taking up the mantle of a soldier is a courageous and strong individual, and regardless of who they are emotionally, physically or spiritually attracted to, they have the betterment of their Nation and the world at heart. In closing, I would like to reflect on the epitaph of Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, which illustrates the consequences of DADT, “When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”
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Russia blocks UN intervention in Syria CASSIE SULLIVAN COLUMNIST
Let’s go back a little over a year, back to when the Arab Spring shook the media full force. Sudden protest movements came to life, showing the world how people were being treated in countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and not to mention, a lot of other Middle Eastern countries. In no time at all, the crisis in Egypt ended with their then president, Hosni Mubarak, stepping down from the presidency and fleeing the country. Now Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison but has been severely ill. Even though they fight for freedom, Egypt is forming a stronger, better government that is in favor of the people. While Egypt was tucked away with a simple 18-day revolution, the story isn’t the same when it comes to Libya’s revolution. While it did not take that long for Egypt to settle down and get a new order together,
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Libya’s president Muammar Gaddafi and his loyalists put a fight up against the rebels. For eight months, it was a struggle over territories between the loyalists and the rebels until three days after Gaddafi was killed in the city of Sirte on October 20th, 2011. An interesting topic when it comes to the involvement with Libya on the American front would be how the crisis was handled and the kind of military support that America offered. Working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), America’s approach was ass-backwards compared to other methods used previously. Instead of just putting boots on the ground, America limited the amount of personnel on the ground and used just air strikes to aid the rebels. So instead of being forced into a long, drawn out conflict in Libya, everything was taken care of at once, saving lives of our military and the tax payers’ money. But the conflicts in Syria have been ongoing for the past year and a half. With
more than 23,000 civilians killed in a seventeen month period, the Security Council (a main organ of the United Nations) vetoed involvement in Syria. Both China and Russia were against taking action, saying that it is not in the place of the UN to intervene in regime matters, and Russia and Syrian government have strong relations when it comes to military. The only Russian naval base in the Mediterranean Sea, which dates back to the Soviet era, is located in the port city of Tartus. In response to foreign military action, Syria has threatened to use their stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons. At the same time Obama says that if Assad, the president of Syria were to use those weapons against his civilians, there would be military intervention. On top of that, Syria has purchased an arsenal of modern weaponry from Russia, a deal worth billions of dollars. Besides the arms deal worth nearly 4 billion dollars, Russia and Syria are tied together economically by trade. Russia has a strong grasp on Syria’s infrastructure,
tourism and energy industries, along with natural gas projects worth billions of dollars. Along with Russia, Syria has an interesting relationship with China. Economically, China and Syria trade even though there are more imports from China to Syria then there are exports from Syria to China. And much like Russia, China has given Syria weapons and in the natural gas market. Yet, while hundreds of men, women and children die in Syria every day, the United Nations does nothing to step in and stop the deaths of the innocent at the hands of the government, when the whole purpose of the UN is to stop countries from committing such crimes against humanity. Since the UN said no, America cannot step in and put their foot down and save the lives of the Syrians that are either being killed or being forced to leave their home countries for refugee camps in the surrounding countries.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Falcons fall to arch-rival Toledo in 27-15 loss at UT By Michele Wysocki Sports Editor
It’s a game that’s gets a lot of hype and one that can cause just as much disappointment. BG made the 25-mile trip to the University of Toledo for the battle of I-75 on Saturday and the end result was not what the Falcons hoped for. The Rockets made an early dash to the scoreboard and went up 17-0 on the Falcons in
the first half. Head Coach Dave Clawson said there were three pivotal plays in the first half that changed the whole first half. After the Falcons punted the ball on their second drive, Toledo quarterback Terrance Owens connected with Alonzo Russell for a 66-yard touchdown. “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” running back Anthon
Samuel said. “They have good players, ever yone is on scholarship, we k new t hey were going to make plays and our mindset was just to respond and that what we came down and tried to do.” Samuel was the Falcons’ goto-guy on Saturday. He rushed for 112 yards, earning his seventh 100-yard game of his career and has 1,062 overall rushing yards,
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy.” Anthon Samuel | Running Back which makes him the 35th player in school histor y to break the 1,000-yard mark. BG bounced back in the second half, putting up 15 points, but couldn’t secure any points from its kicking staff.
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“I think we have ta lented k ickers,” Clawson sa id. “I think at some point they will get there but right now it’s obviously frustrating.” The Falcons have four kickers on scholarship right now and Clawson said they are certainly invested in the position. It’s hard to lose to an arch-rival,
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BG rugby out-runs Huskies Falcons earn win over NIU despite early troubles By Nicholas Vanderpool Reporter
The Falcons came out of DeKalb, Illinois with a 52-33 win over the Huskies after struggling early in the game Saturday. This was a highly anticipated college rugby match-up after Northern Illinois’s upset win over Ohio a week ago. BG was ranked No. 19 heading to Illinois to take on the No. 25 Huskies. The Rugby Magazine determines the rankings by a point system. The Super League scoring is calculated by wins
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RUGBY PLAYER stiff arms a defender in the attempt to take the ball up the field and score for the Falcons. The rugby team is currently undefeated and returns home for their next game against Ball State University on Saturday Sept. 22 at 1p.m.
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Volleyball steals back-to- BG Tennis competes in Murfield Collegiate Inv. “...it was a great back wins, loses to Purdue atmosphere and a By Jacob Beverly Reporter
Falcons were led by Paige Penrod with 54 kills By Max Householder Reporter
The BG Volleyball team was able to win consecutive matches for the first time all year as they defeated Jacksonville State and UAB each in four sets. Unfortunately for the Falcons, it did have to play a third game at the Purdue Active Ankle Challenge in which they were defeated by Purdue in three sets. Leading the way again for the Falcons was Junior Paige Penrod, who led the team with 54 kills on the weekend. The Falcons were able to win the match in the fourth set and almost closed things out in the third as they had a chance to get four match points. They eventually lost the third set 28-30 but rallied back in the fourth to get a 25-22 victory. “This was a great win for us for a couple of reasons,” BG Head Coach Danijela Tomic said. “First, we were able to win a very close first set, which we have struggled with in previous matches.” The Falcons were about to bounce back in the fourth set after losing a very close third set. “We are maturing as a team and this match was a perfect example of
that,” Tomic said. In the match, the Falcons hit .237 which puts them at 3-0 when at least hitting that high. In the second match Friday, BG took down Jacksonville State 25-27, 25-10, 25-18, 26-24. Leading the way on the attack again was Penrod with 21 kills and Danielle Tonyan wtih 20. Laura Avila was on the top of her game as well as she averaged over 12 assists per set for the third consecutive match. She posted 50 in the match and is just 29 away from having 2,000 assists in her career. Although the Falcons did win two matches in a row, that luck did not carry over into Saturday. On Saturday night, the Falcons were outmatched by Purdue in every way as they lost in three straight sets 25-17, 25-12, 25-22. We lost to a very good team that exploited all of our weaknesses in this match,” BG Head Coach Danijela Tomic said. “We cannot beat teams like Purdue and become a championship team if all of our players don’t show up to compete because we become a very predictable and onedimensional team.”
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Junior Emily Reuland had a successful second day as she led the way for the Falcons at the Muirfield Collegiate Tennis Invitational. Reuland went 4-0 in her matches, while the Falcons were 10-2 as a team. Rueland went 2-0 in her singles matches, advancing to the semifinals, and earned two more wins in doubles play as she teamed up with fellow junior Nikki Chiricosta. The two advanced to the finals in doubles play and will face the secondseeded team, Louisville’s Fellerhoff and Manuela Velasquez on Sunday. “The semifinal rounds of doubles began at 8 p.m. and were held under the lights. It made for a long day of tennis, but it was a great atmosphere and a great win for Nikki and Emily,” said BG Head Coach Penny Dean. Tiebreakers were the story of the day, as four of BG’s eight singles matches required a third-set super tiebreaker. Reuland won both tiebreaker matches, beating Ohio State’s Kelsey Dieters, the third seed, and Gabby Steele, the seventh seed. Reuland split sets 6-4 with Dieters before defeating her in the tiebreaker 11-9. In her matchup against Steele, Reuland dropped the first set 6-0, but bounced back and won the next
set 6-4 and the tiebreak set 14-12. “In her second match, she was able to come back and win after losing a 6-0 opening set. They played an incredibly long tiebreaker, and both players had multiple match points, but Emily came through and won it, and I couldn’t be more proud of her,” Dean said. The semi-finals match-up between Reuland and top-seeded Julie Fellerhoff of Louisville will take place Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. Chiricosta won her first match of the day with a win over Ohio State’s Noelle Malley in straight sets (6-4, 6-3), but saw her run in the singles main draw come to an end against second-seeded Becca Shine of Louisville. After losing in singles play, Chiricosta set her sights on doubles play. Chiricosta and Reuland teamed up for an 8-0 win over Eastern Kentucky, and then downed the top-seeded doubles team in the tournament in Ohio State’s Steele and Fidan Manashirova, 8-6, in semifinal-round action to advance to the finals. “Nikki and Emily played a very tough, back-and-forth match in the semifinals tonight,” Dean said. “They did a great job of staying focused and picking up the win.” In singles back-draw play, Eccleston picked up a pair of victories Saturday, including a straight-
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set win over Kelly Poggensee-Wei of Cincinnati. She then narrowly outlasted EKU’s Melissa Gerritsen. After winning the opening set, 6-4, Eccleston dropped the second set, 7-5, then fell behind in the tiebreaker, but rallied back for an 11-9 win. “Against a very good player, she was able to win five-straight points to take the tiebreaker and the match. It was a great performance,” Dean said. Brozovich lost her first match in a tiebreaker against EKU’s Kristina Labeja, falling, 10-7, but responded in her next match with a win over Sierra Sullivan of Cincinnati. The freshman won both sets, 6-2. In doubles back draw, Eccleston and Brozovich defeated the Bearcats’ Sullivan and Ashleigh Witte, 8-1. They then followed up with a victory over EKU’s Saioa Oscoz and Carmen Rodriguez, 8-5. So far in the first two days of the season, the Falcons are a combined 14-5, with a 9-4 singles mark and a 5-1 doubles record.
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BG walks away with a one goal shut out against the Vikings after being outshot 17-12
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The Falcons traveled to Cleveland on Friday to take on Cleveland State and come out of the match with a victory against the Vikings. It only took one goal by junior Anthony Grant in the 14th minute to shut down the Vikings. Senior Zach Lemke took a shot on goal, which was saved, and then Grant took the rebound opportunity and scored a goal for Bowling Green.
Junior goalkeeper Michael Wiest had five saves in the match and the BG defense stopped 12 other Cleveland State shots to secure the third shutout of the season. The Falcons were outshot by the Vikings, 17-12, and committed more fouls in the match. Head Coach Eric Nichols was happy with a win but emphasized how close the game was throughout. “Cleveland State offered some big challenges for us. They played a great brand of
soccer and attacked from a lot of different angles,” Nichols said. “In the first 10 or 15 minutes of the match, they were absolutely on top of us, and we had to sort some things out.” With a goal in the 14th minute, the Falcon defense had to bring their best efforts to keep the ball out of the goal. “There were some moments after that in which they sustained some pressure, and we bent at times, but we did not break.” Nichols said. With the win against the
Cleveland State Vikings, BG’s record improves to 2-2-2 and gives the Falcon’s momentum for their next match. “I am very pleased that we were able to close this game and get the win.” Nichols said. “We were able to go into Cleveland State and beat a very good team at their place in their home opener. This is a very substantial win for us.” The Falcons return to Cochrane Stadium on Tuesday for a match against the Detroit Titans at 7 p.m.
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Women’s team places second, men’s places sixth By Cameron Teague “I am really Robinson Reporter happy; it was The women’s cross counanother solid try team had a solid meet Saturday at the Buffalo race I feel we Stampede Invitational, were able to finishing second out of five teams, while the take that next men finished fifth out of six teams. step,” “Our top four girls did a great job working together,” said coach Lou Snelling. “Abby [Koch] was two off of the win, we would like to see more moves from her mid-race to put her in a better spot to be able to win. When we come back in the next two weeks we’ll hopefully see those moves happen.” For the women, they had four runners finish in the top 15, with Koch leading the way with a time of 18:03.9 and a third place finish. Following her were Jasmine Redman in ninth, Andrea Alt in 10th and Kendra Kezur in 12th all within six seconds of each other. The women’s team continued to improve this weekend as they ran their second 5K in two weeks. “The girls took a nice step from two weeks ago,”
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Lou Snelling | Coach said coach Lou Snelling. “We have to keep taking steps in the next week.” The mens’ leader was senior Josh Franek who finished 21st with a time of 26:00.7. He was followed by freshman Tim Jurick who was only .4 seconds behind him. “The guys did fairly well today; their times were solid,” Snelling said. “Freshmen were in top five for us and both did good job in making decisions.” The cross country teams will be back in action September 29 in Cedarville, Ohio for the All-Ohio championships. “I am really happy; it was another solid race, I feel we were able to take that next step,” Snelling said.
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VOLLEYBALL From Page 4 The Boilermakers hit an astonishing .296 and even out dug the Falcons 43-34. The only glimpses of hope for BG was in the second set when they led by one 7-6, and in the third when they led 21-16 late in the match. However, the Boilermakers
showed why they are a national title contender in closing out each of those matches down the stretch. With the loss, the Falcons fall to 4-7 on the year and will open up both their home schedule and the MAC schedule next Friday night when they host Ohio. They will also be home next Saturday when they host the Kent State Golden Flashes.
and tries. Four points are added to the team’s score every win they achieve. If they score a certain number of tries, the team will be rewarded with a bonus point to their score. As of today, the Falcons stand strong with 10 points in the Super League scoring system. BG got off to a slow start on Saturday. Northern Illinois jumped out to a 12-0 lead, so the Falcons had to make adjustments and step up their game to outlast the Huskies. Mike Brown had two crucial tries after halftime, and Mike Powell had three penalty kicks and four conversions on the day. This was a huge win for the Falcons because NIU is one of the contenders to compete for the MidAmerican Conference Championship at the end of the season. Ohio Universit y had
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SPECIAL TEAMS players try to block a UT field goal in the first half of the game on Saturday. The Falcons missed their own field goal when they attempted in the first quarter.
but for defensive tackle Chris Jones, this rivalry game was his last. “I really wanted to come out with this win, but we didn’t,” Jones said. “It really is tough but you have to persevere to get through it.” Any loss is emotional, but the intensity this particular game brings makes
a big w in against Ball State on Saturday, as they beat the Cardinals 68-24. The Huskies were good compet it ion to prepare for the Bobcats in a few weeks. BG had to play without one of their key players on the field. Matt Marquette was ruled out of the game with a face injury. Falcons’ fly half, Mitch Sora, filled that void, but Coach Mazzarella decided to play him at fullback rather than fly half. “He’s not the biggest guy in the world, but he’s a deadly tackler out there,” said Roger Mazzarella, director of rugby. Sora was thrilled to be on the field, but he knows he can’t be Matt. He has to be himself. “To be honest, Marquette is just too much of a legend,” Sora said. “He’s just a great guy all around.” Now t he Fa lcons are starting to get into rhythm as the season is well under way. Next week they return home to face Ball State at 1 p.m.
it hurt a little more than most and it’s even more of a reason why Jones said he has to keep his composure for his teammates because he is a leader. “I cant let myself get down. If I get down, (the) guys are going to see that and think the game is over. So whenever something like that happens, I have to keep myself up and play harder than ever, pick up the intensity so the guys follow along,” Jones said.
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GAFFIGAN From Page 1 a group of friends. Although Panning said the price was steep, it was still worth it. “$35-40 is a bit much to go see a comedy show, but it was so worth it,” said Panning. “He’s my favorite comedian; we laughed so hard we cried. I was so excited when he added the Hot Pockets skit. “Best night ever,” Panning continued. “I was searching all over the Internet for locations where Jim Gaffigan’s tour was going to be, so when I found out that it was Bowling Green, I jumped at the chance to see my favorite comedian and return to my alma mater.
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I even saw some of my old professors; it was excellent.” One of Gaffigan’s signature jokes is about the Hot Pocket sandwich. Hot Pockets are a blessing and a curse, Gaffigan said. “If you have one for lunch, you’ll be dead by dinner,” said Gaffigan. “Beware of the Death Pocket.” While Gaffigan mentioned the University during his performance, he kept mentioning Hot Pockets throughout his performance. “Besides BGSU and all of its’ weird traditions, undying spirit and bold squirrels, one of my favorite things to talk about is the almighty Hot Pocket. It makes me excited,” said Gaffigan.
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