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Living off campus cheaper alternative Prices of residence halls vary from $5,160 to $7,240 for academic year By Eric Lagatta Campus Editor
After students fulfill their required two years of on-campus residency, many like Amber Herron and Natalie Brown weigh the costs and benefits of campus life— but mostly the costs. Both Herron and Brown, sophomores, went to the Housing Fair on Nov. 13 to look for off-campus housing. They agree that living on campus
gets pricey, which is why they’ve begun looking for cheaper options off campus. Herron lives at Falcon Pointe this year, located off Klotz Road behind The Enclave. She resided at McDonald Hall her freshman year before moving off campus this year to save money. While Herron uses her credit card more for food and other items, she’s still noticed a significant difference in price since moving off campus.
“I think I’m spending more with my credit card, but it’s still definitely cheaper,” she said. Brown lives at Falcon Heights, which costs $3,095 a semester for a double and $3,620 for a single, making it the most expensive residence hall on campus. “It’s too much,” she said. “I think there are a lot of other options.” The BG News compiled all the
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GSS discusses Affordable Care Act
Employees from the Student Insurance Office discussed the Affordable Care Act’s upcoming changes to health insurance at the last Graduate Student Senate general meeting of the semester Friday afternoon. Tammy Ford, student insurance representative for the Student Insurance Office, said students should prepare for the changes by visiting HealthCare.gov and reviewing the insurance plan options before the changes take place Jan. 1. Ohio has five plans: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Catastrophic.
The premiums for the plans range anywhere from $200 to $450 a month, she said. Out of state students should check the insurance options for their states at HealthCare.gov, she said. Ford said the University student health insurance plan through United Health will continue to meet minimum requirements so users will not have to pay a penalty. Students enrolled in the student plan can waive for the spring semester but must do so before Dec. 15, she said. A series of forums will be hosted in January for students to ask questions. Students can contact the Student Insurance Office at 419-372-7495 for more information about the changes. The next GSS meeting will be Jan. 24 in the McFall Gallery from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Dining halls cater to community members, reduce student costs
Church, windmill among structures transformed into houses in city
The Oaks’, Dunkin’ Donuts’ sales increase By Dominic Binkley Reporter
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THE CHURCH house on Manville Avenue still has working bells in the steeple. Students live in the house and appreciate it for the wide open space inside.
from building to home By Alex Traczyk Reporter
Students aren’t the only people lining up to pile food on their plates at University dining halls. Ever since The Oaks and Carillon Place opened their doors in 2011, more members of the community have been choosing to eat their meals on campus. Dining Services has used a “deliberate strategy” during the past two years to expose dining halls as viable options to community members, said Mike Paulus, director of Dining Services. Before The Oaks complex, it was a challenge to get community members to eat on campus because of a lack of parking, Paulus said. The location of The Oaks at the corner of campus and the addition of more parking has led to an increase in community members, he said. Dunkin’ Donuts has also helped attract members of the community who make up 32 percent of the restaurant’s sales, he said. Paulus said community members allow dining halls to serve a “12-month function” because there are so few students on campus during the summer. Dining Services would be a 12-month business with only nine months of income if it weren’t for community members. Community members also help keep meal costs down for students, he said. “If I can increase the overall revenue to Dining Services on campus, I reduce the need to increase costs to my residents,” he said. Magdy AbouZied, general manager of The
See DINING | Page 2 Living in just a plain old house is becoming boring for some students at the University. Now some people are moving on to more interesting places, like churches, windmills and even an old crematorium. Jeena Kim, graduate student and instructor of popular culture at the University, finds it interesting that people live in such places. “I suspect that people appreciate the individuality that comes with living in a house that used to be a church or a windmill. Everyone wants to be someone,” Kim said. The residents of the church house said they wanted the house because of the reputation it has. Senior William Forrester lives in the church house and explained there was nothing too surprising about it. “We visited the house and it was huge. We knew the reputation that it was a party house and that is what we liked about it,” Forrester said. The house is an open floor plan with high ceilings, four bedrooms and two bathrooms all on the main floor. The bell tower can still be accessed through a little attic crawl space when first entering the house, and the bell still does ring. Senior Alex Howard also lives at the church house. He had no doubts at all about living there. “People just need to realize that it is not a church anymore. It’s just a big house that we can throw the football around in the living room,” Howard said.
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Holiday parade brings students, residents together People travel from across state to attend By Amirah Adams Reporter
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THE WINDMILL on Clough Street looks out across a pond and is currently empty and for rent.
FLYING HIGH IN YPSILANTI The BG football team defeated the Eastern Michigan University Eagles 58-7 on Saturday in its second to last regular season game. The Falcons take on the University of Buffalo on Friday for the MAC East Division title. | PAGE 3
THANKSGIVING MATTERS Columnist Davood Dadfar explains how Thanksgiving is different for people. But the meaning of the underlying message includes considering one’s values during the holiday season. | PAGE 4
Numerous families bundled in coats and blankets lined Main Street early Saturday morning. The Bowling Green Holiday Parade occurred this past Saturday downtown. The theme for the parade was “Santa’s Toy Box.” Gerry Nwatkin, an international student at the University, wasn’t planning to go on the parade. “I came to get a haircut,” Nwatkin said. “I didn’t even know this was going on.” Other first-timers to the parade included Barbara and Danny Deakins from Garrettsville, Ohio. “We come from a very small town,” Barbara said. “This is a great parade; people in our town would love this.” Some students who attended the parade were involved with it during previous years. Senior Eric Juzkiw was there supporting Not in Our Town, and some of the people in the organization walked in the parade. “I walked in the parade my freshman year and volunteered my sophomore year,” Juzkiw said.
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What is the oddest kind of house you can imagine? “An underwater house.” Colin Schwartz Freshman, Biology
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As an auxiliary to the University, Residence Life receives no state money and has to raise its funds alone, Waters said. The majority of that revenue comes from the rates students pay to live on campus. That money goes into a large pot to be allocated back out from Residence Life funds to each individual residence hall. Waters is aware of the financial burden some students have, which is why she and her office try to keep costs down as best they can, she said. “We know it’s a large investment,” Waters said. “Our office is very serious about being good stewards of money.” The BG News compared on-campus residences to three similar off-campus residences. These rates do not include utilities, while residence hall rates do. At Mecca properties, the average cost for one person living in a two-bedroom apartment is approximately $300 a month, based on rates on its website. Within nine
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months, residents will pay $2,700 in rent. At Newlove Realty, a 12-month lease for a one bedroom apartment starting in August 2014 ranges between $305 and $365 per month. The rent at Copper Beech town homes is as low as $275 per month for a four bedroom and as much as $459 for a two bedroom. Copper Beech also provides residents with cable and internet. “I’ve been told it’s cheaper to live off campus,” said Kyle Young, a leasing agent at Copper Beech. “We try to keep it affordable for students.” Residence Life has an operating budget this year of more than $25 million. The $25 million budget goes to things such as utilities, ITS bandwidth, furniture replacement, renovations and programming for residents. Fifteen percent, or nearly $4 million of the budget, goes to utilities, according to a budget report provided by Residence Life. Debt comprises 14.5 percent [$3,745,421] of the bud-
get. A portion of that includes the $10 million McDonald Hall renovation that was completed at the beginning of the semester. Other debt is from projects like the roof on Founders Hall and the elevators in Offenhauer Halls. University overhead receives 13 percent of the budget [$3,347,375]. This is a general service charge that goes to general fees. All auxiliaries have to make a contribution to general fees, Waters said. This year, the overhead fee for Residence Life was reduced by $350,000, she said. Residence Life also funds a portion of Greek Life, as $326,000 of its budget supports programming in the Office of the Dean of Students. While Residence Life must raise its own revenue, “It also helps the greater University as well,” Waters said. “It’s about long-term planning,” she said, “so we can continue to invest in the environment for students to improve that out-of-class environment.”
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Wide receiver Ronnie Moore runs the ball down the field during one of his three touchdowns against EMU.
Falcons defeat Eastern Michigan by 51 points in cross-divisional conference matchup, win sets up high stakes game against University of Buffalo By Alex Krempasky Sports Editor
The BG football team boosted its record to 8-3 (6-1 MAC) with a lopsided 58-7 victory against Mid-American Conference opponent, the Eastern Michigan University Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Saturday. The Falcons went into Rynearson Stadium ready to play against the Eagles following two consecutive wins against the Miami University RedHawks on Nov. 5 (45-3) and the Ohio University Bobcats on Nov. 12 (49-0). “The team focused and were ready to go from the whistle,” head coach Dave Clawson said. “To me, we looked like a team who was excited to play today.” BG started the game with a 30-yard field goal by kicker Tyler Tate after its first drive of the day stalled after eight plays for 63 yards. Eastern Michigan’s first drive went nowhere and the Eagles were forced to punt and thanks to the strong, blowing wind, the ball rolled from the 10-yard line to the one-yard line. The Falcons tried to get the ball outside of the 10-yard line,
but quarterback Matt Johnson threw an interception to EMU middle linebacker Sean Kurtz who returned the ball 10 yards for the Eagles’ only score of the game. Once Johnson and the Falcons got the ball back, it took them 19 seconds to take the lead back from the Eagles. On the second play of the drive, Johnson threw a pass to Ronnie Moore who then ran the ball into the end zone 74 yards away. Moore’s name came up a second time at the end of the first quarter after he caught another pass from Johnson, which resulted in a 22-yard score to put BG ahead 17-7 at the end of the quarter. After a quick start in the first quarter, BG would continue to dominate Eastern Michigan in the second quarter. Tate kicked a 34-yard field goal to start the second quarter scoring run. Later in the quarter, running back Travis Greene ran 28 yards into the end zone for his first of two touchdowns on the day. With 1:34 remaining in the half, Johnson and Moore connected again for a 34-yard touchdown pass, marking Moore’s third of the half. This score put BG up 34-7 at halftime against Eastern Michigan.
Following halftime, BG continued to build upon its lead, thanks in part to the poor performance by Eastern Michigan. Greene started the Falcons off in the second half with a two-yard touchdown run more than five minutes into the half. About five minutes later, Tate hit his third field goal of the game, this time from 29 yards out, which put BG up 44-7 with 4:47 remaining in the third quarter. On Eastern Michigan’s following drive, quarterback Brogan Roback was sacked by BG defensive lineman Izaah Lunsford and fumbled the ball. Defensive Will Watson returned the fumble for 37 yards and scored BG’s final touchdown of the third quarter. After three quarters, BG led Eastern Michigan 51-7. The intensity of the game began to decline as the Falcons began to put the game away in the fourth quarter. On BG’s only score of the fourth quarter, running back Willie Houston ran 44 yards for his 11th touchdown and longest run of the season. This single run was longer than all of his previous 10 rushing touchdowns combined.
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Men’s basketball loses on road against St. Louis University Loss marks second straight during weekend By Cameron Teague Robinson Assistant Sports Editor
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Miriam Justinger defends a Niagara University player during the Falcons’ 90-58 victory against the Purple Eagles on Nov. 15.
Falcons defeat Buckeyes, Monarchs in Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge
Women’s basketball team earns two wins, suffers one loss during weekend tournament in Columbus By Tara Jones Reporter
The BG women’s basketball team went 2-1 during the Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, with wins against host Ohio State University on Sunday and Old Dominion on Saturday. BG also came away with its first loss of the season, being defeated by Marist College on Friday [Nov. 22]. The Falcons move to 6-1 on the season. Marist defeated the Falcons 74-60 on Friday night. The Red Foxes claimed their first win of the season and handed
the Falcons their first loss on Friday night. The game was close for most of the night, with 11 lead changes between the two teams. The major difference in the game came at the free throw line. Marist shot 78.3 percent from the line and went 18-23 on the game. BG converted on 5 of 12 free throw attempts, shooting 41.7 percent. On Saturday, the Falcons got a 77-58 victory against Old Dominion. BG took the lead over the Monarchs within the first minute and never trailed. Senior Jill Stein and redshirt sophomore Erica Donovan each recorded a double-dou-
ble on the night, both posting career-high rebounds. Stein finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Donovan had a game-high 18 points and added 12 rebounds. Bowling Green went 19-for31 from the free throw line while ODU finished with six makes on 10 attempts. The Falcons also out-shot the Monarchs from both inside and outside the arc. BG also held a 44 to 30 advantage on the boards. The Falcons defeated host Ohio State University on Sunday by a score of 64-52. BG went 12-of-21 from three point range compared to
OSU’s 4-of-12. Despite BG out-shooting the Buckeyes, OSU stayed in the game at the free throw line. The Buckeyes shot 92.3 percent from the line and converted on 24 of 26 attempts. The Falcons reached their highest lead of the game at 14 points with about nine minutes left in the second half. OSU cut the lead to nine with 3:30 left, but Miriam Justinger hit two three-pointers followed by one from Jasmine Matthews to seal the game for the Falcons. Senior Jillian Halfhill said
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The BG men’s basketball team was stifled offensively to the tune of 18 turnovers against the Saint Louis Billikens. The Falcons could not overcome their 18 turnovers, a season-high, which led to 18 Billikens points as they defeated the Falcons 74-47 on Saturday night at the Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, Mo. “St. Louis is a good team and against good teams you have to play well,” head coach Louis Orr said. BG falls to 1-3 overall on the season and 0-2 so far in the Cancun Challenge, while Saint Louis remains unbeaten at 5-0. The loss snaps BG’s winning streak against the Billikens at four games. S ophomor e forward Spencer Parker scored 13 points. Richaun Holmes and Anthony Henderson each scored nine points on what was a tough shooting game for the Falcons as they shot 18-54 on the night. Center Cameron Black hauled in eight r e b ou n d s , wh i le
Henderson and JD Tisdale each had multiple steals during the game. The Billikens had three players in double figures in Dwayne Evans with 14 points, as Tanner Lancona and Mike McCall Jr. finished with 12 and 11 points each. BG was 0-of-6 shooting to start the game but overcame that start, to cut into an 11-3 Billikens’ lead with a 6-2 run, capped off by a junior guard Jehvon Clarke layup to put the visitors down just four points at 13-9 with 9:16 to play in the opening half. “The first half of basketball for us was the best defensive half of the year,” Orr said. “That was the first half against a Division I team when we held a team under 50 percent shooting.” After cutting the Saint Louis lead to three at 22-19, the Billikens answered with a three-pointer from Austin McBroom to jumpstart a 7-0 run to finish the half out and take a 29-19 lead into the break. BG started the second half with a follow up tipin by Holmes to cut the Billikens lead to single digits at 29-21. Yet the
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “Charlie’s house from ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.’”
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So Miley Cyrus bleached her eyebrows. And the pathetic attempt to be “edgy” continues. People, it feeds on attention. If you ignore it, it’ll go away. -Let’s get over this This semester seems to be dragging on and on. #IT’SALMOSTOVER The administration made a new rule that classes are required to meet during exam week. I only have one exam this semester and it’s on Monday, so now, instead of going home to see my family, I get to stay until Friday just to go to a class, turn in a paper and leave. -I wanna go home It was freezing and windy Friday, so I thought I’d drive to my last class and park in the lot near the library. But when I got there, I didn’t have enough quarters to park, and when I tried to cancel, the machine ate my quarters. I then had to drive home and bike to class. I don’t know how I wasn’t late. #ITSCOLDOUT Why can’t we just have the whole week for Thanksgiving off? -Two days, really? Walking from my house to my car, my hair froze while it was still wet. #TOOCOLD The fact that the heat in my house doesn’t reach my room. -Freezing to death Thanks, work, for giving me the entire week off. I’ve already had the past two weekends off . . it’s not like I need money or anything. #GOODBYECRAPJOB Customers who don’t respond to me when I talk to you: I am trying to be nice. The least you could do is be nice back. #COMMONCOURTESY
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It may seem cliché to write a column about Thanksgiving the week before break, but I believe some of our most vivid and cherished memories in our lives are shaped around the dinner table with our families. Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday that’s based on this simple tradition, but also the only holiday that hasn’t become fully commercialized by retailers, making it much easier to appreciate for what it is: a celebration of family ties.
For most students who go home, Thanksgiving break involves gathering around a dinner table, having a turkey dinner and catching up with family. Often this very simple habit goes under-appreciated while we’re young and foolish, thinking life is still moving too slowly to impact our family ties. Even when we try to be conscious of this fact, we neglect what Thanksgiving could mean for other families. For others, Thanksgiving may resemble a time of conflict in which they realize how distant they are or have become within their families. Some students may have chosen to pursue a univer-
Technology offers different points of view DEREK SUTTER COLUMNIST The amount of technological developments driving the past several centuries has served to advance the welfare of humankind. Improvements in agricultural technology have increased food supply and quality while also liberating the time and energy of many persons for other positive pursuits. Revolutions in transportation and communication technology allow people, information and dialogues to be carried around the world at previously unimaginable speeds. The 20th century developments in medical aspects— especially new vaccines— contributed to the dramatic rise in American life expectancy. That well-earned praise aside, technology is a double-edged sword. While new gadgets and apparatuses aid us, many also have an alarming and regretful capacity to destroy when in the hands of the wrong individuals. The airplane— a machine developed in just this past century— serves as one of the great connections to exciting adventure. Yet we all remember 9/11, when religious radicals used this technology to kill thousands of American civilians. Of course, fear of technology is not a novelty. Many people once
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believed that microwave ovens caused cancer. Please allow me to clarify. I have no fear of microwave ovens. In fact, I sleep just above one. What does concern me, however, is the vast amount of power that technology grants to individuals, regardless of their sanity. The combination of technology and biological information make for an environment ripe for the development of some uncontrollable virus. The knowledge of how to create a nuclear weapon is widely available; one need only find the materials. As the power of technology grows, the power of radicals grows with it, as a frightening fire swells with its facilitating fuel. If it is not already the case today, it will soon be that the greatest threat to all humankind rests haplessly at the intersection of advanced technology and a few worrisome individuals. Ultimately, one must conclude that there is a certain safety in collectivism, that the capacity to self-destruct is not within all or most of us at any one time. For that reason, governments should exercise greater control of new technologies. As for the human race in general, I advise slowing down, and from time to time taking stock of what exactly we are creating, rather than myopically developing whatever promises a profit. Respond to Derek at thenews@bgnews.com
sity education just to get away from their homes and to become nothing like the people who raised them. They may have come from divorced families and dread the thought of even spending time with separated parents. Others may be spending their Thanksgiving visiting sick relatives in hospitals who probably won’t be around to see next year. Some may be reminded of the Thanksgivings they spent with loved ones who passed away, the reminiscence of which won’t be in sorrow but in happiness and appreciation of what they actually have in the present, today. These situations aren’t the case for most students, but it
isn’t unlikely that they could be. Interestingly enough, Thanksgiving is the only holiday that puts our entire family life into perspective without the gift exchanges and excess candy. So, even though turkey is a dry bird that leaves you in a sleepy daze, and every year the cranberry sauce never seems to have the right balance of sweetness and tart, Thanksgiving is at least worth celebrating and cherishing for its simple emphasis on family and its lesson that it teaches us all: in life, the simple things are the most valuable.
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Too much consumerism hurts people, society CASSIE SULLIVAN FORUM EDITOR
Often times, I like to take what I’m learning in class and apply it to the real world. Well-timed, consumerism is the topic of discussion in one of my classes. With the holidays coming up, I am blown away by what companies want us to do to keep fueling the economy. It’s not just holiday shopping, but commercials and what is suggested of the consumers to do; to go out and buy what is being advertised. Do people really need the newest iPhone or the latest model cars when what they have now is still usable, just out of date? Companies are fueled by ensuring that their items can be replaced in a short amount of time. Without this, companies would struggle to survive. They wouldn’t have a market if their product was made to be good enough quality that it would last longer than three months, six months or a year. I’ve noticed this through a certain medium— through commercials. Watching television with commercials is something I don’t do too often. But when I do, I watch the commercials and figure out how the advertisers are trying to tell me why I need their product. Is it because the product I have is out of date or
that I don’t even own it? Is it because my life will be better if I buy this product, while in reality, I am lowering my own happiness by buying something I can’t afford or don’t actually need? The overall happiness of Americans has gone downhill since the 1950’s, when consumerism began playing a big and important role in American lives. The country’s prosperity was great; Americans had disposable income that made it possible for them to buy the items they wouldn’t have purchased before. Since then, the economy has grown because of the need to be happy with material items and it continues to grow. Commercials tell us what we need to buy, the people around us show us what we could have and all the while we continue to throw hard-earned money down the drain, along with many other issues that arise with consumerism and overconsumption. While I have not brought up how to make changes to one’s own consumption patterns, something has to change. Consumerism doesn’t just hurt the wellbeing of individuals, society and economy, but also the environmental impact being left behind by the gathering of natural resources that are turned into the products we use and the refuse created from what we discard.
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Wide receiver Ryan Burbrink sprints past three Eastern Michigan defenders during the Falcons’ 58-7 rout of the Eagles this past Saturday.
FOOTBALL From Page 3 BG finalized the game by defeating the Eastern Michigan Eagles 58-7. It was the Falcons’ largest point differential since their 70-7 win against the Temple University Owls on Oct. 1, 2005. Moore ended the game with 174 yards receiving and three touchdowns through the air. Moore stepped into the higher position following multiple injuries to veteran
WOMEN’S From Page 3 her team was looking forward to the Ohio State matchup the most in the challenge. She added that it was a great feeling to hear the Bowling Green fans chant at the conclusion of the game. “It was good to hear them,” Halfhill said. “They stayed the whole game [and] they’re great fans. We feed off of them. They’re like our sixth man, so having them is awesome.”
receivers. “The more he learns, the more we can get him involved,” Clawson said. “Part of it is [Moore] and part of it is necessity. You’re down Chris Gallon, Jared Cohen and today Heath Jackson. Ronnie Moore had to play a bigger role and he played well.” Moore’s three touchdowns marked the first time since BG’s 2011 game against the Morgan State University Bears in which a BG player scored three or more touchdowns.
“Heath Jackson went down so coach told me next man up,” Moore said. “I stepped up and I just played my game.” Another fact to note is that Greene’s 126 rushing yards against Eastern Michigan puts him at third all-time in single season rushing yards with 1,293 rushing yards on the season. The all-time mark of 1,444 yards was set by Fred Durig in 1951. The BG defense held Eastern Michigan to one complete pass in 18
Head coach Jennifer Roos said her team can benefit from this tournament-style challenge come time for the Mid-American Conference Tournament in March. “This tournament was extremely difficult because all three teams are extremely talented [and] extremely well-coached.” The Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge will continue for the Falcons as they travel to Massachusetts next weekend. BG will take on Monmouth on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.
Monmouth comes into the game at 0-6. Monmouth competed in the Challenge at the Connecticut site, and went 0-3. The Hawks were defeated by St. Bonaventure, Connecticut and Boston University in the Challenge. Monmouth also has losses at home to Yale and Wagner, and a loss to Delaware on the road. The Hawks return eight letterwinners, including just one starter, from a 2012-13 team that finished 15-15 overall and 12-6 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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attempts, totaling four passing yards in the game. The Eagles totaled 65 offensive yards during the game. This game marked Eastern Michigan’s lowest attended game with 1,751 fans in attendance. The Falcons have one more road game to win before they can clinch the MAC East Division title, which will be against the University of Buffalo on Friday. The winner of that game will represent the East Division in Detroit on Dec. 6.
Men’s From Page 3 Billikens answered with an 8-0 run to pull out to a 16 point lead at 37-21 with 16:44 to go. Less than 30 seconds later, back-to-back layups by Clarke and Henderson in a 10 second stretch put the visitors down just 12
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at 37-25. That would be as close as the Falcons would get as the Billikens, who shot 60 percent (18-of-30) from the floor overall in the second half, continued to pull towards the end of the second half. BG (1-3) will return to action on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26, as the
Falcons will take on the Presbyterian College Blue Hose at 12:30 p.m. EST in the first game of the Mayan Division of the 2013 Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” Orr said. “This is the start of the story, this is the first chapter and it’s not the last.”
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THE ANTHONY Wayne Marching Generals head down Main Street during the BG holiday parade on Saturday.
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More than 40 floats and more than 140 businesses and organizations participated in the parade. Susie Biller, of Tiffin, Ohio, has been coming to the parade for more than 14 years. “My son was in the parade with Grand Rapids High School this year,” Biller said. “The parade is great. I always love it.” Other community members also enjoy the parade every year. “I’ve been coming to this parade for about over a dozen years or so,” said Roger Williams, a member of Power Yesteryear Tractors Club. “I come whenever I can make it.” Power Yesteryear Tractors Club has been involved with the Holiday Parade for the past four or five years, Williams said. During the parade, more people were
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ODD From Page 1 The church house isn’t the only interesting house in Bowling Green. Even though there are no current residents at the windmill house on Clough St., students are still interested in its uniqueness. Evan Spooner, who is a senior at the University, recently walked through the house. “The house is really small. There are three floors and the kitchen and a bathroom are on the main floor,” Spooner said. He also explained that to get to the third floor bedroom you have to climb a horizontal ladder. The house may have been interesting, but the rent was too much for Spooner’s liking. Stephen Foraker, who is the landlord at the windmill house and has been for the past 23 years, said past residents were satisfied with living there. He also believes that people will continue to rent it out. Another house that may be considered odd would be a blue house on North Prospect. Senior Tony Thomas lived in the house this past year and said it used to be a crematorium. “My roommate thought it was haunted and having a basement called ‘Mary’s Hell’ wasn’t that great either,” Thomas said. He would prefer living in a house that used to be a windmill or a house that used to be a church to a house that used to burn dead bodies. Forrester explained that he just sees the church house as a house, not for what it used to be. “People just need to know that people inside the houses have made them homes,” he said.
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