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Jill Carr to retire after 39 years
University President Mary Ellen Mazey announced Tuesday that Vice President for Student Affairs Jill Carr will retire after nearly 40 years at the school. Carr has been with the University since 1976, the announcement said. She received her master’s degree here in Bowling Green. “Jill has been a valuable Jill mentor to many higher Carr education administration Vice and college student perPresident of sonnel students,” Mazey’s Student announced said. “I have appreciated Jill’s thoughtAffairs ful, compassionate and calm demeanor and her institutional memory.” Sidney Childs, the current assistant vice president for student affairs for access, diversity and inclusion programs, has accepted the position of interim vice president for student affairs. Childs, according to the announcement, has been with the University since 1992. He has experience advising, budget management, grant acquisition and oversight of student programs. “I know he will bring many of the qualities we value in Jill to the job,” the announcement said. Check out The BG News on Monday for the full story on Carr’s retirement.
Nick Jonas performs at University UAO brings “Jealous” singer to Stroh Crystal Chlebina Reporter
Pop sensation Nick Jonas filled the Stroh Center Tuesday night during his performance at the University. Hours before Nick Jonas had arrived in Bowling Green, fans circled around the Stroh Center to ensure they got the best seats. After the doors opened at 6 p.m, fans made their way to the head of the stage to run to their seats. Un iversit y Ac t iv it ies Organization planned the event and chose Nick Jonas as the per-
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Eliot Chang comes to University Asian-american comic performs for Asian Heritage Month By Hannah Benson Reporter
The World Student Association sponsored a performance by comedian Eliot Chang on Tuesday night as part of AsianAmerican Heritage Month. The show announcer provided a warning to the audience before introducing Chang. “If you are easily offended, you need to leave right now.” When he took the stage in the multipurpose room of the union, Chang acknowledged his performance being held on the same night as the Nick Jonas concert. “Thank you for picking me over Nick Jonas,” he said. Much of Chang’s set played on racial stereotypes. Some of the Asian-American stereotypes he played on included height, occupation, appearance, population, food and sex. Kiara Esselman, WSA vice president, said Chang contacted the organization last year and they have been working together since to make this performance happen. “We thought he was a good fit because he has a multicultural background,” Esselman said. “It brings more diversity to the campus and it helps him get his name out there.” Kobe Huynh, WSA president, said in addition to Chang’s performance, WSA is celebrating Asian-American Heritage
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Month by partnering with other Asian organizations on campus for a potluck on Friday. Chang poked fun at himself throughout the show. “I’ll do your laundry ... Obviously,” he said. He said he does not get recognized as famous often and used racial stereotypes to emphasize it. “We recognize you because your face resembles four billion other people,” he said. “I can never stand too close to another Asian because everyone thinks we know each other.” The New York native, whose original career path was to become a doctor, dropped out of school one year before he became a medical doctor to pursue comedy. He now lives in Los Angeles and has appeared on Comedy Central and Chelsea Lately. The Bowling Green wind left an impression on Chang and made it into Chang’s act. “It’s windy outside; we lost three people on the way here. Make it worth it,” he said, impersonating the audience. He also touched on his experiences with people saying things to him that are “almost racist” in an attempt to prove they are not racist. “I have a friend who actually told me, ‘you’re the first Asian I like enough to call my friend.”
CAMPUS BRIEF
Alumnus wins Pulitzer
Anthony Doerr, an 1995 University alumnus, has received the 2015 Pulitzer prize for fiction writing.
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ELIOT CHANG has performed on Comedy Central Presents, and has appeared on Chelsea Lately.
Not only did Chang play on Asian stereotypes, but African-American stereotypes as well. He impersonated “sassy black women,” by saying they say “Hey!” and dance after everything they say. Senior Asian Studies major A.J. Gordon said she enjoyed the performance and this was her favorite joke. “It’s nice to see more Asian-Americans in comedy,” Gordon said. “I’m going to tell all my friends about the sassy black women joke.”
The winning novel, titled All the Light We Cannot See, was released last year to considerable critical acclaim. The book takes place in Nazi-occupied France, and follows a young blind French girl and a young German boy. Doerr was in Paris when he found out about his winning the prize. He told the Wall
Street Journal that getting the award was “crazy.” After majoring in history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Doerr earned an MFA in Bowling Green. All the Light We Cannot See was a finalist in the National Book Award for Fiction, but lost to Redeployment by Phil Klay.
Ohio was center of measles outbreak last year M. Ahmad Chaudhry
By Jon Stinchcomb Reporter
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PROFESSOR JOYCE Barry talks Tuesday night in the Union theater about mountain-top removal as it pertains to environmental justice and feminism.
FALCONS SWEEP MASTODONS The BG Softball team wins two games on Tuesday behind a big day from sophomore pitcher Briana Combs. The team moves to 16-23, two weeks away from the MAC tournament | PAGE 5
This past year the United States experienced the largest measles outbreak since the disease was documented to be eliminated here in 2000. Ohio was at the center of it. Among 23 separate outbreaks that spanned 27 states, Ohio accounted for over half of the U.S. measles cases in 2014. And measles wasn’t alone in Ohio. A 2014 mumps outbreak managed to emerge in Central Ohio as well. This outbreak made up about
Chair of the Public and Allied Health Department 42 percent of the nation’s total mumps cases for the year. Over 400 of the cases were residents of Franklin County and more than half of those were linked to The Ohio State University. University and college campuses are particularly vulnerable to highly contagious infectious disease. “Any public gathering space,
FINDING INSPIRATION Columnist Abbey Serena talks about different forms of inspiration. She says that inspiration can come at unexpected times. | PAGE 4
universities and colleges included in that category, poses a greater risk because people are engaged with each other in close proximity,” M. Ahmad Chaudhry said. Chaudhry is a professor and chair of the Public and Allied Health Department at the University. “This includes sitting in the classroom, in the lecture halls, taking elevators up and down, going through the stairs, touching door handles, visiting bathrooms,” he said. “These are all places where you are basically increasing your
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IF YOU COULD RECEIVE ANY RECOGNITION, WHAT WOULD IT BE? “Dundies, because I love Michael Scott.” Michael Wenig Junior, Sports Management
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Andre D. Nelson, 21, of Cleveland was cited for shoplifting at the Bowling Green Wal-Mart. 1:54 P.M.
Complainant, after advertising an Xbox on craigslist, received a fake check in the mail from “Halliburton Energy Services” for $1,811. Complainant turned the check into the police, who placed it into records. 5:00 P.M.
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Brenden Lee Bowers, 19, of Bowling Green was cited for public urination on the 200 block of West Evers Avenue.
Zachary A. Moore, 24, of Toledo was cited for open container, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in lot 616 on Flanders Avenue. 12:20 A.M.
Kyle Adam Briscoe, 21, of Wapakoneta was arrested for robbery on the 100 block of North Main Street. 12:30 A.M.
Jason D. Samuelsen, 19, of Bowling Green was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination on the 100 block of East Court Street. 1:02 A.M.
Marques J. Greene, 21, was cited for open container on the 100 block of South Prospect Street.
Christian Alltop, 20, of Huntsville, Ohio was cited for underage possession of alcohol on the 200 block of North Main Street. 2:09 A.M.
Prinsesa Raquel Castro, 23, of Toledo and Robert James Valdez Jr., 20, of Perrysburg were both cited for disorderly conduct and urinating in public on the 100 block of East Oak Street.
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Jordan D. Connor, 20, of Toledo and Spencer Kevin Lonseth, 20, of Maumee were both arrested for underage under the influence on the 100 block of East Wooster Street. Abdulaziz Mohammed M. Al Qammash, 19, of Toledo was arrested for underage under the influence on the 1000 block of East Wooster Street.
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Mayor looks to appoint green space task force
Mayor Richard Edwards is working to appoint a task force that will help decide what to do with the city’s green space, he said at Monday’s city council meeting. The green space, located at the corner of South Church and West Wooster Streets, is the result of the demolition of Bowling Green Junior High School. The space has remained empty since the school was demolished in 2012.
The task force will work with city council’s Public Lands and Buildings Committee, which is chaired by 4th Ward council member Theresa ChartersGavarone. At-large council member Bruce Jeffers and 2nd Ward council member John Zanfardino also serve on the committee. Edwards has met with people interested in the task force, and said he expects at least one more meeting before the task force is assembled. The task force could be announced at the next council meeting on May 4. The green space has “become pretty special territory for a lot of folks in our community,” Edwards said.
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Keshawn D. Stanley, 19, of Bowling Green was arrested for shoplifting at the Bowling Green Wal-Mart. Kristen M. Morris, 21, of Bowling Green was cited for open container of alcohol and Carl J. Koster III, 21, of Bowling was cited for hosting a nuisance party on the 900 block of East Wooster Street.
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Ordinances passed at city council to change zoning Study, survey conducted to determine fair housing barriers By Kathryne Rubright City Editor
Panel explores campus sexual assault By Crystal Chlebina Reporter
In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a sexual violence panel was hosted Monday with eight separate panel speakers. During the panel, students were given the opportunity to ask questions to the representatives and be informed on sexual violence. The panel hosted a representative from the SA AFE Center, University Police, Dean of Students, Women’s Center, Equity and Diversity, It’s On Us, Counseling Center and Wood County Hospital. The panel discussed the importance of knowing that there are many people on and off campus to contact if anyone feels as though they have been a victim of sexual assault. The SA AFE Center representative, Heather Paramore, explained to the audience that the SAAFE Center is available at all times for anyone to call if they feel they need help, or just someone to talk to. The SA AFE Center is available to students with any type of problem and is completely confidential, Paramore explained. The difference between contacting the SAAFE Center or the University Counseling Center after an assault has taken place is that it is not required for these places to report the incident to the police. However, Police Chief Monica Moll, who spoke at the panel, suggests that after an assault is taken, someone notify the police even just for the protection of others. After an assault case is taken to the police, Moll explains that throughout the trial the police force works hard to do what is best for the victim. “Each step along the way is the victim’s choice,� Moll said. “You are in the driver’s seat and we try hard to put you in the driver’s seat each step of the way in terms of how we can pursue the case.� After an individual is assaulted, the panel explained that there is a 96 hour window for a rape kit at the Wood County Hospital. Katie Hunt, who is the Director of Emergency Services at Wood County Hospital, explained that the hospital’s rape kit is able to remain anonymous
“It’s on everyone to prevent sexual assault as part of the University environment � Faith Yingling | Director of Wellness
if the victim doesn’t know if they want to come forward to the police with the assault. “The hospital will collect the evidence,� Hunt explained. “After you receive the evidence you can report it later if you decide to do that.� Paramore explained that while many individuals think that the rape kit may affect the victim’s insurance, it is free of charge. “We try to work with our clients as soon as possible,� Paramore said. “We try to get in contact with our clients through the hospital and police, as well as our crisis line.� The University Counseling Center had two doctoral interns on the panel, Ashley Wickliffe and Jackie Wells, who explained that counseling is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Counseling in general is something that anyone who’s gone through any kind of trauma would find beneficial,� Wickliffe said. “As a counselor, we would help the victims decide who to tell or who to report to.� At the end, Faith Yingling, the Director of Wellness, spoke about the new campaign entitled “It’s On Us.� “It’s on everyone to prevent sexual assault as part of the University environment,� Yingling said. “People can sign the pledge on campus, or do it online.� The pledge of “It’s On Us� focuses on students recognizing non-consensual sex is sexual assault, identifying situations where sexual assault may occur, intervening in situations where consent has not been given and creating an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable. The campaign began in Bowling Green after a video played in February at a University basketball game and will be more heavily spread throughout campus next year. Afterwards, the panel thanked the audience and encouraged them to continue to have awareness for sexual assault.
City Council passed two ordinances affecting zoning that will allow for mixed use development on East Wooster Street. The first ordinance amended the city’s zoning map, changing the properties at 518 to 522 East Wooster Street from B-2 General Commercial to B-5 Transitional Central Business District zoning. This type of zoning is “intended to create a transition between residential uses and commercial uses,� according to the city’s zoning code. As the properties are currently commercial, this change allows for the addition of residential space, said at-large council member Bruce Jeffers. The end result might be similar to Market Square, the city’s first example of the B-5 zoning district in use. The second ordinance changed the maximum building height in the B-5 zoning classification from 25 to 30 feet. The changes are intended to move the city’s land use plan forward, Jeffers said. The goal is to create a “more walkable city.� Theresa Charters Gavarone, 4th Ward council member, said the ordinances will be helpful in achieving that goal. “I believe the zoning change is entirely consistent with the land use update,�
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she said. Mayor Richard Edwards commended students who participated in ZiggyThon for their fundraising efforts. This year’s total of $341,749.34 surpassed all previous years. “I was there [Sunday] night, and the field house was just overwhelmed with lots of enthusiastic people,� Edwards said. “These students are absolutely amazing.� The city is conducting a study on whether there are barriers to fair housing in the city, Municipal Administrator John Fawcett said. The study is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to continue receiving housing and community development funds. Interested citizens can access the survey through the city’s website, www. bgohio.org, Fawcett said. “A good survey instrument requires a lot of people responding and I’m hoping that the citizens will do so,� Fawcett said. Fawcett also said the state of the city address will be Thursday at the library. The doors will open at 7:30 a.m. with coffee and refreshments and the address will begin at 8. Speakers will include the mayor and representatives from city staff, city council, the University and Downtown Bowling Green.
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “Teacher of the year award because getting feedback from colleagues and professionals would be great.”
LISA HAMBERG Sophomore, Inclusive Early Childhood Education
If you could receive any recognition, what would it be and why?
“Environmental award for recycling.”
JASON COSPY Junior, Engineering Technology
“Greek man of the year because I am very passionate about Greek life.”
MIKE CAMPBELL Sophomore, Political Science
“Humanitarian award because I like to do service.”
SHAYLISE RANDLE Junior, Human Development and Family Studies
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Social welfare programs contain philosophical flaws, not financially beneficial for society on the whole It’s been said that the first thing to do when finding oneself in a hole is to stop digging. Over fifty years ago, Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” So, how’s the “war” been going? The answer depends on who’s responding. The Cato Institute, a conservative organization, issued a report in April 2012, authored by Michael Tanner, claiming that the total spending on anti-poverty programs by government at all levels approached $1 trillion. Tanner based his calculations on data from the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance, the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service and the U.S. Census Bureau. At the article’s conclusion, he listed the names of 126 governmental agencies, as well as the cost and number of participants involved in the “war on poverty.” Mike Konczal, associated with the liberal Roosevelt Institute, criticized the 1 trillion dollar amount in a Washington Post article in January of 2014. He breaks down the federal anti-poverty component into four categories: cash and cashlike programs; health care; opportunity-related programs; and targeted and community programs. His total: only “$212 billion per year [is spent] on what we
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could reasonably call ‘welfare.’” So, who’s correct? As with many things, it all depends on the definitions used. Tanner defines an antipoverty program as possessing one of the following characteristics: it’s either means-tested [aimed toward low-income people] or has language in the law specifically classifying it as an anti-poverty program. Konczal characterizes the $1 trillion claim as being “more interesting and complicated.” His definition of an anti-poverty program is more subjective. He says that a program can be labeled “welfare” if the category to which it belongs “is actually what we think of as ‘welfare.’” He goes on to say that labelling the cost of welfare as $1 trillion would simply “mangle the term ‘welfare’ to be meaningless.” Regardless of the definition, these programs contain two major flaws: one philosophical and one practical. From a philosophical standpoint, no individual virtue or merit accrues in government programs. If someone donates money to directly feed the hungry, clothe the naked or any
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other action that used to be designated a Corporal Work of Mercy, that’s a virtuous act. On the other hand, if an equal amount is forcibly taken through taxation, there’s no virtue, save that of obedience to the law. The beneficial effect emanating from good deeds has been replaced with coercion. The practical objection to many of these programs has to do with waste, manifested in two ways. First, an entire new layer of bureaucracy must be created and maintained to administer these programs. Second, there is ample evidence that some who ultimately receive benefits are not entitled to them. In short, fraud. One would think that a modern-day progressive would grow livid when realizing that every dollar wasted in bureaucracy or fraud is a dollar taken from its intended recipient. Alexis de Tocqueville once remarked that “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” We’ve dug ourselves into a fiscal, definitional and moral hole. Perhaps it’s time to put down the shovel.
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Inspiration can come to you at unexpected times in life, use it to enhance your personal creativity There are many forms of inspiration, some of which people find during their youngest years. A little girl might spot a stretch of colors through the sky and from then on be determined to figure out what this distinct pattern of reddish and bluish hues means. For others, they find their happiness in solving puzzles or equations that stump most of the population. My inspiration came from a monster that was possessive of a rose garden. Humans are inherently selfish creatures. Children are taught patience because they don’t naturally have it and there’s been more than one child who has cried over another pushing him because he tried to take his toy. As people grow, they’re bombarded with manners they don’t instinctually have and morals they don’t quite understand. By their prepubescent years, most children are f loundering to get their footing, knowing that within a few years they’ll be released into the real world, expected to act as adults, but still wanting to be young and careless, the way they were only years before. I wasn’t one of those prepubescent teenagers who adapted easily to these expectations. Like many other children, I
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was dealing with some of my most uncertain years, being the quiet kid who was trying to find her way through a shrieking, chaotic crowd. It seemed simple enough to click with the only person who showed any semblance of interest in me, the girl who was slowly growing apart from her childhood friends as they developed different interests. Time that I spent with this girl passed by and I found myself changing in ways I didn’t quite understand, becoming more like her because I hadn’t completely developed into the person I didn’t know I wanted to be. And this was one girl who had been rejected by everyone except me, left behind because she was “manipulative” and “angry,” things that I didn’t come to realize until, for several reasons, we separated. Without a single friend left, I found myself lonely among the large crowds in my school, unable to talk to anyone, out of the hundreds that were around me. I turned to my writing, which I had started dabbling in several years
before. Needless to say, the first year that I spent on my own wasn’t an easy one and I’m not proud of the writing that I did back then. But this is when I found my inspiration. As I got older and started to see those years that I tried so hard to repress from a distance, all of my problems didn’t seem like problems anymore. I’m unable to say when I started to read and understand fairytales—books with princesses and castles and knights—but I remember the way that they changed me. I found solace in imperfect characters that made mistakes and always ended up happier for them. I found the most happiness with a story called “Beauty and the Beast,” a tale that resonated with me [and still does], because it showed me a distraught man, unhappy with himself, who was changed for the better by a small, bookish girl who stumbled across his castle in an effort to save her father. This was where I had found my inspiration and this is the story that made me want to write for people who felt like the Beast did, when they really should have been feeling like Beauty.
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Sweeping the Competition
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FALCON PITCHER Braiden Dillow throws a pitch against Ohio. Dillow improved to 5-6 after game one on Tuesday.
Softball team gets two wins at home against IPFW, sophomore Briana Combs pitches complete shutout game By Aaron Parker Assistant Sports Editor
After losing six of their last seven, the Bowling Green softball team gained back some confidence by sweeping Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in a doubleheader at Meserve Field on Tuesday. Sophomore pitcher Briana Combs had a strong showing on the day, one of her best this season, against the Mastodon offense. Combs pitched a completegame one-hitter in game two as the team went on to win 2-0. The only hit she allowed in the game was to IPFW batter Avery Nelson, with two outs in the
fifth inning. Combs struck out nine batters in the game, just under double her previous season high total. She threw 95 pitches and 63 of those were strikes. The Falcons dominated the Mastodons on offense in that second game, getting 10 hits compared to the IPFW one. Although the Falcons only scored twice in the game, they had opportunities to score all game long. Despite a good hitting game, the team still struggled to hit their batters in when they had a scoring position. In total, the Falcons left nine batters on base in the game.
They left the bases loaded in the third when they switched to defense and then two runners were left on in the fourth and fifth. The opening game, while the Falcons were still able to win with a two run margin 9-7, was a very different game. The two teams combined for 11 runs over six outs early in the game. The Falcons had six hits with six runs in the bottom of the second and left one batter on base. The Mastodons had four hits and five runs in the top of the third with two left on base. The game then went scoreless until the fifth when the
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Falcons sent one run in. The very next inning they would send in two more to close out the Mastodons. IPFW scored once more in the bottom of the seventh, but Combs was credited with the save to give the Falcons a win. Junior pitcher Braiden Dillow took the win in game one in four innings. She gave up one run and four hits. She is now 5-6 on the season. Combs moves to 4-6 after getting her win in game two and has two saves this season. Junior Molly Holliday was big for the Falcons with five hits combined in both games, including a double in each. In
game one she was 3-4 at the plate and stole four bases. She went 2-4 at the plate in game two and had three runs total on the day. Sophomore Aspen Searle, junior Marina Cobbs and senior Chloe Giordano each had two hits in game one. Searle and Cobbs had another two in game two. Senior Emily McClelland went 2-3 on the day and would have the game winning RBI. The team now moves to 16-23 overall. The Falcons return to Meserve Field on Friday for a doubleheader against Kent State followed by single games against Buffalo on Saturday and Sunday.
Baseball team struggles at the plate, scores one run in game Falcons drop to 14-21 against Youngstown State By Brandon Shrider Sports Editor
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The Bowling Green baseball team was unable to build on its early scoring on Tuesday. In a midweek game with Youngstown State — bridging the gap until a three-game series with first-place Central Michigan this weekend — the Falcons got on the board early with a quick first inning run. This was all they could get. Kory Brown and Brian Bien both got on to start the game, as Trey Keegan grounded into a double play allowing Brown to score the first run But the Falcons, despite getting base runners, were unable to push across any more runs in a 5-1 loss to YSU. “I thought we missed some opportunities early on to score
some runs and maybe put some pressure on Youngstown State,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. “However, we must bounce back, put this behind us, and focus on this weekend’s important series at CMU.” Youngstown State then settled in and began its own scoring. A two-RBI double got the scoring started for YSU off of recent midweek starter Jevon Boyd. Boyd held the Penguins in check for the next two innings before surrendering two more runs in the fifth inning. Brett Fitzwater came on in relief, but conceded another run in the sixth inning, forcing the Falcons to fall behind, 5-1. Devin Daugherty, Kody
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NICK JONAS performed at the Stroh Tuesday night for UAO’s Spring concert. His next stop is the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
JONAS From Page 1 former to come this Spring. “We came up with a list of artists that we felt would have done well with BG and the students,” Ally Tharrett, Co-Director of UAO entertainment said. “We brought it down to the top three, and Nick Jonas was the one who was willing to come and move things around for us.” The concert began with performers Emily Hearn and Levi Stephens as Nick Jonas’ opening acts. Audience members were given orange glow up headbands to wrap around their heads and necks throughout the performances. Nick Jonas then took the stage after
8:30 and started the concert by playing his single “Chains.” “I’ve been following Nick Jonas since his Disney Channel days, so seeing him in concert is a dream come true.” University alumnus Max Charney said. During the concert, Jonas performed many songs off his new album, as well as hits such as “Roses” by Outkast and several country songs. Many fans sung along as Nick performed one of his older songs “ A Little Bit Longer”, in which he wrote about his feelings with having Type One diabetes. Throughout the concert, Nick Jonas interacted with the crowd by asking what the best place to go to after the concert in Bowling Green would be, as well as having students
do a school cheer. At the end of the concert, Jonas gave an encore performance to the screaming fans in the audience and sang his hit single “Jealous” that many fans sang along to. Isabel Souza, University student who is from Brazil explained that the concert really made her want to hear more from Nick Jonas. “The concert was great,” Souza said. “ I’m not a big fan but I am now, he is cute, sings well and has a lot of charisma.” After the encore of “Jealous,” students left the Stroh, many hoping to find Nick Jonas after the concert. Jonas will continue his tour next in New York, where he will be performing in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.
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MEASLES From Page 1 risk of exposure.” Chaudhry said there is an even greater danger of exposure with the viruses that can survive for some time in the air and on surfaces. Measles and mumps are among those. “In any public space, there is going to be that problem,” Chaudhry said. “And schools, they are no exception.” The University maintains a vaccination recommendation policy for its student body. “It’s not a requirement,” said Deb Busdeker, director of clinical operations at Falcon Health Center. “BGSU has always ‘recommended.’ Recommended the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), the hepatitis and the meningitis (vaccines).” Busdeker said it is, however, required that students provide a copy of their vaccination record to live in on-campus housing, which undergraduate students must do during their first two years. For any students living on-campus that haven’t been vaccinated, a waiver needs to be signed indicating their choice to decline. “We strongly encourage and educate new students,” she said. “We do this even during the ‘SOAR’ time, the orientation time.” Chaudhry said his department discusses strategies for educating students on vaccination each year at the beginning of flu season. “This year we actually talked about at our executive council meeting – we said, ‘We are the College of Health and Human Services, we should be the leader advising our students,’” Chaudhry said. Even a small portion of people that are vaccinated can still get ill, he said.
“What we are trying to achieve is basically reducing those infections,” Chaudhry said. “That’s the idea. We cannot eliminate it, but we can reduce it.” “I’ve been with the university now for four years,” Busdeker said. “We have had three different diseases that we’ve talked about in less than a year.” Busdeker referenced measles, mumps and even the Ebola virus. “BGSU has had an infectious disease plan for a long, long time,” she said. “Probably since it became a requirement when we started talking about infectious diseases.” With Falcon Health Center opening about two years ago under contract with the university, as they made the transition going forward, both worked together on this infectious disease plan. Wood County is also involved. Both the county’s hospital and health department have a role to play in the plan. Busdeker said the continuity and relationships between the health center, University and hospital allow for quick communication between the entities. “We have an infectious disease nurse at the hospital,” she said. “So if we had a questionable case of measles or mumps that person contacts me. And they have called me before – ‘We might have this, she lives here, et cetera.’ So we already started communicating.” Busdeker said that is how the process begins, at which point they start alerting others. “(If) we’d identify 10 cases, the health department actually becomes the top of this organizational piece because the health commissioner will oversee communicating,” she said. “All of the entities would be brought together, but the Wood County health commissioner becomes the owner of the problem. They become the
incident command.” Busdeker said a “nice thing” about the plan is how the relationships are already established, ongoing, and they all meet regularly. “We start talking just because we are always trying to proactively plan or prevent,” she said. “We’ve got to plan and we want to prevent any problems.” With BGSU’s plan, when treating a possible patient zero potentially infected with one of these illnesses, Busdeker said they first review the probability. “Some things look like measles and might not be,” she said. “There’s a lot of dermatitises that can look like all kinds of things so you’re going to look at your probability, you’re going to review the vaccination record, you might be calling their pediatrician to confirm it.” If the patient has had the vaccinations, the probability is low, but they still “err on the side of caution.” “You want to prevent this from spreading any place else,” Busdeker said. “You’re going to educate. You’re going to isolate.” The next step is to run titers, blood tests that check for antibodies developed after exposure to these infectious diseases. Busdeker said we’re fortunate because of how quickly we can get the titer results back, which usually takes about 36 hours. If the patient hasn’t had the vaccinations and presented the relevant symptoms, much more of the plan would be implemented, she said. “You might send out more of an alert for the campus because you have a higher probability,” Busdeker said. “Then the univerCHARTS PROVIDED sity would be involved, the health department would be involved, and OHIO WAS the site of a considerable number of both measles and mumps cases in 2014. we would talk about, ‘How do we communicate?’”
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Brown and Tony Landi kept the Penguins off the board through the final 2.2 innings, but the offense just couldn’t seem to find its groove throughout the game. Just two starters, Brian Bien [2] and Hunter Clanin [1], registered hits on the day. This was half of the hits for BG, as the Falcons knocked just six total hits off
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