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STUDENT ANNOUNCES MAYORAL CANDIDACY: Construction management and technology major Daniel Philips announced his candidacy for mayor of Bowling Green Sunday evening on Twitter. Look for a full story about the announcement in Friday’s paper.
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Monday, April 27, 2015
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 93
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Vice President for Student Affairs reflects on career, prepares for retirement By Michele Mathis Copy Chief
To paint a picture of Jill Carr is to paint of a clear, strong picture of the University. As Vice President for Student Affairs, the job requires a strong personality full of creativity, passion and school spirit. All of which Carr’s colleagues say she emulates every day. From balancing responsibili-
ties in the Dean of Students Office, Multicultural Affairs, Campus Activities and many more, Carr always has her plate full but never fails to come through for the University and her community. Deanna Vatan Woodhouse, director of the Division of Student Affairs, said, “She is BGSU to me. She embodies what it means to be a member of the BGSU community.” Jodi Webb, dean of students, echoes
Woodhouse’s words by saying, “Jill is very good at what she does.” Carr began her journey in student affairs in her junior year undergraduate when she became a resident advisor, which springboarded a career in Residence Life for 19 more years. Carr explained that she lived as a live-in hall director for the first four of her 19 years, which gave her the first exposure to how rewarding and exciting it was to work with students and
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for student affairs. Carr then moved to Dean of Students at the University while the Vice President for Student Affairs was Dr. Ed Whipple. She worked for this office for 35 years when she planned her first retirement, until there was a switch in presidency. Whipple asked Carr if she would stay to help the transition period for a
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General fees major topic of conversation, 54 percent allocated to intercollegiate athletics By Cameron Teague Robinson Editor-in-Chief
There will always be questions about how universities allocate their money. Recently the majority of those questions surrounding MidAmerican Conference schools have been on the topic of general fees. This is no different at the University, where students, the Chicago Tribune and various Faculty Senate leaders from schools across the MAC have approached several officers of the University’s Faculty Senate
on the topic. “The discussion is happening, but at this point what our faculty senate needs to do is select a committee that is actually going to look into it and begin discussions with the administration about this subject,” said Joel O’Dorisio, Faculty Senate chair. “We don’t have a position on it yet. We aren’t leaning in any direction.” While these fees have been a large topic of conversation, each Ohio school has the same definition of them, but all are free to divide them up how they please. The Universit y’s Chief
HOLT BREAKS RECORD Senior women’s golfer Patricia Holt breaks BGSU record by finishing second of the MAC Championships. She earned All-Tournament Team honors in her final meet. | PAGE 6
Financial Officer, Sherri Stoll, said, “The way the Ohio Revised Code defines a general fee is a fee that is charged uniformly to all students and is for nonacademic student support services.” While Stoll said there is no exact definition for non-academic student support services, it is used pretty standardly across the state. “[Non-academic student support services] is what supports the student union, your intercollegiate athletics, if you have any portion of your health ser-
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SAYING GOODBYE
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THE OFFICE of Sustainability, the Department of Environment and Sustainability, and NWO/ Cosmos host a run to support the green fund and campus sustainability.
Columnist Phil Schurrer talks about his experience as a writer for The BG News. He says that the experience has enhanced his writing skills and created fond memories. | PAGE 4
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