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Thursday, August 25, 2016 | Volume 96, Issue 3
Mens soccer opens season against IUPUI PAGE 13
FALCON FAMILY BSU focuses on gaining freshmen members PAGE 3
The Falcon Marching Band offers challenges, education, friendship and a family to those involved. | PAGE 2
Editor explains how to cope with the end of summer PAGE 4
Art Depo brings affordable art supplies to students PAGE 6
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Band gives spirited environment By Michele Mathis Copy Chief Established in 1923 as the first band to represent Bowling Green State University, the Falcon Marching Band draws attention to the University’s athletic season. According to the official BGSU website, the band draws in over 240 participating students from all different colleges, class levels and majors. Junior Drum Major Graeme Materne said that this academic school year, there are around 300 students playing a role in FMB, and they are all considered family. “We’re just a big family,” he said. “I look to them not only as classmates, but as (my) brothers and sisters. We go high and low together.”
Materne said he joined FMB through his mom, who attended BGSU and also was an active member in the band. Senior Zane Aleman who is involved through the band in the Drum Line (previously the Saxophone section) said that being a part of such a large community is at it’s simplest: fun. “I get to hang out with my friends and make music,” he said. “To me, it’s a family of people marching and playing music together.” While the FMB reads as a strong family unit, the organization also fosters strong leadership skills among the students. Now alumni David Gieseler was a Music Education major and Trumpet Section Leader in the 2014-2015 academic school year and said that being apart of the University band was the “best teaching tool” he had during his time at BGSU. “It was an organization that challenged my musicianship, teaching skills and leadership capabilities,” he said. As a Drum Major, Materne feels like the FMB has made him a stronger leader on and off campus. “[Being Drum Major] has been a really, really amazing experience. I was really humbled my first year because you have
to build the respect of the veterans,” he said. A veteran is a member of the FMB who has been in the organization for more than a year. Since the band’s founding in the early 1920s, the FMB has been an extremely important part of school spirit. Materne said that the entire band is full of pride to march for their school and it promotes school spirit by being one of the largest student organizations on campus. “The band changes the (spirit) environment,” he said. “You can’t have that spirit filled environment if you don’t have us, so (athletics) support us and we support them.” Aleman said that FMB increases visibility for music on campus with collaboration with student organizations and the diversity amongst majors and background interests of the band. The audition process for FMB involves a whole weekend of marching and playing preparation for anyone who is interested. Students who audition come to campus early and are considered
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BSU looks forward to coming year By Holly Shively Editor-in-Chief Members of this year’s Black Student Union Executive Board plan to continue spreading the organization’s message to as many students, faculty, staff and community members as possible. Since its inception in 1969, Black Student Union’s vision has been for there no longer to be a BSU–for there no longer to be a need for BSU. President Juantez Bates and Vice President Kyle Jumper-Smith plan to increase freshmen membership specifically. “Studies show that if you are active your freshmen year, it tends to allow you to stay in college longer than those who aren’t active,” Bates said. He hopes to foster a relationship between freshmen and upperclassmen to encourage classroom and extracurricular involvement. Jumper-Smith’s plans to gain freshmen members and help with retention involve an active presence on social media, including the new Snapchat BSU_BGSU.
“We’re trying to get more people to be involved with us on social media and build up those relationships so that students of color or students in underrepresented communities don’t feel left out or don’t feel welcomed here at BG and plan to transfer the next year,” Jumper-Smith said. BSU is also using Twitter polls, having students around campus speak on the Snapchat and highlighting students who are doing good things in the community, Jumper-Smith said. “We’re really trying to get that empowerment aspect and uplifting students just to be great on campus,” Jumper-Smith said. BSU is the umbrella organization for almost all organizations of people of color. “BSU created that space for people of color to even be able to have an org, because before they were predominantly white, so people didn’t think they could start a student org,” Bates said. “Since then other organizations have been created because they think they have been empowered.
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“It’s getting there, but not in a timely manner,” Jumper-Smith said. He said BSU has evolved because one of the original focuses was to get more faculty of color. Now there are more faculty and graduate students of color, and Black Graduate Student
Organization is starting up. “It’s looking for more spaces for students to identify with and have more resources. That’s probably the slowest part of the process,” Jumper-Smith said. Bates said there can still be more black faculty, and space is also an issue.
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PEOPLEON THESTREET What has been the hardest thing about the first week of school?
First Day Troubles BY: TYLER VOLTZ
Cope with summer’s end with breadsticks and politics Summer’s ending, and for many people it’s a sad, long adjustment period full of wearing more clothes, purchasing textbooks, sand-less toes and distant memories of the past few months of your life that were full of sunshine and fun. It’s time to face the fact that the 30 days of September we have ahead of us will be long ones, but here’s some advice to help get you through it. Two words: Olive. Garden. There’s a reason why their “buy one, take one” deal is back. Restaurants typically lose business in September with kids going back to school and families - Sarah Smith starting to save Forum Editor money again after
“Just remember that simply because school has started doesn’t technically mean that you have to start acting like summer is over.”
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a summer of fun. They desperately don’t want to lose any business and tend to offer some great deals to keep you coming. Why not check out what restaurants are doing around the area? Bonus: with fewer people at Olive Garden this month, you can feel much less shame in
scarfing down handfuls of breadsticks in one sitting. Something else to look forward to is that fall officially begins September 22! Time to break out those boots, watch the leaves change and plan all of your October activities! Who cares if you’re the oldest person by over a decade in the pumpkin patch? Pumpkin spice-up your life with some new sweaters or some scary movie purchases in preparation for the cold months that lie ahead. A third (and fourth) item to focus on instead of mourning the loss of summer are our dear friends Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This political season is changing on a daily basis and I have a feeling it’s about to get even more exciting as September will be the final countdown for electing our nation’s leader. Will Donald Trump release his tax returns? Will Hillary come clean about those emails? Should we plan on calling Bill our First Lad? As
“I hate that my roommate left the school before our second year started.”
ETHAN COGHLAN Sophomore, Graphic Design
“The hardest part is that there is a lot of food here, but I don’t have a lot of money.”
AMANDA COYLE Sophomore, Psychology
“Getting up on time, especially since I live off campus.” NIA DEWBERRY Junior, Music Performance
“Getting back into the scheduled lifestyle.”
TRAVIS MATTS Junior, Interior Design
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Continued from Page 4 November draws near, I personally can’t your swimsuit? Wear it under all of your clothes! Use that wait to see what the beach bag instead of month of September a backpack for all of will add on to this those heavy textbooks, already controversial keep drinking that iced election. coffee, even when it’s Finally, just snowing, and if you’re remember that simply really feeling down because school about summer ending, has started doesn’t - Sarah Smith refuse to stop wearing technically mean flip flops even when Forum Editor that you have to start it’s cold and you have acting like summer is over. Having separation anxiety from to wear socks with them.
Summer ending doesn’t have to be a sad time in your life, it’s all about what you make of it.”
Summer ending doesn’t have to be a sad time in your life, it’s all about what you make of it. If you’re one of those people that is feeling those September blues, start looking at the bright side of things and follow my advice above. You don’t have to completely give up the spirit of summer, but it also doesn’t hurt to embrace the changes that fall brings. Reply to Sarah at thenews@bgnews.com
Policing religion and women is out of control The policing of women’s bodies and what they decide to wear is getting out of hand in both the United States and around the world. In the United States, we as a society are constantly criticizing what women wear, from asking in court systems what women are wearing at the time of their sexual assaults to creating sexist dress codes in our public code that prevent young girls from wearing menial articles of clothing such as spaghetti strapped tank tops in fear of “distracting” male students from receiving their education. In France earlier this week, a Muslim woman on a beach in Nice was cited with a ticket by the police for not “wearing an outfit respecting good morals and secularism,” according to French news agency, Agence French-Presse. She wore leggings, a tunic and a headscarf while on the beach with her children. In three photos that were taken and posted by The Guardian, the woman is seen laying on the beach, four police officers on their way to approach her; the woman can be seen with her tunic partially removed and all four police officers watching her do so; and in the third photo, she’s holding the tunic out to the police officers while one officer is knelt down inspecting it. Nice and other various French cities have banned “burkinis,” a type of swimwear for Muslim women that correlates with Islamic dress code and other clothing that “overtly manifests adherence to a religion at a time when France and places of worship are the target of terrorist attacks,” which refers to the attack that occurred this past summer on Bastille Day where a cargo truck drove
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into crowds, killing 86 people and injuring more than 300 others. The ban is said to be “necessary to protect the population,” but I do not buy this at all. The wording of the Muslim woman’s
“We as a society are constantly criticizing what women wear, from asking in court systems what women are wearing at the time of their sexual assaults to creating sexist dress codes.” - Erika Heck
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ticket also indicates that her outfit was not respectful of good morals and feeds into the idea that Islam is an immoral religion, which it is not. Are nuns in France being
asked to not wear their habits because their outfits do not “respect good morals and secularism?” Doubtful. While I agree there are terrible people out there who use Islam to push radical ideologies (see the Syrian Civil War for more details), I disagree with France that this woman deserved to have her clothes taken off and inspected to ensure she was not a threat. This woman was at the beach with her children, not bothering anyone. What is worse, according to The Guardian, a witness to the scene said she heard other people around the situation saying things such as “Go home,” and applauding the police for making this woman remove her clothing. While I understand that all of this is supposed to help protect the people, it is more harmful to average citizens than anything. These rules are meant to target people who identify or “look” Muslim, but this leads to more profiling by law enforcement and stereotyping in our society. If policies like this are going to be set in place, I hope and want them to be set in place for all people and religions. In order to make sure this rule and ban is fair, nuns should not be wearing their habits and priests should not be wearing their collars. If you are going to police one gender’s or one religion’s right to clothing, all of them should be policed. Reply to Erika at thenews@bgnews.com
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Continued from Page 3 The multicultural lounge was moved when the Career Center and Employment Services transferred into the second floor of the Union. Jumper-Smith said the original Multicultural Lounge was a place to meet, plan, study and hang out, and it was filled with multicultural art that has since been moved to other locations. The lounge is now outside the newly constructed Career Center, but it’s just like a normal lounge for all students, Bates said. “That defeats the purpose of actually having that space because we can’t occupy that space,” he said. BSU meets on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., with each meeting date strategically placed around other campus events, Bates said. “We will have at least one a month, guaranteed,” he said. While 50 to 60 members are active in attending meetings and events, Bates said nearly 400 people claim membership to the organization when looking at OrgSync numbers.
The first Talk to Me Thursday will come on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. where students can discuss their feelings about the elections and register to vote. BSU also has a presence at Campus Fest Sept. 1, followed by the first general body meeting in the community room of Harshman at 7:30 p.m. the same day. Bates said the first meeting is intended to welcome students of color and all other students the University and foster a safe space to get to know each other.
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Art Supply Store Opens in Town By Claire Morrow Pulse Reporter Students, community members and artists alike can find a variety of art and school supplies, novelties and rarities at a new West Wooster Street store. On August 19, festivities, food, and friendship kicked off the grand opening of a new store, The Art Supply Depo, in the city. “There were so many people that it was even hard to move...we had friends and family, the BG businesses, and even the art college professors,” Owner Jules Webster said. However, this isn’t the first grand opening this business has seen. If the name of this new store sounds familiar to art students and novices alike, it may be because it originated in Toledo. “We’ve had the Toledo store open for five years,” Webster said. “We just knew there was a huge demand in Bowling Green and a lot of Bowling Green students don’t have access to cars or have the time to drive up to Toledo, and it just seemed like there was a big gap in the market.” She also said the bookstore carrying less art supplies meant “it was finally time to move to BG because there was no other option to buy art supplies.” Webster said the store benefits non art majors because she tries to stock the store with fun, unique, and creative items which could be given as gifts or enjoyed by costumers themselves. The store has everything from socks to soap and includes an array of supplies meant to inspire those who may not be art aficionados.
“We’ll make sure that you get everything you need but we won’t sell you something that you don’t.” -Jules Webster, Owner
“One of the first things we try to do in this store is try to have very nonthreatening, fun, creative items right when you walk in so even if you aren’t an artist you will have something fun to engage with and that you may be tempted to buy. Something fun, creative, and cute. A lot of non-art supplies too,” Webster said.
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In addition to art supplies, the shop plans to exhibit the work of local artists, jewelers and potters as a way to bring the community into the shop. Along with a myriad of other collectables and novelties, Webster made it very clear that this shop is for everyone – not just the artistically inclined. One item in particular she mentioned, a soap fittingly named “Wash Away Your Sins,” gives an idea of the stock the store has to offer. Sophomore Emily Swanson went to the store with a few of her art major friends to get supplies. Being a student not directly involved in the art program, she described the store as a place where she’s able to find supplies that she could use comfortably while gaining inspiration from the other displays. Swanson said she was particularly intrigued by the beginner art classes offered at The Art Supply Depo She enjoys the location being so close to campus and has already returned two more times to purchase items for herself. Whether an art major or not, the store offers a 10 percent discount for students with a valid college ID on all non-sale items, and they plan to have seasonal sales as the year progresses.
While this art store is working to appeal to all students and community members alike Webster said they should choose this store over others because “we sell the best quality at the best price you can find. I would not stock anything in the store that I wouldn’t use myself.” She maintains all the prices below what could be found at the typical big box store to build customers for life in the city. “We try to offer the best possible products, the best possible product knowledge, and we try to walk people through their projects,” Webster said of students. “We’ll make sure that you get everything you need but we won’t sell you something that you don’t.” The Art Supply Depoō is open now at their Wooster street location and more information and service hours can be found by visiting its website, www.artsupplydepobg.com, or by calling during their business hours.
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Title: Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Episodes: 24 English Dub: No, but subtitles are available Plot: A middle school student is set on becoming a better chef than his father. His father enrolls him in a prestigious culinary program that has a ten percent graduation rate. He must face challenges as a chef and person in order to have a chance of graduating the program.
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New majors receive training from BCI By Keefe Watson Campus Editor The Ohio Department of Higher Education approved the University to offer a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science August 12. Dr. Jon Sprague, director of the Center for the Future of Forensic Sciences, said the new program will be offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, and will include specializations in three areas: chemistry, biology and examination. The University has also been approved to offer a Master of Science in Forensic Science, which will have specializations in chemistry, biology and investigation. Dr. Steven Lab, director of criminal justice at the University, said the making of the MSFS was a “very collaborative process...between a lot of people. Dr. Sprague and myself pretty much headed that up, and got it through the process.” The MSFS will be housed in the Graduate College, and is the product of teamwork between the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Health and Human Services. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) crime lab and investigation facility, located on the north side of campus, was completed in 2014. The facility is run by the state and benefits the University. The Center, created by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, serves as a link between the University and BCI. As director of the Center, it is Sprague’s job to ensure good communication between the University and BCI, maximizing the benefit University students get from BCI. Due to the sensitivity of evidence and ongoing investigations, students do not often step inside the labs at BCI, aside from tours given of the facility. Instead, the University utilizes personnel employed by BCI. “Since we can’t go into their lab, they come into our classrooms and our labs,”
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The BCI building was already located in Bowling Green, but moved to campus in 2014. said Lab. BCI guest lecturers, such as a BCI firearms examiner, teach lectures in the BGSU 1910 class. On Friday during the first class experience for incoming first year students, two agents from BCI gave presentations to the 1910 class, and then collected evidence with the students at one of the forensic investigation scenario houses. These houses serve as staged crime scenes and allow students to practice evidence collection. Students in the 1910 class get hands on experience with BCI employees right off the bat, and spend the remainder of the semester learning what happens to evidence once it is collected. Dr. Travis Worst, instructor of forensic
science and former employee of BCI, said that this 1910 experience allows students to understand the basics of both sides of the forensic process: collecting and analyzing. “The [BCI] personnel is a big plus,” Worst said. The Center also receives funding as a line item budget from the state of Ohio, to the tune of $600,000 per year. These funds go towards the education, professional training and research objectives of the Center. The BCI building was placed on the University’s campus for a number of reasons. It was economical as the state already owned the property and there was available infrastructure such as
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Community bikes for complete streets By Hannah Finnerty City Editor Every Thursday at 5:15 p.m., the streets of Bowling Green are congested with traffic. Community members are commuting home after a day at work. Some are headed downtown to eat dinner. Students who live off campus are wrapping up their classes for the day and heading back to their apartments. Accompanying this mass of automobiles during rush hour on Thursdays is an organized pack of bicycles pedaling through the busy streets. These cyclists are associated with Bike 4 A Better BG!, a community organization designed to promote bicycling and raise awareness of cyclists. The Bike 4 A Better BG! Facebook page states, “The more people that ride their bikes, the more reasons we can give the City to seriously consider bike lanes and bike-focused legislation-including fully complete streets.” Stephen Langendorfer, chair of Bowling
Green’s Bicycle Safety Commission, said the complete streets program is a national program that can be adopted by cities and municipalities that creates a safe commuting environment for everyone, regardless of whether people are walking, cycling, riding mass transit or driving their own vehicle. Although a pack of cyclists hitting the streets around rush hour might be an inconvenience for drivers, the time is perfect for Bike 4 A Better BG! to spread its message to as many community members as possible. In response, community has listened and is reciprocating. Bowling Green City Council in conjunction with the City’s Bicycle Safety Commission is working on revamping the City’s transportation plan from 2007. Although this plan included a bike-friendly component, the revisions taking place now should see several undetermined streets throughout the city become complete streets, Langendorfer said. Lily Murnen, a senior environmental
science major and one of the creators of Bike 4 A Better BG!, said the group has been a strong advocate for the creation of complete streets. Through the group’s vocalization and demonstration of the need for complete streets, social pressure coming from students and faculty on campus and community members encouraged the council to dust off the plans from 2007 and make a conscious effort to take action, Murnen said. The group is a backbone, a support system for those who want to speak up about cyclist safety and complete streets. “People saw that there were other people who rode their bikes in the group, and they felt that they could work together to push biking as an important issue. That helped in getting citizens to take action,” Murnen said. Not only do complete streets create safe roadways for any mode of transportation, but Murnen also
accredited the complete streets movement with creating community cohesion which is another mission of Bikes 4 A Better BG!. The organization was an unexpected product of environmental clubs on campus planning events for Earth Month this past April.
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Senior Forward Pat Flynn attacks in a match from last season. Flynn led the Falcons to 13-0-0 in matches when he scores at least one goal. By Zane Miller Sports Reporter
The Bowling Green Falcons men’s soccer team will face the Indiana-University Purdue-University Indianapolis Jaguars in their season opener Friday night, after winning both of their preseason scrimmages against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and the Detroit Titans. “We’ve taken away that we need to score goals, taken away that we’re working on set pieces and taken away that we’ve got some young players that can certainly help us,” Falcons head coach Eric Nichols said. “We’ve got a lot of things to work on, but I’m pretty excited.” The team also has six freshman players coming aboard for this season who are looking to make an impact by helping the
team early. “They’re talented,” Nichols said. “They’re tough, they’re athletic and they’re not intimidated by playing college soccer, so I think they’re going to be able to step in pretty early.” The older players on the team have also helped the freshmen to get adjusted to the team’s process. “We’ve got a really good group of leaders on this team,” Nichols said. “A lot of the young guys came to BG because they wanted to play for this group of older guys, so there’s already a bond there and the older guys take real ownership of making sure the younger guys have everything they need to be successful.” Despite winning both preseason matches, the team now feels that the main focus
is changing from finding ways to improve to getting results going into the regular season. “It’s not about really learning and getting better anymore, it’s about winning,” Nichols said. “In a preseason game, you’re always trying stuff, trying different systems, trying different players in different places, but on Friday night it’ll be all about winning.” However, the team is looking to work on preventing goals scored against, an issue that hindered the team last season. “We conceded too many goals last year, so that’s the one area that really needs to be improved upon the most,” Nichols said. “We’ll be starting a new goaltender on Friday, he’ll be exciting to see.” The team is also looking to capitalize on
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SPORTS FOOTBALL continued from page 13 their home field advantage to begin the season, as well as for the two following matches against the Appalachian State Mountaineers and the Marshall Thundering Herd. “Hopefully, we can get a good crowd,” Nichols said. “When the students are out, we’ve got a ton of energy, a great environment, great atmosphere, very intimidating for our opponent and very energizing for us.” After having a strong preseason, the team is excited and prepared to start playing in matches that count towards the standings. “We’re ready to play someone, for sure,” Nichols said. “Even the preseason games are just preseason games, we’re ready to play a real game.”
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Olympic games close in Rio By Aidan Markey Guest Columnist
The city of Rio de Janeiro has left sports fans unexpectedly satisfied with the 31st edition of the modern Olympic games. Coming into the competition, dire questions loomed over the Brazilian capital, one of the largest being the safety of athletes and spectators. With the exception of a few stray bullets hitting the equestrian venue, Rio’s reputation of crime took the back seat during the games. That, however, was not the only notable aspect of the games. Here are some of the biggest takeaways from the 2016 Summer Olympics. The United States’ domination of the Summer Games continued as the American’s decimated the rest of the competitors in the overall medal count, tallying 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze for a total of 121. Great Britain, the next closest country in the medal count, had only 67 total. Gymnastic phenom Simone Biles’
meteoric rise was the one of the biggest headlines in the first week of the competition. The 19 year-old stole the hearts of viewers all over the world as she flipped, twisted and leaped her way to five Olympic medal; four gold and one bronze. Michael Phelps used the Rio games to solidify his status as the greatest swimmer of all time. He notched five golds and one silver, bringing his overall total to 28. Phelps, perhaps the most notable international athlete next to Usain Bolt, is the most decorated Olympian of all time. Bolt took the title as “world’s fastest man” for the third straight Olympics, taking gold in the 100 meters, the 200 meters and the 4x100 meters relay. Bolt, in addition to being the favorite to win, was the crowd favorite. He drew massive cheers from the fans in Rio while American Justin Gatlin received jeers upon hearing his name called. United States skeet shooter Kim Rhode earned a medal in her sixth consecutive Olympics. She took the bronze in womens skeet and became the first woman to medal in six straight games. The 37
year-old, while not receiving the publicity of Phelps or Bolt, has had an incredible amount of success for the American team. Lastly, there is Ryan Lochte. The American swimmer who has lived in Phelps’ shadow for all of his life marred what was almost a storybook games for Team U.S.A. After stating that he was robbed at gunpoint along with teammates Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, a further investigation revealed that Lochte, in his words, had “exaggerated” the details of his report. In an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Lochte confessed to his lies but looked flustered and embarrassed as Lauer probed the 12-time Olympic medalist for a cause to his actions. In the end, “I made a mistake” and “I’m not sure why I did it” were what Lochte left viewers with. Not very convincing, obviously. So, although there were a few darker moments, the 2016 Olympic Games were arguably the most memorable in the 21st century so far. Tokyo 2020, all eyes are on you.
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BG NEWS CAMPUSBRIEF Students who are looking for something to do this weekend need look no further. The University Activities Organization has set up another trip to Cedar Point for the 20162017 school year. Courtney Garrett, an applied health science major, said UAO is “doubling the size (of the trip) so that we can accommodate around 200 students.” Even though this is the only Cedar Point trip for the school year, Garrett said it is a “great way for students to have a fun experience for a reasonable price and meet other students.” Tickets are on sale for $25 at the Information Desk in the Union through Thursday Aug. 25 at 12 p.m. The fee covers round trip transportation on a bus as well as admission into the park. However, food and games are not covered by the fee and are paid at students’ discretion. The bus is scheduled to leave from the Union Circle at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. UAO has other bus trips planned for the 2016-2017 school year. For further information go to UAO’s event calendar at https://www. bgsu.edu/uao/events.html
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Continued from Page 2 “Nugeyes”(pronounced “New Guys”) among the veterans of the band. “On the first day, we have an introduction to everyone and teach them the musical standards,” Materne said. The musical standards are such songs like the Alma Mater and Ay Ziggy Zomba. “On the second day, they learn how to
THE BG NEWS SUDOKU march. Then they will have a marching audition and a playing audition,” he said. The Director of the FMB is Dr. Michael King, who received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conduction at the University of South Carolina in 2015.
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for students, residents and area professionals. Plus with our new online Editor-in-Chief ordering system, it will be easy to skip the line and have your freshly made pizza A new pizza shop will be coming to or salad ready for a quick bite between Bowling Green this December. classes or on a lunch break,” Gray said. Rapid Fired Pizza will open five The first Rapid minutes away from Fire Pizza opened the University on in September of 816 S. Main St. 2015, and the less “We felt Bowling than one year old Green was a great franchise now has community and 14 open or under was a market we construction just had to be in,” stores and 13 in Co-founder Kelly process. Gray said. Less than There will be - Kelly Gray 1-year-old, Rapid seating for 100 Co-founder Fired Pizza has 11 people who can locations under order from a menu construction or including thin and open with the pan pizza, eight sauces and cheeses, over signing of this location. Opening dates 30 toppings and 14 dipping sauces. The will continue to be announced on the pizzas will be cooked in 180 seconds. website. A typical Rapid Fired Pizza Additionally, there will also be custom location employs 20-30 people. salads in addition to breadsticks and The addition of Bowling Green desserts. location, stores will soon be opening in “We were looking for easy access Kettering, Beavercreek and Cincinnati. By Holly Shively
The total stores under construction or open is now 14 with an additional 13 locations in process. “Because of our simplified operations and low cost of entry, we’ve experienced tremendous growth over the last few
months and are preparing to bring an amazingly good, amazingly fast pizza to other states in the very near future,” Ray Wiley, a co-founder, said. “We have a strong team that is dedicated to building the Rapid Fired Pizza brand.”
“We felt Bowling Green was a great community and was a market we just had to be in.”
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“You can expect an atmosphere that is friendly and comfortable, teachings that are Biblical, challenging, and honest, and music that is loud, upbeat, and always about Jesus.” The church is one of the largest student groups on campus and averages around 600 students at their weekly services. While H2O’s main gatherings occur on Sundays, the church has much more going on throughout the week including various Bible study life groups you could get involved with. “We believe that Groups are the heartbeat of the church,” said Joe Kaloger, H2O staff member. He continued, “It is a time when we open our Bibles in search of the truths that connect to our lives today. For me, I was looking for a community that
would help me grow in my search for spirituality and a place to build lasting friendships.” Groups consist of 15-20 people gathered together to share a meal, get to know each other in the context of community, and be a part of discussion on spiritual matters relevant to our lives. H2O offers Groups for people in every season of life, from traditional students living on or off campus to students already meeting within specific communities (such as specific academic majors, athletes, Greek Life, military, internationals, etc.) H2O also offer’s City Groups for our graduate students and recent graduates transitioning to life as young professionals, as well as established city/community members and families. H2O has many other ways to get
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