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October 28, 2009
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Volume 104, Issue 46
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Shelter celebrates anniversary
MEN
The Cocoon Shelter joins forces with the University by planning the shelter’s fifth anniversary event | Page 3
FORUM
USG’s lack of progress is upsetting In our staff editorial, we question USG’s devotion to their campaign platforms, since their goals for this school year have barely been worked on | Page 4
The positives of sporting facial hair
NATION
Columnist Dave Morin loves beards, and lists off the reasons why all men should have them | Page 4
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Four friends found barbershop quartet to revive an old art form
Obama responds to Republicans Obama insists that his decision to send thousands of more troops overseas will not be rushed | Page 5
By Alissa Widman Reporter
A new generation of barbershop quartet is here. Together, senior David Parrett, junior Drew Ochoa, and sophomores Gordon Howe and Nicholas Gordon make up Prestige, the University’s newly-founded barbershop quartet. Prestige’s members met at Harmony Camp, an annual summer event for barbershop singers. Although each student had their own reasons that led them
SPORTS
Soccer player lives his dream
See PRESTIGE | Page 2
Student Jacob Lawrence is living his dream not only by playing college soccer, but by actually being in college in the first place | Page 6
University singing group to attend a capella showcase By D’Erra Jackson Reporter
A University singing group will be performing in an a cappella fest this Saturday at the University of Michigan. The Hee Bee BGs is an all-male a cappella singing group which performs pop and chamber music. The group started in 2007 when former graduate students Andrew Schultz and Matt Young decided to form the group, said Chris Clark, director of the Hee Bee BGs.
See HEE BEE | Page 2
PEOPLE ON THE STREET
CITY BRIEF If you could carve anyone’s face in a pumpkin, whose would it be?
AMBER DALRYMPLE Freshman, VCT
“Johnny Depp; he’s played so many crazy and cool characters you could carve.” | Page 4
Early yesterday morning, a Bowling Green city police officer was involved in a car crash. According to police reports, Police Officer Andy Mulinix was responding to a domestic dispute 911 phone call. He was driving his police cruiser eastbound on Palmer Avenue., and when he failed to stop at a stop sign, his car collided with another vehicle that was traveling northbound on South Summit. Minor injuries were reported, police reports said. Mulinix was cited for a traffic control device violation.
Reaccredidation recommended for department By Megan Woodward Reporter
This past week, the Accredited Council on Education of Journalism and Mass communications came and recommended accreditation for the University’s Journalism department. With only 113 accredited schools in the United States and only 3 in Ohio, including Kent State University, Ohio University and BGSU, Chair of the department of Journalism and Public Relations Jim Foust was happy about the outcome. “Being approved for accreditation was an affirmation of doing good things in the department,” Foust said. “It is good for the students are in a very good program that we are a school that is recognized by the department.” Foust and the department went through many preparations for the team to come and look at the department. Foust said they had to prepare a Self Study report that included records, course sylla-
bi, what professors are teaching and student records. Also, Foust had to write a narrative report that explained the department and what the department does for the students. “After writing the self study it came to be almost 600 pages, the narrative report being 100 pages and other documents 500 pages,” he said. The accredited team came in and checked nine standards that need to be passed for approval. Sections included: curriculum and instruction, which is what the students are being taught and how the department is run; diversity and inclusiveness, which is how students are learning how to be diverse and how to write for a diverse population; full and part time faculty, which includes what kind of faculty the department has; student services, which is the media sources that the school has for students, such as the newspaper and magazine; and
See PROGRAM | Page 3
Ex-frat members plead guilty in New York student’s hazing death Students admit they supplied alcohol to underage student trying to join their fraternity driving. Fellow student Alex Stucki, 21, who was later expelled, and Devin McClain, 22, who lost his GENESEO, N.Y. — Two former job at a college cafeteria, pleadmembers of a banned college ed guilty to criminally negligent fraternity at a western New homicide, a felony. Stucki, of York campus admitted yester- Rochester, also pleaded guilty day they plied a student with to misdemeanor tampering so much beer, champagne and with evidence for removing a vodka during a three-day haz- pledge T-shirt from Partamian ing that the young man died of after discovering his body in an upstairs bedroom at the frat alcohol poisoning. Arman Partamian, 19, a house. In return, the two were biology sophomore from New York City, was found dead sentenced to four months of March 1 after drinking exces- weekends in jail. Stucki must sively to gain membership in complete 500 hours of commuthe off-campus fraternity at nity service and McClain must State University of New York complete 250. in Geneseo. His blood-alcohol See FRAT | Page 3 level was 0.55 percent, nearly seven times the legal limit for By Ben Dobbin The Associated Press
Student group unites Apple products and students By Tim Naida
ucts, but said that the meetings would be helpful to her. “I grew up in the PC era and The Apple User Group on cam- that’s what I’m sticking to,” she pus is looking to help students said. “I would like to be informed use their Apple products to the about [Apple] products because in some of my classes, they only best of their abilities. President Justin Sisler said that use Macs.” Senior Jason Boetcher also said the Apple User Group is a community of fanboys and fangirls of the meetings could be helpful Apple products. They share tips to students. He owns an iPhone, and tricks for Apple products at and said could use the group for each meeting. They hold general help at times, particularly when meetings every two weeks, tak- using his computer. “Using the phone is pretty easy,” ing place on Mondays at 9:15 in he said. “Actually hooking it up room 307 in the Union. Sisler said the meetings are to my laptop can be tricky.” The group has about 15 active informational, but laid back. “The goal is to show how Apple members and 30 other members. products make life easier,” he To attract more members, the said. See APPLE | Page 3 Graduate student Gabrielle Knafler does not use Apple prodReporter
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