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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 79
University potential budget shifts
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College deans to manage budgets, competition in mind By Michele Mathis Copy Chief
In a time of a recovering economy, budget cuts are not surprising for many state universities. Students may have felt the weight of these budget cuts with their own personalized programs in restricted access to certain travel, performance, faculty and extra-curricular events. However, the weight of the lack of opportunity is about to get stronger. The University is beginning to think about implementing a new budget model called Responsibility Center Management [RCM] to turn financial issues into incentives for respective deans and professors to cut costs within their programs, forcing them to think about planning budgets more strategically. The RCM functions simply: the University will calculate all revenues and its expenses, and then distributes them to the respective colleges. For larger college programs that attract large enrollment, this is potentially good news. For the others that struggle with their numbers, RCM could be mean less money. David Attis, senior director of academic research at the Education Advisory Board, studies this model. “At a time of lean budgets and difficult decisions, people think of RCM as a way to make clear why they get money when they get money,” he said. Attis said that some believe this new budget model is presidents and provosts siphoning the responsibility off onto professors and deans underneath them during financially hard times. “Some think that this is a way to problem down … [and] let them make the hard decisions,” he said. One of the main functionalities of RCM is transparency, meaning that consequences to the decision to reduce certain program budgets must be understood and comprehended by all those who are making the decision. Scott Carlson, an editor for The Chronicle of Higher Education, said that the RCM requires a very strong
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DIGITAL HUMANITIES: A new center recently opened in the library that helps students analyze online archives and other digital humanities projects. Full story on PAGE 2.
High Flyers see success, perform at sporting events By Terrance Davis Reporter
If you’ve attended a gymnastics home meet or basketball home game recently, there’ a good chance you’ve witnessed these Chicago natives showcase their talent. Their routines incorporate elements of cheerleading, gymnastics and choreography. Combined with a hint of hip-hop swagger, these crowd-pleasing acrobats have become must-see entertainment on campus. “We are entertainers,” said Desmond Mosley, secretary and spokesperson for the BG Highflyers. “Gymnastics and cheerleading incorporate more technical skills, and although we utilized those skills, we make our own stunts to really get the crowd involved.” Unlike most student-led organizations affiliated with Bowling Green, the Highflyers operate as an independent business entity in the state of Ohio. Former Cheerleader Thomas Jackson, the organization’s president and founder, decided to create the business back in January after receiving a vote of confidence from head gymnastics coach Kerri Turner. “Over winter break, I was sitting on the couch at my house thinking of various ways me and my friends could create an organization that’s different from gymnastics and cheerleading and ultimately we came up with the Bowling Green Highflyers,” Jackson said. “Our business is still in its infancy stage, but I’m amazed at how fast we’ve been able to gain recognition amongst our peers on campus. We really want to thank Coach K for giving us the platform to show our skills. She believed in our vision when no one else opted to give us an opportunity.” The Highflyers have made the most of that opportunity and their eye-catching performances have garnered them popularity and admiration from the local community. “Our first performance at the gymnastics meet really kick started this whole thing,” said Corey Young, treasurer of the Highflyers. “Cory Kirby, who works at the ticket office at the Stroh Center, kept hearing THE BG High Flyers perform at the Black Issues Conference February 28.
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CNN host speaks to journalism students, faculty about his success
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
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DAZIEL ROMAN, a sophomore, donates blood during the Chavez Challenge Blood Drive. The blood drive lasts until Thursday in the Union multipurpose room from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. each day.
FALCONS LOSE EIGHT STRAIGHT The BG baseball team dropped to 5-14 following their match up against Michigan. A series of fifth inning mistakes held their offense to only three runs. | PAGE 5
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Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” has found success by doing what other people haven’t. Stelter began his post-college career at The New York Times after gaining the newspaper’s attention by running TVNewser, a blog about the television news industry. “I just started it because I loved the topic, and I wanted a site like the one I’d made to exist,” he said on Tuesday night to an audience including journalism faculty and students. “I looked around and I was like, ‘There’s no site like this out there, and I wish there was.’” Stelter’s speech in the Union theater was the 2015 Florence and Jesse Currier lecture. The Curriers gave the Department
IMPRACTICAL EDUCATION Columnist Abbey Serena talks about gender. She says that gender labels are created by people, and that one can identify however they like, regardless of their sex organs. | PAGE 4
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of Journalism and Public Relations an endowment that allows the department to bring speakers to campus, said Kathy Bradshaw, department chair. “[Stelter] pursued his interests and made something real of them,” said Kiley Brandon, a senior who attended the speech. Once Stelter reached The New York Times, he didn’t stop doing what other people weren’t. Not wanting to take stories that belonged to veteran journalists also reporting on television, Stelter forced him-
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BUDGET From Page 1 administration system to support the new budget plan. It will be the administration’s responsibility to “levy high enough taxes to maintain a strategic reserve and uphold rules to prevent deans from haggling over the taxes and to bar competition.” An example of this strategic reserve would be if an engineering school would begin to offer higher placement composition courses to draw prospective students away from a liberal arts college. While the idea of a transparent budget could be an incentive to some college campuses, RCM has its downsides.
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University of Arizona Provost Andrew Comrie says that he struggles to remind administration that the “mission is not just about dollars.” “If you get right down to it, none of the colleges there make money. Making money is not what higher education is about,” he said. What does this mean for the potential future of the University? Although the proposed RCM is still at its first stages, the future for some specific programs here on campus looks dismal. Senior Gramm Drennen studies cello performance in the College of Musical Arts. “I chose BGSU’s music program because the faculty here have all studied at some of the biggest names in music schools,” he said. The University is a pow-
erhouse for education and business. When told that a budget plan like RCM could start eliminating smaller programs, Drennen appeared agitated. “The College of Musical Arts [CMA] is where I spend 90 percent of my time. The CMA is the most diverse college on campus; it attracts students from all over the world. [It] also has the students with the highest ACT average and while I know this isn’t always the best indicator of what makes a good student, it definitely says something,” he said. “When I hear that the University wants to cut our funding, it makes me mad. I think this University has had a recent history of poorly managing their money and I hope I don’t see that continue.”
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The Jerome Library has recently opened a Digital Humanities Lab to assist students and faculty on campus with their digital humanities projects. It is open Monday through Thursday from 8 to 10 a.m., Fridays from 8 to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 6 to 10 p.m. The Digital Humanities Lab was set up within the Student Technology Assistance Center, which offers peer-to-peer instruction on software applications for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as distance students. The goal of the Digital Humanities Lab is to encourage and support research projects while finding ways to creatively use technology. Dean of the Library Sara Bushong explained that the University Librarians began collaborating a couple of years ago with faculty in American Culture Studies and English on Digital Humanities projects. “There are many different topics that can be explored,” said Bushong. “Students in the classes receive instruction from
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the library faculty on how to search for and examine artifacts from the collections, then work with them to digitize the items, and create metadata to describe the items.” The idea of the need for the lab was first developed this fall, according to Bushong. “In this year’s fall semester Dr. Andrew Schocket approached us with the need for a Digital Humanities lab,” Bushong said. “The Digital Humanists have been utilizing different types of computer programs to analyze humanities projects.” At the Digital Humanities Lab, faculty and students have many possibilities when it comes to what all they are able to do. The lab allows students to use historical sources, social media, digital publishing, the ability to develop applications to make resources available to the web, writing codes and much more. “I just heard about the
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Cafe Havana owners go from groceries to hookah Despite competition, restaurant keeps focus same By Brandon Shrider Sports Editor
Smoking tobacco from a hookah, according to an article from drugree.org which discussed a study from 2011, has become a popular pastime for college students. Brothers and business partners Sam and Issa Baiz branched out of their Falcon Food Mart, located on South Main Street, and began looking at what Bowling Green needed. Their plan — to create a hookah bar — was something that Bowling Green did not have at the time. After doing extensive market studies, the two of them realized they would be unable to thrive offering just hookah, Issa Baiz said. Their love of coffee shops prompted the idea now known as Café Havana. Offering a plethora of items, the shop embraces diversity. “Everything we’ve done has been to attract a variety of people,” I. Baiz said. W hether it’s coffee, tea, espresso drinks, smoothies, gelato, other desserts or hookah, Café Havana offers an array of items that appeal to a diverse demographic. “It’s not uncommon for you to come in here and see a 65-year-old and a 55-year-old having dinner with their kid and then have 18- to 22-yearolds out on the patio having hookah and then having a professor in the corner on their laptop,” I. Baiz said. “That’s been the nature of the business since day one and it
hasn’t changed.” “We get different types of people all trying new things,” said Serena Lorencovic, a barista at Café Havana. The atmosphere, however, is what keeps the customers coming back. “It’s not just the product, it’s also the service and the atmosphere. It’s always relaxed, calm, nothing too loud. You don’t feel like you’re going into a business, you kind of feel like you’re going into a hangout spot where you know everybody,” S. Baiz said. “When people come here, it’s more social. You get to know everyone around you and you get to know the servers, baristas and owners. People come in and know our names and we know theirs.” Café Havana has always been more of a community, S. Baiz said. There was a dramatic change after about a year of business, yet it was out their hands. Blo, another hookah bar, came to Bowling Green. Its advantage? Proximity. Down the road from the Bowling Green State University campus, Blo was able to attract a crowd of college students unwilling to make the trek to Café Havana on South Main Street. This never changed the plans of Sam and Issa. “We saw maybe a little impact on business, but it wasn’t a great impact,” I. Baiz said. “No matter what Blo did, we always stayed on the same
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BRIAN STELTER gave this year’s Cullier speech on how he became a CNN host in his late twenties.
STELTER From Page 1 self to find other stories. “They were really interested in traditional television,” Stelter said. “What can I cover? YouTube, and Netflix, and Hulu, all of these future-of-TV stories that are now the most important stories of all. So because I was forced to go do something different, I ended up in a much better place.” In 2013, CNN approached Stelter about hosting “Reliable Sources,” a Sunday morning show about the media. That was the focus of Stelter’s talk: how he became a CNN news host by age 29. “The short answer… I said
yes when my editors asked me to write lots and lots of stories,” Stelter said. “I said yes when I was asked to be on TV…. I lived and I breathed and I ate and I slept my work.” That was hard work, Stelter said, but the offer from CNN was also a bit of luck at the right time. He also had the advantage of being a young journalist in a field that’s rapidly evolving. “I’m a beneficiary of many trends that are changing what it means to be a journalist and changing what it means to be media,” Stelter said. There are more options for consuming news than ever, Stelter said, which means today is both the best and the most complicated time to be a news consumer.
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“There’s more misleading information out there, there’s more websites that look like they’re legit but they’re not,” Stelter said. Similarly, today is both the best and most complicated time to be a producer of news, Stelter said. People still want the news, but they want it in new ways, many of them smartphonebased. “It’s all of those broader industry trends that allowed someone like me, who got rejected from every other college I applied to until I got into a state school, Towson, in Maryland, and who had a lot not going for me both in college and after I graduated—it’s what allows me to have gotten to where I am,” Stelter said.
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Gender labels a societal creation which can be Oklahoma University condemns racist rant, but broadened, not something defined by genitalia fails to address issues of violence on its campus Gender has been defined as the division of sexes because of whatever physical anatomy that developed while the fetus was in the womb. Scientists have tried to prove that the only difference between men and women is whether they have a penis or a vagina, but they have failed to specifically identify what gender one is when they are born with both. Most doctors simply correct this apparent problem with surgery and then shrug it off as a lapse in the formation of the baby. But what makes this a problem? Can’t a person be both genders? Who decided that a man must not have breasts and instead have a penis? Or that a woman must have breasts and a vagina? Is it scientifically correct that these are the traits that make up a man or a woman? Admittedly, it seems impossible, by the passage of time and the lack of any miraculous breach in genetics, that anyone with a penis could ever get pregnant. I’ve deliberated about whether or not the terms “male” and “female” are just labels that generations of people have stuck onto those with penises and those with vaginas. Could it be that the physical makeup - and this anatomy in particular -
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is just a set of traits that some people have and some people don’t? This could mean that “men” and “women” don’t necessarily exist and are things that we are raised into because we are either born with a penis or a vagina [and, in some cases, both]. Those with penises are pressured by society to be big and sturdy, to not show tears, and to play with toy cars, while those with vaginas must play with dolls and have hair that’s always combed. But where would people born with both sex organs, even if one is surgically removed, fit in? And why do some “boys” fancy high heels more than they do skater shoes while some “girls” play ball and hit? This topic can be brought around to transgenders, as well, who are people born with a penis or vagina that go through surgery to have it turned into the opposite. They go through this to match their inner femininity or masculinity to their outer body image, but this implies that the penis or vagina really does have an impact on whether or not
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they are male or female. But, because some of them don’t go through “bottom” surgery [or even if they do], I believe that there is awareness among most transgenders that they can be whatever gender they want to be, without changing their outer appearance. And while some people will gripe that a penis or a vagina determines whether you are “male” or “female,” I make the argument that these are merely terms that people came up with so they have something to call each other, just as anyone could say someone is a “blue-eyed girl.” In retrospect, our society will label anything and everything. I can guarantee that any newly discovered object or idea would soon enough have a name pinned to it. Are penises and vaginas traits or are they what make us men and women? Is gender something we’re raised into or does it have a scientific basis? Can a man be born with breasts and a vagina [and vice versa for women]? And what about those born with both? Are they mistakes or is there an “other” gender?
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By now, you may have seen, heard about, discussed or ranted on the video of the frat boys from Oklahoma University chanting a racist song on their bus. It made quite a bit of news in the last few weeks, with a flashy and showy circus on how tolerant OU is supposed to be and how swift their reckoning can fall on students who say the wrong thing. OU seems to be rectified. They conquered racism and saved face. But did they? Or was the whole thing just a public relations stunt and both missed a deeper issue and dodged an actual problem at the school? The deeper issue with the release of this chant video is much worse than just the utterance of a bad word. While saying the n-led pejorative and boldly, proudly claiming that a person of color will never join one’s fraternity are both certainly bad things, we missed a chance here to discuss the futility and ignorance behind such racist attitudes. Why are supposedly college-educated individuals still accepting such an attitude of judging membership in their fraternity based on race? Whereas membership should be based on education, honor, community involvement and what a
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member will bring to the progress of the house, these students think the color of a person’s skin has anything to do with his quality. Allow me to twist this story away from the students and toward the school, now. OU, why do your students not only hold such ignorance, but hold it so proudly? This question has to be asked and the school has to be grilled over this. The simple action of closing down the fraternity chapter and removing the students from campus should not be the final nail in this racist coffin. Because the racism is still alive inside. Aside from that, there is another discussion which should be drawn out. While the school was right in taking action and removing the students, the action seems a bit extreme considering OU’s recent glazing over of violence on their campus. Reason magazine, a libertarian publication, brought this violence to light last week and brought up a good point with it. A football player, Joe Mixon, on the OU team was punished lightly for hitting a woman and breaking her jaw.
As an important aside, if you look into the incident, it has been proven that the woman shoved the player first and the player was defending himself. That is the main reason why the player’s punishment was light. Regardless of who hit whom how hard and why, a harsh question must be asked to the school: why do your students feel free to go around assaulting each other? I’m glad for the response from OU regarding the racist speech. Such behavior has no place on a college campus. But does violence? Why hasn’t the original student who committed assault been removed from the campus? Are we really to believe that a bad word has higher priority than violence? Is that the code OU is going to proceed by? Don’t say racist words. But it’s OK if you hurt each other, students. When reflecting on the Oklahoma University incident, keep these two points in mind. OU fosters an environment where racism is lauded and openly practiced and it is also a campus where speech outweighs violence.
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Fifth inning mistakes cost Falcon baseball another loss against Michigan By Brandon Shrider Sports Editor
A pair of fifth inning miscues cost the Bowling Green baseball team its first win in two weeks. After breaking the scoreless tie and getting the lead in the top of the third inning, the Falcons quickly lost it in the bottom of the inning, just to get it right back in the fourth. Michigan again took the lead by one in the bottom of the inning before putting the game out of reach in the fifth. “We did some good things today against a good team in Michigan, but we were unable to put together all three phases during the entire nine innings,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. A strikeout by Jesse Rait to lead off the fifth followed by a bases loaded, inning-ending double play by Brian Bien, kept the game at 3-2 Michigan. Then, in the bottom of the fifth, Jake Bivens led off with a single to left field. Jackson Glines then flew out to right field, but Bivens advanced to second shortly thereafter on a wild pitch. This was just the beginning of the daunting inning for the Falcons. Michigan’s Carmen Benedetti, in the next at bat, lined a ball to Brian Bien, but a throwing error allowed Benedetti to reach base while Bivens trotted home for the Wolverines’
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I remember August 23, 2014 like it was yesterday. I was sitting on my couch when ESPN released some “not so breaking news” that most advent NBA fans were expecting. Kevin Love was at the forefront of a blockbuster trade that would send him to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2014 number one overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins, former top pick Anthony Bennett, and veteran forward Thaddeus Young. Love was arguably the NBA’s best power forward at the time and teamed up with fellow superstars LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. That instantly made the Cavs an NBA title favorite in the eyes of most basketball experts. Now I’ll admit that my initial reaction was jealousy. As a diehard Laker fan, I hoped that the organization would bring Love back to the west coast when he became a free agent in 2015 and resurrect a team decimated by the Dwight Howard controversy, the coaching hires by
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Jim Buss, the aging superstars and the cast of role players devoid of star-talent. I quickly got over my selfishness and assessed all aspects of the trade for what it was. My conclusion was this is a really dumb decision by the Cavalier organization. You just don’t give away young talent like that for a player with overinflated statistics on a team that was never a factor in the Western Conference playoff races. Kevin Love put up gaudy numbers his entire career at Minnesota but those stats did not translate to team success. I’ve had several heated arguments with my friends, who are
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fourth run. A single followed by a twoRBIs double gave Michigan two more runs, which proved to be too much for the Falcons to overcome. The Falcons scored once more on a sixth inning RBI double from Randy Righter, but Michigan added two
LOVE From Page 5 huge Cavs fans, about whether Kevin Love is actually star in the NBA or if he’s in a situation where he’s the best player on a really bad team. The first things they point to are his stats and that he’s a guaranteed doubledouble every time he steps on the court. My answer is “so what?” Yes, Love has averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds a game for his career, including 26 and 12 last season, but he was easily the best player on that weak Minnesota squad. Love took the most shots, 18.2 per game to be exact, because no one else could create any offense and he is a legitimate 6 feet 10 inches tall. If he couldn’t get those averages in Minnesota then this would not be a discussion. He deserves every compliment for his offensive repertoire and his trademark full-court chest passes. I’ll give him that. But don’t get me started on his defense.
more runs in the bottom of the inning, all but ending the day for BG. BG collected just one more hit the rest of the way. In the seventh, the Falcons were put down in order as Justin Mott popped out to second, Kory Brown struck out swinging and Brandon Howard grounded out to third. BG had another three-upthree-down inning as Nick
Glanzman and Trey Keegan struck out looking before Matt Smith flew out to right to end the inning. The Falcons showed a slight glimmer of hope in the ninth. Greg Basalyga led off with his second double of the game, followed by a Randy Righter walk. But the Falcons would not capitalize. Hunter Clanin grounded into a double play followed
by an Addison Rospert strikeout to end the game. Rob Zenas was credited with his first loss of the season, surrendering four earned runs in just an inning and a third, after relieving starter Brett Fitzwater. The Falcons will take their eight-game losing streak back into to Mid-American Conference play in a threegame road series against Northern Illinois.
Love has never been considered anything more than a below-average defender. He’s not extremely athletic and doesn’t have the lateral quickness to contain most athletic big men from dominating in the paint. His effort is nonexistent. His posture is always lackadaisical. The Blake Griffins and Anthony Davis’ of the world have made mince meat out of Love’s defensive efforts. Hence, when you turn to a Cavs game on TNT or ESPN you can find Love on the bench. Unengaged. Just like his defense. The Cavs underestimated the value of Andrew Wiggins, and followed his freshman campaign at Kansas closely. I firmly believe that he has the potential to be a special player. His offensive game needs substantial work and that comes with time. There is no denying his immediate impact on the defensive end as an on-the-ball defender. Wiggins has only scratched the surface of his limitless potential and has the world-
class athleticism that only a few of today’s elite players possess. At only 20 years of age, the Canadian rookie has miles to go before we can label him a superstar but it’s obvious he’s on the right track. Minnesota is fortunate to have him. Now back to Kevin Love. The Cavs have already clinched a playoff berth, sit firmly in second place in the Eastern Conference and Love has been a non-factor this entire season as the third option on the team. There are times when he seems lost on the court. Rumors have circulated all season that Love wants out of Cleveland at the end of the season. But you really can’t blame him. He has never been asked to play as much defense as he has this season while also giving up so many shots on offense. For Cleveland’s sake, I hope Kevin Love opts to stay. Otherwise, the organization would have sacrificed the number overall pick for a oneyear case of the “Love bug.”
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University Architect Barbara Shergalis and Assistant Director for University Design and Construction Brian Swope spoke to the Undergraduate Student Government regarding summer construction. “Those who are staying here this summer [are] going to be confronted with a lot of construction,” Swope said at USG’s Monday meeting. Shergalis said construction of Greek housing is on time. The team working on the new fraternity and sorority housing, she said, is “100 percent behind [it].” Swope said 41 classrooms scattered throughout the Business Administration building, Eppler and the Math Science building will be “refreshed.” “Learning space upgrades are huge,” Shergalis said. “Hopefully you’ll have chairs that are actually comfortable to sit in.” This will consist of new paint, flooring and new furniture. Additionally, the cooling systems in several buildings will be consolidated to increase efficiency. The access road by East Hall will be widened as well. Infrastructure around the Centrex building will also take place, resulting in portions of the sidewalk in the area being destroyed temporarily. Classrooms in the Education building will be consolidated to created active learning environments. Learning technology and furniture within these spaces will also be upgraded. “By the time you come back [next fall], you’re going to see a different campus,” Swope said. A resolution was presented to restructure USG senate committees, specifically to change the auxiliary affairs committee in the Undergraduate Student Affairs committee. The restructure will implement subcommittees under the Undergrad Student Affairs committee for specific needs on campus. For example, if diversity is deemed to be a particularly important issue one semester, a diversity subcommittee may be created for the semester to address the concern. USG Internal Affairs Chair Jeff Devereaux said the creation of the subcommittees will “come down to the discretion of the speaker.” Senator Ebonee Johnson said she agrees with the resolution, saying how the committees are structured now results in “vague” work being done. “It will allow us to be a lot more efficient,” she said. Devereaux said in his report that he is meeting with Steven Krakoff of University Capital Planning to discuss gender neutral bathrooms on campus. “That is an initiative that I will be working on,” Devereaux said. “This has the potential to be a really big deal.”
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for themselves. “I’m still in shock at how quickly we’ve been able to make this a real business,” Jackson said. “Of course, we had goals and expectations when we brought this organization to fruition, but I never thought it would happen this quick. It has taken off fast.” The Highflyers remain humbled, in spite of their success, and are appreciative of all the support they’ve received from family, friends, peers and the Bowling Green administration. “The crowd loves what we do because they can see that we love what we do,” said Natori Farrow, vice president of the HighFlyers. “We have a growing number of followers on our social media page and people constantly send us positive feedback showing their respect
for our business and what we are trying to do. It’s gratifying but at the same time it gives us motivation to continue to pursue this.” This quartet realize they’ve created something special and have high expectations for future business endeavors. “We’ve had the opportunity to perform at Chicago Bulls games back at home, so we’ve set the bar quite high in terms of the caliber of events we would like our business to push for,” Jackson said. “In the future, we would like to perform at the Cleveland Cavaliers or Browns games and as our business continues to grow we hope to travel and pursue opportunities outside of the state of Ohio as well. We’ve got big dreams, man.”
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