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Dance Marathon raises highest amount in history, over $340,000 given to Miracle Children By Natasha Ivery Reporter
After 32 hours of dancing, fundraising and smiles, this year’s culmination of Dance Marathon ended at 6 p.m. on Sunday evening and they raised $341, 749.34. This was the highest amount raised in the event’s history. ZiggyThon celebrated 20 years of working with Miracle Children and Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. The closing ceremony began with a few awards for participants and dancers with congratulations from a few special speakers. Mayor of Bowling Green Richard Edwards said a few remarks about the event. “I sense good news in the air, keep it going,” Edwards said. Coordinators also announced the new executive board for the 2016 Dance Marathon and congratulated them on stage. Renee Erskine, parent of Miracle Child Regan Erskine, who has Carnitine Deficiency, Immune Deficiency and Ulcerative Colitis, said that Dance Marathon and the people involved in it make it better. “The support and love that Regan is shown is amazing,” Erskine said. “We’ve been to this event for a few years now and PHOTOS BY ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
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Nick Jonas to perform in Stroh
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University Activities Organization hosts artist, looked through others like Paramore, Fall Out Boys before choosing Nick Jonas By Kendra Clark Campus Editor
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Friends from other schools may get jealous, because Nick Jonas will be visiting the University to perform. He will be at the Stroh on Tuesday, April 21 and doors will open for students and the public at 6 p.m. The show will start at 7 p.m. University Activities Organization was in charge with picking the artist and hosting the show. Co-Director for UAO’s entertainment programming team Alysson Tharrett said she is really excited for Nick Jonas to perform. “I hope everyone loves it and has a lot of fun,” she said. Jasmine Buxton, advisor for UAO, helped the students plan the event and make sure things run smoothly. UAO chose two people to perform before Nick Jonas, Buxton said. They will be Emily Hearn and Levi Stephens. “They were chosen because they are similar in sound and play the guitar,” Buxton said. “They both are very good. They are young and have the sound of soul and folkish.” They went through many people before
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their final choice of Nick Jonas. “We had some options then we made it to the top three,” Tharrett said. “We then looked at who would do well with BG and our students.” Buxton said they try to choose people with different styles every year. “We want a different sound every year that is also family friendly,” she said. “Hopefully, for students who have been here for four years, they will see different artists every year. They should see someone from rap, country, pop and rock.” In order to pick someone for the concert, UAO looks at many different factors for the artists. “We look at who’s popular, who is on the top 40 music, YouTube hits and more,” she said. Before they narrowed it down to Nick Jonas, they were looking at artists like Fall Out Boy and Paramore, Buxton said. They chose Nick because the others had scheduling conflicts and he was very open. “He was really eager to come,” she said. “He even moved some things around on his tour to make it here.” Although tickets for the floor are sold out, tickets for the bowl seats are still available for the public.
ARE YOU GOING TO THE NICK JONAS CONCERT? “Yes, because I’ve always been a fan of him even before he became famous.” Emily Graff Sophomore, Middle Childhood Education
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Those who commute to and from campus may have noticed the appearance of roadside trash after the spring thaw. Two University and four Bowling Green High School students volunteered Sunday afternoon to help clean the city up. The volunteers came together as part of “BG CleanUp,” an event organized by Sean Herman, president of University social activism group Freedom. The students met at The Common Good at 113 Crim St. and focused on areas in the first and second wards of the city. Megan Sutherland, director of The Common Good, said there had been talk among those involved in The Common Good about
organizing a trash pickup. Salem Lahlali, a student who is involved in both The Common Good and Freedom, suggested it to Herman who then took the idea from there, Sutherland said. “[Herman] took the initiative and he organized it,” Sutherland said. Tucker Pendleton, a student at Bowling Green High School, is a member of the high school’s Key Club. Faculty at the school encourage members to take the opportunity to volunteer. “I thought, ‘You know, that sounds like a good idea,’” Pendleton said. “Get some volunteer hours and help the community. It sounded like a new change to work with the college.” Delta Lambda Phi member Aaron Gilbert was there to fulfill service hour requirements, but said he hopes “to
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10:00 am Saturday
Start of 2015 ZiggyThon
Dancers Run Into Perry Field House
Jill Carr Speaks To Participants
Morale Team Captains Perform Their Line Dance
The Stubleski Family Donates $4,110 to Dance Marathon
Dancers Get A Lunch Break
Women’s Gymnastics Performed
The BG High Flyers Performed
Trivia Crack Live Starts To Support TOMS Shoes
University Dance Alliance Performed
MILES AHEAD Students bike 180 miles to fundraise for ZiggyThon By Kendra Clark Campus Editor
As a part of the fundraising for ZiggyThon, 150 students biked a total of 180 miles from Cincinnati to the University in the Bikes for Tikes ride. They raised a total of $102,854.57, which was over their goal of $100,000. The bikers arrived at ZiggyThon at 4:30 p.m. then ran through a tunnel created by the dancers who where waiting for them. They then made their way to the stage and performed a dance and unveiled their grand total that they raised to support the Children’s Mercy Hospital and the Miracle Children. Tears were shed as students finished their long trip and joined the large crowd for ZiggyThon for the grand finale. Senior Taylor Vail was among the many who felt overwhelmed after the ride was over. “It feels weird,” she said. “The weekend felt like it would never end and now that it’s over, it’s very emotional. This ride has been my life for the past three days and now it’s over.” Vail said she felt overwhelmed because she woke up at 5:30 a.m. that morning to make it to ZiggyThon on time. “Also, to know that we made our goal is an
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Senior serves as finance chair for Dance Marathon Falcon Swing Society Taught Line Dance To Dancers
Miracle Children Talent Show Takes Place
Dancers Participate In Bikes For Tikes Skype Session
Hypnotist Dale K Performed
Dancers Participated In Karaoke [Timeline contined on next page]
Previous dancer, biker takes on new role, challenges By Lily Bartell In-Focus Editor
Mel Dickey is a super hero. She is a senior communication major, originally from the Cleveland area, member of the Delta Gamma sorority, wants to be a University president and helps save lives. She’s been involved with Dance Marathon and Bikes For Tikes during all four years of her time at the University. During Dickey’s freshman year, she was a dancer for Dance Marathon and was on her feet for the 32 long hours of the event. Her sophomore year she participated in Bikes For Tikes and rode the 180 miles from Cincinnati to Bowling Green. Her junior year she was a moral captain for the teal team and was involved with the mini marathon and ZiggyThon. This year, she is the finance chair for Dance Marathon and is in charge of collecting and taking care of the money raised. She said she originally got involved because she thought it was just about dancing and
enjoyed dancing. “I just wanted to dance for 32 hours. I thought it was my kind of thing.” However, over time, Dickey realized Dance Marathon was much bigger than she realized and was for a cause bigger than herself. “I just fell in love with it,” she said. “Dance Marathon is huge on our campus. It’s becoming one of those traditions.” One thing she was looking forward to the most this weekend was the reveal of the full amount of money raised for all the events involved with Dance Marathon. She said that the money isn’t the only thing to look forward to, but since she is the finance chair, it’s a big part of her job. “It’s not all about the money,” she said. “At the end of the day, it’s about the kids and the families.” Caleb Harrah is one of the teal moral captains this year and had the role of motivating dancers for ZiggyThon this weekend. Like Dickey, he is close to the cause.
“Dance Marathon is important for BG because it allows students to give back,” he said. “It lets them be a part of something that is bigger than all of us.” Harrah also sees Dickey’s com m it ment to Da nce Marathon and the hard work she does to make it all possible. “Mel has a huge dedication for this organization. She does everything she possibly can to improve things that have not worked in the past and to keep things that have worked to keep working,” he said. “She does every thing she can to help the kids at Mercy Children’s Hospital.” Dickey is headed to Kent State next year for graduate school. She plans to earn a degree in higher education student personnel while working at Baldwin Wallace University to work toward her goals of helping and leading colleagues and students. “I’m always trying to make the world a better place and making something better than I found it,” she said.
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Each Colored Team Meet To Take Team Selfie
Dancers Participated In A Spartan Yell
Flag Football Game Started
H2O Church Held Service For Dancers
Dancers Participated In Family Fued
Miracle Children Performed Line Dance
Norawlk High School Announced That They Raised $5,484.10 In Their Mini Marathon.
Slam Poetry Group Performed
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Improv Group Bad Genetics Performed Skit
Dancers Participated In Leap Frog
Teams Competed Against Each Other In BGSU Trivia
No matter what your perception of Dance Marathon might be, there is no arguing that it is a large recruiting tool for the University. You don’t have to look any further than what Miracle Child Alexis Flynn said Saturday morning while telling her story. She announced that she wanted to come to Bowling Green State University for college and spoke about the support she has
received from the members of Dance Marathon. She reminisced on an essay she wrote detailing her biggest supporters. Flynn knelt down and said, “I thought, ‘Hmm… how many people go to BGSU?’” That was just one incidence, the second came when announcing the total for Dance Marathon’s Mini Marathon group. Norwalk high school came and announced that they raised $5,484.10. Their advisor is a University alumnus and one of their committee members will
be attending the University in the fall. Those pa r t nerships with high schools from around the area help recruitment, Director of Dance Marathon Alison Doughty said. “BGSU Dance Marathon partners with high schools in the local area and they host their own dance marathon,” Doughty said. “Often times because they are working with us they decide to apply to BG and come here.” Now it’s easier than ever
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Miracle family tells their story of difficulty, happiness Golden Shoe Award Given To Team Teal
Bikers Returned To BG
Bikers Performed Line Dance
Bikers and Dancers Participated In The Circle Of Hope
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The Stygles family share hardships, triumphs with twins Robert and Lyndon By Hannah Benson Reporter
In addition to standing for 32 hours straight as a dance marathon dancer, graduate student Katie Stygles and her two sons, Robert and Lyndon, are one of the miracle families who spoke at this year’s Ziggython. “We talk about our one reason, right? Well, I have two reasons,” Stygles said. When Stygles was 30 weeks pregnant with her twin boys, she found out she was having complications and went into the hospital on bed-rest at 31 weeks. “They kept telling me ‘just a couple more days’ and kept pushing it and pushing it,” she said. Robert did not have much amniotic f luid, which is the f luid that helps the lungs develop, and the doctors decided to take the twins by
C-section at 34 weeks. “Robert was born first and let out a big cry, which is pretty indicative of his personality,” Stygles said. “Lyndon was born two minutes later and we didn’t hear anything.” Lyndon was not breathing and he needed to be intubated in the OR and once he started to breathe, he was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. “They rolled their intubator by and I didn’t even get to touch them yet,” she said. “They had Robert laying on top of Lyndon because for multiples they help one another thrive. They were trying to help Lyndon survive, by having Robert on top of Lyndon.” When she first saw them, they were both hooked up to breathing machines. “It was pretty scary, but all the great doctors and nurses at Mercy Children’s were being really encour-
aging,” she said. They were in the NICU for three weeks and when they came home they didn’t need any machines, which she said is rare. Lyndon was also born w it h hydronephrosis, which is too much fluid in the kidneys which can lead to kidney failure. He received continued care with his neurologist and had surgery to fix the problem when he was four. “They are both tough little guys,” she said. “They really are my reason for everything. They are the reason I went back to school. They are proud big brothers to my other set of twins.” Lyndon and Robert stayed at the event for 12 hours on Saturday and said they love being at the event. “I love ever y thing about Dance Marathon,” Robert said. They said they liked
playing with the college students. “I like playing tag” Lyndon said. Stygles said she did not participate as a dancer last year and was only there for eight hours. “I truly understand what this is about now,” she said. “I think kind of got it last year, but this is a huge deal.” C ou r t ne y C rowe, Assistant Director of External Affairs, said the Stygles were really involved in all of dance marathon’s events, which made them “awesome” to work with. Dance marathon works with a hospital coordinator to connect with the miracle families, Crowe said. As the Assistant Director of External Affairs, Crowe said she has a branch underneath her who com-
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with something along the lines of, “Excellent, then please do not.” It sounds harsh out of context, but I promise I say it with a smile, as well as a lot of conviction, because I truly believe that. There are already too many teachers out there who do not absolutely love what they do and it is not fair to anybody, least of all the students. There’s a scene in “Sister Act 2” when Whoopi Goldberg is trying to talk some sense into Rita, her troubled but talented student with a little inspiration from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Marie Rilke: “If you wake up in the mornin’ and
you can’t think of anything but singin’ first, then you’re supposed to be a singer, girl.” I would say the same for teachers. We need teachers who love what they do so much that they could not think about doing anything else. Rumor has it one of the earliest courses that an education major takes is used as a “determiner,” one that lets professors see who is in it for the long haul, as around a third switch out of the Education program after or before completion of the course. Whether or not that’s true, it wouldn’t surprise me and I think those people should be commended, first for the self-awareness to know that it’s not what they want to do, second for the caring to switch because of that knowledge even if they had been pres-
sured into it and third for the smarts to do so before they are put back too far. People call me crazy for wanting to teach middle school, but I take it as a compliment. After all, in order to consistently come up with new, effective ways to keep students engaged, you have to make a habit of thinking outside the box. If you have anything less than a burning desire to spend your days forming the development of America’s youth - its future - from the kid with the obnoxious helicopter parents to the sweetest, most docile one to the one who fights you on everything, please do not pursue that career. The work is too critical to accept anything less.
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As the end of another school year approaches and I get one step closer to finally graduating, I count my blessings that not one person has asked what on earth I plan on doing with my education degree. No, where I run into raised eyebrows and snickers is when I tell people I want to teach middle school. Typically the comments fall into one of three categories: the horrified, “Dear God, why? They’re such brats.”; the concerned, “Good luck, you’ll need it.”; and my personal favorite, the delighted, “Great! We need more good teachers.” I pay the most attention to that last one, because I agree. I also definitely agree that I will need some luck. I forgot about the fourth category, comments like, “I could never be a teacher.” I usually reply
In about a month I will retire from the University after twenty-nine years. I am relatively young—I’ll turn 60 this year—but I see this as a career change rather than retirement from work. My plans include literary translations, scholarly books and other writing projects. Nowadays, staying in the same job for nearly three decades is a rarity. Job and career changes are the norm [although the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers no figures, because such changes are hard to define]. So in a way, I’m finally just acting normal. I’ve been in school in one way or another for fifty-five years. Since my second and final promotion thirteen years ago, I’ve plateaued. It’s time for school to let out. It has been a good job in lots of ways and a wonderful job in a few ways. One of the most satisfying things has been watch-
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ing young people grow intellectually and personally, through their studies and their experiential learning abroad. Related to that, I’ve had the privilege of spending a total of four and a half of those years directing our Academic Year Abroad in Salzburg, Austria. My life and my family’s lives have been enriched by living in Austria and by our friendships there. Our Max Kade Writerin-Residence program has also been a real boon. I’ve been lucky enough to get to know or make friends with creative people who have visited us here. I started translating the authors’ texts so they could
hold bilingual readings and a new world opened up. There’s nothing I’m better at or get more satisfaction from than translating literature. Some professors turn to administration as a career change. It’s a way to get a raise, to get ahead and to live up to new challenges. But the administrative parts of my job were my least favorite, because I’m not naturally good at them. Doing them well required extra time and concentration and double and triple checking. And even then I made errors or didn’t keep up. Those tasks rarely involved satisfaction, just relief when they were over. I’d be doing no one any favors, myself included, by turning administrator. Of course, I could rededicate myself to teaching. But I’ve been teaching for thirty-seven years and in spite of enjoying it [and in spite of a rich variety of courses
and students], I’m fading as a teacher. I wouldn’t want to spend my last years as a has-been. And there’s also scholarly work—a never-ending source of interest, renewal and satisfaction. But the university has changed. More and more of what we do is driven by administrative initiatives and so much service is asked of the faculty that grading has displaced scholarship as the thing you have to do on your own time - and research gets done on borrowed time. My wife and I will stay in Bowling Green. We have too many dear friends here to leave and the town, with the university, has become our home. I know I’m fortunate to be able to change my life and I aim to make the most of it.
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Social media changed the way Dance Marathon raises funds Meg Kraft Reporter
BGSU Dance Marathon, a nonprofit student organization, set out to raise $50,000 with their annual ZiggyThon event. Every year, an on-campus venue is filled with live entertainment, music, food, games and hundreds of Dance Marathon participants. Heavy fundraising, critical planning and efficiently executing the event is crucial to a successful ZiggyThon. Every event held by the organization comes out of their limited budget. Staci Thompson, director of financial affairs, said the cost of running events is made possible through hard work and donations. “We start off by using as many campus resources we can. We apply for SBC [Student Budget Committee] funds and our core committee members take on a lot of the cost,” Thompson said. Donations and registration fees covered expenses for ZiggyThon, including food and T-shirt costs. Thompson said the organization does everything they can to utilize budget spending, avoiding the need to use donor money. “We try not to use any of the donor money for actual [event costs], those are essentially going straight to the hospital,” she said. Thompson said the majority of donations are made via social media. “It’s changed a lot in the past few years,” she said. “We used to get a lot of checks coming in but now we’re getting a lot more smaller donations from participants’ social media.” Thompson said receiving donations is all about the effort and delivery. “It’s a combination of letters, emails, and social media. Once you ask people, they donate,” she said. After receiving necessary donations, Dance Marathon planning goes into effect. Sarah Hauck, assistant director of
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planning, said choosing the perfect location for ZiggyThon is based on accessibility and aesthetics. “We have three options including the Stroh Center, Rec Center and Perry Field House,” she said. “The Stroh Center actually costs us money, the Rec Center just got renovated, so the Field House is the perfect venue for this event.” Hauck says despite the amount of activities and food involved in ZiggyThon, financing the event is not an issue. “We try to get everything donated. We’ve never really run into financial problems because this has gone on so long,” she said. “We have a revenue fund.” Hauck said that after the location is set, Dance Marathon members pick the theme and date of the event. “We come together and pick a theme,” she said. “We decided that since this is our twentieth year we should do a celebration of 20 years of miracles.” Setting a date is based upon Sibs and Kids weekend as well as weather because it affects Dance Marathon’s Bikes for Tikes event. According to Hauck, planning for next year’s ZiggyThon is already in effect. The event greatly impacts the lives of Miracle Children and families of Mercy Children’s Hospital, but Dance Marathon members believe it also benefits the student body. Thomas Hamway, fundraising chair, said Dance Marathon benefits the University by bringing in new students and bringing together current students and alumni. “We have Miracle Children that actually end up going to BGSU because of Dance Marathon,” he said. “It brings students together because they see how awesome it is and it keeps people here.” A hardworking core committee, dedicated dancers, donations, careful planning and a passion to help children is what makes every Dance Marathon event successful.
dents that were chosen were the first to reach that goal of $450 and get a spot.” While riding, the students will stop and sleep in local churches and schools that Bikes for Tikes has built a relationship with. “It’s nice to have these partnerships,” he said. “The riders will go through some small towns and it’s almost like a big event for some people. They hold up signs to support the riders that come through and it’s almost like a parade for them.” These signs and support from the communities was one of junior Brooke Kranz’s favorite parts of the trip. She was apart of the core committee and biked since her freshman year. “It feels amazing to be back,” she said. “The weather this year was rough but didn’t effect the people. Everyone was so positive the whole time.” Her other favorite part of the weekend was when they were told how much they had raised in Bikes for Tikes. “We got to know before the others,” she said. “They showed us a poster with the total and we all started sobbing when we realized we reached our goal. It was a phenomenal feeling.”
amazing feeling,” she said. Junior and biker Lexie Lawnicak said she made the trip because she is going to be a teacher when she graduates and she wants the children to have a chance to be in her classroom. Lawnicak described the trip as “crazy and amazing and very emotional.” “At the last night, the wind was really strong and it was getting hard to ride,” she said. “But I knew we had to finish and get here on time so I kept going.” Austin Flores, one of the assistant director and internal affairs, oversaw the chair responsible for the riders in Bikes for Tikes. He described the event as riders bike 60 miles every day for a weekend to make it from Cincinnati to the University, making 180 miles overall. “In order to become a rider, students have to raise $450 to qualify,” he said. There were many people who wanted to ride, but they only have 150 spots, he said. “We start in the fall to register,” he said. “We had over 230 people register. The stu-
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Miracle Children provide inspiration to dance marathon, Crowe said. “They are the real life connection,” she said. Crowe said she wanted to get more involved with the families, which is why she took her current position. “The first couple of events I went to, I saw that there were always Miracle Children at the event,” Crowe said. “When they tell their stories, they obviously pull you in and get you attached to the cause and I think that’s why I am where I am.”
municates with anyone outside of the University. This includes family relations, alumni, community outreach, faculty, staff and graduate students. “They are super appreciative of everything we do,” Crowe said. “It’s really great to get their support back. We are able to do so much for them and its a really good working relationship.”
PARTNER From Page 4 before to use Dance Marathon as a tool, the University doesn’t even have to put forth much effort. Because of social media and YouTube, when a prospective student searches “BGSU” they can find Dance Marathon very easily, and that has happened multiple times Doughty said. It reaches further than the high school students though, Doughty said that some Miracle Children themselves have come to the University after being a part of Dance Marathon. Along with those Miracle Children, three members of this year’s leadership team had experiences with Dance Marathon in high school. “[Dance Marathon] is a huge recruitment initiative,” Doughty said.
Vice President for Student Affairs Jill Carr said that the most important part of the event in terms of recruiting is that it is all student run. “The biggest thing is it allows our students to reach out beyond the campus and beyond themselves to those who are in great need,” Carr said. “Being with families and children from children’s miracle network, giving students the opportunity to do that in this age group is clearly a developmental moment.” While how much money is raised for Toledo Mercy Children’s Hospital is important, maybe just as important is that Dance Marathon has the ability to reach prospective students and give them a taste of what the University is about. “It brings in the type of people who are willing to give back and stand up for what they believe in. I think that is what the BGSU community is all about,” Doughty said.
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Michael Huger returns to alma mater, looks to bring BG back to tournament By Cameron Teague Robinson Editor-in-Chief
— 10 seasons of collegiate coaching experience — Nearly a dozen years of professional basketball experience — Former Falcon basketball player from 1989-93
It has been a long journey back to Bowling Green for former Falcon Michael Huger, who was introduced as the new head men’s basketball coach Friday afternoon. It began in 1989 when he started his collegiate playing career; it continued when he got his degree in the summer of 1994. Now, 22 years after his last game at Anderson Arena, everything has come full circle. His dream has come true.
“I’m thrilled and honored to become the men’s head basketball coach at my alma mater,” Huger said. “This is a dream come true.” Being in this position is something Huger has envisioned in the past, so when he got the call that the University wanted to interview him, he was excited. Athletic Director Chris Kingston and Senior Associate Athletic Director Kit Hughes sat down with Huger for about two hours during the Final Four in Indianapolis. He was the first person
they spoke with, and they were immediately impressed with Huger. Impressed so much that it is fair to say they found it hard not to compare him to the other candidates, Kingston said. “That’s something I battled with, because I’ve done a lot of searches and you don’t want to do that. There were so many quality, prepared men and at the end of the day that’s what I was combating I think, to be truthful,” Kingston said. “That’s how good he is.”
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Falcons end weekend with walkoff Nick Glanzman plays hero alongside strong weekend pitching By Brandon Shrider Sports Editor
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A lightly hit, inside-out, bloop single to shallow right field saved the weekend for the Bowling Green baseball team. Both teams were scoreless through eight before freshman starting pitcher Zac Carey, again, shut Western Michigan out in the top of the ninth. The Falcons now had a chance to take the game and the series. Two-hole hitter Brandon Howard led off the inning with a five-pitch walk. Then, a mind-numbing moment benefitted the Falcons. Opposing starter Keegan Akin — on his first pitch to Trey Keegan — stopped his windup mid-stride as the homeplate umpire quickly jumped up and signaled a balk, moving Howard into scoring position. Keegan, just two pitches in, laid down a sacrifice bunt back to Akin on the mound, moving Howard to third with just one out. The Broncos elected to intentionally walk four-hole hitter Matt Smith, opening the possibility for an inning-ending double play while bringing up utility, reserve infielder Nick Glanzman. Glanzman entered the first game of the series as a late-inning defensive replace-
ment, not registering a plate appearance. He didn’t receive any playing in game two — the first of a Saturday doubleheader. Glanzman’s late-game heroics weren’t rusty though. As Howard, arguably the fastest baserunner for BG, waited just 90 feet away from giving BG the win, Glanzman stepped to the plate looking to just put the ball in play. He did just that. After taking the first pitch for a ball, Glanzman strided forward, kept his hips back, his hands in and drove the ball over the first baseman’s head. Howard crossed home as the bench stormed the field, chasing Glanzman toward centerfield. “I was just looking to put the ball in play, really. Wherever it was put — push, pull — just try to get a base hit, win the game,” Glanzman said. “He gave me a fastball outside and I just went after it and poked it over the first baseman’s head. It worked out well.” “It felt good, it felt really good,” he added. BG beat WMU, 1-0, in the series’ rubber match. The hit was Glanzman’s second of the
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total of 18 errors between the two teams during the weekend series. Jared Kujawa then pulled a three-run shot over the right field wall, cutting the BG lead to 6-4. “Andrew Lacinak pitched a great game, but it’s unfortunate we didn’t make a routine play. And then he made probably his only bad pitch of the game — the pitch to Kujawa — and Kujawa made him pay for it,” Schmitz said. The Broncos scored another two runs in the ninth to tie the game before pushing across another two in the 10th and stealing the second game of the series. “We’re starting to play good and that’s back-toback series’ we’ve won. We’re trying to make a run at the MAC after a slow start to the season,” Carey said. BG is now 14-20 overall and 7-8 in the MAC as they prepare for a midweek game against Youngstown State on Tuesday.
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to replace Greg Basalyga at third base — a move that appeared to be a non-issue on its surface. The first batter hit a shot sharply down the third base line, but Callaway made an unthinkable snag and fired the ball to Randy Righter to first to retire the first batter. “There were some terrific, top 10 plays defensively, but then also some plays that would make the blooper reel, too,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. The second batter then grounded out to second. Kurt Hoekstra, the Broncos’ best hitter, then singled to right center, proving to be the start of a WMU run. Callaway had a chance to make another play, a much easier play to end the inning, but instead, he scooped up the grounder and fired an errant throw to first, putting two on with two outs. The error capped off a
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with his changeup and then located his fastball, he added. With the dual performances from Glanzman and Carey, the Falcons won the Mid-American Conference series 2-1 and their third consecutive MAC series win. The win came after BG dropped the second game of the series — the first of a Saturday doubleheader. “I knew we needed that win. We kind of gave the first one away a little bit, so I knew we needed to come back and win the series,” Carey said. BG was leading 4-1 after the second inning before scoring a run apiece in the fourth and fifth innings. Despite the 6-1 lead, the Falcons couldn’t find a way to finish. Starter Andrew Lacinak — pitching a near perfect game through seven innings — found himself in an eighth-inning jam. Cody Callaway came on
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game, registering just his fourth RBI on the season. Carey was as much a hero as Glanzman. After turning in an eightinning one-run performance a week ago, Carey upped himself in the crucial game for the Falcons. Carey mixed speeds, hit his spots and let his defense make the plays to keep them in the game. “With a lot of wind blowing in, I was just trying to throw strikes and keep it low. Get groundballs and let my infield turn double plays,” Carey said. But keeping the hitters off-balance was the key for him from start to finish. “My changeup was my pitch to go to today,” he said. “My changeup set everything up. I got perfect placement and had a lot of good drop.” He set the hitters up
She finished third overall in the event. Sophomore Gabrielle Edwards also saw a careerbest performance, running a mark of 12.52 seconds in the 100. The time was just .02 seconds faster than her previous best mark. “We had a good look at the facility today,” head coach Lou Snelling said. “Even though we competed in many off events, we had some nice individual results. Those were highlighted by Raven reaching the MAC auto mark in the high jump.” The team will continue to look for more automatic qualifiers when they enter the Gina Relays in Michigan on Thursday.
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was good for second in the meet and earned the team another MAC automatic qualifying mark. Overall, the Falcons earned five top-three finishes at the meet, despite entering athletes in events that they had never competed in. Redshirt sophomore Mackenzie McMillin, having never run an event shorter than 3000, placed second in the 1500 with a time of 4 minutes 46.24 seconds. The team’s other second place finish came from the 400 relay squad with a mark of 47.71 seconds. Redshirt sophomore Taylor Rambo posted a season best mark in the 200, running a time of 25.14 seconds.
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The Bowling Green track and field team competed in two different meets this past weekend, adding another Mid-American Conference automatic qualifying mark and school record to this season’s resume. Redshirt senior Brittany Sinclair was the lone competitor for the team at the Virginia Challenge and broke a record that has stood for 23 years. The record came in the 400 hurdles, running a mark of 58.97 seconds. She is now top 20 in the event in the East region. The time is the fastest in the MAC this year, beating
her own previous top time of 59.77 seconds from last week. Sinclair finished fourth in the event out of 30 runners. She also ran the 400, running a personal best time of 55.51 seconds. She moves to third in the MAC for the event and fifth fastest in school history. Sinclair now holds three individual school records in addition to three relay records. The team also competed at the Cardinal Invitational, the track that will be used for the MAC championships. Sophomore Raven Porter led the team, setting a new personal best in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet 7 inches. The mark
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HUGER From Page 7 As an assistant coach Huger has been to three NCA A Tournaments, one with the University of Miami and two with George Mason University, but that is something he failed to do as a player at the University. That is not something he plans to fail at as a coach at the University. “Our goal now is to win a MAC Championship. We want to be the first team to get back to the NCAA Tournament since 1968; that’s a long time,” Huger said. “It means more to me to win at Bowling Green than just a coach. This is bigger than just coaching, this is what we’ve built. We want to build on that and continue to grow, so it means the world to me. More so than just any other coach.” On Friday morning he met the players that he would be working to achieve that goal with. Although they didn’t talk much about his game plan or his vision, the players were excited, said junior Spencer Parker.
“It was a great reaction, hearing that he was someone that came from Bowling Green,” Parker said. “He is an alumni, he has been through this process. He is somebody we can all look up to.” Now that the introductory process is over, Huger can focus on what is next for him and the program. That next step is recruiting and making sure that the recruits who have already committed to play at BG, stay at BG. “Now is the opportunity to make sure everything is okay,” Huger said. “I spoke with [the signed recruits] and everything seems fine. I still want to introduce myself and go over and see them.” The Falcons still have one scholarship left to use, and they will use that to find the best player available. Whether that is a high school recruit or some sort of transfer will remain to be seen. “You can’t say ‘I’m going to get a transfer and we don’t get a transfer.’ Can’t say ‘I’m going to get a freshman and then get a junior college kid.’” Huger said. “So just the best available fit for us and our program.”
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BG tennis team drops final meet of season Brittany Plaszewski registers lone win for Falcons in fourth flight match By Kaleb Page Reporter
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Falcons struggle with confidence Bowling Green softball team drops three of four, falls to 5-9 in MAC play By Aaron Parker Assistant Sports Editor
The Bowling Green softball team played two consecutive doubleheaders this past weekend, getting a win and loss against Ohio on Friday and dropping both games against Akron on Saturday. The first game against the Bobcats was a 7-2 loss. The Falcons had seven hits in the game compared to Ohio’s two. “We’ve been struggling with our confidence,” head coach Shannon Salsburg said. “Confidence is a funny thing, because one kid gets a hit, and next thing you know, everybody feels good and you get on a roll.” In the fourth inning of the second game, confidence came back for the Falcons behind sophomore Amanda Durham. With a teammate on base, Durham hit a two-run homerun to break a scoreless tie and put the Falcons in the lead. “Durham was great, she was a catalyst for us,” Salsburg said. “She’s a kid
that has high energy for us, and it was great to see her hit that homerun and get us going in game two.” In the next inning, the team sent 10 batters to the plate, collecting four hits. From those hits the Falcons scored another four runs while leaving three batters on base. The homerun by Durham was the second of her collegiate career and her second against Ohio. Her last one came last season against the same Bobcats pitcher. “If you put the ball in play, good things happen. I was absolutely not going up to the plate thinking about hitting a homerun,” Durham said. “I was thinking ‘do your job, put the ball in play and make good things happen.’” The Bobcats cut the lead in half with three runs in the top of the sixth, but that was the last of the scoring for Ohio. With one more Falcon run in the bottom of the same inning, the team got the split and the win, 7-3. Junior pitcher Braiden Dillow got the win for the Falcons, allowing three
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Supejova defeated Miller 7-5, 6-4, Ani Gogvadze defeated Hutchinson 6-4, 6-3, Andrea Martinovska defeated Emily Witt 7-6, 6-4, Anna Veleva defeated Farrar 6-2, 6-1 and Alejandra Barcelo defeated Seeley 6-0, 6-1. As the season closes it gives time to reflect and move toward turning things around for the 201516 season. The 0-17 record is an obvious disappointment but it has to take into account the multiple first year players on the squad, lack of experience and injuries. This year was a learning experience for all involved and it will take a lot of hard work to get back on the winning side of the ledger. It will be important to build on the shining moments shown at various times by the likes of Miller, Hutchinson, Witt and co. With a full season under this young squads’ belt and upperclassmen Drew Fillis coming back from injury it will be time for this team to make a splash next season.
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Unable to field a full lineup set up a 7-0 defeat for the BGSU Falcons tennis team at the hands of the Ball State Cardinals. With one doubles match in hand Ball State only needed to win one of the two matches in play. Ball State was in the position to get that crucial doubles point with their nationally-ranked duo of Rosalinda Calderon and Courtney Earnest. Calderon and Earnest took on the Falcon duo of Harley Hutchinson and Megan Miller. The top flight duo, for most of this season, fell 6-1. In singles play, the day was all Cardinals. The results are as follows: flight one Courtney Wild defeated Miller 6-1, 6-3, Earnest defeated Hutchinson 6-0, 6-0, Toni Ormond defeated Emily Witt 6-2, 6-1, Ashlyn Rang defeated Antonina Farrar 6-1, 6-1 and Bethany Moore defeated Sydney Seeley 6-0, 6-0. “We saw good ener-
gy from the girls today,” said BGSU head coach Olga Elkin. “We are ready to have a great practice tomorrow and hopefully finish out the season on Sunday with a win.” That final match of the season would come on a road trip to Ypsilanti, MI to face the Eagles of Eastern Michigan. The final match of the season could not lend the first win of the year for this young Falcons tennis squad as EMU would win the event 6-1. The lone win in this final match of the year came from Sophomore Brittany Plaszewski. Plaszewski was in a fourth flight match against Eastern Michigan’s Daphine Friedrichs. The first set was taken by Friedrichs 2-6, but Plaszewski would come back in the second set to win and set up a tiebreak. In that tiebreak Plaszewski would take it 1-0 and take the match. The rest of the Falcons in singles action were downed by their Eagles counterpart. In the first flight Klara
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ZIGGYTHON From Page 1 the love and connections we’ve made with the students; the human kindness is overwhelming. The students inspire me and we mark our calendars as soon as we know the date of the next one. [Regan Erskine] knows what the money is going toward and loves it.� Regan Erskine agrees. She said she “loved all of it.� Miracle Child AJ McKenzie and his parent appreciated the efforts and support of Dance Marathon as well. “My favorite part is the people,� the 11-year old McKenzie said. “I love knowing that college students are dancing 32 hours just for me.� His mother Kerri McKenzie agrees. “It’s a great feeling, knowing that all of these students love and support AJ,� Kerrie McKenzie said. “They’re doing a great job, everyone is so warm and welcoming; we’re beyond appreciative.� The Dance Marathon bikers, who started their journey on Thursday afternoon, ran in at 4:30 through the crowd of supporters. The bikers rode a bus to Cincinnati and rode 180 miles back to the University. They ran in through an arch of balloons and did a special line dance for the crowd. After much anticipation, a biker from each color team stood on stage and revealed the grand total they raised with numbers on the back of their capes. Everyone in the room burst into tears as the bikers turned around on stage and revealed the bikers grand total, which was $102,854.57. “This is the highest amount that the bikers have raised in [Dance Marathon] history,� said Entertainment Chair Kelly Savela. In past years, the bikers have come close to breaking $100,000 with numbers like $98,000, but this year they broke it. “The first leg of the race wasn’t too bad, I biked last year so I was used to it,� said senior John Clevenger. “We slept in high school gymnasiums at night and started biking again at 7:00 a.m. The third day started getting tough. I looked down on my bike and saw a picture of my Miracle Child, it was worth it. Dominic’s mom [his team’s Miracle Child] kept sending me photos and videos to keep me going and all the pain went away, like we made the miracle happen.� To help culminate the ceremony, everyone in the room gathered into a circle of hope, which represented the continuous struggle the families and children go through each day. A Miracle Child came around and cut people’s wristbands off while the lights were down and sophomore Surina Gangwani sang “I Hope You Dance.� The morale captain of each team did a final line dance before the grand total of the weekend was revealed. Albert Perera, second year grad student and a morale captain of the purple team felt grateful for the experience. “My team hyped themselves, I only helped,� he said. “I started doing DM in undergrad and had to continue. This is a special time when the whole campus come together and it sets us up for a philanthropic life,� he said.
CLEANUP From Page 2 the community they live in,� he said. Herman said BG CleanUp was a project Freedom could “see tangible results from.� In Ohio, littering is a third degree misdemeanor. Penalties range from fines to public service cleaning up litter, to both. Fostering a sense of community, Herman said, is what he wants to achieve. “It’s really just about getting people together, getting volunteers who want to help out and sort of see a cleaner, better neighborhood,� Herman said. “It’s as simple as that.�
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