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Continuing with the theme of last city council meeting, last night’s meeting discussed the topic of guns. City resident Laura Sanchez lobbied for city council to take some form of action against the state statute allowing guns in city parks. “A public good that we care about is being taken away,” she said. The idea of simply ignoring the state law was brought up by at-large council member Sandy Rowland. She said other city laws are in conflict with state laws and haven’t been changed. At-large council member Robert McComber showed concern with this proposition. He said it could create problems for police officers trying to enforce the laws in that enforcing the city law could come into conflict with citizens who follow the state law. “What’s a police officer supposed to do if they come across this issue?” McComber said. “I think one of the most important jobs [city council has] is … to put our professional employees in a place where they can be successful.” First ward council member Daniel Gordon said a possible reason for keeping the ordinance is to uphold community values. Although this could be a motive for keeping the city ordinance, at-large council member Bruce Jeffers did not agree with it. He said it seems to be clear to most that the city does not agree with the state statute, and it doesn’t need to take such an action to show it doesn’t. “We don’t need to prove to people that we don’t support this,” he said. “We shouldn’t keep the ordinance to make a political point.” McComber agreed and said the city could pass a resolution stating the city doesn’t agree with the statute. Also at council: •Mayor Edwards announced that city planning director Heather Saylor will be going to Montana to represent the city at a Not In Our Town conference. He said the city is known as a “gold star city.” “This is a rea l feat her in our cit y’s cap,” Edwards said. •The city will be celebrating independence day July 3 west of the University football stadium. The event starts at 8 p.m. and fireworks will commence at dusk. •Work will begin on sidewalks on the 100 block of South Summit Street, said Municipal Administrator John Fawcett. •The Classics on Main Car Show will be hosted July 12, said Barbara Ruland, executive director of downtown.
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In 1971, a 19-year-old and ambitious Greg Halamay sought out to start his own business. Although he didn’t know it at the time, Finders Records, a business that he started on a whim, would soon grow into a 42-year-long career of hard work, dedication and an uncanny love for music. Originally from Akron, OH, Halamay spent his youth engulfed in the retail record industry. He spent much of his high school years working in a warehouse for his father, a musician and heavy participant in radio promotion and sales.
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Student Green Fund and Chartwells money funds Green Roof at Oaks Dining Hall By Brittany Bauer Reporter
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The Oaks Dining Hall is offering Green Roof tours at the University to continue to promote an environment-friendly campus. Campus Sustainability Assistant Lance Kruse helped to install the Green Roof and currently gives the tours. The Green Roof feature of The Oaks is located above Dunkin’ Donuts and became the first dining hall in Ohio to have one upon its installation in 2011, according to Kruse. Kruse also said that the Student Green Fund paid for half of the
project and Chartwells paid for the other half. Over 300 people attended a Green Roof tour last summer, according to Kruse. They were mostly faculty and staff members from various departments across campus such as the library and construction management. However, other groups such as sixth graders from the Falcon Millionaire day camp also participated in the tour. The objective of the camp is to educate children on money management and business skills. The Green Roof tour for this group was designed to show the children ways to conduct business in an environment-friendly manner,
according to Kruse. Tours are free of charge and can be arranged by emailing greenbg@ bgsu.edu. The tours can accommodate groups of up to 30 people and the duration can vary depending on the group. Kruse said a typical tour usually lasts between 10 and 15 minutes. One of the main components of the Green Roof is sedum, which is a variety of small plants
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“IF YOU COULD SEE ANYONE IN CONCERT, WHO WOULD IT BE ?” “ I wish I could go back in time and see Elvis. ” Brooke Rosendale Graduate Student, Education
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Steven L. Sims, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage/ under the influence near East Wooster and North Prospect Streets. 2:44 A.M.
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Logan Andrew Dietz, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol within the 100 block of E. Wooster St.
Aaron Anthony Deal, 24, of Findlay, Ohio, was arrested for assault near Lot 2 downtown. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
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Michael S. Workman, 22, of Mentor, Ohio, was cited for open container near Clough Street and Manville Avenue. 1:47 A.M.
Mark Anthony Grier, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol near Lot 1 downtown. Jermal Antjuan Hosley, 21, of Southfield, Michigan, was also cited for open container.
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Andre S. Montgomery, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of marijuana near North Main and East Court Streets.
Miles Jordan Bishop, 19, of Toledo, was cited for theft/ shoplifting within the 100 block of N. Prospect St. Complainant reported the theft of a white tote bag containing $200 in cash, diabetic test kit, a container with seven days worth of pills, an Apple iPhone 5S and a container of quarters within the 100 block of S. Enterprise St.
that typically require little or no water. “They do not require a lot of maintenance, but they absorb water,” Kruse said. In addition, the “live panels” of the Green Roof are composed of the sedum, according to Campus Sustainability Coordinator Nicholas Hennessy. Hennessy said that a live Green Roof insulates the roof, which keeps the area beneath it cooler in summer and warmer in winter. “It can make Dunkin’ Donuts two to six degrees cooler in the summer,” Kruse said.
Moreover, the entire roof contains a rainwater retention system that stores water during storms. As a result, the water is kept for irrigation for the Green Roof plants and also used for the bathrooms. The retention system has reduced water usage by 35 percent, according to Kruse. Green Roof facilities were mostly innovated in larger cities such as New York, but are now starting to be used in a wider variety of areas, according to Kruse. “They’re relatively new, but they are starting to catch on in smaller areas,” he said.
All in all, Hennessy thinks that the tours are an effective way of introducing the public to some of the efforts that the University is making to produce a more environmentfriendly campus. “The tours are a great way to show the community what a ‘living’ green roof is,” Hennessey said. “I think it’s a great idea for the community to learn and see all of the sustainability projects and initiatives that the University is working on.”
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Matthew Chapman, 29, of Comb, Ohio, was arrested for theft and forgery within the 100 block of W. Gypsy Lane Rd. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 11:54 P.M.
Laura E. Vanhorn, 28, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of marijuana near Carter Park.
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Miechele T. Oliver, 27, of Toledo; and Anna R. Sykes, 24, of Toledo, were both cited for open container of alcohol near Lot 4 downtown.
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FINDERS From Page 1 When Halamay came to the University in 1971, he was working on roughly five years of experience in the record industry. Although Halamay was a liberal studies major and he had never taken a business class before, his five years of previous experience and dire need for a job propelled him to start his own business. Conveniently, when Halamay came to Bowling Green, there was only one store that sold music: an instrument store for students who came to the University to study music. To both his dismay and delight, the store had a poor selection for the fast and upcoming hotbed of music that was the 1970s. In September of 1971, Halamay opened Finders Records for the first time, with aspirations of offering a better selection of music to Bowling Green’s growing demographic, as well as making a successful name for himself. “I was young, I was underfinanced, but I did it,” he said. “It was just kind of a natural fit.” Working six to seven 12-hour days a week, and with a little help from his father, Halamay soon began to see his business take off. In 1975, Halamay opened his second store in Findlay, Ohio. He opened a third, located across from campus and two more stores in the Toledo area during the early 1980s. However, because of sporadic business at the campus location and a financial recession of the 1980s, Halamay soon realized that running five separate stores was more trouble than it was worth. “I kind of came to the conclusion that I wasn’t having as much fun running five stores,” he said. “So I
cut back to two stores and promised myself to not open another one until I had improved the original two.” Halamay has since put all his effort into his main store, as well as his Findlay location until it closed in 2007 due to the worst flood of the Blanchard River in over 100 years. Although Halamay was only renting a single room of one building in his original location at first, in 1975 he bought and put a large hole in the wall in the building on his left, a gift store called Little Pleasures that had gone out of business. In 1997, Halamay did the same to the building on his right. Halamay spent years renovating the three buildings, knocking down walls, repainting the front of the buildings and expanding to the numerous floors above— anything he could do to make the store look like a unitary set. Halamay now owns the property and even rents the upper floors as offices and art studios. Today, Finders Records plays host to a virtually endless collection of vinyl records, CDs and movies. Although it took a long time to get where it is today, Halamay said he attributes the store’s success and ability to survive in a digital age to the store’s focus on music, as well as a “niche of selectivity.” “My philosophy that started from the beginning, is carry something for everyone,” he said. “If you want a Johnny Cash record, and we don’t have it, we’ll find it for you as long as it’s available.” Additionally, although legal and illegal downloading has nearly destroyed all other configurations of music, Finders has recently seen a tremendous spike
in the demand for vinyl records. The store stepped back into vinyl records roughly 10 years ago and has seen a 5 percent increase every year for the past five years. “With the resurgence of vinyl configuration, I think the younger generation is getting turned onto the true beauty of listening to a physical product, which is a phenomenon in its own right,” Halamay said. Finders Records has survived if not thrived due largely to Halamay’s hard work and selfless willingness to put a large portion of his money back into the business, but he also attributes his success to years of dedicated and passionate student employees as well as a fun work environment. Store Manager Laura Fredericks, a University alumna, spent much of her time in college going to
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Finders, and, after living in Toledo for the summer after she graduated, she returned to Bowling Green at the right time and the right place. Fredericks was hired and has been working there for the past eight years. In that time, Fredericks said she has seen an extremely diverse group of customers come in on a daily basis, from local customers to those out of state. She attributes the store’s now large popularity to Halamay’s ability to keep up to date with what’s hot. “He’s always rolled with the times,” Fredericks said. “It’s really important to listen to your clientele and we do that really well here.” Like most who have worked at Finders Records, Fredericks loves her job and said it is the best job she’s ever had, which she cred-
its the philosophy of a fun but focused Halamay. “It’s a super-laid back environment,” she said. “We work hard, but we play hard too.” Halamay said the fun work environment and the music business’s constant fluctuations have kept him going. Although he isn’t sure of how much longer the store will be open, Halamay said he may eventually sell the store if the right buyer came along. Now, coming up on its forty-third year of business, Halamay said his time as a business owner of the historic downtown Bowling Green’s music library has been nothing but challenging, rewarding and fun. “When I reflect on it, 42 years is a long time,” he said. “But it went by quick.”
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Know what to do when encountering rude customers TAYLOR FREYER FORUM EDITOR
Anyone who works in the customer service industry understands that interacting with a variety of people on a daily basis can be draining, especially when you experience rude people. If it’s your lucky day, you can escape your shift without encountering a rude customer, but more than likely you’ve come across that person whose main objective is to make your job much harder. It’s the vulgar, impatient and completely rude people that can make your short shift seem like the longest shift of your life. But rather than lashing out or letting someone’s impoliteness affect your day, there are ways to help when handling rude customers. After working in customer service for years, the first thing I’ve learned when dealing with a rude customer is to always smile. Even when you feel vulnerable and on the verge of breaking down, don’t let it happen—smile. In most cases, the rude customer wants you to be upset. I think it’s much easier to smile when thinking that it’s the rude customer’s goal to make you
“As you experience this type of customer, it’s crucial to remember to remain positive.” frown. Don’t give them the satisfaction of ruining your day. While focusing on keeping a smile on your face, the next step is to just politely listen, even if it’s the last thing you want to hear. Rather than responding to their rudeness, give the rude customer the opportunity to express their complaints. Once they feel they’ve said enough, apologize for any inconvenience and move on. In most situations I’ve encountered, the rude customer is usually ranting about an issue that doesn’t even involve me or it’s something I cannot control. Politely listen and offer your help—it’s the only thing you can really do. As you experience this type of customer, it’s crucial to remember to remain positive. Sometimes, after encountering a rude customer, it’s difficult to continue working effectively. As hard as it
can be, try to maintain a positive attitude. When allowing a customer’s rudeness to affect me, I know nothing makes work more unpleasant than when I’m in a bad mood. Brush it off and know that you are better than what the rude customer has made you out to be. Even though you may experience a handful of rude customers, there are still many nice and caring people in the world that can surely turn your whole day around. Remember the kind customers, because their kindness and consideration outweighs the rude and belligerent comments you may have received before. Remember there are people that are appreciative for the job you are doing. In my ideal world, people would understand the golden rule from Disney’s “Bambi” character, Thumper: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say nothing at all,” and be less likely to express rudeness to others. However, in reality, we know this isn’t the case for most people, especially in the customer service industry. Serving the public is not the easiest job. All people react differently, whether they’re kind or impolite— but it’s up to you to make the best of it. Respond to Taylor at thenews@bgnews.com
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Changing your major to the one you love BRITTANY BAUER REPORTER
There are so many things that I don’t understand about the way that people think and handle issues in our generation. However, one big thing that I don’t understand about our generation is when college kids like us continue to stay in a major that they are absolutely miserable in, especially when they make other people around them miserable because of it. My point here is that you should change your major the moment that you lose passion for it or the moment that the stresses of it are changing you for the worse, even if it means that you have to finish an extra year of school. I originally wanted to be a middle school English teacher because I loved to write and I had a lot of empathy for students who were experiencing such an awkward phase of life. However, once I got into the classroom and realized that the kids saw me as more of a friend than an authority figure, I slowly started to realize that teaching was not for me. I knew that I
“It is better to go just one extra year or semester after you change your major than to spend 20 years or more in that prison of a job that you will resent for the rest of your life.”
that should be a clear sign that your current position is not for you. People need to have a job where they can be their “whole and real self.” Not only will staying in the same miserable major make you miserable and cause you to put unneeded pressure on yourself, but your attitude is going to cause you to shut down and affect others around you, too. People are going to get tired of hearing you complain about somet hing t hat you can easily change or if t hey see you stay in your major just to prove yourself to people who don’t matter. It is better to go just one extra year or semester after you change your major t han to spend 20 years or more in t hat prison of a job t hat you w ill resent for t he rest of your life. Even t hough I lost my passion for teaching, I still never lost my passion for w riting and now t hat I am a journa lism major, I am happy to say t hat I am now in a major t hat I love and can work w it h what I am best at.
didn’t have what it took to control a classroom or get kids to look past seeing me as the “cool student teacher.” Changing my silly personality around children in order to become a better teacher also wouldn’t have felt right either. I am not minimizing teaching or classroom management here, but disciplining children that are not my own is very risky and difficult for me, and that is a weakness of mine that I have learned to accept. I love kids and they love me, but I just can’t get them to take me seriously—except for when I have kids of my own someday. If you have to change who you are just to be good at a job, then
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Women’s track athlete named two-time All-American Brooke Pleger sets the best finish in Bowling Green women’s track history
BRITTANY FUNK of Akron (left), Brook Pleger of Bowling Green (center), and Emily Hunsucker of Colorado (right) recieve top 10 trophies from the NCAA national outdoor track and field championship meet. Aaron Parker Sports Editor
Bowling Green State University track standout Brooke Pleger made school history this past weekend at the NCAA national outdoor track and field championship meet in Eugene, Ore. Pleger placed third overall in the hammer throw, the best finish in any event in the University’s track program history. “It was just exciting to go out and represent Bowling Green and my team,” Pleger said. “It was exciting to show what my coaching staff and I do day in and day out.” The finish marks the second year in a row that Pleger has been named an All-American. Accomplishing something like that once is rare, but doing it twice is something only one other athlete (Beth Manson 1988 and 1989) has ever done in the program’s history. Furthermore, Pleger is only a redshirt junior and has a legitimate chance at earning the honor again next year and becoming Bowling Green’s first three-time All-American. A major benefactor in Pleger’s second national meet was the familiarity of competing on the big stage the year before, where she placed seventh, along with her six wins out of seven meets this season. “The only pressure this year was the pressure that I put on myself,” Pleger said. “I think that out of everyone, I have the highest expectations. I didn’t really feel a ton of pressure elsewhere, especially this year because I knew I had solid marks. I knew the girls that made it and that I had a good chance to place in the top three so there wasn’t much outside pressure.” Going into the event, Pleger was poised in a close second to Princeton’s number-one seed Julia Ratcliffe. Pleger’s final mark was a 64.48-meter throw. Ratcliffe, who also competed against Pleger at the regional meet, ultimately came out of
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the meet as the best thrower with a 64.88-meter mark to be named national champion. “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed,” Pleger said. “The most heart-wrenching thing for me was Julia’s mark that won the meet was a mark that I have thrown this season. It was a mark that I had thrown last year, and it was a mark that I was completely capable of putting together. It was frustrating but putting things into perspective moving from seventh to third is still an accomplishment.” Even after such a monumental performance on a major stage, Pleger will continue to work. The USA outdoor national championships are nearing in the next two weeks and the two-time All-American will once again represent Bowling Green. Pleger is familiar with this meet from her previous year and she hopes to improve again. “For that meet I think the ultimate goal there is to make finals. They only take eight girls and last year I placed ninth or tenth so I just missed it last year. I want to go in and make my six throws competitive and hopefully I’ll qualify to compete in August. I just need to keep up with my training and stay consistent through July.” The outlook for Pleger and the team as a whole is on an upward climb. This season ended with the most points scored in a MAC championship meet by the team in a decade and they also added four more competitors in the national regional meet. The expectation is that the progress made by Pleger, head coach Lou Snelling, throws coach Matt Conly and the rest of the team’s staff and athletes will attract even more quality athletes. “Brooke shows that you can come here and compete at a high level,” Snelling said. “We are ready for our next All-American to commit to Bowling Green.”
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Spurs’ performance overcomes Miami power
Aaron Parker Sports Editor
The San Antonio Spurs took down the defending Miami Heat champions on Sunday in a dominant 104-87 game five win, earning them their fifth NBA title. The win comes just a year after losing a grueling seven-game finals series to the same team. What comes as a surprise to fans and league associates isn’t necessarily that they actually won; it is how they went about doing it. Alongside LeBron James, the Heat assembled what was commonly believed to be one of the most elite teams ever assembled and yet they still lost by an average margin of 18 points to the oldest team in the NBA. What is perhaps even more surprising is what was exposed in the Miami makeup. Despite James averaging 28 points in the series, the Heat offense failed to break 100 points in all five games while San Antonio broke triple digits in all but one game. Furthermore, the defense of the south beach team was exposed by San Antonio in what were two of the best shooting games in NBA finals history. Tony Parker and the Spurs shot 57 percent and 59 percent in games three and four respectively, along with nine three-pointers made in each of the games. The performance of point-forward Kawhi Leonard, without a doubt, sealed the deal for the San Antonio
club. If you would have told me that Leonard would be the finals MVP two weeks ago, I would have looked at you like you were crazy. Leonard, who is outside of the Spurs top three goto players, was only seven years old when his all-star teammate Tim Duncan won his first NBA title in 1999. He hasn’t even made an all-star game yet and the third-year athlete was able to average 17.8 points shooting 61 percent—all while being guarded by LeBron James. Winning the Finals MVP award makes him the third-youngest player to do so behind hall-of-famer Magic Johnson, who won it in 1980 and 1982. The playing out of the series leaves a number of open-ended questions for both teams. San Antonio must now think about the possibility of Duncan’s retirement as well as Leonard’s role moving forward. Miami management must not only prepare for Dwayne Wade’s declining health or departure, but also for James’ possible decision to make a run with another team. If he does leave, this exposing performance leaves a massive hole in talent. Though the rumor mill has been buzzing with talk of the acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, the chances are extremely slim. These next few months will be crucial for both basketball clubs.
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Rockin’ in Rochester Hills By Amanda Matthews Pulse Editor
98.7 AMP Radio hosted AMP Live on June 12 at the Meadow Brook Music Festival located at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich. The sold-out show included performances from Timeflies, Icona Pop, Austin Mahone, Little Mix and Ed Sheeran. The night was filled with both highs and lows. AMP Live kicked off with Timeflies. The duo consists of vocalist Cal Shapiro and producer Rob Resnick. The two of them are best known from their Timeflies Tuesday videos posted on their YouTube channel, which include a combination of remixes, covers and original songs. Unfortunately, I only got to catch the last two songs of their act. The large crowds prevented everyone from getting into the venue before the show started. However, I made it inside just in time to experience them recording some footage that they plan to use in one of their upcoming Timeflies Tuesday videos. They also really got the crowd going by performing a freestyle song tailored to the local crowd. Another duo took the stage next and featured Swedish members Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo. The group’s song “I Love It” has been featured in commercials for Samsung Galaxy S4, movie trailers for Fun Size and The Heat, and was covered on an episode of Glee. Their synthpop sound did get the crowd dancing, but their performance fell short. A heavy vocal track drowned out their vocals and it was hard to tell if they were even singing during some songs. When their voices could be heard, it sounded more like shouting instead of singing in the proper key. Concertgoers seemed just as happy dancing along to the songs played being between sets as they were to Icona Pop’s “live” songs. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was the next performer to take the stage. This performance was one of the highlights of the night and, judging from the cheers of the crowd, I wasn’t the only one who felt this way. Sheeran’s set started with the upbeat song “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You.” This song showcased his amazing vocal range, guitar, and rapping skills. He also played the Grammy-nominated song “The A Team,” and fan favorites “Lego House” and “I See Stars,” a song that he penned for the end credits of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” He ended his set with his newest single, “Sing.” He had the whole crowd singing to the song and asked them to continue even once he had left the stage. The crowd listened and they were singing for at least a solid two minutes after he had made his departure. Austin Mahone was the next act to follow. The Texan performer started to post videos on YouTube back in 2010 with his friend and he eventually landed a record deal in 2012. Mahone definitely had the young girls whipped into a tizzy with their high-pitch screams filling the air and tears flowing from their eyes. Like Icona Pop, Mahone used a back vocal track and at times it was hard to make out his live voice. However, when his voice could be heard you could tell that Mahone was in key. During his set, he slowed things down with the song “Shadow.” He played an acoustic guitar and his voice was really highlighted. It would have been nice to see him perform his whole set like this, especially since all of the artists were given only a half-hour time slot to fill. This would have given the crowd a unique experience with which to walk away. AMP Live wound down to an end with the last act: Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall form the British group Little Mix. The girls were all dressed in black and strutted across the stage as their set began with their highenergy song “Salute.” There were a couple of microphone issues at the very beginning of the song, but this didn’t hold the girls back at all and they quickly recovered. During their set, the girls proved why they were the first group ever to win the UK version of The X Factor. A featured spot in their performance is when they belted out an amazing a cappella version of “Boy.” Their set ended with the song “Wings.” This self-empowerment anthem was a great way to end the night: “Don’t let what they say keep you up at night. And they can’t detain you ‘cause wings are made to fly...” It was sad to see the night come to an end, as the venue was quickly deserted. It would have been nice to see the acts get longer time slots, especially some of the big acts like Ed Sheeran, Austin Mahone and Little Mix as shirts and homemade signs indicated this was who most of the audience came to see. Overall, for the $25 ticket price, it was well worth the money to experience a night of live music. I will be checking often to see who 98.7 AMP Radio will bring to Meadow Brook Music Festival for AMP Live 2015.
Bowling Green Hotspots Series By Lydia Scott Copy Editor
When the weather is warm and the sun is shining, I like to spend my time meandering the paths of Windergarden Park in Bowling Green. Wintergarden is a place where I feel safe because the trees hug the paths so tightly that it seems as though you are being embraced. The wind whispers through the leaves, calling out a warm song. I can wander these beautiful woods, travel across the bridge over a small pond-like puddle and march through the wide-open meadow for hours. In fact, I have done
Wintergarden this more than a few times. If there is anything this place has taught me, it is that nature is a beautiful thing that anyone can find on the edge of the city. If you simply open your eyes and look, the forest is laid out in front of you, waiting to be investigated. One of the best parts of Wintergarden is the animals, though. There are deer tracks on the paths, snakes slithering through the meadow and birds perched high in most of the trees. Plus, there are squirrels and frogs galore. It is such a relaxing place to know that I am surrounded by little critters without a care in the world.
I know there are some really cool places in Bowling Green, but to me, this place is the bee’s knees. I can’t imagine a place that gives you a gorgeous view, allows you to exercise until you’re content and doesn’t cost anything but gas to go to aside from Wintergarden. It holds a special place in my heart because I can take anyone there with me—my sister, my boyfriend, my friends—and we can always have a good time. There are not many places you can take such a diverse group of people to and still have a blast.
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Museum showcases artistic side to gaming with new exhibition By Blake Howell Reporter
to have exhibitions that are really related to, and comes from, popular culture,” Gilman said. “[Popular culture] is something both influenced by art-making, and influences artmaking as well.” Director of the Toledo Museum of Art Brian Kennedy agreed with Gilman and said the TMA is first and foremost an art museum, not a science or technological one. Therefore, because the exhibition exists in the TMA and numerous other art museums across the country, it serves as a standing proclamation to what is defined as art. “We’re seeing huge creativity and great variety [from video games], and they’re becoming very much a sophisticated art form,” Kennedy said. The Art of Video Games opens to the public June 19 starting at 10 a.m., followed by a free presentation and book signing from Chris Melissinos on Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday will also commence the exhibition’s opening party at 8 p.m., which is also open to the public. The opening party will have dancing, food trucks, a cash bar and a rock-paper-scissors tournament of larger-than-life proportions, among many other activities. The opening party is $20 for nonmember adults and $10 for nonmember children. The Art of Video Games promises to be unlike any other exhibition around and will be at the TMA until September 28.
The Art of Video Games, an extremely popular exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, will make its first and only debut in Ohio at the Toledo Museum of Art on Thursday. The exhibition, created by former chief evangelist and chief gaming officer for Sun Microsystems, as well as guest curator for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Chris Melissinos, aims to demonstrate the evolution of gaming as an artistic medium. The exhibition will play host to 80 of the best games on 20 different gaming systems, as selected by over 119,000 people in 175 different countries. Each system and their games will be placed into five different sections determined by the systems’ eras. Each section will also hold one playable game (set for a time limit of five minutes), allowing users to have a more in-depth interaction with the exhibition. As the plea for video games to be taken as a serious art form increases, point curator for the exhibition and Amy Gilman, associate director of the Toledo Museum of Art, said they were extremely excited to bring the exhibition to the museum. They knew the attraction would be extremely fun and popular for the summer, as well as for the movement and meaning of art in general. “It’s important for us to be able
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