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DIWALI MELA CELEBRATION Traditional Indian festival brought to campus | PAGE 2
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ISA celebrates Festival of Lights By Erika Heck In Focus Editor The front of the Union Ballroom was decorated with a few strings of white and blue lights, and orange and green streamers dotted with green and white balloons for the Indian Student Association’s annual Diwali Mela Saturday night. Over four hundred people were in attendance, including various departments and organizations. But the large crowd was no issue for one half of the emcee team and sophomore Sanjhi Gandhi. “I ... love public speaking,” said Gandhi. “I hosted the WSA International Dinner last year.” Diwali, also called “The Festival of Lights,” is one of the largest and brightest festivals in India. Spiritually, it signifies the victory of good over evil. The festivities began with the national anthems of both India and the United States, followed by a few words spoken by University Provost and Senior Vice President Rodney Rodgers. “Events like this are why it’s so great to live in a college town,” he said. Following the lighting of the ceremonial lamp,
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the Mahatma Gandhi Award was presented. The award is presented to someone in the community who has “gone above and beyond their call of duty.” The award was presented to University shuttle driver Fredrick John Smith. Noted by emcee Sanjhi Gandhi, Smith has been driving the buses at the University for 32 years, even so much as to stop in the middle of routes on snowy nights to stop and pick up students. “He will drive up to the steps if he can,” said Indian Student Association adviser Dr. Srinivas Melkote. Wearing a traditional Scottish kilt, Smith thanked the other bus drivers for their support and said that he will be retiring from driving the shuttles. During his speech, the ISA adviser told the audience that he had holding this celebration for 30 years. He reminisced about the early years of the celebration before it took place in the Union and the food was homemade. Now, the celebration is catered by the University’s dining services, serving traditional Indian cuisines such as chicken curry, samosas, naan bread and kheer for des-
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Larry W. Lawniczak Jr., 39, of Swanton, Ohio, was cited for physical control/under the influence within the 100 block of S. Prospect Street. 12:59 A.M. Kara L. Hanneman, 31, of Bowling Green was arrested for disorderly conduct with persistence, resisting arrest, assault, and felony assault on a police officer within the
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“The Boogie Woogies,” a student group, dance during the Diwali Mela festivities Saturday night.
100 block of E. Wooster Street. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 1:08 P.M. Helen A. Nelson, 34, of Bowling Green was arrested for domestic violence within the 100 block of Clay Street. She was lodged at the Wood County Justice Center. 5:20 P.M.
Complainant reported that overnight someone broke the pane of one of his windows within the 200 block of N. Enterprise Street. The damage is estimated at $100. 6:02 P.M. Shawn M. Gueli, 18, of Bowling Green was arrested for criminal trespass within the 1000 block of Fairview Avenue. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
NEWS “Hairspray” director brings show, advice By Tabitha Holowka Forum Editor Legendar y cult creative John Waters, best known for his films like “Cr y Baby” a nd “Ha irspray,” has cont inued his reign as t he “Prince of Puke” in t he past decade touring his one-man-show, “This Filthy World.” This past Thursday night, Nov. 5, Waters brought his show to Kobacker Hall to a sold-out audience. The spoken-word show conveyed his upto-date following of world events. Those in attendance learned of his affinity for Justin Bieber, his disappointment with trigger warning overuse and his musings about what he is going to do as he enters his 70s, all in the good spirit of raunch upon which he has built his reputation. Waters discussed briefly his before and after experiences with some of his most popular films. Each one about different forms of deviancy, he never made much money off of his films, but still gained fame and ubiquity. Today, he makes most of his money from the two books he has written. His memoir, “Role Models” is about all his influences, heroes and mentors that inspired him in his youth and throughout his life. His second, for which he is touring now, is “Carsick” in which he was given money and asked to do something and write about it; he decided to hitchhike from his home in Baltimore to his summer place in San Francisco. In the question and answer session after the show, he was asked if he would make another film, to which he responded that it is not out of the question, but his last projects fell through. He has seen success with his tour and his books, so he is sticking with that. However, a children’s parody “Kiddie Flamingoes” is on his radar. Friday morning Waters paid a visit to the Wolfe Center to speak to film, theatre and art undergrads. He discussed film projects with a few aspiring film majors and also gave them some insight from his own experiences in the industry. Students were visibly enamoured,
which Waters handled with patience and compassion. One heated topic he discussed was the pervasiveness of political correct or “PC” culture, in concurrence with his issues with trigger warnings. “I make fun of the rules. It’s funny to me that the liberals now have more rules than the right. We need to always be able to make fun, and those who enforce rules so hard, they are usually the humorimpaired,” Waters said to the class. “I thought you went to college have your views challenged,” he said both at his show and to the classes, which was met with hoots and applause both times. Tyler Austin, a senior film studies major, shared his feelings about John Waters visit. “I was starstuck, I mean he is a legend,” Austin said. Thomas Castillo, an assistant professor in the film department, said Waters is, “illustrative of the fact that there is no one single pathway forward in the world of film.” As a part of the film department’s mission, they want students to have an idea of what kind of filmmaker they want to be, and with John Waters’ dismissal of the “cookie-cutter” mold, Castillo considers Waters to be the kind of professional students can learn a lot from.
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Americans are ungrateful. We are given so much, and yet we have lost our appreciation for even the basic necessities. We are a nation of picky eaters simply because we have the option to eat something else. A few hundred dollars to replace an iPhone with a cracked screen has little significance to most. Expecting most things to be handed to us, we take almost everything for granted, including our education. Where attending a university used to be a privilege, it has now become something expected of Americans. “Where are you going to college?” is perhaps the greatest example of a loaded question asked to every recent high school grad by every teacher, counselor, relation and family friend. The question is not if you are going to college, but rather a question of where or when. Nearly 70 percent of high school grads enroll in some sort of post-secondary program, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, meaning that some 20 million students are enrolled at an American college or university, an increase of nearly 5 million over the past fifteen years. With college attendance rates up, you would think that this has a direct relation to the number of young adults wanting and willing to learn. Unfortunately, there is a massive distinction between going to school and learning. Students have developed a distaste for learning. Students are losing their willingness to understand and absorb knowledge, as most grew up believing that getting an education was a chore, a mundane task that must be performed every day, rather than as a privilege. As Americans do, we are ungrateful for this opportunity that some go without. On the other side of the world, girls in
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many Muslim nations are literally dying for a chance to attend school while here in America, college students fork out insane amounts of money to enroll at a college or university where attendance is a far cry from perfect. While attending college has become something expected of students, having a passion for knowledge and learning is not a condition of enrollment. We are in constant search for the easy way out of a situation. Students want to earn a degree and reap the career opportunities that usually accompany it. In many educational settings, success can be achieved through temporary memorization and regurgitation. Most simply hope that there will not be a need to recall the information after an exam. This is not learning. This is a sad attempt at pretending to learn. This is of little fault to the American education system. In a ranking conducted by the Social Progress Imperative, the United States ranks only 14th out of 50 industrialized nations. This placement is not necessarily bad, falling just below the upper quarter. The United States also spends 12,731 dollars per student every year, falling short only to Austria, Luxembourg, Norway, and Switzerland. Clearly it is not a matter of funding. The amount of money funneled into an education system does not change the willingness of the students. You cannot pay to instill a thirst for knowledge in a student. You cannot make a student want to learn. The individual must decide for
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themselves whether or not they want to become a learner, if they want to take advantage of the incredible opportunities that knowledge can offer. Americans are privileged; we are fortunate to have the resources and scholars to educate us. I wish we begin to take our education as seriously as we do professional sports and the exploits of celebrities. Our perception of what is important is skewed, and the value of our education is losing that battle. Perhaps students would begin to understand this concept if they paid attention in class. Respond to Hannah at thenews@bgnews.com
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Don’t make alcohol the scapegoat for violence College. The land of pure pressure and attempts of “Finding yourself”. With that, people will drink alcohol, and people will then act out crazy behaviors. Drinking is one of the main things done in college. Most students have attempted to drink or have drank some type of alcoholic beverage by their senior year. Drinking can cause some outrageous things to occur with people. People can do things such as falling asleep in public, all the way up to drunk driving and even manslaughter with everything in between. But the real outrageous thing here, is that people will use them being “under the influence” as a smokescreen to cover up various actions that they perform. Especially, if it directly affects another person long term. It shouldn’t matter if a person is drunk or not. If a person does something wrong while under the influence, then they are still at fault. As a person of free will, they make the decision to drink in the first place. If a person is constantly causing big problems because of their consumption of alcoholic beverages, then they shouldn’t drink at all.
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Throughout my childhood, teenage years and also since I’ve been at BG, I’ve experienced some really violent behavior at the hands of someone drunk. I was even recently assaulted at a social event. This guy was drinking then started to give me a hard time. He then thought it was a good idea to put on his hands on me and get violent with me as the event was coming to an end. The excuse that was used later was that “TEEZ, he was drinking.” To me, that’s not an excuse. Not at all. I’ve dealt with a lot of people in my life who constantly drank and had drinking problems, but I can assure to you that none of them have ever put their hands on me or have tried to harm me in any way, shape or form. Being under the influence and doing unnecessary stuff like that is uncalled for. Do I hold this person responsible for
what he did? Yes. I hold this person responsible for every single one of his actions that night. To me, drinking is not an excuse to justify aggressive behavior like that. I could have been severely injured I feel that everyone who does things like this need to be able to accept responsibility for their actions. I’m so sick of people hiding behind the “Sorry, but I was drunk” smokescreen. I’m so sick of it. People don’t truly realize the negative effects of their drunken actions when they target and harm other people. It’s okay to drink and have fun, but when you’re putting your hands on others, assaulting them physically and sexually, then it’s time to start reevaluating your life choices. Getting drunk and harming another person is a serious offense. If reported, it can have some heavy consequences. A person could face sanctions by their school and even face legal charges from police if pressed further. People like the guy that assaulted me need to be made aware that this isn’t okay. It’s time to for people like them to step up and accept personal responsibility for their actions. No matter if you’re a man, woman, transgendered, alien, or whatever
Excitement for holiday family time I have always been a fan of the holiday season. More specifically, I have always been a fan of my holiday season, which starts on Oct. 24 and goes until Jan. 13, which is my birthday. But for Halloween, some of my favorite memories happened at my neighbor’s house, where many other families in my neighborhood would gather eat food. We’d all sit together and just talk. It’s been four years since I’ve been able to attend, either because I was working on Halloween my senior year and spent my last three Halloweens here on campus. And as much fun as campus Halloween is, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second to go home and spend it with my family and my neighbors. For Thanksgiving, I’ve always enjoyed helping get dinner ready. I enjoyed – and still enjoy – waking up early to watch the Macy’s parade and prepare the turkey, stuffing and other Thanksgiving fixings with my grandma as we try to stop my mom from eating the stuffing before it can be cooked. And for the years my family goes to my other grandma’s house, I love hanging out with my two cousins. It’s a tradition that the three of us and my little brother make up goofy skits that no one ever sees. At some point during Thanksgiving break,
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my best friend and I brave the mall crowds and go to one of the malls in the area we live. This year, there’s a new outdoor center that just opened in our town and the two of us have already made plans to do some shopping there. And even though it may be a controversial choice of mine, I started listening to Christmas and holiday music Nov. 1. I may even be listening to it as I’m writing this. It’s my favorite way to get into the holiday spirit. Of course, Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in my family. Even as a 20-year-old, I can’t sleep at night on Christmas Eve. I almost always wake up early Christmas morning (I once woke up at 6:30 in the morning and didn’t fall back asleep.). When my brother wakes up, we go downstairs and have a competition to find the pickle ornament. The one who finds it first gets an extra present (I’ve won almost every year we’ve done it). Later, we have Christmas with my dad’s side
of the family and will almost end up Apples to Apples at some point in the afternoon. While it may be a little unconventional, I love every moment of it. My three cats even get into the Christmas spirit, though they’re mostly fascinated with our tree and they love climbing it, even though they know they’ll get in trouble. New Years Eve tends to be a quieter event where my family goes over to a friend’s house and staying over. Of course, then it’s my birthday, which is the official end to my holiday season. The holidays, for me, have always been about seeing my friends and family, something that I don’t get to do as much since coming to Bowling Green. After my grandpa died towards the beginning of my freshman year at BG, I cherish spending time with my family even more than I used to. And sometimes I feel like that gets forgotten about as people seem more excited about getting free candy for Halloween or the best new tech gadget for Christmas. Family is what makes the holidays worth it for me. Respond to Lauren at thenews@bgnews.com
you identify as. If you hurt someone, you are responsible for that action you committed. Being drunk is NEVER an excuse, and never will be. If you always tend to fight and cause problems whenever you’re drinking, then maybe you shouldn’t be drinking because you probably have an addiction problem. If you think you can handle your alcohol, take steps before you get out hand and possibly having the chance of doing something belligerent. WATCH YOUR ALCOHOL CONTENT. Have fun, but always drink responsibly. Everyone needs to watch their actions more closely and if they ever hurt someone while intoxicated, the least they can do is say “Hey, I’m sorry. That was wrong of me”. That is accepting responsibility. I really do not want to experience another incident that I had to experience that night of Halloween. These people are college students. It’s time they all stepped up and owned up to their bad behaviors and actions. Respond to Torrance at thenews@bgnews.con
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sert. The end of the ceremony wrapped up with a fashion show, which showcased 2,500 years of Indian fashion. Along with typical styles worn across India, the fashion show also included attire that was influenced by other cultures. Special education major Gretta McMillen represented the country of France and the influence they had on India’s state Tamil Nadu. “A very small fraction of me is French, so it
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He also appreciated Waters’ down to earth demeanor. Castillo said, “it was really cool to see someone whose films I watched growing up and had a formative influence (my older sister probably rented Hairspray, the original one, about 50 times) just kinda standing 5 feet away, shaking everyone’s hand, taking all ques-
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excited me to dress this way,” she said. McMillen has been a member of the Indian Student Association for almost a year, but this is her second time experiencing the University’s Diwali celebration. Last year, she attended the celebration as a member of the audience. This year, she was one of the many fashion show participants who spent weeks rehearsing for the night. “The dress rehearsals were fun because I was able to observe the other performers,” she said. “I am grateful to the ISA for the opportunity to participate …. I made friends and I really enjoyed myself.
tions and signing every autograph (after the show on Thursday). I think that speaks a lot to his roots as a filmmaker, which was based a lot in being a part of the subcultures and outsider communities that are so often a part of his films.” Waters is very aware of his super-celebrity status and still makes an effort to maintain those relationships that got him his start 50 years ago. He will soon be embarking on his annual Christmas tour.
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Coffee shop focuses on high quality By Hannah Benson Campus Editor
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The owner of Flatlands Coffee, Ben Vollmar, plans to offer classes on how to brew better coffee.
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Flatlands Coffee, which opened on Halloween, is the first shop in the world to have what owner Ben Vollmar calls the “extreme multiroaster approach.” “We are tasting all of these coffees from all of these different places regularly, we pick our favorites and that’s what we bring in,” he said. “Coffee is actually an agriculture product; it changes from season to season, different roasters have different access to different coffees.” This new approach is a way for Vollmar to ensure his customers get the highest quality of coffee. “So to get the best coffees in, this concept makes the most sense because we are able to curate,” he said. “So, if it’s in here it’s in here for a reason.” He said he has seen more students than residents come in over the past two weeks. The shop’s presence on social media is what he attributes the influx of students to. “With our limited budget for marketing, I’ve
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been able to harness social media and, in my personal opinion, we pretty much kill it in social media,” he said. “I think residents are just online less.” After the Sentinal-Tribune wrote an article on the business, Vollmar said more residents came in. Mary Vollmar, Vollmar’s mother, said the mingling between students and residents is what she enjoys about her son’s business. Vollmar grew up in Bowling Green and said his love of coffee started at Grounds For Thought and Cosmos. “The community was binding and I loved that,” he said. Vollmar was inspired by a shop called Intelligentsia in Chicago. Walking into the shop, Vollmar said it just looked high end and then he tasted the coffee and loved it. “Right from the minute I got there I knew I was going to get something special and really tasty,” he said. “It looked high end, the customer service was superb and I was mind blown.”
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Continued from Page 7 Once his passion sparked, he said he began to immerse himself in all things coffee. Since that trip, he said he immersed himself in coffee magazines, coffee blogs, coffee podcasts, coffee shows and coffee festivals. Not only was he researching, but he also began traveling to see coffee shops around the United States. While working at The Flying Joe in Perrysburg for six years, Vollmar said he was able to see the shop move towards quality coffee. Another thing Vollmar took from his trips to other coffee shops was the concept of the name being connected from the area. The name of the shop was something Vollmar got hung up on for a year. His mother eventually suggested the Flatlands because of how flat Wood County is. In 2012, Vollmar started a campaign for the shop to win $60,000, which he eventually got. However, Vollmar said he was thrown for a loop when the rough estimate of $40,000 for construction turned out to be $100,000. To make up for this cost, he said he quit his job and spent his time learning construction to renovate the building. His friends also helped, as well as someone who is retired from the construction business.
Vollmar said the design and aesthetic of the shop is due to his wife, Cassy Vollmar, who is an interior designer. “She was looking for a minimalistic approach and it is almost polar opposite from a lot of places in town. There is a place for the ecclectic look and we apprectiate the ecclectic look, but we wanted to be different, just like how our product is so different.” Vollmar said the design is appropriate for a coffee shop because “students feel like this a great place to hang out, socialize and get work done, but its also a safe place for residents. It’s very clean and that speaks to the sophistication.” Plans for the future include classes to help the community learn how to brew a better cup of coffee. “We don’t want you to have a bad cup of coffee,” Vollmar said. He also hopes to “reach new levels of perfectionism.” “I think it’s our responsibility as a coffee shop. You can brew a supper killer coffee at home, but we want to give you a reason to do that. We should be the experts and the professionals. If you are spending the time and money to come out, you should be getting a better cup of coffee.” Flatlands is open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Falcons lose pre-season exhibition By Evan Hayes Sports Reporter
The Bowling Green State University Women’s Basketball team lost their exhibition match this past Saturday against Ashland University 59-53. Leading the way for the Falcons were redshirt seniors Lauren Tibbs with sixteen points and Erica Donovan with eleven points. “Their kids came in, they worked hard,” head coach Jennifer Roos said. “They did a good job of making the extra pass. I thought when we got beat off the bounce, and had to do some help to help our rotations it forced us into recovering late to the wide open shooter and they made eleven three pointers tonight.” AU’s Andi Daugherty led the way for the Eagles, scoring a game high 21 points. Ashland made eleven three pointers while shooting 39 percent from behind the arc, and outrebounded the Falcons 35-33. The two teams went back and forth to open the game, trading baskets and the lead. The Falcons took an early 12-7 lead when Miriam Justinger found Donovan for a three pointer to cap an 8-0 run, and finished the first up
14-12 after Ashland’s Laina Snyder made a at the 5:15 mark, and Rachelle Morrison’s layup with twelve seconds left in the quarter. three pointer pushed the Eagles’ lead Tibbs had seven points in the quarter. to 34-30. BG came right back when Carly AU started off the second quarter scoring Santoro fought through a foul and made her with a three pointer by Daugherty to take the layup in the paint, and but the lead to one lead, and pushed that lead to 17-14 by making the ensuing free after a Snyder layup. Donovan throw. Snyder made a jumpscored for BG with a layup in er to push Ashland’s lead to the paint, but AU’s Kelsey Peare 36-33, but BG countered with answered with her own layup on a 7-0 run to take a 40-36 lead. the ensuing possession. Daugherty made split a pair After Daugherty made another of free throws with three secthree pointer to make the score onds left to finish the quarter 22-16 with 5:20 left in the quarwith BG up 40-37. ter, the Falcons were able to hold Daugherty made a three the Eagles scoreless for the rest pointer to start the fourth of the half. They went on a 10-0 - Jennifer Roos, quarter and to tie the score, run to take a 26-22 lead as they Head Coach and found Snyder for a layup went into halftime. on the next possession to take Ashland opened the second half strong a two point Ashland lead. Tibbs converted with a layup by Snyder and three pointer on a layup attempt to tie the score, but Peare by McKenzie Miller, taking a 27-26 at the 9 made a three pointer to regain the Ashland minute mark. The Falcons answered with lead. BG went on a 5-0 run over the next two a layup by Rachel Konieczki, and Tibbs hit minutes to take a 47-45 lead, until Daugherty two free throws at the 5:40 mark to give BG tied the game at 47-47 with a layup at the a 30-29 lead. 5:51 mark. AU retook the lead on a layup by Snyder The two teams traded baskets over the next
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two minutes, with BG taking a 51-50 lead on Donovan’s layup in the paint with 3:10 left in the game. In a game that saw the lead change hands twelve times, Ashland was able to pull ahead with 2:49 left in the fourth quarter when Peare’s three pointer sparked a 9-0 run by Ashland to end the game. Konieczki made two free throws with six seconds. “We’ve just got to do a better job of taking care of the ball, and I thought our execution today was poor,” Roos said. “There were a handful of plays that we did not run correctly, by guards and post players.” After a disappointing end to last season, the hard fought exhibition against the former Division Two National Champions will only help the Falcons as they open their season and start their nonconference schedule. “It was better than the last time out, and that’s what I told the team,” Roos said. “I want to get better with each time out, and we’ve got a week to prepare now for Illinois State.” The Falcons will open their season at the Stroh Center this Friday, Nov. 13, against Illinois State at 7 p.m.
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Senior captain Ryan James clears the ball in a game earlier this season. James started in all 19 games this year.
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The Bowling Green men’s soccer team was knocked out of the playoffs on Saturday night after losing to the Akron Zips 4-0 in their final remaining match. The Falcons finished fifth in the MAC standings with a 9-9-1 record, one spot shy of making it to the playoffs for second consecutive season. The team gave up its first goal of the match early, at the 11:53 mark, when sophomore forward Stuart Holthusen scored for Akron, deflecting a blocked shot towards the net, with an assist from fellow sophomore forward Sam Gainford to allow Akron to go up 1-0. Akron would not have to wait much longer to get their second goal, as Gainford notched a goal of his own just 48 seconds later at 12:41 off a give and go. Assists were given to Holthusen and sophomore midfielder
Richie Laryea, as their lead increased to 2-0. Akron would score yet another goal at 20:31, again scored by Holthusen for his second goal of the match, this time off of a corner kick. Sophomore forward Nate Shultz as well as junior midfielder Adam Najem were credited as receiving assists on the play that put Akron up 3-0 midway through the first half. Akron scored the final goal of the match to ice it at the 73:18 mark, sophomore midfielder Tyler Sanda was credited with the goal, senior defender Andrew Souders and Najem were given the assists. Junior goalkeeper Nick Landsberger was given the start in the playoff determining match, only his third start of the season after playing a backup role for most of the season. The match is the final collegiate one for the team’s seniors, includ-
ing defenders Jake Genrich and Ryan James, as well as midfielder Jake Martin. James not only started every game this season for the team, but also played in every match for the Falcons since his freshman year in 2012. James scored nine goals and 15 assists over his four season collegiate career, but his biggest impact has been his leadership on the defensive side of the ball, and was named one of the team captains for that reason. While the team missed the playoffs with a 9-9-1 record, Akron went 13-3-2 on the year and will move on to the Mid-American Conference semifinals by clinching the MAC regular season title. They will next play the West Virginia Mountaineers, while the Falcons will regroup and prepare for next season, attempting to find ways to replace their three senior players and get their remaining players to lead the team to a playoff run in 2016.
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We are now two weeks into the NBA season and I can take away two player specific things. Kobe Bryant is now terrible at NBA basketball and should retire and Stephen Curry is the best player in the world and will win MVP and an NBA title for the second year in a row. We’ll start with Bryant. Despite my feelings about him, I can’t deny he’s had a fantastic career. He’s a five time champion, NBA MVP and 17 time all-star. That being said, Bryant needs to retire. He’s has more all-star games than most players have years played. At 37 he’s in the top 10 oldest players in the league and six games in he’s playing terrible basketball. Bryant is shooting 32 percent from the floor, the worst start in his 19 year career. He is also shooting 20 percent from three but still continues to shoot eight from behind the arc a game. It’s been rumored a while that Bryant is reaching retirement, but at this point all he’s doing is taking advantage of the Lakers and cashing checks. He’s well past his prime. He’s well past his post prime. He’s best suited now being the elderly guy at the YMCA shooting midrange jumpers and lecturing kids on the fundamentals. On the complete opposite side of the spectrum we have Stephen Curry. At 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, he is the most dominant player in the NBA. His size makes it that much more remarkable, this skinny guard who played his college ball at Davidson is torching defenses in the back court and front, with no regard for top league defenders under the rim. Curry is averaging 24 points a game, 2.5 steals, 5.5 rebounds and six assists. There is a special club for efficiency that stands as the golden standard for shooters called the 50-40-90 club. Membership in this club marks a great shooter. It requires the player to shoot 50 percent from the floor, 40 percent from three and 90 percent from the free throw line over the course of the season. There are only nine players in league history to make the club so far. They include Reggie Miller, Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki, Larry Bird and Steve Nash. So far this season, Curry is on track to make a club of his own. Five games in Curry was 60 percent from the floor, 50 percent from three and 91 percent from the free throw stripe. It’s only the start of the season, but the numbers are still staggering. Averaging 20 attempts from the floor, 11 from three and seven from the stripe he’s still managing 60-50-90 against the NBA’s best defenses. Watch the highlights, he’s not doing this against soft teams. He’s launching three’s over Anthony Davis and taking it to the rim against the likes of the Grizzlies, Rockets and Clippers. Oh yeah, and Golden State is the only undefeated team left in the league. I’m calling it now; not only will Curry win MVP and another title, he will also lead his team to the best record in NBA history. 73 wins. It’s going to happen. Sorry Cleveland.
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Event encourages young women to enter STEM fields By Rachel Kielar Reporter
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On Nov. 6, the University hosted the 31st annual Women in STEM event for girls in sixth through eighth grade. Attendees from all over Northwest Ohio and Detroit came to participate in this unique opportunity. This event serves to encourage interest among students to pursue a future in one or more areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, referred to collectively as STEM. Fifty-four presenters offering hands-on STEM activities relating to life sciences were present and on hand to answer questions and encourage each young woman to reach her full potential. Susan Sterns, one of the coordinators of the event, was thrilled at the enthusiasm the event brings out in local students. “BGSU is great about letting us host this
each year. We want girls to think about their futures and promote their interest in careers still dominated by men,” she said. “They rise to the challenge.” Despite progress, the number of women who participate in STEM programs in college is still relatively low. According to Statistics Canada, women represent the majority of young university graduates, but are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science fields. According to the National Household Survey, women accounted for 39 percent of university graduates aged 25 to 34 with a STEM degree in 2011, compared with 66 percent of university graduates in non-STEM programs. Why are the numbers so low? Women in STEM’s keynote speaker Emily Calendrelli provided the answer during her speech to students. Calendrelli, who currently hosts Fox’s
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USG gathers student opinion By Alyssa Alfano Copy Chief At Monday’s Undergraduate Student Government meeting senator’s brought back feedback f rom const it ua nts about the tobacco-free policy for the University’s campus. “I think that the purpose of this discussion was to bring together all of the data that we’ve been collecting over the past month, month and a half,” said Danielle Parker, Vice President for USG. Parker said that one of the jobs of the USG senators is to go to groups on campus and say what might be happening with the policy and asking for their opinions. “Tonight’s discussion was bringing forward everything that they’ve heard and saying this is why or why not this is a good or a bad thing,” said Parker. Parker said that hearing all of the opinions is very good when it comes to finalizing the decision as a whole.
“Our next steps is really just looking for senate leadership to put forth a resolution that’s going to say we support this or we don’t support this because of all the stuff we’ve talked about over the past month.” Parker said that hopefully in the next two to three meetings USG will have their stance on the policy finalized. USG is one of five constituent groups on campus and each group gets to say whether or not they support the policy. Parker said that all five groups are very important when making policy decisions and changes. Because of this Parker said, “Whether we vote to support or to not support, that’s going to be a pretty big deal to the Board of Trustees, to President Mazey, to whoever this is going to.” “I think that what we decide really does carry a lot of weight because what USG decides is a reflection of the whole undergraduate student body,” said Parker. Parker said that USG has three meetings
left of the semester so they hope to have their decision made and finalized by their last meeting. In addition to USG, there are three other constituent groups on campus that still need to make their decision. In addition to the tobacco-free policy, a new program called the elector program was discussed. The elector program is through the Women’s Center. “They’re hoping to come to campus on Saturday, Feb. 27 and it’s basically a student government program that will focus on the details of running for a student government position here at BGSU,” said Parker. Parker said that some of the discussion will focus on those who identify as women and the experience that they have had in student government positions and the advice that they can give to other women. She also said that another goal of this is to get more people involved in student government.
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