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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 35
Redefining
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‘SUPER’
By Natasha Ivery Reporter
writer, director or star attached yet. The movie will trail 13 months after the new Wonder Woman film is released in 2017. The history of superheroes, and the gender gap present in the genre of comics and film, is extensive. Pop culture professor Charles Coletta said that the history of comics dates back to the 40s and 50s. “The first woman superhero was Wonder Woman,” Coletta said. “She was created to be the woman version
Though most major Hollywood superhero movies star male actors, such films may start seeing more diversity than in the past. Captain Marvel, an upcoming film from Marvel Studios, will be the studio’s first in which a woman, Captain Marvel [a.k.a. Carol Danvers], is the central character. The film, which is slated for release on July 6, 2018, has no
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Resident advisor selection competitive
POOL PARTY
Students must meet several criteria, prove responsible during process By Cassie Sullivan Assistant Managing Editor
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STUDENTS IN Founders Resident Hall pass the time Tuesday night by playing pool.
HOME TOWN PRIDE
Four Men’s soccer players form Naperville, Illinois joined forces on the field for the Falcons. Read more about the former rivals turned teammates in Sports. | PAGE 3
Raven Payne became a residential advisor because of the experience the position had to offer. “I love just talking to people and working with people and how my RA was with us [last year]. The social aspect — she was always there, talking to us, there to answer questions and stuff like that,” Payne said. Students who are interested in becoming a RA tend to live on campus during their first two years of college and see their own RAs as leaders and role models, said Abby Priehs, the assistant director of Residence Life. “The RA serves as a significant resource for students and someone who can help them negotiate the college experience,” Priehs said. For Payne, her own experience with people and what others told her influenced her decision to become a RA. “People kept telling me ‘Oh, Raven, you should be a RA’ and I was like ‘Why should I be a RA?’ It’s just a really fun job. I like working with people,” Payne said. In order for a student to become a RA, they have to attend one of the informa-
LIVING IN THE PRESENT
Columnist Abigail Kruse talks about her personal yearning for graduation and the beginning of her career. She says that, despite this desire, it’s important to enjoy the present. | PAGE 4
tion sessions hosted by Residence Life, which is a one hour session, where the student learns about the job responsibilities, the time commitments and the compensation, Priehs said. After attending an information session, the students then can apply for the position online. “You have had to live on campus for two semesters before you start the job. Even though you’re a first year student who’s just ending their first semester on campus and their second semester in the spring. By the time you start the job in the fall, you would have two semesters on campus,” Priehs said. Other requirements include having a 2.5 GPA and to not be on residential or university probation. Students then fill out an application and in January, students are called in for interviews. Once a student submits their application, students can sign up for interview times on either Jan. 22 or 23. During the interview process, students are asked to do a group project with other applicants, along with a two on one interview with a staff member and a current RA, Priehs said. “If they’re moved on in this part of the
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WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO BECOME A RA? WHY OR WHY NOT? “Yeah I would because it would let me help incoming freshmen and focus on them. And the free room and board is nice too ” Jake Rail Freshman, Actuarial Science
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Chelsea Sue Whitcomb, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for theft/shoplifting within the 2100 block of E. Wooster St.
SAT., NOV. 8 8:58 A.M.
Sometime during the night an unknown person broke the front driver side window and right rear light of a vehicle within the 100 block of S. Maple St. Estimated damage $400. 10:52 A.M.
Complainant reported the theft of a pink stun gun from a vehicle within the 200 block of S. Summit St. Item valued at $55. 8:31 P.M.
Ja’lasha Janelle Woods, 23, of Toledo was arrested for drug paraphernalia within the 100 block of W. Gypsy Lane Rd. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. William E. Irving, 32, of Toledo, was cited for drug paraphernalia.
SUN., NOV. 9 12:25 A.M.
Jacob D. Nekola, 18, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/urinating and underage/under the influence within the 100 block of Clough St. 12:28 A.M.
TUES., NOV. 11 2:05 A.M.
Jerome Anderson II., 24, of Bowling Green, was arrested for disorderly conduct/unable to care for self within the 100 block of E. Wooster St. He was also cited for disorderly conduct/fighting and lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. Nickolas Krajcirik Fredericka, 19, of Girard, Ohio, was cited for underage/ under the influence and disorderly conduct/fighting. 2:32 A.M.
Matthew Louis Frank, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for theft/ shoplifting within the 100 block of N. Main St.
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Noelle Eden Heinze, 18, of Bluffton, Ohio; and Amanda Annette Ross, 18, of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, were both cited for underage possession of alcohol and open container near Lot 3 downtown.
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Jerome Allen Griffin, 20, of Bowling Green; and Joshua Ivo Williams, 20, of Bowling Green, were both cited for nuisance party within the 200 block of Clay St. 2:38 A.M.
Sierra Andrea Stowe, 20, of Oregon, Ohio, was cited for assault near North Summit and East Court Streets. 2:56 A.M.
Byron D. Ramsey, 25, of Toledo, was cited for disorderly conduct/urinating within the 100 block of E. Wooster St. 1:13 P.M.
Complainant reported that sometime during the night an unknown person knocked down bricks from the retaining wall within the 100 block of Byall Ave. Estimated damage $100.
MON., NOV. 10 7:50 A.M.
Complainant reported that sometime during the night an unknown person punctured the passenger side tires within the 500 block of W. Gypsy Lane Rd. Damage estimated at $350.
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Course uses horses to promote well-being
Class first of its kind, will be offered again By Corey Maxwell Reporter
This semester, the University is offering a different kind of class that allows students to travel outside the classroom and experience more hands-on learning. The class is called Equine Assisted Therapy and it’s offered through the human development and family studies department. The class uses horses to help provide therapy for students who may be enduring problems or issues in their lives. According to the Professional Association of T her a p e ut ic Horsemanship’s website, therapeutic riding “uses equine-assisted activities for the purpose of contributing positively to cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being of people with disabilities.” The class is the first of its kind that has been offered, said the instructor of the class, Sandra Tebbe. “There really is nothing else like it that I know of,” Tebbe said. “The class is different because it’s all applied learning and really hands-on and that’s what I really enjoy about it.” Students in the class don’t necessarily have any physical disabilities, but it’s a way for them to overcome any
issues or obstacles in their lives. “The reason I took the class was because it was a big stress reliever for me to be out in the barn,” senior Jenifer Nord said. Tebbe is an instructor at the University, but the class is a collaboration between the University and her own organization, Project H.O.P.E., or Horses Opening People’s Eyes. “Project H.O.P.E. is a therapeutic riding center that I started 10 years ago,” Tebbe said. “The center gives therapy for children who have behavioral and emotional problems, but also may have developmental or physical disabilities as well.” Tebbe created Project H.O.P.E. through her private practice as a professional credible counselor. The activities that Tebbe uses with Project H.O.P.E. are similar to what she uses in the class. “One activity we did was each of the students would identify an obstacle in their life and then we would talk about it,” Tebbe said. “Then they would build a physical obstacle course and would ride over the obstacle course to signify overcoming that matter in your life.” Although the course is different from normal classroom ones, it still has tradi-
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Four Illinois natives join forces on BG men’s soccer team By Brandon Shrider Assistant Sports Editor
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Growing up nearly five hours away, playing soccer both with and against each other for 10 years, four BG men’s soccer players found themselves playing alongside each other once again on the Bowling Green men’s soccer team. The quartet of players made their way from Naperville, Illinois, having played for three of the five different high schools in Naperville. However, each of them wound up playing alongside one another on the same club team, Galaxy SC, when their high school season was over. Their travel soccer coach, Brett Strang, a BG alum, won the Mid-American Conference tournament and played in the NCAA tournament in his time at BG. Thus, Strang kept them updated on BG soccer and suggested Bowling Green as an option for continuing their soccer careers. They followed in the footsteps of Strang as well as a few other former Galaxy SC players including 2013 graduate and former BG goalkeeper, Michael
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With conference title and 12-2-2 overall record, Falcons will travel to North Carolina to take place in bowl game against American International College in late November By Scott Sadowski Reporter
The Bowling Green rugby team won its 34th-straight MidAmerican Conference championship title this past weekend. The Falcons defeated Miami in the semi-final round and Western Michigan in the finals for the title. Head coach Tony Mazzarella knew BG had a target on their backs and needed to handle the pressure well in order to win. “Our guys have risen up to face the challenge each year,” he said. “It is a tribute to the commitment each one of them personally accepts when they join this team.” BG’s semi-final game against Miami, their oldest rival, looked to be a tough matchup. Low temperatures and stiff wind caused both teams to have to find a way to succeed in the elements. Tries by Sean McFarland and Frank Viancourt and a pair of conversions by Mike Powell took BG into the half beating Miami 14-6. Miami quickly caught up to BG in the second half, cutting BG’s lead down to 17-13. The Falcons went on to score 36 unanswered points against the RedHawks, winning 53-13.
“It is a tribute to the commitment each one of them personally accepts when they join this team.” Tony Mazzarella | Head Coach Viancourt said he was impressed with his team’s offensive burst. “The boys [BG] found a hole in their centers and we just started flooding through the gap,” he said. The Falcons went on to face Western Michigan in the final game of the MAC tournament. The two teams faced each other earlier in the season, resulting in a 36-6 win by BG. The Broncos looked to avenge their previous loss and spoil BG’s championship hopes. Both teams played stingy defense throughout nearly all of the first half. Neither team was able to score until the 36-minute mark of the half when BG’s Griffen Palmer scored a try from 25 yards out. Western Michigan immediately answered with a try of their own
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Rugby clinches MAC Championship with wins against Miami, WMU and BG went into halftime with a 10-5 lead. Two freshman, Ryan Steinmetz and Phil Bryant, produced three late tries for BG to pad their lead and begin to pull away from the Broncos. Steinmetz carried the ball, and three Western Michigan defenders, 15 yards for a try. Later on, Bryant turned a failed punt into a try, beating four Western Michigan defenders in the process. Bryant would score another goalline try to boost the Falcons lead to 31-12. Two late tries by the Broncos were not enough as BG went on to win 31-22. Captain Alex Garnaut was impressed with his team’s ability to play through tough weather and pressure. “When the score got tight, they [BG] just stepped it up to an even higher notch,” he said. The Falcons finished the season with a 12-2-2 record and ranked 8th in the nation, although that ranking should go up after Tuesday’s new poll. BG will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Nov. 22 to take on American International College in an experimental version of the “bowl” system in NCAA football.
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Falcons to face Kent State Wednesday in division matchup BG football can clinch Mid-American Conference East Division with win against Golden Flashes this week By Cameron Teague Robinson Editor-in-Chief
Despite the up and down season the Bowling Green football team has had this year, the Falcons will have the chance Wednesday night to clinch their second straight Mid-American Conference East Division Championship. With their win against the University of Akron on Nov. 4, the Falcons took a two-game lead over the Zips in the division. With three games left, they only need to win one to clinch their spot in the MAC Championship game. Head coach Dino Babers would like to do it sooner rather than later, he said. “We need to win a game to get into the title game as soon as possible because that takes the pressure off of us,” Babers said. “It lets us relax and blossom into the team that we can become.” Before they pack their bags for Detroit, the Falcons will have to take care of business at home against Kent State University. Kent has won just one game all season, but they are not as bad as their record says, linebacker
DJ Lynch said. “They have a lot of good players and they always give us a hard time,” he added. “This game for them will be one of their bigger games that they want to get a win in.” Some fans may be looking past this one-win team to next Wednesday’s match with I-75 rival University of Toledo, but the Falcons aren’t. There is no lack of focus in the locker room right now, offensive lineman Alex Huettel said. “It’s easy to focus on a team with one win because they’ve been in all their games,” Huettel said. “Right now it doesn’t seem like anyone is overlooking them. We are going to go out there and prepare like they are undefeated, because everything rides on this game.” This is the Falcons’ chance not only to clinch the MAC East, but to continue what Huettel called an “unspoken rule” and better their record from last season. The Golden Flashes have been a team all year that has found ways to be in their games
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FORUM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
PEOPLE ON THE STREET “No, I’m not responsible enough and I’m not good at dealing with conflict and situations.”
ALYSSA MCDANNEL Sophomore, Event Planning
Would you ever want to become a RA? Why or why not?
“Yes, I would like to be an RA because of the room and board.”
DEREK MABLE Freshman, Marketing
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“No, I wouldn’t be able to go home as much as I would like to.”
SYDNI WINKLER Freshman, Communication
“Yes, I would like to be an RA because it helps you build your social responsibility.”
TODD ATHEY Freshman, Sports Management
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Important to love yourself in order to maintain emotional independence I take pride in knowing that I am a full-time college student and financially independent. Besides the occasional family loan [thanks to my dad and sister], I like to think I work for everything I have. I’ve never been handed anything and I was raised to question something if it was handed to me. I’d say I’m stubbornly independent, but I’ve come to realize that’s not a positive attribute. I refuse to ask for help. I have too much pride to admit when I make a mistake or when I fail. I usually wait until it’s
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too late, until I’ve sunk into oblivion and I have to say, “Help, I’ve fallen and can’t get up!” I like to pretend I have everything together, but that’s not the reality. A while ago I was venting to my mom on the phone, disgusted with the individuals who do not have jobs, pay for any of their needs on their own and solely rely on their parents to support them.
“It’s OK to not completely like who you are at times, but when you truly love yourself is when you’ll finally be emotionally stable.” She reminded me that, although some students may not be as financially independent as I like to think I am, I’m not as emotionally independent as I
Some things worth consideration in order to avoid tax issues, legal action On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997 at the Target Center in dow ntow n Mi n neapol is, t he Minnesota Timberwolves were play i ng t he Chicago Bulls. During t he game, Dennis Rodman stumbled out of bounds and landed in a group of photographers, twisting his ankle. A cameraman named Eugene Amos, who was in the group, turned his camera on Rodma n, who t hen kicked him in the groin [the incident can be seen on YouTube]. T he g a me was delayed seven minutes while Amos was ta ken out of the arena on a st retcher a nd t ra nsported by ambulance to t he Hennepin Count y Medical Center. After his discharge from the hospital, Amos filed a police report claiming that Rodman had assaulted him and then retained an attorney. The final agreement between Rodman and Amos specified that Amos was to receive $200,000. Part of the agreement was an obligation by Amos to keep the agreement confidential and to refrain from publicizing it or prosecuting Rodman in the future. But the story doesn’t end here. Amos filed his 1997 income tax return omitting the $200,000. Sure enough, the IRS came calling. They audited Amos
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and proposed an additional ta x of $ 61,668 on the $200,000 award. The case wound up in Tax Court. Ultimately, Amos had to include only $80,000 in his tax return. $120,000 was to compensate him for physical injuries and was therefore exempt from taxation. Anyone taking a class in tax research or individual income taxation is likely to run across the Amos case. For the rest of us, some non-tax lessons are worth noting. First, controlling oneself is paramount. While it might seem emotionally cathartic at the moment to give in to impulsive anger, the consequences can be devastating. Second, don’t depend on confidentialit y of any kind. Legal confidences can be broken, as Rodman, the Timberwolves and the NBA found out. The Biblical reference, “nothing is hidden that will not be revealed” is still valid. And sometimes the revelation comes at the most inconvenient or embarrassing time. Just ask anyone who posted intimate pictures on the Internet that were later viewed by potential
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employers. Third, the agreement between Rodman and Amos should have specified the amount due to compensation for medical injuries and for other items. The result: a judge had to make the decision. Being precise and specific is not only pr a i s e w or t h y ; it ’s sometimes the least expensive approach. Fourth, basketball is perhaps the only major sport where no barrier is erected between the spectators and the players. Football has photographers close to the sidelines and end zones, but there’s considerably more room in a football stadium than on a basketball court. W hile it might be nice to be “close to the action,” having some sort of protection at basketball games would have eliminated at least one groin injury, a twisted ankle and the resulting legal and tax costs. Finally, resolving disputes takes time, especially if the legal system is involved. Amos sustained his injury in January 1997. The final decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding his tax return was handed down December 1, 2003, nearly seven years later. By the way, Chicago beat Minnesota 112-102 that night.
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need to be. I told her that besides having a pet of some kind I didn’t think I could ever live alone. I wouldn’t want to. If I went home after having a terrible day of classes or a mentally draining day at work, I wouldn’t want to go home to an empty house. I like knowing that when I go home I can count on someone to say, “Ashley, how was your day?” Maybe it sounds silly, but just someone else’s presence is comforting and provides a sense of security. It says I’m not alone.
This is where my mom turned the conversation around on me. She told me to stop being bitter about how some people do not have to work as hard as I do for what they have. She said that I’m not perfect and have many flaws. She also reassured me that she’ll always be there for me when I need to vent or cry and how she’ll always be on my side, but that I cannot fall back on a phone call with family members to make me feel better. I need to do it on my own, comfortably and with confidence. And she’s right. Some
people will never reach a certain level of independence and some people just get there at a different time in their life. That’s not for me to judge. Instead, I need to focus on myself and work to be a better person. It’s OK to not completely like who you are at times, but when you truly love yourself is when you’ll finally be emotionally stable. I know I still have a long way to go and that’s OK with me.
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Don’t waste time in present in desire for future, make most of life in moment Those of you who have seen the film “Tangled” will recall the opening scene in which Rapunzel takes us through her daily routine, wondering when her life will begin. I can sympathize. I mean, I’m not locked up in a tower by an evil stepmot her or a nything, but I’m in college, beset like any other student with tests and papers and projects that somet i mes resemble busy work. I have a job that I’m grateful to have, but it’s not a “big girl job,” as they say. I can’t wait until I graduate, but that doesn’t mean my life is on hold until then. Life starts when you’re born [I believe some time before that, actually, but that’s another story], not when you get accepted to the school you wanted or hired for that first job. It doesn’t start when you g raduate, get engaged, get married, have kids or retire. I’m as guilty as anyone else when it comes to this mentality. Take t he la st mont h for example. This semester’s project has been to take and pass two OAEs, state assessments for pre-service teachers’ areas of concentration. I won’t lie; I felt a little like my life was indeed on hold until I took those things. A f ter a ll, I couldn’t
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ta ke the next step on my career pat h w it hout t hose pa ssi ng scores, so it felt like nothing else of importance could happen in the meantime. But that wasn’t so. Ever y t hing else t hat happened that week — work, choir rehearsa ls, the New Music Festiva l, choir gow ns I’d agreed to hem for t he occasion, class — that was a ll life. E spe c ia l ly one cla s s i n pa r t ic u la r i n w h ich, on one Oc tober a f ternoon, we took a f ield t r ip to t he L it t le Re d S c ho ol hou s e t o he a r f rom a lad y w ho had spent her element a r y school yea r s i n a oneroom school house a n d t a u g h t i n on e for yea r s. I lea rned so much in t hat hour and f ifteen minutes, but one moment st uck out to me. She asked a classmate, perhaps rhetorically, if he thought she loved all of her students; even the troublemakers like the one she had to paddle. I knew the answer: of course she did. I got all misty eyed, right there at the end of class, because I was moved, tired and very frustrated. I just wa nted to
“I know it can be hard at the moment to realize, but life isn’t about waiting for one more test, one more score and one more requirement.” teach, right now, but t here were a l l t hese hoops to jump through first before I even got into Methods. The ensuing conversation with my professor showed me that it was normal to feel like this. Fu r t her more, teaching is full of stress and challenges. Better I should get used to it now. I ma ke t he most of this time in transition by paying attention in class a nd gett ing to k now my professors, because they are some wise people. I know it can be hard at the moment to realize, but life isn’t about waiting for one more test, one more score and one more requirement. If that’s what it is to you, you’ll be waiting forever. You’ll never get this day again. There will never be another Nov. 12, 2014, so make the best of it.
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Playoff system leaves out mid-majors like BG
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New college football playoffs favor power conference teams, should remember small schools By Katie Wernke Reporter
Chances are when you turn on your TV over the holidays, you’re not going to see Bowling Green or Marshall fighting their way through the college football playoffs. Marshall holds a Top 25 ranking, remember. But that ranking means nothing when it comes to the playoff system. Now, a big-time selection committee sits down and mulls over who they think most deserves to go. The selection committee is made up of experts, some of whom are affiliated with the Southeastern Conference [SEC], Big Ten and Big 12, of course. So here goes another year of the Alabamas and
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Florida States taking over college football and ESPN. And where does that leave Bowling Green? That leaves Bowling Green in another Little Caesars Pizza Bowl playing against a 6-6 team. That leaves a championship team playing a team who finished sixth in their conference. That leaves Bowling Green on the outside looking in once again. But it’s not just Bowling Green. It’s Marshall. It’s Cincinnati. It’s Memphis. It’s any team that is not a part of a power conference. That’s how college foot-
ball is designed. Save the spotlight for the SEC and the Big Ten. The MidAmerican Conference or Mountain West can try again when they rise to the power of the almighty. This is the problem that surrounds college football. Everyone says they get tired of hearing about ‘Bama and Auburn, but nothing changes. The TV ratings stay the same because it’s ‘good football.’ But when does the MAC get a chance to show the nation they have good football? On a Wednesday night. College football will continue to orbit the worlds of the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12. The big guns. The moneymakers. The American Athletic Conference and the MAC will have to take a backseat until they can
rival those on Saturday night. Maybe it’s the scheduling, team strength and recruiting that can turn the tide. It’s also the fans who choose to give those ‘other’ teams attention. Watch a game that’s not on Saturday primetime. See that the same stories, hard work and desire go into each and every game. It shouldn’t be so easy to guess what conferences will make the playoffs. Every team should have a shot. Like the saying goes, any team can beat any other team on any given day, right? So what do you say, let’s give some others a chance in the big game. Let’s make college football fun for everyone to watch.
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PAT FLYNN makes a pass to a fellow teammate in BG’s match against the University at Buffalo earlier this season hosted at Cochrane Field.
MAFIA From Page 3 Wiest. After a few campus visits and a good word from their club coach, the four of them eventually made their way to BG. Now, combining for 59 starts and 23 goals scored this season, they have helped lead the Falcons to their best record in 17 years and their first winning record since 2000. There is much more to this group of players than just results on the field, however. Max Auden and Danny Shea, redshirt sophomores at BG, as well as Joe Sullivan and Pat Flynn, traditional sophomores, have carried both rivalries and friendships to Bowling Green.
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“It reminds you a little bit about home,” said Max Auden. “We don’t go home too often, so just having your buddies here is just a way to know that you’re not too far away from home.” It is this hometown bond that is special between them. However, their unique situation has led to a plethora of nickname ideas. One has seemingly stuck: The Naperville Mafia. This sense of humor and joke-filled atmosphere is one they welcome amongst each other. Bringing with them their high school rivalries, the four of them still keep tabs on their high school soccer teams. When one school wins over another, they make it a point of emphasis to let the other player know that his team lost. “So everyone just beats
[Danny] Shea’s team,” said Joe Sullivan. “And North beat Central just a couple weeks ago in the playoffs.” Auden and Sullivan both went to Naperville North, while Flynn attended Naperville Central. However, the Naperville natives don’t seclude themselves from the rest of the team. Instead, they share a similar bond with them. “We’re all best friends,” Sullivan said. “Our team hangs out together a lot, so it’s just nice being at Bowling Green because you feel like you’re at home already.” But this doesn’t stop them from picking on their teammates. “We kind of gang up on the rest of the team since we’re all from Naperville, because we think we’re better than the rest of them,”
Auden said. Shea agrees saying, “Well, we are better than them.” This ornery and hardheaded mindset is one that has helped keep not only the soccer team together and focused, but the four Naperville natives so close despite being so far away from home. Thus, with jokes and rivalries aside, the Naperville quartet remains close friends and have the opportunity to experience some of the best years of their life together both on and off the field. “Some of the things that you enjoy about playing soccer, the friendships and stuff that you build, it’s nice and I enjoy it,” said Flynn. “You’ve grown up with these people, so you just understand each other.”
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FOOTBALL From Page 3 late, as four of their five MAC games this year were decided by 10 points or less. Along with staying in games late, the Golden Flashes have given up more than 17 points in only two of those games [30 to Toledo and 40 to UMass]. “Kent is a university who has always prided themselves on their defense,” Babers said. “I believe that side of the
ball is more than pulling their share of the weight to keep them in these games.” The Falcons came off their long bye week and took care of business at Akron, and now they have a chance to guarantee a trip to Detroit on Dec. 5. First they must defeat the Golden Flashes Wednesday at 8 p.m. “We are looking at it like this is our opportunity to clinch the East,” Babers said. “Now that we have put in all that hard work after that 16 or 17 day bye we need to finish the job.”
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EQUINE From Page 2 tional aspects as the students have two exams, a final project and a journal they keep on their experiences with the class. “For the final project, the students will pick a disability that they’re interested in and analyze it using examples of some treatment they learned during class,” Tebbe said. The students also have to write issues papers during the semester. “We write papers about a disabled population and what we can do to help them if we had a farm,” Nord said. “It kind of gives you a bigger perspective of what therapeutic riding is and how it can help.” Students in the class help out with Project H.O.P.E.’s activities as well, including last week when students helped at a horse riding trickor-treat that Tebbe held in Findlay.
WWW.BGNEWS.COM “It was fun and really busy,” said Bailey Guerin, a senior and student in the class. “We helped by walking beside the horses and making sure the ones that didn’t know how to ride stayed safe. The kids got to trail ride and play games for candy.” Guerin added that the trick-or-treat was also a fundraising event for Project H.O.P.E., with the money going toward medical insurance so kids without it can still come out to the farm and ride. Tebbe said the class is being offered again for the spring semester and elaborated on how important it is to get hands-on learning as a student. “I’m less of an academic person and more of an applied ‘let me teach you something that you can get a job with’ type person,” Tebbe said. “It’s a fun class and I’ve had an extremely high attendance rate. I love what I’m doing and I love teaching what I do.”
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of Superman and was intended to be a role model for girls. William Marston was the creator of Wonder Woman, and he was a psychology professor who had a hand in developing the lie detector, which is why Wonder Woman had the golden lasso.” The women in comics were not exactly the role models they were intended to be. “The comics in the early 40s and 50s were written for teenage boys, which is why the woman were portrayed and dressed like they were,” Coletta said. “With Wonder Woman, there was a lot of kinky sex themes like sadomasochism, bondage and things like that. It negatively worked on kids’ subconscious. Then there were superheroes aimed at children, like Supergirl, Batgirl and the like. So instead of them saving the world, they were saving the picnic or cats, which was appropriate for their age. In the book ‘Seduction of the Innocent,’ psychologists thought that the comics
were terrible.” Sexualization and idealization of women are common themes when it comes to women superheroes. “There have always been complaints about the extreme sexualization of female superheroes,” Coletta said. “That is because the audience for comics is about 85% male and there’s not a lot of room for females. The sketch artists draw women as physically impossible, 10 inch waists and large breasts, with skintight leather clothing that basically shows their anatomy. I still think women superheroes are powerful and to be accounted for, but they do give a conflicting message.” Even in the comic book world, diversity is following suit in different and positive ways. “Now the market of comics is expanding their brand,” Coletta said. “There is a Muslim teenage girl who is a superhero, an Arab-American Green Lantern, gay superheroes, even a white mutant married her black boyfriend. Lots of diversity. I think it’s about time they feature a woman superhero as a lead and not
something tied into something that’s already there, like Spider-Man. Even shows like Gotham City which features Jada Pinkett-Smith as the lead is making strides.” Nancy Down, librarian on the pop culture floor of the library, thinks that there should be more women directing superhero movies. “Most of the woman superheroes today have a more feminine look, with high heels and makeup,” says Down. “Even though there is some diversity, I think that if more women were able to direct movies and write comics, it would be more empowering, more realistic — we’d get to see the emotional side of woman superheroes, as it should be. I grew up watching Wonder Woman so I’d love to see a change.” Students have positive opinions about female superheroes. “I think we need a lot more women superheores,” said sophomore Lucis Ladden. “There’s a big discrepancy. I’m avidly waiting for the Wonder Woman movie to come out. The men are great, but we need to let the women shine as well.”
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College of music to offer new scholarship for freshmen Award started by University arts patrons, recipients to get monetary benefit throughout college career By Denny McCarthy Reporter
The College of Musical Arts is ready to implement its new scholarship, and although this program doesn’t pay for living expenses, supplies or tuition, it will offer recipients benefits not offered by any other scholarship. The Hansen Music Fellowship will be awarded to new students starting in the fall as a way for the University to enhance the music program by offering benefits out of the classroom. The scholarship will be awarded to up to two incoming freshmen each year with up to eight students receiving benefits at the same time. “I think it’s awesome that they’re able to do that. I mean, it’s money for doing something that you absolutely love,” junior music education major Alex Blosser said. “Why wouldn’t you want to do that?” The program includes $11,000 in rewards: $3,000 as a freshman to attend a summer music program, $1,000 as a sophomore for lessons or masterclasses, $1,000 as a junior to fund an original composition for their senior recital, $3,000 for their senior year to record a debut CD or play a recital at a venue of their choice and $1,000 annually to pay for miscellaneous expenses.
“These activities that they’ll be able to do will just give them an incredible experience that they won’t be able to get anywhere else,” Department Chair of Music Performance Studies William Mathis said. “Not even at the very top music schools.” DuWayne and Dorothy Hansen, who started the program after planning it with the University, endowed the University with all of the funds needed to continue the program indefinitely. DuWayne, retired chair of the music program, and Dorothy, two-time alumna of the College of Musical Arts, are longtime supporters of the music program. The couple started both the Hansen Music Fellowship and the Hansen Musical Arts Series, an event that brings renowned performers to the University. “We feel a very strong connection to BGSU. We lived here, we raised our daughter here, we worked with so many fantastic faculty and students here,” said DuWayne in a news release by the University. “Our goal is to help improve the music programs and the University in whatever way we can.” While the Hansens fund the program, a faculty committee chooses which applicants to award the scholarship to.
Candidates are required to complete an interview and academic profile review with a faculty committee, show what Dean of the College of Musical Arts Jeffery Showell calls “tremendous performance ability” in an audition and score at least 26 overall on their ACT. Recipients will also need to maintain a 3.5 GPA at the University to keep the scholarship. Showell said that since the scholarship will be bringing highly skilled musicians to the university, he expects to see the recipients set a positive example for the rest of the students. “I think students sometimes learn more from their fellow music students almost more than they do from their professors because they spend more time with their colleagues,” Showell said. “To have these sort of students seated amongst the undergraduates provides a great example for everybody.” The scholarship program will be reviewed in four to eight years to determine if it will continue. While the program could possibly end, Mathis said it should go indefinitely since it will draw musical leaders to the program. “It’s a great recruiting tool,” Mathis said. “The hardest part about this whole thing will be deciding which two we choose.”
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