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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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LIVES Students balance school, pregnancy in college years By Emily Johnson Reporter
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As University students take exams, many picture graduating with a diploma, but not so many factor in having a child. “I honestly didn’t believe the doctor when she told me...” said junior Bria Hall. “I thought ‘This is impossible.’” Hall, a 20 year-old and Canton, Michigan native, discovered she was pregnant at the end of July at a check-up at the Falcon Health Center. “I didn’t even go in for a pregnancy test. I went in for a refill on birth control and I was talking to the doctor, because I felt that my hormones were out of whack, my boobs were sore and things that usually went along on with birth control issues,” Hall said. “We were using birth control and condoms, not every time, but I was switching birth controls and no one told me that for the first month, the birth control was ineffective and that’s how I got pregnant.” The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy conducted a study that estimates 61 percent of women who have children after enrolling in community college end up dropping out. Although Hall refuses to let the status quo define her success, she will be taking online classes in the spring and plans on returning to campus by the start of the fall 2015 semester.
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Fundraiser enters final month of campaign
HITTING THE STRESS AWAY
United Way campaign contributes to local charities, 400 employees have donated By Ryan Hanson Reporter
The holiday season is a time for giving for many people. Another way to give this holiday season is right here on campus and over 400 University employees have already donated. The United Way and Northwest Community Shares Campaign is a charity fundraiser that’s been established for many years. “The BGSU employees are very charitable and [the committee] is very grateful for their participation,” said University Libraries Dean Sara Bushong, chair of the campaign committee. Bushong said that the committee sent out notifications to faculty and staff when the campaign began. Employees can donate by sending in a pledge card, donation electronically and they can also choose a payroll deduction which donates small
increments off of each paycheck. Although the faculty and staff are solicited for donations, Bushong said that undergraduate students are not solicited directly by the committee. “Students already pay a lot to go to school here,” Bushong said. “They certainly can [donate] if they’d like to, but they don’t have to.” Jill Carr, Vice President for Student Affairs and co-chair of the committee, described United Way as an “all-encompassing organization” that serves many different charities. When someone pledges a donation, they are able to give the money directly to United Way or specify what local charity their dollars go to. Carr is serving her first year as cochair of the campaign committee. Carr said that her role in the committee is to encourage departments “to do creative things to get more involved.” One example she gave is if an office encouraged people to
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The 7-6 Bowling Green Football team travels to Alabama for the Camellia Bowl. Despite losing three straight games, the Falcons look to send off group of seniors with a win. | PAGE 3
donate by offering the option to wear jeans on a designated date. Laurel Zawodny is the assistant to the President and her work with the campaign is mostly described as “behind the scenes.” Zawodny said that there are prize winners drawn every week throughout the campaign. Some of these prizes could include a bookstore gift card and BGSU history book as well as prizes donated by committee members, Zawodny said. At the end of the campaign, there are final prizes drawn. This year, Zawodny said there are two final prizes which are both gift baskets that the bookstore donated. The campaign started in October and goes through Dec. 31, which leaves more time to donate. Zawodny said that if a faculty or staff member lost their pledge card, they are able to print another one off of the University’s charity website.
LGBTQ AND ACCEPTANCE
Forum Editor Autumn Kunkel talks about the new movement among LGBTQ and Catholics to become more accepted in their faith. She writes to about how, ultimately, the movement is counterproductive. | PAGE 4
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Julian Roberto Lopez, 21, of Lima, Ohio, was cited for open container and possession of marijuana within the 200 block of N. Summit St. 2:09 A.M.
Miguel Estrella Jr., 21, of Fremont, Ohio, was arrested for assault within the 100 block of E. Court St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 2:18 A.M.
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Professors teach in three countries
Fullbright Program established in 1946, allows people to study, teach abroad By Sami Fisher Reporter
From Bowling Green to Greece, Poland, Austria, and more, some of the University professors have had the opportunity to teach and study internationally through the Fulbright Program. The Fulbright Program is a competitive scholarship that allows American students, scholars, teachers and professionals to teach and study abroad, according to the Fulbright Scholar Program information webpage. Of the 310,000 individuals that have completed the Fulbright Program since its establishment in 1946, Marc Simon, David Jackson and, most recently, Elaine Lillios are among several University professors who have been awarded this scholarship. “It was a very special trip for me, a way to connect to a country that I have known my entire life, but I haven’t lived in. And to connect with family that I have known of my entire life, but have only met once,” said Lillios, an award winning electroacoustic music composer and music composition and theory professor. “I went to Greece with the purpose of teaching people in Greece about music technology,” she said. Lillios taught and performed research in Thessaloniki, Greece from early January to mid June of this year. In addition to her guest lectures, Lillios was also teaching six hour workshops once a month. She taught a total of four workshops and was impressed with the performance of Greek students. “The students are unbelievable. I was giving six hour workshops. One day, six hours. We would work three hours, take a one hour break, and then work another three hours. No one ever fell asleep, no one ever checked out, the students paid attention. They never got confused.” Lillios said. The students in her workshop were taking the course optionally, as it was offered on a
PREGNANT From Page 1 “My mother was in college when she found out she was pregnant with me. My mom ended up dropping out,” Hall said. “She eventually went back but it took her longer and I just don’t want to stop. I don’t want to take a semester off. I want to graduate as soon as possible and continue with my career.” Hall and her boyfriend, Willis Hill, are expecting a baby girl, Emeri, on April 6 of next year. Hall and Hill are currently living together and plan on staying in Bowling Green until graduation. Hall, studying health science and Hill, studying exercise science, plan on graduating in fall 2015. According to a study done by Bayer HealthCare, 53 percent of the young people aged 15-24 surveyed in the United States admitting to having unprotected sex with a new partner. According to Stanford University’s Sexual Health Peer Resource Center, one in four college students have an STD. Although students know the risk, there is still an overwhelming number of students still practicing unsafe sex. In a 2010 study by Guttmacher Institute “Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients,” at least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45. In 2008, abortion rates were one in 10 women will have an abortion by age 20. With 18–19-year-olds obtaining 11 percent of abortions, women in their 20s account for more than half of all abortions: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and women aged 25–29 obtain 24 percent. “I thought about all of my options, adoption, abortion, keeping it. When I found out I was 19, in college, I’m like
Saturday. They were a part of her workshop in addition to studying full time at their university, because most greek universities do not have music schools. In addition to her teaching, Lillios and her husband also made sure to enjoy the nature of Greece. “Every day my husband and I, one of our goals was to go for a walk by the sea. We went almost every day we were in Greece, just to get exercise and just to be out by the sea, because we can’t do that here in Bowling Green,” she said. Walking by the sea is a very popular activity for the people of Greece, as it is a part of their laid back lifestyle. “Greek people are very serious, but they’re also very laid back. I think they have a much more healthy approach to living then we do in the United States,” Lillios said. “I just worked all the time and I’m trying to change. I’m trying to be a bit more Greek.” Jordan Richards, a senior music recording technology minor at the University, who has taken courses offered by Lillios and still is in contact with her today, discussed having her as a professor. “Out of the four plus years of being in college, Lillios is my most favorite and one of the best professors I ever had. She is an expert in what she teaches and she teaches well. She deserved the Fulbright scholarship to which she was in Greece for quite awhile, where she taught classes and focused on productions of her own. It’s great that the music department here has a professor like Lillios that was awarded the Fulbright,” he said. Jackson, an associate professor in the department of political science, was awarded the Fulbright scholarship in October of 2007 to February of 2008. Jackson applied for the scholarship specifically because he wanted to teach in
See FULBRIGHT | Page 5 what do I do?” Hall said. “But after talking to my mom, then Willis, then his parents, we kind of decided that babies are a blessing. Obviously this happened for a reason, so we were like we can do it, it’s going to be hard, but we have a year left of school, we can do it.” When pregnant there are three options: adoption, termination and parenting. The only person who can decide is the person who is pregnant, although Bria Hall found that talking to her family and boyfriend helped her decision. The Falcon Health Center referred Hall to the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center, which offers free services. Executive Director of the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center, Shelly Burkhart, describes all the center has to offer. “All of our client advocates and nurses are trained to help women with unplanned pregnancy. Up to 75 percent of our clientele are students, and all of our services are free,” Burkhart said. “We discuss all options: parenting, making an adoption plan, abortion procedures and risks.” The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy stated among unmarried women in their 20s with some college education, 77 percent of all pregnancies are unplanned. Unplanned pregnancies can increase emotional and financial stress on the young men and women involved, which can impede academic performance. For senior Shelby Wilson, her pregnancy was planned, but just off by a couple weeks. “I got married in March and I wanted to have a baby right away, but I thought it would be due after graduation.” Wilson, graduating this weekend with a degree in event planning, was hoping to have her child during Thanksgiving break. She gave birth to a boy on Dec. 6.
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FINALDESTINATION
Falcons frustrated at conclusion of season, look to end with win By Cameron Teague Robinson Editor-in-Chief
This season has not gone the way many thought it would for the Bowling Green football team. After clinching the Mid-American Conference Championship East Division title, the Falcons lost three in a row, including the MAC Championship. With that it makes sense that the players would be frustrated, as is the case right now said senior Chris Pohlman. “I think it would be a lie to say the kids on the team aren’t frustrated,” he said. “I think there is a feeling that we had the ability to do great things, we had a successful season, but we didn’t reach all of the goals
Dec. 20 @ 9:15p.m. v. South Alabama Camellia Bowl
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BG hockey to play first game outside in history of program Ranked Falcons to play at Fifth Third Field in January By Corey Krupa Reporter
For the first time in the program’s history, the Bowling Green hockey team will play a game outdoors on January 3 rd at Fifth Third Field in Toledo against the Robert Morris Colonials. “It’s getting exciting, more and more people are talking about it. We’ll actually have a chance to practice there on January 2nd,” head coach Chris Bergeron said. BG comes into the series ranked 13 and Robert Morris is ranked 17 in the nation according to the U.S. College Hockey Online polls. BG joins fellow Western Collegiate Hockey Association teams Minnesota State and Michigan Tech as teams ranked nationally in the top 20. The Falcons, who are unbeaten at 4-0-1 over their last five games, have not lost a game since November 14th against Ohio State at home. During that span, BG has outscored its opponents by a 19-10 margin, including 5-1 on the power play and one shorthanded goal. The Falcons currently have an overall record of 11-3-2, which is the sixth best winning percentage in the NCAA. They are in third place in the WCHA with
“I think the whole thing is very exciting for us and we’re looking forward to it.” Chris Bergeron | Head Coach a league record of 8-1-1 and 17 points. The Falcons will enter the series against Robert Morris with their best start since the 1995-96 season. BG currently trails Michigan Tech and Minnesota State by three points in the standings. After the outdoor game in Toledo, both teams will travel to Moon Township, PA to finish the series at Robert Morris the following night. In the Falcons last game on December 6th, freshman goaltender Chris Nell made 26 saves in the 5-0 shutout to win the series against Northern Michigan. He was named the WCHA rookie of the week for his efforts. “It’s a really big honor for sure. It’s a great league and to be recognized is definitely special to me,” Nell said. With the shutout, Nell currently has an overall record of
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DEBORAH HOEKSTRA drives past a defender to the basket in a home game against Cincinnati earlier this season.
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Women’s basketball goes into break with just two losses in seven games By Aaron Parker Reporter
The Bowling Green women’s basketball team will go into winter break with a record of 5-2 after its win over Saint Francis on Saturday. In its last game against Saint Francis, second leading scorer Deborah Hoekstra scored a career-
high 22 points. Hoekstra was 8-11 from the floor including 4-6 from long range. She also added six boards and three assists. “She shot extremely well at the arc and from the field overall,” head coach Jennifer Roos said. “She got going by her inside game first opposed to her outside game and if that is the way she scores then she can put up numbers like
this on a more consistent basis.” Saint Francis has the nation’s leading scorer in guard Alexa Hayward. Hayward went 7-23 on the night for 21 points. “She has the ability to score 45 anytime out in my opinion,” Roos said. “But with how many threes they take we wanted to control
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FORUM
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
PEOPLE ON THE STREET “Try not to fail like I did my freshman year.”
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“To cut back on sweets because I eat a lot of candy.”
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“To move out of my parents’ house.”
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Movement to make LGBTQ+ members more accepted in Christianity counterproductive A new trend has recently taken hold among Christian members of the LGBTQ+ community. According to t he Washington Post, many Catholic LGBTQ+ individuals are choosing to remain celibate in order to comply with their faith. The Catholic Church maintains t he idea that marriage and sex is between one man and one woman, exclusively. This new movement is meant to resolve this conflict for gay and lesbian Christians. This path, according to those who have chosen it, has allowed LGBTQ+ individuals to find a great deal of acceptance among the Catholic Church, though the movement has spurred mixed reactions from Church leaders.
AUTUMN KUNKEL FORUM EDITOR
Some wonder how possible it is for the Church to accept lesbian and gay individuals, given its traditional notions of sex, marriage and homosexuality. Others applaud the movement, stating that it’s “a valid way to be both gay and Christian.” Many other denominations of Christianity have begun to partake in the movement, as well, facing similar dilemmas. Persona lly, I f ind the movement to be counterproductive. First, from a logical, evidence-based stand-
“People who are born a certain way shouldn’t have to follow special rules just to be accepted. If they do, then they’re not really being accepted...”
point, there is absolutely no proof that people consciously choose to be gay [the current view of many Christian denominations]. This idea shouldn’t even be debated in this day and age and the fact that I have to emphasize this notion in this column is current-
Show more kindness to yourself, other students in midst of finals week stress It’s easy to be hard on yourself during finals week. It’s easy to be hard on yourself any week really, but finals week in particular, I’ve found. The built up amount of stress that is placed upon a few single moments in a deathly quiet classroom can be quite unnerving. As someone who deals with mild forms of test anxiety, the pressure to be perfect at the end of the semester almost causes a mild bout of amnesia when I enter the classroom to take a test. This k ind of pressure and stress leads to a not her problem that I have, which is stress eating. I can never tell if I’m eating a bag of pretzels because I’m hungry or because I need something to distract my mind from my impending doom. Either way, I never really get past the initial, “Should I really be eating this?” thought because usually I’ve finished the bag before the word “eating”. Both pressures can cause extreme self-hatred. I look in the mirror and my high in fat diet has made my face break out and my jeans fit snugly. My eyes are tired and droopy, products of late nights in the library or plain old insomnia. As much information
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as I’m cramming in, a lot of the time I still find my memory lapsing and another chapter I forgot to read. I find myself thinking, “College is annoying. College is dumb. I don’t wa nt to do this anymore.” Then, it’s translated into, “I should be doing more. I should be better. I have to pass. I have to.” Most of those phrases are common on a college campus, as harsh as they might sound. Most students go through this “shame” phase during stressful and anxious weeks that are set to determine the outcome of expensive education. A few nights ago, I watched a Juilliard master class with Joyce DiDonato, a famous mezzo-soprano, with my roommate and she was asked the question, “If you could do a ny t hing dif ferent ly, would you?” Her answer was, “No, but I would change the conversation with myself.” DiDonato went on to explain how we, as students, hold ourselves to a higher standard of
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excellence. The pressure to succeed, to make ourselves better than anyone else so we can get a good job after we graduate, has forced us to become mean. She offered a simple explanation: “You would never be mean to anyone else like you are mean to yourself.” That quote has really stuck with me the past few days and I decided to try and live by it. Washing my face the night after, I started picking at my skin, making it raw and red. Before I could start to create my spiral downward thinking, I was pressed to be kind to myself. I came to the realization that if I saw a new freshman beating themselves up as much as I was doing to myself, I would rush to their aid, making sure that the phrase, “Everything is going to be okay,” was imprinted in their mind. Rel ief i m med iately f looded my body and mind. This finals season, take a moment to be kind to yourself and those around you. You never know who might need it.
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ly giving me a headache [don’t worry, I’ll press on]. All the movement does is enforce this idea; the idea that LGBTQ+ persons are sinful by nature, that there’s something inherently wrong with them and that they can choose not to be so “bad”. As a society, we’ve come so far in trying to dispel this myth. But this religious movement will do wonders in keeping it alive. Second, there is absolutely nothing tolerant about someone saying, “I accept gays and lesbians as members of the Christian faith as long as they don’t have sex.” This ideal, in and of itself, is homophobic and prejudiced. It’s dehumanizing. It’s saying, “You can be
an active member of this faith as long as you abide by special rules which no one else is required to follow.” People who are born a certain way shouldn’t have to follow special rules just to be accepted. If they do, then they’re not really being accepted, are they? Christians who support this movement accomplish nothing besides coming off as hypocritical. Members of the LGBTQ+ community who support the movement are essentially classifying themselves [as well as other LGBTQ+ individuals] as second-class citizens. This movement has no positive impact. It has been formed to work around ignorant, bigoted ideals and expos-
es a new way for some Christians to further discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community, all in the guise of religion. We’ve come such a long way as a society. We don’t need deceptively positive religious movements holding us back from a more enlightened, accepting and egalitarian world. Instead, we should push for more tolerance of the LGBTQ+ community as they are. No special rules, no regulations for them to follow simply because they were born a certain way. Nothing but love and acceptance. Simple as that.
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US has made death due to war routine, normalized in glorification of military Let me tell you something about war. War is death. Period. Being at war is one of three states: causing death, waiting for death or dying. I know this because I am a Marine combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fallujah, Iraq, from September 2006 to March 2007. I’ve seen war. Look up my record if you have to. War is death. There is no roundabout way to avoid that, and it’s about time the citizens of this nation realized it. Too many times in America’s recent history, people have ignored this. War has been altered into some glorious myth to be perpetuated by propaganda to be patriotic, heroic, nationalistic and somehow honorable. Let me be clear: there is honor in war. Heroes are made during any time of crisis and this editorial is not intended to be any sort of outright lashing at the troops. But war is not honorable. The entire point of war is to make sure, at the end of the campaign, the other side has more casualties than your own side. It is atrocious and absurd to say killing people is honorable. Here is the point I want to make: the next time you hear about politicians or media pundits hinting at the thought of any sort of
WILLIAM CHANNELL, MANAGING EDITOR KENDRA CLARK, CAMPUS EDITOR SETH WEBER, CITY EDITOR TARA JONES, SPORTS EDITOR CASSIE SULLIVAN, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ASHLEY HARDWICK, IN FOCUS EDITOR KATHRYNE RUBRIGHT, PULSE EDITOR AUTUMN KUNKEL, FORUM EDITOR ALYSSA N. BENES, PHOTO EDITOR GINA RASICCI, DESIGN EDITOR KRISTEN TOMINS, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR ANNIE FURIA, COPY CHIEF
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military campaign, keep death in mind. Specifically, when you hear the words “war,” “military maneuvers,” “boots on the ground,” etc., immediately think that someone is going to die. Don’t let the euphemisms, double-speak or political jargon fool you. When someone official mentions utilizing the military, someone is going to die. Or suffer horrid injury. Or suffer the sort of traumatic stress that will leave them a suicidal wreck with insomnia and sensitivity to loud noises for the rest of their lives. There is always some sort of casualty. And ask yourself whether or not it’s justified. Are the buzzwords of “liberty,” “freedom,” “security” or whatever other intangible abstract noun, worth death? Kick it up a notch and ask if it is worth your death. Or your children’s. Or your parents’. Think about a friend or loved one dying far away from home - maybe look them in the face while doing so - and ask if it would be justified. It is about time this coun-
try stops throwing around the thought of utilizing its military overseas as if it’s somehow routine. That is what it has become to the people of this country. Routine. We have been at war for more than a decade now. This is literally the longest period of warfare in America’s history. Just for the record, a few statistics. According to the Washington Post, to date there have been 58,784 U.S. military casualties since conflicts started in 2001. The number of civilian casualties on either side is unmeasurable. That is, there’s no way of knowing how many civilians have been killed or injured. The number is already that high. And now to slide into my liberal hippie speak. How long is this going to continue? How long is warfare and death going to be seen as routine, justified or necessary? Isn’t it seriously about time we actually band together and give peace a chance? Or, if not peace, at the very least, not war? And if it happens that we have to keep fighting, can the media at least stop trying to glorify it? War is death. Period.
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Started by Angelina and Angelo Velotta, raises awareness for children’s miracle network By Denny McCarthy “A big purpose of this benefits miracle children by raisReporter ing money all year and holding its event was to unite Addie Lynn is a 6-year-old facing annual ZiggyThon, a 32-hour dance a realization that no child should marathon that raises money for the people.” have to cope with: this Christmas same charity. Angelina Velotta | Director child’s life before monetary gain. Mercy Children’s Hospital is part of this network. The ma rat hon, broadcast from West Hall, included a variety of programming. The two hosts interviewed three “Miracle Families,” ABC News correspondent John Quiñones and other supporters, had the band 2EZ play a song they wrote for the broadcast, held a March Madness-style ultimate candy bracket with callers casting their votes for their favorite candy and played music in between segments. “A big purpose of this event was to unite people,” Angelina said. “Particularly in the Bowling Green area.” Angelina, who organized a majority of the broadcast, got local businesses and 12 student organizations to show their support, including Phi Beta Sigma, the African People’s Association, Bleacher Creatures and WBGU, among others. One of the main contributors to the event was Dance Marathon, a student organization that also
“It was just one of those things that shows you the collaborations that are happening within the Bowling Green community and how even though we’re all separate entities, we can come together and do something really great for the community,” Dance Marathon Director, Alison Doughty. Encouragement from organizations like Dance Marathon and supporters like the miracle children is what Angelo said kept him and his sister going for 24 hours straight. “We can go to sleep at the end of the 24 hours … maybe it takes a day or two to recover, we’re ready to go,” he said. “With those kids, it’s a dayto-day thing they get challenged with every day so they’re the real inspiration. They were the real reason that we did both broadcasts.” Angelina, Angelo and Doughty all said the broadcast went very well, and although Angelina is graduating this month, she said she hopes to see somebody else continue the broadcast so children like Addie can get the support they need. Christmas Cards can be mailed to Addie and her sisters at this address: Addie Lynn and Sisters, PO Box 162, Fountain Green, UT 84632.
FULBRIGHT From Page 2 Poland. While at the University of Łódź, he taught American studies, intro to American government, politics and mass media and Canadian government. The classes in Poland only meet for an hour and a half, once a week. Also, the only grade students receive for the class is the grade they earn on their final exam. “These two or three female students came up to me afterwards and said, ‘Can you, instead of putting all essay questions on the exam, put some multiple choice questions?’ I wondered why they wanted that so I asked,” he said. The female students explained that the male students, who had copied their homework and notes throughout the year, could more easily write nonsense in an essay and receive a C, but if they were asked fact based questions they would not be able to answer them correctly. “They wanted me to punish the male students who would sort of leach off them,” Jackson said. “I’ve never had a conversation where students have asked me to make the exam harder to punish other students in the class.” This interaction with students was not the only experience that Jackson had in Poland that was different from what he has experienced in America.
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FOOTBALL From Page 3 we wanted to reach.” The hope for the team is to channel that frustration into preparing for the Camellia Bowl on Saturday. “It’s tricky because frustration can go the wrong way pretty quick,” Pohlman said. “People can start being locker room coaches, it can go bad pretty quick, but that’s when the leadership has to step up.” Head coach Dino Babers said that although they haven’t won enough to be happy, it has been a good season. “It has been an amazing year. I went back through the season and it really is amazing how many guys have been in and out of the lineup,” Babers said. “I am proud of them. I’m the coach, so I’m never going to be satisfied. But I’m proud of the way the team battled through all of this adversity.” This game is even more important for the seniors who have been through so much as Falcons. This will be their last
game as Falcons and it will give them the chance to finish above .500 for the third straight season. “It’s kind of weird knowing that this is my last week. It’s definitely different, but we are still having fun out there,” said senior Gabe Martin. “We are enjoying our last time with the young guys and together.” Despite all of the feelings that go into a bowl game the Falcons are focused on winning and ending their season on the right note. “I just want to end the season the right way and finish the season with my guys,” he said. The Falcons will have to take their frustration and put it to defeating South Alabama in the inaugural Camellia Bowl. I think our demeanor has been different in past weeks in a better way. I know a lot of guys have a bad taste after the MAC Championship game, after the season in general really,” Pohlman said. “Hopefully that can lead us to practicing harder and preparing harder to win one more and go out the right way.”
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“People definitely have a different perception of private space. They’re definitely more likely to be close to you. They stare at you, especially if you’re different,” he said. “They call us, I think crocodiles, because we’re always smiling. They never smile.” For more information on Jackson’s experiences in Poland through the Fulbright Program, you can read his book on the experience called, “Classroom and Barrooms: An American in Poland.” It is available in the BGSU library. Dr. Marc Simon, associate professor, acting chair in the department of political science and coordinator of peace and conflict studies at BGSU, said, “I was looking for someplace where I could teach and do research with some colleagues in Europe and get networked over there. And I’d heard a lot about the Fulbright Program, I’ve known several faculty who’ve done it. It pays well, it’s well respected and I really like the idea of the Fulbright.” He applied to travel to Austria because of his past experience with the country. From 1996 to 1998, Simon did a sabbatical in Salzburg, Austria through BGSU’s study abroad program. Through the Fulbright Program, he taught theories of international relations, global environmental policy and foreign policy analysis at The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna from March to June of 2007. The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna is a graduate school located in Vienna, Austria
that trains diplomats who will go back to their countries to work in foreign services for their country. Simon’s students were from a diverse range of locations including Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. In addition to his work with students, Simon also had the opportunity to give several lectures to the diplomatic community. “The diplomatic academy puts on lectures and I got to give some lectures to that community. I got to meet quite a few diplomats and people who work in the field, and I got to learn a lot from them. I think that was one of the professional benefits for me, that I got to learn from them,” he said. In addition to professional benefits, Simon also said there were personal benefits involved with his experience of the Fulbright Program. “I have some family that lived in France and I got to reconnect with them while I was over there,” he said. Also, the Fulbright Program encourages scholars to bring their families with them, so Simon brought his wife and three children. While in Austria, his youngest son went to grade school and learned quite a bit of German. “I teach international politics so it’s important for me to get out in the world, and the Fulbright is what allowed me to do that. And not just do that by myself, but with my family which was really a real benefit,” he said.
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may be her last. Addie suffers from a diffuse atrophy, a condition that causes her brain to fill with fluid and gradually get smaller. All she wants this Christmas is for people to send her homemade cards. Children like Addie are why siblings Angelina and Angelo Velotta set out to raise awareness for during their Radio Waves 4 Braves broadcast on December 4 and 5. “Sometimes people get wrapped up with materialistic or monetary gifts,” Angelina said. “They forget the true meaning of what life is about.” Radio Waves 4 Braves was a 24-hour marathon that took place from noon to noon and raised over $600 for Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo. Angelo came up with the concept in 2009 before graduating in 2010 while Angelina, now a senior psychology major, brought her brother’s concept back and invited him to return to the station. Angelo said the primary goal of the broadcast was to raise awareness of the Children’s Miracle Network, a collaboration of children’s hospitals that promises to put saving a
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HOCKEY From Page 3 5-0-0 and a .945 save percentage this season. “It’s definitely been an amazing start, but that right there 5-0-0 is definitely not just me. That’s a team stat right there and I think as a team we’ve been playing really good in the first half,” Nell said. At the end of the first half of the season, Matt Pohlkamp leads the team in points with 13, and is tied for the team lead in assists with Pierre-Luc Mercier at nine. Kevin Dufour leads the Falcons in goals with nine. The team will take the ice outside for its next game. “I think the whole thing is very exciting for us and we’re looking forward to it,” Bergeron said.
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