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SHAUN JOPLIN COLUMN SPARKS CONTROVERSYAfter a shaky game against Florida, the wide receiver proved himself against Idaho with his first 100-yard game | PAGE 6

Assistant Forum Editor Matthew Thacker responds to comments about his column regarding Mitt Romney and accusations that he’s a “religious bigot.” | PAGE 4

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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR TEACHER

“I like Blackboard. It’s easy to use and makes things accessible.”

USE INSTEAD OF BLACKBOARD?

NEWSBG0 3 SHOW US YOUR FALCON SPIRIT

By Tara KellerPulse Editor

Students recognized by others as spirited and good leaders may find themselves with another honor — becoming royalty.

For the past few weeks, students could nominate their peers for Homecoming King and Queen.

Any student graduating Dec. 12, May 2013 or Aug. 2013 was eligible to be nominated, said Jon Zachrich, Homecoming co-director.

“Some people really get a kick out of being nominated,” he said. “It’s a way to have fun during Homecoming.”

The committee received 29 applications from those who were nominated.

“The people I talked to respond-ed very positively,” said Heather Miller, Homecoming royalty and merchandise chairman.

The application asked questions about the nominee’s University spirit and service experience.

“Ever y single person who was nominated is very involved w ith the Universit y,” Mil ler said. “They’re the type of peo-ple you see at every football game or event.”

Miller’s duties included posting the nomination forms, emailing those who were nominated, col-lecting the applications and dis-tributing them to the judges.

After the applications are pro-cessed, three judges will narrow the nominees down to 10 women and 10 men. Each nominee will be interviewed this weekend.

“They’re asked what they think about community service, what they’ve been involved in, what BGSU spirit means to them,” Zachrich said. “The important one is why they love BG.”

After the interview process, the judges will narrow the nominees down to five men and five women.

Starting the Monday of Homecoming week, students can log in and vote on the University website.

The voting system will be similar to that of the past Undergraduate Student Government elections,

Judges narrow

nominees

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NEW RECRUIT Kelly Hall and Kappa Delta sister Colleen Weber play Just Dance 3.

GOING GREEK

Library now lets students take technology home

The Jerome Library is not just a place to check out books, but also iPads and Kindles.

“We wanted to offer students some new technol-ogy to test without having to buy it first,” said Mary Beth Zachary, head of Access Services for University Libraries.

The library currently has five iPads and five Kindles available for students to “borrow,” as there is no fee, Zachary said.

Students can check out iPads for a week at a time and Kindles for three weeks, she said.

They can use iPads to send emails and pictures and familiarize themselves with the technology, Zachary said.

While iPads have been offered since last spring, they

were only allowed to be checked out for a few hours and had to remain in the library, a feature that wasn’t popular among students, she said.

Now that students can take them out of the library, “the response has been very popular,” and every item is currently checked out, Zachary said.

Kindles also come loaded with popular titles such as “The Hunger Games” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” as well as more than 100 classic titles, she said.

Kindles can be checked out longer because it takes longer to read books during classes, Zachary said.

For more information on checking out iPads and Kindles, visit libguides.bgsu.edu/kindle and libguides.bgsu.edu/ipads.

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Mary BethZacharyHead of Access Services for University Libraries

See NOMINEES | Page 2

By Christopher BrownReporter

Faculty and students are in the midst of a University-wide migra-tion — from one learning man-agement system to another.

During the next 18 months, faculty and students will tran-sition from Blackboard to Canvas, an open-source learn-ing management system creat-ed by Infrastructure, said John Ellinger, the University’s Chief Information Officer.

The migration will be complete by December 2013, when stu-dents will no longer have access to Blackboard.

The decision to look into alternatives for Blackboard began after an initial thought to upgrade Blackboard, Ellinger said. The version the University is using is three versions behind the most current one available.

A pilot Canvas program began in spring 2012, including 94 fac-ulty and staff members with

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SWAPPING SYSTEMS

Canvas will replace Blackboard by December 2013

Students can vote for Homecoming Court Sept. 24

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9:17 A.M.David R. Castelow, 50, of Louisville, Ky., was arrested for falsification of identifi-cation and possession of marijuana. He was lodged in

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11:35 P.M.David A. Weaver, 48, of North Baltimore, Ohio, was cited for criminal trespass within the 900 block of Thurstin Ave.

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Zachrich said.Each member of the

court will ride in pairs in convertibles at the Homecoming parade.

“Even if they don’t know them personally, the peo-ple on court affect others somehow,” Zachrich said.

These people might include those involved with USG, University Activities Organization and Dance Marathon.

The winners from the court will be announced at the pep rally after the parade Friday of Homecoming week.

“It’s a cool tradition because it honors stu-dents who have put in effort at BGSU outside of

the classroom,” he said.Those in the past who

aren’t voted into royalty were still happy to be nominated, Miller said.

“We get a lot of grati-tude from those who were nominated,” she said.

Senior Megan Major said she thinks Homecoming Court is a fun tradition and it reminds her of high school.

“It’s kind of like hav-ing a connection to the University,” she said.

Like some other students, Major said she had a friend she thinks deserves the crown.

“One of my friends

would be perfect for it, she’s so bubbly,” she said. “Plus, it might embarrass her, which would be fun.”

Embarrassment might have been a reason why the committee didn’t receive many male appli-cations in the past, but this year is different, Zachrich said.

“We’ve kind of doubled our male applications, which is cool,” he said.

NOMINEES From Page 1

CANVAS From Page 1

“Some people really get a kick

out of being nominated.”

Jon Zachrich | Co-director

3,400 students in 140 classes, according to the University’s website.

Ellinger said 75 percent of faculty and 78 percent of students rated Canvas as “satisfactory” or “very satisfactory.”

The faculty in the pilot group were self-selected, which means they essen-tially volunteered for it, Ellinger said.

“[It takes] a lot of effort to do one version upgrade, and when you have two or three versions why not look and see what’s out there?” he said.

Canvas is open-source software, which means it is not owned by a single company, and from a tech standpoint it is “exciting,” Ellinger said.

A big advantage of Canvas is the high level of communication between the University and the company that runs it, Ellinger said.

Another plus is the turn-around time for mainte-nance, he said.

Blackboard is updated every three months, with every other update focus-ing on function and tech-nology, which means every six months the University received a function update or a technology update, he said. With Canvas, the system receives updates, patches and fixes every two weeks.

Canvas also runs on the Amazon Cloud system, which allots 500 mega-bytes of storage to each person with options up to 1.5 gigabytes.

The information and links on the left-hand side of a student’s MyBGSU, which includes things like “Student Center” and “Bursar Services,” will remain unchanged for now, Ellinger said.

A lt hough att itudes toward the switch have been generally positive, Ellinger said he expects some critics.

“Some people still like Blackboard,” he said. “People are people; I don’t expect people to like everything.”

Nonetheless, Ellinger said he still feels the tran-sition is a step forward.

“I think Canvas is an excellent tool that gets students and fac-ulty a common platform in which to learn and assess,” he said.

Stephen Langendorfer, a faculty member in kinesi-ology, participated in the pilot group. He is teach-ing two courses on Canvas this semester.

“[Canvas] is just set up different and takes some getting used to,” he said.

Langendorfer is a lso a proponent for Canvas and particularly likes its grading system.

“[It] takes minutes to grade papers; it liter-ally saves you hours and hours,” he said.

Most of his students have managed Canvas adequately, and then

some, Langendorfer said.“Most students have

picked it up quite nice and have even given me tips about things they’ve found,” he said.

Dominic Scott, an edu-cation major, said he hasn’t had trouble using Canvas and he likes its grading features as well, which allow students to see rubrics with proj-ects to see how things are graded.

Scott took a course in Canvas last spring and is taking one this fall.

“I think Blackboard is pretty good already,” Scott said. “But so many things have changed since I got here. I think it will be bet-ter for students in the long run though.”

Communication tools are much better than those offered in Blackboard, Langendorfer said.

“The people who designed Canvas are 20-somethings and they designed it like social media,” he said.

WORKSHOPSThe University is offering workshops for faculty, gradu-ate students, instructors and adjuncts twice a day throughout September for Canvas.To sign up, visit webapp.bgsu.edu/pstrain.

Dates: Sept. 13, 17, 19 and 21Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

“[It takes] a lot of effort to do one version upgrade, and when you have

two or three versions why not look and see what’s out there?”

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STUDENTS RECITE The Pledge of Allegiance in the Math Sciences Building on Tuesday night during a memorial service dedicated to 9/11. The group watched a video and discussed personal experiences about the tragedy.

A DATE TO REMEMBER

By Geoff BurnsReporter

Temporary room spaces are available throughout the residence halls for stu-dents at the University.

The rooms provide space for any student going through personal or main-tenance issues who needs a place to stay.

They aren’t used for regular situations and a student can’t just simply request one, said Timothy Shaal, senior associate director of the Office of Residence Life.

“In order for a student to stay in one of these spaces, it has to be for something serious like a personal crisis or some facility issues, such as windows leaking or the heat not working,” Shaal said. “They can stay in the space until we resolve the problem.”

The space provided is not a long-term stay, and students who do utilize the rooms are expected to be in and out quickly, he said.

Residence Hall Director Steven Syoen said the problem has to be resolved in a timely fashion.

“If an issue is distract-ing someone from their academics, we should be

able to get the issue cor-rected within 24 hours,” Syoen said. “Their room is our priority in getting things resolved so the stu-dents can go back to where all of their belongings are, because nobody likes to live somewhere without all of their things.”

The spaces aren’t for trivial reasons, such as failure to get along with roommates, he said.

“Typically our spaces aren’t used just because someone hates t heir roommate,” Syoen said. “It’s only used when a student can’t sleep in their room without being distracted.”

S ophomor e K a y l a Patterson, who lives in Founders Hall, said she thinks the rooms are a great idea for students in need.

“It would be great to kind of have my own space and to just have time to think to myself and not worry about other people being in my business,” Patterson said. “I think the severity of the issue should really depend on how long a stu-dent should be able to stay in a room.”

Any student going through an issue is enti-tled to a temporary space at the University.

Vacant rooms always on campus

By Bridjet MendyukReporter

All residence halls at the University have newly upgraded wireless Internet access.

During the summer, renovations in Kreischer, Harshman and McDonald included having revamped Internet access.

Sophomore Kately n Roock said in the past she trekked across campus to receive the best Internet connection in the Jerome Library or the Union, but this year she can stay in her residence hall and still surf the Web.

“It’s nice not having to walk to the library,” Roock said about Falcon Heights’ wireless Internet.

But some students, such as sophomore Sasha Hover,

think the wireless accessi-bility hasn’t changed com-pared to years past.

Hover said she uses the Falcon Heights comput-er lab “only to print, but the computers are slow there, too.”

Junior Morgan Ward said there is a big dif-ference in Internet acces-sibility in the residence halls this year.

While students use the University’s smart phone applications and the Union’s new computer lab and prepare for the switch from Blackboard to Canvas, they’re relying on faster Internet connec-tions to get their assign-ments done faster.

“It’s a lot faster,” Ward

Students’ Internet access improved on campus

Residence halls received extensive updgrades

Spare spaces house students in extreme situations

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Instructors should stress quality, not

quantity, of papers

These opinions were made for debate

See THACKER | Page 5See GORDON | Page 5

How would you react if an instructor assigned you a research paper with no required length?

That’s right, you read cor-rectly — no word count, no page limit, no restrictive table of contents.

Most students would probably panic in such a predicament. Instructors incessantly stress the importance of page counts, making many students focus only on quantity, not quality, when writing.

I, however, would leap for joy if presented such an opportunity. After all, I’m confronted with this situa-tion nearly every time I write for a newspaper.

“Write until you’re done telling the story,” my editors tell me when I come back from an assignment. Or, “you know how long a col-umn needs to be,” the forum editor instructs me as I dis-cuss my ideas with him.

I am rarely, if ever, instruct-ed to meet a extensive word count for my career.

In the world of journalism, less is best. Most news sto-ries consist of only 400 to 600 words. And every word has (or should have) meaning.

Quality writing is concise, direct and meaningful. A skilled journalist summariz-es a barrage of thoughts in a few swift sentences, covering all sides of a topic.

As a news story travels through the editing process, it is often cut by 100 words or more — this saves space in the newspaper and produc-es easy-to-read content. To help reduce my word count, I cut filler words like “that,” I avoid passive voice and jar-gon, and I keep my sentences short and direct.

Unfortunately, these skills don’t easily transfer into the classroom.

The farther I progress in my career, the more difficult it becomes to meet expecta-tions for academic writing, especially after an assign-ment exceeds a reasonable five-page range.

Some instructors threaten to deduct full letter grades if written assignments don’t meet a page requirement.

Such actions are unneces-sary and place students’ attention on quantity, not quality, skewing their per-ception of what is “good writing.”

Often, like many students, I resort to filling pages with “fluff” material when I come up short. I commit a journal-ism taboo. It’s effortless, but it makes me cringe, because it’s also meaningless.

So what’s the solution?Unless all students make a

conscious effort to improve their writing and to prove quality is more important than quantity, I’m not sure if one exists.

At the moment, length guidelines are necessary for written assignments; with-out them, some lazy stu-dents might argue a single sentence could suffice for an entire research paper.

But in the process, skilled writers who have perfected the craft of carefully con-structed, concise story-telling can easily be mis-taken for lazy students if they don’t meet instructors’ often unreasonable page requirements.

We need to find a middle ground. We need to edu-cate students — and possi-bly instructors, too — about emphasizing quality over quantity.

For example, if a four-page paper addresses a topic bet-ter than a five-page paper, but an instructor demanded five pages be written, does the latter paper receive a better grade based solely on length?

In a perfect world, no. In the current academic world, probably.

One of my favorite quotes, often circulated among jour-nalists, states, “A news story should be like a miniskirt on a pretty woman: long enough to cover the subject but short enough to be interesting.”

The anonymous phrase, though slightly sexist, is valid. It applies not only to news stories, but to all forms of writing.

Unfortunately for students who are skilled writers, in an academic setting, it seems most men prefer women wear long, flowing gowns instead of miniskirts.

Respond to Alissa atthenews@bgnews.com

As a weekly columnist here at The BG News, my hope is always to engage you, my readers, enough to illicit a reaction.

Whether or not you agree with my point of view, if I can get you to talk, write a letter, or even just think about what I have said, I feel like I have accom-plished my goal of start-ing a campus conversation about things that I feel are important.

Well, my column last week about why you should not vote for Mitt Romney as the next presi-dent certainly did illicit some reactions.

I expected that what I was saying about Romney’s assumed religious covenant — to turn over all of his time, talent and resources to the LDS church should they ever request that he do so — would make some people mad, and I tried to stress in that column that I harbor no prejudices against LDS church mem-

bers or, for that matter, those affiliated with any other religion.

Still, however, I was referred to as a “religious bigot” for what I said. I think anyone who knows me will tell you that while I am a lot of things, a bigot is not one of them. And I would like to clarify last week’s point by saying that if a Mormon can assure us (the public) that he or she has never sworn an oath (like the one I mentioned in that column) that he or she would value higher than the oath they would swear to hold the presiden-cy, then I have no objection to their religious affiliation as president.

But if you have already sworn a higher oath, then I stand by what I wrote: You should not be president.

What surprised me the most was a reply to my col-umn from a member of the Wood County Republican Party. This person did not simply disagree with me, but questioned my honor, ethics, intelligence and journalistic chops as a whole. This person of course

MATTHEW THACKERCOLUMNIST

ALISSA WIDMANCOLUMNIST

Teacher strike brings up

education issues

Chicago’s public school teachers went on strike this week after a on-going contract dispute with the school district.

The teachers are pick-eting in the city, asking for health care benefits, the rehiring of laid-off workers, job security and higher wages for longer work days, among other issues.

From interviews and pictures published in newspapers and news websites, it is evident that many Chicago parents support the teachers.

And yet, since this story has made nation-al headlines, readers nationwide have begun to say truly deplorable things about the teach-ers, their union and unions themselves both online and off.

I’ve heard scathing comments saying that teachers are greedy, lazy and stupid - that they are striking solely for money and are using

the children to get what they want.

Some commentators have suggested firing all the Chicago teachers and replacing them.

I am appalled at the level of disrespect shown for our nation’s teachers.

I’m tired of the swirl-ing insults and inaccu-racies of the situation being spewed by people who are not remotely involved in it.

And I am deeply sad-dened by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s state-ment on the matter: “It was a strike of choice ... it’s unnecessary, it’s avoidable and it’s wrong,”

The truth is, Chicago teachers are striking for the first time since the 1980s.

They wouldn’t decide to take action if it didn’t need to be done.

I would like to tell Mayor Emanuel that actually, it’s wrong to try and deny workers’ rights.

It’s wrong to pack more than 30 students in one classroom.

It’s wrong to evaluate

On Thursday night, Mitt Romney became the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party, finally reaching a goal he has been working toward since about 2006.

I support President Obama in his re-election bid, and plan to write about why you should vote for President Obama in November, but today I want to go the other way with it. I want to tell you why you should not vote for Mitt Romney.

First off, and I know that many of you will not like this one, you should not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon.

I know what you’re think-ing: Religious freedom means that there should be no test of one’s religion before they are able to hold the presidency, or any other job for that matter.

Normally I would agree, and let me be clear that I am in no way suggesting that a person’s Mormon faith should lead to their being discriminated against. I know Mormons and ex-Mor-mons who are wonderful people whom I love dearly.

However, the thing that has been rarely discussed in the media is the fact that Mormons, during one of

the temple ceremonies (the ceremonies that Mormons go through to become endowed, meaning that they are eligible to one day enter what their faith consid-ers to be the highest level of heaven), pledge themselves to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints above all other people and things. I have been told by an ex-member of the LDS church for approximately 15 years that those making this cov-enant take an oath to devote all of their time, talent and resources to the LDS church if ever the church requests that they do so.

Of course this all depends on just how devout to his faith Mitt Romney is. When Mormons take this cove-nant, it is considered sacred to the highest degree — to the point that the pun-ishment for going against it was at one time, many years ago, death.

For the record, Romney held leadership positions in the LDS church includ-ing bishop of his ward in Massachusetts from 1981 to 1986, and mentioned his faith repeatedly in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week.

Again, I am not intolerant of anyone’s religious beliefs and feel like all religions are valid to those who believe in them, but what would happen if the LDS church requested that a President Romney turn over all of his

time, talent and resources to them? It’s at least something to consider.

Next, I think you should not vote for Romney because a lot of his foreign policy advisors are the same peo-ple that advised the Bush administration. That means a return to a foreign policy of preemptive strikes against other nations, and an impe-rialistic, macho-bravado attitude toward other coun-tries that loses us respect as a nation around the world.

As president, George W. Bush sent our troops into two wars that he never planned funding for, which is a big part of the debt prob-lem that we now face. In my opinion, a President Romney would replay the Iraq War, only this time the country would be Iran and the global stakes would be even higher.

Another reason to not vote for Romney in November is that he will try to balance the budget on the backs of the poor and the working class. What that means for you as young adults is huge. It means eliminating (or at least greatly reducing) Pell Grants for people with low incomes to go to college.

I know that I myself receive Pell Grants and with-out them I could probably not afford to go to school here. If I were able to con-tinue without them, it would mean taking out even more student loans that I will have to pay back after my college years are behind me.

Romney has often said that he will repeal President Obama’s Affordable Care Act on the first day of his presi-dency. What that means for you is that you will no lon-ger be eligible to stay on you parents’ health insurance until the age of 26, like you can now. So you will have a greater likelihood of being uninsured, which means if you get sick or injured, you’re probably going to rack up a bunch of outrageously high bills that you cannot pay.

If you get enough of those bills it will also wreck your credit rating, preventing you from doing things like buy-ing a car or leasing an apart-ment. And those doctor bills will haunt you like that until you can finally make enough money to afford to pay them off, or file for bankruptcy, further displacing you credit score and your good name.

If you look back on America’s policies from 2000 to 2008, and you think we did a lot of things right and the country was where it needed to be, then by all means vote for Mitt Romney.

But if you want a new direction — one toward pragmatism instead of ide-ology — vote to re-elect President Obama and vote for a Democratic House and Senate that will work with him to take our country in a new, better direction.

Respond to Matthew atthenews@bgnews.com

Living in a swing state during an election year is exciting.

No matter what your politics are, it’s always cool to see big crowds gather just to get a glimpse of the powerful men and women visiting our humble towns.

Ohio sees frequent vis-its from the president, vice president and those run-ning against them, espe-cially in and around big cities like our neighbor to the north, Toledo.

On Monday, President Obama visited Scott High School in Toledo and spoke to over 3,000 audi-ence members.

Obama has visited our

state more than 20 times since being elected.

In fact, his first stop on his re-election campaign this year was in Cleveland.

On the other side of the ballot, Gov. Romney vis-ited Bowling Green over the summer and spoke in Cincinnati this week.

Both Republicans and Democrats know how important it is to clinch Ohio, and that’s why we see them in our home-towns every election year.

However, the point of these visits is not for us to be starstruck by the politi-cian or grumble at the traf-fic jams he or she caused in town. The point of these visits is not to remind us how powerful the politi-cians are, either.

What we can get from these rallies and speeches in our hometowns is our own sense of power.

These visitors to our home state are here for one thing and one thing only: our vote this November.

And we have the power to elect, or not elect, them to office.

While sometimes it may feel like you are only one person with one voice in a country of over 314 million citizens, your vote truly does matter.

And, being a swing state voter, you can bet your vote will make a loud statement.

Ohio has been a decisive state in many presiden-tial elections going as far back in history to the race of 1888 between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.

No Republican runner has won the presidency without winning Ohio since President Lincoln. And, Ohio has gone to the

winner of the presidential election in every election but two since 1892.

Ohio is a very important battleground state, and Ohio residents wield great influence every time they host events, raise funds and canvass for the candi-date they support.

But even if all you do is decide to go to the polls in November, you’re making a huge difference in our nation’s history.

No matter which can-didate you favor for the presidency, I urge you to register to vote if you have not already and make your choice.

You have the power to pick our nation’s leader.

Don’t let that power go to waste.

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University students, rejoice — a national holiday landed us a free Monday this week!

I’m sure most of you cel-ebrated your coveted long weekend accordingly. But did any of you consider its origin or importance before kicking back with a cold one or high-tailing it home?

When half of my popular culture class couldn’t pin-point, last Friday, what holiday we were celebrating Monday, I decided our student body could use a brief history lesson.

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers, accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Labor website. It’s a tribute to the “average Joe” (or Joann) — the diligent, dependable American worker.

As a six-year employee of a local business called Klein’s Dairy Frost in my hometown, I appreciate our nation’s ges-ture. More than half a decade of serving soft serve ice cream to the populace of Sandusky, Ohio, has instilled within me a vast appreciation for America’s working class. In fact, I think every age-eligible person should work in food service for at least one year. Nationwide, that age is 14, as determined by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Although some may think this age is too young to enter the labor force, I wholeheart-edly disagree.

A service job teaches people, especially teenagers, responsi-bility, people skills and the old-fashioned “value of a dollar.” It shows life is about balance; it isn’t all work and it isn’t all play, but instead, a delicate inter-twining of both.

I remember carefully bud-geting my time throughout high school, skillfully utilizing my planner to organize sports, work and social activities like a seasoned secretary.

I’d drudge through school, volleyball practice and a few hours at Dairy Frost on a Friday night and still make it to the high school football game before halftime, with the pun-gent smell of fryer foods waft-ing through the air behind me.

I didn’t mind. While most of my classmates pestered their parents for spare change to purchase a snack, I could reach into my pocket and

find enough cash to nab a Mountain Dew and cheesy fries with plenty to spare.

Before I even entered the “real world,” I began to grasp how its economy operated.

During summer vacation, working taught me valuable skills denied to my peers who spent their summers gallivant-ing around town, becoming immersed in MTV or sleeping for hours upon end.

My confidence and com-munication skills improved as I interacted with customers, preparing me for my full-time career as a journalist.

I learned the importance of teamwork, problem solving, networking and job references.

Plus, I can now make mul-tiple soft serve ice cream cones at once! (So if you’re ever in need of an aesthetically pleas-ing dessert, come find me in a dining hall.)

But, as one can expect, hav-ing a job is by no means all fun and games. I’ve dealt with a lot of crap at work — both figura-tively and literally.

Angry customers sometimes discover the food I serve makes an excellent projectile, which once resulted in my wearing a shredded chicken sandwich.

I’ve dropped typhoons of strawberry topping and chocolate syrup on the floor and spent several subsequent hours cleaning up the sticky messes.

And a few years ago, a cus-tomer thought it would be funny to literally crap in a sundae cup and leave it sitting on the counter for me when I returned — not kidding.

Do you now understand why I think everyone should enter this work environment for at least a year?

The people behind the counter at the next restaurant you visit are working hard to prepare your meal. If you’ve never worked in food service, you can’t quite relate to the pressure of trying to please every customer you encounter on your shift and realizing you probably won’t succeed.

So tip generously. Say “please” and “thank you.” Pay attention when the waiter or waitress tells you to “have a nice day.”

And if your meal isn’t exact-ly what you ordered, politely point out the mistake — don’t swear, shout or, God forbid, defecate in a cup to get your point across.

Trust me, us food service people appreciate it.

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did not say in his letter that he was a member of the Wood County Republicans, but a little research filled in this blank.

One person said that people can get health care for as low as $70 a month, and alluded that people should purchase these plans to enable them to afford medical costs. Some argued that stu-dents don’t need to stay on their parents’ health care plans until they’re 26 years old, they should just purchase insurance and pay their bills.

I think that this is a good example in the difference between Republican and Democratic political theories.

Republicans assume that everyone can just afford $70 a month. Why not? It doesn’t sound like much,

especially if you say it fast.But the fact is, we are

living in the remains of the George W. Bush, trickle-down economy and there are a lot of people that can-not afford to shell out an extra $70 a month. And even when the economy was good, there were still poor people who could not afford it.

Why else would some-one not have health insur-ance? Do you think people like not having insurance?

People traditionally do not have insurance because that $70 a month (and usually it is more than that, particularly if you want to avoid a several thousand dollar deduct-ible before your benefits even kick in) may be the difference in buying or not buying groceries that month, or not having a telephone, or electric in the house. When people have to choose between

basic survival and health insurance, health insur-ance loses every time.

The Republican opera-tive argued with every point I made in my col-umn last week, and I don’t blame him. It must be hard to be a conservative and have Mitt Romney as your candidate. When you are afraid to discuss the guber-natorial accomplishments of your ex-governor candi-date, I imagine that it is pretty frustrating.

It must be especially frustrating here in Wood County where you also have to try to defend the vot-ing record of Congressman Bob Latta — who has voted against equal rights for women and was recently recorded saying, “The best [kind of] tax out there is one that you pay and I don’t” — and still refuses to debate his Democratic challenger, Angela Zimmann.

All this just serves to

make me believe that the local GOP is scared of the potential outcome of the elections here in November. Ohio is, after all, a swing state and thanks to Republican gerrymander-ing, our congressional dis-trict is now a swing district in a swing state.

Our state and our dis-trict could go either way in November, and I think that the local Republican Party is scared that both could swing to the Democrats. But they are scared of more than that. They are scared that you — as the next generation of voters — will fundamentally reject their politics of division, obstructionism and mak-ing the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Why else would someone disagree with me?

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Sept. 10, is a widely-rec-ognized day: Suicide Awareness Day.

I received a tweet a few hours ago and it was of a picture of “love” writ-ten on the wrist of one of my friends. The caption read as follows: “Many of my favorite people could have fallen, but they held strong and I’m ever so appreciative #suicide-awarenessday.”

As I read this tweet, my heart f luttered a little bit.

I know some of the people that this individ-ual was talking about and what he was saying really hit home. Life is such a fragile thing and can be ended in an instant.

If those people had given up, he and I would be missing some amazing friends.

Friendship is also a valuable and delicate ele-ment, often ending in a cloud of drama.

Think about it. You’re sitting there reading this as a college student, pos-sibly wondering how on earth you’re going to manage to maintain friendships with people who don’t necessarily live in the same state as you anymore.

I have a simple answer: Rely on the media.

If you and your friend are determined to remain in contact with one anoth-er, you will find a way. Use Skype, Facebook, Twitter or any other social media you can think of to keep up-to-date with people who hold significant value in your life.

The tidbits of your life that you post will aid your friends and vice versa. Social media will become an irreplace-able window to remain an informed member of

your old social circle.Another easy-to-grasp

concept is to limit your communication with them.

For example, i f you are accustomed to talk-ing to a friend on a day-to-day basis, you’re

going to have to get over that. You will most likely not have t ime for this and neither w il l your friend. Instead of talk-ing to friends daily, try talking to them weekly on the phone or via text. Discuss major issues in these time slots and get t he l itt le information about their l ives from social media websites.

This is extremely help-ful for keeping up-to-date, but not invading the life of your friend.

Overall, keeping up with people from your past can get tiring. I’m not trying to hurt your feelings, but only a few people will slip through the cracks and continue to inf luence your life over the next few years. This is me speaking from experience.

Long distance relation-ships are hard and peo-ple grow apart. Fear not, reader, there is no need to be discouraged.

Don’t think of someone fading out of your life as a negative thing. Yes, it sucks to not have them around anymore, but think of the positive side of the coin: This person has helped you to write a portion of your life.

At one point, you’ll look back and say ‘My old friend once….’ and continue the story. It will make you laugh or smile.

A wise person once told me “Friends come and go, but they always leave marks in your life.”

Take this how you will, but never forget, even Apollo needed Houston as a friend for guidance.

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teachers based on test scores only, and not take into account the students’ growth since the begin-ning of the school year.

It’s wrong to institute longer school days, but not support the teachers who must then adjust.

It’s wrong for the school district to put aside $60 million to pay for stu-dent services in case of a strike, instead of paying teachers a fair wage in the first place.

And it’s wrong to per-petuate the ridiculous “labor of love” mental-ity that insists if teach-ers truly cared for their students, they wouldn’t strike.

Other issues the Chicago teachers are fighting for include rein-stating music and art in

the curriculum, getting more nurses and coun-selors and keeping class sizes small in order to be able to give equal focus to each student.

Do these issues sound like they are not for the students?

The teachers are just trying to be able to do their job, which is quite an important one.

I cannot understand how readers can have such disregard for teach-ers when they work so hard shaping the lives and futures of our chil-dren with outdated mate-rials and out-of-pocket expenses.

We should really take a step back and look at ourselves if this is the “thank you” we are giving American teachers.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6SPORTSWomen’s golf gets season start they wanted

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By Clay LeserReporter

The BG women’s golf team opened the 2012 season with a second-place finish at the Redbird Invitational this past weekend in Normal, Ill.

The Falcons trailed the Mid-American Conference rival, Toledo, by three strokes entering the final 18 holes. BG carded a final round of 315 to stay in sec-ond, while the Rockets extended their lead to 13 shots and won the tournament.

“The runner-up finish was huge for us to start the season,” said Head Coach Stephanie Young. “Our 301 round [round two on Saturday] was the lowest for those 18 holes.”

Young said at the beginning of the season that she was hop-ing to improve upon the team’s finish last season. The Falcons finished eighth at the MAC Championships.

Young decided to go with a young roster for the weekend, playing sophomores Patricia Holt and Shelby Wilson and

freshmen Hannah Lewis and Lily Bartell. However, junior Bailey Arnold took the lead for the Falcons.

Arnold, the most experienced golfer on the team, shot a 77 in the final round to lead the team with a score of 229 (76-76-77) in the 54 holes and tied for sixth

overall. She finished 11 shots off the lead in a tournament that she won in 2011.

Wilson tied for 15th with a score of 232 (79-75-78). Bartell ended up one shot back, finish-ing in a tie for 22nd with a 233 (79-74-80).

Lewis shot a 236 (78-78-80) to finish in 28th place, while Holt carded a 241 (80-76-85) to finish in a tie for 37th place.

Three other MAC opponents participated in the tournament at Illinois State University’s par-72 golf course. Ball State fin-

ished 18 strokes back in fourth place, Akron finished 26 strokes back in sixth place and Ohio finished 48 strokes back in tenth place.

The Falcons will return to action this weekend with split squad action. Some mem-bers of the team will travel to Pepper Pike, Ohio, to partici-pate in the Ursuline College Fall Tournament on Friday. Other players will make the trip to East Lansing, Mich., for the Mary Fossum Invitational at Michigan State on Saturday and Sunday.

Patricia HoltShe shot a 241 and tied for 37th place in the tournament

BG finished in second place at the Redbird Invitational over the weekend, fell to MAC rival Toledo by 13 strokes

By Michele WysockiSports Editor

Shaun Joplin didn’t start off the season exactly how he wanted to.In the Falcons’ season opener against the Florida Gators, Joplin made a name for him-

self, but not a positive one.It was their first game out of summer camp and after battling among multiple play-

ers for the starting wide receiver job, Joplin couldn’t hang on to a football to make a play in the Swamp.

In his debut for the 2012 season, Joplin only successfully caught four passes for 30 yards, his longest being an eight-yard pass from quarterback Matt Schilz.

“He made some great plays last week at Florida, but dropped a few,” head coach Dave Clawson said.

Call it redemption, call it motivation, but Joplin now had something to prove going into their contest against Idaho the following week.

It was a home crowd of nearly 17,000 fans, dressed in orange and brown, who were shocked that the same No. 9 from a week ago was catching passes down the field with ease.

“I felt a lot better,” Joplin said. “I got to come back stronger than last week ... I kept my composure this week and had a much better game.”

Maybe it was the hometown advantage, or the wind was in BG’s favor, but Joplin almost doubled his amount of catches against Idaho and almost quadrupled his yardage.

“It was pretty rough for me, I was letting [Florida] get to my head, but this week I bounced back strong and had a better practice this week and showed it in the game,” Joplin said.

With an end result of 117 receiving yards against the Vandals, and seven catches, not only did Joplin improve his stats, but he also earned his first career 100-yard game as a Falcon.

His longest pass was a long 37-yard catch with two-man coverage that got the Falcons across mid-field.

“I think it set the tone, it helped me out with not thinking about what happened last week, it got the team excited and helped us with the drive to score,” Joplin said.

Before this season, Joplin struggled to get playing time as a wide receiver.In camp he was one among 14 players who were considered eligible receivers, all who

were working towards a collective goal — the starting position.Of those 14, including himself, Joplin is one of three juniors, and went into camp

with the most offensive experience.“Shaun’s a talent,” Clawson said. “He’s still learning how to play the game.”Saying he was the most experienced didn’t exactly mean he had stellar stats,

more like he was one of the few who had stats.Almost all of the other receivers competing for the job were either freshmen or

redshirt players, so they hadn’t had any real playing time.“Those guys are really talented,” Schilz said. “They are probably the most

talented group we’ve had.”Joplin played in all 12 games in 2011, but had to share playing time with

players like Kamar Jordan and Eugene Cooper.Now that the Falcons have the depth at wide receiver, they are focusing on

equipping them with experience“[Joplin has] made those types of plays in practice all the time and it’s

just getting him to carry it over into games and play more consistently,” Clawson said. “But [Saturday] he played much more consistently.”

Going into the season, the position was the most inconsistent, Clawson said, but come game time, the receiving yards were much greater than the rushing yards — double in fact.

“He had a couple drops,” Schilz said. “But I have all the trust in the world in him and I know he’s going to be one of our best receivers.”

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The Falcons gained a loss and draw in the Coastal Carolina Invitational this past weekend in Conway, S.C.

The Wofford College Terriers defeated BGSU on Friday, 1-0. BG then tied the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 3-3.

Friday’s game against Wofford started with a goal in the 12th minute by the Terriers and was an offensive struggle for the Falcons. Wofford had the advantage in shots as they outshot the Falcons 17-8.

Head coach Eric Nichols said he was not happy with the Falcons’ effort against the Terriers but took responsibility for the loss.

“Tonight was a tough night for us.” Nichols said. “It starts with the coaches. We did not have the guys prepared enough, and Wofford put us on our heels.”

The loss put the Falcons 1-2-1 on the season and they had a day of rest before the game against Coastal Carolina.

The next game in the tour-nament was on Sunday as the Falcons took on the 16th ranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.

After a pair of goals by soph-omore Danny Baraldi and a

goal by freshman Ryan James, the Falcons were ahead 3-2 into the last minute of play. However, Coastal Carolina answered with a goal with 18 seconds left in regulation.

After two periods of over-time, the match ended in a draw, but Nichols said he was happy with the way BGSU came to play against the Chanticleers.

“We knew we would have to defend, and that they were going to get their chances.” Nichols said. “We also thought that we could get our chances, which we did. We took those chances well, and we had great responses.”

After the weekend was over, the Falcons now have an over-all record of 1-2-2 on the sea-son. Even though Nichols was happy with their performance, he said he knows that there are still areas to improve on.

“Now the next step is to close out games like Sunday’s.” Nichols said. “It’s disappointing to have the lead so late in the match and end up with a tie.”

The Falcons will be travel-ling to Cleveland on Friday to take on the Vikings of Cleveland State. The next home game will be Sept. 18 as the Falcons host the Detroit Titans.

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said. “You couldn’t use the Internet in certain parts of the hall during the day when everyone in the hall would be online a couple years ago.”

Last February, the University Board of Trustees approved the plan to upgrade wireless accessibility in all of the residence halls.

Sarah Waters, director of

Residence Life, said in an April 30 article in The BG News that Kriesher would receive upgraded wireless Internet in summer 2012.

“It’s a little better,” said senior Matt Williams, who uses wireless Internet exclu-sively. “It’s nice when I Skype with my girlfriend because last year it was a hit or miss. There’s less lagging.”

Students were fond of using ethernet cords or bringing their own wire-less Internet cards to access the fastest Internet

before the upgrade in the residence halls.

“It’s more convenient now,” Roock said.

The upgraded wire-less Internet is accessible across campus, including all residence halls.

The Union computer labs have also updated hours and are open from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. The lab in the Technology Building is open 24 hours a day, except for from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

KATIE LOGSDON | THE BG NEWS

JOELLLE LUGABIHL, Ashley Dillon and Kristen Bowman, Kappa Kappa Gamma members, get to know potential new member Zoe Parsons at the open recruitment event Tuesday night.

KATIE LOGSDON | THE BG NEWS

SHAYLYNN SKIDMORE and Maia Warkentin share a laugh at Kappa Kappa Gamma’s recruitment event.

KELLY DEARTH | THE BG NEWS

KAPPA DELTA members gather with students interested in joining their sorority.

SAM SMOLENSKI | THE BG NEWS

KATHLEEN PLUMMER and Rachel Stepowoy, sisters of Gamma Phi Beta, hosted a cookout to meet new recruits.

Various sororities on campus hosted events to promote their organizations and acquire new members on Tuesday