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By Seth WeberCity Editor
As students begin to move in and the popu-lation of the city increases, so does crime, specifically things such as theft and liquor law violations. said Major Tony Hetrick of the City of Bowling Green Police.
“You have more people, you have more problems,” said Major Tony Hetrick of the City of Bowling Green Police.
Many of the thefts that happen on cam-pus are crime of opportunity, said Lt. Bradley Biller of the City of Bowling Green Police.
“If you leave your stuff unlocked, some-body’s going to snatch it because it’s there,” he said.
He suggests not to “flash” valuables or leave them unattended.
Theft has decreased since 2013, according to a City of Bowling Green Police report. For example, there were 68 theft arrests during June 2013 compared to 54 during June 2014.
Liquor law violations also have become a problem with the surge of people, Hetrick said.
To keep safe, students should travel in
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FALCONS FACE OFF AIM FOR CHANGEIn this past weekend’s orange/white volleyball scrimmage played each other for first time. The white team defeated the orange team. Read more on PAGE 6.
Columnist Abigail Kruse talks about how students should know their value and use it to make the world a better place. Students should never lose sight of why they are at the University. | PAGE 4
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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART OF OPENING WEEKEND?
“Not having the ‘freshman’ status.”
FIRST WEEKENDCheck out a photo spread featuring Opening Weekend’s events students attended. Page 10.
OPENINGWEEKEND
Move-in sees rise in crime, violations of the law
Greek housing in middle of renovations
First year students kick off first weekend with series of events, games
Police advise students to keep themselves, items safe from theft
Students look forward to changes, completion of project
WILLIAM CHANNELL | THE BG NEWS
FALCON MARCHING band members perform on Friday night at kick off ceremony
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“If you leave your stuff unlocked, somebody’s going
to snatch it because it’s there.”
Lt. Bradley Biller | City of B.G. Police
By William ChannellManaging Editor
When freshman Alexander Holsinger participated in his first BGSU Band Day in high school, he knew he had found the university he was looking for.
“I never thought I’d be going here,” he said. “[Band Day] really made me wish I could go here.”
Holsinger was only one of roughly 3,000 students at the Doyt on Friday for the University’s yearly freshman welcome event.
University President Mary Ellen Mazey described the event as a way to signify the beginning of college life and a way to usher the freshmen into the University family.
“It’s like a new beginning,” Mazey said. “It’s a way to make them feel at home at BGSU.”
An emphasis on the importance of getting involved, both academically and otherwise, dominated the night.
“I WILL go to class,” Mazey said during her speech, before making her freshman audience repeat her.
Other speakers included Undergraduate Student Government President Brian Kochheiser, University head football coach Dino Babers and Mayor of Bowling Green Richard Edwards.
Babers turned out to be a crowd pleaser, leading the crowd in chants and encouraging student attendance of football games.
Nicole Neely, vice president of USG, said the event is a good opportunity to promote University sports.
“I think this is one of the best things we do to get people excited about athletics and to get the message across that they’re getting involved,” she said.
Mazey said despite the relatively small size of the class of 2018, they are the most academically well-prepared in the school’s history, with an average GPA of 3.33 and an average ACT score of 22.72.
Also present were University mascots Freddie and Frieda Falcon, as well as the University spirit crew SIC SIC.
As the Falcon Marching Band played their repertoire, the freshman class slowly filed into the stadium. The band had one absence that stuck out to one freshman in particular.
A member of marching band in high school, Holsinger was only able to watch the Falcon Marching Band march across the field on Friday due to time conflicts this semester.
But that doesn’t mean they’re any less part of his freshman story.
“It’s what introduced me to BG and showed me how much opportunity it could give,” Holsinger said.
Kochheiser, in his speech, emphasized this sense of opportunity with his own experience.
“Who knows,” he said. “You could even become [stu-dent-body] president one day.”
By Cassie SullivanAssistant Managing Editor
The Greek Housing Project is running on schedule to be finished in the fall of 2016.
Started in December of 2012, the proj-ect has yet to see any setbacks, said Steve Krakoff, the vice president of Capital Planning.
“We’re finishing up a number of design details that will help give us a very spe-cific site plan and an overall project cost. And we’re planning on moving forward then and we plan on moving forward in the spring of 2015 with construction.”
While the project is moving on sched-ule, sophomore Jessie Fix thinks other-wise.
“The Greek Housing Project looks like it’s moving along slowly,” she said.
Currently, the housing that was locat-
ed along Wooster Street is being torn down, with plans to turn it into the new greek community, where all of the chap-ters will be located.
On Thurstin Avenue, the area where sorority houses are located will be turned into a parking lot for the Union, Krakoff said.
For students involved in the housing project, the new housing is an exciting change for the greek community.
“The [Greek] houses provide many chances to hang out and create memo-ries,” said Tiffany Mitchell, the president of the Panhellenic Council. “With all of the houses in one location, the commu-nity is closer than ever before.”
Rather than being spread out in dif-ferent areas on and off campus, the new Greek Housing Project will have the
THURS., AUG. 21 6:35 A.M.Complainant reported the theft of a red and silver Mongoose bike valued at $100 within the 400 block of E. Napoleon Rd.
8:23 A.M.Complainant reported the theft of two GE air con-ditioning units within the 1600 block of E. Wooster St. Total value of items $1000.
10:13 A.M.Complainant reported that an unknown person stole a maroon Roadmaster bike val-ued at $79 within the 200 block of E. Napoleon Rd.
3:00 P.M.Zachary D. Foss, 26, of Fostoria, Ohio, was arrested for theft within the 1100 block of S. Main St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
11:55 P.M.Makenzie Lynn Kuhlman, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage pos-session of alcohol near North Enterprise Street and East Merry Avenue. Amy Marie Smith, 19, of Bowling Green; and Danae N. Webken, 19, of Bowling Green, were both cited for open container of alcohol
and underage possession of alcohol.
FRI., AUG. 221:09 A.M.Brandon Gregg Focht, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly con-duct/urinating in public within the 200 block of N. Main St.
8:37 A.M.Complainant reported that an unknown subject pulled up a bush and threw it on top of the complainants car within the 100 block of N. Prospect St. Damage esti-mated at $100.
5:42 P.M.Randee Marie Dierker, 24, of Bowling Green; and Robert Luke Haynes, 38, of Jerry City, Ohio, were both arrested for theft and criminal damaging within the 100 block of W. Gypsy Lane Rd. Both were lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
11:14 P.M.Rachel P. Erbaugh, 22, of Bowling Green; and Jessica C. Weber, 24, of Perrysburg, Ohio, were both cited for open con-tainer of alcohol near Lot 4 downtown .
11:18 P.M.Matthew Louis Frank, 21, of
Bowling Green, was cited for open container within the 800 block of Clough St.
11:22 P.M.Marisa Joanne Abbott, 18, of Maumee, Ohio; and William H. Giesige, 20, of Bowling Green, were both cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol near Pike and North Enterprise Streets.
11:25 P.M.Daryk C. Maki, 19, of Wadsworth, Ohio, were cited for underage/under the influ-ence of alcohol near North Enterprise and Ridge Streets.
11:29 P.M.Andrew Jeffrey Etgen, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination near Ridge and North Enterprise Streets.
11:31 P.M.Brady Elizabeth Bowers, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for criminal trespass and public indecency within the 100 block of Troup Ave.
11:34 P.M.Pamela A. Boyer-Henry, 51, of Portage, Ohio, was cited for selling alcohol to under-age within the 900 block of S. Main St.
11:49 P.M.Joseph D. Holding, 19, of Sylvania, Ohio, was cited for underage possession of alco-hol within the 400 block of Thurstin Ave.
11:52 P.M.Andrew R. Seibt, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage/under the influ-ence and nuisance party within the 100 block of S. College Dr.
SAT., AUG. 2312:01 A.M.Keegan Alec Mckenna, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was cited for open container, underage possession and disorderly conduct/urinating within the 100 block of Manville Ave.
12:03 A.M.Zahary Mason Vaughn, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of marijuana within the 700 block of E. Napoleon Rd.
12:03 A.M.Ryan Michael Ward, 18, of Strongsville, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/uri-nating near Clough Street and South College Drive.
12:19 A.M.John D. Bonamigo, 22, of Maumee, Ohio; and Ryan James Thompson, 25, of Toledo, were both cited for open container within the 200 block of N. Enterprise St.
12:23 A.M.Abby Jo Wilt, 20, of Bowling Green, was arrested for underage/under the influ-ence within the 100 block of Grant St. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
12:27 A.M.Michael Cory Mangotic, 23, of Maumee, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 300 block of N. Enterprise St.
12:30 A.M.Tyler Daniel Shoemaker, 22, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was cited for open container near Lot M downtown.
12:33 A.M.Mark T. Greenlese, 19, of Walbridge, Ohio, was cited for open container and underage possession of alco-hol within the 300 block of N. Enterprise St.
12:44 A.M.Joshua Anthony Lewis, 24, of Springfield, Ohio, was cited for open container near Ridge and North Enterprise Streets.
12:46 A.M.Macy Lee Gregory, 19, of Fairfield, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol within the 100 block of E. Wooster St.
1:12 A.M.Talal Abdullah B Almutairi, 25, of Toledo, was cited for open container near Lot 2 downtown.
1:38 A.M.Ryan A. Elliot, 22, of Findlay, Ohio, was arrested for disor-derly conduct/unable to care for self within the 100 block of Manville Ave. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
1:41 A.M.Benjamin John Rubin, 19, of Toledo, was cited for disor-derly conduct/public urina-tion within the 100 block of W. Wooster St.
2:26 A.M.Brendan Noel Neeson, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Enterprise St.
3:00 A.M.Kenneth Tyler Robinson, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct/unable to care for self within the 200 block of Biddle St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
3:17 A.M.Richard C. Sieberg, 27, of Fremont, Ohio, was arrest-ed for disorderly conduct/unable to care for self near Clough Street and Manville Avenue. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.
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Recreation Center re-opens for studentsFacility offers many new sustainability options, equipment, locker rooms
By Annie FuriaCopy Chief
After being closed for renovations since April 13, the Student Recreation Center will re-open at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25.
All areas will be open except courts three and four, said Steve Kampf, direc-tor of recreation and wellness. These courts will be multi-activity courts, which are an “indoor soccer-like facil-ity with dasher boards,” Kampf said. The courts are set to open in January.
For now, there are still plenty of ren-ovated areas students will be able to use.
Almost all of the cardio equipment is new, which cost the University $650,000, Kampf said. Another new feature is the four multi-functional trainers stationed around the workout area.
“Each corner of this piece of equip-
ment will have a workout tool,” Kampf said
The locker rooms are all brand new. Kampf said that day lockers are free to students, but overnight or private lockers will have a fee. The Rec website lists lockers available for semester and year-long rentals. The site says gen-eral lockers are available in half and full-size or students can rent private lockers, which include extra ameni-ties such as “cable television, lock and towel service and close proximity to the shower area.”
The group exercise areas also “got a facelift,” Kampf said, including new flooring, paint and ceiling fans.
There are several new lounge areas. Kampf said the reason for this is that while people are in the Rec, they “don’t workout 100 percent [of the time]. There’s downtime.” The Rec will also have 22 flat screen televisions scattered around the facility.
In regards to the biggest change the Rec has seen, Kampf said, “I think [it’s] the openness of the facility, the easier access from one level to another.”
This year, the Rec will focus on reten-tion. Kampf said if a student comes in more than 10 times a year, there’s a higher retention rate than students who come fewer times. “We have stud-ies that can back that up,” Kampf said.
Before the renovation, Kampf said the center was used by 2200 to 2500 students. After the reopening, Kampf said the number would be “up over 3000, that’s my guess.”
There is also a focus on recruiting new students. Kampf said that a uni-versity’s student recreation center does have an impact on whether or not a student chooses that university. Due to its influence, “it’s either the first or the last stop on the admissions tour,”
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By Tobias FlemmingReporter
After a winless 2013 season, the BG women’s soccer team was eager to start off its 2014 campaign with a positive result against the Morehead State Eagles on a sunny Friday eve-ning at Cochrane Stadium.
The Eagles, who won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship in 2013, proved to be a tough opponent and took home a late 2-1 victory over a newly built Falcon team.
“You can’t fall asleep at this level in a 90 minute game and Morehead is a team that knows how to win,” BG
head coach Lindsay Basalyga said.BG dropped to 0-1-0 in regular
season play while Morehead State started out 1-0-0.
BG player Madison Schupbach, one of five starting freshmen for the Falcons, scored the leading goal with a shot from outside the box after 15 minutes of play.
Schupbach said she was excited to score her first career goal, but it was important to move on from that and play the rest of the game successfully.
Fourteen minutes after the Falcons’ lead, Morehead State for-ward Angela Black scored the game-tying goal making it 1-1.
Head coach Basalyga said she was disappointed with the first half effort and had to make some tactical changes at half time.
“I think the second half looked a lot better for us in the attack,” Basalyga said. “[It was] definitely a lot more exciting in the final third of the field
Falcons drop first two gamesWomen’s soccer loses home opener Friday, at Michigan Sunday
By Cameron Teague RobinsonEditor-in-Chief
After what is a unique off-sea-son comparable to the other fall sports, the men’s and women’s cross country enter this season with maturity and experience.
At first glance, the rosters may not look very mature with just one senior between the two teams. What can be seen on the roster, though, are nine red-shirted athletes. That redshirt has given all nine of those ath-letes an extra year of training
under head coach Lou Snelling who is entering his fourth year as coach.
“This is our most experienced and most mature group that we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Snelling said.
On the women’s side, redshirt juniors Andrea Alt, Jasmine Redman and Maria Meridith were redshirted as freshman and were just waiting for the year they could combine their experience with a large group
Falcons to rely on redshirts Men’s and women’s cross country has potential to be
deepest in Snelling’s time as head coach
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“...we are just trying to work on
our process to turn winning into a habit.”
Lindsay Basalyga | Head Coach
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By Grant Hampton CrawfordReporter
The Falcon volleyball players faced off against some familiar faces as they played in the Orange versus White scrimmage this past weekend.
The white team won for the second year in a row, sweeping the orange team in three sets with scores of 27-25, 26-24 and 15-7.
The orange team consisted of senior Erica Fullenkamp, sophomores Jelena Sunjic and Delaney Arkeilpane and freshmen Michaela Gabanic, Nicole Slimko and Clara Martinez Rubio.
While the white team consisted of senior Kelsey Bates, sophomore Madeline Garda, redshirt freshman Desi Klaer, true freshmen Paige O’Connor and Katie Scholten and assistant coach Jessica Hohl.
The orange team kept it close in all three sets, leading at least once in every set.
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By Kendra ClarkCampus Editor
Coming to the University may be a big change for some students and will con-tinue to shape them throughout their years here.
However, they may come to find the buildings in their campus will be chang-ing along with them, which is spelled out in the University’s Master Plan.
The Master Plan is the “roadmap” for physical improvements to the University, according to Vice President of Capital Planning and Campus Operations Steve Krakoff.
“It lays out the projects and costs that will transform the University for many years,” Krakoff said.
Over the next four years the incoming freshmen will see many buildings reno-vated or torn down and departments relocated.
“In either [the freshmen’s] first or sec-ond year, there will be a renovation in Eppler,” Krakoff said. “They will also see a modernization at Olscamp and we plan to continually upgrade the campus landscape.”
Sustainability Coordinator Nicholas Hennessy and Assistant Vice President of Campus Operations Bruce Meyer said an important part of the Master Plan is sustainability.
“Sustainability is such a part of the Master Plan, it’s hard to separate the two,” Hennessy said. “One reason is we are doing our best to comply with the President’s Climate Commitment in October 2012.”
The University has committed to becoming a “carbon neutral” campus in the future, which necessitates reduc-ing waste and emissions and construct-
ing environmentally-friendly buildings, Hennessy wrote in an email.
As buildings start to get planned out, the University looks into opportunities to integrate sustainability and regard the future, Meyer said.
“Remember, we will be reviewing existing infrastructures on campus,” he said. “Many of the structures are 60 plus years old. We are updating them to modern features to make them more efficient.”
Hennessy said students returning and coming for the first time will all notice the sustainable changes to the Student Recreation Center.
“They will no doubt see the number of sustainability features in it,” Hennessy said. “There is recycling, water bottle refill stations at every water fountain, LED lighting and energy-producing car-dio equipment.”
To help with the Master Plan, Chief Financial Officer Sherideen Stoll man-ages the finances.
“The goal for the Master Plan is to put together a comprehensive guide of the next seven to 10 years,” Stoll said. “It can get very complex, moving people from one building to another, especially if that’s not where they will be staying permanently.”
To pay for the construction, the major-ity of the money comes from debt the University takes out, Stoll said.
“It’s like mortgage for a home, but for a University. We will pay back the debt over time,” Stoll said. “We are also expecting some funding from pri-vate donors, alumni and friends of the University.”
According to an email from Stoll, the approximate total the University will spend on the Master Plan until about
2020 will be $200,000,000. See a break-down in the factbox.
In order to pay back the debt, the University will take money from the tuition they collect from students, Stoll said.
Stoll asks students to remain positive, even though they understand construc-tion can be an inconvenience.
“If we can keep focused on the posi-tive once it’s completed, the noise and dust might be a little more palatable,” she said.
Krakoff believes the changes will greatly benefit the students.
“When they graduate, hopefully it has been a substantial difference from when they started,” Krakoff said. “It’s a great time to be a student at BGSU.”
groups and make sure they have a des-ignated driver or call a cab, Captain of the Campus Police Michael Campbell said. “Even if you’re 21 or over, it’s about trying to practice responsible drinking,” he said.
Unlike thefts, liquor law violations have trended towards an increase since last year. There were 57 arrests for liquor law viola-tions in March 2013 and 100 in March 2014.
While alcohol has traditionally been a problem, drug offenses have gone “up quite a bit,” Hetrick said.
In May 2013 there were 13 drug abuse arrests and 31 in May 2014.
Both marijuana and heroin use have risen, he said, with marijuana making up the majority of drug arrests.
Hetrick attributes this to changes in drug laws around the country, which makes
access to the drug easier for those in states in which it is illegal.
“As states like Colorado and Washington have kind of backed off of strict enforce-ment … those attitudes are kind of perva-sive across the 50 states,” he said. “When Michigan went with medical marijuana, we started seeing that getting trafficked into Ohio.”
He said some who grow the plant for medicinal uses are only allowed to have a certain number of plants, but sometimes have a surplus that can get trafficked to Ohio.
Over the summer, the city saw an unusual spike in armed robberies, Hetrick said.
Three took place this summer at the Wood County Hospital pharmacy and the Huntington Bank and Tan Pro on North Main Street.
The suspects from the pharmacy and Tan Pro robberies were apprehended,
but the bank robbery suspect escaped. Hetrick said the man suspected of the robbery matches the description of a sus-pect for a number of other armed robber-ies in the area.
However, Hetrick said the city will most likely not see him again any time soon, because the suspect will move on.
“Often times we get them one time and they move on to another place,” he said.
Students who want tips on how to stay safe can go to safety classes hosted by the campus police, Campbell said, which include everything from tips on how to keep items secure to sexual assault awareness and active shooter training.
While crime can be a problem in the city, Campbell is focused on making the community as safe as possible.
“I would hate to say [crime] will be just like last year because our goal is not to be just like last year. We’d like to improve,” he said.
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POLICE From Page 1
Master plan sets course for years to come
Events hosted for freshmen students
Integrates sustainability features to new buildings, facilities in future
Freshmen learn about campus, each other
Buildings to change under Master Plan
■ New Greek housing from the Greek Housing Project
■ Renovations to South Hall and addi-tion for the School of Media and Communications
■ Renovations to Hanna Hall and University Hall
■ West Hall and Family and Consumer Science Building will be demolished
■ Relocate Student Financial Aid, Career Center and Bursar’s Office to the Union to create a “one-stop shop for students.”
■ *all according to Steve Krakoff
Current Estimates for Master Plan until about 2020University debt - $115,500,000State Capital appropriations - $54,500,000Private Donor Gifts - $30,000,000 For a current total of $200,000,000.
By Kendra ClarkCampus Editor
Many freshmen ended their final day of Freshman Weekend eating picnic food and sitting out in the summer sun on Old Campus with their newfound friends.
This includes freshman Kaden Nieves and Kersten Davis, who attended the noon picnic Sunday along with other Freshman Weekend events.
“We attended a moderate amount,” Davis said. “Mostly the things with free stuff.”
The picnic catered a variety of food served on brand new Frisbees. While the students ate, they got to listen to music and watch people interact on stage in front of University Hall.
Davis and Nieves are roommates in Centennial Hall and are happy to be students at the University.
“It’s very relaxed and people are very friendly,” Davis said. “It is nice because everyone is in the same spot.”
Along with the picnic, the two girls went to events like Midnight Madness at Meijer, the Freshman Welcome and the Doyt Stadium, Nieves said.
“Our most favorite of them all has to be the pic-nic,” she said. “It’s amazing how many [of us] there are.”
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Interactive Play shows freshmen trials, hard times students can face
Play seems serious to some, others learned life lessons from actors, such as drinking responsibly or seeking out help from others in times of struggle
By Audrey QuinnReporter
As part of the Opening Weekend events put on by the University, freshmen were able to see a play by the Department of Theatre and Film’s Humanities Troupe on Saturday, Aug. 23.
The play, which focused on bystander intervention, covered a variety of problematic topics many students face, such as skipping classes, excessive drinking, party-ing and peer pressure.
Members acted out scenarios cov-ering these issues, mixing humor with serious life lessons.
Director Michael Ellison said at the beginning, “We aren’t here to provide simple answers— we don’t think there are simple answers.”
After the initial run-through of the play, an open conversation was held between the members of the audience and Ellison. The members of the audience discussed many problems they saw with the char-acters and offered ideas on how to help them.
“Know your limits, don’t get too
wild,” said one audience member. The play started again, this time
with audience members interject-ing whenever they saw a problem.
Through the interactive nature of the play, audience members were able to vocalize problems, figure out solutions and, as Ellison said at the beginning of the play, learn how to feel empowered and take action to help others.
J.P. Staszel, a graduate student who has been a member of the Humanities Troupe for four years, thought the event went well.
He said the audience was respon-sive and took it seriously.
“The audience did a great job col-lectively gauging issues,” he said. He said that the audience called out serious issues that are rarely
mentioned.Freshman Tanner Gottfried said
he learned a lot and that the play hit key points.
“It was realistic, but not completely in depth,” he said. “I learned not to accept open drinks from strangers.”
Freshman David Proulx also felt he learned a lot.
He said he thought it was going to be a fun play and was caught off guard.
“I feel like I learned some good things about depression,” he said.
In the end, the issues depicted by the Humanities Troupe are differ-ent for every person.
Ellison mentioned several resources to help students who may be in trouble, such as the counsel-ing center or The Link.
An Opening Weekend Group Leader, or OWGL, at the event also stressed the importance of talk-ing to your resident advisor, who is always there to help.
The Humanities Troupe offers other plays for the University com-munity to utilize. Other topics they cover include depression and issues with inclusion.
whole greek community staying in the same loca-tion.
The plans for the hous-ing project have been in the works for a couple of years.
“This was part of a plan-ning process that started slightly more than a couple years ago, which involved an extensive review of our existing housing, a look at the greek program overall and an overall look at the type of housing that would be the best for BGSU and greek students,” Krakoff said.
While the project will take two years to be com-pleted, Mitchell thinks freshmen will benefit from joining the greek commu-nity this year.
“The freshmen would be joining at a great time. By their junior year, they can live [in] and utilize the houses,” she said.
But the housing project seems to be turning some freshmen away from join-ing the greek community.
A freshman, Katy Schindler, doesn’t think now is the time to join the community.
“I probably won’t join, I don’t want the atmo-sphere,” she said.
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GREEK HOUSING project has started construction and is due to be complete in 2016.
Going home for the sum-mer can be a challenge for me.
There are a lot of rea-sons for this, but one of the most prominent is the fact that I’ve changed so much over the years, most nota-bly due to my education. I’m a senior this year and I can feel the impact that the previous three years of higher education has had on my being. To put it bluntly, my experiences in college [both inside and outside of the classroom] has worn thin my patience for ignorance and bigotry. I began to be aware of this fact during my summer vacation, while I was away from the general open-minded and accepting atmosphere of college and in what is, unfortunately, the real world.
When I’m at school, I feel that I am surrounded by so many bright, open-minded individuals. I get so immersed in intelli-gent conversation with my peers that I sometimes forget that ignorance and bigotry exists.
When I return home, however, reality sets in and I am faced with the daunt-ing task of accepting the fact that not everyone takes the time to educate them-selves about certain top-ics before speaking about them. And while the people who are closest to me at home are bright-minded and understanding, many of those on the outer circle — those who I am connect-ed to only mutually — tend to be rather bigoted, to say the least.
There are many exam-ples I could use to support my statement.
For instance, one per-son that I unfortunately encountered openly admit-ted he would never want
to be friends with a homo-sexual man, while his peer stated that he had no problem with gay people, but he did have an issue if they decided to hit on him [though I knew he hit on girls when he was interest-ed in them, but I digress].
Statements like these, a mixture of explicit and implicit homophobia, are just a snippet of the igno-rance I face when I go home. I’ve also heard vari-ous judgmental and rude statements about the less fortunate, the treatment of women in society and even racial minorities, to name a few.
To be perfectly honest, my experiences have left me somewhat jaded.
I hate that there are peo-ple in the world who glee-fully spew their bigotry and never realize the damage they cause. But I’ve come to realize that the people like the ones I’ve encountered so many times in the past will never change. They are
the kind of people who will keep their views the same no matter how harmful or poorly evidenced. And as difficult as it is to accept, the only thing I can do is ignore those people and do the best I can to be the exact opposite.
As I begin to real-ize that I no longer have the patience for bigotry or those who are will-fully ignorant, I am also beginning to learn that it is extremely unhealthy for me to let the small-mind-edness of another get me so riled up. In order to live a happy, healthy life, I’ve come to understand that it’s important to pick and choose when to suffer fools and most of the time it isn’t worth it.
I know that the sooner I accept this fact of life, the happier I’ll be — a lesson that can be helpful to all.
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Another summer has come and gone.
In my opinion, the last half or so of summer break was more than a little sad.
A comic legend took his own life. Riots have broken out in Ferguson, Missouri.
ISIS is beheading peo-ple in Iraq, including an American photojournal-ist. A high school teacher in Oklahoma showed up drunk and without pants to the first day of school.
And those are just the stories that made the news.
That said, welcome back. For those of us coming
back to school, it’s a brand new year. New beginnings of any sort are a good time to ref lect and reassess what you are doing.
Why are you here? To get a degree, you say.
But it’s what you plan to do with the degree that will make the difference.
I’m not trying to sound
like your extended family here, asking over dinner exactly what you plan on doing after you graduate.
If you, like me, are in denial that summer is really over already and cold, dark days are not far off, take a minute to remind yourself why you are here.
It gives you a goal, some-thing to remind yourself of when you are three essays into despair.
Sometimes it’s easy to complain and want to give up and hard to remember why your work is important.
For me, this is my penul-timate year of college. I am working towards a degree in Middle Childhood
Education and I can’t wait to introduce my future students to the wonders of “Schoolhouse Rock.”
It matters to me to be a guide for preteens and young adults, for many reasons; one being the fact a teacher may be the only one in a young person’s life to give him or her what is needed most.
Take the start of this new school year to think about how you can be a good change to the world.
How can you make a difference in your chosen career, both right now and in the future?
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“Sometimes it’s easy to complain and
want to give up and hard to remember why your work is
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET What’s your favorite part of opening weekend?“Seeing all the new students.”
“Meeting new people.”
“Handing out snow cones for H20.”
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To guide the freshmen through their first weekend, Opening Weekend Group Leaders [OWGL] came to many of the events as well to encourage interactions between new freshmen.
OWGL Davey Brown really enjoyed both the picnic and the whole week-end.
“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said. “It’s the most immensely rewarding experience I have ever done work-ing with the freshmen. Especially because I’m a senior this year, I have three years of experience under my belt that I can use to help them.”
However, this wasn’t his first time leading new students through expe-riences, for he has also been an ori-entation leader, resident advisor and other leadership positions.
“I like doing those kinds of things and giving guidance,” he said.
He helped guide students from Centennial Hall this weekend and said he was extremely proud of his
group.“I encouraged them to attend a
lot of events, which they did,” he said. “They are excited to be BG students.”
For the picnic, Brown thinks the event gets better every year.
“There are more things to do this year than last, like corn hole and Frisbee,” he said. “I also see people reaching out and talking to others that weren’t in their groups. The University did a great job encour-aging them to meet new people.” Another student who got to watch over and interact with the freshmen was Cheerleader Krista Aurelius.
This year is her third time in Freshman Weekend and she enjoyed it.
“I think everyone was a lot more excited this year more than other years,” she said.
Her favorite part of the whole weekend was helping freshmen move into their residence halls.
“To be about to interact with stu-dents and parents and get to know them on a personal level is what I like to do,” she said.
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By William ChannellManaging Editor
With the summer comes many changes and that includes dining services.
One significant change is the introduction of new vegan menu options coming to The Oaks.
The vegan concept “Shoots” will provide vegan fare for both lunch and dinner Monday through Friday.
Junior Cassandra Mitchell knows people who have struggled with vegan options on campus in the past and said the introduction of vegan food to The Oaks is positive.
“It’s good that we’re trying differ-ent things and trying to be more accommodating,” she said. “Two of my friends challenged each other [to be vegan] ... they struggled very hard when they went to the Oaks.”
Senior Mariah Burks thinks the new vegan options are a great idea and the new the “Shoots” concept can benefit even those who aren’t vegan.
“I love having the choice of trying other food,” she said. “That way you don’t feel so stuck.”
Also being introduced this semes-ter is the “Late Nights at the Sundial” concept, changing the Kreischer Sundial’s hours of operation to 5 p.m. to midnight every day.
Burks said while she under-stood the reasoning behind it, the new hours could result in students being forced to allow for awkward breaks in their day in order to reach the Sundial for dinner. This, she said, could especially affect fresh-men, who make up the majority of Kreischer residents.
“And [people] wonder why stu-dents eat so haphazardly,” Burks said.
Another notable change is the relocation of Pinkberry from Carillon to The Oaks dining facil-ity. Mike Paulus, director of dining services, said the move came down to location.
“Due the success of Dunkin Donuts on campus and easy access by off-campus guests, we decided to move Pinkberry to its new loca-tion due [to] availability of parking and easy access from off campus.” Paulus said.
Pinkberry at The Oaks opened
last month and is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Paulus said a Dunkin Donuts cart is coming to Olscamp mid-September, offering a limited menu to students.
Last semester, dining services hosted several events at The Oaks and Carillon dining halls and Paulus said continuing those types of customer-engaging events will be a focus for them going forward.
“Events like our Murder Mystery Dinner or Gingerbread House classes were very well received last year,” Paulus said. “We will con-tinue to layer programming within dining to increase both participa-tion and guest satisfaction.”
Further highlighting dining services’ emphasis on customers, Paulus said taking care of guests is always an important factor.
“Customer satisfaction is always a focus for training and enhance-ment of the guest experience,” Paulus said. “We will continue to focus on service and guest interac-tion.”
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he said. When the Rec re-opens, it will
be the newest student recreation center in Ohio, Kampf said.
According to a previous BG News article, the original bud-get for the renovation was $11 million, which was revised to $13.4 million. Project Manager for Design & Construction Ryan Miller said the budget was raised when “additional funds were found and approved.” Deciding what renovations were needed “was a collab-orative effort between design teams and campus operations,” Miller said.
According to Kampf, the ren-
ovation ended up costing about $17 million, but “there are no new student fees attached to this.” Kampf also said, “A large amount of [the recreation cen-ter] is funded by the Falcon Health Center no longer being funded by the University.”
Senior Communications Director Dave Kielmeyer clari-fied in an email why the cost went up. He wrote that additions in the form of “enhancements to the multi-activity court, a parking lot expansion, the addi-tion of an outdoor volleyball court and patio area, expanded locker rooms, and other design enhancements to the building” added about $1.4 million to the project. Kielmeyer also added that during the renovation the Department of Recreation and
Wellness “took the opportu-nity to fix a number of main-tenance issues that needed to be addressed including: roof repairs, electrical updates, and upgrades to the HVAC system (heating, ventilation and air conditioning). The cost of those repairs was about $1.8 million.”
One goal of the renovation was to brand it to the University, said Kampf. The University logo appears on floors, walls and equipment through the recre-ation center and orange and brown are prominent colors.
“You’re going to know you’re in Bowling Green when you’re in here,” Kampf said.
When the recreation center re-opens on Monday, Kampf said people “won’t believe it’s the same building.”
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When the University announced its tuition freeze for the 2014-15 academic year, some students and parents let out a sigh of relief as the costs of their educa-tion were kept consistent for at least one year.
The University was one of two state schools that did not increase tuition rates.
But did the freeze actually pay off?
Dr. Joseph Frizado, vice pro-vost for academic operations and assessment, said there’s no way to really know if the freeze impacted enrollment.
At the moment, he said the numbers were above last year’s.
“It’s likely we’ll end up with the same number of students on the main campus as last year, once the first week of classes is complete and we have a better idea of who’s staying,” Frizado said. “The [tuition] freeze was not done to increase enrollment, though.”
The freeze was put into place to “stabilize financial commit-ments for students and fami-lies.”
According to the University website, the total cost to attend for an in-state student is $18,850. For out-of-state students the total comes to $26,158. These totals include tuition, room and a meal plan; they do not account for books or other University fees.
Although the University did not increase tuition or room and board rates, some class and administrative fees needed to be added or increased.
Sherideen Stoll, vice president of finance and administration, said a counseling fee and new career development fee were put into place.
“The amount an individual is charged is dependant upon the student’s class ranking,” Stoll said.
When deciding how to lower tuition, the first component that is looked at are all the fees, Frizado said.
If there is a service that the vast majority of students use, it’s included in the tuition total.
In addition to raising some fees for the 2014-15 school year, Stoll said the University has taken even more measures the past couple of years to keep costs low for students.
Some examples include ener-gy conservation and efficien-cy projects, unpaid leave for employees, redesigned health benefit plans and reducing employee headcount.
Stoll said once renovation con-cludes in some of the buildings in old campus, they will be able to “relocate current occupants out of West Hall and Family and Consumer Sciences” to demol-ish those buildings.
“Permanently reducing the size of the physical campus footprint will mean cost savings from heating, cooling, repairs,
maintenance and cleaning,” Stoll said.
Although the University has continued to try to lower costs, Stoll said it can be difficult.
“[The University] expects to receive nearly the same amount of dollars from the State of Ohio as we received in 1995,” she said. “Unfortunately, almost everything costs more than it did then. The fact is that less state support requires universi-ties to turn to tuition and gen-eral fees for adequate financial resources.”
According to Stoll, in 1995 the state provided nearly half of the financial support for the University, whereas now it pro-vides 22 percent.
Some students and parents are starting to question wheth-er this year’s tuition freeze will lead to an even bigger increase in tuition costs, compared to previous years.
Jodie Siciliano, mother of Maria Siciliano who will be a freshman this year, said the University was her daughter’s top choice, but she worries about future costs.
“The [tuition] freeze didn’t affect her decision; this is where she wanted to go, so she would have come whether tuition went up or not,” Siciliano said. “It does make you wonder, though, what next year’s fees might be — if they’re going to go up a lot to try to compensate for this year.”
Despite renovations, tuition freezesSome fees will increase for students depending on class
By Ashley Hardwick
In Focus Editor
The 48th annual National Tractor Pulling competition, the largest outdoor pull in the world, was held at the Wood County fair-grounds on Aug. 15-17.
Representatives from eight states first established the National Tractor Pullers Association in 1969 and it is now the oldest and most respected pulling organization.
“For this year, we spent 16 months planning and we’re already planning for the 50th,” said David Schultz of the media department. “The pulls have always been here and it’s larger each year. Camping sold out in early July.”
Not only did camping sell out early, Ron Miners from radio sta-tion 107.7 The Wolf joked about his product selling out early: over a thousand beer cozies.
“We do commercial ads for the Pulls and in return we set up our table to promote our radio. It’s a win-win,” Miners said. “The staff here is also absolutely amazing, helpful, friendly and they feed me.”
Fans from all over the world unfolded their lawn chairs, piled into the stands to see their favor-ite tractors and were prepared for flying tires.
The tractors included unlim-ited modified tractors, pro stock tractors, open modified mini tractors, super semis, light super stock tractors and diesel super stock four-wheel-drive.
The weights ranged from 2,050 lb. to 20,000 lb.
Excited to see the super semis and pro stock tractors, Jackie Lucas drove over four hours with his friend Gary Moore.
“I’ve been coming here every year since ’84,” Lucas said.
Moore enjoys the supers the best and says they plan on returning in the future.
While Moore and Lucas made the drive from Kentucky, driver Gert Dingerink flew from the Netherlands with his friends.
He started pulling at the age of 16 and does not mind flying out of the country to do so.
“We like being here. It’s the biggest pull with nice people who all like to compete,” he said.
He placed fourth place with his open modified trac-tor named, “Gemcom Power Lambada,” he was happy with his score of 310.955.
His crew member Helma Boer, who is also from the Netherlands, is proud of his dedication and thankful for their friends who joined them.
“We always like to come to BG. It’s unbelievable how many people here love to pull,” Boer said. “And if you don’t get in the winner’s circle, it’s still great.”
Driver Jason Hathaway, from Washington, Pennsylvania, is also ecstatic of his accomplish-ments this year.
With two tractors, one named “Honkin’ Donkey Black” and the other “Honkin’ Donkey White,” he managed to get sixth and seventh place.
“Every year it gets better. This is our favorite pull because of the atmosphere and the fans,” Hathaway said.
The Pulls also help the Make-A-Wish foundation.
Development Associate Callie Cannon from the foun-dation had a table set up. It is their 21st year partnering with the tractor pulls and their sec-ond largest fundraiser ever.
“We’ve raised about the same as last year and it’s going up every year,” Cannon said.
They raised $105,000 in one weekend and according to Cannon, the average cost of a wish is $8,000.
“That’s a lot of wishes we made,” Cannon said. “And all the money raised stays in Northwest Ohio.”
After the final competitions on Sunday, the fans left with smiles on their faces and less dirt on their feet than expected.
“It was supposed to rain, but the tractor pull gods shined down on us,” Miners said.
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of young athletes. They bring in three fresh-men this season that Snelling refers to as the best recruiting class he’s had here.
“This team has probably the most potential of any team we’ve had,” Redman said. “We were always building up until we had a lot of us, and it’s to the point where we are ready to go. I think this is going to be our year.”
That potential from the women’s team trickles down to the men’s team as well. They are led by redshirt senior Greg Black but they also bring in three talented freshmen to pair with five redshirt freshmen.
The men’s team looks at this as a strength more than a concern, because it gives them the larg-est roster they have had since Snelling’s first year in 2011.
“A lot of times people get kind of concerned when they see youth, but these guys coming in have talent,” Black said. “The
big key is if they can stay healthy ... It’s a longer sea-son than high school.”
The potential of these incoming freshmen is no secret to anyone close to the team.
“On the women’s side, this is the best recruiting class we’ve had,” Snelling said. “We will have to see on the men’s side but it definitely could be [the best recruiting class] as well.”
The three freshmen on the women’s side - Rachel Walny, Cassandra Boyle and Elena Lancioni - all were once all-state cross country runners. That tal-ent mixed with the tal-ent and leadership of Alt and Redman is the reason Redman thinks they can leave the Mid-American Championships with a third or fourth place fin-ish this year.
“I think most of them are going to make an impact right away,” she said. “My freshman year we were redshirted, but I see a lot of them being on the course this year. I see a lot of potential in them even from the first few practices.”
Snelling knows the
potential in the women’s team and although they have not had an All-MAC performer yet, he believes this could be the year.
“We should have our first All-MAC runner this year and it could be any number of girls,” he said.
For the men who fin-ished last in this past year’s MAC Championship, they are focusing on increas-ing experience and staying healthy.
“I think if we stay healthy, we are going to have a good showing come the MAC meet,” Black said. “If they [fresh-men] can have that long term approach and focus on Nov. 1 I think we will do really well.”
Whether it is the men’s or women’s team, they have a combination of veteran talent and young talent. The first and only chance fans will have to watch the team in Bowling Green will be at the Mel Brodt Invitational on Sept. 12, which was the host of last year’s MAC Championship.
“This year is going to be about getting most of our team on the starting line,” Snelling said.
WOMEN’SFrom Page 3and at the end of the day we are just trying to work on our process to turn winning into a habit.”
In the 82nd minute Eagles senior Holly Tilley netted in an indefensible shot from the top right corner of the box making it 2-1 for Morehead State.
BG senior Ashley Garr said although the team started with a loss, the team has greatly improved in the attack compared to last year and get-ting more goals will get the team to the next level.
“Coach [Basalyga] always says leave your fingerprint on
the program and I want peo-ple to look back and be like we were the class that started the rebuilding process, we
were the class that started the change in BG women’s soccer,” Garr said.
In their second game this weekend, BG women’s soccer played the nationally ranked University of Michigan wom-en’s soccer team at Ann Arbor on Sunday.
The game ended in a 2-0 vic-tory the Wolverines. Basalyga said she was proud of the effort her team showed against what she called a dangerously attacking Michigan team.
“We definitely competed against the number seven team in the nation,” she said.
BG had a total of 3 shots and a single corner in the game whereas the Wolverines shot 27 times and had 20 corners.
Basalyga said BG goal-keeper Lauren Cadel made several big saves to keep the Falcons in the game and the Falcons were very disciplined defensively.
“After seeing 20 corners and not giving up a goal, I think it’s safe to say we were pretty sharp on defensive corners,” she said.
The Falcons are now 0-2-0 in regular season play while Michigan improves to 2-0-0.
For their next game, the Falcons will travel to Indiana to take on the University of Evansville on Friday, Aug. 29.
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A BG cross country runner competes in the Mid-American Conference Championships held in Bowling Green this past season.
Head coach Danijela Tomic liked the competitive play between the two teams.
“We have very competi-tive players and that’s how we want them to be,” she said. “We did our best to make even teams and it showed in the first two sets . . . it was point for point and the white team came from behind to win the first and the second, and the third was dominated by white. Our practices are very competitive so this is not a surprise; this is what we do every day in practice.”
In spite of having a young team with only two seniors, five sophomores and six fresh-man, Tomic liked what she saw from the young group overall in the scrimmage in terms of play.
“Our defense is something that we emphasize,” she said. “Both of our libero’s had a high number in three sets and we played the third set to 15. Madeline Garda had 26 digs and Delaney Arkeilpane had 28 on the other side. Desi Klaer played good defense too so . . . overall I really liked our effort on defense.”
Not everything was posi-
tive though for the Falcons as they struggled in some areas.
“They were a little shaky in service saves,” Tomic said.
“We expected that at this time in the season it is something we are still working on. We are also getting better in making smarter choices recognizing situations offensively when we have to be aggressive and more conservative, so that was a positive.”
Additionally, there were several individual perfor-mances that stood out, espe-cially for the youngsters on each team. Sunjic had a game high 16 kills for the orange team, while O’Connor and Bates added 14 and 13 kills for white. Bates had seven blocks and Klaer and Martinez had four each.
Tomic said the new recruits seem to be clicking at a faster pace than normal, grasping the BG strategy quickly.
“Our starting point was much more high than what you would expect having a young team,” Tomic said. “In the preseason we did things that were more advanced than you would expect hav-ing a team so young it helped that our freshman worked our summer camps so they saw a lot of our teachings through summer camps
and I think that helped tremendously.”
Team chemistry also played a big role in the scrim-mage as everyone seemed to be connected and it showed as the players felt comfortable amongst each other.
“We are really just focused on the players and team we have this year,” Fullenkamp said. “We have some great chemistry going, a lot of good team dynamics and we are really looking forward to what we can do this year.”
Both Fullenkamp and Bates have taken on the lead-ership role as the only seniors on the team, making sure everyone is on the right page as a team and as individuals.
“It’s been fun,” Bates said. “Erica and I have been pretty good leaders throughout the six weeks and throughout preseason and a lot of under-classmen have stepped up like Delany and Jelena. I am just really impressed with the leadership and chemistry we have with everyone.”
The Falcons will open the regular season this Friday and Saturday in the Stroh Center with the Hampton Inn Invitational on Aug. 29 and 30. The invitational is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
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As summer comes to an end and students are moving onto campus, Residence Life has made a few notice-able and not so noticeable changes to the University.
One of the most sig-nificant changes made to campus is the closing and demolition of Greek hous-ing along Wooster Street and Thurstin Avenue. The sorority village and fra-ternity row are both being torn down in order to build new housing for the com-munity.
“It’s a really great idea and project. In the past, the [Greek] community was split up across campus,” Emily Soster, president of the Multicultural Greek Council said. “It’s great to have the community together. The old housing was falling apart.”
The project, scheduled to be finished by the fall of 2016 consists of 10 town-houses, with 33 individual townhomes. Each unit con-sists either of four, 12 or 18 bed units, with 426 beds total, said Chris Bullins, the associate dean of students in the office of fraternity and sorority life.
For the next two years, students involved in the Greek community will be “living in traditional hous-ing,” Sarah Waters, said director of Residence Life.
Until the housing is done, students involved with the Greek community will be living in either Falcon Heights or Conklin.
With the new hous-ing project, Bullins said that the life experience is enhanced by the housing and the program will grow. “There are 38 chapters, 1,600 students, which is 12 percent of the student pop-
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“There are a lot of oppor-tunities to join — not many people know about the four different councils, [National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council and Interfraternity Council]. Students need to keep an open mind when going Greek.”
The new fraternity and sorority housing projects are not the only changes being made.
“Facility changes that are notable include that Founders lobby has a ‘refreshed’ look,” Waters said. Another change to Founders includes a new roof.
Parking is one of the many things students have to deal with when attending the University. Here is a list of the changes Parking Services made over the summer.
-Lots 6 and Y are completely redone.-A sidewalk has been added along Oak Grove Cemetery next to Overman Hall.-Lot S is gone and renamed Lot 9. The entire lot is now just for commuters.-Lot R was extended to wrap around the Technology Building.-Lots K and I are completely rebuilt.-Lot 25 was destroyed to make way for the McFall Center expansion.-To accommodate for administrative drop-in visits, the designated area for them has been moved from Lot 25 to one side of the Union parking lot.-There are new shuttle routes. The main route is the same, but the south route was bro-ken in half. One goes to apartments near South College Dr. and the other, now named east, goes down Napoleon Rd. and makes a stop at Meijer. To view more changes and details about the shuttle, go to www.bgsu.edu/shuttle.
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As of press time, it’s too early to know what next year’s exact costs will be, according to Stoll.
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In the most recent bien-nium, the State of Ohio approved a maximum increase per year for tuition and general fees of 2 percent.
“[The University] is very aware of the financial bur-den families and students take on when they choose to attend college,” Stoll said. “We’re committed to keeping the cost of attend-ing BGSU as affordable as possible without compro-mising on quality.”
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The University campus has been smoke-free since the Clean Air Policy went into effect in January.
The Clean Air Policy says that smoking is not permitted anywhere on campus besides in personal vehicles and select designated smoking areas scattered throughout campus near parking lots, said Faith Yingling, director of wellness.
Both she and Vice President of Student Affairs Jill Carr said the policy and enforcement have gone very well.
“The most interesting part is I haven’t heard anything negative from smokers,” Yingling said.
Despite the Clean Air Policy being in effect since January, there have been no official reports to the University Police, said Captain Mike Campbell.
“There have been no formal com-plaints, but an officer would address it if they see it,” he said.
Even though there haven’t been any official reports, Yingling has heard of and received emails reporting locations where others have seen people breaking the policy.
“We put more signs in the area to educate and let others know about the policy,” she said.
In order to enforce the policy, Carr says it’s a “community approach.”
“We all need to embrace this,” she said.
“Just remind the person this is a smoke-free campus.”
If someone sees another smoking at a non-designated area, Carr recommends thinking about the level of comfort one has about approaching another.
“If they do [feel comfortable] then go ahead and remind them about the poli-cy,” she said. “But if they don’t, then they can ask for help from someone else.”
Another thing students or staff can do if they don’t feel comfortable approach-ing someone is to email Yingling the location of the smoker at [email protected].
“Let me know where it’s occurring and we will put more signage there for a friendly reminder,” she said.
The policy will be up for review spring semester and a committee will decide if any changes will need to be made, Carr said.
“One interesting thing that may be brought up to consider in the annual review are e-cigs,” Yingling said.
Also, if students are trying to quite smoking, the University has several resources available to them, she said.
“Unfortunately, many students start smoking in college,” she said. “But if people are trying to quit, the counseling center and the Wood County Hospital are great resources.”
In order to find the map with designat-ed areas or resources for smokers trying to quite, go to www.bgsu.edu/cleanair.
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SMOKE-FREE campus stickers are displayed on the doors of campus buildings to remind students and staff of policy.