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Changes in global climate influence local weather Increases in temperature around world present possibility of droughts, floods during warm winter season

By Tasneem Almuhanna Reporter

A winter coat, a scarf, a pair of gloves and a hat is typically the make-up of a winter wardrobe — but with higher temperatures and fewer snowfalls, that isn’t the case this winter.

Ted Eckmann, an instructor in the Department of Geography, said the

major factors influencing year-toyear variability in Bowling Green’s climate are the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the Arctic Oscillation, and El Niño/La Niña, which is the cooling in sea surface temperatures off the coast of Peru, as well as climate change.

“All of these phenomena alter the positions of the Earth’s jet streams,

and thus the weather experienced all over the world. The shapes and positions of jet streams have profound influences on weather at the surface,” Eckmann said.

La Niña is the main factor explaining why 2011 was Toledo’s wettest year since 1873, and La Niña is also a central factor in explaining the severe drought currently affecting Texas, which has produced eco-

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Eckmann said the current high temperatures and precipitation will continue for the next few months, and that this year’s La Niña is very strong so it tends to produce above-average precipitations. As of Tuesday we are an inch above normal for precipitation, he said.

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cipitation since Dec. 1, 2011, while the average is 4.67 inches of precipitation accumulated from Dec. 1 to Jan. 31, Eckmann said.

“We also experienced La Niña conditions last year (in 2011), which provided a clear example of this: Toledo set a new record for precipi-

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STRESSING the importance of margins in a business atmosphere, professor Gene Poor lectures his entrepreneurship class in the Business Adminstraion buildingTuesday evening. Poor usually references peronal experiences in the field, using humor to lighten the mood.

Local area bars offer customers drink specials during weekends, happy hour

By Erin Cox Reporter

When it comes to college students spending money, sometimes nothing adds up faster than a night out for drinks with friends.

Local bars provide some options to save money with happy hour and weekend specials.

One 49 North hosts happy hours 3-9 p.m. every day.

Sydney McNulty, bartender at One 49, said the bar offers a dollar off most liquor during the happy hours as well as specials on beer for at least $1.25 less than during nonhappy hours.

Domestic drafts sell for $1.50 and $2 during happy hours, import drafts for $2.50 and $3, domestic bottles for $1.75 and import bottles for $2.75.

One 49 also offers different specials each month. Right now, the specials include Coors for $2, Dragon berry Bombs for $3 and raspberry, cherry, orange and grape bombs for $2.50.

Howard’s Club H also provides its patrons specials during happy hours as well as weekend specials.

Happy hours run Sunday through Thursday 2-9 p.m. Patrons can purchase domestic bottles for $1.50, well liquor for $1.50 and most top shelf liquor for $2.75 during these hours.

The bar also has power hours 8-10 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Domestic bottles sell at $1 and most top shelf liquor at $2 during the power hours.

Howard’s offers weekend specials on grape, cherry and orange bombs for $2.50 on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Howard’s bartender Ted Truman also said the bar has a beer of the month and five different shots that go on special each month.

Travis Kinder, assistant manager

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University implements task force to increase retention

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Although the University’s incoming freshman classes are growing, students may notice fewer of their classmates sticking around.

About 72 percent of 2010’s incoming class returned to campus this past fall — the lowest fallto-fall retention rate in 10 years for first-time, full-time freshmen at the University.

University officials measure retention by determining how many fulltime freshmen arrive on campus in the fall, and then how many return for their sophomore year.

Joseph Frizado, vice provost for Academic Operations and Assessment, said a primary reason for declining retention numbers is a sluggish economy.

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Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education “For many students it’s a combination of effects and is hard to determine, but often when we talk to students who aren’t coming back, more and more are talking about the cost,” he said.

Representatives from the University’s newly formed retention task force released the data at January’s Faculty Senate meeting.

The task force, comprised of faculty, staff, administrators and student leaders, was created to examine the

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Complainant reported an iPhone phone stolen on Jan. 26 within the 100 block of N. Main Street. It was valued at $600.

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A purse was reported stolen within the 100 block of N. Main Street.

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Complainant reported a screen window broken within the 200 block of E. Napoleon Road.

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Shianne Myers, 20, of Napoleon, Ohio, was cited for operating a vehicle impaired within the 100 block of E. Wooster Street.

Eric J. Pivnicka, 21, of Napoleon, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle in the same location.

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WEATHER From Page 1 tation in 2011 with 49 inches, which is the largest annual precipitation total for Toledo since record keeping began there in 1873,” Eckmann said.

Eckmann said we’re well below normal in snowfall, because this precipitation has been falling as rain instead of snow to a much greater extent than normal due to the unusually warm winter.

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numbers this past semester with an outside consultant, Frizado said.

Members will identify why retention rates have declined while creating solutions to reverse the trend.

Their goal is to achieve retention rates meeting or exceeding 80 percent for firsttime, full-time freshmen.

“The retention task force is really looking at the policies and processes we do on campus that impede students succeeding,” Frizado said.

“There’s been a great effort to get students to come to BGSU, but all that effort is wasted

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Sue Houston, vice provost for undergraduate education, is ready for the challenge. As a leading member of the retention task force, Houston and her colleagues will examine University policies in hopes of eventually making them more studentfriendly, she said.

“We’ve gone through lists of policies that students and faculty said they often become frustrated with and examined them to see if there’s any way we can make them easier to use,” Houston said. “These include early alert, changing majors and advising.”

The task force is also

researching health insurance policies and the process of paying bursar bills, she said.

Jill Carr, dean of students and senior associate vice president for Student Affairs, noted the economy’s impact on student retention rates.

Carr, however, said University leaders must provide students with the necessary resources to succeed in their education despite financial stress.

“I don’t think anyone comes to BGSU thinking ‘I’m going to go there for a year, and then leave and not graduate,’” Carr said. “Yes, the students have a responsibility, and we help them understand that, but we need to have all the mechanisms in place to help students succeed, too.”

Task force members haven’t determined when they will begin implementing their initiatives.

Nonetheless, University leaders will continue to use the task force until its goals have been achieved, Carr said.

The task force continues to meet with its independent consultant about every six weeks to report its progress and is always open to suggestions and feedback, she said.

“We feel strongly about this, and we’re working hard to make things better,” Carr said. “The low retention rate is something we need to address. This is an ongoing, University-wide effort, and the success of our students is our uppermost goal.”

recently made some changes to drink specials offered.

“We know people don’t like the same stuff all the time, so we wanted to change things up a bit,” Kinder said.

City Tap’s happy hours run 2-6 p.m. all week with $2 well drinks and domestic beer.

The bar also has $2 well drinks all Sunday night and a $2 beer of the day.

The Attic runs specials every Friday for $3 Jägerbombs and $2 Coors Light. Saturdays have specials on Dragon bombs for $3 and Miller Genuine Draft 64 bottles for $2.

Jamie Lynn Hall, a senior at the University, enjoys going to happy hours at City Tap not only because of the cheap prices, but also because of the environment.

“It’s a good atmosphere,” Hall said. “It’s pretty chill and low key during happy hours, so it’s nice to not have to wait for drinks and you can hold a conversation with friends.”

since December 1, 2011, while our average is 18.3 inches of snow accumulation from December 1 to January 31,” he said.

Bowling Green, like much of Earth, has experienced a steady warming over the last century, Eckmann said.

Trillions of measurements have been made and verified by thousands of scientists, confirming this climate change, he said.

The rate of climate change will increase significantly as compared to the changes of the last century, Eckmann said. Much of Earth’s temper-

atures will become warmer throughout the next ten to twenty years, but by less than a degree Fahrenheit in most areas, he said.

“However, these small changes in temperatures have had important impacts in precipitation, increasing the tendency for very noticeable droughts and floods in many areas, and these changes will continue,” Eckmann said.

Post climate change has had profound effects on the planet, and will continue to do so. The Great Lakes, for example, exist largely due to the retreat of large ice sheets,

which once covered Bowling Green when the climate was much cooler, he said. When these ice sheets retreated, they scoured deep valleys in the surface that later filled with glacial melt water to become the Great Lakes, Eckmann said.

“Climate change is similar to the oscillations that explain why this winter has been abnormal, in that climate change is altering the shapes and positions of the upper-atmosphere jet streams and thus the weather experienced all over the world,” he said.

With climate change over the world, Dr. Kefa Otiso, associate professor of geography, said the mild winter can also introduce new diseases such as malaria, however the mild conditions would have to be long term for that to have an effect.

Otiso said that with an increase in population in the coming years, climate change will also be affected and bring in higher temperatures.

Some of the things people can do to prevent such changes are the use of fuel efficient cars/homes, small-

er houses, cleaner technology (solar energy) and modify farming techniques, he said.

Dana Schriver, a sophomore, said students are probably happy about this mild winter since winter-related illnesses aren’t as common, but thinks students should really do their part in preventing climate change from occurring.

“A few simple things students can do include getting educated about the subject, recycling using public transportation or riding a bicycle, and buying locally grown products,” Schriver said.

lot of friends and you know you can always call him,” Starkey said.

After a protest shooting about the Vietnam War in 1970, Poor decided to leave Kent State University and set his sights on Bowling Green.

Poor choose to teach at the University after hearing a professor who taught at the University speak at a conference. Poor admired the speaker’s “speaking style.”

After settling in at the University, Poor earned his doctorate degree in higher education and planned to teach.

Poor first taught at the College of Technology in the Visual Communication Technologies program.

Stephen Jenkins, an adjunct instructor at the College of Technology, said what makes Poor special is being successful and believing in the things he’s talking about.

“He helps students understand what their dream is and take practical steps to pursue that dream,” Jenkins said.

About eight years ago, Poor was invited to join the College of Business, as it was looking for an entrepreneur. Since he started a lot of businesses — including Life Formations, Easy Street Cafe on South Main Street and some consulting firms — Poor was a great fit.

“One of the things I tell my students is that they shouldn’t get to know professors, because they changed my life. … I was initially going to be a truck driver and didn’t know what college was about,” Poor said.

At a recent high school reunion, Poor asked one of his former classmates about who surprised him the most, and the classmate replied that it was Poor, because he changed the rules.

“I was the wildest card of the bunch. … My life went

from least likely to graduate from high school to probably the only person with a Ph.D.,” Poor said.

While currently teaching entrepreneurship at the University, Poor explains to his students that they’re the average of five friends they “run around” with. When Poor stopped “running around” with his friends and instead “ran around with” professors, it made sense for him to be around people who helped him get to where he wanted to go.

“One of the things I say in class is that 80 percent of you want to be rich and 50 percent want to be famous, but you don’t run around with famous or rich people,” Poor said.

Poor also tells his students there are two important days in their lives: the day they were born, and the day they figure out what they were meant to do.

Poor encourages his students to do what fulfills them and believes that the first job they get can cast their fate, because following graduation people take the first job they get and can quickly get caught up with marriage and children, he said.

“There’s dignity in all work.

I would have been happy as a truck driver, but I wouldn’t have known what was possible,” Poor said.

While teaching, Poor also tries to entertain his students and believes that professors have to give it all they’ve got because they’re in competition with other things their students are interested in.

“It’s show business with an agenda,” Poor said.

Poor insists that there are a lot of great teachers at the University and believes students should go to lunch with a professor every semester because if they’re not, they’re missing the biggest “heart” of college education.

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He had no intentions of going to college, but despite his father’s encouragement to quit high school and work for him full time, his mother didn’t allow it.

However, after “barely” graduating high school, Poor headed to work with his dad at a Pepsi Cola company.

“I headed to work Monday and was fired on a Tuesday … He thought I was trying to start a union, which is absurd,” Poor said.

Yet, Poor’s career path soon changed as he attended Kent State University to study industrial education, but not until the spring quarter of the following year, due to his poor grades.

“I was a lost soul. Two high school teachers saw more in me than I saw in myself. They encouraged me to go to college, and I said, ‘If you sign me up, I’ll go,’” Poor said.

As a student at Kent State University, Poor met a professor who changed his life. He admired his job as a professor and was promised a job at Kent University following graduation.

Poor graduated in 1966 with a master’s degree in industrial education. He then got at a job at Kent State University as professor for two years.

Randy Starkey, the first student Poor taught at Kent State University, currently works for Poor at his company, Life Formations.

Starkey views Poor as a mentor and a friend and has learned many things from Poor, including one that has served him best — problem solving both by example and instruction.

“Poor’s the finest character imaginable. … He’s the kind of person who has a

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t. Aloysius Catholic Church was founded in 1862 in a rather unique way. Twelve local farmers got together to build a place to worship. Ironically, all the farmer’s names began with Saint. They put all their names in a hat and randomly chose Saint Aloysius (Pieffer), which decidedly became the churches official name. Aloysius Gonzaga was later named the church’s patron saint, “not after Gonzaga University in March Madness,” laughed Father Mark.

The church has continued to grow in size, adding almost 15 members a year to the current 3,500 member total.

In 1960 St. Aloysius added on a school, which has also continued to flourish. The school now includes everything from pre-kindergarten readiness all the way up to eighth grade, plus full day daycare. St. Aloysius prides itself on educating youth in a religious centered environment.

St. Aloysius is also very active in the Catholic Youth Organization that is run through the Toledo Diocese.

CYO offers cross country for boys and girls grades K-8, girls volleyball grades 5-12, boys football grades 5-8 and basketball for both boys and girls grades 5-12.

Father Mark and the members of St. Aloysius are looking forward to their Parish Mission this year on March 18th-20th. Father John Judie of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky. will be conducting the mission. Father John is not a stranger to St. Aloysius, he met Father Mark at St. Meinrad Seminary school and has continued to stay in touch. Father John founded his own mission organization and is also has an international reputation as a Gospel musician. This year’s Parish Mission promises to be an entertaining mix of program, music and prayer.

St. Aloysius conducts mass every Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and also every Sunday at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. - plus free coffee and donuts!

“At St. Aloysius we make a real effort to be welcoming to everyone; including people of other faiths. We are diverse but unified in the faith,” said Father Mark.

Daily Mass: 7:30 a.m. – Confessions following Weekly Mass: Saturday 5:30 p.m. & Sunday 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Women’s Bible Study: Wednesday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in Clare Hall Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2012 (www.stalbg.org for schedule) Parish Mission – March 18th – March 20th 2012

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If you don’t believe in the power of prayer today, just wait until finals Traditional services held each Sunday morning at 8:30 and 11 a.m., Praise Service also at 11 a.m.

Casual service Saturdays at 5 p.m.

Saturday Mass 5pm Sunday Mass 10am, 5pm, 9pm

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Wednesdays @ 7:30 Rm. 308 in the Student Union

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “The atmosphere, great friendship.”

KRISTIE SNOUFFER, Freshman, Speech Pathology

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Change in dining options to impact quality, price of food

Full disclosure — I am currently the District Manager for the Wendy’s franchise which operates the Wendy’s in the Student Union. We are a local small business.

However, I am writing this opinion as a former alumnus of BGSU. I attended BGSU from 1999-2005 as an undergraduate and graduate student. In January of 2002, I

What made you want to come back this semester?

“Being around a lot of people in a small town.”

BEN SCHROCK, Junior, Finance

attended the Student Union grand opening with much excitement. I took part in the survey done the previous year, in which students, faculty and staff selected Wendy’s as a restaurant of their choice to be in the new student union.

What made Wendy’s a great option for campus beyond the great food was the fact that an independent business would operate on campus, giving students a choice and creating a competitive environment.

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an economics class to realize the effects on service when a monopoly exists.

When Wendy’s closes in the Union, there will no longer be a competitive business environment.

While the University may bring in a different restaurant, it will all be operated by ONE company, Chartwells.

Like the students attending BGSU today, I experienced high prices, poor service, and long waits at campus restaurants. What motivation will Chartwells

MEGAN MARSHALL, Freshman, Business

have to better serve students when they are a monopoly on campus?

I’m surprised by the lack of interest current students have in the changes involving Dining Services.

Come next fall, students should be prepared for long waits and higher prices ... without the choice of an independent business on campus.

­Kurt Chiarelott kurtchiarelott@gmail.com

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Students, faculty should voice ideas JAMES PFUNDSTEIN FACULTY COLUMNIST

Getting angry may or may not be a mistake, but sometimes you need to get MAD. MAD, in this case, stands for Mutually Agreed Dispute Settlement Procedure. (It ought to be MADSP, I guess, but it’s hard to say that without spitting on the person you’re talking to.)

It’s an agreement between sides during collective bargaining, which the University faculty is currently conducting with the University administration.

A MAD agreement does a few things, but maybe the most important is that it sets a mutually acceptable deadline by which a contract will be negotiated.

BGSU-FA, the faculty union here at the University, has been seeking a MAD agreement with the University since last summer, and the sides finally came to terms in December and agreed to negotiate a contract

by July 12 of this year. (http:// bgsu-fa.org/wp/2012/contractmad/) A lot of this negotiation will be about money matters, of course (wages, workloads, benefits), the stuff employers and unions always fight about­­— I mean, the stuff they politely come to agreement about. But there’s more to it than money.

Anyone who’s been here a while can tell you that the University has been through some weird times recently.

Last year was a pretty wild roller coaster, when the faculty

voted to form a union and then Governor John Kasich and his merry band of pranksters in Columbus passed a law (over objections from Republicans and Democrats alike) that destroyed the bargaining rights of firefighters, teachers, and cops.

Some of the most restrictive language in the bill, the socalled Yeshiva language, was actually suggested to the legislature by members of the previous University administration. (http://www.toledoblade.com/ Politics/2011/09/22/BGSUofficials-linked-to-role-in-S-B5-draft.print) Ohio voters then took these newspaper reports, rolled them up, and smacked the legislature’s nose with them, voting to repeal the right-killing bill by dramatic margins. (http:// w w w. t o l e d o b l a d e. c o m / Politics/2011/11/08/Issue-2. html) That’s how we got here, but the current question is how we go forward.

We have a new administration at the University, a bargaining process that’s endorsed by a solid majority of Ohio voters, and a fresh opportunity to talk about the stuff that matters to us.

It’s time to ask ourselves and each other what kind of university we want, not just what we can afford. How can we build a better University?

If the MAD helps us agree on an answer to that crucial question, getting MAD will be the opposite of getting angry.

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Media’s view appears skewed, not representative of entire network TYLER BUCHANAN COLUMNIST

A fellow columnist this past Wednesday wrote an impressive piece in regards to the media’s influence on political movements.

I was unsure that a person could fit so many talking points in one column. Like I said, I was impressed.

In regards to the relationship between the Tea Party and Occupy movements, “The two can simply not be compared,” the column read.

Yes, how could one grassroots campaign of concerned American citizens protesting against big government and

abuses of capitalism compare to the other grassroots campaign of concerned American citizens protesting against big government and abuses of capitalism?

The media supposedly “shines a happy light on the Occupy movements” while focusing on the racism and negativity of the Tea Party.

I suppose this explains why nearly every major media outlet only covers the Occupy movement if there’s a juicy police stand-off.

It’s easier to report “put your hands behind your back” than wealth inequality and corporate greed.

There are numerous rebuttals I could make to counter the notion of the column that Tea Partiers are merely hardworking, law-abiding citizens with a truly patriotic message

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of fixing the government.But that would be playing the columnist’s identical game of extremities. Not every Tea Party protestor dressed up like Ben Franklin and paraded around shouting racial epithets against Barack Obama.

Similarly, not every Occupy protestor throws rocks at police, rapes people in tents or burns American flags, as the column suggests. But it’s the “mainstream media” that’s been the issue here, apparently.

“Are journalists not held to a code of ethics to seek and report the truth?” I don’t know, are they?

Was the “Fair and Balanced” Fox News held to this code of ethics when several of its anchors — Sean Hannity, Neil Cavuto and Glenn Beck, to name a few — hosted tax day tea parties throughout the

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United States?

“Celebrate with Fox News,” Beck told his audience before the 2009 rallies. Yes, what happened to the “civility and balance in the news media?”

Right. But hey, these are just obscure news anchors on the highest-rated news network which touts its “Fair and Balanced” coverage. How could this compare, as the column references, to Paul Krugman?

An opinion columnist for The New York Times, who writes his … opinion? What “hysteria!”

The column also delves into media coverage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) passed in 2010. The author cites one “seemingly staged” incident which stereotyped Tea Party radicalism in the news media.

Here’s an example that wasn’t “seemingly staged.” In

October 2009, a managing editor issued a memo to his news staff to “Please use the term ‘government-run health insurance.”

“When it is necessary to use the term ‘public option,’” he continued, “Here’s another way to phrase it: ‘The public option, which is the government-run plan.’”

Months prior, Republican pollster Frank Luntz told Sean Hannity (remember, a Tea Party activist but “fair and balanced” news anchor) that using the phrase “government option” was an effective way to rally against the health care bill.

Three guesses which news network Bill Sammon, the managing editor, worked for.

It begins with an F. Media does affect support for political movements and ideas, and many times it’s intentional.

“What happened to the civility and balance in the news media? Are journalists not held to a code of ethics to seek and report the truth?”

Those questions are asked by some who favor talking points of “mainstream media” over true media analysis. Those are the same questions ignored by a person who views an opinion columnist’s ideas to hold the same journalistic weight as a concerted effort by an entire news network to frame ideas and actively participate in what they’re supposed to be objectively covering.

Take a step back and look at the real media framing; just don’t label me as the “liberal media elite.”

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Falcons sign 20 players

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Clawson announces 2012 recruiting class Wednesday

By Ryan Satkowiak Sports Editor

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MIKE SULLIVAN, BG defenseman, tries to take the puck from Notre Dame defenseman Mike Russo during BG’s 3-2 loss to the Irish at the BGSU Ice Arena earlier this season.

FIGHTING THE IRISH Falcons look to continue success, head to South Bend for matchup with No. 8 Notre Dame

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T

he BG hockey team is back in action this weekend as they travel to Notre Dame for a two-game series against the Fighting Irish.

The games Friday and Saturday start at 7 p.m.

The Falcons are coming off a good month of January. They won two games, recorded two shootout wins

and only had two losses in the six games played in the month. They begin the month of February with the No. 8 team in the nation, Notre Dame.

BG is in a groove after it bounced back against Western Michigan last weekend. The first game BG lost 4-1, but the second night the team battled to overcome a 1-0 deficit and stunned the Broncos with a 2-1 victory.

The Falcons have been particularly good with the shootouts this sea-

son. They are 3-1, and their only loss was at home to Western Michigan on Dec. 9. They won back-to-back shootouts against Ohio State and won their only shootout on the road this season against Miami.

BG (8-15-5, 3-13-4-3 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) was swept earlier this season by the Fighting Irish with

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For the first time in several years, the BG football team was able to recruit for the future.

No longer saddled with scholarship losses due to Academic Performance Rating (A PR) issues, the Falcons were not presented with any gaping holes in their roster come National Signing Day. That, and given the fact that BG returns 21 of 25 starters for the 2012 season, head coach Dave Clawson was able to approach recruiting with a different mindset.

“This year, since we didn’t have too many positional needs, we were able to be patient with a lot of guys,” Clawson said. “We were able to stay on a couple of guys who in previous years we wouldn’t have.”

Because of that patience, the Falcons were able to land a couple of players who had offers from BCS conference schools.

In fact, several incoming players were at one point committed to notable programs.

Linebacker Erick Hallmon, a 2-star according to Rivals, was at one point committed to Texas Tech, before eventually softening on the Red Raiders and committing to BG back in December.

Cornerback Will Watson, rated a 3-star by Rivals, had previously committed to Iowa State, before opening up his process and committing to BG on Jan. 17.

While it wasn’t as recent, receiver Michael Allen committed to San Diego State as a

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Women’s basketball extends win streak against Northern Illinois

By Michele Wysocki Assistant Sports Editor

One down, one to go.

The BG women’s basketball team etched out a 57-47 win against Northern Illinois on Wednesday, and they have another home game Saturday, which is the first game of a BG basketball double header in the Stroh.

In the Falcons’ win Wednesday, point guards Jessica Slagle and Logan Pastor led the team, with Pastor marking her career high of 12 points in 14 minutes.

Pastor was exactly what BG was looking for when NIU closed in on it lead late in the first half. With five minutes left to play before the half, Pastor came off the bench and immediately got confident.

“It was a big relief to come in and hit that first jump shot and having teammates and coach behind you that support you,” Pastor said. “That’s really what kept me going.”

Pastor was highly recruited by both teams, and ultimately she chose to come to BG. Associate head coach Jennifer Roos said if it weren’t for Pastor, it would have been a different game.

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“[Pastor] was the spark that we were looking for when we were struggling every which way,” Roos said.

BG’s bench played well for the Falcons, outscoring the Huskies’ 22-6.

The Falcons knew early on they would have to shut down NIU’s pack line defense, a coined style by the Huskies’ head coach Kathi Bennett.

“We wanted to try and push the tempo as much as we could,” Roos said.

NIU was led by Claire Jakubicek with 17 points and eight rebounds.

The Falcons were out-rebounded by their opponent once again — 40-34.

Roos said it was an ugly win for the Falcons, and it was a game where they could have played much better.

BG went just 2-17 at the arc and 13-24 from the free-throw line — Slagle contributed six of those in the last two minutes of the game.

Despite a scattered stat line, the Falcons did have a statistic Roos was proud of. The Falcons pushed the Huskies into 20 turnovers, and limited themselves to just nine.

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will play the Western Michigan Broncos in front of another home crowd.

Entering play Thursday, the Broncos are 5-16 with a 2-6 record in the Mid-American Conference.

Maria Iaquaniello leads Western with 13 points per game. Close behind her is Miame Giden with 11.8 points and a team high of 7.8 rebounds per game.

WMU’s most recent contest was against Ohio, where it lost at home, 72-59.

Currently the Broncos are winless on the road, with the majority of their games left to play away from home.

The Falcons will enter Saturday with a 12-game winning streak and a record of 19-3, and 9-0 in the MAC. Head coach Curt Miller will remain absent from the game and has asked everyone to respect his privacy at this time — his status is the same.

Roos said business will continue as usual, and they are taking their schedule one game at a time.

“We’re firm believers in routine; we just kept confidence in the proGILLY HANSON | THE BG NEWS gram and everything we do day in and day out,” Pastor said.

LOGAN PASTOR, BG guard, rushes the ball up court during BG’s 57-47 win against Northern Illinois.

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BG gymnastics to compete in Maryland tri-meet

By Daniel Sierra Reporter

The BG gymnastics team puts its skills to the test Sunday in a tri-meet against North Carolina and Maryland in College Park, Md. The Falcons have steadily improved in the first four meets, posting a seasonhigh score of 193.225 against West Virginia two weeks ago. Most recently, the team stuck an impressive array of vaults at Western Michigan, earning its highest single event score of the year with a 49.025.

Coach Kerrie Beach expects to showcase some new routines in Maryland, as the team’s competitive lineups begin to take shape.

Lindsay Koch returned to the lineup on uneven bars last week, and Amanda Lievendag, one of the team’s strongest performers, will make her competitive debut for the Falcons this weekend.

“That’s a huge step forward for us, seeing those two back in the lineup,”

Beach said. “It’s forced all of our athletes on bars to want to step up and keep working bigger and better skills. I’m starting to feel like we’re not going to be held back on that event anymore, and we’ll be able to put four strong events out on the floor.”

With strong routines on paper, the key to the Falcons’ success will be their mental game. If not for several falls against Western Michigan, the team would have scored close to 195 points, a score that would put them among the best in the nation.

Maryland and North Carolina both have yet to eclipse the 195 mark, casting the weekend’s competition as one in which mental fortitude will make the difference.

“Looking at the scoring, I think we’re definitely competitive with those two teams,” Beach said. “It’s really exciting to be able to walk in and feel like we’re capable of hitting 195 with this team. It’s just a question of whether they’re mentally ready to put every routine together on every event, and

“Seeing them up in the 193 score range this early is great. We’re hoping to get some 194s and 195s through the second half of the season and make a run for Regionals.”

Kerrie Beach | BG Gymnastics Coach I think they are.”

The importance of competing at a high level every weekend cannot be overstated, as a team’s highest scores throughout the season determine whether or not it advances to NCAA Regionals.

While Beach is pleased with the team’s steady progress, she acknowledges that big scores cannot come too soon.

“Seeing them up in the 193 score range this early is great,” she said. “We’re hoping to get some 194s and 195s through the second half of the season and make a run for Regionals.”

Individually, the Falcons stack up well against the rest of the Mid-American Conference, as several gymnasts hold No. 1 rankings. Jamilah Ali holds the

Falcons hand Western Michigan first home loss of season Dee Brown

By Ryan Satkowiak Sports Editor

Recent trends once again came forth Wednesday night, except this time, they were beneficial to the Falcons.

The BG men’s basketball team continued its stretch of alternating wins and losses by defeating Western Michigan, 72-48. It was the Broncos’ first home loss all

Led all scorers with 21 points Wednesday season.

After a first half that saw BG lead by only two points, the Falcons exploded to score 48 points in the second half on 19-of-25 (76 percent) shooting.

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“I have to give our guys a lot of credit; the second half we really made shots,” said coach Louis Orr. “Being able to score and guard well — it was just one of those nights.”

After being victimized by turnovers in a loss to Eastern Michigan the last time they took the court, the Falcons were able to turn the tables

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top spot on the balance beam, while fellow freshman Gina Locigno is tied for first all-around.

The Falcons continue to be a national power on the floor exercise, placing in the top 25 for the third consecutive week.

With individuals standing out and lineups beginning to gel, Beach believes it’s only a matter of time before the team reaches its full potential.

“Every meet we’re seeing progress here and there on different events,” she said.

“I think in the next couple of meets we’re going to see them start understanding that they can put a whole meet together, and they should be putting them together for the next six or seven weekends before the postseason.”

HOCKEY From Page 5 scores of 3-1 and 3-2. In the first game, team leader in goals Bryce Williamson scored the only goal for the Falcons. In the second game the Falcons got up 2-0 early, but couldn’t hold on for the upset. Williamson scored again in that game, and Ryan Viselli tallied one.

BG has not had good luck playing Notre Dame. Dating back to last season, the Falcons are just 1-5 against the Irish. In those six games, the Fighting Irish have outscored BG 21-11.

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Notre Dame is currently in sixth place in the CCHA standings with 33 points.

The Fighting Irish have a plethora of talent on their roster, especially at forward.

Sophomore T.J. Tynan is leading the CCHA in scoring with 36 points. He has 25 assists and 11 goals this season. Not far behind him is sophomore Anders Lee, who is tied for third in the league with 27 points.

Junior Mike Johnson has gotten the majority of the time in the net with a record of 8-6-3 and a 2.63 goalsagainst-average.

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Coach Chris Bergeron is confident with his team’s recent intensity on the ice, but knows what kind of team they are facing this weekend in Notre Dame.

“I think they are one of the best teams in the country,” Bergeron said. “We have to continue to execute. We cannot get down to a team like this on plays we give to them. Their “D” core is experienced, and we need to put more pucks on net.”

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BG tennis plays in first home match of season

By Nate Doolin Reporter

BG will host a pair of foes from the Windy City this weekend to kick off its first home stand of the season.

The Falcons will take on Chicago State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago inside the Perrysburg Tennis Center.

BG has come out strong with a 2-0 start to the season, thanks to the unified efforts of all seven players combining for a win percentage of 73.5 in singles play to date, with a 72-26 record. The doubles side has also gotten the job done by coming together

to post a 75.5 winning percentage this season by way of a 37-12 record.

The Falcons will start the weekend series by squaring off against UIC on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The Flames are 0-2 on the season, losing to Wisconsin (5-2) and Marquette (4-3) on the road.

Despite UIC’s 0-2 start, this squad is no stranger to winning. UIC brings forth a notable resume, as last season it clinched its 15th straight Horizon League Championship with a 10-0 league record.

Overall, UIC finished

18-5 for the 2010-11 season with eight shutout victories.

Under the direction of coach Shannon Tully, the Flames have held a monumental league record of 100-0 since her start in 2001.

“I’m excited that we are finally home, and we are looking forward to UIC,” said coach Penny Dean. “I have a great relationship with coach Tully, and this match should be a fun.”

The last time the Falcons faced UIC the Flames escaped with a 4-3 victory.

It was a hard-earned win for the Flames, as three out of the four singles losses reached

“I’m excited that we are finally home, and we are looking forward to UIC,” said coach Penny Dean. “I have a great relationship with coach Tully, and this match should be a fun.”

Penny Dean | BG Tennis Coach the third set.

The Falcons gathered the doubles point to start off the competition, but they couldn’t quite close it out on the singles side, getting edged out due to an experienced lineup. The Falcons have

consistently seen their fair share of UIC over the past 15 seasons, and the Flames have won the last three meetings.

“UIC we have historically lost to, but we know what we have to do to win,” said senior Jessica Easdale.

The Falcons will then finish up the Windy City series with Chicago State University on Sunday at 9:30 am. The Cougars hold to a record of 1-2 thus far in their season.

CSU was pummeled in their first match by DePaul, losing 0-7, and that was followed up by a 1-6 loss to Milwaukee. The Cougars finally found some light after achieving a 4-3 home win over Bradley last weekend. CSU finished last season with a 9-16 record.

“Chicago State is a new experience for us, and I am excited to see how we compare to them,” Easdale said.

BG track and field heads south to compete in Findlay Open

By Alex Krempasky Reporter

The Falcons’ track team will not have to travel far for this week’s meet, which is being held at the University of Findlay on Friday.

The meet begins at 1 p.m. with the weight throw event and the meet will end at 8:30 p.m. with the 3000meter run. Teams that BG will be competing against include Findlay, Oberlin, Tiffin, Lake Erie College, Ashland, Baldwin-Wallace,

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JORDON CRAWFORD, BG guard, protects the ball from Central Michigan guard John Morris during BG’s 71-58 win against the Chippewas earlier this season.

MEN’S From Page 6 on the Broncos, forcing 22 turnovers and scoring 33 points off those turnovers.

Every member of BG’s starting lineup had at least one steal, led by three each from Scott Thomas and Jordon Crawford.

“Turnovers are like fuel to the fire, especially tonight,” Orr said. “We were able to convert those into baskets, and then shooting 76 percent [in the second half]; you put those two together, and it was just one of those nights.”

BG’s guards led the way offensively throughout the game. Dee Brown led all scorers with 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, while Crawford added 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting, to go along with eight assists.

Brown was also 5-for6 shooting free throws, while Crawford made 2-of3 foul shots.

A’uston Calhoun also scored in double figures for the Falcons, adding 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting.

While the Falcons allowed Western to pick up 15 offensive rebounds, leading to 11 second-chance points, BG’s defense held Western to 39.2 percent shooting from the field, including 25 percent from three-point distance.

Now, the Falcons will

divert their attention to Saturday, when they return home to take on Northern Illinois.

The Huskies have struggled mightily this season, posting an overall record of 2-18, including a 1-7 mark in the Mid-American Conference.

The Huskies pack little offensive punch, ranking 11th in the MAC with 55.7 points per game. Making matters worse, leading scorer Tim Toler (10.8 points per game) was dismissed from the team on Jan. 26 for a violation of team rules.

Only freshman win Abdel Nader averages in double figure scoring for the Huskies. In fact, he is the only player still on the team who averages more that 5.4 points per game.

The Huskies also struggle defensively, allowing 69.3 points per game. Their minus-13.6 scoring margin is by far the worst in the conference.

However, one area where the Huskies excel is rebounding. They are the best offensive rebounding team in the conference, averaging 13.1 offensive boards per game. They are third in the MAC in rebounding margin.

Saturday’s game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. following the women’s basketball game at the Stroh Center.

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member of the class of 2009, but fell one class short of being allowed to enroll, according to Clawson. He went to East Los Angeles College for the past two seasons before committing to BG, and Clawson said Allen reminds him a bit of Eugene Cooper.

Clawson was particular about stocking up on potential needs for the near future, signing six offensive linemen, including junior college center David Kekuewa.

“We graduated two of our top three centers, so that was a position we wanted an older guy,” Clawson said. “We thought that [Kekuewa] was too good to pass up.”

BG also signed two receivers, where the

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Will represent the BG track team in the long jump Michigan State and MidAmerican Conference foe Central Michigan.

BG has placed well for positions in the meet. Four runners — juniors Jeanette Pettigrew, Felicia Jefferson, Janelle Campbell and sophomore Allorian Horne —

Falcons will graduate six players this year — including Kamar Jorden and Cooper, the team’s two leading receivers.

On the defensive side of the ball, Clawson said the team could afford to be selective with who they signed, given the youth of the team, particularly in the secondary. He offered high praise to the three defensive backs the team signed — Watson and safeties Josh Pettus and James Sanford — saying all three will have a chance to see playing time this year.

Perhaps the biggest need for the Falcons was at kicker. While the Falcons made 9-of-13 field goals last season, the longest made was from 39 yards.

The team only attempted two from longer than 40 yards last season.

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placed in the top five in the 60-meter dash, only placing behind unattached runner Ashley Abraham.

There will also be four BG runners in the 200-meter dash, four in the 400-meter dash, one in the 600-meter run, four in the 800-meter run and two relay teams in the 4x400-meter relay race.

Freshman Emily Gerken, who got the first seed, and Megan Reiter will compete in the high jump. Junior Janelle Campbell will represent BG in the long

jump and the triple jump.

Senior Ashley Harris and sophomore Anna Pomento w ill be competing in the shot put, and Harris along with junior Katie Fazekas and freshman Nicolette Johnson w ill compete in the weight throw competition.

As the Falcon team goes to Findlay to compete, junior Abby Koch will be traveling to the University of Notre Dame to compete in the 3000-meter run at the Meyo Invitational.

“This year, since we didn’t have too many positional needs, we were able to be patient with a lot of guys. We were able to stay on a couple of guys who in previous years we wouldn’t have.”

Dave Clawson | BG Football Coach who on kickoffs had 46 touchbacks as a senior in high school, Clawson said.

“We need to be able to attempt at least a 45 yard field goal,” Clawson said.

“With Anthony, and if Tyler Tate can get healthy, at the very least we will have competition at a very critical position.”

However, two of the biggest additions to the class were not recruits, but transfers. Former Michigan receiver JeRon Stokes a nd former Pittsburgh running back

Andre Givens transferred into the program during the fall, and will be eligible to compete in the 2012 season.

Stokes, a member of Michigan’s 2009 recruiting class, was the 14th rated receiver in the class of 2009. Givens was the 33rd rated running back in the class of 2010.

Of the 20 recruits signed, Allen, Kekuewa, linebacker Coy Brown and tight end Scott Davis have already enrolled and will be eligible to participate in spring practices.

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This week The Pulse is going trendy. The section is all about exploring a few recent trends, so if you’re clueless, look below.

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Pulse section explains trends, student interests DANAE KING PULSE EDITOR

This past summer, I got feathers in my hair. Eight feathers, to be exact.

This wasn’t exactly a decision I came to lightly, but in hindsight, I’m very glad I got them.

I chose to get feathers this summer because of my friend Taylor.

I went to the salon with her to get her feathers, and I have to admit, I was skeptical.

Feathers seemed unnecessarily ostentatious, and something that I wouldn’t take part in. However,

when I saw the rainbow assortment of fluffy feathers and how cool they looked in Taylor’s hair, I was sold.

I got feathers, eight bright, fluffy red feathers.

Despite almost violently combing them out of my hair by accident a few times, I soon fell in love with my feathers.

I was so attached (literally and figuratively) to my feathers, that, in December, when I finally parted with them, I had to be talked through it.

Taylor, whose feathers had fallen out long before, convinced me that it was time — the trend was over.

My feathers left me with more than just memories of more fun

hair styles, they inspired an idea.

During the time I had my feathers, several people asked me about them.

“Oh, you have feathers?”

They’d say. And then they’d go on to ask several questions I would gladly answer.

“How do they put them in?”

“Can you wash your hair?”

“Do they hurt?”

All these questions inspired me to explain this trend to more people than just the ones who asked me personally, I wanted to explain it to readers too.

This fall, the first ever trends article was about feathers and since, The Pulse has been explaining

Longboarders gain culture, catch thrills

By Tyler Strittmatter Reporter

Between a longboarder and the pavement there is a board (otherwise known as a deck), there are trucks, which are used when turning, four urethane wheels, metal or ceramic bearings and riser pads to prevent “wheel bite” during a turn.

It is almost identical to a skateboard except for the size and perhaps the shape depending on the board.

For some in the longboarding community, there is a definite culture surrounding the hobby, so much so that the word “hobby” could easily be replaced with “lifestyle.”

“Longboarding has a calming effect, and it is not so focused on tricks as, say, skateboarding. Instead it is focused on simply riding,” Craig Snyder, a junior at the

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trends just like feathers.

Trends pass in and out of popularity so fast it’s almost impossible to keep up, so if you find yourself behind in the trends, then this section is perfect for you.

This week, The Pulse is all about explaining trends; the good, the bad and the just plain confusing.

If you’re a little reluctant to ask your friends what dubstep is or why everyone has a longboard, just look inside this special edition of The Pulse for helpful explanations.

In this issue we delve into four recent trends and tell you what they’re all about. None of them are feathers, but it’s the same concept. Learn about longboard-

ing, 3-D movies, dubstep and timeline in this issue. Read the articles for explanations of when the trends became popular, why they’re popular and how people are responding.

The Pulse section has featured a trend article almost every week, and we’re not stopping. You need to know about trends and we’ve got the information.

I hope you enjoy this allabout-trends Pulse, and that you’ll look in future editions for even more trends.

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Students may have only been able to creep on their Facebook friends since 2004, but now they can stalk friends all the way back to their due date.

Timeline, Facebook’s latest profile layout, was first offered to users in 2011. Although not all users are using Timeline yet, the company started automatically switching users to the new layout in late January, according to an article from The Washington Post.

Wynn Rice, a sophomore at the University, switched to Timeline before the switch became mandatory. When Rice made the switch he was surprised at how easily he could scroll through his social life, including the posts he forgot about.

“The stuff was always there, but I don’t really like that anyone can see everything with one click of a but-

ton though,” Rice said. “If they’re going to look four years back at my life, they should have to work for it.”

Despite easier access to past posts, Rice likes the organization Timeline offers to its users.

“If I want to find something, it’s a lot easier,” Rice said. “It’s less convoluted.”

While Rice likes the new layout, Facebook users like Montana Miller, assistant professor in the department of Pop Culture, find the new layout harder to follow.

“One of the problems with Myspace is that you couldn’t take it all in at once, it was very difficult,” Miller said. “The way they’ve laid it out (Timeline) seems like Myspace.”

Miller agrees with Rice that user information seems much more visible with Timeline.

“I find it truly scary how much it’s invaded our lives,” Miller said.

Although Miller is not looking forward to the profile switch, she isn’t planning on joining any “Facebook protests” that erupt when the company makes layout changes.

“People always complain about every new change Facebook makes,” Miller said. “People aren’t going to leave it unless they actually feel less safe.”

Dave Nelson, a sophomore at the University, isn’t surprised by the controversy erupting around Timeline.

“I hate it,” Nelson said. “It’s kind of more customizable, but I don’t really dig that as much.”

While Nelson dislikes the new format, like Rice and Miller, he doesn’t plan to protest the new profile.

“I’m used to it; it’s Facebook now,” Nelson said. “It’s not something to protest. It’s just a free thing to do; you don’t have a right to have Facebook.”

By Tara Keller Pulse Reporter

If you leave a movie theater this weekend thinking you’ve seen the film before, you might not be experiencing déjà vu. Several movies have been recently re-released in 3-D, so chances are you saw the same exact movie several years ago.

Hollywood has been re-releasing their already popularized films into 3-D. These well-known titles include Disney classics like “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast.” The Blockbusters “Star Wars” and “Titanic” are also scheduled for a 3-D makeover later this year.

Jeffrey Brown, an associate professor in the pop culture department, said that money is the reason Hollywood is revamping these films.

“George Lucas isn’t rich enough,” Brown said. “3-D movies get a big payday and are fairly easy to update.”

Although some theatergoers have already seen the 2-D version of a film, they might still pay the extra ticket price to see the movie in 3-D, Brown said.

“It’s like music,” Brown said.

“They had it as a record, then an 8-track, then a cassette and now they’re buying an MP3.”

In addition to adding the 3-D element, some re-released films might include re-digitized animation or even deleted scenes.

“Some of these films have a cult following,” Brown said. “People will go see something for the one hundredth time if just one little thing is new.”

Instead of creating a new product, Hollywood is actually saving money by turning old products into 3-D, according to Daniel Williams, an associate professor in the theatre and film department.

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Dubstep evolves from underground genre

By Danae King Pulse Editor

Buildups, drops, repetition, heavy beats — these are all aspects of dubstep.

Dubstep is a type of music that can be heard on the radio, in bars and in dance clubs and has recently gained popularity, said Brian Scavo, the founder of Konkrete Jungle Bowling Green and a DJ. “Dubstep in general is very edgy; it has a high energy formula to it,” Scavo said.

“It’s perfect to dance to.”

Several popular songs

have been remixed into the dubstep style, increasing the genre’s popularity even more, Scavo said. But the genre did not originate on the radio.

“It was small DJs online who built up a fan base, and it moved to mainstream when people realized [it was interesting],” Scavo said. “It started out as underground music; there is no other genre that has gained such popularity in so little time.”

Donahue believes the music has deep roots in reggae and electronic music.

“To me the music really originates with many of the

great reggae artists who were incorporating reggae and developing the mix of reggae and using the mixing board as an instrument,” Donahue said. “They used a mixing technique that was known as ‘dub.’”

This technique brought an electronic type of sound to the music that was created, and it provided a heavy echo effect on different tracks, Donahue said.

“It has become more popular recently due to a new generation getting turned on to reggae, electronic music, trip hop,” Donahue said. “And all of that is incorporated in so-

Band members like to perform, connect with fans Bethesda to premiere at Howard’s Club H Friday night

By Erin Cox Reporter

Bethesda, a band from Akron, will play at Howard’s Club H Friday night.

The band got their name from a pool of healing in Jewish and Christian faiths that would heal someone if they dipped their hand or toe into it.

“We liked the imagery that came along with the name Bethesda,” the band’s guitarist, Eric Ling said. “We like to talk about things that are real, but also inject people with hope, and we thought it fit with the idea of this healing pool.”

Bethesda consists of Shanna Delaney, lead vocals; Ling, guitar; Jesse Sloan, guitar; Dan Corby, bass; Justin Rife, drums; and Christopher Black, violin.

Delaney and Ling met while attending Kent State University, started dating and are now married. They met the rest of the band members at church.

Each of the band members have a career outside of Bethesda, so touring has been difficult. Right now, Bethesda is doing a flower petal tour where they travel on weekends to perform outside in other areas.

Delaney and Ling both said it takes a lot of hard

work to balance their work and their music career, but they enjoy it.

“We really love music and what we do,” Delaney said.

“I wanted to perform and sing since I came out of the womb. I’ve always been a performer. I love writing too, but being in front of people, being an influence, making friends and talking to fans is definitely an honor.”

Ling was not born with the passion to perform like his wife, but has grown to love it.

“Performing gives a unique and intimate platform to connect with people on a musical level,” Ling said.

Bethesda plays all original songs mostly written by Ling with some help from Sloan.

“When I started writing it became infectious, and while music was just sort of a hobby, it was something I loved to do and wanted to work on,” Ling said.

Their songs relate to real life experiences, emotions they feel, difficulties they face and people who have been in their lives.

“They’re fantastic, their music is great and we’re excited to have them come,” said Howard’s bartender Ted Truman. “We hope everyone comes to check them out.”

The band finds it hard to classify themselves in a certain genre.

“All of us have brought different influences into the band and its created something unique and original,” Ling said.

Bethesda recently released their 2011 EP “Dreamtiger & Other Tails,” which was slated for 13 shows on various television channels including MTV, VH1, Showtime and E!. This means that their music could be used on TV shows such as “The Real World” and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”

“It doesn’t really hit you until you hear it on one of the shows,” Ling said.

Bet hesda prev iously released an album “Love in a Time of Tra La La” in January 2010 and a selftitled EP in 2008. Their music has played on over 200 independent and college radio stations, and the band has played in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago as well as their local area.

Bethesda has never played in Bowling Green, but Ling and Delaney both said they were excited to come play.

Truman thinks Friday night’s show looks promising with Bethesda playing, and local bands Tree No Leaves and Balloon Messenger will also perform starting at 10 p.m.

called ‘dubstep.’”

Donahue also attributes the music’s recent popularity to clubs, the internet and the fact that creating the music is done with ease.

“It’s really unclear [why dubstep is popular],” Scavo said.

However, there are elements you can pick out that indicate why the genre has become popular, Scavo said.

One of the elements is what Scavo calls the ‘crossover value,’ or the fact that many dubstep songs are remixes of pop and hip-hop songs.

“In the last five years, dubstep has had a profound

MOVIES From Page 8 “There’s an audience for the Disney movies,” Williams said. “They’re reintroducing themselves to a new generation and generating a quick return.”

The popularity of 3-D has risen throughout the years. Whether the trend sticks is up to the consumers and whether they are willing to pay to see movies in a new dimension.

“It’ll stay around as long

effect on awareness of electronic music,” said Scavo.

“Dubstep is making so many more people aware of an enormous music culture.”

Cla-Zel Theatre plays dubstep music during their club nights, which are Friday and Saturday night, from 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.

“Everyone who comes in enjoys it,” said Banan Alkilani, Cla-Zel director of marketing.

Konkrete Jungle, a bass culture and electronic dance music event, also performs at Cla-Zel. They perform the last Thursday of every month, and the next time

they’ll be performing is Feb. 23 from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Alkilani said.

“On a monthly basis we’re bringing through national and international DJ acts,” Scavo said. “We’ve had over 50 different DJs over the last year and a half.”

Scavo said they try to keep the Konkrete Jungle events diverse and always changing.

“It’s an experience that caters to the different senses,” Scavo said. “DJs do visuals; there’s hula-hoopers, jugglers, art on stage, dance, glo-sticks. It’s a full range experience.”

as there’s an audience for it,” Williams said. “3-D movies are a market for dreams, and as a species, we enjoy the story process.”

Junior Kaileigh Buckley just saw the 3-D version of “Beauty and the Beast” and said she enjoyed viewing it in a different format.

“I got the experience of seeing it in the theater for the first time,” Buckley said. “The 3-D really added something.”

Although she said she enjoys seeing the Disney re-releases, Buckley isn’t opposed to other franchis-

es following suit.

“I’d be curious to see “Star Wars” because it’d be an experience,” Buckley said.

Whether it’s seeing the Titanic sink again, this time in 3-D on the 100 year anniversary of the disaster in April, or watching Belle and the Beast’s famous waltz pop off the screen, 3-D is a trend with staying power.

“3-D is like riding a roller coaster,” Brown said.

“People like the spectacle.

They want to see something larger than life.”

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By Megan Kraft Fashion Photographer

The spring weather has brought an influx of bright ensembles being rocked throughout campus.

As the high fashion spring collections of designers Jason Wu, Balenciaga and Versace were released in Vogue last week, students’ ensembles mimic the fresh trends.

A fresh take on layers this season includes the always professional blazer. Blazers are perfect for early spring and the capricious temperatures of Olscamp hall, offering an outer layer of thin fabric. Charlotte Russe’ spring collection of outerwear includes a handful of new and reasonably priced knit blazers.

One of the more popular spring trends seen on campus are headwraps and turbans. As opposed to the traditionally worn headband, wraps and turbans are worn over the hair and forehead for a vintage-chic look. Chain link bands and thicker wraps in spring colors turn any outfit from sweet to swag.

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MIKE RECKER of the BGSU Longboarding Association, hones his boarding skills.

University, said. “Plus, it makes commuting to class fun.”

Mark Musgrave, owner of Red Sky Surf and Snow in Toledo, said the culture of longboarding is not the same as that of skateboarding.

“It is almost like the difference between skiing and snowboarding because there are two completely different mindsets,” Musgrave said.

Red Sky sells longboards instead of skateboards because there is more of a crossover bet ween longboarding and snowboarding, The value or purpose of longboarding varies depending on the rider. However, there seems to be some elements that are universal.

“Adrenaline is a huge part of it,” Janelle Stout said.

Stout writes for a publication called Longboard Steeze Magazine and used to live in Bowling Green.

“I love speed. I like to go fast. I do it for the rush and the feeling of not knowing what will happen at the end of a hill,” Stout said.

Tyler Thompson, a member of the BGSU Longboarding Association, an organization which is not yet a legitimate student group on campus, wants more people to get involved with longboarding, he said.

Currently, the group has roughly 20 core members.

“We are having our Second Annual BGSU Longboard

Association Slide Jam and Clinic on April 14, and it would be great if people came out to support us,” Thompson said. “Our overall goal with the event is to get more people interested in downhill or sliding and just longboarding in general.”

Thompson said the event will contain other aspects, such as teaching new riders different techniques and safety tips.

You can get involved with the group by joining the BGSU Longboarding

Association on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/bgsulongboardingorganization/.

Learning how to longboard should not seem like a daunting task to any beginner, Snyder said.

“I never envisioned myself on a longboard, but now I love it,” Snyder said. “I am about 6’5” and used to play football, and I managed to pick it up quick. When you start out, have someone with you who has boarded before.

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with not a lot of cars, so you don’t bump into anything.”

Learning how to do anything may come with challenges, yet Stout encourages beginners to keep riding even when there are trials that make it difficult.

“No matter what, don’t give up,” Stout said. “It will be challenging, especially when other people progress faster than you. Whether you are riding for fun or want to make it to the Gravity Games, you can’t hang your board up.”

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