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The truth is finally out on the identity of this year’s Freddie and Frieda Falcon as all four of the students’ identities were revealed at Saturday’s home hockey game. The two Freddies were juniors Jon Zacherich and Shawn Gilbert, and the Friedas turned out to be seniors Kate Finlaysos and Maddison Brown. The ‘beheadings’ took place during both of the game’s inter-
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missions, with Zacherich and Finlaysos at the first, and Gilbert and Brown at the second. The ice arena roared with a record crowd of more than 5,000 people as each mascot head came off. According to the athletics website, www. bgsufalcons.com, this marks the largest crowd in the history of the University Ice Arena. “The atmosphere in here is unbelievable,” Brown said. “All the people, the crowd and the students, are always loud every time. Being on the
ice was one of my favorite moments. It’s something I’ll remember forever.” After being the school’s mascot for a year, the four students are all proud of what they have done for the school, Zacherich said. “It was probably the greatest decision of my life,” he said. “It brought me so much closer to the University and the people in it. It was an awesome experience.” When the day of the beheading arrived, the students under the masks felt a mixture of excite-
ment, nervousness and sadness, Zacherich said. “I was nervous. It was the greatest and most awful feeling put together right in my gut,” he said. Perhaps the most exciting thing was the fact that the mascot’s friends would know the truth about who they are, Finlaysos said. “It was a big deal upholding this tradition of secrecy,” she said. “[Being beheaded] was a huge weight off my shoulders. I kept this from so many people and being
able to be out in the open with this felt good.” For the students in the crowd who found out their friends were Freddie or Frieda, it came as a huge surprise, said sophomore Caitlyn Menicucci, a friend of Zacherich. “When I found out Jon Zacherich was Freddie, all I could do was shout and jump around,” she said. “I was half upset because he totally fooled
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Dorm expenses to rise for fall Board of Trustees approve rates, renovations By Alissa Widman Managing Editor
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GRAFFITI marks the walls in an alley behind Wizard Graphics on Main Street. Efforts are being made in the city to combat vandalism to local businesses.
Downtown businesses fight graffiti problem By Alex Alusheff Social Media Editor
Local businesses are taking a different approach to prevent graffiti in the downtown area. “We are trying to be proactive instead of reactive,” said Barbara Ruland, director of Downtown Bowling Green. “We want to educate people about understanding that it’s one thing to express yourself and another to destroy private property.” In the past 15 years, graffiti has become more of a problem, said Municipal Administrator John Fawcett. Tags have become bigger and more elaborate while being placed in more visible areas. To combat this problem, the Downtown Bowling Green Organization teamed up with
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the city police and Crime Stoppers, and began placing placards around town and the University listing a phone number to report cases of graffiti or other crimes. People can receive up to a $1,000 reward for a report leading to a conviction. By emphasizing the fact that these people are not artists but criminals while getting the community to place their eyes on the issue, people committing the crimes will be caught, Fawcett said. While it is hard to catch criminals in the act, there are measures to deter graffiti. “Increased presence, visibility and quick response” are the best ways to prevent the action, said Lieutenant Brad Biller of the Bowling Green Police Division. The police have access to eight cameras around the downtown
area, Biller said. The cameras have led to graffiti artists’ arrests in the past, he said. “It’s very unsightly and it deteriorates the look of the property,” said Floyd Craft, owner of Ben Franklin Crafts and proponent of downtown’s initiatives. Not only is graffiti a blight, but removing it can prove expensive to the property owners as well. Removing graffiti is very costly depending on the size of the tag, the material of the wall and the labor costs, Craft said. Craft said his business has been tagged around 15 times in the past 36 years. Serious removal can cost property owners a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, said Jeff Sawyer, a
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Students living on campus will pay an average of about 2 percent more for their housing this fall. The University’s Board of Trustees approved increasing room rates at its meeting Friday, with increases ranging from $40 per semester for a basic double room to $90 per semester for a “super single.” “We are doing our best to keep the rates as low as possible,” said trustee David Levey. “The aggregate is just a little above 2 percent. I think that puts us in a good position in Ohio with our peers.” Laundry and technology fees of $145, which were previously charged separately to students, will now be combined with room rates on students’ bills. Meal plan rates, however, will not increase for the upcoming academic year. Chief Financial Officer Sheri Stoll said it is unusual to not have an increase in meal plan prices, but the University has had higher revenues and lower expenses than anticipated since contracting with Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services in 2010. Student initiatives on campus also helped keep costs low through water and food waste-reduction efforts, including “going trayless” in dining halls, Stoll said. “Dining Services has benefited greatly from our students’ effort
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Hockey splits with Michigan
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and we are very proud of what they accomplished,” she said. “We would not have been able to maintain our current board plan rates without their involvement.” The trustees also approved three capital improvement projects at the meeting — an extensive renovation to McDonald Hall, upgrades to Kreischer Quadrangle and renovations to the Falcon’s Nest and Black Swamp Pub in the Union. The improvements will cost $9.3 million, $2 million and $4 million, respectively, Stoll said. Steve Krakoff, associate vice president for Capital Planning and Design, said the residence hall upgrades will keep McDonald and Kreischer modernized, so they can remain low-cost housing options for students for “at least an additional 10 years.” McDonald’s renovations will relocate its main entrance to its east side, on North College Street, according to the meeting agenda. They will also improve bathrooms, common spaces, safety systems and wired and wireless Internet. “We’ll be doing a lot of things inside ... so it will look noticeably different,” Krakoff said. “While it won’t look like a brand new building, it will represent substantial improvement over the current condition.” The Kreischer upgrades will also improve Internet access, as well as
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Jessica D. Dornoff, 25, of Weston, Ohio, and Candy Faye Harris, 51, also of Weston, were both cited for theft/shoplifting at Walmart. They were allegedly consuming Starbucks Frappuccinos without paying for the $2.48 drinks. Harris was advised she was no longer welcome at Walmart and would be arrested for criminal trespass upon return.
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Complainant reported three white males and one white female tried to fight with him near East Court and North Main streets. He was able to run away. 7:57 A.M.
Joseph A. Delacerda, 30, of Toledo, was arrested on two active Wood County felony contempt of court warrants near East Wooster Street and I-75. He was transported to the Wood County Justice Center. 9:59 A.M.
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A business within the 1000 block of S. Main St. reported art paint stolen on Feb. 18. 3:01 P.M.
Items were reported stolen from a house within the 600 block of Elm St. Complainant believes it could be roommates and an investigation is pending. 3:19 P.M.
A back garage door of a house was reported to be kicked in within the 10 block of Darlyn Drive. 11:18 P.M.
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Complainant reported his 2002 Red Dodge Neon stolen from his driveway within the 100 block of E. Merry Ave. The vehicle was unlocked and the keys were inside. 11:31 A.M.
An unknown person took cologne and a pair of Nike shoes from a vehicle within the 100 block of E. Merry Ave. They were each valued at $60. 12:15 P.M.
Nathan M. Ackerman, 29, of Toledo, was cited for possession of marijuana in Courthouse Square. 1:05 P.M.
A city trash bin was reported to have been destroyed sometime overnight within the 500 block of N. Enterprise St.
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Cory Alexander Diglia was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Main St. No personal information was provided. 11:01 P.M.
Benjamin C. Salway, 23, of Celina, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol near Clough and State streets.
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Kelsey Lynn Cole, 18, of Leipsic, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia within the 200 block of N. Main St. 12:47 A.M.
Taylor D. Frazer, 19, of Bryan, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence of alcohol, and Trenton Ray Gubbins, 18, also of Bryan, was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia within the 200 block of N. Main St. 1:07 A.M.
Joshua Charles Poore, 23, of Wauseon, Ohio, was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia along with obstructing official business in City Lot 4. He allegedly tried to conceal the contraband and became uncooperative when the arresting officer tried to remove him from the vehicle. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 1:23 A.M.
Three windows were reported broken at a house within the 300 block of E. Reed 5:37 P.M. Ave., along with the front David A. Engle, 41, of Bowling passenger mirror broken off Green, was arrested for oper- of a vehicle. The front storm ating a vehicle impaired and door window was valued at endangering children within $100; the side door window the 600 block of Klotz Road. was valued at $50; the douHe allegedly had two children ble-hung window was valued in the vehicle with him. at $250; and the car mirror was valued at $200. The
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Manny Abdul Richardson, 24, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Anissa Montreese Thomas, 19, were cited for disorderly conduct within the 200 block of N. Main St. 12:18 P.M.
Complainant reported that a driver of a dump truck or snow plow that was ahead of her in traffic intentionally dumped the salt contents of the truck onto the front of her vehicle near Haskins and West Poe roads. The incident occurred on Feb. 11 and the complainant has since had her windshield repaired. 2:05 P.M.
Barbara Jean Hartman, 21, of North Baltimore, Ohio, was arrested for felony theft within the 1100 block of S. Main St. and was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. She had allegedly been concealing small amounts of cash from the cash drawer at her place of employment, totalling at least $1,100 during the past year and a half. 2:45 P.M.
Sharon Hsiang Lee, 57, of Bowling Green, was cited for theft/shoplifting and obstructing official business at Meijer. She had allegedly filled produce bags with candy and tried to pay for the candy as cabbage. She also allegedly switched price tags on clothing in order to pay clearance on fully priced clothing. She was also reported to be found with two social security cards and several credit cards that were not in her name. 11:20 P.M.
Amber Nicole Boyer, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct. She was allegedly kicking and breaking bottles within the 200
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Matthew A. Drummer, 21, of Wauseon, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Church St. 11:46 P.M.
Luke A. Tramte, 18, of Painesville, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol and littering within the 200 block of N. Church St. 11:48 P.M.
Chad A. Hoffman, of Columbia City, Ind., was cited for underage possession of alcohol and open container of alcohol, and Jared L. Pendleton, 21, of Bryan, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Church St. 11:57 P.M.
Steven E. Diehl, 22, of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and Carlos Antonio Reyes, 20, of Archbold, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana within the 200 block of N. Church St.
possession of alcohol; and Ian T. Stiver, 23, of Sidney, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana in City Lot 2. 1:26 A.M.
Zackary Ellenberger, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination near East Court and North Prospect streets. 1:31 A.M.
Ryan C. Kleman, 21, of Kalida, Ohio, was arrested for disorderly conduct/unable to care for self within the 300 block of S. Main St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 1:56 A.M.
Zachary A. Seifert, 20, of Waterville, Ohio, was arrested for underage under the influence of alcohol and cited for prohibited acts within the 200 block of N. Church St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center. 2:21 A.M.
Complainant reported an iPhone stolen within the 100 block of N. Main St. The phone was worth $300. 2:35 A.M.
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Austin Michael Brown, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for nuisance party within the 1400 block of Burrwood Ave.
Amanda M. Milkovich, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct and underage under the influence of alcohol within the 100 block of E. Court St. She allegedly threw a glass bottle on the ground and shattered it in a parking lot.
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Jimis Shukri, 21, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination within the 200 block of N. Main St.
Matthew J. Bowen, 22, of Attica, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination within the 100 block of W. Court St.
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Complainant reported dirt thrown at a house within the 500 block of N. Prospect St. There was no damage. 1:08 A.M.
Laura M. Baker, 23, of Sidney, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia; Jessica D. Crutchfield, 20, of Sidney, Ohio, was cited for underage
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What Abigail Cary likes most about Abigail’s Attic is the positive responses and support she gets from her friends and the community. She is also glad she has a chance to give back to her community. “I have a big heart to where I want everyone to have a good deal,” Cary said. Abigail’s Attic is a thrift store that opened Dec. 3 this past year. Items available for purchase include clothes, books, toys and furniture. Cary decided to open her store because she felt her faith leading her to help the community; and, she “loves a good bargain.” Cary owns the store and runs it with her husband, daughter and Keke Cobb, her friend. “Keke’s a great help,” Cary said. Cary and Cobb have been friends for years, first meeting through Cary’s husband, Bob. Cobb loves a good bargain and helping her friends, and she “thinks the idea is awesome,” Cary said. Cobb comes in about once a week to help out at the store. “I love it. It’s great work,”
BOARD From Page 1 electricity and fire safety precautions. Both projects will be completed during the summers of 2012 and 2013. During the meeting, Levey questioned the time frame for the Union renovations, which are slated for completion this fall. Plans include expanding the Falcon’s Nest and behindthe-scenes food preparation areas, relocating the game room and computer lab, and enhancing the Black Swamp Pub, according to the meeting agenda. The Pub could be used during the day to
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she said. The store also needs volunteers, as they cannot afford to have anyone on payroll yet, Cary said. They welcome anyone willing to help. Cary thinks the store is good for University students because it is close to the apartments where students live, and they deliver items such as furniture, which they have done a lot of in the past months. The prices for delivery range from $10 to $15. The store is catered toward, “Thriving people who have a limited income,” Cary said. Along with delivery, the store is also willing to pick up things people want to get rid of. The store’s items are taken from donations by supporters and bought from yard sales. Most of the donations are in the form of clothing, the items most often sold. “It’s about fashion trends; it goes in, it goes out,” Cary said. There are tuxedo rentals at the store, and a portion of the money goes to a charity of the renter’s choice. Because of the store’s recent
replace The Greenery, located on the Union’s second floor. “I don’t want to say ‘rushed,’ because that’s the wrong word, but we’re so methodical about our planning,” Levey said. “Is the timing right? I guess my question is, ‘why now?’” Because the University’s contract with Wendy’s expires in May, a priority is completing the renovations while implementing a new food option in its location, Stoll said. “We don’t want to leave that space vacant,” Stoll said. “Because we haven’t completed our student survey, we haven’t yet finalized the branded food concept that will replace it, but we can
opening, not many students seem to know about it. Only one out of 10 people knew what the store was. Two students, junior Molly Troller and senior Nathan Boysel had never heard of it; but, when it was explained to them they showed interest in going. Although the store is not widely known, the word seems to be spreading through the University. One student, senior Zach Shaffer, lived nearby and decided to take a look. He came for “good costume stuff” and “older style clothing.” Cary also explained how a sorority member from the University was interested in the store, and that she would spread word of the store to her sorority sisters. Students from the University’s construction program have also agreed to help with the store, Cary said. Cary wants to open more space in the building for her store, and the students are going to volunteer to help with it. Abigail’s Attic is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. MondayFriday and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturdays. It is located on 106 Napoleon Rd. The store accepts both cash and credit. Cary is also willing to negotiate prices with customers.
include in floor plan where we envision different food options to be located.” Also at the meeting, the trustees approved a sixyear capital plan for fiscal years 2013-2018 and changing the name of the University’s Bachelor of Science in Technology degree to Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology.
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paint contractor for D & S Painting, Shake Spray and Roll, who has painted over graffiti for downtown businesses in the past. The best thing businesses can do is get rid of the graffiti as soon as possible because if people don’t see graffiti to begin with, they will be less inclined to do so, Sawyer said. But graffiti on exterior
BIRDS From Page 1 me, but so excited because he is one of my friends. Like, I know that guy. I had no idea.” With the end of their reign here, the students can look back at the high points of the year. For Zacherich, it was attending the home football games. “Football season was an awesome, unbelievable
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walls aren’t the only problem, as defacing can happen on the inside as well. Jon Hobbie, co-owner of Uptown Downtown, said the bathroom is a usual target. “Unless you have a bouncer in the bathroom, you can’t stop it,” Hobbie said. Hobbie said he ends up repainting the whole bathroom after an incident and the defacing picks up around bar crawls and toward graduation.
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spirit there, it was nuts.” But it’s the impact that they had on both the students and the children at events that means the most, Finlaysos said. “The kids are the best,” she said. “They always love the bird. Sometimes t hey get sca red, but most really like Freddie and Frieda. They make it all worthwhile, along w it h students and t he community.”
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So, I have this professor who thinks it’s a good idea to assign a huge research paper to be due on Tuesday of this week. That doesn’t make sense to me, nor is it practical. How’s about you just make the paper due Thursday and give us some extra time. Are those two days really going to help you that much? —PRO-CRASTINATOR There is all this controversy about Chik-fil-A coming/not coming to campus; but, I think the real problem is that they aren’t putting a Taco Bell into the Union. If you really want to please the people, put a 24/7 Taco Bell in there! —FOURTH MEALERS UNITE I hate people who glamorize food; more importantly, people who glamorize coffee. Your addiction makes you sound weak. “I can’t go a day without my coffee.” When you say this, I want to slap you. Learn some self-discipline and save some money. —DECAFFEINATED To the girl ripping apart the skinnier girl Friday night, get over yourself. Just because she’s prettier than you doesn’t mean you have to nit-pick every aspect of her personal appearance. She’s beautiful and your animosity makes you appear ugly. —BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS Alright guys, I pick up the slack for you all the time. I come in to work early to make your lives easier and I stay late to help out; yet, you cannot seem to help me out when I need a break? See what happens next time you need me to pick up another shift! —SHAFTED ON HIS SHIFT
Students have made it known that they don’t want Chick-fil-A on campus. Or have they? Talk of moving forward in decision-making has recently focused on how the student voice should be involved. But all student opinions, for or against the restaurant, haven’t been heard by the decision makers. So you’re aware of the timeline, Dining Services is planning what food places will go into the Union when Wendy’s contract ends in the fall and the first floor of the Union is renovated this summer. Chick-fil-A was revealed as one of 40 brands to choose from, including Popeye’s Chicken and Chili’s, according to Director of Dining Mike Paulus in a Nov. 17 article in The BG News. A Dining Advisory Board,
“The decision was based on the thoughts of the student governing bodies and administration, not the actual student bodies. ”
alleged controversies surrounding Chick-fil-A’s business practices, with the LGBT community on campus speaking strongly against it. Dining Services consulted students regarding Chick-fil-A remaining as an option on a student survey of restaurant preferences for the Union. Undergraduate Student Government and Graduate Student Senate were approached for opinions about the student survey. As they are meant to represent the student bodies, USG and GSS passed their decisions against having the restaurant on a student survey on to Dining Services for consideration. Chick-fil-A was removed from the survey. The decision was based on the thoughts of the student governing bodies and administration.
consisting of 25 people who reached out to 642 students to vote, selected the top three choices the students voted for: Chickfil-A, Papa John’s and Panda Express, according to Paulus in a Feb. 1 article in The BG News. In January, issues regarding possible “anti-gay” activity within Chick-fil-A were presented to Dining Services. Talk grew about
But how much of the leadership’s decision was based on the actual thoughts of the student body? One student voice, the LGBT community, has been heard by strongly speaking in support of the community’s values and against Chick-fil-A. Few other issues, however, have been discussed relating to the food and the restaurant’s values. Has the decision to keep Chick-fil-A off campus, right or wrong, been based on concerns of the loudest voice of the students or the voices that represent all students? The BG News doesn’t have the answer as to whether the restaurant should or should not be on campus. The BG News does, however, think that less than
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Chick-fil-A decision was hasty By Rob Furia Guest Columnist
As most of you are aware of by now, BGSU’s Undergraduate and Graduate Student Governments recently voted to remove Chick-fil-A from the list of possible replacements for Wendy’s in the student union next year because some students were offended by the company being allegedly “anti-gay.” However, I feel that a rash decision may have been made without considering all of the facts. It seems to me that most of the discussion surrounding this issue was over whether or not an anti-gay company should be allowed on-campus. For the most part, I side with the University. I don’t think a
“...I feel that a rash decision may have been made without considering all of the facts.”
prejudiced entity should have a place here at BGSU. There’s just one problem with their reasoning though: Chick-fil-A is not anti-gay. There have been a lot of discussion points thrown around using this ambiguous term “anti-gay,” but it appears there has been very little effort to determine what this actually means or why Chick-fil-A has been labeled as such. Here are the basics: it came to light in several news sources earlier this year that WinShape, Chick-fil-A’s charitable organization, had given close to $2 million to organizations that were allegedly anti-gay. But did anyone take the time to find out who these organizations were and why they were being labeled anti-gay? One would think that a
claim so severe would be thoroughly investigated before it was taken into consideration. I did my own research and found the donation breakdown. Of the $1,733,699 given by Chick-fil-A, $1,714,199 was given to three organizations: The Marriage & Family Legacy Fund (part of Marriage CoMission), The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and The National Christian Foundation. Of these three organizations, none of them can truly
be said to have an anti-gay agenda. The only thing about them that can be considered anti-gay is that they are all Christian-run organizations; so, because of their religious beliefs they naturally don’t promote homosexuality. But outside of that, no part of their mission involves actively battling gay rights. If you don’t believe me, check out their websites for yourself. The other four companies Chick-fil-A donated to: Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum, Exodus International and The Family Research Council, all could be said to have antigay agendas. They also only received a combined $19,500
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‘Burger and beer’ discussion helps to open minds, clarify views PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST
I recently had the good fortune to share a meal with someone who I greatly respect, although our viewpoints are seldom the same. We talked about the Red Wings, politics, golf, the HHS mandate and just about everything else under the sun. My dining companion
is a person of goodwill who is highly analytical and can marshal facts and arguments better than anyone I know, myself included. So, it’s always an intellectually bracing experience trading viewpoints. We spoke at length about the HHS mandate, and this individual noted the crucial distinction between contraceptives and abortifacients. The point was made that contraceptives prevent fertilization. In this person’s view, there should be no ethical
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issues in their use because there’s no fertilization and, therefore, no new life. This is certainly not the case with abortifacients. In the discussion that followed, I had to re-examine my own beliefs. I didn’t have the mental ammunition at the time to rebut or refute my dinner companion. On the drive home, I tossed around these ideas in my head and concluded that more research and thinking was necessary on my part.
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I have come to agree with the view that there can be a great deal of difference ethically between a contraceptive and an abortifacient. It can be a mistake to treat them identically from a moral point of view. In the process of doing this additional research and reflection, I recalled a number of facts, e.g., some women don’t take contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but to prevent or mitigate certain physical conditions by using the estrogen
and progestin contained in the contraceptive. There should be no ethical problem with this, assuming that contraception is not directly intended. The purchase and use of a contraceptive can be ethically neutral, depending on user’s intent. There’s an entire area of morality and ethics devoted to the principle of the double effect: how to evaluate an action that is either good or neutral, but produces both a
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moral and an immoral result. The ethical problem with the wholesale use of contraceptives is that it can lead to promiscuous sex while avoiding its natural consequence, i.e. conception and procreation. Copulation then becomes a selfish act, and sex becomes a commodity, violating the dignity of both men and women. What happened to me
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BOBBY SHEA, BG defenseman, tries to block a shot by Michigan forward Alex Guptill, while BG goalie Andrew Hammond hugs the left post during BG’s 3-0 loss to Michigan on Saturday night.
Home attendance record set as BG fights for split with No. 3 Michigan By Matt Nye Reporter
The BG hockey team stunned a top five team again this weekend, and set a record in the process. The Falcons upset No. 3 Michigan 4-3 on Friday night. While the team lost 3-0 Saturday, an announced attendance of 5,031 witnessed the game, setting a BGSU Ice Arena record for attendance. The first game started off quickly as Michigan scored just 38 seconds into the game. Michigan freshman Phil Di Giuseppe threw a wrist shot at BG goalie Andrew Hammond and beat him to give the Wolverines a quick 1-0 lead. The Falcons came right back as they scored just six seconds later when Chad Sumsion carried the puck to the high circle and fired a wrist shot past Wolverine goalie Shawn Hunwick. The goal was his first of the season and tied the
game at 1-1. With just under five minutes left in the first period the Wolverines scored again as David Wohlberg put home a rebound to make the game 2-1. BG responded again scoring on a power-play at the 13:46 mark. BG set up a goal from Cam Wojtala on nice passing and he finished by shooting the puck over the shoulder of Hunwick. The score was tied at 2-2 heading into the second period. Michigan was the team that scored in the second period. With just five minutes remaining in the second period, Wohlberg passed the puck in front of the net and it found Alex Guptill’s stick and then he tipped it in for his 16th goal of the season. The score was 3-2 heading into the third period. With 6:47 left in the final period, Cameron Sinclair threw a shot at Hunwick that caught him off
guard. He made the save but gave up a rebound that Adam Berkle put home. With just 1:24 to go in the game, Bryce Williamson stole the puck from Michigan defenseman Jon Merrill and put home the gamewinning goal with just more than one minute left to give the Falcons a 4-3 win. Coach Chris Bergeron said this was a game that was good for his team’s psyche. “For the most part I think we went nose-to-nose with them tonight,” Bergeron said. “I thought we defended them pretty well for the most part with their high-powered offense.” Williamson said he thought the team played really hard in Friday’s game. “We didn’t get down when they made that early goal,” Williamson said. “We just kept battling out there and we gave ourselves a chance to win.”
The second game was dominated by the Wolverines. Michigan came out angry and shot the puck every chance they had at Hammond in the net, but Hammond stood tall in the first two periods with no score. The shots were in favor of the Wolverines 31-15 heading into the third period. Alex Guptill won the faceoff and Wohlberg shot the puck past Hammond to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead in the early parts of the third period. Just three minutes later the Wolverines scored again behind a scrum in front of the Falcons net. Kevin Lynch found the puck and put it past Hammond. Michigan added an empty-net tally to make the final 3-0. In the loss, Hammond had a huge game making 46 saves. The Falcons finish the season 10-21-5 overall and 5-19-4-3 in the CCHA.
Congratulations fans, it only took you 18 games to get it. BG hockey games are pretty awesome. For those of you unfortunate enough to not be in attendance Saturday night, let me take this time to fill you in on what you missed. Announced attendance was 5,031, or approximately 2,000 more than any other home game this season. Or, if you are into records, it was the largest crowd in BGSU Ice Arena history. It was the first time in three years at BG where I did not sit in the stands. No, not because I didn’t want to. There was literally nowhere to sit. The stands, from the boards to the roof, were packed. Hundreds of people were standing at the south end of the ice watching. A normal three-minute drive to the ice arena took 30 minutes because traffic on Mercer was so backed up. And lastly, which might be the most incredible part, the crowd at the hockey game was almost double that of the men’s basketball game against Kent State, which started an hour before BG took on Michigan. I would have given you even money odds that the basketball game would outdraw the hockey game. I was wrong. Quite frankly, coach Chris Bergeron’s quote following the game pretty much sums it up. “I don’t think I can put it into words,” he said. “[Michigan, goaltender] Shawn Hunwick came up to me at the end and said: ‘This is what Bowling Green should be every night.’ That’s from an opposing player. I can’t thank everybody enough on behalf of this program to stick with us. “If we can have crowds like this, it will truly be a home ice advantage again.” Hear that? A home ice advantage, something BG has probably only had for four games this season
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Falcons clinch outright division title by defeating Miami By Michele Wysocki Assistant Sports Editor
It was nothing short of a show in the Stroh. In the women’s basketball team’s last regular season game at home, BG clinched the Mid-American East Division title with a 64-55 win against Miami. With the win against Miami, BG maintained a 14-1 record in the inaugural year of the Stroh Center. It hasn’t lost a game since its first home game against nationally-ranked Purdue, where it only lost by one. Senior Jessica Slagle said she remembers saying, after the Purdue game, that their team hadn’t found its identity yet. “It feels so good to know that our hard work paid off, that one of our huge goals towards the end of the season,” Slagle said. Saturday was also senior day, where both Maribeth Giese and Slagle were honored. “I was pumped up just to play Miami, they are the other contender
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in the East,” Slagle said. “They’re a top four seed in the league.” The 2,407 people in the Stroh Center gave Slagle a standing ovation when head coach Curt Miller took her out of her last game with 30 seconds left on the clock. Slagle led the team with 14 points, along with the other two captains Chrissy Steffen and Danielle Havel who had 14 points and 11 points, respectively. BG’s big story was its foul shooting. It went 82 percent from the line, making 34 of 41 attempts, which was a season high for the Falcons. The Falcons held Miami’s star player, Courtney Osborn, to just one point in the first half. She left the game with 21, but Miller was proud that they made her work for
Falcons go 2-2 during weekend The BG softball team posted a 2-2 record this weekend at the Hilltopper Classic. Go to our sports blog at BGNewsSportsBlog.blogspot.com for a full recap of the weekend’s games.
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all her points. BG needs to win its last regular season game on the road on Tuesday at Kent State to clinch a tie for the overall MAC regular season title. The Falcons would tie with Eastern Mich. and BG would clinch the number-one seed for the MAC Tournament. If BG loses to the Golden Flashes, they could drop to as low as the third seed, if EMU and University of Toledo win Tuesday. “I think if you would have told us in October, at the beginning of the year that we had one game left in the season to be the No. 1 team in the MAC we would have looked TONY CLEETON | THE BG NEWS at you funny, and not believed you, ALEXIS ROGERS, BG forward, drives to the hoop against Miami’ s Lillian Pitts during BG’s 64-55 win but we would have taken it,” Miller against the RedHawks on Saturday afternoon. said.
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Falcons keep hopes for bye alive by defeating Kent State By Nick Marlow Reporter
After coming up just short at Kent State a month ago with a 60-point second-half rally, BG took vengeance on the Golden Flashes in the second go-around. Scott Thomas surged the offense with 15 points in the first half before A’uston Calhoun and Torian Oglesby came alive in the second half as the Falcons soared to a 74-58 Mid-American Conference win Saturday at the Stroh Center. “It was really a great team effort and I thought we finished strong,” said coach Louis Orr. Thomas (21), Calhoun (17) and Oglesby (15) combined for 53 points. Guard Carlton Guyton paced the Flashes with 17 points while center Justin Greene — who leads the team at 13.6 points
per game — had 16. Greene’s success was not indicative of the Falcons’ bluecollar work ethic defending the interior. Cameron Black posted three of seven BG blocks which facilitated 40-34 scoring advantage in the paint. After a fleeting spurt early when Kent went up 12-7 with 16:02 left, BG took hold of the reins and used a tight zone defense to force 16 turnovers and convert them into 19 points. Twelve of Thomas’ points in the first period came from behind the arc, where he was 6-of-10 from on the night, as the Falcons took a 38-32 edge into the locker rooms. “Michael Porrini was on me and I felt like I was able to shoot over him with the height difference,” Thomas said. “I was able to come off a few screens and shoot over top of him.” The Flashes buttressed the turnovers by shooting 11-of-20
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Forward led BG with 21 points against Kent (55 percent) to stay within six. Kent State would get as close as three points in the second half before getting outscored 23-10 over the final 12:32. Ten second-half turnovers notwithstanding, BG’s unwavering dominion out of the halfcourt set allowed it to hold serve the entire 20 minutes. “You’re either going to play it on their terms or your terms,” Orr said. “If our zone is active we have the chance of kind of slowing teams down … this [game] was more on our terms.” Calhoun shot 7-of-10 for 14 points and Oglesby was 5-of-5 for 11 to juice a 61.5 percent effort from the field by the Falcons after the break.
“It’s always good to have multiple options on the offensive end,” Calhoun said. “My team wanted to keep me incorporated in the offense (in the second half) … They said they wanted to come straight to me on the first play and they did that several times throughout the second half. And if they’re going to come to me I have to respond.” Six of Oglesby’s points during the second-period surge came on alley-oop or putback dunks which kept the crowd on its feet and had the Flashes wearing countenances of resignation. After a transition layup by Guyton from Randal Holt, Kent was kept scoreless the final 5:26 of the game. The loss was Kent’s third straight and put BG within a game of the Flashes for fourth place in the MAC and a first-round bye in the tournament.
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The BG gymnastics team posted a season-high away score, falling to No. 17 Missouri on Friday, 196.25-193.825 in Columbia, Mo. The Falcons’ effort was highlighted by a season-best 48.525 on the uneven bars, the product of all six gymnasts hitting their routines for the first time this year. The team competed well, despite losing senior Dawn Christman in warm-ups to an ankle injury. Coach Kerrie Beach plans to rest Christman temporarily, but is hopeful she can return for the end of the season. “She’s got some history of some ankle problems,” Beach said. “It was really irritating her. What I don’t want to do is lose Dawn for the rest of the season, so I felt it was important that we back off and rest a little bit, and then get ready for the rest of our season.”
Led the Falcons with a 9.825 on the bars After shuffling line-ups to replace Christman, the Falcons began the meet on bars. Monica Eaton led the team with a 9.825, sticking her double layout dismount. Freshmen Gina Locigno (9.775) and Amanda Lievendag (9.725) put up season-best scores to continue the momentum, as the BG gymnasts hit all six routines. “That’s an event that we’ve been working so hard to get consistent,” Beach said. “To see them go to an away meet and get started like that really shows that we’re on the right track. They really walked in wanting more. They had the desire to do it and they didn’t get distracted by anything.” The team’s positive momentum carried over to vault,
where Locigno and Lievendag again stepped up to help the Falcons. Locigno was added to the lineup at the last minute, after not vaulting all week in practice. She came through early, scoring 9.5 to start out the rotation. Lievendag vaulted for the first time this season, landing a tough 10.0 vault in her debut, scoring 9.725. The new vault— a laid out Yurchenko with a full twist—is a skill Lievendag perfected working with the BG coaches. “I had never competed that before, ever,” Lievendag said. “It was really exciting to be able to do that and contribute to the team.” The Falcons faltered on the balance beam, having to count a fall after two gymnasts missed. Eaton, a Missouri native, stepped in as the leadoff performer, hitting for a 9.525 in front of her friends and family. “I was really glad to be able to step in for another teammate who was injured and get up
and hit and score a pretty good starting score for our team,” Eaton said. Next up, Megan Valentini suffered her first fall of the year, ending a string of seven hit beam performances. Locigno also came off the beam early in the lineup. The back half of BG’s beam team came through, hitting three strong sets to close out the meet. Harrington (9.8) and Wishart (9.775) scored season-highs, and Ali also went 9.8 for her routine. The mistakes cost the Falcons, who ended the meet well behind Missouri, 196.25-193.825. The score was more than a point higher than BG’s previous best road number, however. BG gymnastics closes the regular season with three straight Mid-American Conference meets, culminating in the MAC Championships on March 24. The Falcons next face off against Ball State on Friday in Muncie, Ind.
BG track and field finishes 11th at MAC Championships By Alex Krempasky Reporter
The BG track and field team had a rough team performance this weekend, finishing 11th at the Mid-American Conference indoor championship meet at the University of Akron. However, head coach Lou Snelling was expecting this type of performance from the team. “Overall we had a positive
second day,” Snelling said. “The team results for the meet were expected.” Junior runner Jeanette Pettigrew stepped up on the second day of the meet after having a rough first day on Friday. Pettigrew finished second in the 200-meter dash and then helped the 4x400 meter relay team consisting of herself, junior Felica Jefferson, sophomore Allorian Horne and junior Allison Weimer to boost their season-best time
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Finished second in the 200-meter dash by eight seconds. Though the Falcons had a poor team performance, Snelling is optimistic to what the future holds for the program. “Our long-term goals are obviously much higher,”
Snelling said. “I’m excited to think about the progress this program will make over the next several years.” The next scheduled meet will be the Alex Wilson Invitational this weekend at the University of Notre Dame, but it is uncertain whether the team will compete in it. The outdoor track and field season begins March 17 with the UC Early Bird Relays hosted at the University of Cincinnati.
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BG tennis ends skid, defeats Cleveland St. The Falcons flew into Cleveland State University on Saturday afternoon searching for a victory and got nothing less, putting up a 5-2 score. Saturday’s win breaks a three-game losing streak and places BG with a 4-3 nonconference dual record on the season. BG started the match, clawing its way through the doubles portion, taking two out of the three matches. The Falcons were in complete formation as the teams only dropped seven out of the 24 games played in doubles. The Falcons never let up on the attack when the singles portion rolled around. BG’s flight one contest ended with a Nikki Chiricosta victory of 6-3, 7-5. Maddy Eccleston would claim her prize by embarrassing her opponent 6-1, 6-1. Emily Reuland rounded out the top three flights by surpassing her foe in three sets of work 6-2, 2-6, 6-0. Reuland and Chiricosta both extended their singles record to 6-1 on the year. Flights four and five showed to be some trouble for the Falcons but their effort was not overlooked. “I thought Mary (Hill) especially fought tooth and nails for every point,” said coach
Defeated her singles opponent, 6-1, 6-1 Penny Dean. “She was down 0-4 in the first and fought back to 4-6. She forced the second set to a tiebreaker. She had to change her game a bit and fought so hard, even though her opponent pulled away slightly to take that match.” Jessica Easdale from flight six would finish her match 6-2, 6-4 over her opponent to conclude the scoring on the singles side. The win for Easdale improves her singles record to 4-2 overall in dual match wins and remains unbeaten this season in unscored doubles action (4-0). “This was an exciting and strong win for the team that will propel us in working harder for Kansas and Houston coming up,” Dean said. With more than half the season left, several Falcons are on pace for a top tier spot for combined wins for a season in the BGSU record book. The Falcons will re-energize and take a breather in the season, not seeing their next match till Mar. 18 when they take on Houston in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Santorum’s honesty could be GOP campaign obstacle JAMES PFUNDSTEIN FACULTY COLUMNIST
Mitt Romney may not be a reptoid, but one thing is clear: he would claim to be one if he thought a majority of voters in any upcoming election wanted him to be one. The opposite is true of Rick Santorum. He is fairly honest about his record and his opinions. (You can’t get a 100 percent honest politician in America today. Voter demands make honesty an anti-survival trait.) That makes him the most nearly honest of the current crop of Republicans running for president. It also makes him far scarier than any reptoid. Rick Santorum has a right to his opinions. But what he is seeking is the power to enforce his opinions on you, whether you agree with him or not. For the past couple of
STAFF From Page 4 a hundred people should not have made this decision without consulting a better representation of the thousands of students who will use the Union. People who k now about this issue might not feel inclined to voice their opinions, as it seems the student governing bodies and administration haven’t looked beyond their own views and the concerns of one community. Di n i ng Ser v ices appears to have taken the blame for any controversy surrounding the restaurant, and USG and GSS have made their point that they do not support Chick-fil-A. But who is talking about what students think? Student opinion did initially contribute to Chickfil-A as a possible option, and as this decision will affect the Union, it should
PHIL From Page 4 during and after the meal illustrates the need for us to always be open to new ideas. We can, and must, hold to our beliefs, but these beliefs should spring from informed thought processes and knowledge that has been distilled and reflected upon. As a result of this dinner and subsequent rethinking, my views have been sharpened, clarified and refocused. This is part of the ongoing journey in our wrestling with a complex world. It’s good and important to
weeks, middle-aged and elderly men have been rampaging like demented mastodons across the cultural landscape, trumpeting their opinions about vaginas and the dreadful things that women do with them. The purest example of this idiocy was Representative Darrell Issa’s hearing about contraception policy that excluded female witnesses. The ostensible issue was the Obama administration’s mandate that insurance plans cover contraception for women. Twenty-eight states already had such mandates in place and they have not sparked a significant amount of controversy, but politicians eager for a new battle in the culture war started to make a big deal out of the issue. President Obama responded, as he typically does in these situations, with a compromise: religious institutions with a moral objection to contraception could claim an exemption, and the cost of the contraceptives under those plans would be borne
involve more students’ opinions concerning removing it as an option. More could have been done by the leadership to reach out to students to educate them about t he restaurant. More could have been done to reach out and hear what a variety of students think and prefer. This way some various opinions, whether ever yone agrees with them or not, would not go unheard. All issues surrounding Chick-fil-A could be assessed rationally with an accurate inclusion of what the student body thinks as a whole. The BG News asks that a student survey be done, as it was when the initial top three choices were chosen. Then a variety of voices will at least have a chance to be heard, rather than just a few.
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exchange views with sincere people who hold views different from one’s own. This is true diversity; not the faux diversity peddled nowadays that uses skin color, sexual preferences or gender as the sole criterion. I’ve previously written about the merits of a “A Burger and Beer” discussion – a friendly exchange between people of opposing views with no name-calling, recriminations, or unpleasantness. I hope to do it again.
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GUEST From Page 4 out of $1,733,699, around 1 percent. Ninety-nine percent of this giving went to organizations whose only fault is being part of a religion that considers homosexuality a sin. Does this really equate to being anti-gay? “Anti-gay” seems to be a far stronger term that implies an active and aggressive stance against homosexuality and gay rights, while these companies seem to have little to no involvement in the gay agenda. The same term shouldn’t be used to describe the Westboro Baptist Church and also an organization like NCF that gives millions each year to poverty relief, education and humanitarian efforts. When you do that, the term
other conditions, too: endometriosis, ovarian cysts and dysmenorrhea, to name only three. (http:// w w w.ncbi.n l m.n i h.gov/ pubmed/6470632) Women tend to know this. They need to know this. Men who care about the women in their lives also know this, or should know it. And so the war against contraception is pretty short on recruits. When the right-wing politicians and pundits who had been forcing their outrage on this issue realized it wasn’t getting them anywhere, they started to run away from it as fast as they could. Guys like Rush Limbaugh even started to claim that Democrats had made up the controversy for their own benefit. Anyone who knows the history of the modern Democratic Party knows that they simply don’t have the cunning involved for that kind of maneuver, but it is a nice thought, anyway. But Santorum’s honesty is the biggest stumbling block for anyone trying to claim
that the right-wing isn’t crusading against contraception. He’s insisted repeatedly that he would defund coverage of contraception. (See an example on video here, during an extended interview, around 17:50: http://youtu. be/KN7WfIZh690 .) Nor is this the only way that Santorum is out of step with the rest of America. Santorum is both famous and infamous for his belief that the government has the right to regulate private sexual acts between consenting adults, because he claims there is no right to privacy. In the notorious “man-on-dog” interview he insisted, “You say, well, it’s my individual freedom. Yes, but it destroys the basic unit of our society because it condones behavior that’s antithetical to strong healthy families.” So there it is. If he is elected president, you will have the right to live according to his view of religion. Why do I spend this much space writing about the odd opinions of this odd man? Because, among other
reasons, he’s coming here. Representative Bob Latta is sponsoring an appearance by Rick Santorum, Grover Norquist and other ignotables of the far right on March 3. If that is the sort of thing you’re into, I’m not here to judge you; you can attend the dinner for $25 dollars and bask in the sunny sanctimony of the ex-senator. If you’d rather protest Santorum and his narrow views, you can do that, too. Most of the student body will be out of town for spring break (coincidentally?), but there will be a protest nonetheless. If you’ve read this far, it won’t surprise you to hear that Santorum and his views repel me. But there is one thing that’s valuable about him: he says what others only think. That will give us a chance to talk back when he comes to our town.
becomes far too ambiguous. An even better question is why would Chick-fil-A be considered anti-gay for supporting them? In the end, that logic is completely flawed. Saying Chick-fil-A is antigay for donating to a religious organization is like saying someone supports domestic violence because they paid to see a Mel Gibson movie. So my question is this: why were these claims not investigated before they were used to make a decision? Why was all this discussion about whether an anti-gay company should be allowed on-campus, and not about if the company was actually anti-gay or not? In light of this information, it seems the only thing Chick-fil-A is guilty of is being pro-Christian. Wouldn’t punishing them for this just be another form of discrimina-
tion? Isn’t that the very thing we’re trying to eliminate? I understand the University wanting to stand against an anti-gay company, but failing to consider the facts made this decision anti-intellectual, not antidiscriminatory. It seems the decision was made based largely on faulty assumptions about Chick-fil-A’s charitable work, meaning a hasty conclusion was drawn to avoid association with a company that was unfairly labeled. I’m not saying Chick-fil-A should be welcomed here next year, but I believe it was unfair to remove them from consideration without having a clear and balanced understanding of their alleged offenses.
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So let’s drop some knowledge. The home season may be over, but the team still has games left. It takes on Northern Michigan this weekend in the first round of the playoffs, a team that it beat in the first round of the playoffs this past season. So far, BG has 10 wins this season, two more than it had in the regular season this past year. The best part is, wait for it, the team only graduates two seniors. The bulk of this team is underclassmen, and still getting better. The one thing really that is a bit of a bummer about the attendance this weekend is when it happened, the last home game of the season. Sure, it was a great way to send off the seniors, and to give the whole team a fresh memory
heading into the playoffs. But there is virtually no fan momentum, if you will, that stands to be gained. It’s not like there’s a home game this weekend where everyone can say, “Hey, last weekend was fun, let’s go do it again.” No, the next home game is about seven months away. By that time, the memory from this weekend will be long gone from the heads of fans who made it arguably one of the most electric weekends in recent memory at the BGSU Ice Arena. You all have the power to not let that happen. You may not have grown up a BG fan — I didn’t — but the bottom line is you’re here now. Showing some school spirit never hurt anyone.
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— both Ohio State games and both games this weekend. Since I’m all about rhetorical questions right now, for those of you who did go to the game: didn’t it feel good to at least show some school spirt for a couple of hours? Friday night’s crowd probably has a better taste in their mouth because of the result, but I digress. Note that this isn’t something that is indicative of all fans. There are a contingent of BG alumni and students who regularly attend home games (pointing at you, Falcon Fanatics). However, it is sort of fan nature (especially here) to only show up when the team is good.
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3 BR house,unfurn,139 S College $900/mo, inclds. gas, dep. req. Avail. 8/15/12, year lease. Call 419-601-3108. 311 Ridge - Nice 3 BR home, available Fall 2012. Call 419-352-5882. 3BR apt, near campus/downtown. Avail Fall, $800/mo, utils. incl. Call 419-352-5882.
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BG Apts. - 818 & 822 2nd St, 2BR apts available May/August, $490-$500/mo +utils, 12 mo lease www.BGApartments.com Smith Apt Rentals 419-352-8917
Lrg, well-maintained 3BR w/ W/D, attached garage, 3 student max occup. Avail May, $650/mo +utils. Call 419-601-0781.
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2 BR apt, unfurn, half block from BGSU, $550/mo, incl gas & utils. Avail May 15, call 419-601-3108.
Effic. apt, half block from BGSU, $300/mo includes electric & gas. Dep. req, avail Aug 15, yr lease. Call 419-601-3108.
Domino s Pizza now hiring shift runner, exp pref. Apply in person at 425 E. Wooster St, BG. Handyman/painter needed for apt maintainance, approx 25hrs/wk. Contact: randy@rjrobertscpa.com Kidzwatch - both centers now hiring FT & PT care givers for days, eves. & weekends. Email resume to: info@kidzwatch.net
20112-13 S.Y. Leases: 3BR house, W/D, central air, dishwasher, $700/mo. Avail May 15, 2012. 2 upper apts in house w/ shared bath, $275/mo & $350/mo. Call 419-601-3225 for more info!
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