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Seniors urged to ‘Believe in BG’ HOW DO I MAKE A GIFT?
By Tasneem Almuhanna Reporter
At the beginning of each semester, tuition does not fund all of the benefits and opportunities available to students. The Believe in BG Senior Campaign encourages students to give back in order to benefit future Falcons. Graduate assistant Jay Kahn said the senior campaign collects money for the Excellence Fund, which the University uses for various programs in need, such as student offices. Today, the University and other colleges everywhere are facing dramatically reduced state funding and other fiscal challenges that threaten the college community, Kahn said. Since tuition covers a small portion of what it costs to actually operate the University, it relies on such donations and gifts, he said. In addition, the Excellence Fund responds to emerging opportunities or challenges in funding student programming, scholarships and outside-the-classroom experiences, Kahn said. Assistant Director in Annual Giving, Tracy Army, said the program’s theme has changed from previous years, when students donated benches and gazebos to the University. “Our ‘Believe in BG’ theme symbolizes that students believe in the University that they attended,” Army said. The campaign’s ultimate goal is to have a comprehensive student philanthropy program start next year, which will have a large educational component regarding philanthropy, Kahn said. “There is a common miscon-
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Development Office, located in the Mileti Alumni Center ■■ Online: Complete the 2012 Believe in BG Senior Campaign Pledge Form — click on “Ways to Give Back” at www.bgsu.edu/offices/ alumni/ ception among students, in which tuition is used for the operation of the University, but in reality it’s roughly less than 25 percent,” Kahn said. “The majority of the operating comes from government funds or private gifts from donors.” This year, 600 students have each given $20.12 in honor of their graduation so far, symbolizing the class of 2012, Kahn said. Last year, gifts for the University added up to more than $130,000, making a huge impact. “We have been working with students to get the word out, as well as student organizations,” he said. A student who donates when they have little is more meaningful than a donation from someone who has more to offer, Kahn said. If students value the experiences and opportunities they have had at the University and want to help continue that for future students, they volunteer their time or give back to the institution, Kahn said. “It’s about appreciating the point of giving back to the institution and understanding what it means for future students,” he said. Senior Clayton Stewart, who
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Revived Citizens on Patrol program seeks volunteers to deter criminal activity By Brian Bohnert Reporter
In response to concerns of latenight crime downtown, police are recruiting concerned volunteers to patrol neighborhoods during weekends this spring. To do so, the Bowling Green Police Division has resurrected its Citizens on Patrol program. The program pairs University students and permanent residents to comb neighborhood streets on the east side of the city. The pairs will look for suspicious or criminal activity north of Wooster Street
and east of Main Street. “We’re marrying-up a local resident with a BGSU student to essentially be the eyes and ears of the Bowling Green Police Division,” said Sgt. Mark McDonough, Citizens on Patrol coordinator. “They’ll be serving as an extension of the police department and normally the people patrolling actually live in the areas they’re patrolling.” Common nuisance reports in these areas concern loud noise,
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Library to evaluate ‘pilot run’ of free iPad service for students
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Five iPads now available for use within Jerome Library By Tyler Strittmatter Reporter
ALYSSA GANNON | THE BG NEWS
STEVEN RIESKE, a CRU leader, led a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening in front of the Union. Students gathered to show their support for those who were affected by the recent shooting at Chardon High School. For more photos of the vigil, see Page 3.
Students strolling the aisles of the library seeking a book to supplement a research paper may want to consider a newly available alternative. The Jerome Library now has rentable iPads, electronic tablets from the tech-giant Apple, accessible for all students as of Feb. 6. The library purchased five iPads this year and students can check them out for three hours at a time for use within the building, said Sara Bushong, dean of University Libraries. The iPads are loaded with a few applications for students to take advantage of. “Not many students have access to this new technology,” Bushong said. Bushong said she uses her own iPad to take notes and email first drafts of her writing to herself. Students will most likely use
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the iPads for similar purposes, she said. “We want to meet students where they are at,” Bushong said. “With the redesigned study spaces and the café in the library, students can study in a soft chair with a small iPad.” Bo Butler, the University’s materials management unit supervisor, echoed Bushong’s comments about the new iPads. “We have always been interested in helping students succeed beyond college,” Butler said. “iPads are going to be prevalent in the workplace and we want to give students the chance to use this technology.” The first five iPads the library purchased are a “pilot run,” he said. It’s possible more could be purchased, based on the
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IPAD From Page 1 results of the trial run. Accessing the library’s database online is one of the primary functions that the iPads will serve, Butler said. Not all of the feedback concerning the new iPads, however, has been positive. Junior Renata Griswold, a student who works at the library, said she isn’t a big fan of Apple products. “It’s just a bigger iPhone,” she said. “It just makes everything bigger.” Not many students have been checking them out so far, and they don’t seem to be popular, Griswold said.
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This could be because not many students know the iPads are available, she said. They are still relatively new. User surveys and focus groups concerning the iPads and their applications may be utilized in order to help decide what best suits students, Bushong said.
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CORRECTIONS The article “Beheaded” in the Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 issue of The BG News misspelled the names of two students who were revealed as Freddie and Frieda Falcon. The names read “Jon Zacherich” and “Kate Finlaysos,” when they should have been spelled “Jon Zachrich” and “Kate Finlayson.” This article “Gavarome moves Spots to Main Street” in the Feb. 24-Feb. 26 issue of The BG News misspelled the name of Mister Spots owner Jim Gavarone as “Jim Gavarome” in the story and its headline.
PATROL From Page 1 disorderly conduct, underage drinking, and vandalism to homes and businesses, he said. All patrollers will work 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. shifts and will be armed with a flashlight and a two-way radio to relay any suspicious behavior to local police, McDonough said. Citizens on Patrol was established in the spring of 2001 and in its first year, police saw a 14 percent decrease in reported crime in the 1st Ward, which consists of most of the downtown area and the University, McDonough said. The police discontinued the program in 2005, however, due to lack of public interest. McDonough said support from the East Side Residential Neighborhood Group brought the program back from its sevenyear hiatus when the coalition raised concerns to the current police chief this
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donated $20.12 to the Jerome Library, said students can donate to specific departments and colleges through the campaign. “The University gave us a lot with developing and learning new things,” Stewart said. “The library put a huge impact on my life and that’s why I had made my donation towards it.” The campaign allows for students to participate and make a difference for current and future students as well as honor their graduating
class, Kahn said. It will also increase the value of a student’s degree and recognize the positive and personal experience they had. “We appreciate that students have student loans ... it’s not easy for everybody to give $20,” Kahn said. “There are options for students for students such as pledging ... some may give $20 after they graduate.” Senior Christina Mills, who also made a donation, said the experience a student faces during his or her time at the University can’t be achieved anywhere else. The day a student graduates is the day that he or
she has obtained worldclass education, while also building meaningful relationships among friends, faculty and administrators, Mills said. “Giving back $20 is a small price to pay for the institution that has shaped us for the real world,” she said.
past June. Rose Hess, of East Side, said a fellow group member asked the chief why it was discontinued and if it would still be a viable option for the future. “We had concerns over land use, loud noise, vandalism and thefts,” Hess said. Because a lack of interest put the program on hold, McDonough said police wanted to test the public’s response before deciding how many applicants to accept. “We initially wanted to see what kind of response we were going to get,” McDonough said. “Right now I’m looking at about 30 applications, with a good mix of students and residents.” Hess, who is volunteering this year with her husband, said she is unsure what kind of results the initiative will bring this time around. Nevertheless, she hopes the presence of authority figures, even just unarmed volunteers, will be enough to deter criminal activity. “We’ll just have to wait and
see what happens, but we’re hoping to see a decline in the number of arrests,” she said. “I think it’s easier to commit a [crime] when no one is around, so hopefully this will act as a sort of deterrent.” Hess said she has seen many changes throughout her 45 years of living in the city and she believes the growing University population, combined with an overflow of students into the residential area, created a situation for increased local crime. However, Hess said she doesn’t blame all students for the crimes committed in her neighborhood. In fact, she enjoys interacting with them. “I got married and settled down here and it was kind of exciting watching it grow and change, but then it seemed like the University got too big for its own good and we got an overflow of people in the city and there would occasionally be trouble,” she said. “Ninety-eight percent of students are
good people who know how to behave. We’re talking about a small number of people who don’t know how to be good neighbors.” While preventing crime on city streets is Citizens on Patrol’s primary objective, it isn’t the only goal for the program, McDonough said. It was also designed to foster a better relationship between residents and students. “We wanted them to be together to break down the barrier between townies and students,” he said. “We’re trying to get rid of the ‘us versus them’ mentality.” Breaking down that barrier is a key component for a college town to survive, Hess said. A program like Citizens on Patrol is a good way to ensure it happens. “I think the idea of having a student paired up with a townsperson is a great idea,” she said. “We like it here. The problems are manageable. We just need more communication between the townspeople and the students.”
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Students remember Chardon Graduates, family, friends gather in Union Oval for candlelight vigil to honor those who died in Ohio school shooting Monday PHOTOS BY ALYSSA GANNON | THE BG NEWS
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ABOUT 50 students gathered Tuesday evening in the Union Oval in remembrance of those affected by the recent shooting at Chardon High School.
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “In the ‘Thinking Man’s’ hand.”
SHANE BROWN Sophomore, Film
I sat down at my computer Monday morning fully intending to write about presidential hopeful Rick Santorum’s upcoming trip to our campus this Saturday, but then a story came across the television that caused me to stop. The story of a high school student shooting and wounding classmates — sometimes fatally — is a story that is all too familiar these days. Still, when another one occurs it is no less sad, confusing, scary or frustrating than it was back in 1999 when the shootings at Columbine High School became the first school shooting to gain the national spotlight. On Monday, the story happened a little too close to home. Chardon, Ohio, is less than three hours away; just on the other side of Cleveland. This shooting spree claimed the lives of three students and left two others wounded. The shooter was apprehended a half hour later at his home, after a teacher chased him off the school grounds during the attack. (That teacher is a true hero and should be honored as such.) As I sat watching the news unfold, I wondered what makes anyone think that this kind of violent act is an option. What could build up such animosity and desperation inside of a person? The bigger question: How do we effectively prevent this from happening yet again? What could we, as a society, do to protect our children from being massacred by an unstable classmate? In this case, the shooter tweeted Monday morning that he was going to bring a gun to school. Could we make all students register their social networking accounts and have someone who monitors students’ tweets and Facebook status updates? While this may have some effect, it is invasive and would result in a lot of innocent people being scrutinized and possibly punished for something that they didn’t do. New gun laws are always an expedient answer. The lack of gun control laws and the unwillingness of elected officials to advocate for more gun control laws makes this an
easy thing to blame. What about a law that requires parents to show a receipt for a locking gun cabinet before they are legally allowed to own a gun? While this sounds reasonable to me, the Second Amendment would not permit such a law without a constitutional amendment. In cases where the teen shooter has stolen the gun from a parent, we could prosecute the parent for negligent homicide — the hope being that this would cause parents to make sure they own a locking gun cabinet to prevent such thefts. In Ohio, negligent homicide is a first-degree misdemeanor, meaning it would only carry a sentence of no more than six months in jail and a maximum $1,000 fine. And is it really fair to imprison parents for the choices of their children? What about making schools conduct home visits to their students’ homes to look for, and even ask about, guns and gun safety in the home? Again, while I can see the argument for such a thing, it places the brunt of the burden on people who have done nothing wrong and do not deserve to have their privacy invaded. And how could you enforce such a law? It would require law enforcement to intrude into the homes of innocent people looking for evidence of a plan to do wrong, which is no easy task. And therein lays the problem. There’s just not a good way to prevent this from happening again and again. While I do not have any suitable answers to this problem, I believe that there is an answer somewhere, and we must find it. I think the president should convene a congressional taskforce assigned to study the problem of school shootings and suggest some possible solutions. Our congressmen and congresswomen are supposed to be our surrogates, which I think means looking for solutions, even when they are not obvious ones. Until then, all we can do is send our most heartfelt sympathy, love and prayers to all of the families who have been and will continue to be effected by these senseless acts of murder.
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Human sexuality isn’t black and white KYLE SHUPE GUEST COLUMNIST
In a column titled, “Chick-filA’s food is controversial, yet tasty,” published Feb. 22, the columnist, while elaborating on the title, also makes some very provocative claims regarding homosexuality. His attitude towards the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community seems to be rooted in some strong Christian fundamentalist ideals that label being gay as sinful. The author’s suggested approach to “acceptance” is presented as the old axiom of “love the sinner, hate the sin.” The claims the writer makes in the piece are offensive to members of the LGBT community. One of the primary points the author makes is that “there is a difference between pointing out that the act of homosexuality is a sin determined by God and hating someone because of their practice of it.” Another point includes the notion that there are better ways than hate and protesting (like the Westboro Baptist Church) “of pointing out that the acts of homosexuality are a sin.” One primary issue with the column is the generalized use of the word “homosexuality” to refer to the entirety of the LGBT community. I would first like to reference to some terminology that the public
should probably understand. The acronym LGBT represents a greater assortment of identifiers for the alphabet soup of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, intersex, questioning and allied community. LGBT or queer are both acceptable to represent the broad categories previously mentioned, though there are other terms that were neglected in the list. A concept which was raised repeatedly in the article was the notion of homosexuality (or bisexuality) as actions as opposed to an identity. Sexual orientation is the potential for physical, mental, emotional, romantic and even spiritual attraction to another. Someone who is gay would then be attracted in all these ways to someone of the same sex and a bisexual individual would have these possible attractions for persons of both sexes. While sexual intercourse would be included in the definitions for sexual identity, it is certainly not the only facet of orientation, just like heterosexuality is not only about sleeping with the opposite sex. Assuming that the author’s claim of sexuality as actions is correct, I would like to then operationally define sexuality as sexual interactions with same or opposite sex partners. If this was then the case, then persons who identify as straight would only have
sexual encounters with the opposite sex; identified gay persons would only have sexual encounters with the same sex, and bisexuals would have sexual encounters with both sexes. Following the implied impression the column presents of heterosexuality as the norm, studies would then reflect that sexual liaisons between the vast majorities of people are opposite sex only — but this is not the case. A 1994 survey, from Edward O. Laumann’s book, “The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States,” revealed that from 7.1 percent to 9.1 percent of men and from 3.8 percent to 4.3 percent of women reported as having a same-gender sexual experience before the age of 18. In the same survey, 22 percent of males and 13 percent of females older than 18 described having at least one incident of same-gender sexual behavior in their lives. While the numbers here may appear small in nature when compared to the descriptions of self-identified sexuality, they help paint a clearer image. The study shows that 96.9 percent of males and 98.6 percent of females identify as heterosexual and 3.1 percent of men and 1.1 percent of women identify as nonheterosexual. Analyzing these numbers with some basic addition, one can find that the numbers
are misrepresented (i.e. 118.9 percent of men and 111.6 percent of women) with regards to self-identified orientation. This mathematical problem illustrates that some selfidentified heterosexuals, who should only partake in sexual acts with opposite-sex partners based on Martin’s definition, have at some point in their life engaged in at least one sexual act with a samesex partner. The author’s claims are a controversial and medieval approach to looking at human sexuality as black and white. From the standpoint of both science and society, the levels of understanding and acceptance for the LGBT community are on the rise. While the author describes the appropriate actions for good Christians to take as “encourage the group that the alternative they offer to the group’s acts is a much better option” (much like “gay therapy”). I would suggest he take note that the LGBT community is not trying to recruit anyone, so please do not try to recruit us. At the very least, I will not go out of my way to attack the author’s beliefs, and kindly urge him that if he wishes to make such contentious claims again, he at least should have the correct information to back them up.
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Pregnancy should not be feared, stigmatized ALICIA RIEDEL COLUMNIST
There appears to be a common conception that those who oppose abortion should be in favor of contraception. You may have read this comment made within The BG News in the past couple weeks by columnists Matthew Thacker and professor James Pfundstein. Thacker, in his editorial “Birth control more than pregnancy prevention,” presented the argument concisely, stating, “More contraceptives do, after all, prevent more unwanted pregnancies and thus prevent more abortions.” However, this reasoning misses the larger argument it critiques. While I have already quoted Christopher West’s response
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to contraception in a previous column, I believe the same quote is relevant here. In his book, “Good News about Sex & Marriage,” Christopher West states, “Contraception was not invented to prevent pregnancy.” He goes on to write, “There already existed a perfectly safe, infallibly reliable way of doing that — it’s called abstinence. Upon deeper reflection, it becomes clear that contraception was invented to indulge sexual instinct.” We don’t need contraception to prevent “unwanted pregnancies.” What we need are people who recognize that love is not contraceptive. Pregnancy is not a disease that we need to cure, but rather the miraculous result of an act of love. That is what sex should be and what it can be: an act of love. In the context of a loving marriage, a couple need not fear pregnancy, and if the
couple discerns that they are not in a position to support another child for whatever reason, they can abstain during that time. They can practice Natural Family Planning. They may further do so with the firm belief that life is a beautiful gift, and that even unplanned pregnancies should never be considered “unwanted.” To be both against contraception and abortion is consistent with the philosophy that sex belongs in marriage. It is further consistent with the belief in the dignity of human life. In this understanding we respect the life of man, woman, and child. Sex is an act of love, not merely a response to instinct. It has been noted that contraceptives prevent many pregnancies. Some do and others act as abortifacients. For those that do, we must recognize that they do not always work. This is important to
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“Pregnancy is not a disease we need to cure, but rather the miraculous result of an act of love.” remember because, if individuals are using contraceptives believing they will not become pregnant, they can still find themselves with an “unwanted pregnancy.” Individuals in this instance are certainly more likely to turn to abortion than those who are both against contraception and abortion. Therefore, to be against abortion and contraception is not a contradiction, but rather a consistent philosophy. The proposition behind this stance is that of responsibility for life and for love.
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Gender stereotypes, miscommunication can hinder relationships among people of all gender identifications and sexual orientations By Bobby Waddle In Focus Editor
Sophomore Ray George’s relationship with his girlfriend started in a bit of an unconventional way. “I actually didn’t ask my girlfriend [out] on our first date,” George said. “She asked me out first.” Marissa Oehlhof, an instructor in the Psychology department, said one of the traditional gender
stereotypes is for men to initiate relationships. “Men have a responsibility to do all of the asking, to take the risk, whereas the women are kind of waiting around to be asked,” she said. Other stereotypes include an expectation that men are oversexed and “ready to go,” while women are perceived to be undersexed and “in control of their urges.” This can lead women to sup-
press their natural sexuality for fear of being looked at as promiscuous, and it can also affect men, Oehlhof said. “Alternately, guys who aren’t looking to just have sex with anything that moves kind of get this negative stereotype as well,” she said. “Like ‘What’s wrong with you? Do you not like me? Am I not pretty enough? Are you not into me? Are you gay?’” “It’s damaging,” she continued. “Guys aren’t ready-to-go sex
machines 24 hours a day any more than women are.” Stereotypes can affect same-sex relationships as well. Tobias Spears, assistant director of the LGBT Resource Center, said same-sex couples can feel pressured to fit into a “homo-normative box.” “We’re taught that relationships look like a man and a woman,” he said. “We sometimes even bring that into spaces where same-gender and same-sex people have relationships.”
In same-sex relationships, a common question among men is who will be the patriarchal, controlling figure, while women also feel a push to identify as a more feminine “lipstick lesbian” or a more masculine lesbian, Spears said. People’s roles should not be dictated to their gender expression or sex, and these roles develop out of
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Sex talk needs more Peers, mass media exposure can sincerity, honesty in society influence attitudes on sexual activity BOBBY WADDLE IN FOCUS EDITOR
Let’s talk about sex. For one of the most basic human instincts, its ramifications are incredibly complex. This is illustrated by the many political debates that I am, quite frankly, sick of hearing (though yes, they are serious). Instead, I just want to talk about the nature of the act and how it can affect us socially. So many of our most awkward social interactions have sexual or romantic undercurrents, but sex has managed to insert itself into other areas of our conversation. It is hard for me to go anywhere without hearing some kind of sex joke or double entendre thrown around, and I myself tell quite a few (it’s also the reason I watch Judd Apatow comedies). However, I enjoy laughing at disgusting, sexually oriented jokes for the same reason a lot of people laugh at uncomfortable subjects: sex is deeply serious at its heart. This is because it deals with relationships. Whether it is a long-term commitment or a one-night stand,
people need to have a lot of trust to share their body with someone else. The most important thing is that people of all genders and sexual orientations should only be judged for their sexual behavior when they damage someone else’s self worth and physical well-being. A lot of this probably comes from pressure in our society to have sex. It is not meant to be something to get out of the way — it can be pleasurable. Society also needs to quit treating sex like it is taboo. By placing a stigma on discussing sex, people are too scared to discuss what they think about it. They make mistakes because they’re reluctant to ask someone what to do or to take proper precautions. Be honest with what you want with someone. It’s not much fun to realize people only used you for your great body if you want people to notice your caring personality. Conversely, it’s not much fun to get sucked into a relationship where there are no feelings. But if two people are happy with a one-nightstand, they can go for it. Just remember to stay safe. If done wrong, sex has complex consequences. But if you do it right, it can feel good for a long time.
By Danae King Pulse Editor
Everyone is having sex. Or at least this is what the media, peers and even personal thoughts are making adolescents (those around age 10 to 20) believe — but it’s not true. “A lot of adolescents believe that everyone around them is sexually active when they aren’t,” said Marissa Wagner Oehlhof, an instructor in the University’s psychology department, who teaches a class on human sexuality. Oehlhof attributes the pressure adolescents feel to a combination of factors, including what’s put in front of people every day, friends, and self-made internal anxiety. “We live in a sex-saturated society,” she said. The media constantly throws sex in our faces — there’s music about hooking up, sex scenes in movies and the more people watch and listen to this media, the more normal it becomes, Oehlhof said. “It’s like scar tissue,” said senior Mindy Sondad. “The more you’re exposed to it, the less you realize it’s taboo.” Jeremy Wallach, associate professor of popular culture, said
Marissa Wagner Oehlhof Human Sexuality Instructor
media isn’t a deciding factor of whether people have sex. “What really matters in America is not our media but our lives,” Wallach said. “It has influence but it’s not going to be a deciding factor, that other person is.” While not a deciding factor, Oehlhof said the media can affect people’s attitudes about sex. “People aren’t running out and having sex because TV or radio told them, but rather this media affects our attitude,” Oehlhof said. “It desensitizes us to what we think and hear, makes it seem more common than it is, like it’s no big deal.” Sondad, however, said she thinks media doesn’t pressure adolescents to have sex. “I don’t think it pressures them to have sex but they (the media) certainly don’t look down on it,” she said. “They’re accepting of it.” There are seven sexual scenes
per hour on TV and at least one -fifth of all advertising contains sexual content, Oehlhof said. In addition to the amount of sex in the media, the way it is portrayed is often not reality. “[Sex is] something where the media absolutely doesn’t help give an accurate representation of what the world’s actually like,” Oehlhof said. But according to Wallach, popular culture’s portrayal of young adults and sex isn’t necessarily out of step with reality. “Most mainstream popular entertainment forms make a big deal out of sex,” Wallach said. “Usually sexual relationships are present in the context of a relationship.” Wallach said casual sex in the media is rarely unpunished. However, Oehlhof said some shows don’t address sexual responsibility. “We live in a sex-saturated environment but there are still taboos about good, honest sex and sexuality,” Oehlhof said. “There is a lot of miscommunication, it’s a sexualized, sexy society but not really a sex intel-
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Tony Mazzarella, former BG rugby player and current head coach, continues family legacy at the University
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There has been a Mazzarella roaming the College Park rugby field as coach of the Falcon rugby club for more than two decades. After Roger Mazzarella stepped down as coach after the 2007-2008 season, his son Tony took over the team with great results. Tony, who was a fullback for the BG squad from 1993-1998, is the team’s all time leader in points with 1,020 and tries with 141, and was also voted the team’s Most Valuable Player three times. As a player he was similar to Ed Luther, with a very intense attitude, but also had a little Max Narewski in him, as he was one of the top players on the field. Tony’s father and coach, Roger Mazzarella, described the feeling that Tony sent through the crowd whenever he touched the ball. “My wife told me this one time after a game, she said that every time Tony touched the ball he sent an electricity through the crowd and you knew something good was going to happen,” he said. It was about five years after
Tony graduated from the University, while spending time in New Zealand playing rugby sevens, that he realized he wanted to be a coach. “Playing in New Zealand was a great experience for me; I learned a lot about the game that I didn’t already know,” Tony said. Tony, who was also a hockey player in high school, looked for inspiration on a more national scale as well. One of his biggest inspirations was his high school hockey coach Herb Brooks, the popular coach of the 1980 Olympic hockey team who stunned the Soviet Union in the renowned “Miracle on Ice.” His high school hockey team finished as runner up in the state championship when Tony was a senior and he credits most of the team’s success to their head coach. “Our coach was really good,” Tony said. “He stressed to us that a team should never compare themselves to other teams and to execute the way you want all of the time.” Tony is a coach who is rarely satisfied with winning — he is more result-driven and follows his hock-
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ey coach’s idea of execution first. This may result in him having more of a stern coaching style concerning player interaction, but from a technical aspect both his father and team lock, Luther, agree that Tony is the best. “Tony is way more into the technical aspect of rugby than I ever was,” Roger said. “In fact, he designed the current offense that we use all by himself and it has worked wonders to this point.” Luther went even further, suggesting Tony was like the “captain of the ship” and made sure everyone was focused on the task at hand, whether it be having a good practice or execution in a game. Luther also referred to Tony’s great technical skills and dedication toward being the best. “[Tony] is very dedicated and both he and his father Roger put in a lot of extra time to figure out better coaching strategies,” Luther said. “I would say his best quality is his exceptional knowledge of the game, which includes in-game PHOTO PROVIDED BY DIRECTOR OF RUGBY ROGER MAZZARELLA
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TONY MAZZARELLA, former BG rugby player and current head coach, runs with the ball in a game against Windsor. Mazzarella played from 1993-98, earned numerous awards and broke multiple records.
BG rugby player from 1993-1998
1995-97: Most Valuable Player 1993: Rookie of the Year 1996-97: Team Captain
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Most points in a season: 195 Most points in a career: 1020 Most tries in a career: 141
BG honors seniors at last home game Police to face firefighters at men’s basketball halftime By Nick Marlow Reporter
BG is looking to cap the month of February off the way it started — with a winning streak. The Falcons won their first four games of the month, beginning with a slaughtering of Western Michigan 72-48 in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Feb. 1, before alternating two losses and wins heading into their final home game of the season Wednesday against Miami. A win against the RedHawks would mark the first seven-win month the team has had since 2006. The two met a little over a month ago in Oxford, Ohio, where BG (1513, 8-6) handed Miami (9-18, 5-9) a 65-57 loss in front of its home crowd. Falcons point guard Jordan Crawford had the hot hand and scored a game-high 25 points on 10-of-13 (77 percent) shooting. Mid-American Conference leading scorer Julian Mavunga (16.9 ppg) was the only RedHawk in double figures that game, with 17 points. Miami’s offense goes through the 6-foot 8-inch power forward along with freshman guard Brian Sullivan, who is the only other player on the team averaging more than 10 points at 10.7 a contest — Sullivan leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage (48.1 percent) and is second in three-pointers made (75). Mavunga can be just as domi-
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CHAUNCEY ORR, BG guard, tries to keep possession of the ball while multiple defenders come his way.
neering without the basketball as he is with it, as the senior also leads the conference at 9.1 rebounds per game. “[Mavunga], a guy that affects the game in so many ways,” Coach Luis Orr in a press conference Monday. “He’s not only a force himself on the offensive end; he helps open things up for the other players and makes the guys around him better.” The Falcons must duplicate the defensive clout displayed this past Saturday against Kent State,
Falcons add match to their schedule The BG tennis team added a non-conference match against Valparaiso University to their spring schedule. The Falcons will play Valparaiso on April 10 at 1 p.m.
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where they tallied a season-high 14 steals, which led to 17 points off fast breaks. A bit different from the first matchup, both teams have a chance to improve their tournament stock in the final two games of MAC play. Miami is looking to earn home-team advantage in the first round of the MAC Tournament while BG is vying for a bye into the
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Team records its first win The BG baseball team won its first game of the season against Dayton, 5-2. Five Falcons had multiple hit games, with a record of 15 hits total.
It’s not too often police officers and fire fighters are recognized for the duties they do every day in a community. This subject was something Dev Kumar, basketball promotions coordinator, wants to bring to attention this Wednesday through an event called Guns and Hoses. The event involves campus police and city firefighters facing off in a six-minute basketball game at halftime. The score will be kept and a trophy awarded to the winning team. “We just wanted to give back to the BG police and fire departments for everything they do,” Kumar said. “We just want them to have a little bit of fun. It’s a fun event that I think everyone will enjoy.” Kumar approached Chris Marcum, director of marketing and promotions, with the idea. He did some research that showed similar promotions have been successful for universities nationwide. “I think it will be fun for the fans and fun for the teams playing,” Marcum said. “They are great to
work with. After this Wednesday, we would like to make this promotion an every year thing.” The campus police and fire department have a little bit of a rivalry, so this game could be intense and the winning team could gain bragging rights for years to come. Fireman Ronnie Closson said most of the guys participating played some basketball back in high school. “We have had a couple practices,” Closson said. “We are not as good as we once were obviously, but we should be alright. It will be fun and it’s nice to be recognized by the community.” Captain Mike Campbell of the campus police department said their team has a variety of experience. Some police have just played basketball in high school, while some have played collegiately. “We are pretty excited to play,” Campbell said. “We have a little bit of a friendly rivalry with the fire department and I’m excited to be out in front of the community. Hopefully this will become an every event. I’m looking forward to it.”
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BG hockey looking to repeat upset in playoffs this weekend By Matt Nye Reporter
Can the Falcons do it again? This is the question BG hockey fans are asking. The BG hockey team will once again play Northern Michigan in the first round of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs this weekend. The Falcons pulled off the upset victory last season; now it’s time to see if they can bring back that magic. Coach Chris Bergeron said he believes the win against Michigan last weekend will help his team’s confidence heading into this weekend’s playoff series. “I think it’s the most consistent we have played,” Bergeron said. “We all feel it was good to get a result. We definitely earned it.”
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MARC RODRIGUEZ, BG forward, sets up to shoot the puck into the net. At the Falcons’ most recent series at home against Michigan, BG made history with 5,031 people in attendance.
HOOPS From Page 6 quarterfinals, which goes to the third and fourth place finishers. The athletic department will commemorate the collegiate careers of seniors Scott Thomas, Dee Brown and Torian Oglesby before the game, which is something Orr couldn’t help but become a bit sentimental about. “That’s one of the blessings of coaching, for me, is
to see the growth of players,” Orr said. “When they come here they’re 17, 18 and 19-year-old young men really starting over again in a new environment, academically, athletically, socially, culturally. And to see them grow has really been a joy and privilege. Bowling Green has been a good fit for them and they have been a good fit for Bowling Green.” Thomas needs one rebound to move into the top 10 in program history in career rebounds. He and
It was a big weekend, with the Falcons snapping streaks that weren’t positive ones. The first snapped was a four-game losing streak that dated back to the Northern Michigan series (Feb. 10). Cam Wojtala’s power-play goal snapped a nine-game power-play scoring drought. Before this goal, the last time the Falcons scored a power-
Brown became the 38th and 39th players in program history to score 1,000 points earlier this season. “They’ve been blessed to be a part of some good teams and good wins,” Orr said. “I’m a fan of theirs, I really am. To see the growth and the journey of these guys is truly one of the pleasures of coaching college basketball.” Orr said he believes Thomas and Brown both have a chance to play basketball after college at the professional level.
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play goal was on Jan. 10 against Alaska-Fairbanks. The Falcons did not give up a power-play goal on Friday night, which snapped a five-game streak. Before Friday, the Jan. 21 game against the Nanooks was the last time the Falcons didn’t allow a power-play goal.
Let the goals keep coming With a 4-3 win against Michigan Friday night, it was the first time since Nov. 19 against Miami that BG scored four goals in a game. This streak lasted 20 games.
Carpenter still on top Freshman forward Ryan Carpenter is leading the team in points this season with 21. His assist in Friday’s game against Michigan tied him with the Falcons’ leading scorer last season, Jordan SamuelsThomas, who finished with nine goals and 12 assists.
Significant wins The win last weekend extended goalie Andrew Hammond’s win total to 10 on the season. His previous career high for a season was six wins. The win also let coach Bergeron reach 20 wins as the BG hockey coach. He now has a record of 20-48-9 overall and 8-40-8 in league play.
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New Sexuality Studies minor available to students, focuses on variety of issues
Students with a strong interest in sexuality studies now have the option to declare the topic as their minor. The minor was first made available for fall 2011, according to Sarah Rainey, undergraduate studies coordinator for the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (formerly Women’s Studies). Five students declared the minor that first semester and more are joining the ranks as word about the option spreads. The idea for the minor, Rainey said, was a collaborative concept that came from a variety of faculty members within the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies department who had seen a growing
PRESSURE From Page 5 ligence about things.” Media and peer pressure can combine to influence adolescents even more. “They assume their friends are having sex like the kids on TV and I think that people mistakenly believe they need to be sexually active because they mistakenly believe everybody else already is,” Oehlhof said. The strongest predictor of sexual activity for both boys and girls is the perceived level of sexual activity of their friends, Oehlhof said.
interest from students for a minor in sexuality studies. For inspiration, the department started looking at similar programs around the country as models for shaping the minor at the University. In the end, the minor was designed as a 21-credit-hour program focusing on a variety of issues within the concept of sexuality studies, from sex education to marriage and family issues, and students enrolled in the minor have a lot of liberty to shape the focus as they wish. The only course required for the minor is Introduction to LGBT Studies. “We wanted to make sure students wouldn’t avoid focusing on marginalized communities,” Rainey said. “We didn’t want them to just look at heterosexual sexualities, but also consider more
marginal sexualities as well.” Though the name of the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies can be misleading to some, she said the area of women’s studies should not be limited to female students alone, but because males benefit from the study as well. While portions of the women’s studies program do focus exclusively on women’s lives, there is a whole other part of the program that looks at men’s lives and how gender and sexuality affects everyone, she said. “We’ve had a lot of men that are minors under women’s gender and sexuality studies,” Rainey said. “I think a lot of them recognize that women’s studies is not just about women, it’s about analyzing and thinking about how gender affects all of us on things such as masculin-
Rumors can also contribute to the pressure adolescents feel to have sex sooner rather than later. “It’s not real, it kind of creates a false impression that everyone is sexually active except you,” Oehlhof said. Sometimes adolescents do it because they don’t want to be the odd one out, she said. “[They] fear they’ll be the last and they’re missing out,” Oehlhof said. Sometimes jokes can be perceived as peer pressure, which is often internalized. “[Adolescents think] ‘I’m defective, something’s wrong with me,’ they feel a sense of urgency,” Oehlhof said.
Guys are more likely to feel pressure to get their first time out of the way, Oehlhof said. But the stereotypes about who puts more pressure on their partner to go all the way are often incorrect. “Pa r t ner pressu re seems to be even for men and women,” Oehlhof sa id. “Heterosex ua l, homos e x u a l, m a le, female — there are equal parts of individual interpartner pressure.” Oehlhof said she believes the decision should be internal. “Screw everybody else,” she said. “Not everybody is having sex, not everybody has had sex.”
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ity or femininity.” Kyle Shupe, a sophomore sociology major, declared sexuality studies as his minor as soon as it became available this past fall. He intends to focus his sociological studies on areas related to sexuality and said the minor will offer the “qualitative information” while his major focuses on the “quantitative.” “The need right now for studies in sexuality is pretty necessary for sociology,” he said. “The most recent research on it was done nationally in 1994 and based on what I’ve seen of it, it’s
not a very good study for what people should be looking for.” “I think there’s a certain stigma that’s attached to sexuality, and it’s very normalized as either you’re straight or you’re not,” Shupe said. “Learning about various forms of sexuality increases awareness of non-heterosexual and less understood forms of sexual variance.” Junior journalism major Christine Talbert declared sexuality studies as her minor a few months ago. She became interested in sexuality studies through a combination of sitting through gender communication classes her mother teaches at Oakland University and a sexuality-related course at the University. “I thought it was really
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tied down to one person and be in a committed relationship,� he said. As someone who has only dated one person, George said he sometimes senses social pressure to date around as well. “It’s kind of like, ‘Well, you haven’t tried out other options, you don’t know what other people are like, you don’t know what you’re missing,’� George said. It is important for couples to be honest with each other when they approach relationships, Oehlhof said. Things to consider are whether to pursue a committed or an open relationship, and to be honest when problems arise. “It breeds resentment in a lot of cases if someone’s not getting what they want sexually, but they never share it with their partner,� she said. “Partners aren’t psychic, so communication is definitely a huge responsibility.� Being honest in a romantic
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PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving counselors to teach all land, adventure, & water sports. Call 888-844-8080 or apply at: campcedar.com Seeking after-school & in-home care for child in BG area, 3-6pm, must have car. Call 419-806-6691 SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE! CAMP WAYNE FOR GIRLS Children s sleep-away camp, Northeast Pennsylvania. 6/16-8/12/12.. If you love children and want a caring, fun environment, we need Counselors for: Tennis, Swimming, Golf, Gymnastics, Cheerleading, Drama, High/Low Ropes, Team Sports, Waterskiing, Sailing, Painting/Drawing, Ceramics, Silkscreen, Printmaking, Batik, Jewelry, Calligraphy, Photography, Sculpture, Guitar, Aerobics, Video. Other: Administrative, CDL Driver, Nurses (RN s & nursing students), Bookkeeper, Nanny. Interviews on BGSU Campus on March 20th. Select The Camp That Selects The Best Staff! Call 215-944-3069 or apply at: www.campwaynegirls.com
1BR apts, near campus, Avail Fall 2012, $475/mo, utils incl Call 419-352-5882. 2 & 3 BR apts & townhouses, Scott Hamilton, 4th & 5th Sts. Leases for May & August, SUMMER LEASES AVAILABLE! 419-409-1110 or 419-352-4456. www.rutterdudleyrentals.com 2 BR apt, unfurn, half block from BGSU, $550/mo, incl gas & utils. Avail May 15, call 419-601-3108. 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! 2BR house - nice! Near campus, Avail Fall, $750/mo. Call 419-352-5882.
5BR, 5 person house, all amenities, close to campus, $1150/mo. Avail Aug 2012 - year lease. Call 354-2731 or 352-1584.
Houses & Apartments 12 month leases only S. Smith Contracting LLC. 419-352-8917 - 532 Manville Ave Office open 11-3, M-F. www.BGApartments.com HOUSES close to campus! Price reduced! May 12/13, 811 Third St, large 4BR,4-5 people, $1200/mo,call 419-352-6064. www.froboserentals.com Lrg 5BR/ 5 person house w/ 2 kitch, 2 baths, deck, carport & W/D hook-up. Call 419-308-1191. 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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2BR upper apt w/ secluded deck, 646 Wallace Ave, $525/mo +utils. Call 419-352-3139.
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