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NO MORE PEOPLE Residence Life recently set a maximum occupancy limit on residence hall rooms. Find out how many people can be in a room at a time and why in CAMPUS on Page 8.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
VOLUME 92, ISSUE 78
CAMPUS
Mazey in a press release. “This will allow us to move forward in concert with the faculty to achieve our goals as an institution.” Faculty Association President David Jackson Agreement reached on also expressed his content with the deal. union contract “This is a fair first contract for our members and for the University. Significant compromises The University and the Faculty Association were agreed to by both parties. We look forhave reached an agreement in relation to what ward to implementing the contract and conwill be the union’s first contract. tinuing to work for the good of BGSU,” Jackson The agreement is still being finalized and said in the press release. details of the agreement will need to be ratified The association will likely approach its members by the Faculty Association’s membership and the sometime in early April and the Board of Trustees Board of Trustees, according to a press release will likely call for a special meeting to vote on the from the University. agreement, according to the press release. “We’re pleased to have reached a mutuThe board’s next meeting is scheduled for ally beneficial agreement with the Faculty May 3. Association,” said University President Mary Ellen
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North route adds stop downtown By Katie Logsdon Reporter
Starting today, students will be able to take a University shuttle downtown on the weekdays. University Shuttle Services will be testing the new stop as an addition to the north route. University officials met with city representatives Feb. 1 to discuss options to bring more students downtown during the day, as opposed to just Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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town route that transports students to the corner of Court Street and Main Street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The north route, which has one campus stop near Offenhauer Hall, will now include a downtown stop on the corner of Court Street and Main Street starting Monday. “By providing the students with
Manager of Parking and Shuttle Services nights, said Aaron Kane, manager of parking and shuttle services. The north route operates Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The University currently has a down-
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Hockey season ends with loss to Notre Dame Irish beat Falcons 1-0 Friday, 4-3 Saturday By Ryan Satkowiak Senior Reporter
The BG hockey team’s season ended at the hands of Notre Dame in the second round of playoffs this weekend, capping off the final season of Central Collegiate Hockey Association play. The Irish swept the Falcons, winning game one Friday 1-0 in overtime, and taking game two a day later, 4-3. Bryan Rust scored 1:22 into overtime in the first game to give the Irish the victory. Notre Dame outshot the Falcons 36-22 on Friday. BG goalie, Andrew Hammond, kept the Falcons in the game, making multiple big saves and keeping the Irish off the board through regulation. “We knew he was going to have to give us a chance in tonight’s game, and he did,” said coach Chris Bergeron. “He was back on top of his game.” The Falcons helped Hammond out by blocking 16 shots. When the defense wasn’t blocking the shot, they kept from screening Hammond, allowing him to get a clear look at the puck. “I thought our [defense] did a good job of opening up,” Hammond said. “I thought they did a good job of blocking shots.” Rust’s goal came after a turnover by BG. He was wide open in the slot, beating Hammond with a backhand after receiving a pass from Jeff Costello. “They’re a team that exposes you if you don’t take care of things,” Bergeron said. “Too many times tonight, we didn’t, and ultimately it cost us.” Notre Dame goalie, Steven Summerhays, stopped 22 shots to record the shutout. Saturday, Rust scored his second of the weekend to get Notre Dame on the board first, his first of two goals in the game, en route to a 4-3 win for the Irish. Bryce Williamson had two goals and an assist for BG, and Ben Murphy scored once and added an assist. “It was a tough game, we put everything we had into it,” Williamson said. “We just came up a little bit short.” Notre Dame scored twice in the first period. Rust’s goal came 6:44 into the period and Nick Larson scored six minutes later. However, the Falcons’ special teams helped them get out of that hole. BG scored two power play goals in the second period — from Williamson and Murphy — to tie the game entering the third. “Our power play kind of got us back in the game there,” Williamson said. “But in the third period there we got caught in penalty trouble and they capitalized.” Rust scored the go-ahead goal midway though the third period on a penalty shot. The penalty shot was awarded when a BG player closed his
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GYMNASTICS WINS AT HOME Gymnastics reached its single-meet goal of 195 points in the regular season finale on senior night this past Saturday. Find out more about the team and the meet in SPORTS. | PAGE 3
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STUDENTS COME out in green to celebrate St. Patrick’s day on Clough Street.
raise your glass Students celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at home, bars Sunday ST. PATRICK’S DAY TWEETS @DirkNoZyski It’s St. Patty’s Day and I haven’t had a beer. Who assigns projects due the day after St. Patty’s Day? @qtylerm10 As of 12 o’clock midnight tonight, I am officially changing my last name to my mother’s maiden name for St. Patty’s Day weekend #McHugh #irish
STUDENTS CELEBRATE St. Patrick’s Day by dancing at The Attic.
Health and Human Services to collaborate with other programs, offer more student meeting space By Danae King Campus Editor
For criminal justice major Brady Hood, one good thing about the health center being outsourced is more space for the college of health and human services. “I think it’ll be good for [health and] human services to have an actual building they can have classes in,” Hood said. The college of health and human services is one of the fastest growing
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Interim Dean of the College of Health and Human Services programs at the University, with a growth of about 300 students in the past three years, and it currently shares the health center’s building, said Rodney Rogers, senior vice president of academic affairs and
This week columnist Ian Zulick talks about the chorus of cheers throughout social media websites after the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Zulick says all lives and deaths are deserving of respect in spite of opposing viewpoints. | PAGE 4
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University provost. Once the health center moves to a new building on Wooster Street in the fall, the construction will begin to expand the college so it occupies more of the building, Rogers said. “Health care related fields have just been continually growing. We think that will continue to grow,” Rogers said. “Our hope is to
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY LIMIT FOR RESIDENCE HALL ROOMS? “I agree with the rule because too many people would be a fire hazard.” Devery Manien Freshman, Human Development
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