BG News for 09.11.2013

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THE BG NEWS

DRINKING PROBLEMS The Bowling Green Police Division taught local businesses how to deal with drunken patrons, fake IDs and alcohol abuse during a training session on Tuesday night. Read more on Page 2.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Volume 93, Issue 9

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Festival to get students involved

Veg Club works with Dining Services to promote meatless options By Cassie Sullivan Assistant Forum Editor

More than 300 student organizations to be featured

For some students, picking and choosing what to eat cannot be based on appearance. Vegans are individuals who do not consume meat and dairy products as part of their overall diet, while vegetarians don’t consume meat, but consume dairy products. A club on campus called the Veg Club meets for those who are either vegan or vegetarians. The Veg Club represents the vegans and vegetarians on campus, along with acting as a support group for those who are making the change in diet and lifestyle. While the club acts as a support group for those new vegans or vegetarians, the club also works closely with dining services. The president of Veg Club, sophomore Holly Sanderson, said Dining Services and the Veg Club have a “really good relationship.”

By Seth Weber Web Editor

Students will have a chance to see every organization the University has to offer on Thursday. The annual Campus Fest will feature more than 300 student organizations, all looking to recruit new students. The festival will take place in front of the Union Oval and stretch to old campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Along with student organizations, city businesses will be present such as Qdoba, said Mike Freyaldenhoven, assistant dean of students in the Office of Campus Activities. Among the student organizations, fraternities such as Alpha Tau Omega will be trying to recruit students. Mike Workman, president of

See VEG | Page 2

See FEST | Page 6

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Natalia Piazza, a freshman tourism, leisure and event planning major, builds a salad at The Oaks. Each dining hall on campus provides vegetarian options for students.

Faculty Senate contests staffing, office location

Blackboard to migrate to Canvas by spring Newer management system preferred by University due to costs, convenience By Abby Welsh News Editor

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By Eric Lagatta Campus Editor

Tensions between the faculty and administrators that began last year continued into this semester at the first Faculty Senate Meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Administrators and senators clashed on the two resolutions brought before the senate; one concerning faculty senate staffing and one concerning the location of the Office of Equity and Diversity. Both resolutions ultimately passed, but the latter by a more narrow margin, said Elizabeth Wood, secretary to the senate. The first resolution urges administrators to work with the Faculty

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Senate Executive Committee to reach an agreement on the “acceptable” level of administrative and clerical staffing for the Faculty Senate. The resolution referenced t he Collective Bargaining Agreement, which states that access to adequate administrative and clerical support are

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The switch from Blackboard to Canvas has been an ongoing process for the past year, but the University will have students and faculty members fully migrated by spring semester. The change to Canvas had many determining factors involved, said John Ellinger, chief information officer in the Information Technology Service Department. “We wanted to provide something that was easy, simple and accessible for both students and faculty and staff members,” Ellinger said. “And when you compare an apple to an apple, Blackboard was $75,000

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more than Canvas.” Blackboard’s version was outdated by two versions so it was cheaper to offer Canvas, which was more up to date. The Information Technology Service Department offered a pilot program with a group of 50 students and 30 faculty members during the first semester of the 2012 school year, which Ellinger said went well. “When we reviewed [Canvas], open-source products offered on that were liked by both students and faculty,” he said. “We were recommended by the students and faculty who participated during the pilot program to move forward with Canvas, so we did.”

Canvas is an 18-month migration. Currently, 40 faculty, teaching 90 to 100 classes collectively, are still using Blackboard. “Either they did not make the change to get on soon enough, or brand new professors have more experience with Blackboard,” Ellinger said. Because of the agreement made in 2012 that Canvas would be an 18-month migration, faculty still have the option of using Blackboard in place of Canvas until spring. Michael Carver, histor y instructor, uses Canvas for

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Volunteer Fair connects students, community through service 81 organizations attended to recruit potential members By Dylanne Petros Copy Chief

STEVEN W. ECHARD | THE BG NEWS

MEMBERS OF Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, play foursquare outside of University Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

VOLLEYBALL DROPS THE BALL BG Volleyball dropped three matches in South Bend, Ind. against a Polish pro team and two other opponents. They look to bounce back this weekend when they travel to Milwaukee for Inntowner Invitational. | PAGE 4

OH BABY

This week faculty columnist Phil Schurrer discusses the decline in birth rates in recent years. Schurrer says there are many reasons for this trend and the implications for society and far reaching. | PAGE 3

Students had the chance to broaden their horizons by getting involved with non-profit organizations on and off campus at the Volunteer and Community Partnership Fair on Tuesday. There were 81 organizations at the event, which was hosted in the Union ballroom, ranging from sustainability to cancer organizations. Junior Kevin Lewis went to the fair for multiple reasons. “I volunteered to help set up the fair and I came because I felt like I haven’t been volunteering enough in my college career,” Lewis said.

Other students like freshman Samantha Ruwe wanted to see what organizations were around Bowling Green. “I came because I want to get involved,” Ruwe said. One of the organizations at the fair was the Office of Campus Sustainability. The office is trying to find student volunteers to help out with a project called green tailgating. “Green tailgating is where students will go to the football stadium before the game and recycle any trash that they find,” said senior Jeff Kellermeyer. “Once

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WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO AT CAMPUS FEST? “Seeing all the organizations and being able to get involved.” Joe MacQuarrie Sophomore, Political Science


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