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VOLUME 92, ISSUE 27
Friday, October 19, 2012
A year on
One year after its introduction to Ohio, local bars recognize Yuengling Lager quality as similar to other domestic beers. Yuengling Lager, America’s oldest brewing company, made its debut in Bowling Green in October 2011. Having a long awaited debut in Ohio, some people think the beer created too much hype. Yuengling’s representatives pushed for their product to become a success in the Midwest, said Scott McDowell, an employee at Reverend’s Bar and Grill. “There was a huge craze when it was first introduced,” McDowell said. “It dropped after a while but a lot of people still ask for it.” When the brand was introduced into Bowling Green, Reverend’s sold the beer but only in cans because it’s a craft beer restaurant and didn’t recognize Yuengling as a craft beer, McDowell said. To this day, Reverend’s sells Yuengling but only in 24 oz. cans with a $4 special everyday, McDowell said. Much like Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Octoberfest brews, there is always a high demand for seasonal or new brands of beer, McDowell said. “People always get excited for new beers to come out,” McDowell said. Senior Matt Gruen wasn’t impressed by the beer and thought it was just okay tasting. “I thought it was okay,” Gruen said. “I mean for the hype it was nothing special; it was just another decent priced beer that tasted okay.” Ann Sherman, City Tap employee, said there is an increase of sales when the seasonal beers surface. She said the bar kept Yuengling on tap, in bottles and had a sign in front of the store promoting the beer when it was first issued in Ohio, but began to drop in sales after a couple of months. “There was a huge spike in sales; it’s about as popular as Budweiser,” Sherman said. While both employees said there was a big climb in sales when the beer was introduced, they also mentioned that the beer isn’t what it was hyped up to be. Michelle Daniel, a Circle K employee, said when Yuengling made its debut it was very popular, but it has calmed down since then. Senior Andrea Miller, a West Virginia native, enjoys lager beers and would choose Yuengling over any domestic beer, she said it goes beyond taste for her. “It’s been around for a while and my dad loves it,” Miller said. “I feel it’s a more personal brewery. It has a local feel.” James Wiltsie, a bartender at Nate & Wally’s, said the bar carries the beer on draft. The bar was offered free merchandise if Yuengling was pushed and upsold to customers, he said. Wiltsie also said he was surprised the craze for Yuengling lasted as long as it did. “It did fall quite a bit after it was first introduced,” Wiltsie said. “It’s still popular though.”
Yuengling History
While Yuengling has only been in Ohio for one year, it has a long history of brewing ■■The brand is 183 years old ■■ When the Prohibition Period ended, Yuengling sent
a truckload of a beer it called “Winner Beer” to President Franklin D. Roosevelt ■■ One year after its debut in Ohio, Yuengling has announced a Yuengling Oktoberfest Beer that it is offering customers for the first time
New business dean offers enthusiam, open ear
The Falcons are on their first three-game win-streak since 2009 as they travel to play 0-6 Massachusetts. See SPORTS | Page 6 WWW.BGNEWS.COM
University maintains level of diversity For the third year in a row, University freshman class has included about 20 percent non-white students
A year after debuting in Ohio Yuengling gets mixed reviews from local drinkers By Bridjet Mendyuk Reporter
FOOTBALL EYES FOUR IN A ROW
By Eric Lagatta Reporter
The percentage of non-white students in this year’s freshmen class remains above 20 percent for the third consecutive year. While there is no official goal for how high diversity should be each year, Gar y Swegan, the assistant vice president for Enrollment Management and director of Admissions, said he likes it to remain above 20 percent. “That’s kind of my barometer,” Swegan said. This year’s freshmen class has 788 non-white students out of 3,634 freshman students enrolled, for a percentage of 21.7 percent. Out of four nonwhite races, African Americans are the largest individual percentage, 15.5 percent, according to data collected by the
Gary Swegan
Director of Admissions Office of Admissions. This past year’s freshmen class had 22 percent non-white students and 2010’s freshmen class had 20.7 percent, an increase from 17.2 percent in 2009, according to the data. The percentage of non-white students has more than doubled since 2000, when it was just 10.4 percent, according to admissions data. Swegan attributes this rise, as well as the rise between 2009 and 2010, to increased recruiting efforts by the University. Recruiting efforts, such as the
See DIVERSITY | Page 5
Sorority serves mac and cheese for charity Kappa Delta cooks food for Prevent Child Abuse America By Abby Welsh Reporter
Kappa Delta hosted its 2nd annual Mac and Cheese event for charity Thursday night in the Kappa Delta house from 7 to 10 p.m. and raised $977. The house welcomed anyone to come socialize and enjoy a bowl of macaroni for $3 and a drink was $1 to help raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America and the Child Advocacy Center. Each chapter member donated a box of macaroni and cheese totaling about 80 to 90 boxes. Paige Kelsey, sophomore, said that in the spring the chapter hosts a Shamrock event to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America and the Mac and Cheese event is a small-
er philanthropy event to raise even more money for it. Vice President of Community Service Emma Sales said 20 percent of all proceeds will go to the national headquarters of Prevent Child Abuse America, while the remaining 80 percent goes to a local foundation, Child Advocacy Center. Sales said the chapter raised $729 this past year. Vice President of Public Relations for the chapter, Micah Smith said her and Sales always set their goal higher after attending a national conference. “Emma and myself have always had a goal of $10,000,” Smith said. Both Sales and Smith felt like
See CHEESE | Page 5
RAISING AWARENESS THROUGH WARDROBE
Ray Braun works to make connections with students By Abby Welsh Reporter
Ray Braun is the new dean of the College of Business Administration and he is very enthusiastic to get involved with the campus community. Braun’s plans for the first year have been to get to know everyone he will be involved with. He goes out to lunch
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with students weekly in order to get to know them better. “One of the reasons I’ve been going to lunch with students is to hear what their likes and dislikes are and I am trying to do a lot of listening,” Braun said. Freshman Lexie Miller heard
Senior Misha Tot signed a contract with YouTube after his videos reached 40,000 views. “The Walk of Shame” deals with heartbreak and lifethreatening situations. | PAGE 3
See BRAUN | Page 2
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NICK GILLISPIE, leader of Cru, and Amy Seiffert talk to Cru members about human trafficking throughout the world. “I first heard about human trafficking four years ago,” Seiffert said. “I wore the gray dress for six months to start conversations and raise awareness about human trafficking.”
SHOW YOUR GUNS Forum Editor Stephan Reed expresses the importance of utilizing all your physical, mental and spiritual abilities and not letting your skills get rusty by not using them through time. | PAGE 4
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET OVER A BAD BREAK UP? “Deny it” Dean Harrett Junior, Creative Writing