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Monday, October 22, 2012
VOLUME 92, ISSUE 28
#ELECTIONS 2012 THE RACE FOR THE OHIO HOUSE
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THOUGHTS Wicks looks to capture seat in Ohio General Assembly By Alex Alusheff City Editor
Grounds For Thought Owner Kelly Wicks decided it was time to stir things up in Columbus by running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. “I decided it was time to step in and do something different in Columbus,” Wicks said. “If you follow politics, they have a way of thinking they speak for small business owners, but as one, I feel I’m being scapegoated for policies that affect big business, not small business.” Wicks, the democratic candidate, is running against Republican and Wood County Commissioner Tim Brown and Nathan Eberly, the Libertarian candidate. Wicks, 46, decided to run last November after he had the opportunity to travel to Columbus and oppose Senate Bill 5 through marches a few times earlier in the year. Senate Bill 5 reduces collective bargaining rights for all public workers, according to a Nov. 2, 2011 article in The BG News. “My sister is a nurse and my friend is a teacher who has been laid off because of budget cuts,” Wicks said. The call-to-action Wicks felt along with the economic stability of Grounds For Thought, present-
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Look for a profile on Kelly Wicks’ opponent, Wood County Commissioner Tim Brown in The BG News this Wednesday. Also keep picking up The BG News and check out BGNews.com for continuing election coverage.
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Music festival hosts variety of artists 33rd annual event features theme “Music and the Physical World” By Zach Knapp Reporter
Where music starts and nature begins was the big question that John Luther Adams, the featured guest composer, was addressing at the 33rd annual Bowling Green New Music Festival: Music and the Physical World. Kurt Doles, festival director and musical arts dean at the University, said the festival, presented by The Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music, featured contemporary music and lectures by guest composers, artists and writers, centered on the theme of “Music and the Physical World.” Highlights of the festival included performances and lectures by the three featured guests: Adams, Marina Rosenfeld, artists, and Barry Lopez, author, Doles said. Along with the feature guests, other guests made up the festivals. “We were very pleased to get the guests that we did,” Doles said. “This is the first year we were able to get a composer, artist and writer—and the first year we were able to get a writer.” The diverse group of featured guests was important to Adams, who helped organize the event with Doles and suggested the theme around the “Music and the Physical World”. “We are all kind of doing the same thing in different forms of media,” Adams said. “We are just trying to share our gift to a troubled world.” The theme for this year’s festival was intended to be very broad in order to make for a unique festival experience. Adams’ music has been influenced by his connection with nature and its sounds. It has been performed in the Anza-Borrego desert, the New England woods and the tundra of the Alaskan Range, Adams said. The University Lawn was scheduled to be the next outdoor venue for Adams’ experimental music undertaking, with a performance of his piece “Inuksuit” on Friday. Whether the music students hear is the planned, the eccentric beat of drums or the melody of birds chirping in the background, the unpredictable influence of nature is what the piece is all about, Adams said. “The music is a vehicle for hearing and reconnecting with where we are at the time,” Adams said. “The piece is intentionally porous, so you do not know where the piece begins and where it ends, what is music of the place or piece.” However, due to inclement weather, the performance
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WINE AND DINE
Event kicks off historical center’s Halloween tradition By Amber Petkosek Reporter
The Wood County Historical Center and Museum will host its second Folklore Friday of the year at the Infirmary tours this Friday. The Museum has been hosting the tours for more than 10 years. The museum is located at 13660 County Home Road in Bowling Green. David Gill, a volunteer at the Wood County Historical Center and Museum, said when the tours first started, they were part of its Halloween Folklore and Fun Fest.
The tours became so popular the museum decided to extend them into the Folklore Fridays at the infirmar y about five years ago. The 90-minute guided tours take place Oct. 19 and 26, with tours beginning at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Gill has been volunteering for the museum for several years and has found that visitors are very curious about the tours of the paranormal. “People love asking about the paranormal,” Gill said. “It’s the
See FOLKLORE | Page 2
HOCKEY WINS, LOSES GOALIE The Falcon hockey team played Colgate this past weekend and split one game apeice earning the its first win of the season. However, the team won at the cost of losing its starting goal keeper, Andrew Hammond. | PAGE 6
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DINING SERVICES hosts Community Culinary Class in the Union on the five basic types of wine. Participants learned the basics of wine tasting.
ALL HAIL THE KING
HOW CAN A CANDIDATE WIN YOUR VOTE?
Columnist Phillip Martin explores how Lebron James’ actions may be justified by his ability to finally win an NBA championship with the Miami Heat. | PAGE 4
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