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THE BG NEWS
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Volume 93, Issue 28
‘Forward Falcon’ writer given day of recognition By Kendra Clark In Focus Editor
Even though the University lost the Military Bowl last December, not everyone who was cheering for the Falcons was disappointed. Along with students and staff who may have been watching the game, another person in California was Wayne watching. And for the first time, Bohrnstedt he heard the song he wrote for the Wrote the University played by the marching University band. fight song His name is Wayne Bohrnstedt “Forward and he wrote the “Forward Falcon” fight song. The song was first perFalcon” formed by the marching band in 1948, and this year is the 65th anniversary of the band playing the song. Janet Parks, a retired faculty member, reached out to Bohrnstedt after writing a book with Ann Bowers about women in sports. They wanted to title their book “Forward Falcons” so Parks reached out to get his permission in 2005. Parks said the two stayed in contact through email and several months ago, she got another email from him. “It said, ‘last December, I watched Bowling Green play in the Military Bowl and I heard the song play three times,’” Parks said. “’So my sons and I decided it was time for a road trip to Bowling Green.’” Bohrnstedt, at 90 years old, flew from California to Toledo Friday night and watched the football game against Toledo Saturday afternoon with his family. “They are making this a very special day for him,” said Ann Bowers, an archivist in the University library. Bohrnstedt said he’s been planning this for a
LICENSE to snack Junk food quick, more accessible than healthy food options on campus By Amirah Adams Reporter
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aving access to new food options, while also having a meal plan to purchase them, may give students more options than they would have at home. Students have many different food options both on and off campus. “On campus, some students may snack on convenience foods just because the food is there,” Carrie Hamady, a dietetics instructor at the University said through an email. When access to snacks is limited, it is easier to be satisfied with a smaller snack, said Daria Blachowski-Dreyer, registered dietician and associate director of Food Services. Since students on campus have many different options, students may think they are more hungry than they really are.
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CAMPUS brief
University website to experience more changes
John Ellinger, chief information officer for Information Technology Services, spoke about more upcoming changes to the University’s online services at the fourth Graduate Student Senate general meeting Friday afternoon. In November or early December, students and faculty will have access to SkyDrive, a file sharing service that will give users 25 GB of personal storage space. The current service, MyFiles, will eventually be phased out, Ellinger said. This January, the 12-year-old BGSU.edu homepage and all pages within it will be replaced with an Adobe system. The search engine on the page will also be redesigned for better organization, he said. “There are 44,000 pages without a date on any of them,” Ellinger said. “You want something current, you can’t get it.” The Alert BG program, which is currently an opt-in program, will become an opt-out program, meaning everyone will be automatically signed up to receive emergency alerts, he said. Next semester, a new application called SharePoint will give users access to lite versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which they can continue to use after graduating, Ellinger said. “Lite version has about 80 percent of all the tools that everybody uses,” he said. Also during the meeting, the senate voted unanimously to pass a resolution supporting the Not In Our Town campaign. “I’m glad the resolution was passed so we can have
official support,” said Lingxiao Ge, GSS President. “Even though the GSS has always been supporting the campaign, I’m glad that we eventually had the official support.” The next GSS meeting will be Nov. 8 in the McFall Gallery from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
USG fills senate seats, first full cabinet since this past year
Starting Monday night, the Undergraduate student body will see a full cabinet in student government, which has been a work in progress since the beginning of the school year. “The last two [senate seats] will be confirmed on Monday to all be full,” said President of Undergraduate Student Government Alex Solis. Since Solis came into office, he has created new positions in order to help spread the responsibility between the members involved with USG. “We have created two new positions last year,” he said. “We now have a lot of new people with a lot of new ideas.” Solis filled the senate in his last term as well, when he served for the first time this past year, but others in the past haven’t been able to fill all the positions, Solis said. “Senate is a revolving door,” he said. “It’s really hard to keep a full senate. Last year, we filled the cabinet by mid October, but people had to drop out because of class schedule conflicts.” However, Solis is confident this year won’t be a repeat of this past year’s dropouts. “Looking around the room in the meetings at people at the table,” he said, “I’m confident these are the people we will finish the term with.”
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Creative Writing MFA program graduates top in job placement, publishing By William Channell Reporter
The University Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts Program was recognized in Poets and Writers maga zine, which ranked it 15 in the nation in terms of job placement. Wendell Mayo, a professor in the creative writing department, said the ranking was based mainly on teaching jobs, but also indirectly ref lects authors who are published. The program, which was founded in 1967, has historically been highly regarded, especially in recent years, with 73 books by alumni and students being published between 2008 and 2012.
Students and alumni have also received 53 documented awards and recognitions between 2008 and 2012. “In order to get a tenured job, you need at least one book published,” Mayo said. “So you can look at all [our] writers at colleges and universities teaching and you can just about bet that each one of them has at least one book published.” Mayo said this emphasis on publishing sets up students to be more credible to employers. “We don’t teach people writing,” Mayo said. “We teach people to be writers.” The program teaches students how to be good writers, but it also teaches them how to be successful as writers, by being
Rising or setting
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able to get published, Mayo said. Lawrence Coates, another professor in the creative writing department, mirrored Mayo’s statement, saying few writers make a living just writing. In fact, most graduates go on to teach. Because of this, the program tries to make their writers wellrounded. “Half or more than half of our MFA students are published,” Coates said. “To get a job in which you are teaching creative writing, it’s important to be published.” Tricia Reno, a BFA student in the program, said she came to the University because of its
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TO EAT AS A SNACK? WHY? “My finger nails because food costs money.” Michael Rizzardi Senior, Film Production