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Prepare for the polls to open this Tuesday

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STUDENTS dress in traditional outfits from different cultures during the International Dinner dance that took blace in the Union Ballroom on Sunday.

For election day, voters are split up into a series of precincts that dictate the locations where they are able to go vote. Bowling Green is home to 19 total precincts.

Check your precinct below to see where your polling location is this Tuesday.

Voters in Ohio are also required to bring some form of identification to their polling location.

Polls in Ohio open at 6:30 a.m. local time in Ohio and close at 7:30 p.m., according to the Ohio revised code.

Polling locations have electronic voting machines where residents can vote at. Upon the polling locations closing, workers from the Wood County Board of Elections retrieve the voting information from the machines.

The BG News will be streaming live election coverage from the watch parties of the Wood County Democrats and Republicans. Folllow @The_BG_News on Twitter and on Facebook for continuing coverage and for live updates of the elections this Tuesday.

Polling locations for Bowling Green

1-A: Ridge Street School 1-B: Ridge Street School 1-C: University Union 2-A: VFW Post 1148 2-B: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 2-C: Crim Street School 2-D: VFW Post 1148 2-F: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 3-B: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 3-C: University Union 3-D: Wood County Library 3-E: Peace Lutheran Church 3-G: Kenwood School 4-A: Church of the Nazerene 4-B: City Park, Girl Scout Building 4-D: Bowling Green High School 4-E: Bowling Green High School 4-H: Church of the Nazerene 4-J: Church of the Nazerene

Students enjoy food, different cultures at anual International Dinner

By Bridjet Mendyuk Reporter

The World Student Association kicked off international education week with a dinner on Sunday night to recognize cultures and traditions from around the world.

The international Dinner was hosted in the Union ballroom from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and provided attendants with dinner as well as more than six multicultural performances. The dinner is one of many events for the international celebration from November 4th to November 17th.

Junior Cuilin Ge and WSA president said putting the dinner together has taken the whole semester but was very pleased with the outcome of the dinner.

“We started to plan this after the last dinner [in 2011],” Ge said. “We want to increase the awareness of a diverse campus.”

The night began with students donned in traditional clothing from different countries carrying flags as an opening ceremony for the dinner. After the opening, a speech was given from University President Mary Ellen Mazey.

Having international students enriches the campus and brings joy to students, Mazey said. She said she wants to bring in more international students to campus in the upcoming years.

“We should make a commitment for more international scholarships,” said Mazey.

More than 11 departments and organizations had a role in contributing to the international dinner including the Latino Student Union, The Language Company and LIZ GELSOME | THE BG NEWS

ATTENDEES participate in variety of ethnic dances

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Construction on North Main Street eases traffic, clears in time for winter

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Plan to add lanes, reduce congestion projected for completion by end of month

Zimmann, Latta face off for spot in US House

By Alex Alusheff City Editor

After coping with the daily congestion of North Main Street construction for more than a year, J. J. Pearse was surprised to see the multitude of orange barrels disappear and the lanes open up almost overnight.

“It was nice to see, all of a sudden, that the road had opened up,” Pearse, a graduate student at the University who lives on the corner of North Main Street and West Poe Road, said.

The majority of construction is complete and is projected to end this month due to favorable weather, said Theresa Pollick, District 2 public information officer for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Most of the construction

included utility work and repaving. The purpose of construction, which began summer 2011, was to add more lanes to Poe Road and North Main Street to ease congestion.

While the majority of construction may be nearing an end, the project isn’t projected to be complete until Aug. 2013, Pollick said.

Pearse said he was not aware the construction was ahead of schedule until he saw the road open up, but it came as a nice surprise.

“It’s great; I noticed less congestion immediately,” he said.

“The street has opened up a lot.”

For the past few months, construction blocked off Pearse’s side of the street, sometimes forcing him to park his car else-

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where for a few days at a time, he said.

His yard, which used to be host to construction crews, bulldozers and heavy machinery, is now only host to a few orange barrels lining the edge of the property, serving as one of the last remnants of construction along with the pulledup dirt along the new sidewalks.

Pearse, who lives with his sister, Liz, said that overall, living so close to the construction hasn’t been so bad.

The construction crews were always helpful and accommodating when it came to parking during work near the driveway, he said.

Residents like Pearse aren’t

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Angela Zimmann

Bob Latta

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Republican Candidate for US House

Five points of Angela Zimmann’s Five points of Bob Latta’s platform: platform:

1. Strengthen the economy by working toward 1. Making sure Americans have jobs they want. good jobs and good benefits in the area.

2. Reducing federal regulations.

2. Increase educational opportunities, including retaining Pell Grants.

3. Close corporate tax loopholes and lowering the tax rate.

4. Repair and improve infrastructure.

3. Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.

4. Revising the federal tax code.

5. Make sure to spotlight women’s issues and 5. Making sure we eliminate the federal deficit pay equity.

and reduce the debt.

*Information pulled from the candidates’ websites and previous interviews for The BG News.

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the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

“Events like this are so important to our campus and community,” Deanna Vata n Wood housed, Director of the Office of Division of Student Affairs, said.

The first act, Kaze no Daichi Taiko: Land of the Wind Taiko, was a traditional drumming performance by University students. Junior and Brazilian exchange student Lara Ximenes said she loves being an exchange student at the university. Her favorite part of the dinner was watching the Taiko drummers and listening to the Colombian singers Feria de Manizales and Tuna Compostelana.

“I was really impressed.

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They were really good,” Ximenes said. “They were so different but equally beautiful.”

After the dinner, a student organized fashion show had students strut their traditiona l garments from several different countries on stage in the front of the Union ballroom.

Sophomore Kobe Huynh said the fashion show preparation required four rehearsals lasting 1-2 hours.

“We put a lot of effort into it,” Huynh said.

During the dinner, there was a silent auction where attendants were able to bet on diverse items from different cultures like Chinese slippers, fortune telling bones and Kenyan masks.

The main focus of the dinner, according to Ge, was to educate others and

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“I always love the opening and closing flag ceremony because it shows unity.”

Katie Koller | Junior to learn more about other cultures.

Ph.D. student Rohini Richard said her favorite part of the dinner was the fashion show and the Diwali Mela performers whom danced to semi classical dance music from South India. She said the international education week gives people an opportunity to do something different.

“There’s a lot of diversity here at BGSU,” Huynh said.

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singer Xiaoshan Liu sang “Evening Primrose” while the audience ate dessert.

Then, the BGSU Martial Arts Club showcased their talents to the audience by demonstrating the different types of martial arts from different countries.

The Colombian singers and Diwali Mela performers were the last acts in the program. The closing ceremony concluded the dinner by having the fashion show models exit the ballroom carrying the same flags they had started the night with.

Junior Katie Koller and executive board member of WSA said she was happy with the outcome of the dinner.

“I always love the opening and closing flag ceremony because it shows unity,” Koller said. “In the end, somehow everything comes together.”

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Businesses affected by construction are starting to see sales improve.

Rob A r m s t r ong , spokesperson for Big Boy Family Restaurants and Emmaleen Hartley, general manager of Rally’s, said sales are back to what they were before construction started.

The businesses may have endured, but it wasn’t without challenges.

“Dur ing const r uction, it was difficult to get to the restaurant,” Armstrong said.

Business was down by 35 percent and was projected to be even lower if it weren’t for a loyal group of customers, he said.

Another challenge was

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maintaining a positive attitude among employees, Armstrong said.

Wit h less business, employees were scheduled less and suffered losses from tips, but were able to get through it, he said.

Hartley said business at Rally’s suffered because most people typically tried to avoid the area in the thick of construction.

While the lanes have begun to open up and the normal flow of traffic has returned, Pollick said commuters can expect intermittent lane restrictions as crews finish curbing, striping and signaling work. However, the orange barrels should be removed by next week, she said.

Striping and signaling work will continue throughout the spring and winter, Pollick said.

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Ending election is bittersweet

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Tyler Buchanan In Focus Editor

Tuesday is the moment of Catharsis.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign ads, dozens of irritating voter registrants and one day that will decide it all.

Or maybe several days, if Ohio remains too close to count and the electoral college plays spoiler to political history.

In some ways, I’m glad. No more candidates approving messages and no more wannabe political science majors on Facebook.

But in most ways, its the end to a campaign season, which has focused northwest Ohio in the geopolitical crosshairs of this election.

And it will be a bittersweet end for this reporter and columnist, whose fortune to have lived to write the tales will come to an abrupt end.

First, it was Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum who, just days before the critical “Super Tuesday” Republican primaries, gave speeches in the Union Ballroom earlier this year. Two candidates back-to-back to hear from in real life was, at the time, a miracle.

(It was almost three—I inquired a man pacing in the hallway following Santorum’s speech for an interview. The man, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel, turned towards me and declined.)

Lightning struck a second time while interning for the summer at the Sandusky Register, a newspaper near Cedar Point. I was fortunate enough to manage a press pass and record video of President Obama campaigning throughout northern Ohio back in early July.

Just weeks later, it was Mitt Romney’s turn. The Republican nominee visited the Bowling Green Community Center in July and I joined dozens of media personnel from throughout the United States and beyond to cover his campaign stop with

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National presidential election voting habits reflected in Wood County

By Danae King Campus Editor

Students may not know it, but when they go to the polls in Wood County, they’ll be voting in a county that has a history of predicting election outcomes.

Since 1960, voters in Wood County have determined the results of every presidential election except one, said Russell Mills, associate professor in the Political Science Department.

Wood County is split almost evenly between Republicans and Democrats, which may be why it is skilled at determining future presidents.

“It’s a microcosm of the United States because it’s split pretty evenly,” Mills said. “It is split between Republicans and Democrats, with roughly 50,000 to 60,000 Independents.”

Mills said the even distribution of partisanship may have to do with the University.

“I think Wood County would be a more red [Republican] county without Bowling Green,” he said. “I think there are a large number of Independents in Wood County as well.”

The exact numbers boil down to 22,548 Republicans, 21,308 Democrats, eight Constitution Party members, three members of the Socialist Party and 220 Libertarians, according to the Wood County Board of Elections.

The rest, approximately 63,927 voters, remain unaffiliated.

University, city favored as major stops for presidential candidates Tyler Buchanan In Focus Editor

Just how important is Bowling Green and Wood County in national elections?

W hen Libertarian Gar y Johnson spoke at Cla-Zel last week, he became the eighth presidential candidate to campaign in Bowling Green since 1984. That’s an average of one candidate per election cycle, all making their way to northwest Ohio to court local voters.

Five candidates toured Bowling Green or the University in 2012 alone, including both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

Earlier this year, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich attended a Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner in the University ballroom during the Republican primary season.

The dinner’s namesake himself came to campus in 1984.

Ronald Reagan, seeking re-election against Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, was greeted by Freddy and Frieda as he spoke to 5,000 students and supporters in Anderson Arena

on Sept. 26, 1984, according to a BG News article from the time.

A BG News photo features the mascots holding a Bowling Green jersey reading “Reagan” with 84 underneath.

E mph a si z i ng m i l it a r y strength, Reagan told the crowd that America would continue to establish relationships with countries to avoid conflicts.

“The world is a dangerous place,” he said. “Uncle Sam is a friendly old man, but he has a spine of steel.”

Nearly 30 years later, as the University’s basketball team moved from Anderson Arena to the Stroh Center across campus, so did presidential visits.

President Barack Obama, campaigning in Bowling Green last month at the Stroh, gave a similar message to his own 5,000 students and supporters.

“We’re going to maintain the strongest military the world has ever known,” he said.

In the 1990s, candidates Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush made whistle stops in Bowling Green, campaigning throughout

the country by train.

As Bush sought re-election in 1992, he spoke to a crowd of over 8,000 near Reed Street and Frazee Avenue. The Republican incumbent said that he was more qualified to fight for the middle class, The BG News reported.

“I want an America where every graduate of this great school can find a good, decent job,” he said.

Just months later, former Ark. Gov. Bill Clinton won the presidency. Four years later, Clinton followed Bush and Reagan’s footsteps, visiting Bowling Green during his own re-election bid.

Down the tracks from his former opponents’ visit, Clinton addressed around 20,000 supporters on Wooster Street near Dairy Queen.

“I have been and will continue to work hard to give hope, direction and progress to American life,” Clinton said.

Tim Newman, a political sci-

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“Just the diversity of people in this region has a lot to do with why people go back and forth,” Mills said. “They tend to vote more on the issues of the day; they don’t deal with a party because it’s ideological.”

Depending on what they are, the issues of the time period can impact voters’ decisions at the polls, Mills said.

“If voters are dissatisfied with the politics of the day, we end up with a county that’s split pretty evenly,” Mills said.

This is why Wood County is such a good indicator of the nation’s voting habits, he said.

As far as the 2012 presidential election goes, Mills said Independents are torn because President Barack Obama wants to keep their jobs, but they may not be satisfied with the current economy.

The fact that voters in Wood County have determined elections makes the Independents in the county feel more important, Mills said.

“They feel like they’re going to decide this election,” Mills said.

“The end result is that we’re going to see an incredibly high turnout rate in Wood County for voting.”

Mills thinks the results are going to be very close in the county.

“Suburban voters tend to be more moderate or Independent,” he said. “Democrats will vote Democrat, farmers will vote Republican

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edical marijuana legalization in Ohio was pushed for by various political groups, but did not make it to the November ballot in 2012.

Neither the proposed Ohio Alternative Treatment Amendment and Ohio Medical Cannabis Act reached the minimum 385,247 valid signatures required to reach ballot access.

Ohio Constitutional amendments require signatures equal to 10 percent of votes cast for the governor race in the most recent election.

Groups like the Ohio Medical Cannabis Association say they will try again in 2014.

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Each election, there are those people who exclaim “That’s it. So-and-so was elected. I’m moving to Canada.”

It’s time for those people to put up or shut up. It’s time for everyone in Ohio to roll out of bed and vote, despite his or her full day of classes and busy schedule.

The BG News has laid out the ballot issues and the platforms of each major candidate. We have done our parts. It’s time for you to do yours.

“I’m just one person. My vote doesn’t really matter,” is not a justification for not voting. If you lived in any other state or county, we might tell you to just stay in bed on Nov. 6.

But, if there’s one county in one state where votes matter, it’s the one you’re getting your college education in. Wood County is considered the swing county in the biggest swing state

of the 2012 elections.

We should feel lucky.

How would a Liberal voter fare in Oklahoma, where Republican presidential candidate John McCain won all 77 counties against Barack Obama in 2008? Or how about a Conservative voter in Vermont in 2008, where Obama swept the Democrat vote?

The electoral college, breaking down national elections to a state-bystate basis, means that a vote cast in a swing state like Ohio fundamentally counts more than in a solidly-leaning state.

Minority opinions are at an instant disadvantage by this system of “popular vote be damned.”

But here in Ohio, we matter. Our 18 electoral college votes have warranted dozens of campaign stops by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and more political ads than

anyone can handle.

If anyone matters, it’s us.

If any vote matters, its ours.

Throughout the course of the semester, students have been asked “Are you registered to vote?” countless times. These people were not trying to annoy you; they were trying to prepare you.

They might have gotten really annoying at times, but regardless of their political affiliations, they were offering to assist you.

If you snub your chance to vote, you give up your right to complain or to criticize this country.

You run the chance of losing respect from others because your missing ballot could be translated as a missing interest in the way your life is run.

Citizens of Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam do not have the right to vote. In some countries, voters are forced to vote for the current

“But here in Ohio, we matter.

Our 18 electoral college votes have warranted dozens of campaign stops by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama ...” powers as a form of skewed democracy.

Students are lucky.

Students don’t have to vote.

Students have the freedom to vote for whomever we want.

Utilize this freedom. Don’t let this, our most basic freedom, pass by.

Everyone has a voice; let it be known Tuesday.

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Citizens should come Conservatives shift together more often support to Obama PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST

This past week, Americans once again had the opportunity to be American again, not Republicans, Democrats, liberals, progressives, conservatives, rich, middle class, poor, a member of the one percent or the 99 percent.

When Hurricane Sandy struck the eastern seaboard, we were once again reminded that the things that bind us together are stronger than those that divide us.

We’ve seen this before: Pearl Harbor, the JFK assassination, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11.

When our nation experiences trauma, we all pitch in and help and, in the process, we hear the question from time to time, from people filling sandbags, evacuating the sick from hospitals with no electricity, people donating their time, blood and money to assist: Why can’t we act this way all the time?

There seems to be no clear answer. Americans generally go about their daily business autonomously, consumed with their own affairs. Most of us adopt a live-and-let-live philosophy, perhaps because

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independence is part of our civic DNA. We don’t like to be told what to do nor be compelled to join a group or cause.

Some images from this past week stand out: the president and the New Jersey governor standing shoulder to shoulder. Talk about chalk and cheese.

Their backgrounds and outlooks may differ, but they’re not talking politics now; that will most certainly come later. They’re trying to install confidence and hope in anyone within the sound of their voices that things will get better, and everyone’s in it to help.

We saw the same thing on 9/11.

The Senate and the House of Representatives standing on the Capitol steps singing “America the Beautiful.” No Republicans or Democrats, just Americans.

Later, as Ground Zero was being cleared, volunteers brought water, coffee and food to those clearing the debris. Gifts such as these were also brought to firehouses and police stations throughout New York.

Ironworkers came in from all over the country, donating their time and expertise.

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KYLE SHUPE COLUMNIST

In the final lap of the race for the White House, Barack Obama is slated to win, currently given an 84 percent chance of victory.

While Liberals like myself are delighted at the chance our president will be returning for another term, those on the opposite side of the aisle don’t seem too pleased. With them in mind, I would like to make a final case for the president which, given his statistical likelihood of victory, can at least act as a spoonful of sugar to help the election results go down.

It’s no secret that the GOP isn’t what it used to be: with extreme elements like the Tea Party thriving in this election cycle, it’s no surprise a majority of Republican voters view demonic possession as more plausible than climate change.

Given the radical right, a number of moderate, centrist Conservatives have already flocked to the president’s side.

The grassroots organization, Republicans for Obama, cites the extremist nature of their party as one reason for a Republican to vote for the president, describing him as a “common-sense centrist” and even going on to say “Obama would

fit in well as a Republican.”

Describing the president’s first term, Republicans for Obama find “significant support from prominent Republicans,” a politically diverse cabinet, the signing of the American Recovery and Investment Act, the creation of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and plenty of other successes, which have been good for Conservatives and the nation as a whole.

While the moderate conservatives of Republicans for Obama highly suggest the President as your candidate in the upcoming election, another and very prominent right-leaning organization has thrown its support behind Obama.

Business newspaper, The Economist, endorsed Obama for his handling of the economy helping to “avert a depression,” use of foreign policy suggesting the U.S. is in a “safe pair of hands” and health reform.

While the article has quite a lot to say negatively about the president, it has even more to say about Mitt Romney. The problem with Romney, speaking to his flip-flopping nature, The Economist state, “there are a lot of Romney’s and they have committed themselves to a lot of dangerous things.”

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Which presidential candidate deserves your vote?

MATTHEW THACKER ASSISTANT FORUM EDITOR

Barack Obama: There are many reasons that college students should vote Tuesday to reelect President Barack Obama and today I will elaborate on a few of those reasons.

First, Obama has worked hard to try to make it easier for everyone who wants to go to college be able to do so.

He consolidated all government-backed student loans to go straight to schools from the government instead of going through private lending institutions.

That means the interest on government subsidized student loans doesn’t start accumulating until after you have finished college, resulting in less money for you to pay back.

Then, he added an income-based repayment plan option on government subsidized student loans so if your college degree does not yield you a job making a lot of money, you can base your student loan repayment on your income.

The result is making student loans a little less burdensome to repay.

Obama also increased funding for Pell Grants for lower income people so the amount of money given via the Pell Grant keeps up with the rate of inflation.

On the other side, Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, introduced a budget proposal in 2011 that

would reduce the amount of money given for Pell grants and return the student loan system to its previous incarnation, where private lending institutions tacked on more money to your loans to pay for their services, ultimately costing students more money to attend college.

For that reason alone, you should vote to re-elect Obama, but it is not the only reason.

If you live in Ohio or Michigan, or anywhere else throughout the Midwest, Obama probably saved the job of a friend or family member when he refused to let General Motors and Chrysler go out of business.

The facts of Obama’s bailout of the auto industry have been distorted and criticized by people living in other parts of the country, but most of us here in Ohio get it. Saving the auto industry is about more than just saving jobs at car manufacturing plants.

Eric Burkland, the head of the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, said in a New York Times article, that for every person who works in an auto plant, there are seven jobs in supporting industries, such as paint suppliers, restaurants, engineers, accountants and lawyers.

While Obama was putting himself at potential political risk to save approximately a million automotive jobs (all government loans that were used to save the auto industry were paid back ahead of schedule), Romney wrote an editorial in the New York Times saying that the government should let Detroit go bankrupt.

Our country cannot afford

that kind of leadership.

While people on the right love to badmouth the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (aka Obamacare), in truth it is the most significant health care legislation since the passage of Medicare.

Obamacare guarantees that people can no longer be denied healthcare coverage based on preexisting conditions and young adults can remain covered on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26 years old.

It is estimated that once Obamacare is fully implemented in 2014, as many as 30 million people who did not have healthcare before will now be insured.

As my time runs out, I want to mention a few other reasons to re-elect Obama that I don’t have space here to elaborate on.

Obama made it legal for homosexuals to serve openly in the military and supports marriage equality for same sex couples.

He supports equal work for equal pay for women and supports a woman’s right to make her own reproductive choices.

He ended the war in Iraq and is in the midst of a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan, restoring America’s diplomatic credibility around the world.

With his American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obama saved at least 300,000 education jobs.

And did I mention he found and ordered the Navy Seals to kill Osama bin Laden?

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Mitt Romney: As long as democracy has existed, the war between opposite political parties has existed.

It is not difficult for anyone to be sucked in to this normality; many have fallen into this routine, including myself.

However, both parties wish to obtain the same thing: the opportunity for success for every American.

While they disagree on the path to achieve that goal, the goal remains constant.

This war does nothing but soil the waters of clarity, disrupting the road of truth that America must follow to achieve this goal.

This road changes with times, with the ideas of society.

While the destination is constant, there are numerous variables that must be addressed. What are these variables? Why are they important?

The answers to these two crucial questions are the precise reason why I, a fiscal conservative, am voting for Gov. Mitt Romney.

The economy has been the root of numerous topics of this election, education, job creation, tax reform, national debt and deficit, health care and even foreign policy.

The American economy is what either makes or breaks America. With an unem-

ployment rate now at 7.9%, national debt at $16 trillion and national deficit at $1 trillion the American people and government alike have taken on this burden of addressing and fixing the problem. This brings up the questions of taxes, job creation, the foreign market and what answers to these questions will serve most profitable for everyone.

With healthcare being 1/6 of the U.S. economy, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are all logical topics that must be approached as well.

These are the variables of this election that will, inarguably, have the largest impact on America’s future, for either good or bad.

The Affordable Care Act is a wonderful idea that, unfortunately, has a drastic unintended consequence of hurting the health care industry, 1/6 of our economy.

While again, I stress the concept is that of a good one, the fact of the matter remains that not all the kinks are worked out.

Kinks like how we plan to pay for this.

If this was not at a relevant question, then why was $740 million pulled out of Medicare?

We, as a country with a troubled economy, cannot afford to impose another burden on 1/6 of our economy. We must rather allow the state and the private sector to work together through competition and regulation to promote health care costs that we can all afford.

Affordability, however, is only relevant under the assumption that you can

find a job. Romney’s plan addresses this issue.

We must create jobs to get the economy moving again.

We do this by promoting job growth in America through literally working for energy independence in North America.

Secondly, we must reevaluate how we trade and seek expansion of American goods and services in foreign markets.

The cost of education and access to the right kind of job training is a pressing issue as college tuition and post graduate debt, are the highest ever recorded.

No business, big or small, has been able to survive by spending more money than they take in, so naturally the government must focus on lowering the national deficit.

Finally, and arguably the most important, small businesses, the cornerstones of the American economy, cannot be discouraged in hiring and expanding due to regulations that are crippling them.

The question you, as a college student, must ask yourself is: What happens if I cannot find a job? Let me tell you that you will retain a significant amount of college debt, struggle to find affordable healthcare and own a home.

In short, the economy is the largest of all variables.

Romney has a plan to fix our economy that will work.

If we fix our economy, all the other variables will fall into place.

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Brown, Mandel face off for spot in US Senate Josh Mandel

Sherrod Brown

Republican Candidate for US Senate

Democratic Candidate for US Senate Five points of Sherrod Brown’s platform:

Five points of Josh Mandel’s platform:

1. Increased investments in

1. Stop all new federal regulations

workforce development systems to attract businesses to Ohio

2. Supports marriage equality 3. Provide resources for small business growth

4. Investments in state infrastructure 5. Increased accessibility to health care

until economy recovers

2. Cut spending to balance the U.S. budget

3. Scrap tax code and create new, fairer system

4. Save Medicare and Social Security

5. Repeal “government-run” health care

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Obama, Romney face off for Presidency Barack Obama

Democratic Candidate for Presidency

Mitt Romney

Republican Candidate for Presidency

Five points of Barack Obama’s platform:

Five points of Mitt Romney’s platform:

1. Eliminate tax breaks for

1. Reduce federal spending to

companies that ship jobs overseas

2. $2.50 in spending cuts for each

lower U.S. debt

dollar of revenue and tax increases

2. Lower taxes for all individuals

3. Cut growth in college tuition and

3. Cut taxes for corporations to

maintain Pell Grants

4. Expand access to health care through Affordable Care Act

5. End wars and invest in U.S. infrastructure

stimulate job growth

4. Repeal Affordable Care Act 5. Encourage privatization in higher education to lower costs

Vicious political ads muddy campaigns Alissa Widman Senior Reporter

Get ready Ohio voters — it’s crunch time.

Like proverbial college students cramming before a big test, politicians are finishing their homework, making their final pitches in an intensified slew of political advertisements aimed at the masses.

As voters in a swing state that could very well decide this year’s presidential election, we’re no strangers to political ads.

They’re lurking everywhere

— in mailboxes, on television, on radio stations, online — and they’re appearing at an unprecedented rate.

Campaigns have spent more than $3 billion on television ads alone for the 2012 presidential, congressional and state government elections, according to reports from Moody’s Investment Services. This is a record-breaking amount, up from $2.3 billion last year.

As politicians continue to pump dollars into their ad campaigns, I can’t help but wonder: Is this unmatched overkill really an effective strategy?

Ponder that thought as I highlight a day in the life of a swing state voter like myself.

I open my mailbox in the morning and a flood of flyers featuring President Barack Obama spews out, falling onto the concrete.

I then head to class, where my professors supplement their lectures with YouTube videos. Before they can access said clips, however, our class is first greeted by Mitt Romney, whose spiel we must listen to for 30 seconds.

As my frustration builds and I head back to my apartment, I turn on my television, where a flurry of ads addressing women’s rights flutter onto the screen.

One ad says, if elected, Romney would deny women cancer screenings and birth control by cutting funding to Planned Parenthood. Another ad calls Obama an extremist for leaving babies born alive during abortions “out to die.”

Simply put, the advertising overkill is overwhelming.

I also believe it’s ineffective.

I don’t know what to believe, what is factual and what is fake — and I know I’m not alone.

The constant messages are too much for us voters to ingest, so instead, we often tune them out.

Flyers go straight into the garbage. Online ads are muted.

We change the channel, hang up the phone or do anything to escape. But often, we can’t.

Political campaigns have even seeped into the entertainment industry, but, when linked with satire, they can actually be very rewarding.

“The Campaign,” a comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis released on DVD last week, perfectly parodies the harsh political scene currently consuming mainstream media.

In fact, it’s the only Will Ferrell movie that has ever made me laugh uncontrollably, mainly because of its message. Even though it’s obviously exaggerated, “The Campaign” effectively depicts the extreme measures politicians take to attack their opponents in their ads.

Ferrell and Galifianakis essentially ruin each other’s lives while vying for a Congressional seat. Their campaigns are filled with vicious mud-slinging labels, including communist, terrorist, fake Christian, baby puncher, poor husband and inadequate sex partner, to name a few.

It may sound silly, but think about it — how far off is this scene from real-life politics?

If I have to hear Romney say he’s going to “stand up to China” one more time, referring to the country as a scary, exotic scapegoat, I’m going to go crazy.

His campaign has recently received flak for launching a misleading ad, aired initially in Toledo, that inaccurately stated Chrysler is moving Jeep pro-

duction to China because of the president’s policies.

On a less serious note, Obama’s campaign recently launched a satirical ad starring Sesame Street’s Big Bird, mocking Romney for saying he would cut public funding to the Public Broadcasting Service, even though he “likes Big Bird.”

I stumbled upon the ad last week and it took me a few minutes to determine if it was a legitimate ad or a spoof.

Unfortunately, it’s real.

And because Sesame Street didn’t grant the president permission to use its iconic yellow bird in the clip, it’s safe to say the ad ruffled some feathers.

Are silly, misleading ads like these really worth the millions of dollars politicians spend on them, when the money could be allocated elsewhere?

Will a last-minute negative ad really deter a voter from a candidate they’ve been following for months? Will a lastminute positive ad suddenly recruit a swell of new supporters?

We all know the answer: No. Unfortunately, nothing is likely to change anytime soon.

As long as “everybody’s doing it,” the practice will continue. Politicians will continue to slander, criticize and dehumanize their opponents in incessant, often ineffective dueling ads unless all politicians start a nationwide movement to stop doing so.

I don’t know what could prompt such a drastic change, but I’d support it. I’m sure many other people wouldn’t mind a world without political ads.

What I do know: I can’t wait for Nov. 7, so I don’t have to read them, watch them or listen to them anymore.

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Libertarians fight two-party system

By Max Filby

Editor-in-Chief

This Tuesday, a growing group of students, politicians and voters are planning on crashing the party—­but not the one you’d expect to crash near a college campus.

The Libertarian Party of Wood County is the largest emerging third party in the area, with 220 registered members. Although the party’s chances of obtaining major office seems like a political longshot, it isn’t stopping Libertarians from trying to break down the Democratic and Republican parties.

“I don’t care which one I take more votes away from, the idea is to ruin the party, the two party system,” said Gary Johnson, Liberta ria n ca ndidate for president, during a campaign stop in Bowling Green on Friday.

Johnson’s stop was the result of the growing Libertarian support in Wood County, said Chance Stoodt, member and former president of Young Americans for Liberty, a Libertarian leaning student group.

“The younger generation has a disenchantment of the two parties,” Stoodt said about the growing support for Libertariansism.

Along with Stoodt and other local Libertarians, Nathan Eberly, candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives also attended the event. Eberly is also chair of the Libertarian Party of Wood County.

One reason Eberly said he is a supporter of Libertarian principles is because they come from a variety of political viewpoints.

Some issues Libertarians tend to support include lowering taxes, a limited size of gov-

ernment and the legalization of marijuana in the United States, according to the Libertarian Party of Ohio’s website.

“We’re seen as Republicanlike in some ways, but we really come from all different ideologies,” Eberly said.

While Eberly realizes that it is still difficult for a Libertarian to get elected, he believes, because of the party’s perspectives on issues, it will continue to grow. Eberly hopes that one day, the Libertarian party will be considered of equal size and weight in politics as both the Republican and Democratic parties.

“We’ll see some more people come our way,” Eberly said. “Our party could end up replacing one of the others or even both.”

Although both Eberly and Johnson admit that they may not be elected because of their political affiliation, they both believe, by earning more votes, they may be able to drastically change the current party system.

By gaining more votes, the Libertarian party could receive some federal funding and their presidential candidate could be eligible to compete in the presidential debates.

In order to have competed in this year’s presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates, Johnson would have needed to have earned 15 percent of the vote in previous polls, according to opendebate.org.

Despite such barriers, neither Eberly or Johnson are letting the election or a vote go to waste.

“Don’t waste your vote on someone you don’t believe in,” Johnson said. “I hope, come Tuesday, that I get credit for breaking up the party.”

• 220 people are currently members of the Wood County Libertarian Party.

• The Libertarian Party is the third largest party in Wood County • There are Libertarian candidates for Ohio House, U.S. House and the Presidential elections, among others

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By Stephan Reed Forum Editor

Issue 2 is an initiative to change the process of how the state of Ohio redraws voting district lines.

If approved, Issue 2 will form a 12-member commission to redraw voting district lines following each U.S. census, which occurs every 10 years. The commission would consist of four Republicans, four Democrats and four Independent, non-bipartisan members. These members would be chosen by the Ohio Appellate judges.

A “yes” vote would mean the voter supports the creation of the 12-member commission. Tax dollars would fund the commission and its members. It will cost between $11 million and $15 million throughout the next eight years, according to the Office of Budget and Management.

“If you vote yes on issue 2, you tend to promote more independence of the people,” said Russell Mills, an assistant professor of political science at the University. “What I mean by ‘independence’ is more bipartisanship and less bias.”

A “no” vote would mean the voter supports the current methods of district drawing.

“If you vote no, you prefer to let the legislators to draw the lines,” he said. “A ‘no’ vote puts more accountability on our elected officials.”

Currently, the elected state legislator draws the voting boundaries after each census.

“The common conception today

COLUMN From Page 3 Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Then, throw in another Obama stop to the University in September. Then one more still-Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate, spoke at Clazel last week and gave this college reporter a few minutes of his time, a look in the eye and a handshake fitting for a national campaign.

All this and I think its safe to say few other moderately-sized towns in America have been so politically traveled this election.

We hate it. I know we hate it.

I hear the groans when another political ad hits the airwaves. I hear the complaints about the two-party system and how we, as a society, need to endorse other ideas. (Funny, there hasn’t been a

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is that the legislator gets to pick their voters because they draw the boundaries,” Mills said. “There’s no rhyme or reason to how they draw them sometimes.”

The party that is in control after the census typically draws the voting districts in their favor, said Robin Deters, voter outreach specialist for Toledo Area Jobs with Justice.

“Whatever party is in control draws the lines so that their party can continue to be in control,” she said. “It is referred to Gerrymandering and Issue 2 aims to stop it.”

If Issue 2 passes, it will be a step in the direction on nonpartisan voting districts, Deters said.

“The League of Women Voters spearheaded this campaign and they have worked on this for 40 years,” Deters said. “In the decade the Democrats controlled, [The League of Women Voters] fought against it. The party and the politicians pick who their voters are, not who us voters pick who our politicians are.”

Some groups in the state, such as Protect Your Vote, however, argue against the logistics of the policy.

A problem with Issue 2 arises when the Ohio Appellate judges look to remove a member or change the policy, said David Langdon, Treasurer of Protect Your Vote.

“This politically motivated amendment dangerously places a permanent, untested process into Ohio’s Constitution,” Langdon said in a statement regarding Issue 2.

“It would be virtually impossible to

“We’re lucky to have democracy on our doorsteps...” non-Democrat or Republican president in over 150 years and political ads continue to weigh heavily on peoples’ voting decisions. Hypocrisy, thy name is politics.)

But for better or for worse, we’ve been lucky. We’re lucky to have democracy on our doorsteps, knocking with offers of lower taxes and higher taxes, Obamacare and no Obamacare, middle-out and top-down and everywhere in between.

And while those millions of dollars in campaign ads force themselves into our collective consciousness, while multinational corporations seemingly buy our elections with donations

Issue 2 What: Vote to change the process of Ohio district redrawings

Yes: A “yes” 12-member

commission of four Democrats, four Republicans and four Independents will draw voting districts after each census

No: A “no” vote retains the

current process where elected state legislators draw the districts

repeal or change.”

The general cost of the committee is a concern as well.

“It forces taxpayers to give nearly unlimited funding to an unelected and unaccountable commission,” Langdon said.

“Should the amendment pass, its constitutionality will be fought in the courts costing Ohio taxpayers millions of dollars.”

A big portion of the state funding for Issue 2, if it passes, would go towards litigation and implementation, Mills said.

The general idea of Issue 2 is a positive one, but it leaves some uncertainty for the future, he added.

“The real benefit will be in the first 10 years,” Mills said. “But after that is what I’m wondering about.

What’s the 10 years after going to look like?”

in the six- sometimes seven-figure range, it should be noted that we are still voting on real people and real issues. And this year, many of us got to see them up close and make decisions in front of our own eyes.

This week, voters in Ohio, Delaware, Utah and Idaho will all cast their ballots. Voters in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Charleston, in Heyfork, California, in Wild Horse, Colorado, in Honolulu, Hawaii where Obama was born and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where his contender Mitt Romney grew up, will all fill out the same ballot sheet.

And all of us, of all parties and ideologies and faiths, will come together in a democratic process. A process which I, and surely many of you, feel grateful to have lived through, deep in the crosshairs.

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COUNTY From Page 3 and then it’s down to down to Independents in the suburbs.”

There may be some question about what the final results will be, but Matt Reger, chair of the Wood County Republican Part y, believes presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win because of his message.

“He has a message that resonates with Wood County,” Reger said. “People in Wood County are concerned about the economy and the deficit and the fact that it’s increased. People in Wood County believe government should be done within its means -- that resonates.”

Mike Zickar, chair of the Wood County Democratic Party, believes Obama will win because voters trust him.

“Wood County people

VISITS From Page 3 ence instructor, said that politicians give Bowling Green attention because of the variety of constituents. Wood County includes student voters with the University, urban voters and various other demographics, he said.

Evidence of the area’s impor ta nce cou ld be found in Santorum and Gingrich’s decision to campaign at the LincolnReagan Day Dinner in March of this year. With students out of town for spring break, the t wo ca ndidates batt led in Ohio for the Republican

“It’s a microcosm of the United States because it’s split pretty evenly.”

Russell Mills | Associate Professor

Registered Voters of Wood County

Ronald Reagon | 1984 visit

Pa rt y nomination for president.

Wit h t he “Super Tuesday” primaries days away and nearly a dozen states set to vote, two of the final four Republicans in the race were both in Bowling Green to fight for local voters.

“I’m not asking for your life, I’m not asking for your fortune,” Santorum said in his speech. “I’m asking you most decidedly for

1996 Election

2000 Election

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Republican

Clinton

Independent Democrat

realize that the rescue of the auto companies was personal in Wood County,” Zickar said. “They realize the president made a tough call on something that really matters to all of us.”

No matter what the outcome of this election, Wood County’s votes have predicted in the past several elections.

Mills said he doesn’t know why this is the case, but it could be due to the suburbs.

“I think it’s because you have seen some suburban growth,” he said.

“It helped increase the number of Independents in the county.”

“Uncle Sam is a friendly old man, but he has a spine of steel.”

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your honor.”

Both candidates were eventually defeated by Mitt Romney, who hosted a town hall event at the Bowling Green Convention Center in July.

Romney campaigned with Ohio Gov. John Kasich and several other local politicians.

“It’s time to have the principles you see here apply to Washington,” Romney said.

Of the five presidential candidates who visited Bowling Green or the University this year, three will be on the ballot this Tuesday. Whoever wins, locals can say they saw the next President of the United States.

Bush

2008 Election

2004 Election

Kerry

Gore

McCain

Bush

Obama

Past presidential visits Ronald Reagan

Sep. 26, 1984 at Anderson Arena Won re-election in 1984

George H.W. Bush

Sep. 26, 1992 at Reed St. and Frazee Ave. Lost re-election in 1992

Bill Clinton

Aug. 26, 1996 at Wooster St. Won re-election in 1996

Newt Gingrich

Rick Santorum Mar. 3, 2012 at University Ballroom Lost Republican nomination bid

Mitt Romney

July 18, 2012 at BG Community Center Republican pres. nominee on Tuesday

Barack Obama

Sept. 26, 2012 at Stroh Center Democratic pres. nominee on Tuesday

Gary Johnson

Mar. 3, 2012 at University Ballroom Nov. 2, 2012 at Cla-Zel Lost Republican nomination bid Libertarian pres. nominee on Tuesday

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WRONG SATURDAY Hockey splits series with Michigan State winning 1-0 Friday, losing 6-1 Saturday

By Ryan Satkowiak Senior Reporter

The BG hockey team’s lack of consistency showed again this past weekend, with a pair of polar-opposite games against Michigan State.

The Falcons won Friday’s game 1-0 and dropped Saturday’s game 6-1.

Senior goalie Andrew Hammond made his return to game action Friday with a huge performance. He stopped all 29 shots the Spartans threw at him.

He had missed the previous three games because of an elbow injury.

“Michigan State tends to come at you in waves; you kind of try and hold your team in there,” Hammond said. “I thought I did a pretty good job of that tonight. I was just trying to be patient and calm out there.”

Hammond was at his best in the third period, where the Spartans put 14 shots on him.

“I thought he looked solid,” said BG Coach Chris

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Men’s basketball wins first exhibition

Falcons defeat Central State Marauders Sunday 73-60

By Alex Krempasky Reporter

The BG men’s basketball team soared past the Marauders of Central State with a 73-60 victory in an exhibition game on Sunday.

This was the first time in the 2012-13 season that the Falcons were able to show what kind of team they are.

“We’ve been talking in practice about establishing ourselves,” senior Jordan Crawford said.

“We’re going to make an impression and its either going to be a good one or a bad one. So we came out and made the best impression that we could.”

Central State has given Division I opponents trouble in exhibition games. This past season, Central State defeated Wright State 56-50 in their preseason exhibition match.

Then, the Marauders played at Wright State this past Friday and kept the game close; the score was tied at the end of the first half, until they gave up 51 points to the Raiders in the second half.

“I give Central State credit,” Head Coach Louis Orr said, “They are a talented, well-coached team and

we knew that they weren’t going to quit… We knew it was going to be a very competitive game.”

The first half was an offensive struggle for each team with BG leading 29-25. The Falcons leading scorers in the first half were seniors A’uston Calhoun and Jordan Crawford, who had ten points a piece, which amounted to 20 of the Falcons’ 29 points.

On the defensive side of the ball, BG was dominant. The Falcons recorded 13 defensive rebounds and only allowed Central State to recover one offensive rebound in the entire first half.

“We know defense wins championships and everybody knows that,” Crawford said. “If we don’t let the other team score when we’re not scoring, so then we’re not losing anything. So as long as we’re getting stops, we’ll find some way to get the ball in the hoop.”

After halftime, Crawford put the team on his back by stepping up his offensive game. He put up 20 points during the second half, making seven shots

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ANTHONY GRANT, forward, controls the ball against Wright State in a game this past Tuesday. The Falcons fell to West Virginia Saturday.

Men’s soccer falls, makes MAC Tournament Falcons qualify for post-season despite losing 1-0 to West Virginia Saturday

By Alex Krempasky Reporter

The BG men’s soccer team lost a disappointing match to the MidAmerican Conference’s newest member, West Virginia, 1-0 this past Saturday night.

West Virginia moved from the Big East Conference after the rest of its sports were invited to join the Big 12 Conference this past October.

BG and West Virginia battled the bitter cold in hopes of insuring their spot in the MAC tournament this upcoming weekend in Akron, Ohio.

The score remained scoreless until West Virginia’s Eric Schoenle scored his sixth goal of the season in the 83rd minute, putting the Mountaineers ahead 1-0, which ended up being the final score.

BG finished the regular season with a record of 8-8-3, with a conference record of 3-3-1. The Falcons tied Western Michigan for fourth place in the conference.

Even though they ended the season tied in the standings and losing to West Virginia, BG landed the fourth and final tournament spot over Western Michigan.

With the win, West Virginia finished their first MAC sea-

son tied for second place with Northern Illinois.

The Falcons will be playing the MAC regular season champions, the Akron Zips, (15-1-2) on Friday in the tournament semi-finals.

The winner of Friday’s game will play the winner of the West Virginia-Northern Illinois game for the tournament championship, which will earn the winner a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Falcons will be playing Akron on Friday at 7 p.m. in Akron, Ohio. If they defeat the Zips, the Falcons will be playing in the championship game on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in Akron, Ohio.

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The BG rugby club ended its season on a strong note with a 65-24 win against the Miami Red hawks this past weekend.

The Falcons had already clinched the Mid-American Conference title after the win over Ohio last week, but the team stayed focused and stamped an exclamation mark on all of their hard work this fall.

The weather was not cooperative throughout the game. It seemed to contribute to Miami’s fortune on the offensive side of the ball.

“The weather was a factor when it came to catching and holding onto the ball, but those were things both teams had to deal with,” said lock Alex Garnaut. “As a team, we came out and hit hard and just played our game that has worked for us the entire season and it paid off again.”

When BG needed to dig down and shrug off the mud, the forwards did just that and executed on key plays.

The Redhawks ran a tight ball control offense and they were good at reeling off lengthy series of 10-12 straight plays. The trouble

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Individually, wing Nolan Cavano and flanker Justin Stevens had standout performances. They are arguably the two hardest workers on and off the field for the Falcons.

Cavano is a deadly outside running threat, while Stevens has been the go-to guy in the lineup with Ed Luther recovering from knee surgery.

The victory continues BG’s dominance of Miami.

The last time the Redhawks

were victorious in the rivalry was 14 years ago.

The win tops the milestone of the team’s 31st straight MAC championship. BG is now tied with consecutive college championships with Kenyon College, who sported 31 straight DIII swimming titles that ended in 2010.

The Falcons end with a perfect league season. They will now start making preparations for their 9th appearance in the past 13 years in the National Collegiate Rugby Championship next spring.

BG is bidding to host the event in late April.

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and three free throws.

Crawford totaled 30 points in the exhibition game, which would have been a career high if it were a regular season game.

“Our seniors stepped up,” Orr said. “I thought [Crawford] was terrific scoring the ball. As a point guard on this team, he has to score and run the team because he can.”

In the second half, Calhoun went flat in offensive production with only nine points, but totaled 14 of the team’s 41 rebounds during the game.

“Calhoun wasn’t his usual, efficient self offensively,” Orr said. “But he had 14 rebounds, 19 points and he got tough

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rebounds in traffic. He played big for us.”

Junior forward Craig Sealey also posted 11 rebounds during the game, including seven on the offensive side of the ball.

The team began to mesh on the defensive side of the ball during the game. The Falcons recorded 15 steals, led by senior Luke Kraus who had five and forced Central State to give up 24 turnovers.

“I thought on the defensive end, [Kraus] gave us some good minutes,” Orr said. “He didn’t score a point, but he had five steals.”

The Falcons will be kicking off the regular season when the Lake Erie Storm comes to the Stroh Center in the home-opener on Friday. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. start time.

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PAIGE PENROD, jumps up to spike the ball over the net against Buffalo Friday night. The Falcons defeated the Bulls in five sets.

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Volleyball takes back MAC lead

By Max Householder Reporter

Akron, BG used a .452 where the Falcons fought hitting percentage in the off three set points, but BG reclaims a share of first two sets to jump out still managed to lose the MAC lead with a stel- to an early lead before the 27-25 after opening up lar performance against intermission. with a 17-11 lead.

Akron Saturday night.

BG was led in scoring Yet, the Falcons came After barely escap- by their three junior out- back with a vengeance ing with a win the night side hitters in Danielle in the fourth, scoring the before against Buffalo, Tonyan, Paige Penrod and first seven points and BG was able to beat Akron Lindsay Butterfield. Of using two kills by Penrod in 4 sets: 25-23, 25-20, those three, Tonyan led to put an exclamation 25-27, 25-17. the way with 18 kills, fol- point on the match.

The win against Akron, lowed by Butterfield with After the match, the plus Central Michigan’s 10 and Penrod, who had BG volleyball team honfive set victory against 10 kills and five service ored its four seniors: Ohio is what gave BG back aces.

Cassie Berning, Lauren a share of the conference The only blemish on Mizgalski, Kari Galen and lead with two games left. the night was after the Leah Shaw. During the Bowling Green Student Newspaper Ad_Layout 1 10/26/2012 12:29 PM Page 1 In the match against break, in the third set, ceremony, left-side hitter

Cassie Berning was proposed to and accepted the marriage proposal.

With the win, BG stopped a five game winning streak held by Akron and improved themselves to 12-2 in conference. BG will close out the regular season next weekend as they travel to Miami OH on Thursday night and Northern Illinois on Saturday.

BG defeated Miami in three sets back on October 4th at the Stroh Center.

The Falcons have yet to play Northern Illinois.

Bergeron. “I thought he looked on top of it. He looked in control for the most part and that’s Andrew when he’s at his best.”

The Falcons were strong in the first period, outshooting Michigan State 9-5, along with getting the game’s only goal.

Connor Kucera put BG on the board late in the period, blasting a one-timer feed from Adam Berkle past Michigan State goalie Jake Hildebrand.

“It was kind of a broken play,” Kucera said. “Berkle got the puck and came to the point and I just kind of moved across the middle and got a lane. Took a one-time shot and put it on net and it just happened to go in.”

Everything that went right for BG in Friday’s game seemed to go wrong in Saturday’s, as the Falcons fell behind early and were never able to catch up.

The Spartans demonstrated fantastic execution on the power play, scoring four times in seven opportunities with the man advantage.

Michigan State’s first three goals of the game came on the power play.

“The first two we had the puck go under one of our guy’s sticks to one

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of their guys on the back door, so that was [lack of ] execution,” Bergeron said. “Then t he f iveon-three goal, that’s on Hammond. That’s just a bad goal. And then the momentum and the game is out of hand. It was lack of execution, I’d say.”

BG had a few scoring chances early, but only put four shots on Michigan State goalie Will Yanakeff in the first period.

Hammond stopped 12 of 16 shots and was pulled in favor of Tommy Burke mid-way though the second period. Burke stopped five of seven shots.

Cam Wojtala scored BG’s goal late in the third period.

The Falcons’ power play once again was held without a goal and went 0-for-8 on the weekend. BG only had two shots on three power play opportunities Saturday.

“It was pretty embarrassing,” Wojtala said of the game. “Our effort, our execution from start to finish. We didn’t really get anything going.

Obv iously, it showed throughout the game.”

BG will be back in action this weekend, taking on Western Michigan in a home-and-home series.

Friday’s game will be played in Kalamazoo, with Saturday’s taking place at the BGSU Ice Arena.

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SCHURRER From Page 4 The question remains: Why does it take a disaster, natural or man-made, to force us to refocus on what’s really important? Perhaps there’s too much noise, too much shrillness in our society.

We keep dialing up the intensity of our lives, our iPods, our music, our political discourse and fail to notice the needs around us.

This is why there’s so much disgust over the recent political election cycle. We sense that we’re in a mess, but all “they” seem to do is talk and barrage us with campaign literature, ads and phone calls at dinner time.

The nation is being assaulted by excessive overload.

Too many messages, too much noise, too much frenetic activity. As the

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level increases, it takes an increasingly larger catastrophe to break through the cacophony and remind us just who we are and what we should be about.

So maybe it’s time to dial it down a bit. This week marks the end of a long grueling political campaign season.

Perhaps the politicians will realize that Americans are fatigued. We need some respite.

There will be other disasters in our future, both personal and national.

Let’s hope we’ve recovered enough from our fatigue to be of service to others.

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