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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
VOLUME 92, ISSUE 46
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Police combat drug activity Proposed master’s program to better use business data with traffic stops, busts By Yalona Blair Reporter
Bowling Green’s proximity to I-75 makes it vulnerable to drug trafficking By Christopher Brown Reporter
Alcohol-related crimes aren’t the only thing a college town police officer has to worry about, but also the trafficking and use of illegal drugs. Last year, city police confiscated 1,823 grams of marijuana, 37.4 grams of cocaine, 2.4 grams of heroin, 48 doses
of ecstasy, 320 doses of LSD, 192 prescription drugs pills and $10,478 in associated currency, according to the 2011 Annual Mayor’s Report. Police acquired the drugs throughout the year through a variety of means. They collected most through routine traffic stops, with another large portion coming
from drug busts and arrests made through search warrants, said Lt. Brad Biller, public information officer for the police division. Traffic stops and routine arrests account for a large number of small amounts, whereas
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A new master’s degree specializing in analytics is in the proposal process at the University. Analytics is a program aiming to help students learn how to examine large sets of data and how to apply that to a business application, said Michael Ogawa, vice president for Research and Economic Development and interim dean of the Graduate College. “The new Master of Science in Analytics [MSA] program is an interdisciplinary, professionally oriented master of science program,” said Bai-Yau Yeh, University professor in Applied Statistics and Operations Research. The analytics profession is expanding rapidly and will need more people with deep analytic skills, Yeh said. A 2011 repor t by McK insey Globa l Inst itute est imated a 140,000 to 190,000 shor t fa l l of people w it h deep a na ly t ica l sk i l ls. “Anyone who has an aptitude in quantitative analysis and is interested in a challenging and rewarding career in analytics will benefit greatly, career-wise and earning-wise, from investing a year in getting an MSA degree,” Yeh said. The program delves into four different departments in the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business, Yeh said. The departments include Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Accounting and Management Information Systems, Computer
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JULIE ROGOZINSKI, sophomore, rounds third as seniors Zach Jones and Mike Green chase after the wiffle ball during Tuesday night’s intramural game at Perry Field House. Green and Jones played on team Kettering Kounty, which won 17-6 against team Holey Balls Batman. Holey Balls Batman has been a team at the University for a month. “It was a tough loss, but we played our hearts out and they other team definitely earned the win,” Rogozinski said. It was the first round of playoffs in the wiffle ball league.
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Faculty Senate discusses recruitment, retention
University officials hope to increase overall enrollment to 25,000 students by 2020 — a lofty, but attainable goal, according to a presentation offered to Faculty Senate members Tuesday. Administrators presented updated strategies to improve student recruitment and retention at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Rodney Rogers, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, Alberto Colom, vice president for enrollment management, and Sue Houston, vice provost for undergraduate education, answered questions and took suggestions from concerned faculty members. The recruitment and retention plan aims to reach out to undergraduate, non-traditional, graduate and international students, with specialized strategies appealing to each group’s individual needs to ensure their success. “Our goal size is 25,000 students to support the infrastructure we have,” Rogers said. “This will get us to a place where we have the resources to make the investments we need to make to ensure we can continue to provide high quality education.” The senate did not hear or vote on any proposals Tuesday.
With this week being the last week of classes for the semester, The BG News is offering up a daily exam tip for students to get prepared before their first big final. This issue’s tip is to take advantage of office hours. During the last week of classes, teachers some-
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Vice President of Research and Economic Development Science, and Mathematics and Statistics. The program will benefit students as well as the University, Yeh said. “The most obvious benefit will be an increase in students’ credit hours as all the courses in MSA will be staffed by these four departments,” Yeh said. “Other potential benefits could include increase in visibility and reputation of these departments and other undergraduate and graduate programs these departments administer.” David Sleasman, president of the Graduate Student Senate, also said the program will primarily benefit students. “It’s going to be a wonderful opportunity for students coming in to learn this type of work,” Sleasman said. The program will benefit the University because it is a part of one of the strategic initiatives the University is undertaking focusing on big data analytics, Yeh said. “Most of the similar programs in the country were established only in the last five years,” Yeh said. “It is therefore important for the University to establish the MSA program sooner rather than later.” The program is also said to
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times offer extra hours to meet with students who may be struggling to study. Take advantage of them. Go and talk to your teachers, even if you never have before. See if they can give you any tips for studying, specifically ones that might apply to your class’s area of study. If a class offers a study guide for the exam, visiting with the teacher during office hours may also give you the chance to ask questions or get help with the study guide. It can’t hurt. Look up your teacher’s email, office and phone number via the University’s directory, so you can know how and where to find him or her during the remainder of the week.
Residents pick up slack downtown during winter break City bars offer discounts, specials to ‘townies’ when students return home for the holidays to retain attendance By Bridjet Mendyuk Reporter
Bar attendance downtown during wintertime doesn’t slow down much despite colder weather and a significant loss of University students during winter break. While some students disperse during break, many Bowling Green natives return to the area, said 149 North manager Derek Earl. “It definitely drops off during the weekend but the townies make up for it,” Earl said. Sophomore Greg Wolters said he doesn’t think as many people go out during the winter as during spring or fall because of bad weather, including cold, snow and rain. “I’ll go if my friends are going,” Wolters said.
RUGBY PLACES 18TH IN TOURNAMENT The BG rugby team competed in the National Seven’s tournament in College Station, Texas, this past weekend. The team finished 18th in the tournament, led by center Rocco Mauer, who made the All-Tournament team. | PAGE 5
But people will still make an effort to go out to the bars during the winter, Earl said, whether it’s friends dropping friends off or groups walking a quarter mile or more. He said 149 North doesn’t offer any different specials during break than fall semester, but to make up for lower attendance, the management cuts their employees’ hours as compensation. “The specials we have are already good enough,” Earl said. Brathaus gets into the holiday cheer by sporting a big inflatable Santa Claus on its roof as well as light up wreaths and reindeer outside. The sign out front currently displays a holiday special of warm pie cider. Bartender Kati Atwater said attendance depends on the day. “Weekends are better,”
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Atwater said. “People come out more when it’s nicer but they come in earlier and people stay longer when it’s bad outside.” Since Brathaus is not a nightclub, it doesn’t see as much of a difference in customer attendance as Sky Bar or Cla-Zel would since they’re 18-andolder clubs and Brathaus is 21 and older, Atwater said. Maryann Mason, a Beckett’s bartender, said the bar provides different specials every night of the week. The bar also experiences a considerable loss of customers on some winter days. “As long as it’s not raining,” Mason said. “If it rains it’s slower.” To bring in more customers the bar offers happy hour on Friday and chili hotdogs, as
Assistant Forum Editor Matthew Thacker explains why the University’s bursar office is counterproductive in its efforts to get students to pay their bills early. | PAGE 4
“People come out more when it’s nicer but they come in earlier and people stay longer when it’s bad outside.” Kati Atwater | Bartender well as a wider selection of craft beers, Atwater said. Sophomore Marissa Battaglia said she goes out during the winter with her friends and would rather go in the rain than the snow anyway. “There’s a lot less people and it’s a little classier, too,” Battaglia said. “People are more conservatively dressed.”
WHAT MASTER’S PROGRAM WOULD YOU START? “The art of avoiding your ex.” Josh Medley Junior, Criminal Justice