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Friday, December 6, 2013
Volume 93, Issue 44
Travis Greene
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Amy FryFaculty Association treasurer, andSaka Chamber make signs Thursday night at the group’s headquarters. They plan to protest faculty cuts Friday at the Board of Trustees meeting.
Faculty, students, to protest cuts
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Faculty, students and community members will be protesting the University’s decision to cut 30 faculty during the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. The protestors will hold signs with silhouettes on them representing each faculty member whose contract will be terminated and their contribution to the University, said David Jackson, president of the Faculty Association. “It’s all about accountablity,” Jackson said. “It will show the terrible consequences of the terrible decisions of the administration.” Jackson and roughly 10 other faculty and students made signs and called people to join their cause Thursday night at the Faculty Association Headquarters on Main Street above Finder’s Records. The protesters will be standing in the hallway before the meeting with their signs. The meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. in Union 308. They will be present during the meeting for roughly an hour and will leave after the constituent reports, Jackson said. He’s hoping to have roughly 100 protestors show this year. While 30 non-tenure faculty were notified of their contract non-renewals, there are 12 additional faculty not returning who were on one-year, non-renewable contracts, said David Kielmeyer, University spokesperson. Kielmeyer said the 12 faculty were aware of their short term employment because the contract stated they would be working for one year. Kielmeyer could not comment on how the administration would react to the protest. “They certainly have the right to do that,” he said. The initial 30 reductions will save the University roughly $1.4 million, Kielmeyer said. The contract non-renewals were made due to declining enrollment trends, he said. Of the 30 initial nonrenewals, 26 are from the College of Arts and Sciences. Kielmeyer said the deans of each college consulted with directors and chairs of each department to see where cuts could be made.
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BG takes on NIU in MAC Championship game Friday
MAC Championship game first for BG in 10 years
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By Eric Lagatta Campus Editor
or the BG football team, everything comes down to Friday’s Mid-American Conference Championship game against the nationallyranked Northern Illinois University Huskies in Detroit. “We are playing what has been the premier program in the MAC,” head coach Dave Clawson said. “You don’t go 12-0 in the regular season by accident. You don’t get
hen the Falcons step onto Ford Field in Detroit on Friday night to compete in the MAC Championship game, it will be the team’s first shot at the conference title in 10 years. The last time the Falcons competed in a Mid-American Conference Championship was in 2003, when head coach Gregg Brandon’s team faced the Miami University squad led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger,
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Campus metered parking more expensive than city
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An hour parking 75 cents more on campus than in city By Dylanne Petros Copy Chief
A quarter on campus gets students 15 minutes of parking at a meter, but downtown, that quarter is good for an hour. The price to park at a meter on campus is 25 cents for 15 minutes, or $1 an hour, said Aaron Kane, manager of parking. This cost is 75 cents more an hour than parking a downtown, as an hour costs 25 cents, said Mark Strobel, a dispatcher for the Bowling Green Police Division. The month of December is also a parking holiday downtown, so now parking is free. “Even though the 25 cents an hour still is quite a bit lower than a lot of other areas, it would
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still be able to give us a little bit more revenue,” Strobel said. A parking ticket at a meter in the city is $5, compared to $10 on campus. But in the city, the ticket will increase to $15 if unpaid for five days, while University tickets do not increase. People only have to pay for the meters during the week because the city does not monitor the meters during the weekend, Strobel said. Junior Aaron Hirt does not have a parking pass and instead uses the meters and pay-to-park lots on campus. “I feel I pay plenty of money to the college to attend the University,” Hirt said. “Considering $747 of our tuition is going toward a ‘general fee’ and $60 for ‘special student
The BG hockey team hosts the AlabamaHuntsville Chargers in a two-game weekend series. The Falcons have lost three straight games against Lake Superior State and Minnesota State | PAGE 9
facility fee,’ I feel that no more of my money needs to be spent on parking.” A quarter used to be good for a half hour on campus, but about three years ago the price increased after a group of consultants recommended it to “be more in line with other schools,” Kane said. “We actually had consultants come in and look over our entire operation and make recommendations through the entire operation,” Kane said. The raise in price was recommended by the consultants. Kent State and Miami University both charge a dollar an hour to park on campus while Cleveland State University charges $2 an
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Alumna Gloria Evangelista speaks at the Wolfe Center Thursday night. Evangelista is a former Paramount Pictures Executive and author.
Columnist Autumn Kunkel talks about her own personal traits while explaining how self definition shouldn’t be left to others, but left up to an individual to determine. | PAGE 8
How do you think BG will do in the MAC championship? “Tyler Tate is going to kick a field goal in the last seconds of the game for a 24-21 BG win.” Riley Lane Freshman, Communications