The BG News 02.27.15

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THE BG NEWS

YEAR OF THE SELFIE “Selfie” was Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2014. What’s next for the world of social media? | PAGE 9

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Friday, February 27, 2015

VOLUME 94, ISSUE 71

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CAMPUS BRIEF

Student Recreation Center ribbon cutting ceremony Friday

After a renovation project, the University will fully unveil the new Student Recreation Center. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 27. While the majority of the building reopened last summer, parts of the facility remained under construction. The ceremony represents the reopening of the entire building. Some of the major renovations to the building were: complete refacing of the entrance, purchase of new weight and cardio equipment totaling $650,000, MultiActivity Court on activity court four and new central staircase leading directly to the balcony, main level and locker rooms on lower level I. Tours of the finished facility will be begin at noon and last until 4 p.m.

WORDS WITH

LIFE

Students gathered in the Little Red Schoolhouse Monday night, reading poetry from notebooks, laptops and smartphones among 19th century desks and pictures. The students were members of Spoken Performance for Empowerment, Action and Knowledge [SPEAK], a student group for writing and reading poetry. The group was founded two years ago and officially recognized by the University a year ago. Tim Murnen, a professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, aided students Breshea Anglen and Kat Virostko in starting the group. Senior Catherine Lautar was also one of the founding members of SPEAK. She died in a car crash in January. Murnen said Lautar played a big role in getting SPEAK started. “Last year, it wasn’t a roomful of peo-

ple, it was me, [Virostko] and [Lautar],” Murnen said. “[Lautar] was instrumental in pulling things together.” Virostko, a senior and secretary for SPEAK, said the organization originated from a desire for a place to explore social issues and students’ personal takes on those issues through spoken word poetry. “There wasn’t a space for that here, so we made our own space for it,” she said. Anglen, president of SPEAK, agreed that a main reason for starting SPEAK was the need for a spoken word poetry group. She said that poetry can have an impact in people’s lives. “It helps people get through the tough things in their life. It provides people with a voice that they wouldn’t have if they weren’t doing poetry,” Anglen said. “I wanted to make that space for people.” Murnen said that the inspiration for SPEAK came from his and Anglen’s dis-

BRIEF

University to hold Science Olympiad competition

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SPEAK brings students together to write, read poetry By Annie Furia Pulse Editor

CAMPUS More than 400 middle school and high school students from Northwest Ohio will compete in the regional Science Olympiad competition at the University on Saturday. Approximately 30 teams will compete in 38 categories ranging from Air Trajectory and Bridge Building to GeoLogic Mapping and Wright Stuff. Registration begins at 7:15 p.m., in the 2nd floor of the Math Science Building. Events run from 9 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. at various locations across campus. An awards ceremony follows the competition at 4 p.m. in Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Schools with teams registered to participate include Arlington, Gibsonburg, Montpelier, Northview, Oak Harbor, Ottawa Hills, Ottawa-Glandorf, Paulding, Rossford, Springfield, St. John’s Jesuit, St. Joseph, Sylvania Southview and Tinora. The Science Olympiad, which is a national organization with competitions in all 50 states, features standardsbased challenges in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [STEM] disciplines. Event categories are focused on three broad areas of science standards: Science Concepts and Knowledge, Science Processes and Inquiry Skills, and Science Application and Technology.

SPEAK MEMBER reads some of his work at their meeting Monday night in the Little Red Schoolhouse.

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Three UNC student deaths start University discussion

PLAYING IN THE DARK

Incident sparks conversation on how University would react By Jessica Speweike Reporter

The deaths of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had people wondering whether the shooting was over a parking spot or motivated by something more. At the University, the incident was discussed in regards to what would happen if something like that ever occurred on this campus. Susana Pena, the Director of the School of Cultural and Critical Studies said she hoped she would never have to learn the answer.

“I would want the institution to think about issues like this before they happen because obviously we all want, as faculty, students and staff, is to prevent an incident like that from happening,” Pena said. Pena said an important part of her job is addressing issues of inequality on and off campus and to open up a dialogue about such issues with all members of the community. Ray Plaza, a co-chair for Not in Our Town [NIOT], said the goal of his organization is to also open up the lines of communication so students and staff

See UNC | Page 2

LOOKING TO END LOSING STREAK BG hockey team looks to end 3-game losing streak. Travels to Alaska for two game series against Alaska Anchorage. | PAGE 6

SIC SIC teamed with Freddie and Frieda against the Bleacher Creatures at Thursday’s moonball event hosted by Chi Omega.

FASHION WEEK TRENDS Fashion columnist Meg Kraft writes about the spring collections that made their debut at Fashion Week and the trends that appeared on the runway. | PAGE 4

PERSEVERANCE

Columnist Jason McIntyre talks about the nature of preserving. He says that you must endure hardship in order to learn how to persevere. | PAGE 8

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