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AVENGERS REASSEMBLE Pulse Editor Annie Furia reviews “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” She says the movie suffered from trying to pack in too much action and too many characters. Read the review on Page 3.
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Pipeline meetings to be hosted this week By William Channell Managing Editor
Year INReview April 10: Victor Senn and Danielle Parker were elected USG president and vice president respectively.
April 2: Chris Jans was fired after engaging in sexual misconduct at a bar downtown. ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
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s another school year comes to a close, The BG News has compiled the eight biggest stories that have happened in Bowling Green during the 2014-2015 school year. From the firing of a coach who turned a program around, to a beloved charity breaking a donation record, it’s been a year of high highs and low lows. In no particular order, these are what we believe to be the most significant events that happened this year.
April 21: Vice President for Student Affairs Jill Carr announces her retirement after 39 years at the University.
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April 19: In its 20th year, Dance Marathon raises over $340,000, an all time record. ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
April 22: University alumnus Anthony Doerr wins the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in fiction writing for “All the Light We Cannot See.” ERIC BURGASSER | THE BG NEWS
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February 27: The Student Recreation Center formally opens after two years of renovations.
November 14/April 26: Grounds for Thought owner Kelly Wicks (left) announced in November and Dan Phillips (right) announced in April their candidacies for Bowling Green Mayor. This will be the first contested race for the position in 16 years.
October 14: Ninth President of the University Paul J. Olscamp dies at 77.
Citizens who live on or near the proposed path of the Nexus pipeline will be able to voice their concerns at a series of public meetings in the coming weeks. But not in Wood County. The meetings, hosted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, could result in a change to the route of the pipeline. Concerned citizens are allowed to attend and give their opinions on the pipelines. The remaining two Ohio meetings will take place today at Swanton High School in Swanton, Ohio and Thursday, May 7 at Fremont Ross High School in Fremont, Ohio. Both meetings begin at 6 p.m. The proposed pipeline, which would run through Wood County, is only one of several pipeline projects. This pipeline will transport natural gas harvested in Southern Ohio via hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” up to Canada. Wood County serves as a bottleneck for many of these new pipelines, though no public meeting was hosted within the county. “We people of Wood County don’t have that convenience,” said Lisa Kochheiser, a citizen who has expressed heavy opposition to the pipeline projects. Kochheiser is one of many citizens who has expressed such concerns. The proposed path has raised the ire of Wood County citizens who fear the path may go through their own property, resulting in future inconvenience. Fears of future ruptures, which could cause damage to the surrounding area, are also on the minds of some.
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Interactive campus map now available ONE LAST SONG By Hannah Benson Reporter
An interactive campus map, created by the Data Hub and Resource Center within the Department of Design and Construction, went live in April. Project Manager Andrew Fortlage said the project started about a year ago, when the Data Hub and Resource Center started looking into ways to update the already existing print map. Daniel Lemmerbrock, Data Hub and Resource Center manager, said they researched other universities’ maps and saw a lot of them were interactive. Before deciding which company to use, the Data
Daniel Lemmerbrock Data Hub and Resource Manager Hub and Resource Center met with the administration to fund the project. The administration was “very supportive” and they were able to secure funding for the map, Lemmerbrock said. A f ter resea rch i ng three different companies, which specialize in making interactive campus maps, Fortlage said they decided to go with CampusBird because they were the best overall and the most affordable. CampusBird is in charge
SPORTS LEAVE IMPRINT
The University’s athletics transitioned between multiple coaches while putting forth a plethora of eye-opening performances across multiple sports. Individuals made various lasting impacts on BGSU. | PAGE 6
of coming up with the graphics for the map as well as the back-end features. Lemmerbrock said his favorite feature of the map is how the buildings display, because they show the character of the actual buildings, whereas the old map did not. Another reason why Fortlage said they chose CampusBird to create the map is because they have created maps for schools with similarities to the University. For example, they have worked with Kent State University, another MAC school, University of Findlay, another
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JUNIOR COMPOSITION major Rob Howsier works on his recording techniques final project Tuesday night in the CMA.
SO LONG, FAREWELL
Editor-In-Chief reminisces on his time at the newspaper. He says that the people he worked with are family and gives advice to the future student leaders. | PAGE 5
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE SUMMER? “Traveling to Boston, Tennessee and Maybe California.” Cameron Morrissey Sophomore, Philosophy
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