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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 108
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Math and science program engages incoming freshmen Students participate in daily activities, connect with peers and professors By Brittany Bauer Reporter
On the Spot
Cohorts of 27 incoming freshmen are learning what it takes to be an effective math or science teacher this summer by participating in ACTION’s Summer Bridge Program that began July 6. Program director Daniel Brahier said the Summer Bridge Program is designed to start exposing students to the fundamentals of math and science education and show them how they can incorporate the real-world concepts of math science within their own future classroom. The program is available to middle childhood or adult youth adolescent education majors with concentrations in math or science. “We try to expose them to a lot of different types of math and science to help them understand the field and get to know the professors,” Brahier said. ACTION Program Manager Wendy Standinger said students also get to build friendship and community with one another during the program. “During the month-long program, they appreciate the chance to bond and build close relationships before classes start their freshman year,” Standinger said. In addition, Standinger said that students have the benefit to become familiar with campus, live in a residence hall, meet professors, and adjust to a college schedule before school starts as well. Students are welcomed into the program on the first night with a welcome dinner and orientation night where parents can also meet Summer Bridge Program staff members and learn more about what their children will be accomplishing. The students will be living in Centennial Hall during their four-week involvement with the program. The Summer Bridge Program began in the summer of 2009 with 25 students in the first cohort, according to Standinger. Moreover, cohorts of about 25-30 students come to campus each summer for the program, according to Brahier. “We have a mix of academic sessions and activities to get to know each other,” Brahier said. Students start off their weekdays in academic sessions from 9 a.m. until noon and then have a break until 2 p.m., when students go back to classes until 5 p.m. Afterwards, a nightly activity follows for team- and community-building purposes. Some of the sessions consist of a microbiology lab and an investigations math class. In addition, Standinger said that students engage
Show cast uses audience prompts to improvise performance By Blake Howell Reporter
Last Saturday, the cast of “Broadway’s Next H!T Musical” used catchy tunes and hilarious dialogue, scenarios and costuming to fill the Wolfe Center with endless laughter—and they made it all up in a matter of seconds. Unlike most musicals or plays one might see on a Saturday night, “Broadway’s Next H!T Musical” does not implement a set structure, dialogue or even plot. Rather, the show is made up and performed on the spot, in the form of comedy called improvised comedy, or “improv.” According to cast member and co-producer of the show Deb Rabbai, the musical utilizes two different kinds of improv, short-form and long-form. Short-form is based on short-span scenarios often prompted by a suggestion from the audience, whereas long-form improv takes a little more depth and time to develop character and story. “[Broadway’s Next H!T Musical] is a really nice demonstration of a marriage between these two styles,” Rabbai said. The show first began with a phony award ceremony hosted by comedian and actor Rob Gorden. The ceremony riddled the audience with jokes tailored specifically to Bowling Green and then continued with four different songs, all of which were contending for the “phony award”—a light-hearted jab at the ever-popular Tony Awards. All four songs, including their content, choreography and delivery were made up after one of the performers drew from a fish bowl filled with random words and phrases, written down by the audience just moments before the show. After all of the songs were performed, the cast then proceeded to do an entire
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Participants become archeologists for local musuem
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Directors provide educational and interactive experience By Angela Hill Reporter
A black shoe made of leather is taken out of a box and placed on the table in front of museum visitors. Its shine has not faded from when it was created back in the Civil War Era. Telling history through objects that have been dug up around the Wood County Historical Museum is what Archeology Dig is all about, along with being an archeologist for the day. The main goal of the archeological dig is to find items related to the museum’s poor house, as well as 20th-century items. At the end of the summer, the items found will be put into a display case in the asylum building, which is the newest exhibit the museum will be opening. According to Dana Nemeth, director of the Wood County Historical Museum, the last archeological dig on the grounds was 15 years ago. Mostly bottles were found at the time of the dig, and machines were used to dig them up. This is the first time the digs are being held during the summer. The digs currently take place near the infirmary building, which was built in 1971. There are hopes to find the 20th-century items near there. “If we dig deep enough down, we might be able to find some items from around the time of the Native Americans.” Nemeth said. Felicia Konrad is interning at the Wood County Historical Museum this summer. She is a graduate of Heidelberg University with a bachelor’s degree in
CHILDREN INTERACT with author and illustrator Bob Staake at the Wood County Public Library.
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BOB STAAKE is the author of the children’s book “Robots, Robots Everywhere!” which provided inspiration for the Wood County Public Library’s summer reading program.
PULSE Taylor Freyer explores a hotspot that will help you release your artistic side.| PAGE 3
FORUM Brittany Bauer addresses experiences of new environments. | PAGE 4
Anthropology. According to Konrad, she wanted the program to be educational and interactive in order to associate what’s been found and which building it might have come from to the people that used to stay there. She is running the Archeology Dig program this summer. The participants of the program use screens to filter out the dirt that was dug up to see if there is anything that might be in it. What doesn’t filter out of the screen will sit at the bottom and be analyzed. Afterwards, participants learn the history of the items and what it means today. They can then tour the museum to further expand their knowledge on what they learned. While the program is full for the summer, people can come out to the museum to tour the buildings as well as to see the other events the museum offers. The classes are limited to 10 participants, according to the website, and are for ages 10 and up. People who are interested can always call the museum to see if there might be room, according to Konrad. Additionally, the demo days listed on the Wood County Historical Museum website for the archeological digs are no longer happening. However, demo days for other events at the museum are still taking place.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LEBRON JAMES COMMING BACK TO THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS?
“I think he’s a clown. I loved when he first was with the Cavs, but hate the way he left..” Brandon Matanick Junior, Exercise Science