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Website selects University student to design logo Graphic design major Eric Castle creates logo for media- rating website ‘NewsNotNews.net’

By Eric Lagatta Reporter

When Eric Castle was offered the opportunity to design a logo for a new website, he didn’t hesitate to accept the challenge.

Castle, a graphic design major, was on his computer when, “out of the blue,” Matt Casey chatted with him via Facebook about the opportunity.

Hockey games yield low turnout Attendance numbers fall short of last season

Casey is one of four founders of newsnotnews.net, a site that lets users rank news stories and agencies on newsworthiness.

“We wanted to of course have a logo for the site,” Casey said, “something that conveyed strength and stability.”

Casey and Castle are from the same hometown and went to the same elementary school.

With a full house, the Falcons could be back at full strength.

“When an athletic stadium is packed, it has a totally different dynamic,” said senior Shawn Gilbert.

“It is easy for the players to draw inspiration from a huge crowd.”

Gilbert went on to say that a massive crowd acts almost as an extra teammate because of the energy generated from the fans.

At hockey games, that extra man seems to be missing.

The maximum capacity for the University’s Ice Arena is 5,000 people.

This year the average home attendance is 1,772, which is about 35 percent full.

The attendance this year is down from last season’s average of 2,167 and from 09-10 campaign’s average of 2,247, said Jason Knavel, assistant athletic director for athletic communications.

“There has been a dip.” Knavel said referring to attendance numbers, “There is no doubt about it.”

Knavel said the hockey program is in a phase of rebuilding, and attendance is really based on wins and losses.

Chris Bergeron, the head coach of the varsity hockey team, weighed in on the low attendance numbers.

“People want to follow a winner,” Bergeron said. “They want a team they can be proud of.”

The team is still rebuilding, but has been making some headway the

pany is about to get your best possible logo,” Castle said, “[and] I’m here to help them translate [the idea] into design,” he said.

Castle talked on the phone and through email messages with the site’s founders to discuss the direction of the logo.

“Just from some basic discussion via email, he picked up really quick and gave back what we wanted,”

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verage student debt per student for the year was $31,515.

The University’s average student loan debt was the highest of all public universities in the state in 2010 and eleventh highest nationwide, according to a November 2011 report published by the Project on Student Debt.

Public universities were listed separate from private universities, which do not receive public funding and tend to have higher average debts. Ohio ranked seventh highest nationally.

Joseph Frizado, vice provost for Academic Operations and Assessment, said the figures can be misleading. While Ohio may be seventh in the nation for average student debt, the state also has lower levels of state support, a direct correlation between state support and level of average student loan debt, Frizado said.

With state support low, students have to rely on federal support for financial assistance. To explain the University’s high ranking in the state, Frizado said University students’ typical demographic means their families often have incomes too high for students to be eligible for federal grants, but too little to be able to fund tuition out-of-pocket.

“The students come in and the family doesn’t have a tremendous income, but it’s enough to kind of push you out of the federal grant programs,” he said. “So then you start looking at institutional grants and federal loans.”

Though University officials are concerned about the report’s data, Frizado said the biggest concern is ensuring students graduate, which influences their ability to pay off loans. While ranking high in terms of average student loan debt, Frizado said the University’s graduates’ loan default rates relative to other universities are about two percent lower than the national average.

“I’m much more concerned about the student who comes to the University, racks up a large debt and doesn’t complete the degree. … That’s the real disgrace,” he said.

“That 2% has been over the last seven, eight or ten years – it’s a constant parameter. … BGSU students are a very good loan risk, and most of that comes back to: you get a degree, you have a shot at getting a job, you can have a career – you can make this work.”

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said Lenny Mack, one of the site’s founders.

“We wanted something clean and simple,” he said.

For this logo, Castle worked with the three N’s in the site’s title to “create a mark that shows continuity and sequence,” he said.

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UNIVERSITY RANKED HIGHEST IN OHIO FOR STUDENT LOAN DEBT AT PUBLIC COLLEGES Story By Troy Chamberlain Reporter

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$31, 515 $40, 375 Average student debt at the University.

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“I looked at some of his work on his website [and] I was really impressed,” Casey said.

Casey contacted Castle in the middle of December and Castle responded with a logo by New Year’s Eve. Castle describes graphic design as “a lot of concept thinking...[to] rebrand a new company and push them forward in a new direction.”

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Some issues aren’t just race specific anymore; they apply to everyone.

This year’s Black Issues Conference will explore that sentiment with the theme of “It’s Not Just A Black Issue,” which will address politics, leadership and civil rights Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Union. All the sessions are free to students, but it will cost $5 if they want a lunch buffet. Tickets can be bought at the door.

The conference speaks not only to the importance of the month, but also to the issues students face on campus, said Chad Coates, graduate coordinator for the Multicultural

LOGO From Page 1 The logo is featured at the top of the website, as well as on the site’s Twitter account, Mack said.

Castle himself is credited for the design of the logo, and his name is linked to his portfolio website.

The concept for News Not News itself came from founder John Tyler.

“I was at work ... and I had been listening to talk radio, and a story was on, and for the life of me I could not figure

that actually graduate versus those that were expected to, were calculated. University students graduated with a success 14 percent rate higher than predictions ranking the University third among 194 other universities nationally, according to the report.

“So what they’re saying is 14 percent of our graduates shouldn’t have made it, but did,” Frizado said. “BGSU takes … a substantial portion of at-risk students, middle-of-the-road students.

The important thing about that is they graduate. We get you through.”

Associate Director of Client Services and Scholarships, Erik Bucks, said there are different repayment options and even loan forgiveness options for students who graduate in

Programs Office of Multicultural Affairs.

The aim of the conference is to promote discussion and encourage student engagement with issues that “transcend race and ethnicity,” Coates said.

Since August, the planning committee for the conference has been working to set up the event, from acquiring speakers and volunteers to drafting ideas for sessions and themes, said John Killings, graduate coordinator for Diversity Education Programs.

The committee brainstormed ideas to get more individuals to attend and bring about more awareness on campus, Killings said.

There are a lot of student panels this year, and it

allows for students voices’ to be heard among their peers, he said.

Other sessions featured in the conference include: “Political Participation” presented by Toledo Mayor Mike Bell; “Are Leaders Born, Made, or Neither” presented

by Sidney Childs, executive director of TRIO Programs at the University; and “The Law ... What It Is And How It Applies To You!” presented by keynote speaker attorney Walter T. Madison.

Madison, a Toledo native and graduate of Akron University, worked on civil rights litigation and can relate to the local context of students, leading to a campus wide discussion, Coates said.

Along with civil rights,

leadership is also a big aspect of the conference.

Sidney Childs said his session will look into what determines a leader and how the students’ perception of a leader ties into the matter.

It’s important to get a sense of what students think of leadership and see how that brings them back to the University, leading them to look at what makes the students leaders, Childs said.

Childs said leadership role models in his own life were his parents.

“My parents told us stories of how we need to persevere,” he said. “And that no matter what happened, it’s my responsibility to myself and community that I receive an education and give back to

the community.”

Killings agrees that leadership is an important quality.

“Our society pushes leadership and pushes students to conquer the world,” he said.

Older generations are retiring now, so it is time for the students to step up and take their place in the world, Killings said.

The conference not only offers opportunities and engagement for the students, but also the surrounding community and visitors from the University’s Firelands campus, Coates said.

Regardless of race, Multicultural Affairs is hoping a lot of students come out and get their voices and opinions heard, Killings said.

out why they were covering it,” he said. “It grew off of that.

It grew off of a need to prioritize news.”

The four founders — Tyler, Casey, Mack and John Burroughway — began brainstorming ideas for their site last fall, and the site was live by mid January.

The purpose of the site is to “find a way for people to engage the news,” Casey said, also emphasizing the simplicity of the site.

Mack agrees with Casey.

The site is also about “being able to actually vote on news and analyze voting data,”

Mack said.

There are three columns on the site. The first has the most recent news stories. The second is the top rated stories for the last 24 hours, and the third features ratings for the strength of the news agency as a whole.

Visitors to the site use a star ranking system from one to 10 — “Ten being, ‘This is most definitely, unquestionably news,’” Casey said.

Any user can rank a story on criteria that are entirely up to them, Casey said.

Users can share any story on Facebook, Twitter,

StumbleUpon or LinkedIn. There is also a mobile version of the site.

“Our site is very social media friendly,” Casey said.

The site currently has 20,000 articles, but the founders are still compiling data for the trends.

“It’s going to be a constant thing that we’re constantly updating,” Mack said Casey and Mack both see how the site could affect news agencies.

The site “could somehow affect what is news in the future,” Mack said. “News agencies may adjust how they

report on it.”

Due to the level of engagement between the audience and the news, “the news agencies will have to react in some way,” Casey said.

With everything now in place, there is just one more ambition the founders have for the site.

“One of the ultimate goals of the site is to become a one stop place to get your news,” Mack said.

in the community,” he said.

“People have to see that our guys are good guys who go to class and are students as well as athletes.”

The University does the best it can to market for athletics, and getting people in the stadium is “more on us than anyone else,” he said.

Knavel said that while winning is perhaps the best way to increase attendance numbers, the University must do its part to help get people in the doors.

“We are always trying to find ways to improve attendance,” Knavel said. “We have to build a fanbase regardless of wins and losses.”

Gilbert hopes more people will start attending hockey games.

“The hockey team has been

playing solid, and in the last few weeks they have beaten ranked opponents,” Gilbert said. “Plus everyone that I take to a game says, ‘That’s the best live sporting event I’ve ever been to.’”

Gilbert said there is an organized group on campus aiming to boost school spirit, called the Falcon Fanatics.

“They set the tone for the rest of the students because they are always on their feet,” Gilbert said. “They’re crazy.”

Gilbert said that wellorganized groups of students, like the Falcon Fanatics, can change a culture that will lead to more excitement and better attendance at sporting events.

“People are more likely to cheer when a whole group is cheering too,” he said.

fields paying lower than others, particularly in areas such as public service. He strongly encourages graduated students concerned about how they will be able to repay their loans to contact the financial aid office and discuss these different solutions.

“Students within the federal loan programs have repayment options out there,” he said. “If students have questions about borrowing for school or repayment, have them speak to someone in the financial aid office or one of our counselors. … We want them to feel like they made wise choices.”

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Bergeron agreed with Gilbert about the importance of a packed stadium.

“No coach can fully express how important a full house is,” he said. “It is so valuable in creating atmosphere for the players. The Ice Arena has a low ceiling so it can get real loud in there with a lot of people.”

Apart from winning games, there are other ways to fill the seats, Bergeron said.

“We have to have a presence both on campus and

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READY TO POP Valentine’s Day increases pressure on single, dating students

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Holiday stirs mixed emotions Dislike dates back to 1800s

By Abby Welsh Pulse Reporter

Valentine’s Day can be traced back to the 1840s, when everyone was pushed to love the holiday, said Jay Perry, graduate assistant in the history department. Soon after in the 1850s, the holiday took a turn in the opposite direction.

“The hate for Valentine’s Day, I would say, is more historical than recent considering there has always been a hate for it by people,” Perry said. “Valentine’s Day started in the 1840s with handmade Valentines for one another. Soon after, premade Valentines came out in the market, which kind of pushed for this holiday.”

He said during the 1850s, however, hate started to rise for the holiday because of the push for it and the pressure it put on people. Which is why, soon after, people would only buy cards to mock or make fun of the holiday.

Valentine’s Day is a day that seems to “glorify relationship,” junior Justin Rivello said.

Love it or hate it, all over the world every February 14 is represented

by Cupid, flowers, candy and gifts shared between loved ones.

By Tyler Buchanan Pulse Reporter

Valentine’s Day may be Tuesday, but some people are already starting to feel the pressure.

From Kay Jewelers to Outtakes on campus, stores line their walls with jewelry, chocolate and stuffed animals.

As those in relationships gauge their meal plan balance to afford a stuffed squirrel saying “I’m Nuts For You,” some singles search for a last-minute date.

Before the days of Hallmark and chocolate hearts, Romans had a much different way of celebrating a lovers’ holiday, according to National Geographic. Though preceding Valentine’s Day, the pagan celebration of Lupercalia had a much different take than the holiday we celebrate today.

Back then, pressure didn’t come from expectations, but from goat-skinned whips — men would strip naked and spank their fellow maidens in the hopes of increasing fertility, according to National Geographic.

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Romantic gift purchases inject economy with money

By Tara Keller Pulse Reporter

With the growing popularity of Valentine’s Day, expressing feelings might lead to an empty wallet.

“If you’re going to be a cheapskate, then Valentine’s Day is not the time to do it,” said Jeffrey Bryden, an instructor in the marketing department.

Consumers will spend about 10 percent more on this holiday than they did last year, with the most popular products sold being candy, flowers and dinner. Cards are the most popular gift people send to their significant others on Valentine’s Day, and it is the second highest card holiday behind Christmas, Bryden said.

“Cards are usually personally delivered on this day,” Bryden said.

“It’s more of a romantic thing.”

The holiday not only impacts the global economy, but the local economy as well.

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ple still find a way to express their feelings,” Bryden said. “This is a big retail holiday.”

Maryann Sandusky-Gibson, owner of The Flower Basket in downtown Bowling Green, said her shop’s workload has quadrupled with orders in the last few days.

“We start delivering at eight in the morning on Valentine’s Day with our four delivery people and end at eight at night,” Sandusky-Gibson said. “We have as many Valentine’s Day orders as we get in one month.”

Flowers are a traditional Valentine’s Day gift, and The Flower Shop’s most popular products this time of year are roses, tulips and gerber daisies in red, white and pink colors.

“To receive a flower makes you feel really special,” SanduskyGibson said. “If someone hands you a flower even on your worst day, it’ll make you smile.”

Although Valentine’s Day is one of the more expensive holidays, sophomore Shannon Bolen said it’s

the thought that counts and people should think outside the box to show someone you care without spending a great amount of money.

“I got my boyfriend a bag of lots of small things like candy and a memorable item that signified our relationship,” Bolen said. “There’s lots of resources for people on a budget.”

Some people take gift-giving too far and set too high of a standard for themselves, which leads to expensive gifts, Bolen said.

“I would probably be mad at my boyfriend if he spent too much money on me,” Bolen said. “It would make me uncomfortable.”

Whether it’s buying flowers, making a handmade card or taking someone out to dinner, there are several options for Valentine’s Day. “Everybody has a sweetheart or someone they hope to be their sweetheart,” Sandusky-Gibson said.

“Everybody needs to feel special on Valentine’s Day.”

A WHOLE HEART OF SPENDING The average U.S. consumer spends $116.21 on Valentine’s Day gifts, meals and entertainment.

Men spend double ($158.71) what women ($75.79) spend on Valentine’s Day. 32 percent of consumers plan to do Valentine’s Day shopping online.

141 million Valentine’s Day cards are purchased worldwide.

People spent $1.7 billion on flowers this past Valentine’s Day with 73 percent by men and 27 percent by women.

Consumers spend an average of $6.30 on friends, $4.97 on classmates and teachers and $3.41 on co-workers.

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10 places to take your date 10 places to dump your date

SamB’s - More upscale, they better be worth it.

Any bar in town - Rebound quickly.

Cinco De Mayo - Spice up your relationship.

Howard’s Club H - They won’t be able to hear you over the music.

Grumpy Dave’s - Humor eases the tension. Not for the easily Public Skate - Knock them down and escape quickly. offended.

Grumpy Dave’s - You can’t cry when there’s comedy.

Easy Street Cafe - Let’s hope your date goes as smooth as the The Union - Too many people to make a scene. restaurant name.

The Library - If they yell, they get kicked out.

ALEX ALUSHEFF Cla-Zel - You don’t have to talk 90 percent of the time, enjoy the The Cookie Jar - You can’t be sad while eating their cookies.

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The Corner Grill - If you take them there, they should be expecting Al Mar Lanes - Spare the date, get a strike! it anyway.

Need advice on places to go this Frickers - Makes for a “frickin’” good time.

All You Care To Eat Dining Halls - Eat your feelings.

Valentine’s Day? Whether you’re Art-a-site Gallery - Pictures say a thousand words, so you don’t The movie theater - SHH! The movie’s on! looking for somewhere romantic, have to. or a last-date location, Social Media Editor, Alex Alusheff will Public Skate - The more brusies, the more fun! tell you the best places to go.

Woodland Mall Cinema - It’s affordable on a student budget.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “Rent and eating.”

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What would your refund check go toward?

“Paying off loans.”

“Books.”

“Cellphone bill and travel.”

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Corporations fund anti-union efforts JAMES PFUNDSTEIN FACULTY COLUMNIST

American life is dense with ridiculous euphemisms.

Rescue workers killed in drone attacks become “collateral damage” (http:// w w w.t hebu reau i nve st ig a t e s .c om /2 012/ 02/ 0 4/ o b a m a - t e r r o r- d r o n e s cia-tact ics-i n-pa k ista ninclude-targeting-rescuersand-funerals/).

Thrice-married serial adulterers pose as defenders of the “traditional values.”

(Newt. Newt. Newt. Who do you think you’re fooling?)

And corporations? They are people, my friend. Just like you and me. Maybe in the next election they’ll even get to vote.

But the most ridiculous euphemism of them all may be the so-called “right to work.”

“Right to work” is a slogan associated with antiunion legislation.

Such laws pretend to offer opportunities to workers, but in fact limit their protection from predatory employers.

At issue is the question of whether a union and an employer can agree to charge a fee to those workers who don’t belong to the union but benefit from the results of collective bargaining. That’s banned in “rightto-work” states, making unions weaker, less able to fight for their workers.

As a result, wages in “right to work” states are lower than in other states, the proportion of workers insured by their employer is lower, and employer-sponsored pensions are lower.

The Economic Policy Institute describes this as “the compensation penalty of ‘right-to-work’ laws” (http://www.epi.org/ page/-/old/briefingpapers/ BriefingPaper299.pdf).

Poverty levels tend to be higher in “right-to-work” states, too. South Carolina, for instance, has been

boasted of being a “right-towork” state for more than fifty years, but has seen the poverty rate creep ever skyward (http://www.businessweek.com/news/201110-11/new-south-battlesold-pover t y-a s-r ig ht-towork-promises-fade.html).

Workplace injuries and deaths also run higher in areas of “right-to-work” states with low union density, because unions can actively promote workplace safety through safety training and accident prevention programs (See a careful study of the issue here: ht t p ://i rlee.u m ich.edu/ Publicat ions/Docs/ig htToWorkLawsAndFatalitiesInConstruction.pdf).

In short, if you want more poverty, less job security, more workplace injuries, and less health insurance, push for a “right-to-work” law.

Who would be in favor of legislation so obviously harmful to workers?

Those people who happen to be corporations, naturally.

Irresponsible business groups fund anti-union efforts and pretend that they’re doing workers a favor while they’re at it.

There’s a renewed war aga inst labor in t his countr y.

We’ve seen it here in Ohio; we’ve seen it in Wisconsin; we see it next door in Indiana, which just passed a “right-to-work” law (Or, as the AFL-CIO likes to call it, a “right-to-work-for-less” law.). “Right-to-work” proposals have bounced up in Minnesota and Michigan recently.

But don’t be fooled by euphemisms.

The war against labor is a war waged against all of us.

Every member of a community has an interest in the health, safety and prosperity of its workers--even those members of the community who happen to be corporations.

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Personhood begins with brain waves, not heartbeat MATHEW DAVOLI COLUMNIST

Abortion, in the form of the question of when human life begins, has taken center stage in the Republican primary.

As the Los Angeles Times reports, “[Candidates Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich] have all signed a [personhood] pledge that they would work to advance federal and state laws that recognize that life begins at conception and that they would only appoint judges and other officials that agree with that statement.”

If such a policy of personhood were to take effect it would have far reaching implications, including, but not limited to, making Plan B or Morning After pills, and certain birth control pills (which you, dear reader, may be taking at this time) illegal.

But, does personhood begin at conception?

Surely the organism that results after a sperm meets an egg is alive, but is it legally alive in the way that would confer personhood to it?

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To answer that, I think it would be best to start at the end, as in, “When is one legally dead, when does one’s personhood end?”

In Ohio, as it is in most states, one can be legally dead after brain activity ceases, even if the heart and lungs are still operating.

This seems to be a perfectly rational benchmark for the end of personhood, as I hope the following thought experiment shows: If the heart and lungs of another person were transplanted into me, I would still be me.

I would also retain my own personhood if all my limbs were somehow replaced by another person’s limbs.

However, upon the moment another person’s brain was somehow transplanted into my skull, I would cease to be me; my body would be the domain of that other person.

The same would be true of the reverse.

If my heart, lungs, etc. were transplanted to another person, I would not become that person.

But, if my brain was transported into the skull of the other person I would then become that person.

To me, the above scenarios seem to be perfectly reasonable.

The brain is, after all, the organ that holds all our memories, hopes, fears, values, passions and personalities.

We are our brains.

And speaking for myself, I would consider any one of my loved ones dead after their brain activity ends, even if their kidneys and such were being kept alive by medical technology.

As such, I fully support the current laws that end personhood to bodies devoid of brain activity, and implore you to do likewise.

This brings us back to the issue of the beginnings of personhood.

Just as personhood ends when brain activity ends, personhood should then logically begin when brain activity begins.

Without brain function, the grouping of cells that result from a fertilized egg should not be considered a person, and neither should it derive personhood after the beginnings of other organs appear.

It is only after brain activity begins that we should then say that the organism is a human.

In this way I see no ethi-

cal or moral problems with ending a pregnancy before such a benchmark, which takes place several weeks after conception.

I would also ask those who strongly believe that human life begins at conception to reconsider. Also, if you do not believe brain function to be the benchmark of personhood then you should work to change the current laws on death as you seek to change the laws on birth control.

And to the pro-choice side, I do not mean to say that ending a pregnancy after brain activity begins would then always be wrong. But, I would say that the ethical and moral implications become more complex, and the rights of the pregnant woman would have to be weighed with the rights of the fetus.

And while that discussion on abortion later on in the pregnancy is an important one to have, as I have taken up the room allotted for this column with criticism of the concept that personhood begins at conception, that is a discussion that will have to take place elsewhere.

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It’s the day of stuffed animals, chocolates making us fat and cheesy cards that will only get thrown away.

Many people still have a strong love or hate for the holiday today.

“I like Valentine’s Day,” freshman Jesse Moore said.

“I think the reason I like it so much is because I found a girl that I fell in love with.”

He said that even though he believes it is a fake holiday, he still thinks it is a great chance to just spend time with your special someone or to reconnect with someone.

Perry said he thinks the holiday is “over-commercialized,” and the marketing to push to sell Valentines is a little much.

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PRESSSURE From Page 3 Nowadays, though many people stick to chocolate or flowers, there remains the potential influence of societal pressure on relationships.

Sophomore Brittney Kiesel said singles and those in relationships are equally pressured with regard to Valentine’s Day. “It’s a stressful time for everybody,” Kiesel said.

“It’s that holiday that forces people to either remember that they are alone or they have to try to please their significant other.”

While there are undoubtedly many in both groups who take Valentine’s Day seriously, there is also the added variable of apathy.

Many singles feel bad they don’t have anyone to spend the day with, but others don’t care at all, said freshman Ryan Maunus.

“It’s important to recognize that plenty of single people are more than happy to spend Valentine’s Day alone or to treat it like any other day,” said Dryw

“I think that some people hate Valentine’s Day because it’s made out so that it is almost ‘expected’ for couples to make some grand romantic gesture...”

Justin Rivello | Junior said.

While the market continues to push the holiday, some people may feel the need to do something extravagant for their crush or significant other.

Perry believes one of the main reasons people are not a fan of the holiday is because it puts too much pressure to live up to expectations of a huge dinner, flowers, candy and more.

“I think that some people hate Valentine’s Day because it’s made out so that it is almost ‘expected’ for couples to make some grand romantic gesture together when most people would rather have that every other day, not just because they are ‘supposed to,’” Rivello said.

Rivello doesn’t hate Valentine’s Day if he happens to be in some type of relationship when the holiday comes around and is willing to celebrate with that person.

“Other than that, I am kind of indifferent about it,” Rivello said.

Moore’s reasoning for why he thinks most people hate this day is a little different.

“I do believe that most people hate the holiday because either they don’t have a boyfriend or girlfriend to spend it with, something bad happened to them on the holiday or they just don’t want to spend the money on it,” Moore said.

Although the hate for the holiday seems to overcome the love people have for it,

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Dworsky, director of the Psychological Services Center at the University.

College may contribute to and augment these pressures as well.

“I think people notice in college that they need to hurry up and find someone to be with because they are getting older and need to start figuring out their lives,” Kiesel said.

On Valentine’s Day, college students may find putting together a stereotypical romantic date difficult, Dworsky said.

“The way to get around that is be creative,” Dworsky said. “You don’t have to have a lot of money to show someone you care.”

It is difficult to quantify the amount of pressure different people feel regarding Valentine’s Day. Instead of relationship status, it could be that priorities and personality are larger indicators of a person’s feelings of the holiday.

Next week, regardless of your pressures, do as the Romans do — but it may be wise to leave the goat skin at home.

Perry agrees that regardless of the pressure it has on people, everyone loves a little attention on Valentine’s Day. “I’m for the holiday if it makes people happy and feel good about themselves,” he said.

Even though every person has their own personal reasoning for hating or loving the holiday, Feb. 14 will continue to be the day of romance all over the world, according to History.com.

“No matter what people may say, everyone wants to have someone else and they resent those who do, especially on Valentine’s Day,” Rivello said.

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“‘Moulin Rouge’ because it’s like hallucinating.”

“‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ because he gets her the moon and that’s the cutest thing ever.”

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“‘50 First Dates’ because it’s about love persisting against adversity.”

“‘The Notebook’ because it’s classic.”

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“I hate romantic movies.

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Musician explores recording technology, performance

By Erin Cox Reporter

Danny Humbarger, a freshman at the University, already has his music on iTunes after getting a guitar as a gift a couple of Christmases ago.

He started playing his guitar and would sing along, which eventually led to him recording his own acoustic EP. “I just kept going with the flow to see what happened,” Humbarger said.

Humbarger likes music: he studies it, listens to it and plays it.

Humbarger’s two main goals right now are to record an album and go on tour; even though he thinks the likelihood of reaching these goals is slim, he still likes the idea.

“It would be the sweetest thing ever,” Humbarger said.

Currently, Humbarger plays bass in the orchestra

and is learning a general overview of music for his major, but his focus is in recording technology, and he is using that to further his music career.

“I’m trying to record my own album with my own equipment, but it’s really hard,” Humbarger said.

Humbarger writes his own music, but usually includes some cover songs when he performs.

“I like playing all my own songs because it’s an extension of what I felt,” Humbarger said. “It’s like you have something to say, but you think it’d be said better in a song.”

He has made an acoustic EP, which he put on iTunes and is now trying to raise money for a charity, Free the Birds, by donating 25 percent of all sales.

Free the Birds raises money for women and children affected by human sex trafficking. Humbarger’s

favorite musician Steve Moakler founded the charity.

“Steve is my absolute favorite, and he’s so nice in person,” Humbarger said. “Anytime I hear his music I think, ‘I wish I could do that.’”

Humbarger has noticed his music career has changed since leaving his hometown of Bryan, Ohio, and coming to the University.

“I’m a lot more outgoing because I barely know anyone here, and it’s easier to let yourself go,” Humbarger said.

The first performance Humbarger did was in Bryan, and he said he did not know what he was doing or what to say in between songs.

“There were only like eight people there,” Humbarger said. “It was fun, but I only made a dollar out of pity.”

At the first show Humbarger played at Howard’s Club H in October

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2011, he met Cory Breth, another musician, who has mentored Humbarger since.

Humbarger said Breth has been his biggest supporter since he has been at the University.

“I saw a lot of potential and drive in him,” said Breth, a senior at the University. “I wanted to mentor him and help develop his talent because I’ve been a local musician seeking a mentor, so I figured I could be that for him.”

Jessie Haught, the booking manager at Howard’s, noticed Humbarger’s talent too.

“He’s a really good songwriter and has really good stage presence,” Haught said. “He always brings out a lot of people too.”

Haught described Humbarger’s music as acoustic pop, which many people enjoy.

“His music is very fun,” Breth said. “The songs are

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Humbarger said the best feeling is when people sing along to his songs.

“All my friends know the words and sing along when I play,” Humbarger said. “It’s like they can understand the way I was feeling.”

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As Bowling Green’s fashionistas translate high fashion runway looks to campus style lounge wear, one spring trend stands out and seems to be the next big thing.

High-waist, distressed denim is to be worn by all stylish students. The denim shorts are fitted to be worn against the belly button, showing off long legs and statement-making shoes.

The shorts are often accompanied by ombre dyes, studs and colorful fades.

The vintage-chic shorts can be ordered on high-end websites like SaboSkirt.com, which feature the bottoms for an average of $140 complete

with innovative accents.

If you choose to abide by the college budget, check out designers BajuesBest & Vagrant Vintage. Both create well made, beautifully designed shorts and other denim products complete with colorful patterns and accents. These pairs range from $40 to $60, which is far more reasonable. To contact the designers, check out their collections found on www.etsy.com/ shop/Vag ra ntVintageCo and www.etsy.com/shop/ BajuesBest. Send a photo of yourself in a pair of high waist denim to mkraft@ bgsu.edu to be featured in an end of spring “Best Trends” wrap up article.

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Men’s basketball wins third straight game, faces Toledo A’uston Calhoun

By Ryan Satkowiak Sports Editor

A’uston Calhoun once again proved he has the capability to take over a game.

The junior forward scored a game-high 27 points, including 17 in the second half, to help BG overcome a three-point deficit to win 61-54 against Ball State on Wednesday.

“We got eight of 11 stops down the stretch, and A’uston really carried us offensively to that point,” said coach Louis Orr. Tied at 48 with just over three minutes to go in the game, Dee Brown hit three-pointers on backto-back possessions to give the Falcons a lead they would not relinquish.

Orr credited the composure of Brown, who scored 12 points on the evening, as well as Calhoun’s presence on the court. In a 3 1/2 minute stretch mid-way through the second half, Calhoun scored 13 consecutive points for BG. “We wanted to get the ball to A’uston as much as possible,” Orr said. “But A’uston really created the shot for Dee, because [Ball State] was so concerned with [Calhoun’s] offense.

“Dee’s one of our best shooters, and he stepped up and made some big shots. I give credit to Dee Brown … for a guy who hadn’t hit a three to step up and hit two big ones, he showed a lot of courage and leadership.”

The Falcons were able to get the ball inside early, scoring 20 points in the paint during the first half.

That strategy continued throughout the game, as BG scored 14 more points in the paint during the second half and had 10 second-chance points.

The Falcons shot 46.2 percent for the game, and made 10-of-13 free

BG forward scored a game-high 27 points for BG against Ball State throw attempts.

The win is also BG’s third in a row, the first time all season the Falcons have posted a winning or losing streak of three or more games. The streak comes at an opportune time for BG, as it is locked in a tight Mid-American Conference East Division race.

The win moved the Falcons’ record to 12-11 overall, 6-4 in conference play. Although the Falcons have a better conference record than every team in the West Division, they sit at fifth place in the East. They are three games behind division leader Akron, two behind Buffalo and one game behind Ohio and Kent State.

Saturday, the Falcons will try to extend their win streak to four in the hardwood edition of the Battle of I-75 against Toledo at the Stroh Center.

The Rockets are 11-13 overall, 3-7 in the MAC. Their run through the MAC East hasn’t been met with much success. After a win against Miami, the Rockets lost three straight games before defeating Ohio Wednesday night.

Despite this, the Rockets have one of the top players in the conference in Rian Pearson. The sophomore guard is leading the league in scoring at 17.4 point per game, and is third in the league in rebounds with 8.4 per game.

The Wisconsin-Green Bay transfer sat out last season due to NCAA rules.

Saturday’s game is scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m.

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BG softball begins 2012 season with Tiger Invitational Tournament

Colder weather prevents team from practicing outdoors

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By Ethan Easterwood Reporter

The BG softball team will kick off its season as they travel to Auburn, Ala. for the Tiger Invitational Tournament.

After practicing almost the entire winter indoors, the Falcons will finally get to play on real dirt and grass. They will play Wright State, Auburn, Alabama State and IPFW this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Head coach Shannon Salsburg is optimistic about this season as a lot of young players have stepped up.

“The freshmen are really going to battle,” she said. “The entire right field position is being filled by freshmen this season.”

The Falcons are returning almost the entire infield and about two-thirds of the outfield.

Salsburg also said that positions may not be set until a few weeks into the season.

“We are going to come out and figure things out as a team,” Salsburg said about the upcoming season. “Every year is a new year and that is the beauty of it.”

The team was able to successfully practice outdoors on the Doyt Perry turf field during

The age-old debate between the North and South even has a presence in the softball world.

The ability to practice outside during the colder winter months is something Southern schools pride themselves on. However Northern schools gain a lot during the winter months, despite being inside.

Falcon head coach Shannon Salsburg knows this difference firsthand, as she coached at Arkansas prior to becoming coach at BG.

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BG gymnastics faces BG hockey looks to extend recent in ‘Pink Meet’ success against Northern Michigan Northern Illinois “We’re trying to get

By Matt Nye Reporter

games of the series, losing the first game 2-1, but coming back and stunning Notre Dame in Saturday’s The BG hockey team tangles with the game, 3-2.

Wildcats from Northern Michigan BG (9-16-5, 4-14-4-3 CCHA) now University this weekend, the first has four wins in the conference, and only time the two teams meet which is one more than it managed this season. to win last season. The Falcons will The Wildcats are ranked No. 19 and have to show some real grit to gut hold the ninth spot in the Central out the difficult rest of the season Collegiate Hockey Association stand- schedule. They face No. 19 Northern ings. Their record is 12-10-6 overall Michigan this weekend, No. 6 Ferris and 7-9-6-3 in the CCHA. The Falcons State next weekend and then the seahost the two-game series, and both son finale against No. 4 Michigan. games start at 7:05 p.m.

BG was 3-3-1 against the Wildcats The BG hockey team has won last season, including the playoffs. three of its last six games. It contin- The most memorable meeting last ued its success this past weekend, season was when the last-seeded splitting the series at Notre Dame. Falcons upset the Wildcats in the The Falcons played right with the first round of the CCHA playoffs. BG No. 9 ranked Fighting Irish for both lost the first game, but racked up two straight wins to send ANDREW HAMMOND, GOALIE Northern Michigan home.

Junior goalie Andrew Hammond has a 2-3-1 record against the Wildcats, including a shutout in the playoff series. He has a 2.47 goals-against average against them in his college career.

Northern Michigan is NATHAN ELEKONICH | THE BG NEWS led by their senior forward

SOFTBALL

Preseason poll released The MAC has released its preseason softball polls. Western Michigan was picked to win the MAC Tournament, while the Falcons were picked to finish sixth in the East Division.

Tyler Gron. He has totaled 32 points on the year so far, which ranks him behind only T.J. Tynan of Notre Dame for the lead in the league in points. Gron was a preseason CCHA Second Team selection and is leading his team in the goal scoring column with 14.

Northern has two goalies that have split time in the net up to this point in the season. Sophomore Jared Coreau has put up better numbers than his senior counterpart, Reid Ellingson. Coreau is 8-5-2 with a 2.17 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage.

There are some deficiencies in the Wildcats’ game. They rank last in the CCHA in goals allowed per game (2.75) and score just 2.8 goals-pergame. They also commit the most penalties in the league, averaging 17.8 penalty minutes per game.

Coach Chris Bergeron thinks the Wildcats are underrated at this point of the season.

“I think they are a better team than what shows in the league standings,” Bergeron said. “They seem to play really well on the road and their ‘D’ core is a group that gets it done. Gron seems to score in about every game, and their goaltending is solid.”

TRACK AND FIELD

Track heads to Akron The BG track and field team heads to Akron for a weekend meet.

Head to our sports blog for a full preview of the meet.

By Daniel Sierra Reporter

The BG gymnastics team aims to rebound after a tri-meet loss last weekend, hosting Mid-American Conference opponent Northern Illinois in the team’s annual “Pink Meet” in support of breast cancer awareness.

The contest marks the third of four home meets this season.

The last time the Falcons competed at home they scored a season-high 193.225, nearly upsetting West Virginia.

Floor has been BG’s strength, and the team is No. 1 in the MAC on that event, led by Dawn Christman. The uneven bars continue to give the Falcons trouble, however.

With nearly half of the season behind them, coach Kerrie Beach is focused on improving the team’s performance on that event.

“We’re trying to get a lineup that feels confident in each other and hitting,” Beach said. “What we’re worried about is that they feel that pressure — that it’s the one event that’s kind of holding us back. So we want them to move as far away from those

a lineup that feels confident in each other and hitting.”

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thoughts as possible.”

Most recently, the Falcons posted a 46.7 on bars against Maryland and North Carolina, after a pair of gymnasts slipped off the apparatus. That performance was not indicative of how the team trains, Beach said.

This week, the team’s focus is creating a more competitive feeling in the gym, stressing stuck landings and hitting routines on the first try. Beach believes sticking the first routines in practice is the closest thing to an actual meet.

“The goal’s the same,” she said.

“We need to hit. We need to put full meets together now that the expectations have been raised. We need to move forward.”

With only two home meets remaining, Beach knows her team

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THE BG women’s basketball team faces the student section as the alma mater during the team’s 57-47 victory against Northern Illinois earlier this season.

Falcons face Toledo on the road

By Michele Wysocki Assistant Sports Editor

This year, the Battle of I-75 has has a bit more on the line.

Both the Falcons and the Rockets are leading their respective divisions entering the game.

BG leads the East division of the Mid-American Conference with a 10-0 record, while Toledo leads the West with eight wins and two losses.

The Falcons have lost to

the Rockets the past two seasons, and head coach Curt Miller said, for the first time in a long time, his team is viewed as an underdog.

“It’s nice to be an underdog going into a game,” Miller said. “Toledo is going to tell us a lot about ourselves … we view Toledo as the team to beat.”

Having not won a game against Toledo in the regular season in a couple of years, senior Jessica Slagle said it

fuels their fire.

“This game is going to be everything both teams want,” Slagle said. “Toledo over the past couple years has become a powerhouse in this league, and you can’t hide it anymore.”

Overall the Falcons lead the series 41-27.

Miller said he looks at this game as a win-win situation — if they win or lose, they still lead the MAC and secure a top four seed, but he still thinks

Toledo is a team that should be feared.

“When Toledo plays their ‘A’ game, they’re a better team,” Miller said.

He thinks the Rockets are the most physical and the best defensive team in the league.

They are very balanced, and “they kill you with their threepoint shooting,” he said.

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BG tennis travels to East Lansing to face MSU

By Nate Doolin Reporter

The BG tennis team will travel north to East Lansing, Mich.

Friday afternoon to take on the Spartans at Michigan State University.

The Falcons look to bounce back from their 2-5 loss to UIC that ended their threegame winning streak last Sunday inside the Perrysburg Tennis Center.

Before Friday’s contest, BG has thus far in the season a combined individual winloss record for matches at 17-7 overall in singles play and 8-4 in doubles through four teamscored dual matches. Emily Reuland is on a four game winning streak for dual matches

PREVIEW From Page 7 some of the warmer days, but typically has practiced inside the Perry Field House, working on fundamentals

Emily Reuland

and leads the team in wins for both tournament and dual match play this season with 29. Following close behind Reuland in the win column are Eccleston at 27, Mary Hill at 25, Nikki Chiricosta at 24 and Katie Grubb at 23 to round off the top five.

The Spartans enter Friday’s contest with an overall record of 3-1 on the season. The Spartans started the dual play portion defeating Oakland University 7-0. Oakland, however, has not won a single match in dual play

in any flight.

The Spartans took both Eastern Michigan University (3-5) and Cleveland State (1-2) earlier this season by a score of 5-2. The Zips from Akron University (5-0) gave the Spartans their only loss of the season by flipping their success 2-5.

BG has seen MSU already this season during the Nov. 4 weekend at the Green and White Invite hosted on their home turf. The Falcons posted a 6-1 record against the Spartans in both doubles and singles play.

BG completed all six of those wins in no more than two sets. During the tournament against MSU, five of the

seven BG roster players gathered in a victory. Spartan’s first singles player Amy Barton currently has a three game losing streak, and BG looks to capitalize favorably in the first flight, setting the tempo early Friday.

“We did well against Michigan State in the fall and are capable of playing with them in the spring section as well,” said coach Penny Dean.

“I think we face that challenge of playing good players in the Big Ten and keeping our confidence as we go up there.

Our goal for this match, and the season as a whole, is to improve on the big points and to maintain the momentum when we have it, carrying it on throughout the entire match.”

and batting practice.

Having practiced indoors and finally being able to play outside, Salsburg expects the team to be very aggressive.

The team will spend a lot of the early season on the

road, as its first home game isn’t until April. Salsburg feels this really strengthens the team’s chemistry.

After the invitational in Auburn, the team will head to Kentucky, Florida and South Carolina for

various tournaments.

The Falcons will play Wright State first, followed by SEC power-school Auburn, yet despite the differences in teams, the Falcons look to approach each game the same way.

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COLD From Page 7 “There is quite a bit a difference,” Salsburg said in regards to the practice and preparation of the teams.

Southern schools, such as the Falcons’ upcoming opponent Auburn, are able to practice fielding on their own dirt, whereas the Falcons have been cooped up inside the Perry Field House doing batting practice and fielding off of turf.

Salsburg acknowledges that being able to practice outside can be an advantage; however she made it clear that it all evens out.

“We all are working on the same things, it’s the fundamentals,” Salsburg said.

With the unseasonably beautiful weather that Bowling Green has seen the past few weeks, the team

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“We love this facility,” Salsburg said about the Perry Field House. “But there is only so much room for my left fielders [to practice].”

However despite the confinements, Salsburg feels very strongly about the team’s hitting abilities and the aggressiveness the players have shown. Salsburg gives Northern teams, especially the Falcons, an advantage in hitting since it is the one thing being indoors allows them to focus on.

The Falcons will be traveling south to Auburn, Ala.; Bowling Green, Ky.; Clearwater, Fla.; and Rock Hill, S.C. all before they host their first home game.

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Valentine’s Day began without the romance

BY RACHEL MURPHY

As the story goes, in third century AD, newly appointed Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage because he believed that soldiers’ attachment to their wives and families distracted them from their duties and made them weak. Valentine was a Roman bishop who defied the law and secretly married couples.

Valentine was caught and jailed by Emperor Claudius II. When Valentine refused to agree with Claudius II about his anti-marriage policy and attempted to convert Claudius II to Christianity (admitting that he did not acknowledge the Roman Gods), it was decided that he would be executed.

During his imprisonment, Valentine formed a strong friendship with the jailer’s daughter. When he was executed on February 14, 270 AD, he wrote a farewell note to the jailer’s daughter and signed it, “from your Valentine,” which is where the tradition of giving notes to each other on Valentine’s Day originated.

Over the centuries, the church attempted to make the holiday a religious one. They made Valentine a Patron Saint

They made Valentine a Patron Saint to be celebrated on February 14 as a martyr. to be celebrated on February 14 as a martyr, but the day was still celebrated by most as a day to reveal affections and ask for courtship.

Popular poet and author Chaucer wrote about Valentine’s Day in his work “The Parliament of Fowls,” referencing St. Valentine’s Day in a poem about mating season for birds, which was a metaphor for love. It was believed that birds mated on February 14, so Chaucer used this connection to Valentine’s Day to celebrate

romance and courtship.

After Chaucer wrote about it, Valentine’s Day became a popular holiday in England and France as a day to reveal your romantic feelings or desire for courtship with someone.

The holiday evolved to include gift giving and exchanging hand-made cards with a loved one.

It is believed that the tradition spread to America when Esther A. Howland, a Mount Holyoke College graduate, was inspired to start commercially producing Valentine’s Day cards after receiving an English Valentine in the mail. She began commercially producing Valentine’s Day cards in the U.S. in the 1840’s using lace, ribbon and colorful pictures to make her cards.

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Today, “Valentines” appear in the form of glittery pink and red cards with holographic designs or pictures of roses. It’s a holiday that brings out something in everyone, generally joy if you’re in a relationship, bitterness if you’re not, or frustration at how successful the greeting

card industry is at selling their garish cards and decorations.

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Arrangements Bloom through Local Florists BY: SHIRLEY O’NAN

As the cliché goes, “Roses

are red and violets are blue, I love flowers how about you?”

If your answer is yes, then whether you’re buying them this Valentine’s Day for a loved one, family member, friend or even for yourself, you’re sure to find something in local Bowling Green flower shops that will help your love bud blossom.

Take a short walk down to 165 S. Main Street and you’ll find The Flower Basket. A quaint flower shop boutique; it was opened in 1984 by florist Maryann Sandusky-Gibson, who still owns and operates the store.

This Valentine’s Day, Sandusky-Gibson, has four bouquets specifically designed for the holiday.

Each bouquet has its own name, so it can make ordering a breeze. If red tipped white roses and white gerbera daisies tucked into a bright red vase with the word love across it

If you want to spruce up your love life with a passionate, professional flare, then let one of the local florists help your love bud blossom for years to come. tickles your fancy, then the bouquet called “You’re the One I Love,” would be perfect for your loved one.

Other bouquets are “You’re So Special,” “Hearts and Flowers,” and “Over and Over” and they all offer different prices, for everyone’s budget. However, if a traditional bouquet is not what you seek, there are several more options available.

If a single red rose and a special love letter is your desire, then a single rose costs $4 and you can place it vase of your own or one of the several vases in the shop.

“It’s real important to me, regardless of budget, that someone should have something nice,” Sandusky-Gibson said.

“If someone has something

special to include I’m more than glad to include it in the arrangement.”

To order your Valentine’s Day flowers from The Flower Basket, you can walk-in, call (419) 352-6395 or order by email. Visit www.theflowerbasketbg.com for more information.

Once your order is placed, you can ask for the flowers to be delivered on Valentine’s Day. The Flower Basket cannot guarantee a specific delivery time, however, they can deliver anywhere on campus, except classrooms and dorm rooms.

Another option for those seeking flowers is located just a mile south of campus at 906 Napoleon Road: Klotz Floral

Gift and Garden Center, with the original business opened

by Frank Klotz in1918, and it is still owned and managed by the family, with grandson Gene Klotz serving as this generations current manager.

Klotz has 48 bouquets for Valentine’s Day, ranging in all different prices. One bouquet is the “XOXO” composed of roses and lilies in a red vase with a XOXO keepsake bracelet around the neck of the red vase. Other bouquets are “Send a Hug Puppy Love,” “Thoughts of You,” and “Hugs and Kisses.” For more special Valentine’s Day bouquets visit www.klotzflorist.com.

To order Klotz flowers for Valentine’s Day call (419) 353-8381, order online or walk-in and the floral shop artists will be happy to assist you.

Klotz can also make deliveries in town for $7.50 fee and out of town for $11.50. Klotz cannot guarantee a specific delivery time, unless you pay an extra delivery fee. Flowers can be delivered anywhere on campus, except dorm rooms.

If you would like to include something special with your delivery, Klotz can make it happen.

“We’ve delivered a diamond necklace and a bottle of wine

that they brought in,” assistant manager Kelly Andres said.

A special bouquet is what you make of it. Add your own twist by asking the florist to include one artificial red rose in your bouquet and tell your loved one that you’ll love them till the last flower dies.

If you’re on a tight budget, but still want to give your special someone flowers for Valentine’s Day, another idea

would be to visit Hobby Lobby or Ben Franklins and create your own flower arrangement with artificial flowers. That way your love will last forever, or at least, the flowers will.

However, if you want to spruce up your love life with a passionate, professional flare, then let one of the local florists help your love bud blossom for years to come.

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Sales spike on Valentine’s Day BY: MADALIN LUEHMANN It seems that every year around Feb. 14, nation gets a huge sweet tooth as candy sales sky rocket. Of course, Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day. Across the country candies in the form of boxes of chocolate hearts, conversation hearts, lollipops, chocolate roses, and many other forms of delicious treats are purchased by people for their loved ones. In the United States it has always been a tradition that the man buys the woman candy and gifts for Valentine’s Day, but in nations such as Japan the roles are reversed.

According to National Geographic., it was estimated in 2011 that 47.5 percent of U.S consumers would exchange candy for Valentine’s Day. The same article stated that the sales of these candies will add up to about $1 billion, quite an amount of sales of just candy for the celebration of one day.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2008 1,317 businesses produced chocolate, they employed over 38,000 people. According to the same census in the year 2009 Americans each consumed an estimated 24.3 pounds of candy.

Jennifer Kotlarsic, a University senior, says she hopes to get gummy candies this year from her sweetheart. Others may prefer something a little more traditional like a box of conversation hearts.

Conversation hearts are a tradition that date back for more than a century, since around the time of the Civil War. Conversation hearts

F U N FAC T Americans send an estimated 900 million Valentine’s Day cards each year.

According again to National Geographic, about eight billion candy hearts were made in 2009 and that 47.5 percent of U.S consumers would exchange candy for Valentine’s Day. were first introduced by the NECCO brand whose hearts contain 10 sayings each year. These sayings change with the times and hearts that once said, “pen pal,” have turned to saying, “email me,” “IM me,” etc.

According again to National Geographic, “about eight billion candy hearts were made in 2009, the association says—enough to stretch from Rome, Italy to Valentine, Ariz., and back again 20 times.”

As for the traditional chocolates on Valentine’s Day, that has a long history too. It is said that

this is a tradition that originated with an Aztec leader, who believed that eating chocolate made him more desirable and better suited to satisfy the women in his life.

Whatever candy you and your loved ones choose this Valentine’s Day, there are no shortage of stores that can provide for you.

In Bowling Green you can shop at any of the major stores like Wal-mart Kroger, and Meijer, or you can head down to Ben Franklin’s and shop their extensive selection of Pic N Mix candy.

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Customers can order any regular special and request it to be made into a heart shape, Liss said. For example, a customer can order a weekday special of a large one-item pizza for $9.25 and get it heartshaped.

The price of each heart-shaped pizza will vary, depending on the size and item the customer chooses, Liss said. But, no additional price will be charged for the pizza’s shape, she said.

A popular pizza topping customers choose is pepperoni because it is red and gives the look of a heart, Liss said. But, customers can choose any favorite topping for the heart shape.

Heart-shaped pizzas sold by Pisanello’s are popular with student couples, Liss said. And, parents who can’t go on a romantic out-

ing because of child often come into the restaurant together to order them, she said.

Customers who enter Pisanello’s will also be able to experience a holiday atmosphere within the restaurant.

The dining room of Pisanello’s is decorated in a Valentine’s Day theme a couple weeks prior to the fourteenth, Liss said.

Another place in BG making heart-shaped treats is The Cookie Jar and More.

Owner Maureen Lanigan said the shop will be offering heart-shaped cookie cakes for the holiday.

Additionally, SamB’s Restaurant is accepting reservations for Valentine’s Day. It will feature its regular menu. Additional features can be found on its website, www.sambs. com.

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A few businesses in BG are continuing to offer their heart-shaped foods on Feb. 14 this year.

Pisanello’s Pizza has been offering heart-shaped pizzas for at least 19 years, according restaurant spokesperson Miranda Liss.

Pisanello’s is estimated to make approximately 400 heart-shaped pizzas while they are sold between Feb. 10 and 14, Liss said.

Customers can call or walk in to make a secondparty order for a significant other and have the heart-shaped pizza delivered in advance with a special message or card, Liss said. Pisanello’s will

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The BG men’s golf team opens up its 2012 portion of the season in Dade City, Fla. this weekend at Lake Jovita South Course to face the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday.

Charlie Olson led the way for the Falcons in scoring average for the fall of 2011 with a scoring average of 74.57, including two top 10 finishes. Just behind him are seniors and four-year starters Parker Hewit and Drew Preston. Wes Gates, along with those three golfers, are the four that participated in each tournament in the fall season.

Coach Garry Winger and the Falcons are coming off a fall season that included a first place finish at the John Piper Intercollegiate, a tournament the Bobcats competed in. Gates was the front runner for BG, carding a 220

I-75 From Page 8 players Andola Dorch and Yolanda Richardson. Dorch leads the team with 13.3 points, 4.6 assists and two steals per game.

Richardson takes care of the rest, leading with six rebounds and two blocks per game.

With Miller’s recent health concern, he has not been able to coach the same way he has in years past — or even games past — but he is adjusting to his new coaching style, and he said he has to pick his battles.

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Coach leading BG into 2012 spring season (75-73-72).

The Bobcats are led by Paul Grauer, who finished the 2010-2011 season with a 76.67 scoring average. Grauer fired a third round 66 in the John Piper Intercollegiate last September.

BG will then have a quick turnaround as the Falcons remain at Lake Jovita for the Mid-American Conference Match Play event Feb. 13 and 14. The match play features eight MAC teams in a double-elimination tournament with a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. both days.

BG begins tournament play against the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Monday.

Along with the Falcons, Bobcats and Eagles, other

sive; I’m still going to be a demanding, animated coach at times, but I can’t be the amount or extent I have been in the past,” Miller said.

Slagle said despite his recent changes, he still challenges the team every day.

“He’s very passionate about what he does, and he loves this game,” Slagle said.

Slagle is one of the players that lead the united front line for BG. She leads the Falcons in assists with 2.2 per game, while Chrissy Steffen, Alexis Rogers, and Danielle Havel contribute too.

Steffen leads in points with 14 per game, Rogers in rebounds with 8.2 per game

opponents in the field include host school Ball State, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Akron and Miami.

Pending a win or loss against Eastern Michigan, BG will face either Akron or Miami in the second round.

All schools will play three 18-hole matches with two rounds on Monday and one on Tuesday.

The South Course at Lake Jovita, located just north of Tampa, was designed by famous golf icons Tom Lehman and Kurt Sandness.

Lake Jovita maxes out at 7,153 yards in length with a course rating of 74.2. Hole No. 11 is a par 5 that includes a 94-foot drop from tee to green, which is the largest elevation change of any course in the state of Florida.

Dade City, Fla. is the first of seven sites where the Falcons will compete in the spring season before postseason play.

and Havel with a block per game.

Both teams are coming off a four-day prep due to the byweek, and Slagle said that this game will have no surprises.

Savage arena will pack in thousands of fans on Saturday for their noon game, Miller and Slagle said, and neither of them would have it any other way.

“There’s not a better environment in the MAC than the BG-Toledo game in Savage,” Miller said.

Slagle said it’s always crazy to play there, but she loves it.

“What a great atmosphere to play in … it’s what college basketball is about,” Miller said.

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The gymnastics ranking system also requires that three home meet scores factor into a team’s final ranking, meaning that BG’s home scores will play a crucial role in whether the team advances to NCAA Regionals.

“We really have no excuse,” she said. “We have the true home advantage, and we need to walk in here and hit everything.

They train in here every day, so it’s really a place where we could build confidence to help us with the away meets.”

The Falcons are currently ranked higher than NIU, but competition is tight in the MAC this season, with no team distancing itself as the clear front-runner.

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“That’s really been the buzz in the MAC this year,” Beach said. “We feel like it’s going to be such a showdown at the end of the season. It’s an opportunity for us to take advantage of the four MAC meets we have left, and we feel like we can walk in and win any of them.”

The Falcons take on the Huskies Saturday at 4 p.m. in Anderson Arena. Fans are encouraged to wear pink as part of the breast cancer awareness campaign.

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1/2 Month Free with 1 Year Lease*

HIGHLAND MANAGEMENT Now leasing for 2012-2013 s.y.

1 & 2 BR apts, $375-$650/mo.

Call 419-3546036 for more info!

Wine

1Bdrms./Studios Winter Special:

May - 12 month leases 604 Fifth St -3br - $855/mo.

609 Fifth St - 3br - $855/mo.

845 3rd St - 3br - $930/mo. www.BGApartments.com 419-352-8917

5BR, 5 person house, all amenities, close to campus, $1150/mo.

Avail Aug 2012 - year lease.

Call 354-2731 or 352-1584.

2 & 3 BR apts & townhouses, Scott Hamilton, 4th & 5th Sts. Leases for May & August, SUMMER LEASES AVAILABLE! 419-409-1110 or 419-352-4456. www.rutterdudleyrentals.com

59¢ Fountain Drinks

IVYWOOD APTS.

Subleaser needed for house with 2 male roommates. $215/mo+utils Call 513-292-9292 for more info.

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FREE High Speed Internet FREE Basic Cable FREE DVD Library FREE Water & Trash FREE Resident Shuttle

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Air Conditioning 24 Hr Maintenance 3 Laundromats 2 Swimming Pools 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts

WINTHROP TERRACE & SUMMIT TERRACE A P A R T M E N T S

400 E. Napoleon Rd • 419.352.9135 www.winthropterrace.com