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Volume 104, Issue 116
Patrick Hannan
By Emily Tucker Reporter
Before working at the University, senior executive chef Patrick Hannan was a soda jerk and drove a Vespa. Hannan began working with food in high school when he was a soda jerk, mixing different flavored syrups to serve to customers. Now, Hannan is examining the food system of the University and trying to concoct something better. He is building a team of culinarians, which includes the executive sous chef Marissa Sargent and other employees. He provides them with tools to help improve what students eat. Hannan is finding new ways to feed University students. Hannan and his team of culinarians are committed to taking care of University students and they are willing to reach out to the community, he said. They try to match what they want with food with the overall goal of making dining better. They also try to consider food history. “Food history is important to understand where we are going now,” Hannan said. “We went from the days of gluttony to a grand celebration. This history is what we endear.” Hannan said he is instilling
Senior executive chef for University dining services passion for food into his workers. They are trying to change the style of food cooked so everything is not a casserole. The culinarians create the recipes for every dining location from scratch and then the chefs learn how to cook them for the students. Hannan and the culinarians always keep in mind a passion for food, customer service and people. “We want to instill passion in everyone working in food at the University,” he said. “They are important to the success.” After graduating from high school, Hannan did a five-year apprenticeship under Michael Foley at Printer’s Row in Chicago. He then attended culinary school at Kendall College and stayed as a chef instructor. “I knew very early in high school what I wanted to do,” he said. “I had an advantage against my buddies. They were out par-
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Professor sheds light on obesity stereotypes, offers weight loss groups Robert Carels
By Angela Green Reporter
Robert Carels, a psychology professor said obesity is the last socially-acceptable form of prejudice. Carels is working with other professors and students to discover why, and to find better methods for people to lose weight. He also researches weight stigma, or bias, towards obesity. “Typically, people report a greater dislike for people who are obese,” Carels said. “There are stereotypes that they’re lazy, weak-willed and they overeat. Even teachers and doctors have perceptions of obese people as non-compliant and lazy.” Carels has been involved with the treatment and research of obesity for 10 years.
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psychology professor involved in obesity research “I think it’s a big problem,” said Kathleen Young, one of the graduate students who work with Carels. “In general, people do show there’s a bias explicitly and implicitly, and we find people that are overweight have that same bias too.” Carels has worked on at least five studies which look at different areas of weight bias. He had students create models with different body mass indices and then students rated the models
Barefoot Truth and Señor O’Mally and his Celtic Surprise will perform at 7 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, advocating a green message on a green holiday | Page 3
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Falcons headed to Louisville for first round meeting with Michigan State By Andrew Harner Senior Reporter
The BGSU women’s basketball team will play Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will be played Saturday at 12:11 p.m. in Louisville, Ky., and will be televised on ESPN2. BGSU (27-6) will be a No. 12 seed in the Kansas City regional bracket, which is the third-strongest region. The Falcons will play either fourth-seeded Kentucky or 13th-seeded Liberty in the second round if they beat the fifth-seeded Spartans (229). The Spartans ranked No. 25 in the AP Poll--they
are somewhat of a familiar team for coach Curt Miller and the Falcons, as the two teams met during the 2008 Women’s National Invitation Tournament in East Lansing, Mich. BGSU lost game 74-66. “It was a great game two years ago,” Miller said. “A lot of the same players were underclassmen for Michigan State, so we’re familiar with them.” The Spartans have heavily relied on their defense to win games this season, allowing 59.4 points per game and have not allowed more than 70 points since Dec. 31. They have
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CUE committee discusses new education curriculum By Alissa O’Neill Senior Reporter
“What we’re trying to do ... is create an experience that is more cohesive and connected for students.”
learning committees, a focus of the committee’s proposed framework, and whether or not CUE would work to keep those Catherine Cardwell, chair of existing programs. Connecting the Undergraduate “What we’re trying to do Experience (CUE) Committee, is build on our strengths,” spoke at the Undergraduate Cardwell said as she recognized Student Government meeting the importance of working with about the committee’s plan for Catherine Cardwell | chair of CUE committee existing programs. renovating the general educaIn the committee’s plan, these tion curriculum. cross-disciplinary, themed committee’s plan. “What we’re trying to do . . . courses as well as first year “One of the issues we’ve dis- high impact practices would is create an experience that is seminars and other foundation covered is that students who possibly include a “common more cohesive and connected courses. Cardwell also pointed are successful in college are learning time.” According to for students,” Cardwell said. to the importance of students’ involved in high impact prac- Cardwell, the common learning time would be a weekly block of The committee plans to cre- involvement in “high impact tices,” Cardwell said. ate a general education curricu- practices” such as learning Senators asked questions See USG | Page 3 lum that would create liberally communities and study abroad regarding the current existence educated students and include programs as a focal point of the of capstone courses within
FORUM The most wonderful time of the year Collumnist Josh Whetherholt talks about how the NCAA Tournament is the best display of sport and handicaps the 65-team field with the schools to watch | Page 4
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