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THE BG NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Volume 104, Issue 143
Arts council could help students network, find jobs
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By Ella Fowler City Editor
the need for a website for better communication and the need for participation from Some local residents hope an youth. Meetings will occur arts council can establish the monthly, and the next meetcity of Bowling Green as a ing will take place on May 16 at an undetermined location cultural center. Two meetings have already and time. The arts council has a occurred between artists, nonartists, community members Facebook group, called “BG and University personnel in Arts Council” where people regards to re-establishing an can find updates and information about upcoming arts council in the city. “[An arts council is] a meetings and decisions. Previously, there had been group of people in a community … getting together an arts council in the city, said to promote arts in the same Jacqueline Nathan, University community,” said Craig Blair, gallery director. This counexecutive director of the Arts cil had decided to put on an event, which would eventuin Common, an artist co-op. Arts in Common had the ally transform into the Black idea to revive an arts coun- Swamp Arts Festival. Nathan cil in the area; and had the said the arts festival was a fullfirst meeting to see if there time job and the arts council was any interest, Blair said. couldn’t take on the responsiThe first meeting confirmed bilities of a normal council. An arts council, said there was interest in the Katerina Ruedi Ray, director idea, he said. At the previous meetings, of the school of art, has the Blair said, much has been disSee ART | Page 2 cussed, including what the group wants to accomplish,
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CERAMICS: Freshman BFA 3D major Chelsie Corso coats a plate in preparation for the kiln. An art’s council could help Corso network with other artists and find jobs in the area.
Graphic design class allows students to trade clothes helping reduce consumption, recycle materials
CAMPUS BRIEF University Police offer reward after assault of students April 23 A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered for information regarding an assault of two University students. The University Police is investigating an aggravated assault that occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. April 23 in or near Lot 4A, across from the railroad tracks from Thurstin Avenue and behind Lot E, according to a campus crime alert e-mail. Two University students were returning from the downtown area when they were confronted by two unknown males,
By Heather Linder Senior Reporter
states the crime alert. The encounter quickly escalated into assault, in which one of the students were transported to the Wood County Hospital. The suspects have been described as two white males, college-age with scruffy beards. One was approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and the second was approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall. Both suspects were wearing sweatshirts and fled from the scene east on Pike Street. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the University Police at 419-372-2346, or the Wood County Crime Stoppers at 419-352-0077 or 1-800-54-CRIME.
free new wardrobe is just a few donations away. Project Enlighten will host a clothing swap from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Union oval. To participate in the swap, students must bring clean, gently used clothing to the Oval. They can exchange donations for the same number of items they gave. Or, they can simply clear out their closets of unneeded attire. A ticket system will keep track of all items given and received. “In the spring, people always want new wardrobes and go buy new things,” said senior environmental policy major Krista Elvey, head of research for Project Enlighten. “But there are so many good things out there. Why not take what people aren’t going to wear, and put it in one centralized location? Instead of losing materials, we’re using what’s there.”
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SPORTS
CAMPUS Battle in the ballroom
FORUM ‘South Park’ should not be a target
Falcon golf places eighth
Photos of students preparing for battle at Monday night’s “To Infinity and Beyond” laser tag event in the BTSU ballroom | Page 3
The controversy over “South Park” episodes revolving around Muhammad are overblown, especially since the show featured Muhammad on the show previously, accoring to Forum Editor Kyle Schmidlin Page 4
The BG women’s golf team finished eighth at the Mid-American Conference Championships after posting a final score of 983 | Page 5
PEOPLE ON THE STREET What would you trade in Wednesday’s clothing swap? JULIAN JACKSON Freshman, Special Education
“My old Power Rangers Halloween costume.” | Page 4
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