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ESTABLISHED 1920 | A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Volume 90, Issue 8
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Faculty pay-to-print causes confusion, guidelines unclear
As faculty face new printing rules, students may suffer By Alissa Widman Reporter
feeding the
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need Lake High School eats up donations from Commons closing
CRUSHED: Lake High School was left in ruins after a June 5 tornado
Students at a local high school will be able to eat hot food, thanks in part to the University. Chris Wilson, director of food services at Lake Local School District, said she was
By Emily Tucker
After its first week, University faculty members are giving “Print Responsibly” mixed reviews. Opinions include indifference, praise, confusion and frustration, as the program affects not only students but teaching styles and classroom facilitation as well. According to the University’s website, the program, initiated Aug. 19, is “a new, more cost-effective way to handle ‘everyday printing’ and other tasks” and could save the University as much as $1.5 million per year. Despite those benefits, some, such as graduate student and parttime instructor Mike Carver, are also considering the negatives of the fledgling system. “I was disappointed to find out about it,” he said. “What I loved about BGSU were the differences we had, like allowing students to print for free.” The initiation of Print Responsibly was its biggest problem, Carver said, because it gave graduate-student instructors only a few days to prepare class materials, and it failed to make a distinction between graduate faculty and students. “On Friday, I received a message while printing my syllabi that said I had to pay to print,” Carver said. “I was so confused. I teach four large classes. I frantically took the papers to the departmental secretary, and she made copies so I didn’t have to pay.”
“I discovered later I could print for free at the graduate lab for our department, but it wasn’t opened at the time, and I had to find my own way of doing things.” Free printing for all graduatestudent teachers is not a guarantee, though. As stated on the University’s website: “... the policy for printing in relationship to a graduate student’s assistantship/research work will need to be addressed by each department.” Now that the initial transition is over, Carver said instructors are adjusting, and many, including himself, “will try to teach classes where [students] don’t have to print out anything.” “Some faculty members have written letters to call attention to the policy and to explore different options,” he said. “I can’t bad-mouth the University because any career I have I owe to this institution, but I just hope it doesn’t continue down this pathway and ultimately alienate potential students.” For some instructors, however, especially full-time faculty, Print Responsibly is a less-contested issue. “It has no effect at all on me,” said Andrea Schneider, a full-time history instructor. “I never had to pay out of pocket and I still don’t. I’m sure there are some department budgets I will find out about later, but it was just implemented and
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MOVING FOR THE SUMMIT
| Reporter
glad to be able to tell a student destroyed the school June 5. “yes, there will be hot food.” After Commons closed at the Lake Local has been receiv- University, Director of Dining ing donations from places such Services Mike Paulus loaned as Toledo Public Schools, the the district equipment such as Lowe’s store in Rossford and the University since a tornado See LAKE | Page 5
USG proposes trustee selection reform By Max Filby Reporter
The Undergraduate Student Government opened the school year by discussing its first resolution since passing the Print Responsibly resolution this summer. The new resolution requests the University Board of Trustees update the process of selecting an undergraduate representative to the Board. The current committee for selecting a member to the Board of Trustees consists of presidents of seven organizations, including USG president Kevin Basch, and members find the process to be too convoluted. “It’s more of a housekeeping issue than anything,” Basch said. “We’ve let small things like this slip through the cracks in the past. We’re not
CAMPUS Intramural teams form
While registration fees for playing on intramural teams at the University to $35 a year, but students who wish to pay can still get involved | Page 3
“Last year GSS updated their process, so USG should too.”
Joe Edens | USG Chairman going to let that happen this year.” The new committee for selecting a Board member would primarily consist of USG members and one member of an undergraduate student organization. If the resolution passes, USG vice president Dan Caldwell would become selection committee chair and choose senators and another organization representative to join the committee. “It’s a narrowing down process,” Caldwell said. “It’s much more clear and concise.”
The Graduate Student Senate passed a similar resolution last year and recommended the resolution idea to USG. Although USG has been following a similar selection procedure for the past 20 years, formal changes still need to be made, Basch said. The new resolution will add qualifications to the selection process, including necessary junior level standing at the University while serving as a member on the Board of Trustees. The new qualifications also require candidate students to not be under any disciplinary sanction by any official University body, such as Residence Life or USG. “The current process just is not feasible,” said Joe Edens, USG chairman of internal affairs. “Last year
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FORUM Athletes’ egos tarnish sports
Columnist Bryan Warrick thinks modern sports figures such as LeBron James and Chad Ochocinco possess massive egos and are ruining their potential to be role models | Page 4
TYLER STABILE | THE BG NEWS
WITHIN GRASP: Junior Tommy Horn plans his next move while climbing a route on the rock wall Monday night, located at the Student Recreation Center. The wall is open MondaysWednesdays 5:30-9:45 p.m., Thursdays from 5:30-8 p.m. and Sunday from 5:30-8:45 p.m.
SPORTS Falcon football fires up
Redshirt freshman Matt Schilz has surpassed the competition and proved he has what it takes to be the starting quarterback at Saturday’s season opener | Page 6
PEOPLE ON THE STREET If you had a lot of money or resources to donate, who or what would you give it to? TONY RANDO Freshman, Statistics
“A/C for Mac East.” | Page 4
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