THE BG NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1920 | A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Volume 90, Issue 115
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READY FOR ROUND ONE Presidential hopeful addresses student, faculty concerns Mary Ellen Mazey
By Alissa Widman Assistant News Editor
PHOTO BY BYRON MACK | THE BG NEWS
LIVE IT UP: The Women’s basketball team celebrates as their game is announced on ESPN’s selection show Monday night. The team will play Georgia Tech at 11:20 a.m. Saturday in Columbus. See page 6.
School proposal merges academics Four Arts and Sciences sections could form School of Cultural and Critical Studies Nelson said none formally belong to a school and are separate as either programs or departments. Women’s Studies Director A new school may be coming Susan Pena said the new to campus. The departments of Ethnic school would be a way for the Studies and Popular Culture departments to overlap, come along with the Women’s Studies together and make the most of and American Culture Studies their resources. The school would combine the programs are in the proposal stages of creating a school that will common theories of culture, race group all of the studies together. and gender, she said. There are many similarities It would be called the School of between ethnic studies, women’s Cultural and Critical Studies. The four sections are in the studies, American culture studies and popular culture, she said. College of Arts and Sciences. Ethnic Studies Chair Angela There are also many differences, By Janae Avery Reporter
so each section would still stand alone with its own classes. Pena said one essential proposal within the new school would be service learning. Students would have a chance to connect with community partners and apply what they are learning in the classroom to real life situations, she said. The department is proposing approximately four classes to become common courses for students in all sections of the school.
See NEW SCHOOL | Page 2
Mary Ellen Mazey, one of three candidates for the University’s next president, said she owes her entire career to higher education. “I’m a first generation college student who was fortunate enough to attend public institutions through scholarships and fellowships,” she said. “I know how important this is to students, because higher education has been very good to me.” Mazey, provost of Auburn University, hopes to connect with University students by making their educational institution efficient, affordable and accountable. She spoke to a crowd of more than 100 in the Union theater Monday afternoon. Following a 10-minute presentation, Mazey answered questions from students, faculty and staff for nearly an hour. “I see the role of president as an opportunity to work will all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of this institution to build its future,” she said. Mazey has been a leader at several universities nationwide, including West Virginia University and Wright State University. She has been provost of Auburn, one of the largest universities in Alabama, since Feb. 2009. Mazey addressed the importance of implementing the University’s strategic plan and recognizing national higher education issues and addressing them at the University. “We all have to think about what’s out there beyond our individual institutions,” she said. “We must preserve the quality of our programs and compete, whether that is within the region, state, nation or world, and make sure the strategic plan is our guide.”
Tsunami-ravaged Japan hospitals leave sick in misery By Jay Alabaster The Associated Press
ceiling in one wing. All of its food and medicine was stored on the first floor. TAKAJO, Japan — Within the dark Everything was ruined or lost in and fetid wards of the Senen General the 30 minutes when Takajo, a Hospital, some 120 patients lie in small town of about 12,000, was their beds or slumped in wheelflooded by the tsunami. chairs, moaning incoherently. Sam Taylor | Doctors Without Borders spokesman “We’re only administering the “There is no food!” cries an bare necessities,” said administraold man in a blue gown, to no few could have escaped unscathed “They have some medicines for tor Ryoichi Hashiguchi. one in particular. the immediate future, but in the Last week’s powerful earthquake given the scale of the destruction. So far four patients have died, Sam Taylor, the spokesman for coming weeks that’s when it really all older than 90 and severely sick and tsunami heaped untold new misery on those already suffering Doctors Without Borders, an inter- could become an issue,” he said. even before the calamity. Another Senen General Hospital in 80 that could be moved were sent — thousands of elderly, infirm and national group that has sent a team sick people in hospitals that were to Japan, said there were longer- Takajo town, near Miyagi prefec- to a nearby shelter. laid to waste by the violent shaking term concerns about the elderly, ture’s capital of Sendai, had about There is no power or running and the walls of water that followed. many of whom are fragile and may 200 patients when the earthquake See JAPAN | Page 2 There are no figures yet on how be living on little food and water hit, tossing its medical equipment many hospitals were ravaged, but without their lifesaving medicines. around and collapsing part of the
“They have some medicines for the immediate future, but in the coming weeks that’s when it really could become an issue.”
CITY FORUM Falcon fans gear up for NCAA More men stay at home Bowling Green residents gathered at Fricker’s to listen to the announcement of the seeds for the NCAA tournament. See photos | Page 3
Faculty columnist Phil Schurrer believes women are the key to the nation’s success while American men are going through arrested development | Page 4
SPORTS Falcons win MAC championship
For the second season in a row, the BG women’s basketball team won the Mid-American Conference tournament, led by tournament MVP Lauren Prochaska | Page 6
Candidate for University president A successful capital campaign is critical in this plan, Mazey said. “I would like to promise state funding will come back, but I don’t think it will,” she said. “I know how difficult it’s been with funding being eliminated from our budgets … We’re becoming increasingly dependent on how we generate our own funding, so building that endowment is very important.” Mazey also emphasized the importance of addressing the University’s low student retention rate by focusing on various demographic groups. “We need to look at the factors and support services we can put in place for all of our students, but we specifically need to look at targeted audiences,” she said. “I would look at models from other universities and, as always, we need to continually access if we’re meeting a preset goal.” Freshman Ryan Sowers attended the forum with the Presidential Honors Program. “I really liked how she answered questions about student engagement,” he said. “A president has to be engaged and visible on campus and care about what the students want.” Sowers said there were parts he liked and parts he disliked from Mazey’s statements concerning general education. “Personally, I think our general education courses are mediocre
See PRESIDENT | Page 2
FACULTY BRIEF
Faculty association to address Senate Bill 5
The Faculty Association will host a teach-in about Senate Bill 5 at the Union Multipurpose Room on Tuesday. The Ohio Senate approved the bill by one vote March 2 and the House is currently reviewing it. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature several speakers from the University and the local community. Topics to be covered include the basics of Senate Bill 5, Ohio’s legislative process, a history of unionization and tips for contacting legislators. Questions about the teach-in or bill can be sent to bgsufacultyassociation@ gmail.com.
PEOPLE ON THE STREET Would you have changed anything about your spring break? ALVIN DAWSON Junior, Music Performance
“Yes, I would have played more video games.” | Page 4
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