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Volume 90, Issue 129
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Ancinec, Orians elected USG president, vice president By Max Filby Assistant Web Editor
Albright, USG chief administrator. Ancinec and Orians received 507 votes, Stewart and Collier received Emily Ancinec and Rob Orians will be the next president and vice 495 votes and Jake West and runpresident of the Undergraduate ning mate Joshua James received Student Government. 385 votes. Ancinec and Orians defeated “I’m still in shock, but we are very Clayton Stewart and Cassy Collier by excited and ready to go forward,” a margin of 12 votes. This year’s presi- Ancinec said. “I’m just really proud of dential and vice presidential election what Rob and I have accomplished.” Voter turnout was down 249 votes was the closest on record, said Justin
this year with 1421 students voting in the USG presidential election. Both Ancinec and Orians will participate in the summer session of USG. “I only live about 30 minutes away, so I’ll be here,” Orians said. “I’m very excited.” An official start date for USG’s summer session has not been set yet, Ancinec said.
VOTE BREAKDOWN USG presidential election by the numbers:
1,421 students voted for the USG president and vice president this year ■ 1,679 students voted for the USG president and vice president in 2010 ■ 507 students voted for Ancinec and Orians ■ 495 students voted for Stewart and Collier ■ 385 students voted for West and James ■
Performances close Greek Weekend By Danae King Reporter
Constant cheers escaped from Anderson Arena Sunday Night as Greek Sing began.
Greek Sing was a dance competition where nine groups of sororities and fraternities performed to a variety of songs. Each group had a different theme and was required to have at least one person lip syncing at all times. The performance groups
were the same groups students were in for the other Greek Weekend competitions and each group was made up of two to three different sororities and fraternities. Another rule of
See GREEK | Page 2
PHOTOS BY HANNAH SPARLING | THE BG NEWS
SPLIT: Freshman Ryan Sowers from Lambda Chi Alpha shows off his flexibility during Greek Sing. Sunday’s event was a first at the University, but Molly Theobald, president of New Member Greek Council said she hopes it becomes a yearly tradition. “This had been in thoughts for over a year now,” she said.. “We decided that this year we’d take charge and actually make this happen.”
DANCE: Delta Gamma and Phi Gamma Delta (commonly known as FIJI) perform their winning routine for the University’s Greek Sing event. The lip sync and dance competition, which took place Sunday in Anderson Arena, was part of Greek Weekend. Delta Gamma and FIJI outperformed eight other teams at the event, and they also took first in Greek Weekend overall. See page three for more photos.
Cartwright addresses funding cuts at Graduate Student Senate meeting
AIDING JAPAN WITH ART
By Jess James Special Sections Editor
TYLER STABLE | THE BG NEWS
SPINNING: Senior Andrew Peet creates one of the ceramic bowls, that will be sold April 21-22 at the Clay Club’s 15th Annual Spring Ceramics Sale in the Fine Arts Building. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Mashiko Potters Fund, which is a fund to aid the potters and potteries in Mashiko, Japan.
CAMPUS See Greek Weekend photos Greek students celebrated Greek Weekend, which included games, trivia contests and a sliming. See photos | Page 3
Issues concerning the University budget were addressed April 1 at the Graduate Student Senate’s general meeting. The open forum welcomed President Carol Cartwright as its guest speaker. Cartwright explained how recent state budget cuts would affect graduate education. “What do we know about the budget at this point?” she asked. “Let me take you back. We have had three mid-year reductions in the last three years. The state share has remained the same during this time.” Roughly 70 percent of the University’s proposed budget is tuition-based with the state share being 30 percent. The state funds its share through taxes, but with 600,000 jobs lost in Ohio, the University has been planning accordingly, Cartwright said. “The federal government stepped in with $9 trillion for higher education nationwide,” she said. “The state used stimulus funds of 16.5 percent or $6.2 billion. Our plan worst case scenario was a loss of 30 percent. But the governor’s plan has held to the best case scenario
FORUM Support unions by choice
Faculty columnist Phil Schurrer says Senate Bill 5 should not be allowed to strip unions of rights, but that union membership and support should be voluntary | Page 4
“I want people to become familiar with the state budget.” Randy Gardner | State Rep.
and the state stuck to its share of higher education.” Ohio Rep. Randy Gardner spoke at a GSS Brown Bag Lunch in November. He said nearly $618 million will be deducted from the state budget for higher education. “I want people to become familiar with the state budget and how difficult it is to balance,” he said. “As we make decisions based on priority, it is very challenging to see how there won’t be some reductions made in every department and agency.” At the graduate level, University administrators recently announced plans to reduce funding by more than 25 percent. If the budget is approved in June, graduate education will be impacted drastically. “In the next two years, funding for graduate education will be reduced $12 million out of a $25 million proposal,” said Steve Dinda, president of GSS. “That’s a major problem that needs to be addressed quickly.”
SPORTS Defense shines in scrimmage
In the final scrimmage before the annual spring game, the defense of the BG football team got the better of the offense including Cameron Truss, who had two interceptions | Page 6
By July 1, restrictions on spending will reduce state funds, limiting several Ohio institutions. A potential tuition increase of roughly $291 per year, per student would help ease state funding, Cartwright said. “There is a 3.5 (percent) cap on fees and tuition but we might not go that high,” she said. “As a university community, we believe that a cap is not a good thing and that the deans should have the right to set the pricing accordingly. But the state has not embraced this idea.” However, 48 percent of the University’s proposed budget cuts would be absorbed by graduate education funds. “There are roughly 3,000 full-time graduate students studying at the University,” Dinda said. “That represents 10 percent of the whole student body. In the end we’ll be cut back $9 million per year, that’s 30 percent of our budget. It really raises an eyebrow of what graduate education means to this university.” The next GSS meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. in the McFall Center April 15 and is open to the public. Dinda and other members of GSS welcome anyone interested in discussing the future of graduate education at the University.
PEOPLE ON THE STREET What do you want the new USG president to make her first priority? JEFF STEVENS Junior, Film Production
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