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Friday, April 12, 2013
VOLUME 92, ISSUE 89
Sibs N’ Kids to flock to campus this weekend
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Students gain leadership skills by working off-campus while in college
By Patrick Pfanner Reporter
The fifteenth annual Sibs N’ Kids Weekend will welcome hundreds of students and their siblings to the University starting at 4 p.m. today. Sibs N’ Kids is a weekend BY THE NUMBERS designed to showcase the University to the families ■■ 1,000 plus people attended of current students through Sibs N’ Kids weekend in free food, games and activi2012. ties, said Kristin Pikunas, ■■ 622 people are registered University Activities for this year’s weekend. Organization’s director of ■■49 activities are planned for the Sibs N’ Kids Weekend. the weekend. ■■ 21 campus organizations are UAO organizes the hosting activities. weekend every year and hopes students leave their dorms to join the festivities, she said. University students are invited to join in, regardless of if they have a sibling or not, said Samantha Beane, a UAO member helping plan the weekend. “It’s a great opportunity for BG kids to see the campus,” Beane said. Every year UAO creates a new theme to reinvent the atmosphere of the weekend from past years. This year a camping theme called “Camp Falcon” was chosen which will have corresponding flags, blow-up dolls and mess halls to complete the camp atmosphere, Pikunas said. “It helps build a better campus community,” said Janay Williams, a UAO member helping plan the weekend. The “Camp Falcon” theme is only presented through UAO sponsored activities because of the difficulty of trying to coordinate the large number of planned activities, she said. At least 21 campus services and organizations, such as the Sweet Shoppe and the Elem3nt dance team, will join UAO in hosting activities throughout the weekend, according to the Sibs N’ Kids schedule. Almost 50 activities are planned for the weekend like cornhole games, karaoke with root beer floats and laser tag in the Union multipurpose room, according to the Sibs N’ Kids schedule. While the Sibs N’ Kids weekends have traditionally been geared towards a younger audience, the UAO is attempting to branch out to teenagers, possibly to help show the University in a positive light to potential future students, Pikunas said. “We’re trying to develop the weekend for all age groups,” she said. That development lead to a Hunger Games training session, which starts at 10 p.m. Saturday night and runs until 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning in the Union ballroom, Pikunas said. The Hunger Games is a night-based event for teens and is considered one of the biggest activities of the weekend, she said. UAO is hoping that by branching out to more age groups the
leadership baked through
By Eric Lagatta Assistant Campus Editor
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hen Josh DeChant began working at Campus Pollyeyes more than three years ago to pay his way through college, he didn’t think it would help him develop leadership skills as well. College students sometimes have a lot of activities to juggle, so throwing off-campus work into the mix might seem like too much, but new research suggests off-campus work may not be as harmful as past research showed. In fact, it can be beneficial. A 2012 study in the Journal of College Student Development, “The Effects ofWork on Leadership Development among First-year College Students,” found a positive link between off-campus work and the development of
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Deputy keeps Taco Bell patrons safe on graveyard shift
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FRESHMAN Ian Melchor writes a secret on freshman Lauren Donnelly in the Union on Thursday. Donnelly had students write secrets on her body for a 3-D and 4-D performance art project.
FALCONS SPRING INTO ACTION Loaded with a new contract and 24 new recruits, Clawson and the Falcon football team will finish spring practice with the annual Spring Game. Mayor Dick Edwards will guest coach. | PAGE 5
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SLICING breadsticks is a worker at Campus Pollyeyes located on East Court Street in Bowling Green.
Deputy Anthony Thompson stood watch as a crowd of drunken college students gathered around the cash register, loudly recalling their nights. Some were noticeably more intoxicated than others. It was half past midnight on a Saturday, the time Thompson said the crowd would start to pick up as students made their exodus from the bars. After a year and a half working as a deputy for the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, and 13 years total working with the county, Thompson never thought he’d be picking up security guard shifts at Taco Bell on Wooster Street.
Deputy for the Wood County Sheriff’s Office
“When I first heard about [the shifts], I thought ‘why?’” Thompson said, regarding the need for security at the restaurant. His first shift began at 11 p.m. and started off slow, but when the restaurant became packed with drunk and hungry customers lining out the door, he quickly understood. Thompson, along with his partner for the night, Deputy Josh Augsburger, has been working shifts at Taco Bell since July 2012 as a way
to make extra money when off duty for the sheriff’s office. Thompson said he found out about the shift from a bulletin board at the office. While Thompson works 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., it’s not an average graveyard shift. “When there are a few hundred people and only two officers, you’re constantly checking each other and thinking, ‘What am I going to do if a fight breaks out?’” Thompson said. Roughly 5’10” with a muscled frame and shaved head, Thompson, 41, not only looks the part of a seasoned security guard, but has the power to back it up.
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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died this week, and columnist Paul McKenzie discusses the legacy she left behind and her similarities with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. | PAGE 4
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