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STUDENTS TAKE THE STAGE Students are performing the musical ‘Spring Awakening’ this weekend at the Wolfe Center. Read more about the performances in THE PULSE on Page 3.
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Sorority members take pies to the face for annual charity event
Dylan to play Stroh Center on Sunday By Geoff Burns Reporter
When junior Robert Newman goes to the Stroh Center on Sunday, he will be witnessing University history: a Bob Dylan concert. Newman purchased his ticket in the beginning of March in the hopes of getting to see the legendary Bob Dylan up close, as his seat will in the third row. “I feel that because he is so old and is still touring, it’s going to be a great show,” Newman said. “I’m going to be close to the stage and it’s exciting.” Dylan and his band are touring colleges and amphitheaters throughout the Midwest to promote the artist’s music and were brought to the Stroh Center by the American Red Cross. Amanda Aldrich, communications specialist at the American Red Cross, said there were many things that went into getting Dylan to perform at the Stroh Center such as working with the musician’s agents, writing up press releases and getting interviews set up for the show. “We found out he was interested in coming to the University and then we were looking for an act for fundraising for us,” Aldrich said. “Everything
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Students put Earth first for a week
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ABOVE: Freshman Lindsey Marks pies freshman Carrie Melchor in the face at the Alpha Omicron Pi in the face on Thursday. The sorority is planning to donate all proceeds to it’s philanthropy, the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation.
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As part of Earth First Week, University students joined community members at the Montessori School of Bowling Green Thursday afternoon to help host the 4th Annual Community Earth Day celebration. The event was MORE ONLINE free and open to the public, which PHOTOS: Want to see some was attended photos of this event? Check out an album only on BGNEWS.COM. mostly by children in the area who were able to participate in various activities aimed at environmental awareness. In its fourth year, the celebration has been a success for both the school as well as partnering organizations, said Jessica Hover, associate director of the Montessori School. “The event came out of a lot of different organizations in town that wanted to put together something that was family focused as a way to talk about
TOP LEFT: Junior Ryan Sowers pies sophomore Kelly Savela in the face at Alpha Omicron Pi in the face on Thursday in front of its sorority house. LEFT: Sophomore Kelly Savela laughs after being pied in the face in front of her sorority house on campus Thursday afternoon. The group hosts the event every year in which people can pay $1 to pie a member of the sorority in the face.
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University launches ‘Not in Our Town’ to fight hate
SPEAKING FOR PEACE
Mary Ellen Mazey
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SEAN CARASSO, CEO of Falling Whistles, speaks to students at Cru about his experiences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Thursday night. Falling Whistles is a campaign for peace in the Congo.
LOOKING FOR A WIN
The softball team hopes to snap the “little bit of a down” it has been on. Trying to avoid another loss, the Falcons will head on the road. Paige Berger also looks to extend her 14-game hitting streak against Central and Eastern Michigan. | PAGE 5
In response to recent racially charged tweets and other recent events, the University hosted an event in Olscamp Hall on Wednesday night. More than 200 people attended the Not in Our Town Campaign event that the University launched in collaboration with the City of Bowling Green. The campaign aims to celebrate diversity while also reaffirming the University and Bowling Green’s commitments to social justice, equity and inclusion, according to a flier from the event. In attendance were campus and community leaders such as University President Mary Ellen Mazey and Bowling Green Mayor Richard Edwards. “What we need to have over
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time is more and more of things like this,” Mazey said. “There’s still more work for us all to do on this.” The event allowed Mazey, Edwards, Black Student Union President Tiffany Smith and Vision President Liz Grabski to speak about their experiences with inclusion and diversity. Vision is a student organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, while Black Student Union is an organization for students of African-American descent. “Everything turned out so well tonight,” Grabski said. “It’s just awesome to see so many people turn
REMINISCING ON A ROUGH WEEK This week, columnist James Pfundstein looks at the lack of sanity in the past week, which includes the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday and the defeat of a bill in the U.S. Senate that nearly 90 percent of Ohio voters support. | PAGE 4
out and leave here so pumped.” Along with other students, faculty and community members, Grabski read part of a pledge during the event to help provide a “safe and tolerant” atmosphere in Bowling Green. During the event, Grabski and Smith also asked everyone in attendance to sign and submit a copy of the pledge. “This is a grassroots effort and our hope was for it to infect people here so that it can really catch fire in the community,” Smith said. In order to encourage people to participate past the campaign’s kick-off, attendees also got the chance to watch a short documentary about universities involved in the same campaign.
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WHO WOULD YOU PIE IN THE FACE FOR CHARITY? “Obama, because it would be cool to be that guy to pie him in the face.” Branden Miller Freshman, VCT