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Monday, April 14, 2014

Volume 93, Issue 87

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LESS STUDENTS, LESS FUNDS SERIES | 1 of 3 THE BG NEWS LOOKS INTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATION, RETENTION, STATE FUNDING

State funds to University decrease

Enrollment declines; graduate scholarship money, salaries, benefits reduced

By Alex Alusheff Managing Editor

Graduate students may be finding themselves covering more and more of the cost of their education themselves as the University has cut graduate assistant funding by more than $14 million since 2009.

The cuts are due to less State Share of Instruction money from the government.

Funding for equipment, the library

New president, senators picked for 2014-2015

credit hours are completed.

In 2009, the University received $88.18 million from the state. In 2014, the number plummeted to $61 million, a $27.18 million decrease, according to the budget documents.

To make up for its losses, the University turned to raising tuition, as it did each year from 2010 to 2013,

and consulting have also been reduced $12.3 million while salaries and benefits were reduced by $4.5 million, according to budget documents provided by Chief Financial Officer Sheri Stoll. Other parts of the budget did see small increases such as utilities and supplies in that time frame.

SSI money is given to universities by the state based on how many degrees are given and how many

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By Kendra Clark In Focus Editor

Brian Kochheiser and Nicole Neely were officially confirmed as Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president respectively when the election results were announced Friday.

The two ran unopposed for USG president and vice president. The

results were also announced for senate positions during lunch in the Falcon’s Nest.

“It’s an exciting moment for everyone,” Kochheiser said.

“I’m ready to move on and start training.”

Neely also shared the excitement for the upcoming year.

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STUDENTS AND their siblings create their own music videos using various costumes during Sibs N’ Kids Weekend.

Annual Sibs N’ Kids Weekend draws almost 1,000 siblings to University

By Aimee Hancock Reporter

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he University hosted its annual Sibs N’ Kids event this past weekend and welcomed just fewer than 1,000 visitors to campus.

Emily Buroker, assistant director for the Sibs N’ Kids weekend, said this year’s turnout is the second largest on record behind 2012’s weekend, which brought around 1,200 to 1,300 visitors to campus.

The weekend consisted of a variety of events throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday including movie showings, sporting competitions and other kidfriendly activities. The vast majority of events were free of charge.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for students and their younger siblings to have fun together and make memories,” Buroker said. “It also is a great way for siblings to see BGSU’s campus and to see where their

older sibling lives.”

The “kick-off” event on Friday evening was called, “Into The Wild: Sibs N’ Kids Kick-Off” and was presented by the University Activities Organization. This three-hour event brought students and visitors together and included music, refreshments and live animals among other activities.

Sophomore Kelly Ressler invited her two cousins to visit for Sibs N’ Kids Weekend as they did last year.

Ressler said they were looking forward to the opening night kick-off. Their favorite activities last year were laser tag and flip book making.

Saturday began with an event titled, “Kids’ Tech University.” This activity required a $20 pre-registration fee that included a meal card and t-shirt. The session had an afternoon session that focused on

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Todd Migliacci, magician, performs magic tricks during Sibs N’ Kids Weekend.

Website may not help cognitive abilities as advertised

FIGHTING FOR FIRST

Games on Lumosity.com “train the brain,” crosswords can do same

By Dylanne Petros Copy Chief

While the popular website lumosity.com claims it can train users’ brains, some say the training it does is no different than doing crosswords or puzzles.

“When you think about training it’s really another way … [of] acquiring some new information or skill,” said Miriam Krause, assistant professor in the department of communica-

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Chris Mohler, senior AYA social studies major, participates in a Mortal Kombat tournament where participants played Mortal Kombat Trinity on the N64 and Mortal Kombat on the XBox 360.

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more beneficial than generally remaining cognitively active,” Krause said.

Ways that people can remain cognitively active include doing crosswords, puzzles or engaging in intellectual conversations with others, she said.

Having cognitive abilities all throughout life are important for people, said Richard Anderson, associate professor in the depart-

DID you PARTICIPATE IN SIBS N’ KIDS WEEKEND? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Columnist Autumn Kunkel talks about the independence she’s gained throughout the semester and how through a random act of kindness, she found someone who would help her look for a car she needs. | PAGE 4

The BG Volleyball team used their spring matches to rebuild following the loss of seven seniors. Read more. | PAGE 3

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Lumosity, based in San Francisco, Calif., was created in 2005. The site first launched in 2007 and has more than 50 million members. There is also an app for the site.

Lumosity has more than 40 games featured. All of the games focus on different aspects of cognitive ability including attention, memory and problem solving.

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Stephany Simone Russell, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/ fighting within the 700 block of E. Napoleon Rd. 10:35 A.M.

Complainant reported that sometime during the night an unknown person threw two rocks through two plate glass windows of an apartment building within the 500 block of Clough St. Estimated damage $3000.

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Complainant reported that an unknown person keyed both sides of a vehicle causing $2000 in damage within the 1000 block of N. Main St. 7:01 P.M.

Steven J. Strickland, 50, of Weston, Ohio, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated within the 1000 block of N. Main St. He was allegedly passed out in the Rally’s parking lot. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

10:15 P.M.

Stacie L. Zamarripa, 35, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container near North Grove and Clay Streets.

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Eric G. Hoeltzel, 19, of Wauseon, Ohio, was cited for open container and underage possession of alcohol within the 800 block of S. Main St. 11:16 P.M.

Joseph Peter Sinay Jr., 20, of Sylvania, Ohio, was cited for underage possession of alcohol near Lot 4 downtown.

11:41 P.M.

Katrina Leigh Barna, 21,

of Beaver Falls, Penn., was cited for open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle within the 100 block of W. Wooster St. Kacie Lyn Green, 19, of Findlay, Ohio; and Celina Ashley Ortiz, 19, of Findlay, Ohio, were both cited for open container of beer and underage possession of beer.

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Tyler D. Conn, 20, of Bowling Green, was arrested for theft, resisting arrest, underage possession of alcohol and open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Main St. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

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12:26 A.M.

Zachary T. Fruth, 24, of Hales Corners, Wisc., was cited for open container within the 200 block of N. Summit St. 12:38 A.M.

Charisse L. Bailey, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of E. Court St.

Peter Louis Bahner, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination within the 100 block of N. Prospect St. 2:40 A.M.

Complainant reported an unknown male subject broke the front window of a business within the 100 block of E. Court St. Estimated damage $50.

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Jessica M. Enasel, 20, of Bowling Green; and Olivia R. King, 20, of Bowling Green, were both cited for underage/under the influence of alcohol near Ridge and North Summit Streets.

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Matthew Charles Zix, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination within the 200 block of E. Wooster St.

Nathaniel Christian Lavey, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Enterprise St.

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LUMOSITY From Page 1 ment of psychology.

“The idea is that it’s important to try to preserve those mental skills for as long as possible in order to have a good quality of life,” he said.

It is mostly important for people to find activities that will challenge them in a certain subject, Anderson said.

“Oftentimes strategies are helpful for one task but doesn’t generalize for another task,” he said.

In a study done by San Francisco State University, funded by Lumos Labs, which is the Lumosity labs, researchers looked into how well the games on Lumosity worked on healthy adults.

Some participants played the games on Lumosity while other people did not perform the games.

Before playing the games though, each group took a cognitive assessment. This assessment helped researchers see how much people

did or did not learn after completing the games.

The study found that participants who played the games on the website improved their cognitive ability “significantly” compared to people who did not use the website.

While Lumosity claims that they can “train” certain parts of the brain, Krause does not know how the website would do that.

“Memory, processing speed, cognitive flexibility, our attention are all related to each other so there is no one area of the brain that Lumosity is ‘training,’” she said. “It’s probably promoting new connections or reinforcing existing connections among all different areas of the brain.”

Krause also said it is important to have and maintain cognitive abilities or else people can lose them.

“The stuff that you use more recently is going to be more accessible,” she said. “If you don’t use those attention, memory, speed things you may … lose connections.”

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Falcons use spring games to rebuild following loss of 7 seniors

By Tara Jones Assistant Sports Editor

The spring season has come to an end for the Falcons, but their journey to next season has just begun.

In the spring, the Falcons looked to create new team chemistry after the loss of seven seniors from last season, according to head coach Danijela Tomic. She said a team’s chemistry is “crucial” for young teams especially.

“A big goal for us this spring was to develop a good team chemistry and for our players to be better teammates to each other and develop some leadership skills because of the large senior group that we have graduating,” Tomic said.

Tomic said it was great for next year’s team to be able to play with those seven seniors and learn from them.

“It’s part of college sports,” Tomic said. “It’s a bittersweet thing for us as coaches. You want to see them graduate … but we will definitely miss some aspects of their presence on the court, but it’s time for some kids to step up and leave their mark.”

Next season the Falcons will have two seniors in setter Erica Fullenkamp and middle hitter Kelsey Bates. They will have no juniors, five sophomores and five freshmen.

Incoming freshman Paige O’Connor graduated early from high school and enrolled to BG in January, so she is the only of her classmates to be practicing with the team during this spring. Tomic said O’Connor has made tremendous improvements in just the four months she has been with the team.

The remaining four will come during session two of summer school and start training with the team in August.

Fullenkamp said their youthful team is adjusting well to accepting new, more significant roles so far.

“Every year every team in the country faces the same thing we do,” Fullenkamp said. “We’re adjusting very well. I’m very excited about the team chemistry and how we’re getting along on the court.”

The goal for this year’s spring season was to focus on individual technical training. Tomic said the spring allows for more of that type of training whereas in the fall there is less time to do so.

“My philosophy is we want them to come every day with the attitude of getting better,” Tomic said. “We want them to have that mindset that this is a process … but [they need to] keep the attitude of liking or loving the learning process.”

The team has been practicing at a very high level and are seeing the results, Tomic said.

“All of them have made such big improvements,” Tomic said.

“We ask them in practice just to get better a little bit, one onehundredth better than yesterday, in our spring season and when you add all of that it’s going to be a big improvement.”

Fullenkamp said it is the natural process to take more of a leadership role as a senior and as a setter, and she is happy to be in a position where her teammates trust her in that role.

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Baseball overcomes 2 losses to win in series finale BG, Central Michigan combine for 33 hits on Sunday afternoon

By Brett Creamer Assistant Sports Editor

After losing the first two games of the series, Bowling Green was able to bounce back in the series finale to take the last game against Central Michigan.

The first game of the series was a back and forth battle of both teams’ aces Mike Frank and Jordan Foley. Bowling Green starter Frank lasted six and two thirds innings while allowing four earned runs, and three strikeouts.

Foley struck out six Falcons in his seven innings of work on six runs, but just one was earned.

The Falcons carried a 6-5 lead going into the ninth inning, but were unsuccessful in holding the lead. With two outs and a runner on first, Logan Regnier tripled off of Jason Link, which scored his brother Nick Regnier. Nick Regnier singled earlier in the inning to tie the game. A base hit later gave the Chippewas a 7-6 lead, which they would hold onto in the bottom of the frame. The Central Michigan ninth inning comeback gave them the first game of the series.

On Saturday’s windy affair, it would be a game where Central Michigan hit back-toback home runs on two separate occasions.

Chippewa’s Tyler Huntey hit a grand slam over the left field wall on a 3-2, two out pitch in the second inning to give Central Michigan a 6-1 lead. The next batter was Cody Leichman, who on the next pitch also hit a homerun to left field.

After a total of seven runs were scored in the second inning the Falcons found themselves trailing 9-1. In the fifth inning Central Michigan would again hit back-to-back home runs from Morgan Oliver and Nick Regnier.

BG’s Tyler Greiner would earn his first collegiate hit for the Falcons, but the Chippewas

“I knew they were a good hitting team, but I knew if I could get that first pitch strike they would get themselves out.”

Andrew Lacinak | Pitcher took game two of a final 16-2.

Sunday’s slugfest would result in a total of 33 hits combined for the two teams. BG’s Andrew Lacinak would earn his third victory of the season, throwing five and third innings pitched on three earned. Lacinak battled all game long and was able to work his way out of trouble with runners on base.

“I knew they were a good hitting team, but I knew if I could get that first pitch strike they would get themselves out,” said Lacinak.

Stepping up offensively for the Falcons was second baseman Logan Walker who successfully avoided a tag at home plate where he slid around the tag head first to make the score 3-1 in the fourth inning.

“I knew that I needed to take off for home and give us that cushion,” Walker said.

Walker also hit a big three run home run, his first of the season, which was then followed by his teammate Trey Keegan who also sent a ball over the fence. Keegan had a three hit game on his ninth start of the season.

Eighteen Falcon hits lead them to a 17-8 victory over the Chippewas. The Falcons will now play on Tuesday against the University of Findlay before playing a weekend series against Akron.

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Pleger wins in first meet of season Despite setting new personal bests, Falcons finish 5th at meet

By Jamar Dunson Reporter

Redshirt junior Brooke Pleger shined in her first outdoor game and the Falcons came in fifth in the team standings for the All-Ohio Championships meet.

Pleger won the hammer throw event with a throw of 214-feet-4, coming within six feet of her personal best and currently placing her third in the nation.

Senior Jeanette Pettigrew came in second in the long jump with a distance of 18-10.5.

The Falcons had two more athletes place in the top eight with sophomore Alicia Arnold coming in fourth and freshman Connor Kempf coming in eighth.

Arnold had a jump of 17-11.75 and Kempf had 17-2.75, respectively.

Reiser also set new personal best records in the 100 hurdles, shot put and 200 meter events while tying her best in the high jump.

Pettigrew and Reiser continued to perform well, with Pettigrew setting a new personal best and Reiser making history.

Pettigrew set the new time in the 100 meter with a score of 11.89. This time also carried her to a first place victory within the event.

In the first day, junior Krystin Reiser scored a total of 2,715 in the heptathlon event, a track and field event made up of seven events.

As for Reiser, she managed to finish out the last three events of the heptathlon. She posted the ninth-best score in the history of program with 4,529 points. She set her career-best in the first five and tied that career-best in the final two events to get the score. This was also 367 more points than she scored a year prior.

She won the 800 among all heptathlon competitors and improved her standing from 11th to seventh place within the two-

day event. Only Ginger Lake (1990-91) and Becky Barnett (1996-99) have scored more points in BGSU’s heptathlon history.

The Falcons had good showings in other events as freshman Makenzie Wheat placed fourth in the shot put event. Her score of 48-4.5 gives her a new PR and places her fifth in the conference.

Sophomore Tiera Parker set a new personal best in the triple jump, leaping 37-feet-10.75 to come in sixth. That distance was seven inches farther than she jumped earlier this year and moves her into fifth in the MAC in 2014.

The Falcons continued with junior Natalie Sommerville who blazed to a second-place finish in the 400 hurdles, racing to a personal best time of 1:02.32, more than two seconds faster than her previous season best. She was just 0.15 seconds from reaching the Mid-American Conference automatic qualifying mark.

Redshirt junior Brittany Sinclair ran a season-best of 56.89 in the 400 meter to come in sixth. Senior Tina Perrine and redshirt freshman Kori Reiser both set new PRs in the discus with Perrine coming in fifth with 151-10 and Reiser in seventh with 147-8.

All in all, the Falcons finished the meet with a total of 67 points, coming in fifth place. Akron came in first with 199 points, with the University of Cincinnati, Miami University and Ohio University following them. BG came ahead of Ashland University, The Ohio State University and the University of Dayton to place in fifth.

The Falcons head to split team meets as Andrea Alt, Jasmine Redman and Pettigrew will head to the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Cal. While the rest of the team head to Lexington, Ky. to compete in the Bluegrass Classic.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “No, because my sisters are 28 and 29.”

Dakota Brown Freshman, Computer Science

Did you participate in Sibs N’ Kids Weekend? Why? Why not?

“Yes, to bond with my siblings.”

Zach Rush Freshman, Marketing

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“No. All my family was in Boston and I’m the youngest”

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“No, because our band Game Anime Music Ensemble had a performance in Sandusky.”

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Times hard for those involved in Catholicism Phil Schurrer Faculty Columnist

It’s tough being a Catholic these days.

Some are conflicted by a desire to remain within the church, yet are put off by some of its teachings and the behavior of a minority of the clergy.

Others yearn for yesteryear, when everything seemed simple.

Life has never been easy or simple for a Catholic.

From its earliest days, strife and division have characterized church history, portions of which have been, shall we say, less than edifying.

Today, the church confronts a crisis in Western society, perhaps one of the most insidious and dangerous.

Rather than outright persecution, the challenge is secularism, the belief that one’s personal religious beliefs have no place in the public sphere and should remain private.

On its face, secularism seems to be so American, a tolerant “live and let live” approach to life. Who could object?

The problem is subtle yet profound.

Secularism banishes God from creation.

The church has long warned against secularism, because it tends to reduce an individual to a minor element of a large society, with rights granted or tolerated by the majority.

And the tyranny of the majority is as dangerous as the tyranny of the minority.

A belief in the connection

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“The problem is subtle yet profound.

Secularism banishes God from creation.”

of God to creation is essential in opposing secularism, because, as Jefferson reminds us, our rights don’t originate from government, but from “the Creator.”

Humans need to place their trust in something or someone.

When they cease believing in God, the result is not that they believe in nothing, but that they place their trust in anything— the state, the media, etc.

And when that confidence and hope is dashed, they resort to entertainment or diversions in an effort to fill the vacuum.

Additionally, secularism ignores two fundamental realities: each individual is entitled to full dignity and respect, and society exists to support the individual, not vice versa.

Nowhere is this conflict between the church and secularism more evident than in the so-called “culture wars.”

The minefields of abortion, reproductive choice, marriage arrangements and sexual “freedom” are and will be a challenge to the church’s mission to reevangelize the world.

True, the Pope enjoys tremendous popularity.

Some, formerly indifferent to Catholicism, are at least inclined to take anoth-

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Generosity of others makes difference in life Autumn Kunkel COLUMNIST

In our society, kindness is often mista ken for weakness.

Perhaps on a more subconscious level, even I have been guilty of harboring this attitude.

I was raised in an “eye for an eye” household; “killing with kindness” was not necessarily a golden rule.

Even the idea of offering a helping hand to those in need was never really enforced; why should I help someone who has never done anything for me and who most likely won’t return the favor?

I wish I could say that I was only accidentally, implicitly taught these life lessons, but the reality is that many in my family had these attitudes and they were assertively imposed.

But recently, I’ve had an experience that has given me a whole new perspective on the strength of kindness as well as the amazing things it can do for people, thus shattering old notions from my childhood.

This year has been especially hard on me.

Essentially, I have lost most, if not all, financial support from my family, and recently I was left to my own devices to buy a car.

I am not above buying my own vehicle; however, the situation was made exceptionally difficult when I was forced to save up money within a few months, and on top of

that was offered no help in actually finding something reliable.

Considering the fact that I have little to no experience with cars and that I have to make three hour trips home for breaks, this quickly became a stressful situation.

One day I managed to actually find what seemed like a decent vehicle, so I called a local car place to see if I could have a mechanic look at it before I decided to buy it.

I got in touch with an older gentleman who expressed immediate concern when I explained my situation to him.

I told him the details about my predicament in the hopes that he could direct me to sources that would ensure that I got a safe vehicle, especially for those long trips on the highway.

What I got instead took me by surprise.

The man, concerned that I had little help in finding a reliable vehicle, told me that he would help me out.

He explained that he had friends who were car dealers, and that he could most definitely find me a cheap, reliable vehicle by the end of the school year.

I was visibly taken aback by the stranger’s willingness to help out someone he had never met.

After all, this man had no idea what I’d been through, or whether or not I’d ever be able to repay him for his kindness.

But upon getting to know him better, I’ve found that this isn’t a concern for him. He told me that he

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University’s 2nd annual ‘Out of Darkness’ walk raises suicide awareness

By Liz Sparks Reporter

On Saturday afternoon, the University lawn was full of people, music, dancing and laughter.

The gathering was for a somber cause, the University’s second annual suicide walk.

Sara Ruese, a member of Omega Phi Alpha, said this event is supposed to be like a party.

“I see it as a celebration of the lives we lost and those we saved,” Ruese said.

Ruese said she has a family member who struggled with depression and it greatly affected her life and her family. She also had a friend in high school who struggled with self-injury.

“If I could do something

USG From Page 1 “It’s super great; I’m so happy,” she said. “I’m ready to get in the office and start making changes.”

The ballots opened Monday, April 7 and stayed open for students to vote until Thursday, April 10. Emails were sent to every student with a customized link just for them to vote instead of voting from the University’s home page.

The number of students that voted totaled 1353, which is about 10 percent of the student body. This number is higher than last year’s election, which totaled 660 votes and was less than 6 percent of the student body.

Dean of Students Jodi Webb said she thinks the number of voters increased this year due to the new voting system.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” she said. “I feel really good about the email ballot. It’s a better way to grab the students’ attention.”

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to help so that they don’t turn to those outlets, then it’s a win,” Ruese said.

T he A mer ica n Foundation for Suicide Prevention puts on these walks, called Out of Darkness walks, across the nation to raise awareness of suicide and its effects on survivors and family members.

Rachel Valis, alumna of 2001, is the co-chair of the Northern Ohio chapter of AFSP and helped put on the walk.

“This is our second year and we really hope to keep it going,” Valis said.

Valis lost her aunt and her mother to suicide. She said these walks have helped her deal with their deaths.

“Being a part of this [organization] is the silver lin-

Parker was impressed with the results of the election.

“It’s something to be proud of because of all the hard work we put into this,” she said. “I’m just very grateful so many students voted and I think it had a lot to do with the emails. It made voting more personable to students, they could do it wherever they wanted in comfort.”

Neely also agreed the email helped raise the number of voters.

“I’m excited it was such a good voting turnout,” she said. “I think the new email really helped.”

Of the 32 senate positions that were open for election, 26 of them were filled.

One of the students that were voted in as a senator at large is Kasie Durkit, current academic affairs chair.

“It’s an amazing feeling,” Durkit said. “I’m glad there as a high turn out this year, [the elections] were more on people’s radars.”

However, Durkit isn’t planning on sticking to just her newly elected position.

“I hope to be speaker for next year, so we will have to

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ing,” Valis said. “It reminds me that their deaths are not in vain.”

Valis said 150 people preregistered for the walk and she hoped to have up to 200 walking.

“I hope that people get that it’s okay to be coming

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wait and see,” she said.

Both Kochheiser and Neely are proud of their newly elected senate.

“We have a strong senate for next year,” Kochheiser said. “Now we have to reach out and make the cabinet elections open for anyone that wants to run.”

For former President Alex Solis, the elections were bitter-sweet.

“I’m a mix of emotions,” he said. “I’m excited to see what they can do from the student point. They were on my cabinet this year, so they have a good idea of what the students want.”

Sophomore Kayla Effinger was in the Falcons Nest when the elections were being announced; unaware that it was the day for the results.

“I knew it was going to happen, but didn’t know it was today,” she said.

Even though she didn’t vote, she was happy for the elected.

“I’m indifferent towards the whole thing,” she said.

“I don’t know them but I am happy for them and for next year.”

Play teaches students about Detroit Riot Races

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A small production hosted in a small setting left a large impact on some audience members this weekend.

“Detroit 67” was hosted by the Department of Theatre and Film in the Eva Saint Marie Theatre in the Wolfe Center this past Friday and Saturday evening. The production took place during the Detroit Race Riots of 1967.

Students such as senior Tia Brown attended the play and enjoyed how easy it was for everyone to be engaged with the performance.

“The play had something for everyone,” Brown said.

“I really loved the history within it and the relationship between the characters.”

Many of the actors in the play were not theatre majors, such as sophomore Treyvon Carter, who played Sly.

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Michelle Mensah, the director of the play, had her concerns as far as how the audience may react to the film.

“The play is very racial,” Mensah said, “It can be very touchy when it comes to the differences between whites and blacks.”

The play still received a positive reaction from the audience despite it having heavy racial content.

“It was amazing, I really believed the characters,” Brown said, “I loved everything about it; I’m surprised it was free.”

The reaction from the audience had an impact on those involved in the production as well, especially the director.

“The fact that people were clapping between acts lets me know that they were with us,” Mensah said. “It was delicious and very effective.”

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“I used to act in high school, but I started playing football and stopped doing it for a while,” Carter said, “I met [the director] in acting class and decided to get back into it.”

For some of the actors, this was their first time participating in a production on campus. Sophomore Manone Ellis played Bunny, the friend of the family who often offered comedic relief throughout the play’s many dramatic moments. Ellis viewed her involvement in “Detroit 67” as a learning experience and was excited the opening night went so well.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Ellis said. “But I had so much fun and I’m glad the audience thought that certain parts were funny just like I did.”

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More than 50 filmmakers screened creations at annual Film and Media Festival

By Marissa Stambol Reporter

Student filmmakers rarely get a chance to show their work on the big screen, so this weekend’s Film and Media Festival provided them a good opportunity to have their work seen.

The University Film Organization and BG Reel hosted its annual Film and Media Festival in the Gish Theater.

More than 50 short films were submitted in a variety of categories and were judged by four professional filmmakers.

Friday night the festival began with screenings of Narrative Drama and Narrative Horror films.

The next day the films shown were under the categories of Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video and Animation.

Sunday night marked the end of the festival with an awards ceremony, where the Narrative Drama “Lost in the

Brush,” directed by junior Tim Leifheit, won both Best Narrative Drama and Best in Show.

Leifheit said he was not expecting to win such a big award at this year’s festival.

It felt “like lightning,” he said. “This was 100 percent unexpected.”

He said the film, which was a World War II action film, was something he has wanted to make since high school when he first saw “Saving Private Ryan.”

Leifheit filmed the movie on 16mm film and said he made it up as he went along.

“A documentarian doesn’t know what is going to happen next and not knowing what was going to happen made it feel more like real combat,” he said.

Junior Desiree Holton, president of BG Reel, said the judges were very impressed by the work they saw.

“They said that these films could stand next to the

Stephanie Eckhler, junior, helps a child with pin the tail on the monkey.

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behavioral studies of people and animals while the morning session featured a talk by Paul Moore, a professor in the University’s department of biological sciences.

While many of the events were focused on entertaining children, there was also a session hosted by the executive committee of the Falcon Parent and Family Association. Parents and family members of University students are automatically part of the association and this meeting gave visitors the chance to learn more about it and ways to help students succeed.

The theme of the weekend was “safari” and a number of events were based around this premise. This included a “Safari Carnival,” presented by the Resident Student Association, as well as a “Safari Adventure,” hosted by the Early Childhood Organization.

UAO presented a magician in the Union Ballroom on Saturday night and Buroker said this was one of the most popular events, attracting more than 250 people.

Three family members visited junior Victoria Gray and they said while they were looking forward to swimming and seeing a musical. Their favorite thing had been the inflatable bouncy house.

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Cleveland International Film Festival selections,” she said during the awards presentation.

Freshman Nicholas Redding attended the festival and was very impressed by the films he saw.

“It is great to see the films getting more technically brilliant,” he said.

Junior Nicholas Puhala, director of “Chess Mates” was glad to have his work seen by so many people.

“It felt good that people saw it and seeing people’s reactions,” he said. “When you put a video online you don’t get to see and talk to people who watched it.”

The festival was one of the biggest BG Reel and UFO have seen and they hope to see the theater and film program grow even more in the coming years.

Junior Joey Rosace, treasurer of UFO, said he was glad to be a part of this year’s festival.

“This was another great festival,” he said.

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Students and their visitors were also given the opportunity to do things like ice skate, tie-dye shirts, make fleece tie blankets, feed and pet animals from around the world and perform in their own music video. There was also a “Late Night Extravaganza,” where those in attendance were able to get their palms read, experience an oxygen bar and play a variety of games.

Buroker said overall, the events of the weekend carried on without incident and that the activities were “very well organized.”

“I think the most important thing we want is for families to have fun and get to spend time with each other,” Buroker said.

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RETENTION From Page 1 and cutting employees and services.

“We tried not to do straight across the board cuts because it’s the least strategic cuts,” Stoll said.

Instead, it happens at the college and departmental levels.

The University leaves the cuts up to college deans.

“It depends on where a department wants to invest,” she said.

Some departments may have had to move services online, allowing them to reduce staff or resort to outsourcing, Stoll said.

To make those decisions, the University typically looks to what other universities are doing in the state.

“At most universities, graduate scholarships have been reduced for the past 15 years,” Stoll said, noting that most graduate students get full-ride scholarships to the University.

“Almost all graduate scholarships are funded by the state.

And as the state decreased, funding decreased.”

The University didn’t want to reduce undergraduate scholarships because of the amount of student debt at that level and because undergraduates make up 85 percent of the University, said Rodney Rogers, provost and associate vice president for Academic Affairs.

“Few undergraduates receive full-ride scholarships,” Rogers said. “Undergraduates are paying [for an education], so should graduates.”

Martha Schaffer, vice president of Graduate Student Senate, understands the logic that all students should have to pay for their education, but that can change the demographics of graduate students.

“I think most people comes to graduate school because

WALK From Page 5 out of their own darkness,” Valis said. “We are here to fight the stigma associated with mental disease.”

The other co-chair of the walk was Blaire Weseling, who lost her friend to suicide.

“This is my first year chairing and my second year walking,” Weseling

they have the money available to them [from University funding],” Schaffer said.

“This will make it harder for people to get into school.

People will come in because they can pay it [out of pocket] or they’re employers will pay for it because they’re advancing their career.”

Fortunately for Schaffer, these cuts haven’t affected her funding while she completes her doctorate in Rhetoric and Writing in the English Department.

Schaffer said GSS had been in talks with the administration when they began making the cuts so it wouldn’t affect current students but incoming students.

These cuts are a quick solution to a bigger problem— enrollment.

“If SSI is going down, what that tells us is enrollment is going down,” Stoll said.

“Fewer students are taking courses and fewer students are graduating.”

In 2009, the University granted 4,523 degrees, dropping to 4,044 in 2012, according to data from the Ohio Board of Regents. These degrees range from certificate to doctorate, but the bulk of degrees are bachelors.

Those numbers are reflected by the incoming freshman classes of 3,650 in 2005 to 3,079 freshman in 2008, according to University enrollment numbers.

However, the University does expect to see a rise in degree completion this year, as the class of 2014, the second largest freshman class in University history with 3,905 enrolled in 2010, graduates in May, said Joe Frizado, vice provost for Academic Operation.

“Because half [of SSI] comes from degrees and because a big group is graduating, we’ll get more money because we happened to bring in a big class,” Frizado said.

However, receiving state funding is not just an internal struggle, as all Ohio universities are competing for the same finite pot of money.

The University could have an increase in degree completion, granting it more state funding, but so could The Ohio State University, Frizado said.

Stoll explains it as sharing a pizza.

“The size of the pizza is what it is,” she said. “If the other people eating with you get a bigger piece, someone’s piece gets smaller.”

Universities also have to project to the state how many freshmen from three years ago are graduating for the current year, Frizado said.

When the universities project accurately, everyone gets the proper amount of money in the form of two checks given at in the first and second half of the academic year.

Once the actual number of degrees completed are reported to the state, if any university underestimated how many degrees were completed, the state has to reallocate more money to it, taking away money from the other universities’ second checks.

If a university overestimates, the other universities get more money in their second checks.

“With that second check, you don’t know if its good news, no news or bad news, even though you’re geared up [for a certain amount of money],” Frizado said.

Where Frizado said the solution lies is in student success and quality over quantity of incoming classes.

The University will see how this solution works when the class of 2017, the smartest incoming freshman class of roughly 3,500 graduates.

“A smaller class that graduates with more degrees is better than less degrees from a larger class,” Frizado said

said.

Walkers wore honor beads of different colors, each color representing a different situation the walkers experienced.

Megan McCloud, junior, lost her friend to suicide and is friends with a girl running the event.

“It’s just to help people be more aware of suicide,” McCloud said. “It’s not

something to play with and also we need to support those who struggle today.”

Weseling said this event is not only for those who have died, but those who are still struggling.

“The main thing I want people to get is that they aren’t alone,” Weseling said. “There is a support system and it’s okay to ask for help.”

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Sidney Huth takes the ball down the field in the Falcons’ spring game this weekend.

BG loses final match

By Cameron Teague Robinson Sports Editor

The final game of the spring season for the women’s soccer team may have been the first game that actually felt like spring.

“For us to end as big as we can even though our numbers were limited was really important to see where we are,” head coach Lindsay Basalyga said.

“It was very nice to end on a big field.”

On a 70 degree Saturday afternoon Falcon fans were able to see what the team would look like on a full field.

“Being outside gave players the opportunity to show what they are capable of doing in an 11v11 picture because we haven’t been able to get this big,” Basalyga said.

The Falcons lost 1-0 to the Eastside Kickers on Saturday.

The Kickers got on the board with 18:42 left in the first half and locked down on defense the rest of the game.

“I think we started the game really flat and on our heels for whatever reason,” Basalyga said.

Going into the second half down a goal the Falcons made a switch in their formation on the field. That change seemed to help the Falcons as they were possessing the ball better and getting more chances but they could not put one in the back of the net.

“In the second half I think we definitely dominated on the possession side,” Basalyga said. “We weren’t really good at breaking down in the final third and that is still something we will have to continue to get better at moving to August.”

The Falcons who have 10 players on the roster brought back Alyssa Carmack, Madeline Wideman and Ivi Casagrande so that they could put a full team on the field.

Even with those seniors the Falcons did not have many subs and at points in the game looked too tired.

“Their work rate was high we only had 10 players and three that were subbing in and out,” Basalyga said. “I think we put in a good body of effort, I still think on the mentality side we

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The men’s soccer team played its second home game of the spring on Friday against Tiffin University at Cochrane Field.

The Falcons were shutout again, 2-0, as Tiffin scored two second half goals at the 58th and 62nd minutes.

“The guys came out flat today,” head coach Eric Nichols said. “There are too many words to describe what wasn’t happening.”

As the spring continues, the Falcons will look to change lineups as they deal with injuries and

VBALL From Page 3 However, she said Tomic tries to instill that leadership in every single player, regardless of their class. “[Fullenkamp] is doing some things I have never seen her do before,” Tomic said. “With her improvement in her position being a setter, I think [she] will have the best season of her college career her senior year.”

Bates too is embracing leadership roles on the team.

She also said defensive specialist Amanda Schiavo, who will be a sophomore come next fall, has stepped up into that role with how hard she works, making progress every day.

Desi Klaer, who was a redshirt freshman last season for the Falcons, has become

inexperience.

With three seniors on the roster, the youth of the team has been prevalent.

“It is a group that is young and lacking some personalities,” Nichols said. “We have injuries, so we get to play some other guys and learn more about them.”

With the team coming out flat, they were never able to find the chemistry to push the ball and capitalize. This notion frustrated Nichols, and he hopes his team can correct the problem moving forward.

“The one word is energy,”

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a much more dynamic and athletic player, said Tomic.

“She’s [Klaer] probably made the biggest strides of everybody,” Tomic said. “I would think she’s the most improved this spring. She looks like a different player pretty much than what she was in the fall.”

The middle and defensive specialists have been two of the more competitive spots on the team for next fall, said Tomic. Fullenkamp said her team has been focusing a lot on getting the middle hitters involved more this season.

“A major area that we’ve been focusing on with me as a setter is my connection with the middles,” Fullenkamp said. “Years previous we were always really strong on the pins … but this year we see our middles as being a really big threat to the other team.”

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BG softball splits with Akron, loses 2 against Ohio; drops to 16-21-1

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The Falcon softball team played four away games this past weekend in conference play.

The first two games were against Akron on Friday and the last two were against Ohio University on Saturday and Sunday.

The team split the first two games against Akron, holding BG’s conference record even at 4-4.

BG’s first game was a 4-1 loss at Akron. The team struggled offensively, recording only two hits in the game. One of those hits came from freshman Aspen Searle, who hit a solo homerun in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 1-1.

In the bottom half of the inning Akron was able to plate in three more runs.

The Falcons never recovered

and dropped the game to the Zips 4-1.

The Falcons were able to pick up a win in the second game. Sophomore Braiden Dillow, who pitched her first career complete game last week, pitched her second straight complete game in the contest. Dillow allowed only four hits and one earned run in the game.

The Falcons also bounced back offensively, totaling nine hits in the game. Those hits came from four players.

Freshman Madison Schrock recorded a single, while Searle hit three, freshman Chelsea Raker added another three and senior Erika Stratton hit four.

Raker lead the team to the win, recording a career high two home runs in one game.

Raker also contributed four RBIs to total a team leading 22 RBIs on the season.

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the sixth inning, giving the Falcons a win 4-1.

The last two games came against Ohio University.

The Falcons lost both games to the opponent, dropping their conference record to 4-6.

The first game was a 6-0 shutout loss to the Bobcats.

The team recorded only three hits in the game, two from freshman Amanda Durham and one from Searle. Searle’s hit extends her hitting streak to six games in this stretch.

Junior Jamie Kertes started in the circle for the Falcons, allowing one earned run and five hits in 2.2 innings.

Dillow finished the game, giving up four hits and two earned runs in 3.1 innings.

The Falcons, who were down 6-0, had a chance in the bottom of the sixth when Durham and Searle hit their way to second and third with

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one out. However, the team was not able to score their runners, dropping the game in a 6-0 loss.

The second game was a close contest, but the team lost to the Bobcats 2-3.

The Falcons were lead offensively in the game by Durham and senior Katie Yoho. Both were able to score on their only hits of the game with single home runs.

The team went into the last inning tied at 2-2. Schrock was able to record a single to left field but was not able to score a run. The runner left on base would ultimately cost the team a loss as Ohio University hit a walk off RBI in the bottom of the inning to serve the Falcons a loss 3-2.

The team is now 16-21-1 overall and 4-6 in the MAC. They will look to recover as they take on Detroit in a double header at home on Wednesday.

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HOLLEY MOSHER, shows the audience visual aids during her performance on Sunday night.

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Holley Mosher and Casey Toney share an on stage kiss during the play “Drunken City.”

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Kendra Beitzel, left, yells during a scene in “Drunken City” at Cafe Havana on Sunday night.

Though actor Casey Toney has been doing plays in Bowling Green for seven years, the crowd for his most recent play was “infectiously exuberant.”

Toney was in a production of “The Drunken City” hosted by Café Havana this weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The play featured University students, graduate students and alumni.

Toney said the actors loved the exuberance and energy of the crowd.

“The Drunken City” is about a group of soon to be brides that travel to the city for a night out.

“The play is a bachelorette party gone wrong,” said Stage Manager Devon King. “It’s about relationships, figuring out yourself and where you want to go in life.”

The female actors in the play, Erin Williams, Holley Mosher and Kendra Beitzel are all in their 20s and

drunkenly stumble upon two men of the same age who they recognize from their hometown.

Eddie, played by Christopher Eastland, is a dentist who loves to tap-dance. He brings his friend, a bank clerk named Frank [Casey Toney], out for a night on the town to help him get over a breakup.

Sudden ly, Ma r n ie [Holley Mosher] and Frank are playfully flirting and then abruptly kiss each other passionately. Their drunken affair continues through the majority of the play and is a big part of the story.

Their friends are shocked upon finding out and immediately call their friend and employer, a baker named Bob [Jarod Mariani], for help. Bob and Eddie eventually become attracted to one another.

“It was a definitely more of a comedy than anything else, but there was also some drama in there,” King said.

The play featured laughs and drama from the cast.

The producer of the play, Jonathan Chambers, said the audience was at near capacity every night.

“We’ve had a really positive response from the community and tonight we were over capacity,” Chambers said.

The actors involved in the production fed off the crowd’s energy.

Actor Erin Williams agreed with the audience’s positive energy.

“The audience was great. They had a lot of energy and I feel so lucky to be apart of this amazing cast. I had a lot of fun doing this,” Williams said.

The performance lasted about 90 minutes and kept the audience entertained the entire time.

The Drunken City also featured a musical performance by actress Kendra Beitzel.

“The actors were incredible. This is a talented cast,” King said.

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Bowling Green continued its decades long dominance of Mid-American Conference rugby as both Falcon rugby teams swept through the opposition in Saturday’s MAC Rugby Sevens Tournament hosted at Doyt Perry Stadium.

Sevens is an abbreviated version of the game the Falcons play in the fall. Each team fields only seven players and each half last only seven minutes, as opposed to 15 players and 80 minutes in the fall game.

The Falcons defeated Ohio University 29-0, Central Michigan 41-5, Cincinnati 33-0, Western Michigan 31-14 and topped Northern Illinois 24–5 in the final. The victories continued an unbroken string of Falcon MAC championships that started back in 1982.

In an ominous note to the rest of the MAC schools, the seven players that started the final match included a single senior, a junior, two sophomores and three freshmen.

The rest of the twelve-man squad includes three more

WOMEN’S From Page 7 weren’t where we wanted to be.”

There are 10 players on the roster that decided to stay and be a part of the rebuilding process. Earlier in the spring season Basalya said that the spring would be about gaining a winning mentality and towards the end of the season the Falcons began to see that.

“Our 10 players that made a

freshmen.

Leading the Bowling Green attack were freshman wing Adam Regini and fly half Teddy Terezis who between them scored 69 of Bowling Green’s 157 total points.

Regini scored five tries with his most important coming against Western Michigan in the tournament semi-final.

With BG leading 19-14, Regini reeled off a 75-yard jaunt up the sideline to break open an eventual 31-14 victory.

Terezis 44 points came on four tries and 12 conversion kicks while directing a Falcon attack that swept the field from side to side.

“I’m sure from the stands this all looked pretty easy,” BG rugby Director Roger Mazzarella said. “It has been anything but that. Every other week we have had to switch from 15’s to sevens and back again. It has been tough on the players to make the adjustment as well as put in the additional practice time.”

Head coach Tony Mazzarella said it was more about defense.

“Defense wins games and that is where we really shined

this weekend,” Marazzarella said. “The guys stepped up and challenged the opponent ball carriers, forced throwing errors and more importantly put people on the ground if they foolishly decided to hold on to the ball.”

In the final, wing Steve Fritsch opened the scoring with a try only to see it matched by Northern Illinois.

From then on though, the Falcons methodically continued to add to their lead against a talented but tired Husky squad. Regini added a late first half try and Terezis conversion gave BG a 12-5 half time lead.

In the second half Fritsch scored again after stealing a ball in a tackle and running 75 yards. Sweeper Nick Ross finished the scoring with a 35 yard burst up the middle and his conversion kick finished the at 24-5 giving BG the championship.

This Saturday the Falcons will host senior men’s team Columbus RFC as they switch back into 15’s mode in preparation for the National Collegiate Championship.

Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at the College Park Rugby Field.

commitment to this program have definitely set the bar and carried the second leg of this race,” Basalyga said.

“Turning a program around is not a 100 yard sprint it is a marathon. Each class and each season has to carry the baton a little bit further, I think this group of 10 has laid the groundwork for what it looks like to compete, train and be accountable on and off the field,” she said.

The Falcons will have one more game, their alumni

game, on April 26 at noon.

Although this is not a spring game against another team it is an important game for the program.

“BG has a tradition of success here,” Basalyga said. “This program used to be at the top of the MAC. For those players to come back who may have won a MAC title or played in an NCAA game, to have them back on campus and have our players see that this is where we are trying to go is really important.”

Nichols said. “I don’t know why it would take the second goal to invigorate them a little bit, but it did. We need to be bothered from the start.”

T hese act ions a re what the team will look to correct as the spring continues.

The Falcons have struggled playing as a team, often missing valuable opportunities.

“We played dumb for big portions of the game and tried to squeeze passes,” Nichols said. “The ball movement was just too slow. There were guys open all over the place, it was just taking us too long to get the ball to them.”

While the passing looked disappointing on Friday, Nichols has been making it a point of emphasis in practice.

Even with Cochrane

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ing chances and that’s what we’re looking for. There were a lot more positives for us to cling onto.”

While Bowling Green has fallen short in each of their two home games, losing by a combined score of 3-0, there have been plenty of positives to come from each game.

The team is not fond of losing, but they understand that growing as a team is ultimately more important at this time of year than finishing with the higher score.

“Hopefully the scoreboard bothers them, but we had guys just not up on their game,” Nichols said. “I don’t want it to be a negative. This is spring, this is for us to get answers. We’re doing alright for never playing together.”

The Falcon soccer team will be home again this Friday, April 18, as they play the annual Alumni Game.

The game will start at 7 p.m. at Cochrane Field.

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Field being in rough shape at the start of spring, Nichols doesn’t want to make excuses for his squad.

“Both teams played on the same bad field and they seemed to have a good time moving the ball around,” Nichols said.

The Falcons were unable to adjust properly to the field conditions. This lack of adjustment was a contributing factor in the eventual loss to the Dragons.

“You can’t play the onetouch on this surface, you have to use your twotouch,” Nichols said. “Some of the balls you usually play, you can’t play on this surface and we still tried.”

However, Nichols understands the game didn’t produce entire negativity.

Nichols has been able to pinpoint an array of positives both in practice and games.

“The last twenty minutes there was a different energy,” Nichols said. “We were connecting and creat-

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But he knows full well that fame can disappear with the next news cycle.

At times, the church must be counter-cultural to be faithful to its mission.

Example is the most powerful teacher. The saint from whom the present pope took his name once said, “Preach the Gospel always. Occasionally use words.”

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