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Thursday, September 10, 2015 | Volume 95, Issue 7

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UNION KICK-OFF Members celebrate the idea of family with activities PAGE 15

Falcons defeat Findlay to break losing streak Women’s soccer tie season high four goals in win, holds Findlay to no goals scored. PAGE 10

Columnist Daniel Gordan urges civil vigilance PAGE 4

Student profiles members of the community PAGE 7

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 2

Arts festival promotes community

By Kyrstin James Reporter

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At 23 years old and still going strong, the Black Swamp Arts Festival will shut down all of downtown Bowling Green to host this weekend’s events on Sept.

11-13. It will showcase live music, artists at work, youth activities and concessions.

“It’s just the best part of what Bowling Green is as a community, coming together to celebrate great music, great art and great food,” said Amy Craft Ahrens, owner of For Keeps and co-chair of concessions for BSAF. Daniel Stutzman, BSAF marketing and public relations chair, said the community comes together to make the event a success.

“It takes 900 people to run this festival and all of those are volunteers,” said Stutzman.

Stutzman also added that the BSAF is ranked as the number one

volunteer festival in Ohio.

In addition to the 900 volunteers, there are 150 artists coming to the event to showcase and vend their masterpieces and share and celebrate art with attendees.

“There’s something happening around every corner. If you stand somewhere and think ‘This is really interesting,’ you walk ten feet and there’s something new and interesting,” said Jamie Sands, a committee chair of BSAF. The event will host concerts, artists at work, youth events and an opportunity to post a selfie with the BSAF logo and hashtag #BSAF for a chance to win a merchandise basket.

With all the art and activities surrounding it, the attendees may get hungry. Taste of Amish’s Lori Hanway will be featuring Amishmade ice cream toppings, homemade ice cream, fresh sandwiches

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BLOTTER TUES., SEPT. 8

1:27 A.M. Jaclyn R. Hunter, 28, of Findlay, Ohio, was arrested for theft/shoplifting within the 2000 block of E. Wooster Street. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

1:52 A.M. Kristina M. Taylor, 24, of Bowling Green was arrested for assault within the 500 block of S. Main Street. She was lodged in the Wood

County Justice Center.

7:13 A.M. Complainant reported sometime between Sunday and the time of call someone broke one of the windows to the storage building within the 400 block of Grant Street. The damage is estimated at $50.

7:21 P.M. Complainant reported two tarps were

taken sometime between 3:30 p.m. Sept. 4 and 6 a.m. Sept. 8 within the 1000 block of S. Main Street.

7:16 P.M. Markerra S, Jackson, 22, of Bowling Green was arrested for driving under suspension and on a BGSU police department warrant near the corner of E. Napoleon Road and Lot 2. She was lodged at the Wood County Justice Center.

WED., SEPT. 9

2:04 A.M. Charles M. Lazzaro, 21, of Bowling Green was civilly cited for disorderly conduct/ urinating in public within 100 block of E. Court Street.

2:32 A.M. Joshua M. Jones, 22, of Bowling Green was cited for jaywalking within the 200 block of N. Enterprise Street.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 3

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Szymanski. “They used to have the Fourth of July bashes …. They would have bands up there.”

The Portage Quarry also hosted an event called The Legends of Diving where divers would come to the quarry and speak of their exploits.

“They were scuba diving pioneers in the industry,” said Lynn. “Jeff has a real love for history and because of his interest in scuba Jessica Speweike diving that was something he created just Reporter to honor and capture the stories of the early After 37 years of swimming, diving and outdoor diving pioneers.” activities, Portage Quarry Recreation Club is The Legends of Diving was hosted for ten closing its gates. years, but did not occur this past summer.

Portage Quarry was originally used to mine Rice has leased the property from a comlimestone, but as the miners continued to dig pany since he first acquired it, and five years deeper, they reached natural springs and the ago the property was bought by Jim Palmer quarry began to fill with water.

Excavating Inc. Jeff Rice bought the diving business at Jim Palmer Excavating Inc. is owned by Portage Quarry in 1978 and had been a scuba Brett Palmer, Jim Palmer’s son, and he allowed diver before he acquired the Rice to continue his diving busiquarry. He has offered diving ness at the quarry for the last lessons since the beginning of five years. his ownership.

Lynn said Palmer was happy “When he got it … you didn’t to allow them to finish out have the volleyball courts, you their last summer season on didn’t have the parking lot, you the property. didn’t have the beach; it was As Palmer continues to move basically a scuba diving quarry,” his company onto the property, said Monica Lynn, the manager the diving business has begun of the quarry. to phase out, and the rental Lynn has worked at the quarry equipment at the dive shop is for the last ten years and has been being sold as Portage Quarry a manager for the last five years. tentatively prepares to close on “Our (quarry) is probably one September 15. of the most populated with the - Monica Lynn, Alex Patterson, a junior and different dive attractions of the Quarry manager the president and founder of local quarries,” said Lynn.

University’s Scuba Diving Club, Portage Quarry has a grain said she was disappointed to silo, a semitrailer, a school bus and a Hansa hear the quarry was closing.

Jet sunk at the bottom of the quarry, among Though Patterson never dove at Portage other things.

Quarry, she was looking forward to diving there The quarry has been a location where people because “it’s right there (and) easy access.” from Bowling Green and the surrounding areas Lynn and Szymanski both said they were came to swim, camp, dive, have picnics and also sad to know that the quarry was closing enjoy festivities provided by Rice’s business. after so many years in operation.

Geoff Szymanski, a lifeguard and office “Of course, we’re feeling very sentimental worker at the quarry, said the parties at Portage now and we’re sad, but we also respect the fact Quarry were very popular. that the land was purchased by somebody else “(There) was a semitrailer stage where and they have a right to use it as they wish,” we had a canopy built up on top of it,” said said Lynn.

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PEOPLEON THESTREET What are you most excited for this semester?

“Shirts, (it’s) the easiest way to express yourself.”

ALEC PETERSON Senior, Creative Writing

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COMIC BY CHANLER BROWN

Prejudice in the writing world Racism has once again reared its ugly head in the writing community.

A couple semesters ago, I brought up the transgression that was a publisher challenging readers to go a year without reading anything by a white, male heterosexual author. I knocked that idea down viciously as being insanely racist and sexist, and made the argument that writing cannot be judged by who is writing it, but must always be judged by its content.

I once again have to bring that argument up, and I will gladly do it a thousand times over.

Because I love writing and I’m sick of seeing petty notions of prejudice mar it up.

Before I get too in depth, let me just say that I understand that there is a constant imbalance among published authors that skews toward

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white males. I see it as well as anybody else can.

It is strange and possibly evidence of a systemic issue among publishers.

I understand, but I just don’t care.

Hear me out.

I don’t care, because I don’t care about who or what an author is. Their gender, race, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc., cease to exist when their writing begins. Their name doesn’t even matter at that point. In essence, the writer disappears as soon as their writing begins. And

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that’s how it should be. A writer is merely a vehicle for carrying a story or message.

So, why am I bringing this up again?

Michael Derrick Hudson is a white, male poet. He submitted poetry to various publications under his original name and was rejected 40 times. He became suspicious that he was being ignored for his name, and changed it. He chose the name Yi-fen Chou, after a character he had been developing for a story. He resubmitted his poem under this new name, that of a Chinese woman, and was only rejected nine times. When his poem was published in the “Prairie Schooner”, it was then chosen among The Best American Poetry 2015. A very

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 5

Despite discouragement, we must remain civically engaged Politics can make cynics of us all.

But the more time I spend as an elected official – this is my fourth year serving as your representative on Bowling Green City Council – the more I am reminded of just how much change is possible when we work hard for it.

This past Saturday I attended the Third Annual Bowling Green Pride Picnic, which celebrates diversity in our community. I have not ever missed this event, as I strongly believe in being a good ally and doing what I can to build a culture that actively affirms – not merely tolerates – our LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters, as well as all other citizens who are systemically marginalized. Folks enjoyed free food, music, fellowship and the opportunity to donate to good causes. This was a beautiful sight. We live in an America where marriage equality is the law of the land, and in smalltown Bowling Green, Ohio, rainbow flags flew freely over City Park.

This is remarkable when you consider where we were in 2010. At the time, Bowling

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Daniel Gordan Columnist Green City Council had passed two ordinances protecting LGBT citizens from discrimination in housing, education, and employment – legislation that many other communities are only now just getting around to adopting.

While Council had done the right thing, some citizens were not happy about it and they challenged the non-discrimination ordinances through a procedure called referendum, where laws can be either upheld or repealed through a vote at the ballot box. On Election Day 2010, the vote was so close that the outcome was not clear for a while. But both ordinances ultimately prevailed – Ordinance 7905 by 483 votes, and Ordinance 7906 by just 297 – and equality carried the day.

These results were cause for celebration – and also for concern. ONE BG – the campaign in support of the non-discrimination ordinances – had done a great job organizing and mobilizing supporters, as hundreds of BGSU students came out to ensure Bowling Green affirmed equality. But the number of BGSU students who turned out in support of the ordinances was greater than the respective margins of victory for either ordinance – meaning that if enough BGSU students had not come out to support them, the ordinances would have been rejected at the ballot box and LGBT citizens would have had their legal protections revoked.

This is how tenuous change and progress can be. We can achieve public policy victories and transform our country into one that affirms equality and justice for all, but these victories are not permanent. They are not somehow inscribed in stone and immune from future attack. They are battles we must

continuously fight, because they will always be contested. History is a story not of linear social and economic progress, but of continuous ups-and-downs; we progress here, and regress there. Progress can be rolled back if we are not vigilant about protecting and expanding it. As Robert F. Kennedy once said, “Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator, and change has its enemies.”

Vigilance in the name of progress begins with us, the grassroots, at the local level, empowering each other to take action in our own community. Your vote may not make much of a statistical difference during a presidential election, but it sure did make a difference in 2010, when our community had to decide whether it wanted to be a place that valued and protected all its citizens equally. And if it were not for many BGSU students realizing their power and ability to change their corner of the world for the better, Bowling Green would have made the wrong choice. So recognize your ability to make change, and your responsibility to help make change here at home.

This lesson applies to all social and economic justice campaigns. For example, if we want a nation, state and city whose answer to “Black Lives Matter” is simply “Yes!”, then we must work on that – here, in Bowling Green and at Bowling Green State University, not just in Columbus and in Washington, D.C. The fight is here, now, as it is all over the nation and we are the participants.

The struggle for change is never over. We are either in this for the long haul or we are not. We either care enough to change the world to better match our ideals, or we sit back and wait for someone else to do it. (Spoiler alert: not going to happen.)

We each have a part to play. What is yours?

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Continued from Page 4 esteemed anthology in the poetry community.

The editor of the anthology has admitted he chose and read the poem purely because the writer had an exotic name. He was drawn to the idea of publishing an underrepresented minority’s work. He then said something to the effect that he had realized the poem didn’t sound like the writing of a Chinese woman, but found the poem to be good despite the strange writing voice, and still found it worth publishing.

This is not ok. There are several things wrong here.

For one thing, it shows a profoundly prejudicial attitude among selectors, editors and publishers. Rather than taking the time to thoroughly read and judge a work based on its bulk, it appears selections are being made on nothing more than a name. Writers are being tossed aside unless they sound exotic or non-white.

Even when they write something worth high praise, if their name doesn’t pass the first test, the writing is deemed unworthy.

Secondly, it shows an eerily arrogant attitude of one person deciding who deserves publication based on their superficial qualities. While trying to be more inclusive, the editor here has only excluded entire groups of people he deems uninteresting. And I’m not just talking white people. Who knows how many other races and ethnicities the editor looked over just because he was drawn to Yi-fen Chou?

On that note, what does a Chinese woman’s writing sound like, and what would make it different from a white man’s? Aside from an actually minute amount of subject matter and experience, how exactly did the editor notice the poem was not written by a Chinese woman?

I’ve actually read the poem and I’m in the process of memorizing it, so please come talk to me about it and tell me if you think it doesn’t sound like a Chinese woman. And then tell me how you’re coming up with that notion.

The incident of Yi-fen Chou’s poem, or Michael Derrick Hudson’s, has revealed to me a damaged and ironically unethical problem in the publishing community’s selection process.

Written works are apparently not being chosen based on their content. They are being chosen based on the superficial and separated aspects of a writer’s physiology.

I hope it’s only an isolated occurrence. I hope it stays that way. Prejudicial attitudes are not excusable for the sake of inclusion. It must stop.

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Continued from Page 2 and her “Famous Lauri’s Pasta Salad.”

“My pasta salad is the bomb - so I’ve been told,” Hanway said. “There is a deli where [students] can get a fresh homemade sandwich. It’s like coming home,” If students are feeling charitable, Miranda Liss is providing her own food with a philanthropic twist. All proceeds from the Pisanello’s Pizza booth will go towards the Wood County Humane Society.

“A huge passion of mine is animal welfare,” Liss said.

With all the food, art and activities, students are encouraged to attend this weekend’s festivities.

Liss said “We want students to come find us.”

“It’s kind of like a celebration of Bowling Green. It brings the community together,” Stutzman said.

With hope that students attend BSAF throughout the weekend, there will be unique opportunities offered such as watching artists work.

“There are super talented people in the community. You get to experience the art and that is why it is so wonderful and memorable,” Sands said.

Local businesses are also working to allow students to discover new tastes of local shopping and food.

Liss said BSAF is aiming to be “something different. Something local. Something that creates a memory.”

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 8

Local band releases new album following summer of touring Kelsey Palmer Pulse Reporter After a summer full of touring and the releasing their debut album, local band Indian Opinion has returned to Bowling Green for a string of live performances.

The group, whose music is a mix of rock, jazz and funk, formed last year when a group of Bowling Green State University students continuously played together and received recognition that they sounded great.

The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Dylan, while Benji Katz plays the bass. JP Stebal plays the drums alongside Billy Gruber who plays percussion. Hiroki Kato plays the saxophone and Connor Mancini plays the trumpet.

Indian Opinion spent much of the summer on tour at different bars in cities across the U.S. When they were not on tour they wrote their own songs and produced their first album “116”.

“116” was released on August 10 via SoundCloud and their Facebook page. It is dedicated to everyone who used to come to their house shows at 116 Summit and their shows at bars.

A friend of the band and BGSU alumnus, Ben Shepler, recorded the album at his studio

in Toledo and was very pleased with the results.

“A tribute to their musicianship is the fact that the songs were live tracked, meaning they played each song together from start to finish. Their music is so unique and bridges so many genres; I couldn’t be happier with how the album turned out,” Shepler said.

The album artwork, designed by senior BGSU visual communication technology major Nolan Ritter’s digital media brand Integrity Aesthetics, consists of the 116 house and a field.

A disposable camera took the picture of a house, then Ritter added his creative touch.

“The tie-dye in the windows was created to give more visual unity, but I felt that it represented their sound and attitude in a good way,” Ritter said. “ The field of lupine was created because it was late spring at the time and BG has several large fields that thrive around spring.”

“116” begins and ends with “Talkies,” Katz’s spoken words created to represent an audible Snapchat of their year. The album continues onto “Better Days,” “Cali Dreams,” “Characters Welcome” and “Frost.” “‘Cali Dreams’ is definitely the single of our album. It’s all about how we are in such a transitional period of our lives, just trying to seek

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The band Indian Opinion, made up of former BGSU students, performs live. The group performed live in bars across the country this summer. early ambition,” Katz said.

Their song “Characters Welcome” summarizes all of the types of people and nights the house shows at 116 consisted of. “Better Days” and “Frost” are meant to describe struggles in life and the better days ahead.

Since the release of their album, Indian Opinion has been writing more songs and creating music for the community through their performances at Grumpy Dave’s, Howards and Clazel.

“We want our album to inspire people to do

creative things and to get our music out there,” Dylan said. “If we receive gigs from the album then awesome, if not, we just want people to hear our music. In the end, we would love to be on a record label but until then we want to inspire creativity.”

With an album release, tours, bar performances and the creation of more music in the future, Indian Opinion has strong desires of continuing their passion for music by playing at the Black Swamp Arts Festival here in BG on September 12.

Highly anticipated new album from rapper Travi$ Scott does not disappoint Cole Highhouse Pulse Reporter “I’m way too antsy, cause my ambition’s too frantic” Travis Scott proclaims on “Pornography,” the opening track of “Rodeo.”

This Houston, Texas native does not hold back on his ambitious debut studio album, which features the likes of The Weeknd, Kanye West and Justin Bieber to name a few.

Scott starts off the record with four songs parading his wealth, and frankly, he has the right to do so. Taken under Kanye’s wing and becoming widely recognized in the hip-hop world almost overnight, Scott now sits at a net worth of approximately 2.5 million. In “Oh My Dis Side” he sings alongside Quavo, accompanied by a dark trap beat explaining how his mother kicked him out of the house and his decision to fly to New

York to pursue music. He’s made it and is now basking in his success. Following this is “3500,” a lengthy track glorifying a life of popping pills, downing bottles and blowing money. The gritty production definitely shines through in this along with the incredibly catchy in-your-face chorus.

Scott slows things down on “90210” singing alongside beautiful, almost haunting, backing vocals. Scott thinks he has it all figured out and he’s made peace with his mother singing “That money coming and she loves me, I done made it now / I done found life’s meaning now.” The record continues with a series of songs displaying Travis’ new attitude towards life all seeming to lead into “Impossible,” a song in which Travis fights with his own mind, and the thoughts of past loves.

Continuing with this dark and somber production, the listener is led into a track featuring Young

Thug and Justin Bieber. Scott and Thug singing on the hook comes together perfectly, and all the verses make for one of the most beautifully written songs on the album.

In a more interesting collaboration, the young rapper teams up with chillwave artist Toro y Moi. With production help from Pharrell, “Flying High” picks the mood back up on “Rodeo”, as Toro and Scott sing of their success and rich lifestyle. The production here is vastly different from the rest of the album; however, it still manages to work and allows for a smooth transition into the final songs. Travis finishes the album with a strong vocal performance on “I Can Tell” and a less impressive, but catchy closing song “Apple Pie”.

At only 23, Travis Scott has definitely made his mark with his latest project and leaves us wanting more. The production on the album shines

through heavily and Travis’ uses of vocal effects were impressive and satisfying. For someone still so new in the scene Scott has already proved himself to be one to keep an eye on.

PULSE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 8

Local band releases new album following summer of touring Kelsey Palmer Pulse Reporter After a summer full of touring and the releasing their debut album, local band Indian Opinion has returned to Bowling Green for a string of live performances.

The group, whose music is a mix of rock, jazz and funk, formed last year when a group of Bowling Green State University students continuously played together and received recognition that they sounded great.

The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Dylan, while Benji Katz plays the bass. JP Stebal plays the drums alongside Billy Gruber who plays percussion. Hiroki Kato plays the saxophone and Connor Mancini plays the trumpet.

Indian Opinion spent much of the summer on tour at different bars in cities across the U.S. When they were not on tour they wrote their own songs and produced their first album “116”.

“116” was released on August 10 via SoundCloud and their Facebook page. It is dedicated to everyone who used to come to their house shows at 116 Summit and their shows at bars.

A friend of the band and BGSU alumnus, Ben Shepler, recorded the album at his studio

in Toledo and was very pleased with the results.

“A tribute to their musicianship is the fact that the songs were live tracked, meaning they played each song together from start to finish. Their music is so unique and bridges so many genres; I couldn’t be happier with how the album turned out,” Shepler said.

The album artwork, designed by senior BGSU visual communication technology major Nolan Ritter’s digital media brand Integrity Aesthetics, consists of the 116 house and a field.

A disposable camera took the picture of a house, then Ritter added his creative touch.

“The tie-dye in the windows was created to give more visual unity, but I felt that it represented their sound and attitude in a good way,” Ritter said. “ The field of lupine was created because it was late spring at the time and BG has several large fields that thrive around spring.”

“116” begins and ends with “Talkies,” Katz’s spoken words created to represent an audible Snapchat of their year. The album continues onto “Better Days,” “Cali Dreams,” “Characters Welcome” and “Frost.” “‘Cali Dreams’ is definitely the single of our album. It’s all about how we are in such a transitional period of our lives, just trying to seek

PHOTO PROVIDED

The band Indian Opinion, made up of former BGSU students, performs live. The group performed live in bars across the country this summer. early ambition,” Katz said.

Their song “Characters Welcome” summarizes all of the types of people and nights the house shows at 116 consisted of. “Better Days” and “Frost” are meant to describe struggles in life and the better days ahead.

Since the release of their album, Indian Opinion has been writing more songs and creating music for the community through their performances at Grumpy Dave’s, Howards and Clazel.

“We want our album to inspire people to do

creative things and to get our music out there,” Dylan said. “If we receive gigs from the album then awesome, if not, we just want people to hear our music. In the end, we would love to be on a record label but until then we want to inspire creativity.”

With an album release, tours, bar performances and the creation of more music in the future, Indian Opinion has strong desires of continuing their passion for music by playing at the Black Swamp Arts Festival here in BG on September 12.

Highly anticipated new album from rapper Travi$ Scott does not disappoint Cole Highhouse Pulse Reporter “I’m way too antsy, cause my ambition’s too frantic” Travis Scott proclaims on “Pornography,” the opening track of “Rodeo.”

This Houston, Texas native does not hold back on his ambitious debut studio album, which features the likes of The Weeknd, Kanye West and Justin Bieber to name a few.

Scott starts off the record with four songs parading his wealth, and frankly, he has the right to do so. Taken under Kanye’s wing and becoming widely recognized in the hip-hop world almost overnight, Scott now sits at a net worth of approximately 2.5 million. In “Oh My Dis Side” he sings alongside Quavo, accompanied by a dark trap beat explaining how his mother kicked him out of the house and his decision to fly to New

York to pursue music. He’s made it and is now basking in his success. Following this is “3500,” a lengthy track glorifying a life of popping pills, downing bottles and blowing money. The gritty production definitely shines through in this along with the incredibly catchy in-your-face chorus.

Scott slows things down on “90210” singing alongside beautiful, almost haunting, backing vocals. Scott thinks he has it all figured out and he’s made peace with his mother singing “That money coming and she loves me, I done made it now / I done found life’s meaning now.” The record continues with a series of songs displaying Travis’ new attitude towards life all seeming to lead into “Impossible,” a song in which Travis fights with his own mind, and the thoughts of past loves.

Continuing with this dark and somber production, the listener is led into a track featuring Young

Thug and Justin Bieber. Scott and Thug singing on the hook comes together perfectly, and all the verses make for one of the most beautifully written songs on the album.

In a more interesting collaboration, the young rapper teams up with chillwave artist Toro y Moi. With production help from Pharrell, “Flying High” picks the mood back up on “Rodeo”, as Toro and Scott sing of their success and rich lifestyle. The production here is vastly different from the rest of the album; however, it still manages to work and allows for a smooth transition into the final songs. Travis finishes the album with a strong vocal performance on “I Can Tell” and a less impressive, but catchy closing song “Apple Pie”.

At only 23, Travis Scott has definitely made his mark with his latest project and leaves us wanting more. The production on the album shines

through heavily and Travis’ uses of vocal effects were impressive and satisfying. For someone still so new in the scene Scott has already proved himself to be one to keep an eye on.

NEWS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 | PAGE 9

Council discusses health citations, festival

By Holly Shively City Editor Bowling Green City Council convened yesterday evening for its biweekly meeting.

Prior to the City Council meeting, the council’s Community Improvement Committee met to discuss the housing maintenance issues and quality of housing.

First Ward councilman Daniel Gordon chaired the committee. Second Ward councilman John Zanfardino and At Large Robert McComber also served on the committee.

Since 1985, the City Planning Department has been working with the Health Department to conduct an exterior housing survey, which is to be done every five years.

The exterior housing survey shows information about exterior housing and sanitation problems. The city is due for the survey in 2016.

“There is a percentage of folks that just have refused to deal with our intervention and perhaps can’t,” said council member Zanfardino.

“These are the impasses that I think we need

to develop ways in which to get passed.”

Ten years ago, any health department violation was handled by the county’s prosecution office. When the city took the violations into their own hands, the process became much quicker.

The new citation process consists of a notice sent by the health department, which can lead to a civil infraction. If the civil infraction is not paid, then it moves to Reigers office. If it is still not taken care of, the infraction becomes filed under a criminal action.

“Within any criminal justice system we have people who don’t comply,” Reiger said.

Criminal charges can be issued more than once, and the fines continue to grow. “We would rather them use that money to fix the home each time,” Reiger said.

McComber said that he could clearly see better results in the last five-year survey were much better than those in the 2006 survey, but that constituents still seem dissatisfied with gaining compliance from violators.

On the other hand, Zanfardino said, “I would say it’s about the same at best.”

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Zanfardino’s reasoning centered around seeing more extensions, which he didn’t believe was compliance.

Zanfardino proposed two options to help clean up the exterior of homes and improve compliance. First, he suggested a proposal to not allow garbage cans to be in front of homes.

He also suggested a proposal to expand the revolving loan fund to all income levels for those who need extra money to take care of problems with their homes that cause civil infractions.

The committee members reached consensus to seek administrations viewpoint within the next month.

During the general city council meeting, Noah Tony Hetrick was sworn in as Police Chief, after serving as Sargent, Lieutenant and Deputy Police Chief for Bowling Green over the past 19 years.

Key concerns addressed included upcoming traffic and parking restrictions for this weekend’s Black Swamp Arts Festival. Starting Thursday at 6 a.m., the eastern part of City Lot 2 will be closed, and the rest of that lot

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will close Friday. On Saturday at 3 a.m. there will be no more on street parking on Main Street between Clay and Pearl Street, Prospect between East Wooster and Club, Clay between Main and Grove, and Club between Main and South Prospect. An hour later, Main Street will be closed between Clay and Pearl, along with all the side streets besides Wooster, and they will remain that way for the rest of the weekend.

Two students from Tom’s Campus Club, Rodrigo Patterson and Valerie Schweizer attended the meeting to discuss their upcoming service event on Sept. 25. The event will feature a “giving spree” where teams of University students will travel to Walmart and compete to purchase the most items from a list. The team who wins will get to donate all the money the organization fundraised donated to their philanthropy of choice. All the items purchased will be donated to Project Kinect here in Bowling Green.

Other problems addressed included construction and removal of trees on West Wooster Street.

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5 games played 13 goals Team Stat

Falcons shutout Findlay Evan Hayes Sports Reporter The Bowling Green State University women’s soccer team played a match against the University of Findlay on Thursday, beating the Oilers 4-0. Redshirt freshman Erica Hubert paced the Falcons with two goals, while sophomore Mikaela Couch and junior Kara Ross each scored one.

Coming off two straight loses on the road, the Falcons rebounded at home in a big way. BG came out strong on offense to start the match, taking eleven shots in the first half.

“We wanted to set the tempo. That was something we mentioned in pregame, was we wanted to be the ones who set the bar in terms of the speed of play,” head coach Lindsay Basalyga said. “I certainly think we did that right from the first whistle.”

BG scored quickly, with Hubert knocking in a pass from Morgan Abbitt into the bottom right corner of the net during the ninth minute of the match. Hubert then scored six minutes later off another Abbitt assist, playing Abbitt’s pass over

the defense and burying a shot from the box.

The quick scoring outburst to start the game ended up being the only points scored in the half, but BG continued to attack the goal throughout the rest of the period. Hubert, Couch, Skylar Fleake, and Hayley Parkinson took two shots a piece, and Laura Bozzelli took one.

On defense, Lauren Cadel was solid at goalie, recording four saves in the period. She improved to 3-2-0 on the season with the win.

The Falcons played a much stronger second half than they have during the past two games, both in which they seemed sluggish during the later period. Much of that has been attributed to a young back line that features three freshmen, but BG has been having trouble keeping their energy up for the entirety of the game.

The two early goals against Findlay, however, propelled the Falcons throughout the game and they capitalized on their early aggressive play.

“It was really important because it brought a lot of energy and it made us realize that we can score and we can (hold possession),” Couch

said. “So it helped to bring in joy, especially from the past week with how everything went down.”

Couch started off the second half with a goal during the 51st minute of play, dribbling up the middle of the field off a pass by Fleake and putting a shot past the Findlay keeper. Ross then buried a shot just under the crossbar off a pass from Couch, pushing the lead to 4-0.

The Falcons put on a dominant defensive showing, holding Findlay to just five shots in the second half. Senior keeper Alexis Smith subbed in for Cadel during the 60th minute and recorded three saves in 30 minutes of play, helping to shut down the Oilers offensive attack.

“I thought we played really well tonight,” Smith said. “We had a lot of combinations and we scored early, so I thought we played really well as a team in a much needed win for us.”

The Falcons, who entered the game second in the MAC in shots per game, took 24 shots during the match. BG also ranks first in goals per game in the conference.

UPCOMINGGAMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Men’s Soccer: @ Evansville | 5pm Women’s Tennis: @ Chicago State Invite | All day Women’s Soccer: @ Eastern Illinois | 4pm Volleyball: Vs. Northern Arizona | 5pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Women’s Tennis: @ Chicago State Invite | All day Football: @ Maryland | 12pm Women’s Golf: Vs. Diane Thomason Invitational | All day Volleyball: @ Indiana | 12pm Vs. Virginia Tech | 5pm SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Women’s Tennis: @ Chicago State Invite | All day Men’s Soccer: Vs. Robert Morris | 12pm Women’s Golf: Vs. Diane Thomason Invitational | All day Women’s Soccer: @ Valparaiso | 2pm MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Men’s Golf: Vs. Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational | All day In all three home games this season, BG has shutout their opponent. The 13 goals they have scored for the season is only two away from the 15 they scored during all of last season.

The Falcons will be away this weekend for two matches, the first against Eastern Illinois on Friday and the second against Valparaiso on Sunday. They then play Purdue at home on September 17 before they start MAC play.

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Matt. 424 Yards. Effing.

Johnson.

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I’m a mormon so this one’s for the big man upstairs.

No knowledge on this one.

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Football looks to get a win in week two

By Aaron Parker Sports Editor Following a week one loss against Tennessee, the Bowling Green football team will travel to Maryland on Saturday to take on the Maryland Terrapins. This will be the first time that the teams meet each other on the field.

Maryland will come into the match up off a 50-21 win over Richmond, scoring 20 more points than the Falcons in their season opener.

The Bowling Green offense racked up 557 yards against the Vols behind a career night by quarterback Matt Johnson.

Johnson passed for a career-high 424

yards and completed 27 of his 49 passes, two of which were touchdowns.

The performance earned Johnson MAC East Offensive Player of the Week honors.

It was his first game back coming off a season ending hip injury and was against a nationally ranked SEC defense.

His yards thrown were also the second most in the country in week one.

Outside of Johnson and a dangerous Falcon offense, the Bowling Green defense was lacking in the week one showing and will need to improve against Maryland.

Tennessee scored 59 points against the Falcons, a majority of which came in the second half.

“We just need to get better this week. We are searching for perfection all the time.

We may never find it, but that’s what we are chasing,” head coach Dino Babers said.

“Maryland is a good program that is going to be another challenge this week. Their running game is really good, that running back (Brandon Ross) is probably their best offensive player. On defense they are very good and (William) Likely is not only a dangerous punt returner, but a very good corner.”

Ross rushed for 150 yards in week one and added one touchdown for the Terrapins.

While Bowling Green will look to

improve his defense, they will rely again on their offense to defeat a team that gave up 21 points in week one.

The Falcon offense is seeing every offensive starter from last year play again in week 2.

Eight different Falcons were named to trophy watch lists for this season; seven of them play in the offense and the last is one of the best placekickers in the country.

A win against the Terrapins would be the second straight season the Falcons defeated a Power Five Conference team as well as the Big Ten. The game is scheduled to kick off Saturday at noon in Byrd Stadium.

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Enrollment, retention increase

By Annie Furia Editor-in-Chief Among a trend of increased student enrollment, the University has reached its highest retention rate in years, with the 15-day enrollment report showing 77.52 percent retention for last year’s freshmen.

This is a significant increase from 75.9 percent in 2014 and 70.2 percent in 2013.

Cecilia Castellano, vice provost for strategic enrollment planning, said the University has taken several steps to increase retention.

These include engagement of faculty with students, comprehensive academic advising, early intervention with new students such as linked courses and admitting a solidly academically prepared class.

This year’s freshman class is also the most academically prepared class in the University’s history, Castellano said. The freshmen in fall 2014 had a 3.32 average GPA and an average ACT score of 22.70. Though the average ACT score this year has dropped slightly to a 22.6, the average GPA has increased to 3.36.

“Those couple tenths of a fraction, they do matter,” Castellano said, adding that research has shown that high school GPA is a good indicator of retention.

The total number of freshman at the University’s main campus is 3,392, a 12 percent increase from last year’s number of 3,033.

According to the 15-day enrollment headcount, total enrollment for both campuses has increased 1.7 percent, though Firelands enrollment decreased by 1.3 percent. Castellano cited the improving economy as a possible reason for the decline, but also pointed out that freshman enrollment at Firelands had increased about 10 percent.

New buildings and renovations are also a part of bringing in new students, she said.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigations crime lab on campus, which teaches students in addition to providing services to Ohio’s criminal justice agencies, has taken the undergraduate forensic investigations program from 37 students in 2014 to 65 this year, compared to zero students in 2012.

The aviation program has seen a slight

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increase in enrollment since the Bowling Green Flight Center opened after University privatized parts of the program, Castellano said, but she expects to see the real impact in fall 2016.

“Those are things that families are looking for (and) students are looking for,” she said of the continuing renovations around campus.

“They want you to be innovative, and I think Bowling Green is answering that.”

The graduate college has seen an increase of 5 percent in enrollment compared to fall 2014. Michael Ogawa, dean of the graduate college, said the emphasis on professional master’s programs and increased graduate recruitment have contributed to this.

Professional master’s programs are designed to “directly enable (graduate students) to be advantaged in their professions,” Ogawa said.

“Many of those in professional master’s programs are either practicing professionals or those who have had jobs before and are returning to school for more training,” Ogawa said.

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Senate hears effects of HB 64

By Annie Furia Editor-in-Chief Faculty Senate’s first meeting of the academic year included electing a vice chair, outlining the effects of House Bill 64 and the possibility of bringing new file storage and sharing to University computers.

The senate elected a new vice-chair, as the election at the spring meeting was deemed invalid because the vice-chair cannot be elected in the last year of his or her senate term. Rachelle Hippler was elected as the new vice-chair.

Provost Rodney Rogers addressed the senate and fielded questions from members about the upcoming school year.

Rogers explained some of the effects of House Bill 64, the state operating budget which froze tuition for the next two years.

In lieu of the controversial “5 percent challenge,” which would require universities to reduce their tuition cost by 5 percent, universities are simply required to create opportunities for students to reduce costs and make students aware of these opportunities. The

report for the University, due Oct. 15, has already been completed, Rogers said.

The report outlines “everything we’ve already been doing for our students, everything from finding ways in which we can lower the cost of the textbooks … to making sure they have a clear pathway to degree completion earlier rather than later in their academic programs,” Rogers said.

Senate member Julie Haught, senior lecturer in the English department, asked Rogers whether or not new full-time faculty would be hired due to the increase in enrollment.

Rogers said 69 new faculty members were hired for this fall, many to replace those who retired over the summer. He said more faculty searches would be conducted throughout the year.

“We’re trying to be as strategic as we can to ensure that we’re supporting those programs where we see growth,” Rogers said.

Student enrolled in the College Credit Plus program have begun classes this semester.

Rogers said the University has 1,100 students enrolled at both the main campus and at

Firelands. A report on the specifics of enrollment for the program will be available soon, Rogers said.

Chief Information Officer John Ellinger also presented to the senate some options for making the file storage and sharing service DropBox available on University computers. The two options are to either allow personal accounts to be used, or to purchase 600 “business” accounts from the company under an enterprise license for $30,000.

The concern with the use of personal accounts is the loss of data if it is corrupted or if the faculty member leaves the University, as the University would have no way to access any data stored on a personal account, Ellinger said. Faculty senate members expressed concern over the price of the business accounts and lack of privacy when sharing files between universities for research if the University has access to the data.

Ellinger sa id he hoped t he senate could come to a consensus for one of the two options.

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It wasn’t long until Branch took his ideas to The Hatch 2014, a ten week long program for University students interested in entrepreneurship to present their business ideas to alumni investors and thousands of viewers through online streaming and in front of a live audience. It didn’t take long for Branch’s idea to take off and soon he started selling T-shirts on his online store, vitaldetroit.com,

By Chelsea Schroeder and at multiple vendor events.

Reporter Vital Apparel sponsored the Beau Luxe Charity Fashion Show on August 15, served University alumnus Loren Branch created as a vendor for Sneaker Con on August 29, his own clothing brand in Detroit in efforts to the Detroit Made ME: The Showcase on revitalize the city.

September 4 and will also be a vendor at Dally The brand, Vital Apparel, was launched in the Ally on September 12. earlier this year on July 9. Vital Despite the brand’s success, Apparel has two styles of the it is not all focused on being Revitalize Detroit T-shirts, a fashionable. Loren also wanted classic black and white, and a to shed light on the real reason navy and orange colored tee Vital Apparel was created. inspired by the Detroit Tigers “I didn’t develop the business called, “Eat Em Up.” to keep money for myself. I’m Branch is a 2015 University trying to be a part of revitalgraduate with a major in sport izing the community of Detroit management and a minor in and giving back to the city,” marketing. He is currently Branch said. studying at the University of “Vital Apparel donates 10 Toledo to attain a Master’s percent of revenue made from Degree in business adminis- - Loren Branch, sales to charities and organitration with a concentration Fashion designer zations that work to revitalin marketing. ize the city of Detroit and to When asked what first keep inner-city youth off of the inspired him to start a clothing brand, Branch streets,” Branch said, “During the last two said, “When I was around elementary school months I have raised over $150 to donate to (age) I noticed all of the negative stigma sur- various organizations.” rounding the city of Detroit, and I realized it This fall, Vital plans on releasing a new was something that I wanted to change. graphic T-shirt.

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Latino Student Union focuses on family at kick-off

By Michele Mathis Managing Editor

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Above, students perform in lip sing battle during an event hosted by the Latino Student Union.

Below, Gabe Lomely speaks about the diversity in the Class of 2019 at BGSU.

The Latino Student Union is big on family.

“La familia” is the term that is the central theme of all the organizations core meetings, and the theme of their Fall Kick-off.

Ana Brown, staff advisor for LSU, said that family could be found outside of the traditional home.

“Family is the people that you are not only born to, but the people that you choose because some relatives are not family and some family are not relatives,” she said.

The feeling of community was present at the event, which encouraged music and dancing, lip-syncing games and free food.

Brown said that the family established at the University holds accountability and supports each other academically and emotionally.

“To see their passion for their culture and their heritage for their community is really rewarding,” she said. “Their dedication to all the issues, for not only Latino students, but students all over campus [is inspiring].”

LSU creates a welcoming environment for all campus students, including students who do not identify as Latino.

Alonso Southard, LSU vice-president said, “We’re all about culture, we’re all about fun and we’re all about the academic success of Latino students and all students.”

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Southard said that his definition of family was unwavering support and accountability.

“100 percent of the time holding each other accountable… we speak as students, we speak as Latinos, we speak as people who are at Bowling Green State University,” he said. “We all have a common goal and that goal is to graduate, so having that family, having that support system, having someone there to hold you accountable is (important).”

President of LSU, Catheline LongoriaPerez agreed with Southard about family.

“It’s a big term. Anyone who really cares for me and anyone who can push me up to support me,” she said.

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Longoria-Perez said that one of her goals for the year is to grow LSU and create an equal balance of respect within the organization and to the community.

“I want to make sure LSU is out there and balanced with every group out there,” she said.

Southard said he wants to give his University community the same enriching experience that he had when he arrived.

“I want to do things in a different way, in a more creative way, so that we can expand our (organization). We need to show who we are and what we’re about,” he said.

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When you are a Falcon, you are a Falcon for life.

That was the theme for this year’s spirit video for the University, titled “Falcons Fly Forever.”

The video celebrates Falcon traditions that both current students and alumni have enjoyed such as Freddie and Frieda, SIC SIC and bowling in the Union.

It also features the newly inaugurated “Golden Falcons,” a term for alumni that have been graduates for 50 or more years.

When these University alumni arrived on campus for a reunion in spring 2015, the University decided to create a video that showcased Falcon spirit, according to the University website.

Throughout this video, many Golden Falcons are displayed as three students (senior Darius Byrd, senior Danny Carder and alumnus Wesley Strieter) sing about University traditions.

Byrd was asked to be an actor in “Falcons Fly Forever.”

“I got a call to be casted since I was known for being in the Christian student organization Cru and being an artist,“ said Byrd.

Byrd also preferred this spirit video compared to the previous one, called the “Stroh Center Rap,” because there was a comical feel to it.

“In this year’s spirit video I think (there) was more so of a funny feel to it, and also it raised ... unity between graduates and students,” said Byrd.

In order for this video to come to fruition, the University sought out help from Madhouse, a design studio in Toledo that is comprised of several graduates from the University.

Madhouse wrote and produced the entire video. Rob Seiffert, a partner at Madhouse, hoped it would be a video alumni would be excited about.

“We have done a lot of work with BG; we did the Stroh Center video a couple of years ago and that was very well received, but this year wanted a video that would generate enthusiasm and excitement,” said Seiffert.

Since the release of the spirit video on Vimeo, it has been played over 55,000 times.

“Watching Falcons Fly Together just made me realize how much I’m going to miss BG when I graduate,” said senior Avery Turner.

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