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Thursday, October 1, 2015 | Volume 95, Issue 13

JOB EXPO OPENS DOORS

Career Center hosts Job Expo for students to explore future careers. PAGE 2

Women’s soccer looks for first conference win Falcons will host Akron and Buffalo at Cochrane Stadium on Friday and Saturday. PAGE 7

Columnist Erika reflects on Banned Books Week PAGE 3

Students compete in twoday filmmaking competition PAGE 7

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Career Center hosts biannual Job Expo for students

By Michele Mathis Managing Editor Yesterday, the Career Center hosted their biannual Job Fair Expo in the Perry Field House for all University students to connect with state and national businesses, corporations and non-profits of the like.

The University’s Career Center is aimed to help students succeed when they graduate by providing them with all the necessary tools and resources.

Jeff Jackson, the assistant vice president to student success in the Career Center said that Bowling Green students have an amazing reputation in the surrounding area.

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BLOTTER SAT., SEPT. 26

11:54 A.M. Travelle R. Harris, 22, of Toledo was civilly cited for open container of alcohol in Lot 2.

SUN., SEPT. 27

12:00 A.M. Luke N. Malone, 20, of Toledo was cited for underage possession and Troy W. King, 19, of Toledo was cited for open container and underage possession of alcohol near the corner of Grant Street and the railroad tracks.

12:52 A.M. Tara L. Crouso, 18, and Lauren E. Nixon, 18, both of Bowling Green were civilly cited for disorderly conduct/public urination in Lot 2.

1:07 A.M. Angel L. Vazquez Jr., 21, of Medina, Ohio was civilly cited for open container of alcohol and Christian J. Loos, 19, of Medina, Ohio was cited for open container of alcohol and underage

e x c e l l e n t ,” h e s a i d . “ M y j o b i s t o c r e a t e m u l t i p l e o p p o r t u n i t i e s .”

The Career Center offers multiple services to students who are interested in tweaking their resume or brushing up on their networking skills.

Angelo Sagetti, a senior sales and marketing student said to prepare for the expo, he headed to the career center to get feedback on the necessary credentials.

Jackson said he also encouraged students to go the expo well prepared and well dressed. “(Employers) can see right through you when you’re not ready to talk to them,” he said.

Jackson said that expo is a great oppor-

tunity to network, and that BGSU is good at it. “(The expo) gives (students) to tell their story instead of blindly sending their resume,” he said.

The field house was busy and alive as each representative from businesses had a separate table for students to approach them with ease.

When asked about what a student should hone in on in college, Andrew Harris, associate consultant of Columbus’s HMB Business IT consulting said that experience is key.

“Experience is always good. Also, being a social fit. We care a lot about our culture at HMB,” he said.

Ha r r is a lso spoke about being approachable and to never give up when talking to employers that aren’t looking for internships.

Amber Rush, the college relation’s coordinator of HMB said that she always tells students to become her “best friend.”

“Come visit me in the spring and in the fall your freshman year until your senior year, and hey – you’ve got a job secured,” she said.

Rush said that getting involved in college makes a huge difference and being at BGSU is always a plus for a company out of Ohio because of their consumer base.

“Ohio schools are super important to us,” she said.

possession of alcohol in Lot 3.

J. Oliphant, 18, of Lima, Ohio, were arrested for assault and lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

UNKNOWN TIME Katsiaryna Virgolici, 38, of Bowling Green was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence/refusal of test and endangering children.

She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

1:34 A.M. Robert E. Washington III, 19, of Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested for trespass and obstructing official business within the 300 block of N. Main Street. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

1:45 A.M. Myles J. Mcfadden, 18, of Rochester, New York, and Devonte L. Jacocks, 18, of Bowling Green were cited for underage under the influence of alcohol within the 300 block of N. Main Street.

2:27 A.M. Carlos D. Briggs Jr., 18, of Elida, Ohio, was arrested for assault and underage under the influence of alcohol within the 100 block of N. Prospect Street and lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

Travon M. Howard, 21, of Toledo; Jordan S. Simpson, 22, of Lima, Ohio; and Damere A.

2:45 A.M. Jared L. Mayle, 21, of Bowling Green was arrested for obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct within the 900 block of Klotz Road. He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

3:44 A.M. Renato Crncec, 44, of Bowling Green was cited for disorderly conduct while intoxicated within the 200 block of S. Main Street after getting into another person’s car, thinking it was a taxi.

6:25 A.M. William E. King Jr., 21, of Fostoria, Ohio, was arrested for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct while intoxicated/unable to care for self within the 200 block of E. Wooster Street.

He was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

11:23 P.M. Mollee J. Wise, 34, of Harbor View, Ohio, was arrested for theft/shoplifting and criminal mischief within the 200 block of E. Wooster Street. She was lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

Mellissa L. Wise, 31, of Harbor View, Ohio, was arrested for complicity to theft/shoplifting and lodged in the Wood County Justice Center.

MON., SEPT. 28

12:00 P.M. Complainant reported that between Saturday night and Sunday morning someone stole her blue Schwinn bike from within the 300 block of Colony Lane. The bike is valued at $150.

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Ahmed Mohamed a lesson against zero-tolerance policy

Before I begin my column, I just want to get on my high horse for a second and make it clear that I have waited two weeks to talk about Ahmed Mohamed. I have waited until the situation has resolved and the attention on Mohamed placed where it needed to be placed, i.e. on him.

I was appalled at the sheer amount of politics and debate that came from his story less than a day after it was released. It distracted people from the very necessary action of correcting a slight against a child. Instead, the attention he needed was shifted to other things like racism, the President’s drone policy, Islamophobia etc. People seemed to stop caring that a boy’s dreams were being dashed, and instead decided their political gains were more important.

It is a testament to the leaders around Mohamed that he was able to be vindicated despite the whirlwind of politics around him at the time.

That being said, this week’s column is going to be focused on one side of the political nature of Mohamed’s story. And that is the dangers and foolishness of zero-tolerance policies in public schools.

There is nothing more dangerous to human liberty than fear and a desire for more security to calm that fear. While there are many dangerous things that come from this, the biggest culprit I can think of today, in America, is the public school zero-tolerance policy.

I understand the desire for zero-tolerance policies. Basically, the theory goes that if an activity is to be prevented, it must be prevented in its absolute. If I don’t want kids dying from a reaction to nut allergies, I must there-

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Bryan Eberly Columnist

fore completely ban nuts and nut byproducts from the school, for example. Or if I don’t want kids bringing bombs to school, I will punish a kid for bringing something that looks like a bomb (according to any given authority figure, anyway).

This is foolish. As we see from the story of Mohamed, it leads to ridiculous and possibly damaging outcomes.

The story behind Ahmed Mohamed is probably very clear in your head. Just in case, however, I will rehash it here. And then I will explain the damage and ridiculousness behind it.

Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old boy in Irving, Texas, who wanted to bring an engineering project he completed to school. It was a homemade clock Mohamed had built out of spare parts. Mohamed was proud of it and wanted to show it off, as any kid would.

He showed it to his engineering teacher who lauded the effort, but then advised Mohamed to keep it in his book bag for the rest of the day.

The clock made some noise during Mohamed’s English class, and he showed it to his teacher.

That teacher reported it as a bomb look-alike.

Mohamed was arrested and faced charges of bringing a hoax bomb to school and staging a fake bomb threat. Luckily, he was never charged and was let go.

But the damage was already done. A child’s

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creativity, innovation and pride were met with minimal praise and an arrest. And why?

Because a teacher thought he made something and without proof, the school reacted as they would to a real threat.

No, wait, forget I just said that, because that would actually justify the case. If they thought it was a bomb, it is rational to have reacted to it. If that were the case, though, Mohamed would have been apprehended, the school evacuated, and a bomb squad called out to dispose of it.

Instead, the school thought Mohamed was pretending to have a bomb as a means of scaring the school. This is where the zero-tolerance problem lies. Without any shred of proof, Mohamed was treated like a criminal because it merely looked like he did something criminal, and the school cannot tolerate something that even looks like something they shun.

The message I’ve received from this is that a child should not try to be innovative in the field of engineering. They could scare someone. Rather, they should build things in the dark and keep them hidden away. They should keep their talents and intelligence hidden away. So much for supporting a child’s education, which is what I thought public school was for.

Now, I know, as usual, I am probably oversimplifying and missing several points here.

But, as always, I invite people to let me know.

Please do. Education majors especially: what am I getting wrong? And, as always, thanks for reading.

Respond to Bryan at thenews@bgnews.com

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Many forms of civil vigilance, be active In my last BG News column, I discussed just how important it is for young people to do the hard work of actively improving their community – including Bowling Green, which is BGSU students’ second home. I noted that progress we make on civil rights – from supporting LGBTQIA+ citizens to affirming that black lives matter – is not set in stone once achieved, but must continually be defended against further regression.

As if to prove my point, a resident wrote a letter to the editor of the Sentinel-Tribune, Wood County’s local newspaper, accusing LGBTQIA+ folks and their allies of engaging in “moral depravity” and denying that the pernicious evil of racism is actually a substantive problem facing our nation.

I believe our community is at its best when it welcomes and affirms everyone – not merely tolerates some and certainly not when it disparages some. Our community is at its best when it does this not just in spite of a person’s identity and/or background, but actually because of their identity and/or background. Our community should embrace, adopt and continually build a culture of affirmation, and nothing less will do if we are to

Daniel Gordon Columnist

live up to our highest ideals.

I know there are folks out there who do not share my perspective, including some folks who think and act differently – or at least believe they do – out of love. But meaning well is not enough. We can have good intentions but still hurt others.

Why hurt, when you can help? We should be a community in which people and communities of color are actively engaged by the rest of us, our cultural differences celebrated, not merely tolerated; a community in which, rather than having events lumping “groups” of people together with different life experiences in the name of diversity, we recognize, support and affirm the independent value of those different experiences. I see a community in which we lift each other up, empower each other to feel they can simply be who they are, let alone experience the kind

of peace only those who do not experience attacks on their identity experience – the kind of peace that makes life worth living.

Because in the final analysis, some of our lives are different and carry different consequences. Prejudice against marginalized communities serves to dehumanize folks and subject them to a harsher life than they should have to have - and life is already filled with so much suffering. For some of us these problems may seem remote, abstract, divorced from our everyday experiences. But just because they may appear in the national news does not mean they are not happening closer to home. Indeed, we have had overt acts of hate. The amount of suffering people endure because of their identity – whether they are folks of color, or identify as LGBTQIA+, or are low-income or do not worship the same deity as others – is unconscionable, and it is up to us to ensure that not one person in all of Bowling Green has to go through that.

So ask yourself: am I doing enough to build a more compassionate city and campus? If you feel you have no time to yourself these days, that is okay – self-care is an important

part of being an activist or leader. But if you have some time to spare, think of what you could do to create the future, instead of lamenting the present or hoping things will get better on their own.

You can push a student organization to get more active in the causes it values, or create one if you think there is a cause getting neglected. You can vote in local elections to support officials who actively fight for marginalized folks, or advocate on their behalf. You can join BG’s chapter of Not In Our Town, the national movement working hard to stamp out hate and prejudice across the nation. If you do not know who to approach about getting more involved, and research is not turning up much, ask a professor or mentor or a friend you think may already be involved.

Most students will leave Bowling Green after finishing undergraduate studies. But this is our home, too, and we have a chance to leave it a better place than it was when we first found it. Let’s make it happen.

Respond to Daniel at thenews@bgnews.com

Reflections during Banned Books Week It is the most wonderful time of the year. I could feel it down in my soul when I woke up this week and my toes were cold.

It’s Banned Books Week!

Banned Books Week is a weeklong event, where the freedom to read is celebrated.

But not everyone thinks certain books should be celebrated. Some people don’t want certain books to be read at all.

Public and sometimes private schools restrict access to books in their library.

Sometimes, this cannot be helped - because of funding, they simply don’t have the book.

And normally that’s not the problem since the book can easily be found with the help of the librarian.

Other times a book a child is reading, whether it is leisurely or for a class, has upset a parent. It can be anything about the book, from the content of the story itself which is the case in the challenging of John Green’s best-seller, “Looking for Alaska” - to a trait of a character -best-seller “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” has been challenged

Erika Heck Columnist

for having gay characters and content.

The parent(s) goes to the school board and try to get the book either taken from the library shelves or off of the school’s curriculum.

My mom used to tell me the story about how her middle school teachers would take “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” by Judy Blume away from her and her classmates in the 70s - the main character at the end gets her first menstruation.

Every year during this week, I remind myself of how fortunate I was to have never had my reading options restricted by my parents or my school district. In fact, I was encouraged to read by those

people the most.

Books to read for pleasure were easy to get because my family didn’t have a computer at home and the library wasn’t very far from where we lived at the time.

At school, starting in eighth grade, reading was something that was part of the daily routine. I had a class period with my science teacher - all the class schedule paper said was “READ” - and she had a cabinet full of books, audio tapes with recorders and audiobook CDs. We were told to either read on our own, or to read in a group with a few other of our peers.

The habit of reading during the school day followed myself and a handful of my friends to high school, to the point where we were sometimes even reading during our classes.

Our teachers caught on to our love of books and were awesome enough to start giving us recommendations based on our individual book interests. They trusted us enough to allow us to take books from their

own libraries in the classroom and read them. The one time I lost a book I had borrowed from a teacher, I was devastated and made sure I replaced it.

It’s during Banned Books Week that I reflect on this time in my life the most.

Books, for a good part of my high school career, helped me with issues I was facing personally and it helped me connect with friends and teachers better on a personal level.

Books have helped me connect with people for a majority of my college career as well. I hope to use my love of my books more as I make advances in my post-grad life.

And I want to share this with everyone else because I love reading. There was a time when I fell out of love with reading and recently, I found it again.

And shouldn’t this be a wonderful thing to celebrate?

Respond to Erika at thenews@bgnews.com

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PHOTO BY JAMIE STEWART

(Above) Jamie Stewart along with her team plan their production strategy. (Right) Jamie Stewart and her crew film off-campus.

Student direct, edit and star in movie for University’s 48 hour Film Festival

By Sam Sharp Pulse Reporter Friday night student filmmakers picked slips out of a hat that determine a genre, line, prop and challenge they had to use in a time-limited video.

These film makers were given 48 hours to direct, shoot and edit an original video for the 48 Hour Film Festival.

Participants suggested their ideas for the four categories on Thursday night at the pre-kickoff meeting, and the officers of the UFO and BGREEL went through the suggestions before the Friday night competition kick-off.

“The most difficult part is pre-production, because you’re given these four things - genre, line, prop, challenge - and you have to make them all work. You can’t throw any of them away; they all have to somehow play an integral part of

your story,” film production student and treasurer of the University Film Organization Nicholas Redding said.

The guidelines for submission were: it must be turned in no later than 15 minutes after the set time, it must not go over one minute of the required video length, it must play completely without skipping, it must be appropriate for a general audience, all submissions must come from an approved group from kick-off night, and it must contain the four elements drawn the night of kick-off.

Groups are selected prior to the competition kick-off and solo participants were paired with a group if they did not find one before the kick-off.

“I like the rush it gives you- it’s a real energy kick, because you know you only get 48 hours and you’re with your friends the whole time,”

Redding said.

The tight deadline gave participants incentive to work quickly, but it also gave them less time to “perfect” their videos.

Fifth year film student and President of BGREEL, Jamie Stewart said in an email, “If you can write, shoot, and edit a movie in 48 hours, regardless of how well it comes out in the end, you’ve accomplished something.”

The competition was open to students off all ages, and anyone with varying levels of film skills and experience.

“We really encourage freshman to get involved, because by the time they are seniors, they (will) have a set team,” Stewart said.

Coming into the competition, as a freshman can be intimidating, especially when you were expected to compete against other film majors

who have taken several classes within the film studies track.

With the lack of experience and the chance of receiving tough challenge categories, it was easy to feel overwhelmed by the competition.

Freshman film studies major Carly Dudek said, “It’s either going to be horribly awful or amazing, and everyone loves a train wreck, right?”

Even if the video turned out to be a “train wreck,” participants were encouraged to submit them anyway. Even if they were not judged, all the other groups that participated in the festival still viewed the ineligible videos.

“It’s an incredibly difficult experience, but I think that makes it all the more special. It really brings people together, it shows your own true colors, and you get to know the type of person you are when it comes down to the wire,” Stewart said.

The greatest college films of all-time to enjoy

By Samantha Provines Pulse Reporter College movies can be so relatable and so unlike actual college life at the same time (Do they ever worry about college debt?). But, that’s exactly why we love them! They represent who we are and who we aspire to be: partying sex addicts.

There are many, many more movies about college that I wish I could have included (Monsters University), but I cut the list down to just five contenders for the best college movies: 5. 22 Jump Street No, they weren’t actually college students but it still counts. And while one of the major points

being that it wasn’t the same situation as the last movie, it pretty much was exactly like the first movie but with a lot more beer and a funnier trip scene. That being said, because of this movie I have to repress the urge to attempt taking off a bottle cap with my eyebrows.

4. Legally Blonde This is my go-to movie whenever I’m feeling down or just unmotivated. If Elle Woods can graduate from law school with honors, I can study 30 minutes more for a Spanish exam. Nothing is more inspirational than Elle scorching Chutney during cross-examination.

Through this movie I learned numerous legal terms and beauty tips that I’ll probably never

forget.

3. Revenge of the Nerds Even if you’re glaringly aware that the underdog plot is 100% predictable, you have to love jamming to “We Are the Champions” in the final scene. There is something extremely satisfied in some lovable nerds getting the girl and winning “Greek Olympics”. And the rise of the “nerdy is cool” movement has only given more reason to watch it more than 30 years later.

2. Accepted The idea of South Harmon is, sadly, too good to be true. “There are no tests, require reading, or any of that nonsense?”, I know, Blake Lively,

I would be in disbelief as well. I don’t know anyone who didn’t think to themselves “I wish I went to S.H.I.T.” after watching this movie, even if they said it only for the pun. Finally, let’s not forget that Jonah Hill (as seen in #5) can make anything ridiculously hilarious.

1. Animal House There’s no argument here. It’s been setting the bar for college parties since 1978. What could be more ubiquitous than the term “toga party”?

My own grandfather was actually the person to show me this movie, and he will probably go to his grave defending that there has not been a better college movie in the history of college movies since.

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Shonda Rhimes’ Thursday lineup on ABC showcases diversity Lauren Fitz Pulse Reporter After a long summer hiatus, ABC’s Thursday night programming block, dubbed “TGIT” by the network and fans, premiered on Sept. 24. And after the first night of the show aired, showrunner Shonda Rhimes has once again proven to never second guess her television prowess. Warning: This article contains spoilers for “How To Get Away With Murder.”

Before the start of the TV season, Rhimes and “Grey’s” star Ellen Pompeo addressed fans’ worries about how “Grey’s Anatomy,” the original ShondaLand show, would handle this season without male lead Patrick Dempsey, whose character was killed off towards the end of the last season.

In an interview with Melissa Maerz for Entertainment Weekly, Ellen Pompeo said how upset she is that people thought Meredith needed a man in order for the show to be successful, especially considering the strong female leads present in all of Rhimes’ shows.

“It’s like, Annalise Keating carries the show, Olivia Pope carries the show … But somehow,

Meredith Grey needs someone. Why can’t I just be the lead of the show the way Annalise and Olivia can? Why can’t I be on that poster by myself?”

Pompeo said.

Rhimes was able to prove everyone wrong when the block of programming premiered Thursday with new plot twists, which critics and fans approve of.

One unexpected twist came with the reveal of “How To Get Away With Murder” main character Annalise Keating (portrayed by recent Emmy winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Viola Davis), who was revealed to be bisexual. This is major in terms of character development, as Keating’s bisexuality wasn’t explored at all in the first season.

Characters on Rhimes’ shows come from all over various spectrums in regards to race and sexuality. On “Grey’s Anatomy,” one of the characters, Arizona Robbins, is a lesbian and another character, Callie Torres, is bisexual. The couple, dubbed “Calzona” by fans, was one of the best known and positive lesbian couples depicted on TV, eventually getting married. On “Scandal,” former Chief-ofStaff Cyrus Beene is an out gay man. The show even featured a gay wedding with Cyrus marrying

his new boyfriend. Last season, viewers quickly fell in love with the stereotype-defying relationship between characters Connor and Oliver on “How To Get Away With Murder,” even giving them the ship name of “Coliver.” Rhimes also has many biracial couples on her show, from Olivia Pope and Fitz on “Scandal,” to Cristina Yang and Owen Hunt from “Grey’s Anatomy.” Rhimes isn’t afraid to take risks when it comes to her TV characters and represent all different kinds of people.

Rhimes is what makes the TGIT lineup work.

Last season, Rhimes was the only female showrunner to have her own night of TV, especially on the coveted Thursday night block of TV. She has consistently been praised for her casting method, as Rhimes employs a colorblind casting system, in which she writes and casts roles without thinking of the characters race. Rhimes also implements these techniques within her own production company, ShondaLand Productions, which is one of the most diverse production companies in the television industry, which has been praised as the all male production companies have slowly been diversifying in terms of race and gender.

And that’s why you should never underestimate the power of Shonda Rhimes.

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(LEFT TO RIGHT) Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes advertise for the return of their hit TV shows.

Video game developer Sean Valesco discusses “Shovel Night”

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Screen shot of new video game, Shove Knight.

By Jacob Clary Pulse Reporter Sean Velasco hasn’t always been a lead developer for Yacht Club Games. Prior to his current position he worked for Wayforward, which created the games Double Dragon Neon and Contra 4.

In 2014, following a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, Yacht Club Games developed the game “Shovel Knight.”

Now, the game is getting its first downloadable content and Velasco spoke with The BG News recently about the game and himself.

Q: What kind of background did you have in the games industry before you started development on “Shovel Knight?”

A: Most of the staff here, including myself, used to work at a company called WayForward.

During that time, they specialized in 2D side

scrolling games and licensed brands, so we got great experience making classic games within a tight budget and time frame.

Q: Do you have any advice that you would like to give to people that want to start developing video games?

A: Work on a game and try to finish it- it doesn’t have to be big. Copy a very simple classic game you enjoy, and try to work out all of the mechanics. After that you can build more complicated things, but it’s also helpful to work with other people, as games are almost always made in teams. Get used to working and collaborating with others!

Q: After the huge success of the base game of “Shovel Knight” across every platform, what has been your mindset going into the development of the Plague of Shadows DLC? A: We wanted to make an alternate campaign that would embody Plague Knight. We wanted playing as him to be like playing the boss fight in the original game - he’s explosive and shoots around the screen all crazily! We also wanted to rework any parts of the game that seemed out of place or repetitive to play again, and to show the story from a different viewpoint. In hindsight, we definitely got carried away, and this free update turned out to be larger than we anticipated. But,

hopefully we succeeded in our goals!

Q: What kind of features will the 3DS and Wii U versions get, respectively, when you use the “Shovel Knight Amiibo” during the game? Also, will the “Shovel Knight Amiibo” work in other games like Super Mario Maker, or even Super Smash Bros?

A: First, the amiibo unlocks deep character customization, with new relics, skins, and more!

Additionally, it unlocks new challenge levels on the Wii U and 3DS. The coolest amiibo feature, however, is cooperative play, exclusive to the Wii U. You can finally pick up a Shovel Blade and play the whole game alongside a friend.

As far as other games, we have nothing to announce at this time!

Q: What part of “Shovel Knight” are you guys most proud of?

A: I love that “Shovel Knight” always has something to do and doesn’t waste your time... except when we really waste your time on purpose!

Q: Where would you guys like to see the franchise of “Shovel Knight” go from here? Super Shovel Knight, or something different entirely?

A: I’d love to see a 3D Shovel Knight game - a “Shovel Knight 64” if you will. However, after all the DLC, it might be nice to take a break from Shoveling for a while.

SPORTS

OCTOBER 1, 2015 | PAGE 7

UPCOMINGGAMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

Women’s Cross Country: @Paul Short Run, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 11:45am Men’s Cross Country: @Paul Short Run, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 11:45am Women’s Cross Country: @All-Ohio Championships, Cedarville, Ohio | 2pm Men’s Cross Country: @All-Ohio Championships, Cedarville, Ohio | 2pm Women’s Soccer: Vs. Akron | 7pm Volleyball: Vs. Akron | 7pm Women’s Tennis: @UIC | All Day Women’s Swim: Vs. Orange and Brown Intersquad Meet | 3:30pm

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Sophomore Defender Rachel Winters clears the ball from the sideline in a match earlier this season.

Womens Soccer look for a MAC win

By Evan Hayes Sports Reporter After a disappointing weekend of two dropped games, the Bowling Green State University womens soccer team will look to secure their first conference win of the season going into this Friday. The Falcons will see the University of Akron at Cochrane Stadium Friday and the University of Buffalo on Sunday.

Now sitting 0-2 in the MAC, the biggest challenge the Falcons are facing is mental.

“I think it’s just confidence and self-belief,” head coach Lindsay Basalyga said. “I think, from what we can control as a coaching staff, we can clean things up on the attack still and be a bit more disciplined on the defensive side of the ball. But overall I think that it’s a mentality and a self-belief that we are good

enough to be competing in the MAC.” said. “I think our youth is going to allow us to The Falcons have dropped three straight bounce back.” games and their hot offense “I think just knowing who that led the MAC in goals we are as a team and our scored earlier this season has strengths, and play to them been no where to be found. for our advantage,” Mikaela BG has only scored one goal Couch said. “Continuing to during their three-game loshave fun and really just doing ing streak and they struggled what we do best.” particularly against Ball Akron finished last seaState with possession of the son with the worst record ball. They allowed 24 shots in the conference at 2-9-0, compared to just seven of while Buffalo was the top - Sophomore Forward, team in the conference with their own.

Despite their recent Mikaela Couch a record of 9-0-2. With the struggles, the team is contwo matches this weekend fident their age will help in taking place at home, the their recover.

Falcons have a chance of putting the losing “I think it will be easy, honestly, to bounce streak behind them. back because we are young team,” Basalyga “We’ve got to stay positive,” Couch said.

“The past games are in the past.

We’ve got to continue to move forward.”

Women’s Tennis: @UIC | All Day Football: @Buffalo | 3:30pm Men’s Soccer: Vs. Northern Illinois | 7pm Softball: Vs. Toledo | 10:30am Vs. Dayton | 12:45pm Volleyball: Vs. Buffalo | 5pm Hockey: Vs. Toronto (Exhibition) | 7:07pm “The past games are in the past and we’ve got to continue to move forward.”

The Falcons have been second in the MAC in home attendance, averaging 520 fans per game with a 3-3-0 record versus a 1-2-1 record on the road. BG shut out their first three games at home this season and set the record for home attendance with 803 fans in their opener.

The Falcons will be in action this Friday against the Zips at 7 p.m., and then against Buffalo on Sunday at 1 p.m. with both matches at Cochrane Stadium.

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First win of the season that isn’t against a BIG10 team.

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Mens Soccer loses second straight match

By Zane Miller Sports Reporter The Bowling Green mens soccer team lost to the Michigan State Spartans 1-0 on Tuesday after a late goal was scored with just 1:48 left in the match.

“We had a mistake there at the end with under two minutes left and that can’t happen,” junior goalkeeper Ryan Heuton said.

“We gave away a poor turnover at midfield, they got numbers up, played it across, got it behind the back post and just put it in.”

Despite the loss, head coach Eric Nichols said the team went back to playing ‘BG brand’ soccer, which he said they had not done in the past two matches.

“There was much more fight, much more

organization,” Nichols said. “We ended on Souahy said. “We were a lot stronger, we a bad note … but for the other 85 minutes, I played harder and we had a good defense for thought it was really sharp.” almost 90 minutes.”

Heuton said the team in Souahy said the only front of him played solidly thing that was regrettable throughout the match. about how the defense “Overall, I thought we did played was the final score. a great job,” Heuton said.

“We played good,” “We just defended first, Souahy said. “0-0 is a good got in front of the ball and score, we had a lot of chancblocked shots.” es, but we got unlucky in Sophomore defender - Head Coach, the last two minutes.”

Alexis Souahy said improve- Eric Nichols Nichols said the defense ment on defense was key to had also rediscovered its allowing just one goal, in identity in the match. contrast to the six allowed on Wednesday “We looked and decided who we want to be against the Dayton Flyers. and who we are,” Nichols said. “We got away “There was a lot more communication,” from it for a bit, but we’re back.”

“There was much more fight, much more organization.”

Nichols also said the team is ‘salty’ after suffering the close loss, but this will not be a distraction as the team prepares for its first Mid-American Conference match-up against the Northern Illinois Huskies.

“We won’t let this game dictate or define us,” Nichols said. “We’ll use it to make sure we’re ready for our next opponent.”

Nichols also said he is confident about where the team stands right now.

“These last few games were really good prep for (Northern Illinois),” Nichols said.

“Dayton was an eye opener, it taught us that playing well is one thing, but the margin between losing and winning is very small.

I think we’d rather go into the MAC on a six game win streak, but maybe that’s not the best thing.”

NEWS

October 1, 2015 | PAGE 9

New police chief to take over in city

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A new era has begun as Police Chief Tony Hetrick took office in early June and brought plans of improvement with him.

Hetrick was a law enforcement specialist in the Air Force for four years after high school and joined the Bowling Green Police Department in 1996.

He worked his way up the ranks from patrol officer to chief in 2015.

“My father’s a retired state trooper…and I had an uncle that was a deputy sheriff, who was also in the Air Force police,” said Hetrick, “and they both kind of influenced me to go that route.”

According to the BGPD’s website, their core values include fairness, integrity, respect, customer service, team orientation and honesty.

Teamwork is a core value Hetrick wants to focus on.

Hetrick said, “I’m not an expert in a lot of different areas and we have a lot of people here who are experts and work day-to-day with different issues and I value their input and we work together as a team.”

Lt. Brad Biller, who has known Hetrick since Hetrick began his career at the BGPD, said Hetrick had a good focus on the challenges that come with changing technology and social pressure.

“His age has some very positive things going for it…he’s not a real old guy that doesn’t know what’s going on in contemporary society,” said Biller, “but he’s not a real young guy that doesn’t have the history of the area.” @ FORREST CREASON DRIVING RANGE

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The technology systems at the BGPD are in the process of being updated including new phone systems, county-wide communication systems between agencies and equipment for the officers.

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“We have an obsolete system the we’re phasing out in favor of a new camera system, and I started that work as a deputy chief,” said Hetrick.

“Most of the officers, probably all of them, including me, think it’s time cause we’ve worn the same uniform for awhile,” said Hetrick.

Hetrick also said the police department is working on becoming part of a county-wide communication system to improve connections among other agencies.

Now that the final decisions are his responsibility, Hetrick will be looking to his officers and staff for their opinions and advice as he works to improve the department. “(He’s) open to listening to what ideas you have and then we hash those out and some have been able to work and some haven’t,” said Lt. Dan Mancuso.

Though Hetrick’s new role in the department is more administrative, he said he wants to work hard at keeping teamwork his main priority.

“He is more attuned to the officers that work here, the dispatchers that work here, the other people that works here, than have been some of the chiefs that preceded him,” said Lt. Biller.

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His officers did not seem concerned, though.

Both Biller and Mancuso were confident in Hetrick’s abilities to lead the police department in the right direction “I’m just doing things differently. I’m doing things the way I think we can move ahead better,” said Hetrick.

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By Holly Shively City Editor Bowling Green Mayoral candidates participated in a community conversation at the Wood County Public Library last night.

There are three candidates up for mayor in the upcoming election, including incumbent Richard Edwards, Grounds for Thought owner Kelly Wicks, and University construction management student Dan Phillips.

Last night’s Community Conversation with the Candidates was co-sponsored by

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In regards to housing, candidates were asked about student housing being substandard, single-family homes being apartamentalized and there not being appropriate housing for young families.

Wicks said that Bowling Green is not a community that attracts young people, and houses are left on the market too long. To improve the housing problems, Wicks says, we need to “show people that they can come to Bowling Green, start a business, and create a life.”

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“We need to be able to put forth a product that we can say…this is the quality of house that City of Bowling Green feels adequate for our citizens” Phillips said.

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The candidates also discussed the rising electricity costs and energy use.

David Love, a relatively new citizen to Bowling Green said, “All three of them talked about generating electricity through solar or hydro, but nobody mentioned conservation, like changing to LED or energy savers.”

In the final moments Wicks brought up education, and how it is one of the aspects that makes Bowling Green successful.

Previous vice president of student affairs at BGSU and current Bowling Green School Board member Ed Whipple said, “I’m on the school board, so I have a vested interest. I appreciated Kelly’s comment, and I believe the other two candidates would have agreed that schools are critical to the health of the community.”

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