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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 49
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Balancing
LIVES Students balance school, pregnancy in college years By Emily Johnson Reporter
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As University students take exams, many picture graduating with a diploma, but not so many factor in having a child. “I honestly didn’t believe the doctor when she told me...” said junior Bria Hall. “I thought ‘This is impossible.’” Hall, a 20 year-old and Canton, Michigan native, discovered she was pregnant at the end of July at a check-up at the Falcon Health Center. “I didn’t even go in for a pregnancy test. I went in for a refill on birth control and I was talking to the doctor, because I felt that my hormones were out of whack, my boobs were sore and things that usually went along on with birth control issues,” Hall said. “We were using birth control and condoms, not every time, but I was switching birth controls and no one told me that for the first month, the birth control was ineffective and that’s how I got pregnant.” The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy conducted a study that estimates 61 percent of women who have children after enrolling in community college end up dropping out. Although Hall refuses to let the status quo define her success, she will be taking online classes in the spring and plans on returning to campus by the start of the fall 2015 semester.
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Fundraiser enters final month of campaign
HITTING THE STRESS AWAY
United Way campaign contributes to local charities, 400 employees have donated By Ryan Hanson Reporter
The holiday season is a time for giving for many people. Another way to give this holiday season is right here on campus and over 400 University employees have already donated. The United Way and Northwest Community Shares Campaign is a charity fundraiser that’s been established for many years. “The BGSU employees are very charitable and [the committee] is very grateful for their participation,” said University Libraries Dean Sara Bushong, chair of the campaign committee. Bushong said that the committee sent out notifications to faculty and staff when the campaign began. Employees can donate by sending in a pledge card, donation electronically and they can also choose a payroll deduction which donates small
increments off of each paycheck. Although the faculty and staff are solicited for donations, Bushong said that undergraduate students are not solicited directly by the committee. “Students already pay a lot to go to school here,” Bushong said. “They certainly can [donate] if they’d like to, but they don’t have to.” Jill Carr, Vice President for Student Affairs and co-chair of the committee, described United Way as an “all-encompassing organization” that serves many different charities. When someone pledges a donation, they are able to give the money directly to United Way or specify what local charity their dollars go to. Carr is serving her first year as cochair of the campaign committee. Carr said that her role in the committee is to encourage departments “to do creative things to get more involved.” One example she gave is if an office encouraged people to
FALCONS HEAD SOUTH
The 7-6 Bowling Green Football team travels to Alabama for the Camellia Bowl. Despite losing three straight games, the Falcons look to send off group of seniors with a win. | PAGE 3
donate by offering the option to wear jeans on a designated date. Laurel Zawodny is the assistant to the President and her work with the campaign is mostly described as “behind the scenes.” Zawodny said that there are prize winners drawn every week throughout the campaign. Some of these prizes could include a bookstore gift card and BGSU history book as well as prizes donated by committee members, Zawodny said. At the end of the campaign, there are final prizes drawn. This year, Zawodny said there are two final prizes which are both gift baskets that the bookstore donated. The campaign started in October and goes through Dec. 31, which leaves more time to donate. Zawodny said that if a faculty or staff member lost their pledge card, they are able to print another one off of the University’s charity website.
LGBTQ AND ACCEPTANCE
Forum Editor Autumn Kunkel talks about the new movement among LGBTQ and Catholics to become more accepted in their faith. She writes to about how, ultimately, the movement is counterproductive. | PAGE 4
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DANIEL KRENTZ, junior, and Bryan Austin, hall director and PhD student, play ping pong in the Founders lobby. They use it as a way to get rid of the stress of Finals Week.,
WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? “To evaluate what a resolution is because you don’t need a new year to spark a revolution within yourself.” Deborah Chester Senior, International Communications