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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 41
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Discovering a Global Perspective Director’s experience traveling around the globe encourages acceptance of others By Jennifer Verzuh Reporter
There are nearly 200 countries on Earth and Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs Krishna Han has not visited all of them, but he seems to be well on his way. “I’ve been to 46 countries,” he said. “I just love traveling. I hope I can do more.” Han grew up in Cambodia and was an undergrad in the country before moving to Japan, where he received his master’s and Ph.D. He then came to the United States to reunite with his family and finally relocated to Bowling Green, where he originally worked on a local political campaign to rid of a discriminatory law. Before going to a new country, Han said he makes it a point to study the area. “I try to do my research on history, culture, politics and government,” he said. “Every interaction, how people behave is impacted by this ... [and it’s] the interaction with the people that [makes] the biggest impact on me.” Han, who speaks five languages [four fluently], said he likes to “maximize” his experience by spending a significant amount of time in one place,
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Looking closer at LGBTQ+ Each letter represents different identity, students encourage others to understand differences By Ryan Hanson Reporter
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A PIECE of the Education Building’s roof lies on the ground as a result of Tuesday’s wind damage.
FALCONS HEAD WEST
The BG women’s basketball team will travel to the west coast to play in the DoubleTree LA Westside Thanksgiving Classic. See the Falcons’ schedule during break. | PAGE 3
The LGBTQ+ acronym is a way to represent the community behind all the identities inside it. Each letter represents a different label that people can identify under. Tobias Spears is the Assistant Director for Access, Diversity and Inclusion Programs which means he works with the LGBT Resource Center and Project Search. Spears said the LGBTQ+ labels provide political representation for people and allow them to describe themselves within a word. He said this also allows people to be a part of the big-
DEALING WITH LOSS
Columnist Erika Heck talks about her loss of a family member and how it has affected her. She says it’s important to be patient with and understanding of those in mourning. | PAGE 4
ger LGBTQ+ conversations and community. “It can be bad because the initials [do not] encompass everyone’s identity, but it attempts to,” Spears said. Senior Mark Kelly said that it’s important for people to know as much of the LGBTQ+ acronym as possible. “A lot of people focus on just the ‘G’ or ‘L’ of the community, but for the most part people ignore, [for example], the trans* aspect, the intersex aspect, the polysexual aspect and it’s very harming,” Kelly said. Spears said that it’s important for people to know “there are
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IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD IT BE AND WHY? “Israel, because I’m Jewish and I want to see the cool different places.” Brooke Siegel Freshman, Tourism Leisure Event Planning
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