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Monday, October 20, 2014
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No Impact Week encourages students to be more environmentally aware By Seth Weber City Editor
Senior Josh Chamberland is glad he’s been able to organize No Impact Week, an event that encourages sustainability. Chamberland worked with Director of Sustainability Nick Hennessey to participate in No Impact Week, which will start today and last until Sunday and will include events such as a trip to the wind turbines in Wood County and a talk about algal bloom by a University professor. Campus Sustainability has seen support for the event among many University organizations, including USG, GSS, UAO and EAG, Chamberland said. “To get all those groups together in one group activity is rare in any office,” Hennessey said. No Impact Week was created by the No Impact Project. Universities can buy a $250 planning kit which includes a license to use the No Impact Experiment name, a planning guide, event ideas and flyer templates. The No Impact Project was started by Colin Beavan, the author of “No Impact Man,” the common reading three years ago. Hennessey said he was inspired to do an event of this nature by the book.
“The common reading kind of started a new culture at BGSU in sustainability,” Chamberland said. “It started an awareness and since then it’s been snowballing.” Hennessey said he’s glad the University recognizes Earth Week, but he thinks No Impact Week fills a different role. “It’s sort of like an Earth Week but not the same,” he said. “It kind of has a little more focus on ways that you can have a serious impact on your carbon footprint.” He said it’s important to have such an event in the fall rather than the spring because it creates good habits earlier with “a whole bunch of the year left.” The goal of No Impact Week is for participants to experience what it’s like to live with less impact on the environment, Chamberland said. Students can register for No Impact Week by going to the Campus Sustainability web page. When registering, Hennessey said students can choose what events or aspects they want to participate in. “A lot of it is a personal journey,” he said. Monday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Union Theater, the documentary “Plastic Paradise” will be shown, which explores the Great Pacific garbage patch and what happens to plastic when it is thrown away. There
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NO IMPACT Week offers a variety of events including Orange Bike Program.
See IMPACT | Page 2
Firelands, University create new program
PROJECT CONNECT
Firelands Pathway offers students second chance to join main campus
By Corey Maxwell Reporter
The University has rolled out a new program this semester for students who didn’t meet the qualifications to attend the main campus. The program is called Firelands Pathway and it allows students to attend the University while earning their credits through Firelands. “All the main campuses in Ohio always have a problem with students where the academic preparation picture doesn’t necessarily make sense,” said Joseph Frizado, vice provost for academic operations and assessments. “However, there is evidence in these students to show good potential, so we wanted to create a situation where those students could start a college career and enhance their chance to
be successful.” Students who qualify for the Pathways program might have a good high school grade point average but not a good ACT/SAT score or vice-versa. “First and foremost, they had to have a record sufficient to get admitted to the branch campus, but their record wasn’t as coherent or as strong as what we’d like to see at the main campus,” Frizado said about the qualifications of the program. The program currently has 20 students enrolled this semester, and there are five classes offered to them without any ability to take any additional classes. While the students are living on campus, the classes they are taking are through Firelands with Firelands instructors who drive
from Huron to Bowling Green every week. “They’re locked into their schedule and we provide 30 credit hours over both semesters that work for any major,” Frizado said. “It helps build community that they’re in the same classes, so we try and stack the deck so our students can be successful.” Frizado said it’s important to avoid asking any student to start their college career and not achieve a college degree. “We wanted to provide them with an opportunity for them to be successful,” Frizado said. If the students complete a sufficient number of hours successfully then they would be able to stay on campus and take classes through
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ST. MARKS Lutheran Church hosted Project Connect, which provided over 200 people with free services such as hot meals, hair cuts and dental work on Oct. 15.
See FIRELANDS | Page 2
BACK-TO-BACK WINS
TRUE HAPPINESS
WHAT DO YOU DO TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY? “I try to take shorter showers and make sure my laundry is a full load.”
Columnist Abigail Kruse talks about how to maintain a positive lifestyle. She explains happiness can be controlled and people have a choice over their emotions. | PAGE 4
The BG women’s soccer team defeated both Ohio University and Kent State University this past weekend, earning its first back-to-back MAC victories since 2010. | PAGE 3
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