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Nearly 1,200 high school stu-dents gathered in the Stroh Center Monday afternoon for the annual Buckeye Boys State retreat. The retreat runs from June 8 until June 16 and marks the 35th year the University has held Buckeye Boys State, a program for high school students to learn about leadership and govern-ment.
Gov. John Kasich spoke at the event and motivated the students to dream big.
“Think small and you’ll be small,” Kasich said. “Think big,
always think big. It’s amazing what you’ll accomplish.”
It is Kasich’s second year in a row attending Buckeye Boys State, which is an “experience in the operation of the demo-cratic form of government, the organization of political parties and the relationship of one to the other,” according to the organization’s website, www.ohiobuckeyeboysstate.com.
“Figure out what you’re passionate about,” he said. “You have a choice, value, integrity and courage.”
SUMMER
By Michelle BlackReporter
Students and falculty members will continue to rack up orange parking tickets if they want to risk getting a fine without pay-ing for the time.
Many times individuals put money in meters believing they have more time to do things on campus than they actually do, which could cost an them $10, then after every hour another ticket will be issued.
Some students have become too familiar with the orange tickets that are stuck under their car windshield wipers, which may make them upset.
Senior Ryland Ward has received over 20 tickets because he didn’t want to buy a parking pass during the fall, spring or summer semester.
“I don’t want to get a parking pass because my only usage of it would be for going to the sta-dium for my football practices,” Ward said. “And there’s no need to waste $100 on [a permit].”
Permits are issued for an annual, semester, monthly, weekly and daily period to individuals at certain prices. Students are able to buy an annual pass for $100.
Ashley Allen, a clerk for Parking Services, said she has seen students who try to park without a pass, which can lead to heavy fines.
“A lot of them that do not get one, they think they can get away with it,” Allen said. “I think they don’t think they need one and that we’re not that serious.”
Parking in a parking lot with-out a valid permit will first issue the violator a warning. If a sec-ond offence occurs, a $25 fine is issued. $50 fines are issued for third violations and beyond.
“They charge ungodly amounts for tickets,” Ward said.
Aaron Michael Kane, a man-ager for the parking and shuttle services, calculated the total violations and appeals at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.
Overall, there were 38,843
citations, 1,867 were appealed, and the total cost came to $340,462, he said in an email.
The money that is collected at the end of the year from parking services goes directly towards parking lot maintenance and repairs, Kane said.
Kane said the most popu-lar reason for them giving out
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT AMANDA BYNES?SOFTBALL SEASON ENDS EARLY“ I think she’s starving for attention. She’s a hot mess because like most child stars, she got too much atten-tion and can’t handle being out of the spot light.”
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John KasichGovernor of Ohio
Kiosks preferred wayto pay for parkingVariety of payment options may reduce student stress
Casino brings in city revenueand tourists to Toledo
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ORIENTATION DAY: Incoming freshmen play “I’m a Falcon You’re a Falcon” with Freddie and Frieda at their orientation.
ORIENTATION ICEBREAKER
By Lindsay GebhartReporter
Since its grand opening in May 2012, Hollywood Casino in Toledo has counted more than 3.4 million visitors, a number above and beyond what was expected.
At a news conference hosted on May 29 to celebrate the casino’s first birthday, General Manager Richard St. Jean said the projected visits for the first year was exceeded by over 600,000.
More than half the people who have been to the casino came from outside of Lucas County. More than 44 percent of the total visitors came from states other than Ohio.
“Success in any business is measured one guest at a time,” St. Jean said, “We are very pleased with our year one results.”
The casino site along the Maumee River opened May 29, 2012, offering entertainment, dining and of course gambling.
Since then the casino has helped bring new people to the Toledo area, helping increase revenue at area hotels, bars and restaurants, St. Jean said. However, the casino has not always been so celebrated.
“The casino started out as a controversial issue,” Mike Bell, mayor of Toldeo said. It was a no brainer for him. The casino brought jobs and has helped support city and community organizations, Bell said. Bell said that he is “extremely appreciative” of what the Hollywood Casino has done for Toledo. The tax revenue created by the state’s
HOLLYWOOD CASINO: Inside of one of the four Ohio casinos located in Toledo.
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PARKING TICKET FACTS: ■ For the 2012-2013 year, 38,843 cittions were given.
■ 1,867 were appealed. ■Total cost came to $340,462. ■ More than 100 meters have been eliminated.
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c i t a t i o n s was due to o v e r t i m e in a meter, which is
also the most appealed citation. The kiosk system, which is where
someone pays before entering a lot with limited time on the ticket before you have to leave, is a preferred method on campus by the parking service to regu-late drivers.
“The kiosk bring several positives,” Kane said. “They have eliminated over 100 unsightly parking meters, plus visi-tors may now pay with dollar bills and credit/debit cards. I believe drivers prefer having several payment options when parking.”
He also said the method allows for easier management.
“The collection points are more effi-cient and the maintenance is more eas-ily managed,” Kane said.
Students aren’t the only ones receiv-ing parking violations around campus.
Allen said faculty members also receive the same consequences as stu-dents if they go against rules. She said she deals with the same amount of students as she does faculty members when it comes to tickets.
However, Allen believes that the pric-es charged to students are pretty rea-sonable.
“[The prices charged] are totally fair, considering that other colleges charge a lot more,” Allen said.
Students who continue to receive vio-lations due to parking without passes need to know that citations are real and shouldn’t be ignored.
“It will stay on their parking account for sure,” Allen said. “And I know a lot of things with their school work can be affected by not paying their bill.”
In order to lower the amount of cita-tions given to students who refuse to purchase parking passes, possible incentives may encourage them to finally get one.
“Maybe giving out free items or half off on parking passes could encourage students,” Ward said.
The parking service is open from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. all summer.
four casinos has added about $4.3 million to the city’s bank so far.
“If all one-year-old [businesses] could do what they have been able to do in one year, we really would be moving as a city and as a world,” Bell said. “I knew that when I was here on New Year’s Eve and you couldn’t find a seat, something was happening in Toledo that hadn’t happened in awhile.”
Carol Contrada, president of the board of county commissioners said the tax revenue the county had received was approximately $21,000, which was more than predicted. Taxes paid by the casino goes to area counties, schools, cities, etc.
At the news conference, the casino officials were sure to thank the many local suppliers and charities they work with.
“From the start, we have been com-mitted to purchasing our products locally,” St. Jean said.
Officials from local companies such as Oaken Produce, Kellermeyer Company, Tanks Meats and ProMedica were present and said they were
proud to service the casino and its patrons.
With help from local suppliers, the Hollywood Casino’s Final Cut Steak & Seafood has been recognized with a four-star rating from Forbes. This makes the Final Cut the only four-star restaurant in all of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
Junior Kristine Girten said that her visits to the casino have been worth-while. Having been to Las Vegas, she said the atmosphere in the Toledo casi-no was just the same.
“You don’t feel like you’re in Toledo,” Girten said.
Having gone with a group of fellow University students, Girten said she saw several other university students and alumni playing the tables and slots, identifiable by their Falcon gear.
“I would go again because I had such a great first experience,” Girten said. “It was a very classy establishment.”
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BLOTTER FRI., JUNE 79:03 A.M.Complainant reported that he had allowed a friend to stay at his residence Thursday night within the 1000 block of S. Main St. When the complainant woke up, the suspect was gone along with all of the complainant’s DJ equipment. 12:01 P.M.Complainant reported that someone drive through his yard and ran over a bush within the 800 block of Clough St. 12:53 P.M.Complainant reported a suspect had parked illegally or too close to another vehicle and damaged the complainant’s passenger side mirror near Warbler Court and Cardinal Road. The dam-age is estimated at $100. 2:48 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime Thursday night, someone slashed both the driver side tires within the 1700 block of E. Wooster St. The damage is approximately $160. 6:54 P.M.Craig Lamar Gibson, 23, of Toledo, was arrested for tamper-ing with evidence and posses-sion of marijuana. Gibson was taken to the Wood County Justice Center. 7:04 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, a large stuffed monkey was taken from the complainant’s porch within the 400 block of S. Main St. The estimated value is $50.
SAT., JUNE 82:09 A.M.Alex Price, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle impaired within the 1000 block of N. Grove St.
2:20 A.M.Jake T. Farthing, 20, of Toledo, was arrested for underage/under the influence within the 100 block of N. Main St. He was lodged at Wood County Justice Center. 3:10 A.M.Complainant reported her wallet was stolen within at a business downtown within the 100 block of Ridge St.
7:47 A.M.Complainant reported that sometime Saturday night, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle and stole the faceplate to the stereo, a phone charger and a seashell charm bracelet within the 400 clock of S. Prospect St. The total value of the items is estimated to $128. 10:01 A.M.Carlton Robert Smarage, 19, of Weston, Ohio, was cited for theft within the 1000 block of S. Main St. 10:53 A.M.Complainant reported some-time between Friday night and Saturday morning, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle and stole $1 and a high school class ring valued at $150 within the 200 block of Leroy Ave. 12:17 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime early Saturday morn-ing, an unknown person broke out the upstairs bedroom win-dow causing $100 in damage within the 200 block of Byall Ave. 12:34 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime Saturday morning, an unknown person broke out the rear window of a vehicle, causing approximately $300 in damage within the 200 block of Clay St. 3:42 P.M.Megan Renee Hall, 24, of Goshen, Ind., was cited for pass-ing bad checks within the 100 block of W. Gypsy Lane Rd. 6:27 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime Friday night, some-one attempted to break into the complainant’s vehicle within the 400 block of S. Main St. A win-dow was chipped and an iPod was stolen. The total estimated damage is $200.
SUN., JUNE 912:03 A.M.Joshua Anthony-Clayton Pettus, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, open container of alcohol and drug abuse/mari-juana at Lot 2 downtown. 2:02 A.M.Rodney J. Stratton, 20, of Bluffton, Ohio; and Logan S. Steingass, 19, of Pandora, Ohio, were arrested for underage under the influence of alcohol and disorderly conduct/public
urination near E. Wooster St. and S. Summit St. Stratton was also arrested for drug abuse (marijuana). Both were lodged at the Wood County Justice Center. 2:23 A.M.Trevor B. Meyer, 21, of Bluffton, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct/public urination in Lot 2 downtown. 7:42 A.M.Lauren Katherine Ribble was cited for failing to maintain a litter-free premise within the 100 block of S. College Drive. 11:30 A.M.Complainant reported that sometime Saturday night, some-one put grape jelly and mustard on her vehicle between Manville Ave. and Clough St. 2:10 P.M.Complainant reported that an unknown person threw a brick through the rear window of a vehicle and scratched the body causing approximately $1500 in damages within the 300 block of S. Enterprise St. 4:23 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime on Sunday, an unknown person stole her bicy-cle off the front porch within the 200 block of Troup Ave. 6:59 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime between Saturday and Sunday, a men’s 21-speed mountain bike valued at $70 was taken within the 400 block of E. Merry Ave. 8:30 P.M.Complainant reported that sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning, her vehicle was entered and a bag containing socks, personal papers and her work keys were taken within the 1000 block of Fairview Ave.
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CORRECTIONPOLICY We want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.
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By Alex AlusheffCity EditorStudents returning to the city from winter
break may find themselves a few belongings
short.Usually the rate of theft rises when students
leave because their apartments are unattended
for weeks, said Maj. Tony Hetrick, deputy chief
and public information officer for the Bowling
Green Police Division.There were 20 reports of theft, burglary and
robbery in December, 11 more than November,
according to a summary report provided by
Hetrick.Other crimes, however, decreased while stu-
dents were home for break.“Less people in town means less activity,”
Hetrick said. “A lot of different factors go into
reductions.”Factors like cold weather may have convinced
more people to stay home or indoors instead of
making the trek downtown or elsewhere, he said.
Liquor law violations are some of the crimes
that lessen during breaks, Hetrick said.Police made 42 liquor law arrests in December,
which is down from 72 in November, according
to the summary report.While crimes may have f luctuated in the city,
crime on campus dwindled.For campus police, there is usually a decline in
calls for service because the majority of the 6,500
students who live on campus leave, said Capt.
Michael Campbell.There is the possibility for a spike in crimes like
theft, but campus police do not find out until the
first few weeks of classes as students return and
might discover some of their things are missing,
he said.During break Campbell said campus police
have time to focus their energy on tasks they nor-
mally can’t when classes are in session.“We have more foot patrol and are able to check
buildings and have more visibility,” he said.Even with most students out of town, most bar
stools stayed full during break. Banan Alkilani, general manager of Cla-Zel,
said the bar was continually busy during break
due to the fact that they hosted “Club KISS” on
weekends and community members made up for
the student attendance loss.Because crowds remained the same, Alkilani
said there is no surge or loss of fights and sneak-
ins, which he said are at a minimum anyway.
Holidays also may have contributed to high bar
attendance and crimes in the city.Some crimes spike at big party days like St.
By Alex AlusheffCity EditorIt’s only a couple weeks into the new year, and some students may find it hard to keep to their resolutions.
This year, sophomore Brett Vermillion aims to be a nicer guy because “it makes people happy.”
Vermillion said his reso-lutions typically last about a month.
He believes it may be hard for people to keep resolutions for a few reasons.
“You can’t be lazy,” Vermillion
said. “You have to find time to make for it.”
A common resolution he sees is to work out more, which he does every day.A past resolution to work out
was a contributing factor to Vermillion’s routine.
dents about what USG is doing, but also benefit the newer senators, who may be able to better familiarize themselves with the organization through watching the presentation, Solis said. “What better way to utilize general assembly
time that to remember what we’re here to do?” Solis said.
Matt Haschak, director of IT security and networking in the department of informa-tion technology at the University, will also give a report on AlertBG. Alert BG is a text message and email alert system, in which the campus police department sends messages to warn the campus community of situations., according to the University website. Right now, the program is opt-in for students, who can sign up on their MyBGSU page, but USG is looking to make it opt-out. Opt-out would mean students would auto-matically be signed up for the program.The weekly meeting will take place in 201
Union Monday at 7:30 p.m.
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HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION WILL LAST?“I don’t need one because I’m so perfect.”
Crime rates fluctuate during break
powerBy Kendra ClarkWeb EditorFor senior Ashley Edwards, singing gospel gives her a purpose.
“I need to use the voice I was given to give God’s word,” Edwards said.
Edwards, head of Publicity of Gospel Fest and Gospel Choir, was raised
around the church and has been in the choir for four years.
This past weekend, Edwards participated in the 10th annual Gospel Fest
with her fellow Gospel Choir members. The fest involved university gospel
choirs coming together to praise and worship. The University Gospel Choir hosted choirs from Cedarville, The Ohio State
University, Wright State, Akron and Ohio University.
Friday night, each university choir sang and then Saturday was the
Worship Extravaganza. “There [were] high schools and two artists, Jonathan McReynolds
and Amante Lacey coming,” said Ashley Lewis, senior and Gospel Fest
coordinator.Lewis said the students in the University gospel choir were helpful in plan-
ning the event. “This was all planned by the students who are members of the choir,” Lewis
said. “They did very well.”Edwards helped plan the event by hanging the fliers, and described
Gospel Choir hosts 10th annual Gospel Fest in Union
See GOSPEL | Page 7New Year’s resolutions falter with start of semesterFaculty, staff encourage students to keep up with goals
CAMPUSBRIEF
At this week’s Undergraduate Student Government meeting, students will have a chance to learn what the organization has done this past semester, as well as what’s planned for the current one. USG President Alex Solis and Senate Speaker Melissa Dzienny will give the pre-
sentation.“Melissa and I thought it would be a good
idea to not only state the goals, but map out how we’re going to get there,” Solis said. “It’s the first time something like this is happen-ing.”
The presentation is meant both to hold the organization accountable for its objectives and also to unify the senate and executive branch of USG.
“It’s about coming together and realizing that we [the senate and executive branch] have similar goals,” Solis said. The presentation will not only inform stu-
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
ASHLEY EDWARDS, senior, participates in the University Gospel Fest as the Gospel Choir sings backup.
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY Gospel Choir sang Friday in the Union Ballroom.
BG Police see decline in on-campus activity while city incidents increase
USG presents goals for spring semester
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Comedian Bo Burnham will headline the third annual LOL with UAO event.Burnham will take the stage at the Stroh
Center at 7 p.m. Feb. 7. Tickets will become available Jan. 17 and 18 at the University Activities Office, in residence halls and at certain athletic events on campus.Tickets are free to students and cost $5
for a nonstudent.While tickets are free, guests are asked
to donate to the organizations Dance Marathon, Broadway Cares or Relay For Life. The student who donates the most will be offered the chance to meet Burnham at the event.
There may also be other opportuni-ties for students to meet Burnham at the event, said UAO member Cassie Utt in an email.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will open for Burnham at the show in February.
CAMPUSBRIEFUAO to host Bo Burnham for LOL in February
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Faith YinglingDirector of Wellness
Alex SolisUSGPresident
BUZZER BEATER AT STROHFalcons came up victorious against Eastern Michigan on Saturday thanks to a 3-point
basket from senior Jordan Crawford with 6.1 seconds left in the game on Page 5
of praise
By Max Filby
Editor-in-Chief
City council will host a public
hearing tonight so residents can
voice their opinions about the
controversial rezoning of land
at the corner of Wooster and
Prospect Streets.
While residents will be able to
voice their opinions at the 6 p.m.
hearing, the council likely won’t
vote on the B-3 or B-5 zoning ordi-
nances at its 7 p.m. meeting at
the City Administrative Services
Building. The delay of voting
comes as the City’s Planning
Commission decided to further
examine the proposed ordinanc-
es, which will delay it’s proposal
about the project to council.
While the delay may push a
final decision back to city coun-
cil’s February meeting, some resi-
dents and council members are
happy about the delay.
“The residents believe we need
to take great care of this one,”
said Daniel Gordon, a council-
man who represents the residents
of the area being rezoned. “I’m
not going to support or uphold
anything that doesn’t have their
input involved.”
Residents have been asking
for more time to consider the
ordinance’s specifics since it
was introduced to council on
Oct. 15, 2012.
Gordon supports residents who
have asked the city to slow down
the passing of the ordinance in
order to consider specifics of the
proposed ordinances. Specifics
include potential buffer areas
around what would be the newly
rezoned sites, number of floors
and what business can be includ-
ed in the new spaces.
“I’m glad the process has been
slowed down,” Gordon said.
“Anything we can do to boost the
inclusion of everyone’s thoughts
and opinions is a good thing.”
Now that the process has been
“slowed down,” the Planning
Commission will announce its
recommendation to council at its
newly scheduled meeting Jan. 16,
By Emily Gordon
Reporter
For Undergraduate Student
Government President Alex Solis,
the new semester brings new moti-
vation to help make the University
a better place.Solis said USG
will be focusing on
major issues affect-
ing students this
month. This will
include a discus-
sion of how to make
campus tobacco
free and how to
best implement
gender inclusive
housing.
The first meet-
ing of the semester will be hosted
Monday at 7:30 p.m. in room 308
of the Union.
Solis said he is also looking to
pass a resolution this month for an
opt-out program for the campus
alert system AlertBG.
The system, which warns stu-
dents and faculty of emergencies
or class cancellations, is currently
an opt-in program, meaning you
must sign up to receive the alerts,
he said.
Solis said he wants the alerts
to be automatically sent to every-
one on campus, and if they decide
they don’t want to receive them,
they can opt-out of the program.
“This is a huge public safety
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GAME-WINNER IT’S NOT BLACK AND WHITE
The Falcon Hockey team managed to
defeat Canisus University on a Marc
Rodriguez game-winner. The Falcons also
defeated No. 17 Niagara during winter
break. | PAGE 9
Columnist Phillip Martin explains how
stereotypes are irrelevant and are not
always accurate. He encourages people
to think about how being different and
an individual is important. | PAGE 4
Spencer Coile
Sophomore, Theatre
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SEMESTER?
“I can’t wait for warm weather again.”
NEED TO TAKE A LEAK?
Have a guess as to how many people
publically urinated in 2012? Tweet your
guess at @The_BG_News and look for an
answer in this Friday’s paper. Also check
out today’s blotter on Page 2
USG to focus on student
life, safety
STATEBRIEFBrown sworn in as
state representative
Republican Tim Brown was sworn in
Monday as a member of the Ohio House of
Representatives.
Brown will serve the third district as a
state representative. The ceremony took
place at 10 a.m. on the floor of the Ohio
House of Representatives in the State
Capitol building in Columbus. Brown was
sworn in by Betty D. Montgomery, a former
attorney general and a former Wood County
prosecutor and state senator.
“It’s definitely going to be a new chal-
lenge for me,” Brown, who previously served
14 years as a Wood County Commissioner,
said of his new position.
Brown also arranged a tour of the State
Capitol immediately following the ceremony.
“That way folks will have the time to see
the people’s house,” he said.
A House session also took place Monday
at 2 p.m. The session didn’t deal with bills or
legislation, but was more procedural, Brown
said. The session formally swore in all House
members at once and dealt with committee
assignments and structures, he said.
Brown and his fellow representatives’
main task during the next six months will be
to formulate the state budget, Brown said.
“We still have a very challenging econ-
omy on our hands and the work ahead is
going to be meaningful,” he said.
Wood County Commissioners James
Carter and Joel Kuhlman also hosted a
reception in honor of Brown Dec. 19. The
event, which took place in the Wood County
office building, honored Brown for his years
of service as a commissioner.
Mayor Richard Edwards declared the day
“Tim Brown Day.”
“It turned out to be really, really nice,”
Brown said. “It was quite humbling to have
that kind of reception.”
Brown spent his final months as com-
missioner by finalizing the budget. His
last day in his Wood County office was
this past Monday, when he packed up his
final things.
“I’ve kind of been getting things in order
so I’m ready to go after the swearing-in,”
he said.
See USG | Page 7
City council delays rezoning vote, to
consider specifics of proposed ordinance
Residents ask for extra time to evaluate certain aspects of possible legislation
See REZONING | Page 2
AlexSolisUSG President
DanielGordonFirst Ward Councilmember
TimBrownOhio State Representative
Republican, 3rd
District
WHILE YOU WERE OUTUNIVERSITY CONTINUES DEMOLITION OF HEINZ PLANT REMNANTS FOR GREEN SPACE
The University is tearing down what’s left of the Heinz plant on the corner of North Enterprise Street and Ridge Street in
late November in order to convert it to a green space. The intended green space will have walkways and benches. The project is
scheduled to conclude this month.
CITY FURTHER DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL REZONING
ORDINANCEDevelopers who wish to put a strip mall on East Wooster Street between North Prospect and
North Summit streets were met with opposition from community members when they requested
a zoning change. It originally would have allowed for a four story building to be constructed in the
lot. To try to appease both parties, city council introduced a new zone that would restrict a building
to two stories and disallow rental apartments on the first floor. A public hearing will be hosted to
further discuss the legislation Monday at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the third floor of the
City Administrative Services building.
CITY DECLARES SNOW EMERGENCY
Bowling Green received its first big snow fall on Dec. 26, prompting the city to declare a snow emer-
gency to clear the roads for crews to plow the streets. A snow emergency is declared when precipitation
exceeds two inches and above. Snow crews dispensed 150 tons of salt on the road ways and 61 people were
cited for not removing their vehicles from the street.
The BG News reviews some notable events that took place during winter break
BG LOSES THE MILITARY BOWL TO SAN JOSE STATE
The Falcons made their first bowl appearance in three years, but despite a good season, it
came up short against SJSU, losing 29-20. The Falcons finished their season with an 8-5 record
and will start again Aug. 23 against Tulsa.
WOMENS BASKETBALL ENDS 6 GAME WINNING STREAK
Despite a winning streak, the Falcons lost to University of Central Florida on Friday 59-56. Junior Alexis
Rogers led the team with 11 points and seven rebounds. The team will have its first conference face-off
against Kent State on Thursday. The women’s basketball team has an overall record of 9-4 and Kent is 2-11.
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BATTLE WITH SPARTY IMAGE IS ONLY THATHockey split its series with Michigan State this past weekend. They won 2 —1 at home Friday and lost 3—1 in East Lansing on Saturday. | PAGE 7
This week columnist Phillip Martin writes that your outward appearance can change the way the world sees you, but it cannot change the person that you are inside. | PAGE 6
USGUndergraduate Student Board of Trustees Application
APPLICATION AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY VIA USG WEBSITE: WWW.BGSU.EDU/ USG
For more information please contact:DAVID NEELY (Primary Contact) Student Body Vice President Chair of BOT Selection Committee [email protected]
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Heather MillerSophomore, AYA Math
DOES THE SEASON AFFECT YOUR MOOD? WHY AND HOW?“Yes, summer is cheerful. Spring is the best because it smells the best.”
GREEKS DO GOODUniversity Greek organizations use a website called Greeks for Good to raise money for charity. | PAGE 5
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
JOE ZBASNIK (left), a sophmore in enginering technology, participated in the rock climbing challenge for the second year Sunday, and did not win the challenge. Andrew Clark (right) participated in the rock climbing challenge for the first time. He was informed about the event from a friend.
DON’T LOOK DOWN
Winter months dampen moods
University plans for building renovations, overhauls in future
Olscamp, other halls slated for updates, expansions
By Eric LagattaAssistant Campus Editor
When freshman Rebecca Gonya wakes up and is greeted by a frigid cold and a snow-covered ground, she doesn’t let it lower her mood.
During the cold winter months, students may find that the harsh winds and frequent snows of Bowling Green affect their motiva-tion and spirits. Some may find it dif-ficult to get out and go to class.
But for Gonya, the solution is simple.
“Bundle up and get through the day,” she said.
Many students will experience a decrease in mood during the winter months, said Dryw Dworsky, direc-tor of the Psychological Services Center and clinical assistant profes-sor in the psychology department.
“I wouldn’t call it a dramatic increase, but I do see a lot of mood-related issues in the colder months,” Dworsky said.
These “blues” can be attributed to a hormone imbalance caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, said Howard Cromwell, associate professor in the psychology department. This hor-mone is melatonin, he said.
“You need to have an exposure to light for a certain period of time to have that melatonin work properly,” Cromwell said.
Altered melatonin leads to both sleep issues and depression, he said.
But the Psychological Services Center is there to help.
The center, located in 300 Psychology Building, offers a wide variety of services to the campus and surrounding community by super-vised graduate students. The center helps those struggling with anything from depression to substance abuse, according to the center’s website.
Dworsky said he notices an
See WINTER | Page 2
See CAMPUS | Page 9
By Danae KingCampus Editor
Within a few years, students may hear more of a certain distinc-tive tone ringing throughout the musical arts building— the tone of Steinway pianos.
The College of Musical Arts is working on becoming an All-Steinway School, which means 90 percent or more of the pianos used in the school will be made by Steinway and Sons piano company, said Jeffrey Showell, dean of the College of Musical Arts.
“There’s really no doubt that Steinways are the best pianos in the world,” Showell said. “The best music schools in the country are All-Steinway schools.”
Acquiring more Steinway pianos will give the school an edge in recruit-ing, Showell said.
“It sends the message that the school is committed to learning at the
highest level,” he said. Showell brought the initiative of becoming All-Steinway when he came to
the University about a year and a half ago, he said. One of the first steps was getting the Moore Musical Arts Center ready to
house Steinways. In September, the Board of Trustees approved a resolution to replace the aging HVAC units in the building.
“While the units have been serviced regularly and are reasonably well maintained, the overall performance has been deteriorating along with the physical state of the units,” according to the resolution. “In addition, the College of Musical Arts is planning to become an ‘All-Steinway School’ (piano), and the current climate conditions within the building will not support that designation.”
For a fine piano, humidity cannot change suddenly, Showell said. Showell said the college tries to keep the Steinways in parts of the building that
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWSTHOMAS ROSENKRANZ, assistant professor of music performance studies, plays a Steinway piano in the Bryan Recital Hall Sunday afternoon.
See STEINWAY | Page 5
quality keysCollege of Musical Arts to replace some pianos, aims to become All-Steinway school
By Katie LogsdonReporter
During the next few years, stu-dents may see construction all across campus.
The University is planning to renovate, expand or rebuild some of the academic buildings across campus and the renovations will benefit every college, Steven Krakoff, Associate Vice President of Capitol Planning and Campus Operations, said.
“It’s important that all of our buildings adequately support the users,” Krakoff said. “Whether they are residence halls or classroom buildings, it is important that they
are in good condition and that they provide the right amount of technology and other amenities to serve students and faculty.”
This summer the University will begin to renovate and expand the College of Health and Human Services building, renovate the second floor of Olscamp Hall and replace the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in the Moore Musical Arts building, Krakoff said.
According to an email from Chief Financial Officer Sherideen
By Alex AlusheffCity EditorStudents returning to the city from winter
break may find themselves a few belongings
short.Usually the rate of theft rises when students
leave because their apartments are unattended
for weeks, said Maj. Tony Hetrick, deputy chief
and public information officer for the Bowling
Green Police Division.There were 20 reports of theft, burglary and
robbery in December, 11 more than November,
according to a summary report provided by
Hetrick.Other crimes, however, decreased while stu-
dents were home for break.“Less people in town means less activity,”
Hetrick said. “A lot of different factors go into
reductions.”Factors like cold weather may have convinced
more people to stay home or indoors instead of
making the trek downtown or elsewhere, he said.
Liquor law violations are some of the crimes
that lessen during breaks, Hetrick said.Police made 42 liquor law arrests in December,
which is down from 72 in November, according
to the summary report.While crimes may have f luctuated in the city,
crime on campus dwindled.For campus police, there is usually a decline in
calls for service because the majority of the 6,500
students who live on campus leave, said Capt.
Michael Campbell.There is the possibility for a spike in crimes like
theft, but campus police do not find out until the
first few weeks of classes as students return and
might discover some of their things are missing,
he said.During break Campbell said campus police
have time to focus their energy on tasks they nor-
mally can’t when classes are in session.“We have more foot patrol and are able to check
buildings and have more visibility,” he said.Even with most students out of town, most bar
stools stayed full during break. Banan Alkilani, general manager of Cla-Zel,
said the bar was continually busy during break
due to the fact that they hosted “Club KISS” on
weekends and community members made up for
the student attendance loss.Because crowds remained the same, Alkilani
said there is no surge or loss of fights and sneak-
ins, which he said are at a minimum anyway.
Holidays also may have contributed to high bar
attendance and crimes in the city.Some crimes spike at big party days like St.
By Alex AlusheffCity EditorIt’s only a couple weeks into the new year, and some students may find it hard to keep to their resolutions.
This year, sophomore Brett Vermillion aims to be a nicer guy because “it makes people happy.”
Vermillion said his reso-lutions typically last about a month.
He believes it may be hard for people to keep resolutions for a few reasons.
“You can’t be lazy,” Vermillion
said. “You have to find time to make for it.”
A common resolution he sees is to work out more, which he does every day.A past resolution to work out
was a contributing factor to Vermillion’s routine.
dents about what USG is doing, but also benefit the newer senators, who may be able to better familiarize themselves with the organization through watching the presentation, Solis said. “What better way to utilize general assembly
time that to remember what we’re here to do?” Solis said.
Matt Haschak, director of IT security and networking in the department of informa-tion technology at the University, will also give a report on AlertBG. Alert BG is a text message and email alert system, in which the campus police department sends messages to warn the campus community of situations., according to the University website. Right now, the program is opt-in for students, who can sign up on their MyBGSU page, but USG is looking to make it opt-out. Opt-out would mean students would auto-matically be signed up for the program.The weekly meeting will take place in 201
Union Monday at 7:30 p.m.
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HELPFUL GUIDESGIVE YOUR SUPPORT
The University’s Report It campaign offers studentsa way to anonymously report hate or bias related crime. Learn how it can help and how students are using it. | PAGE 2
Columnist Ian Zulick explores the idea that as humans we all feel the same thing when it comes to certain tragedies like the one at Sandy Hook. He implores people to simply be there for each other. | PAGE 4 Raymond SzparagowskiJunior, AYA Math
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION WILL LAST?“I don’t need one because I’m so perfect.”
Crime rates fluctuate during break
powerBy Kendra ClarkWeb EditorFor senior Ashley Edwards, singing gospel gives her a purpose.
“I need to use the voice I was given to give God’s word,” Edwards said.
Edwards, head of Publicity of Gospel Fest and Gospel Choir, was raised
around the church and has been in the choir for four years.
This past weekend, Edwards participated in the 10th annual Gospel Fest
with her fellow Gospel Choir members. The fest involved university gospel
choirs coming together to praise and worship. The University Gospel Choir hosted choirs from Cedarville, The Ohio State
University, Wright State, Akron and Ohio University.
Friday night, each university choir sang and then Saturday was the
Worship Extravaganza. “There [were] high schools and two artists, Jonathan McReynolds
and Amante Lacey coming,” said Ashley Lewis, senior and Gospel Fest
coordinator.Lewis said the students in the University gospel choir were helpful in plan-
ning the event. “This was all planned by the students who are members of the choir,” Lewis
said. “They did very well.”Edwards helped plan the event by hanging the fliers, and described
Gospel Choir hosts 10th annual Gospel Fest in Union
See GOSPEL | Page 7New Year’s resolutions falter with start of semesterFaculty, staff encourage students to keep up with goals
CAMPUSBRIEF
At this week’s Undergraduate Student Government meeting, students will have a chance to learn what the organization has done this past semester, as well as what’s planned for the current one. USG President Alex Solis and Senate Speaker Melissa Dzienny will give the pre-
sentation.“Melissa and I thought it would be a good
idea to not only state the goals, but map out how we’re going to get there,” Solis said. “It’s the first time something like this is happen-ing.”
The presentation is meant both to hold the organization accountable for its objectives and also to unify the senate and executive branch of USG.
“It’s about coming together and realizing that we [the senate and executive branch] have similar goals,” Solis said. The presentation will not only inform stu-
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
ASHLEY EDWARDS, senior, participates in the University Gospel Fest as the Gospel Choir sings backup.
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY Gospel Choir sang Friday in the Union Ballroom.
BG Police see decline in on-campus activity while city incidents increase
USG presents goals for spring semester
See YEAR | Page 2
Comedian Bo Burnham will headline the third annual LOL with UAO event.Burnham will take the stage at the Stroh
Center at 7 p.m. Feb. 7. Tickets will become available Jan. 17 and 18 at the University Activities Office, in residence halls and at certain athletic events on campus.Tickets are free to students and cost $5
for a nonstudent.While tickets are free, guests are asked
to donate to the organizations Dance Marathon, Broadway Cares or Relay For Life. The student who donates the most will be offered the chance to meet Burnham at the event.
There may also be other opportuni-ties for students to meet Burnham at the event, said UAO member Cassie Utt in an email.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will open for Burnham at the show in February.
CAMPUSBRIEFUAO to host Bo Burnham for LOL in February
See CRIME | Page 2
Faith YinglingDirector of Wellness
Alex SolisUSGPresident
BUZZER BEATER AT STROHFalcons came up victorious against Eastern Michigan on Saturday thanks to a 3-point
basket from senior Jordan Crawford with 6.1 seconds left in the game on Page 5
of praise
By Max Filby
Editor-in-Chief
City council will host a public
hearing tonight so residents can
voice their opinions about the
controversial rezoning of land
at the corner of Wooster and
Prospect Streets.
While residents will be able to
voice their opinions at the 6 p.m.
hearing, the council likely won’t
vote on the B-3 or B-5 zoning ordi-
nances at its 7 p.m. meeting at
the City Administrative Services
Building. The delay of voting
comes as the City’s Planning
Commission decided to further
examine the proposed ordinanc-
es, which will delay it’s proposal
about the project to council.
While the delay may push a
final decision back to city coun-
cil’s February meeting, some resi-
dents and council members are
happy about the delay.
“The residents believe we need
to take great care of this one,”
said Daniel Gordon, a council-
man who represents the residents
of the area being rezoned. “I’m
not going to support or uphold
anything that doesn’t have their
input involved.”
Residents have been asking
for more time to consider the
ordinance’s specifics since it
was introduced to council on
Oct. 15, 2012.
Gordon supports residents who
have asked the city to slow down
the passing of the ordinance in
order to consider specifics of the
proposed ordinances. Specifics
include potential buffer areas
around what would be the newly
rezoned sites, number of floors
and what business can be includ-
ed in the new spaces.
“I’m glad the process has been
slowed down,” Gordon said.
“Anything we can do to boost the
inclusion of everyone’s thoughts
and opinions is a good thing.”
Now that the process has been
“slowed down,” the Planning
Commission will announce its
recommendation to council at its
newly scheduled meeting Jan. 16,
By Emily Gordon
Reporter
For Undergraduate Student
Government President Alex Solis,
the new semester brings new moti-
vation to help make the University
a better place.Solis said USG
will be focusing on
major issues affect-
ing students this
month. This will
include a discus-
sion of how to make
campus tobacco
free and how to
best implement
gender inclusive
housing.
The first meet-
ing of the semester will be hosted
Monday at 7:30 p.m. in room 308
of the Union.
Solis said he is also looking to
pass a resolution this month for an
opt-out program for the campus
alert system AlertBG.
The system, which warns stu-
dents and faculty of emergencies
or class cancellations, is currently
an opt-in program, meaning you
must sign up to receive the alerts,
he said.
Solis said he wants the alerts
to be automatically sent to every-
one on campus, and if they decide
they don’t want to receive them,
they can opt-out of the program.
“This is a huge public safety
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GAME-WINNER IT’S NOT BLACK AND WHITE
The Falcon Hockey team managed to
defeat Canisus University on a Marc
Rodriguez game-winner. The Falcons also
defeated No. 17 Niagara during winter
break. | PAGE 9
Columnist Phillip Martin explains how
stereotypes are irrelevant and are not
always accurate. He encourages people
to think about how being different and
an individual is important. | PAGE 4
Spencer Coile
Sophomore, Theatre
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SEMESTER?
“I can’t wait for warm weather again.”
NEED TO TAKE A LEAK?
Have a guess as to how many people
publically urinated in 2012? Tweet your
guess at @The_BG_News and look for an
answer in this Friday’s paper. Also check
out today’s blotter on Page 2
USG to focus on student
life, safety
STATEBRIEFBrown sworn in as
state representative
Republican Tim Brown was sworn in
Monday as a member of the Ohio House of
Representatives.
Brown will serve the third district as a
state representative. The ceremony took
place at 10 a.m. on the floor of the Ohio
House of Representatives in the State
Capitol building in Columbus. Brown was
sworn in by Betty D. Montgomery, a former
attorney general and a former Wood County
prosecutor and state senator.
“It’s definitely going to be a new chal-
lenge for me,” Brown, who previously served
14 years as a Wood County Commissioner,
said of his new position.
Brown also arranged a tour of the State
Capitol immediately following the ceremony.
“That way folks will have the time to see
the people’s house,” he said.
A House session also took place Monday
at 2 p.m. The session didn’t deal with bills or
legislation, but was more procedural, Brown
said. The session formally swore in all House
members at once and dealt with committee
assignments and structures, he said.
Brown and his fellow representatives’
main task during the next six months will be
to formulate the state budget, Brown said.
“We still have a very challenging econ-
omy on our hands and the work ahead is
going to be meaningful,” he said.
Wood County Commissioners James
Carter and Joel Kuhlman also hosted a
reception in honor of Brown Dec. 19. The
event, which took place in the Wood County
office building, honored Brown for his years
of service as a commissioner.
Mayor Richard Edwards declared the day
“Tim Brown Day.”
“It turned out to be really, really nice,”
Brown said. “It was quite humbling to have
that kind of reception.”
Brown spent his final months as com-
missioner by finalizing the budget. His
last day in his Wood County office was
this past Monday, when he packed up his
final things.
“I’ve kind of been getting things in order
so I’m ready to go after the swearing-in,”
he said.
See USG | Page 7
City council delays rezoning vote, to
consider specifics of proposed ordinance
Residents ask for extra time to evaluate certain aspects of possible legislation
See REZONING | Page 2
AlexSolisUSG President
DanielGordonFirst Ward Councilmember
TimBrownOhio State Representative
Republican, 3rd
District
WHILE YOU WERE OUTUNIVERSITY CONTINUES DEMOLITION OF HEINZ PLANT REMNANTS FOR GREEN SPACE
The University is tearing down what’s left of the Heinz plant on the corner of North Enterprise Street and Ridge Street in
late November in order to convert it to a green space. The intended green space will have walkways and benches. The project is
scheduled to conclude this month.
CITY FURTHER DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL REZONING
ORDINANCEDevelopers who wish to put a strip mall on East Wooster Street between North Prospect and
North Summit streets were met with opposition from community members when they requested
a zoning change. It originally would have allowed for a four story building to be constructed in the
lot. To try to appease both parties, city council introduced a new zone that would restrict a building
to two stories and disallow rental apartments on the first floor. A public hearing will be hosted to
further discuss the legislation Monday at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the third floor of the
City Administrative Services building.
CITY DECLARES SNOW EMERGENCY
Bowling Green received its first big snow fall on Dec. 26, prompting the city to declare a snow emer-
gency to clear the roads for crews to plow the streets. A snow emergency is declared when precipitation
exceeds two inches and above. Snow crews dispensed 150 tons of salt on the road ways and 61 people were
cited for not removing their vehicles from the street.
The BG News reviews some notable events that took place during winter break
BG LOSES THE MILITARY BOWL TO SAN JOSE STATE
The Falcons made their first bowl appearance in three years, but despite a good season, it
came up short against SJSU, losing 29-20. The Falcons finished their season with an 8-5 record
and will start again Aug. 23 against Tulsa.
WOMENS BASKETBALL ENDS 6 GAME WINNING STREAK
Despite a winning streak, the Falcons lost to University of Central Florida on Friday 59-56. Junior Alexis
Rogers led the team with 11 points and seven rebounds. The team will have its first conference face-off
against Kent State on Thursday. The women’s basketball team has an overall record of 9-4 and Kent is 2-11.
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BATTLE WITH SPARTY IMAGE IS ONLY THATHockey split its series with Michigan State this past weekend. They won 2 —1 at home Friday and lost 3—1 in East Lansing on Saturday. | PAGE 7
This week columnist Phillip Martin writes that your outward appearance can change the way the world sees you, but it cannot change the person that you are inside. | PAGE 6
USGUndergraduate Student Board of Trustees Application
APPLICATION AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY VIA USG WEBSITE: WWW.BGSU.EDU/ USG
For more information please contact:DAVID NEELY (Primary Contact) Student Body Vice President Chair of BOT Selection Committee [email protected]
ALEX SOLIS (Secondary Contact) Student Body President [email protected]
Heather MillerSophomore, AYA Math
DOES THE SEASON AFFECT YOUR MOOD? WHY AND HOW?“Yes, summer is cheerful. Spring is the best because it smells the best.”
GREEKS DO GOODUniversity Greek organizations use a website called Greeks for Good to raise money for charity. | PAGE 5
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
JOE ZBASNIK (left), a sophmore in enginering technology, participated in the rock climbing challenge for the second year Sunday, and did not win the challenge. Andrew Clark (right) participated in the rock climbing challenge for the first time. He was informed about the event from a friend.
DON’T LOOK DOWN
Winter months dampen moods
University plans for building renovations, overhauls in future
Olscamp, other halls slated for updates, expansions
By Eric LagattaAssistant Campus Editor
When freshman Rebecca Gonya wakes up and is greeted by a frigid cold and a snow-covered ground, she doesn’t let it lower her mood.
During the cold winter months, students may find that the harsh winds and frequent snows of Bowling Green affect their motiva-tion and spirits. Some may find it dif-ficult to get out and go to class.
But for Gonya, the solution is simple.
“Bundle up and get through the day,” she said.
Many students will experience a decrease in mood during the winter months, said Dryw Dworsky, direc-tor of the Psychological Services Center and clinical assistant profes-sor in the psychology department.
“I wouldn’t call it a dramatic increase, but I do see a lot of mood-related issues in the colder months,” Dworsky said.
These “blues” can be attributed to a hormone imbalance caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, said Howard Cromwell, associate professor in the psychology department. This hor-mone is melatonin, he said.
“You need to have an exposure to light for a certain period of time to have that melatonin work properly,” Cromwell said.
Altered melatonin leads to both sleep issues and depression, he said.
But the Psychological Services Center is there to help.
The center, located in 300 Psychology Building, offers a wide variety of services to the campus and surrounding community by super-vised graduate students. The center helps those struggling with anything from depression to substance abuse, according to the center’s website.
Dworsky said he notices an
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By Danae KingCampus Editor
Within a few years, students may hear more of a certain distinc-tive tone ringing throughout the musical arts building— the tone of Steinway pianos.
The College of Musical Arts is working on becoming an All-Steinway School, which means 90 percent or more of the pianos used in the school will be made by Steinway and Sons piano company, said Jeffrey Showell, dean of the College of Musical Arts.
“There’s really no doubt that Steinways are the best pianos in the world,” Showell said. “The best music schools in the country are All-Steinway schools.”
Acquiring more Steinway pianos will give the school an edge in recruit-ing, Showell said.
“It sends the message that the school is committed to learning at the
highest level,” he said. Showell brought the initiative of becoming All-Steinway when he came to
the University about a year and a half ago, he said. One of the first steps was getting the Moore Musical Arts Center ready to
house Steinways. In September, the Board of Trustees approved a resolution to replace the aging HVAC units in the building.
“While the units have been serviced regularly and are reasonably well maintained, the overall performance has been deteriorating along with the physical state of the units,” according to the resolution. “In addition, the College of Musical Arts is planning to become an ‘All-Steinway School’ (piano), and the current climate conditions within the building will not support that designation.”
For a fine piano, humidity cannot change suddenly, Showell said. Showell said the college tries to keep the Steinways in parts of the building that
MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWSTHOMAS ROSENKRANZ, assistant professor of music performance studies, plays a Steinway piano in the Bryan Recital Hall Sunday afternoon.
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quality keysCollege of Musical Arts to replace some pianos, aims to become All-Steinway school
By Katie LogsdonReporter
During the next few years, stu-dents may see construction all across campus.
The University is planning to renovate, expand or rebuild some of the academic buildings across campus and the renovations will benefit every college, Steven Krakoff, Associate Vice President of Capitol Planning and Campus Operations, said.
“It’s important that all of our buildings adequately support the users,” Krakoff said. “Whether they are residence halls or classroom buildings, it is important that they
are in good condition and that they provide the right amount of technology and other amenities to serve students and faculty.”
This summer the University will begin to renovate and expand the College of Health and Human Services building, renovate the second floor of Olscamp Hall and replace the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in the Moore Musical Arts building, Krakoff said.
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The Syrian civil war has become a war of numbers when discussing those affected by the Syrian civil wars. On Friday, the United Nations proposed $5.2 bil-lion in relief money to those caught in the path of the destructive civil war.
The biggest aid appeal made by the U.N. will go to the people in Syria and to the countries hosting the refugees from Syria. Previously, the aid to meet the demands of taking care of refugees was roughly $3 billion by the global body, it dramatically increased to $5.2 billion.
The $5.2 billion will be spread in not just Syria, but Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, along with other countries throughout the region. $3.8 billion of the $5.2 billion will go to those countries in order to take care of the ref-
ugees or make up the finan-cial and economic losses of taking in the Syrians who have fled.
But, the $5.2 billion will only go so far. The money will only cover the very basics of needs until the end of 2013.
Pre-war, the Syrian pop-ulation was roughly 22 mil-lion. Of those 22 million, 94,000 civilians have died. More than 1.6 million refu-gees have fled the country, one million of those hav-ing fled in 2013 alone. A forecasted 6.8 million are in need of aid alone this year, with the number to near 10 million by the end of the year.
According to the U.N. appeal, it’s expected the number of Syrian refugees will reach 3.45 million by the end of 2013. Along with those fleeing the country, an estimated 4.25 million have been misplaced in the country due to the fighting.
It is summer time. The best time of year for every college student.
Essentially we envision summer to be like the sum-mers we see in television shows. But once finals week is over and we journey home, we are hit with the reality of summer.
Summer brings about the dreaded summer job. We go back working our menial position at that retail store we worked at in high school or at that restaurant bussing tables.
There is nothing wrong with this because by the end of the year, everyone is so desperate for money in their bank accounts we will work just about anywhere.
Some are lucky enough to have landed an intern-ship gaining valuable career experience. Internships are
great, that is unless you are in an unpaid internship. Give yourself a pat on the back for volunteering your summer days away. You must really love what you are doing and that is something to cherish.
Aside from summer employment, for most of us summer means more class-es. Partying and slacking off during the fall and spring semesters have forced us into catching up by taking summer classes, unless you are taking them to get ahead. Either way, classes during the summer suck.
Having a full class load compressed into a six or eight week time period is not really ideal for anyone.
And even worse, most have classes on top of a full time job. After working and finishing class work, there is usually not much time left in the day.
Also, summer involves moving back home. After liv-ing nine months away from
Civil unrest in Turkey has caught international atten-tion in past weeks as the latest instance of revolu-tion among Middle Eastern nations. What began as a peaceful sit-in against gov-ernment demolition of a park quickly escalated after demonstrators were met with tear gas, water can-nons and police batons.
After the initial week-end protest subsided, a larger force of activists returned with pent-up frus-tration over the increas-ingly authoritative regime of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan’s administra-tion most recently curbed the sale of alcohol by plac-ing restrictions on its sale and banning all advertise-ments, but has also pushed to prohibit public displays of affection on public trans-port, or even applying red lipstick at Turkish Airlines.
Many dissidents believe that these moves are steps
away from the founding principles of secularism in Turkish politics and the ruling party’s grow-ingly prominent Islamist agenda.
Erdogan, who has dem-ocratically remained in power for ten years, is seek-ing a constitutional refer-endum that would trans-form Turkey into a presi-dential system. If success-ful, Erdogan may maintain control for another decade after his term as Prime Minister expires. It is this sort of power grab that has added to the numerous grievances.
Erdogan responded to the initial sit-ins by reiterat-ing, “I am not going to seek the permission of the [the opposition] or a handful of looters.”
The Prime Minister’s comments echo his reputa-tion as a stern and some-times arrogant leader. The comments also are typi-cal of the administration’s intimidation of the media.
The Committee to Protect Journalists recently report-ed that, in 2012, Turkey jailed more journalists than any other country, including Iran and China.
Erdogan and the Justice Development Party (JDP) have continuously received international criticisms for their implementation of moral sanctions.
Following in the foot-steps of other internation-al revolts and revolutions, news of the protests quickly spread around the globe through social media out-lets like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr and others.
The worldwide cover-age of the events prompted Erdogan’s condemnations: “There is now a menace which is called Twitter,” Erdogan said. “To me, social media is the worst menace to society.”
It should come as no surprise that while social media remains out of reach, the current administration maintains a firm grasp on mainstream Turkish media outlets. One protester, quot-ed by Guardian.co.uk, noted that “while the whole world was broadcasting from Taksim Square, Turkish television stations were showing cooking shows.”
Now, over a week and a half after protests began, Al Jazeera reports that thousands of people have
sustained injuries while three have been left dead. While police presence in Istanbul has declined, skirmishes have extended to various suburbs, where police and protesters con-tinue to exchange tear gas and fireworks.
Erdogan has since drawn down police presence in Istanbul, citing that it was the heavy-handed response that ignited the flame of the protests. The Prime Minister has also expressed that he welcomes anyone with “democratic demands,” but continues his resolve to bulldoze the park.
The conflict in Turkey ought to remind Erdogan and similar regimes that a majority vote does not grant absolute power. A democracy is more than mere elections.
Contrary to the Prime Minister’s statements, sim-ply achieving a popular vote in national polls does not permit the use of tear gas, water cannons, and police batons against minority opinions.
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SPORTSWednesday, June 12, 2013 5
Are you looking for somewhere to visit during the summer or for Spring Break next year? You want to go somewhere fun, but you don’t want to go to the typi-cal college vacation spots such as Panama City and Daytona Beach in Florida, Cancun, Mexico or South Padre Island, Texas? I highly suggest visiting the San Francisco Bay Area.
The San Francisco Bay Area is an excellent place to visit, especially if you are a college student. There is literally some-thing for everyone.
Everything is all within a few miles of each other, which can be easily conquered with trans-portation offered by the San Francisco Municipal Railway— better known as MUNI— in San Francisco city limits and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which runs all around the Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, the surrounding cities and both international airports.
One of the great things about the Bay Area is with all the pub-lic transportation available, a car is not necessary unless you plan to travel down the California Coast. The trains and
busses are well organized and maintained, and do not leave you feeling lost or unsafe.
There are so many different places and things to see and do while in San Francisco. It doesn’t matter if you’re inter-ested in history, culture; there is always something to see.
If you’re a history buff, then you will love the Bay Area. U.S. News & World Report ranked it the 12th best U.S. Historic Destination behind East Coast cities such as Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Williamsburg, Va.
The city of San Francisco was founded shortly before the start of the American Revolutionary War on June 29, 1776 as a Spanish mission. These mis-sions are still standing in the Mission District just outside the immediate downtown San Francisco area and are a popu-lar tourist destination for many visitors.
There are many historical San Francisco landmarks and areas that are well known through-out the world over including the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, the classic Cable Cars going up and down the many hills of San Francisco, Fisherman’s Wharf, Alcatraz and many stunning buildings from different eras.
The city boomed thanks to the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century and contin-
ued to grow with the waves of immigration from every part of the world. With all of the differ-ent cultures, San Francisco has become known for its unique fusion of cultures.
San Francisco is the breeding ground for many different artis-tic influences. There are several well known art museums in the city including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which houses works by Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, and the Legion of Honor, which showcases many famous pieces of European art by Monet, El Greco and many recognizable statues.
The Bay Area is a musician’s paradise, with many popular musical artists coming from both San Francisco and the East Bay. Many people will recog-nize the city’s influence during the hippie movement and the beginning of classic rock bands such as the Grateful Dead, Journey and Santana from San Francisco and Creedence Clearwater Revival from the East Bay.
The Bay Area was also the breeding ground for many dif-ferent genres of rock includ-ing trash metal, punk rock and alternative rock with the help of influential Bay Area bands such as Metallica, the Dead Kennedys and Green Day all coming from the area.
If art or music isn’t your cup of tea, then the cuisine will definitely hook you in San Francisco. There is so many dif-ferent types and styles of food and drinks in the Bay Area that it’s easy to have something dif-ferent everyday for months.
Anywhere you go in the Bay Area, you will find food from all over the world. It’s not uncom-mon to go down one stretch of road and find restaurants ser v ing Chinese, Mex ican, Greek, Indian, Laotian and Italian all on the same block. There’s enough food to satisfy any pallet.
San Francisco is the home of many micro-breweries as well, some even dating back to the peak of the California Gold Rush in the late 1840s. Many of the microbreweries offer tours, which include beer tasting, and there are tours offered by third party tourist groups that will take you to different pubs and breweries around the city.
San Francisco is known for its culture and it will give you a different taste that your typical Spring Break destination.
By Zach KnappSenior Reporter
The falcon softball team’s season came to an end after a loss to the Toledo Rockets in the MAC tournament on May 9, but the team ended the regular season with a record of 27-24.
The softball team had a 1-2 MAC record. They won their first game against the Ohio Bobcats
and lost their second game to the Central Michigan Chippewas before fall-
ing short against the Rockets in the double-elimination tour-nament, according to BGSU-Athletics Communications
press release.There is a lot to look for- ward to in the upcoming season,
despite the turnout of the MAC tournament, said sophomore pitcher Jamie Kertes.
“We definitely didn’t end the way we wanted to with how the tourna-ment turned out, but we are just going to have to come back stronger than we did,” Kertes said.
Kertes, who went 11-14 this season, was named to the All-MAC First team for the second time and led the team with 108 strikeouts and five saves in the 2012 season, according to www.bgsufalcons.com.
The MAC tournament was the last opportunity for some players to play for the Falcons.
Senior shortstop, Hannah Fulk, tried to enjoy every last moment she had on the field with the softball team,
“It did not sink in at first that I only had so many games left to play soft-ball,” Fulk said. “I tried to take full advantage of my time on the team.”
Fulk broke two single-season records by leading the team with 15 home runs and 52 walks in the 2012 season. She also led the team in runs scored (52), slugging percentage (.678), total bases (116), batting average (.327), on-base percentage (.463), triples (2) and total plate appearances (220), according to www.bgsufalcons.com.
Along with Fulk, five other seniors will be leaving the team before the start of next season, including: Paige Berger, Andrea Arney, Jessica Odell, Courtney Cox and Adrienne Dick.
Replacing the players leaving and making sure the new recruits will be ready for the upcoming season is a priority for the softball team, said Kertes.
She also said working toward being together as a whole will be deci-sive in next years success.
“We need to show them how we do things and bring them in as part of our family,” Kertes said. “We need to come together in clutch innings and be there for each other when we have to.”
Falcons didn’t make it very far in MAC Tournament despite having a winning season
California may not be everyone’s first choice for spring break, but it could be a new college hot spot
Sports Editor takes on San Francisco
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SPORTSBRIEFNew Director of Athletics appointed
Starting July 15, Chris Kingston will become the University’s new direc-tor of athletics.
Kingston has been the direc-tor of athletics at North Carolina State University since 2010. He was responsible for operations of the football and men’s basketball programs. He is currently executive senior associate director of athletics at North Carolina State University.
He was appointed as second lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Corps and graduated from the University of Central Florida in May 1994 where he earned his BA degree. He went on to attain a master’s degree in leadership development and educa-tional counseling from Long Island University.
Kingston retired from the U.S. Army in September 2009. He wil l be accompanied by his wife, Stephanie, and four children Luke, Christopher Jr. , Lakin and Mackenzie as he takes on the new position.
Chris KingstonNew director of athletics
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By Geoff BurnsPulse Editor
As he sat in the chair he has used to cut customer’s hair for 40 years, looking out the front window onto Wooster St., Stu Sockrider remembered the early days of the shop.
Sockrider is sitting inside Service Barbershop, a shop started by his grandfather near Findlay, Ohio and moved to Bowling Green by his father, Dallas Sockrider, in 1949. His father lived directly behind the shop and bought a small building and property where the current shop resides. However, Dallas added on to the building covering the grass which previously rested on the right side of the shop.
“While it was under con-struction, we still had it open to customers,” Sockrider said.
“I can remember a sheet hanging from the ceiling that divided the two sections.”
While Sockrider’s father and four other men cut hair on the first floor of the build-ing, his mother and a few other beauticians worked a beauty shop upstairs.
Sockrider said when he was younger, his father wanted him and his brother to learn how to cut hair, just in case they needed something to fall back on later in life.
“The basic rule in my dad’s house was that my brother and I needed to go to barber school to learn the trade,” Sockrider said. “After that if we wanted to go to college we could.”
Sockrider’s brother went on to attend college at the University while his father was getting ready to retire. He
officially took control of the barbershop in 1974 and sold it in 1997. He said it was time to sell the business because him and his wife had much more on their plate.
“It was just time to sell the shop,” Sockrider said. “My wife and I had other business-es and it was getting to be too much and we just decided to sell it.”
Sockrider came back to work at the shop in 2006 as part time and has remained a barber ever since.
Barbara Ruland, execu-tive director of downtown Bowling Green, said it’s great for the town to have such an old place that is still in business.
“Continuity is important,” Ruland said. “People who
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Barbershop serves historic purpose to downtown
Barber returned from retirement because of passion for cutting hair
By Zach KnappPulse Reporter
The Drum N’ Dance collective uses its music, dance and art to bring together the commu-nity each week at gatherings throughout Bowling Green.
The collective gathers every
Sunday and alters between City Park and the Portage Quarry, said senior Chris Gerhardstein, who started the collective last year.
Attendees can expect the gathering to feature drum-ming and various forms of performance art such as hula-
hooping, dancing and fire stick juggling.
Gerhardstein originally got the idea to start forming drum circles after he put on a drum performance at the 2011 African people’s association’s
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DRUM N’ DANCE: Community members perform music and dance at City Park on Sunday afternoon.
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New smoke and gift shop opens on Main Street
By Amber Hage-AliPulse Reporter
After a new smoke and gift shop opened last week down-town, a few people remain skeptical given the problems with past similar businesses. However, this particular shop
is like no other.The Loonar Station, asso-
ciated with Mr. E’s Smokin’ Gift Shop in Toledo, is located at 153 N. Main St. It is cur-rently the only head shop in the town.
Unlike the shops of the past, the Loonar Station
has a wide variety of items such as disk golf supplies, hookahs, tobacco, posters, glass art, incense, locally made jewelry, art and music, clothing, gag gifts and other items.
The town has not had
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graduated 30 years ago still go there and it’s nice to have history in Bowling Green that’s still going.”
Freshman Bill Potter has been getting his hair cut at the shop for several years and said it’s resides in a convenient location for him.
“I’m only 10 minutes away from here,” Potter said. “I like coming here because it’s pretty close to where I live.”
Sockrider said he came back to cut hair
after selling the shop because it’s what he grew up doing and hopes to keep cutting hair in the same place for as long as he can. He said he enjoys cutting students’ hair and hearing their stories.
“It’s a lot of fun hearing about their dreams and their wants,” Sockrider said. “It gives me a reason to get up during the day. A lot of people just retire and go home sit in a chair and die. That’s just not for me.”
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annual African dinner “Sounds of Africa.” A man from a Nigerian tribe spontaneously jumped on stage and began to play along with Gerhardstein. Drumming was the starting focus of the collective, but it slowly grew into what it is today as people’s interest started to grow, Gerhardstein said.
“After the dinner I decid-ed it might be a good idea to start going to the park to drum,” Gerhardstein said.
The rhythmic drumming from one of the first drum circles host-ed by Gerhardstein in City Park attracted member of the dance collective, Mary Dunkin, and her friends who were looking for a place to hula-hoop.
”We wanted to find a place to meet up and practice hula-hooping
regularly,” Dunkin said. “While we were walking to the park we real-ized that we did not have any stereo or way to listen to music while we were practicing. I had no idea that they were going to be there, but when I heard the drumming I was like ‘Oh Sweet, lets just meet here from now on.’”
As more people showed inter-est in the drum circles, the scope of the event grew to include other forms of performance art, Gerhardstein said.
Senior Dave Hardgrove noticed a drum circle at the quarry the previ-ous summer and said he appreci-ated the mood it set for everyone.
“You don’t see as much of that during the school year,” Hardgrove said. “That is part of the reason I like staying up in Bowling Green for the summer because it is so much more relaxing.”
Whether people found the drum circles on purpose or coincidently,
such as Dunkin, the ability of music to form a community was always central to the idea of performing for the public, Gerhardstein said.
“The combination of drum-ming, dancing and food are fantas-tic ways to bring people together,” Gerhardstein said. “We were able to bring people together that would have otherwise probably never talked to each other, and that is a very gratifying feeling.”
The performance at City Park is more “children-oriented” and offers children the chance to drum, dance and hula-hoop with the col-lective, Gerhardstein said. The City Park performance is on Sundays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., depending on when the quarry performance takes place that month.
Updated information on the location and time for the next per-formance by the Drum N’ Dance Collective can be found at the group’s official Facebook page.
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“Amanda, please!”NOT ANYMORE. She’s now
become a mix of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, with a mild form of Miley Cyrus with her new shocking and rebellious look she claims in a tweet is the “new me!” and “I love it!”
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Am I the only one who follows celebrities on Twitter? No. Most of you entertainment junkies who feed off of their public humiliation to justify the fact your own prob-lems are considered normal, have probably heard (or are obsessively following, like myself) the recent Amanda Bynes news, which has made national news for her erotic behavior on social media for the past couple of weeks.
The troubled 27-year-old lashes out randomly to other celebrities constantly calling them ugly. She recently got arrested for dropping what was identified as a bong out of her New York City apartment about a month ago and was evict-ed from her apartment a week or two ago because complaints of marijuana were reported.
According to her Twitter, she is so sick of the constant atten-tion that she tweets about suing every tabloid, magazine and news organization that not only writes false things about her, but doesn’t use flattering pictures to go with her embarrassing story. As if she needs to justify her actions with a picture of her choosing.
She tweeted on April 23, 2013 a
picture of herself with the caption “This is a good 1! No magazine ever put this in their magazine! Y do tabloids only use the fattest most unflattering pics?”
She continued to tweet more pictures that day she thought mag-azines should use. Well, Amanda, I hate to break it to you, but you don’t always get special treatment when something doesn’t go your way. Get over it.
Personally, I find her random outbursts on Twitter extremely intriguing. I mean, not only does she attack celebrities one minute then apologize when they retali-ate the next, but her harsh state-ments can sometimes be difficult to understand.
A perfect example of this is when she tweeted rapper, Drake on March 21, 2013 the following “I want @Drake to murder my vagi-na.” Poor Drake. She probably got
his hopes up before she continu-ously tweeted how ugly he is soon after.
One of the many tweets read “I only like @Drake because he’s so ugly! His ugly cheeks at the EA conference! Fine he is not, but he knows he’s ugly! I’ve spoken to him!”
Amanda also attacked the R&B singer, Rihanna by tweeting that she understood why Chris Brown beat her. After she got her real feel-ings off her chest, she deleted all of the nasty remarks and tweeted
a picture on May 29, 2013 of her and Rihanna back in the day with the caption “This is a mocked up image on the Internet that I LOVE! I love @rihanna! She’s such a beauty!”
No wonder so many people are reaching out to Amanda, she is all over the place. What went wrong with the sweet, innocent come-dian we grew up loving?
But my personal favorite has to be the on-going tweeting ses-sion between Amanda and Perez Hilton, the man famous for his blogs about celebrity gossip. The back and forth fighting match deserves it’s own Twitter account. I’d follow it.
Not only has Amanda told the Twitter world she would not be their friend if they follow Perez on Twitter because he “harasses” her, but she took it a step further recently when she tweeted at the witty and sarcastic entertainment blogger to go kill himself.
Maybe when someone actually takes her vulgar thoughts she lets the world see online come true, she will delete them and put up a sweet picture acting as though is wasn’t her fault they took her hurtful words serious.
Perez surprisingly made a very respectful video where he told Amanda he sends her all his pos-itivity. Although, I was looking forward to watching an insult-ing and ignorant response to the hateful tweet, I was impressed with what he said and have all the hope in the world she takes his words to heart.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Amanda Bynes, but that girl has turned to the dark side and is cray-cray. She needs to turn to help instead of her phone, but you can decide for yourself.
much success with head shops in the past. In April of 2010, for-mer smokeshop “Mezmorize” that was located downtown, was raided on suspicion of sell-ing drug paraphernalia. Items such as glass water pipes, detox agents, synthetic urine and other products were confiscated by the Bowling Green police.
Amanda Perkins, manager of the Loonar Station, is not worried about the store’s success.
“A lot of people get lazy and stop following the rules,” Perkins said. “We are making sure to mind our P’s and Q’s. We are here to stay. The store has been a big success since its opening.”
Perkins said the store’s target demographic is students. Unlike other smoke shops, the Loonar Station is selling a mixture of mer-chandise not limited to tobacco products, she said.
“You must be 18 to even enter the store and we will not allow entry to anyone without a valid ID,” Perkins said.
Bowling Green’s store is sig-nificantly larger than the Toledo Loonar Station, but it will be car-rying much of the same products. Its motto is to function as a “clean, contemporary, smoke shop that caters to the modern hippie.”
Some of the University students seem excited about the opening of the new store. Junior Ed Davis said he’s happy he won’t have to travel far anymore to visit the Loonar Station.
“I can’t wait to go to the Loonar Station,” Davis said. “I will no lon-ger have to fill up my gas tank to take a trip to a beautiful glass-filled world.”
Senior Nathan Sturwold believes the shop will be successful because of the Toledo location’s popularity.
“Given the history of the past head shops, I would remain a little skeptical but this particular store is known for its success,” Sturwold said.
While some students are opti-mistic about the store, other stu-dents have a different opinion. Junior Ben Schaller is a little more skeptical about the store’s opening.
“On the surface it seems like a great move to put a new head shop into a college town, but unfortu-nately I believe that it will ulti-mately face the same fate of the last head shops,” Schaller said. “If they have the ability to stay in business, I would suspect that it would be due to the success of their other location.”
The Loonar Station is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is located at 153 N. Main St.
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your parents, you are sud-denly thrown back into their home.
This means unpacking all of your stuff and living under their rules. No more staying out until three in the morning or being lazy around the dorm.
Now your curfew is back, chores are piled on and you finally realize how annoy-ing parents can be.
If you did not move back home, then you are prob-ably staying in Bowling Green, which unless you know friends staying there, can be sort of a ghost town. But, it’s fun nonetheless because let’s face it, it’s Bowling Green.
The worst part about summer is being away from all of your college friends. Sure you come back and hang out with your home-town friends, but it is not the same as having your best friend right across the hall from you.
Finally, we are in Ohio. Clearly, the weather is bipolar.
Summer stereotypically implies sunshine, beaches, flip flips and bikinis. But in Ohio, it could mean winter coats and boots too. We can never really be sure.
In addition to all of this we have the random fam-ily events like weddings and graduation parties we have to make appearances at. These never fail to bring about awkward family reunions and drama.
Aside from all of the somewhat negatives of summer, it really is a great time of the year.
It is a time to relax and spend time with the people you have been away from all year.
It allows the opportunity to make an income to pay for your college expenses, whatever they may be.
By August, everyone is worn out from their summer adventures and cannot wait to be reunited with their college friends and lifestyle.
So enjoy summer while it is here, because August comes faster than you think. And August comes with a new semester of classes.
Recently, the fighting in Syria has come close to its borders with other countries. Quasar, a rebel stronghold, was taken by the regime, along with fighting along the border between Syria and Lebanon and Syria and Israel. The regime has attacked the U.N. peacekeeper head-quarters in Golan Heights, which separates Syria and Israel.
This proposal for aid comes right after Austria announces the withdrawal of their 380 peacekeep-ers after two were wound-ed during fights with the regime. With 380 out of 900 peacekeepers leaving, the force is depleted of men as other countries remain where they are and Russia offers to fill in the hole.
As the regime takes con-trol of Quasar, part of the rebel’s supply line and the
fight over Golan Heights, the ever growing fear is that the fighting will leave the country and spread into the region. While Syrian tanks cross the demilitarized zone, Israel moves their own tanks into their portion of Golan Heights.
Recently, 10 missiles were fired from Syria that land-ed in Baalbek, a Lebanese city. One was wounded, and property was damaged. Soon enough, the whole region can come under fire as the civil war stretches out of its country’s boundaries.
If the war continues to spread into other nations, the need to end the war will be taken seriously or at least the efforts to contain the fighting will occur. But with the war entering surround-ing countries, the refugees and the country’s own civil-ians will have to flee.
DID YOU KNOW...
$5.2 billion in proposed aid came from the U.N.
$530 million—from the European Union’s relief
money
1 in 3 Syrians are in need of aid
1.6 million refugees, a predicted 3.45 million by
the end of 2013
4.2 million dis0placed within the country
6.8 million in need of aid within the country
10 million in need of aid by the end of 2013
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