Friday, October 12, 2012 VOLUME 92, ISSUE 24 WWW.BGNEWS.COM

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VOTING RIGHTS ARE IMPORTANTAfter their first two-game winning streak since early 2011, the Falcons will welcome unofficial rival Miami to the Doyt for Falcon Family Weekend. The Falcons are 42-21-5 against the Redhawks in a rivalry that dates back several decades. | PAGE 6

Faculty Columnist James Pfundstein writes about how the Ohio Governor and Secretary of State restricting early voting rights can have dangerous results, such as undermining the rights of citizens in Ohio. | PAGE 5

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SERVING UP DRINKSStudent bartenders learn how to juggle schoolwork and mix up drinks, check it out in PULSE | Page 9

BATTLE OF THE BIRDS

The Office of Campus Activities is hosting this year’s Falcon Family Weekend, slated for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The event will feature everything from a variety of sporting events to attend as well as live musical perfor-mances, according to the Office of Campus Activities.

Approximately 650 families were registered for the event as of Thursday afternoon, according to the Office of Campus Activities.

To accommodate the visitors, weekend parking regulations will go into effect as of 2 p.m. Friday. The regulations will be in effect through 7 a.m. Monday.

For a full schedule of activities for Falcon Family Weekend, check out page 4 or visit the University’s website at www.bgsu.edu.

By Steve StuartReporter

Students may have noticed that extra cameras have been added to the public areas in all the resi-dence halls within the past year.

Cameras are installed in the hall-ways, by the elevators, in the common areas and at all of the entries and exits, said Sarah

Waters, director of Residence Life.Waters said the addition of more

cameras is important as it makes it easier to ensure the safety of the residents by monitoring who comes and goes. It also allows Residence Life to be able to investigate further into disturbances.

Budamir Markovic, a resident of Falcon Heights, agrees.

“The cameras make people less likely to disturb the peace of others,” he said.

The cameras have helped positively close investigations this year such as a pulled fire alarm, Waters said.

“The added cameras also allow University police to follow up on cases of vandalism or complaints,” Waters said. “Vandalism is rare, but the abil-ity to review more cameras has helped identify culprits.”

It’s about trying to ensure the resi-dence is safe, Waters said.

“I feel a little safer with the addition of cameras, but I feel like I’m being watched,” said Liane Cesare, a resi-dent of Offenhauer.

Some of the students are thankful the cameras are there.

Bikes for Tikes is kicking off its 11th year on cam-pus this weekend.

Students can register to ride their bikes in the annual event at the Union on Sunday.

Registration requires a $25 payment and proof of insurance for those wanting to participate.

Bikes for Tikes raised $81,000 this past spring to donate for the Miracle Children of Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo, according to an email from Heather Miller, a leader of the group.

The group is looking for 130 riders to accompany 10 of the group’s leaders and two advisers, according to the email.

While registration is Sunday, the group will actu-ally hit the road during spring semester when Dance Marathon kicks off.

CAMPUSBRIEF

Increased security captures

crime

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FRESHMEN BREAHNA Thomas, Pre-enginering, and Nyia Bentley, Creative Writing, walk through the coming out arch in the Union Oval. The arch was there Thursday for National Coming Out Day.

LASHAUNDA BROWN, event planner for Women Who Love Women, speaks about hate crimes during the candle light walk Thursday night. The event was hosted for Coming Out Week by Women Who Love Women.

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University to welcome 650 families this weekend

Bikes for Tikes to begin registration Sunday

Candle light walk educates campus community

By Geoff BurnsReporter

When junior Kyler Klann started her freshman year at the University, she knew it was time to come out.

“There’s a lot of feelings that go into telling people who you are,” Klann said. “Coming out is a really big experience that’s scary because you don’t know how people are going to react.”

Klann, who came out her freshman year at the University, has volunteered in events hosted by the LGBT community this week on campus to celebrate National Coming Out Day. The events range from speakers talking about serious subjects such as hate crimes and racism to social meetings like ice skating and dancing.

Assistant Director of LGBT Programs Tobias Spears said students go to these events because they want to find out their true identity and socialize with people who share the same community.

“These events are for students in general, in which case it’s a dif-ferent experience for each person,” Spears said. “Some of the events

speak more to people who’s sexual reality is visible, and some speak to students who’s sexuality isn’t a core component of who they are.”

Klann said she knows it can be difficult for people to come out, but it depends on what kind of person it is dealing with it.

“Once you get the self-confidence to admit to yourself that you’re gay, it’s really easy to admit it to someone else,” Klann said. “You shouldn’t have to admit it to other people because it’s who you are.”

The sponsors for the week of events include the Women’s Center, Vision, the LGBT Resource Center, HUE, Women Who Love Women and the Trans Awareness Group.

President of Vision Liz Grabski said each event impacts people in different ways, both socially and emotionally.

“Something like the ‘Luau Ball’ and the ‘Not So Straight Skate’ effect people in a way for people to go out and hang with people

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Week of campus events celebrate, bring awareness, educational aspect to National Coming Out Day Thursday

By Bridjet MendyukReporter

A candle light walk around campus on Thursday night for National Coming Out Week edu-cated students on LGBT strug-gles and suicide prevention.

President of Women Who Love Women, an organization supporting lesbian women at the University, Maddison Prether said the walk’s purpose was to educate and raise aware-ness about suicide prevention in the LGBT community.

Sophomore Liz Grabski said the plan for the walk started this past year when there was a great deal of suicide stories in the media of those who identify themselves as LGBT.

“Not ever yone has had a good com ing out ex per i-ence,” Grabsk i sa id. “We’re here to tr y to make it posit ive and to make the best of a bad situation.”

The walk consisted of three stations with a speaker at each stop. The three stations: hate crimes, suicide and prevention provided posters with facts on each around campus.

Sophomore Rachel Minarcion said the walk was important to her because she had gone

through similar experiences in her life and it showed her she was not alone.

“There’s so many different people here, the support is comforting,” Minarcion said.

The first stop, hate crimes, informed students on the impact that violence has on the LGBT community. Senior Shaunda Brown-Clopton said as a person who knows victims of hate crimes, she felt it was a necessary first stop because these attacks can perpetuate suicide.

“Hate crimes can affect any-body,” Brown-Clopton said.

At the second stop, suicide, students were given a descrip-tion and a photo of someone in the LGBT community who had committed suicide. Sophomore Margaret Scott said the stop was important because sui-cide in the LGBT community is often ignored.

“It’s almost like we don’t try to prevent it, like it’s a part of the background,” Scott said.

The last stop, prevention, provided students with infor-mation on local resources and national hotlines, websites,

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Family Weekend is a time where parents can visit BGSU and spend time with their son or daughter that they may not get to see often throughout the school year. But for the Piazza family of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Family Weekend is just one of several visits each year to see their son, and makes the time a little more special.

James Christian Piazza, who goes by Christian, is the son of James and Julie Piazza, and is a sophomore market-ing major. Christian has two younger brothers, Graham, a high school senior, and Landon, a sophomore. It’s an all-male family except for mother Julie Piazza.

“Life with all males has its moments and at times feels like a locker room... even the dog is a boy!” said Mrs. Piazza. And the locker room analogy isn’t too far off either, especial-ly for their son Christian.

Christian, who wears the number 74, is a redshirt fresh-man and offensive lineman for the BGSU Falcons football team. Christian has been involved with sports for years. He played basketball and one year of football for his high school in Huron.

Christian’s friends had always told him to play for the football team in high school, so he went out for the team his senior year when they received a new head coach, and had success with it.

“A family friend of mine, who was a head coach in Eastern Michigan, took a spe-cial interest in me and told me that right then I might not have been able to get a scholarship to play college football, but if I went to a prep school, it would help me get more experience

and exposure,” Christian said.After high school, he played

football for a prep school in Virginia called Fork Union Military Academy.

Christian said his parents are huge supporters of every-thing he does.

“We have tried to provide our sons with strong roots and opportunities to develop

strong wings to soar on their own,” said Mrs. Piazza. “We cherish our time together and try to make the most of each moment.”

Not only are Christian’s par-ents proud supporters of his achievements in sports, but they are also proud of his aca-demic achievements at BGSU, including being on the Dean’s List and being in the top 10 percent academically of the football team members.

“We have stressed to Christian that he is a scholar who plays football... and we love observing his success on the gridiron,” said Mr. Piazza.

Mr. Piazza also said that he is blessed to learn that being “family” is not always through blood, and that one of the things they appreciate about the Bowling Green football program, under the leader-ship of Coach Clawson and Christian’s position Coach Bill

Durkin in addition to all the other BG coaches, is building a football team that is very fam-ily oriented.

“Some of Christians team-mates feel like family,” said Mr. Piazza.

The Piazza family loves to travel and explore together. Mrs. Piazza said their family vacations, as well as the pic-ture books created from them, are great messages of memo-ries shared and the comfort of being a family.

Mr. and Mrs. Piazza attend all of Christian’s home games, and those away games that they can, since they need to balance their younger sons’ events as well.

Christian’s parents will be here for Family Weekend, and will cheer on their son in the football game on Saturday. They also plan to attend what-ever they can of the Family Weekend events and eat out after the game, which is a fam-ily tradition for the Piazzas. Christian’s favorite restaurant is Biaggi’s in Levis Commons.

“Sharing good food, good company, and good conver-sation including game dis-cussion will likely be our post game activity,” said Mr. Piazza.

It’s all part of being fam-ily for the Piazzas and their extended football family.

Piazza family sees their son, and his football teammates, as their extended family

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By Kathryn Krakoff

Every university has its tra-ditions and can be traced back far back. Bowling Green State University has some unique ways of how our school spirit progressed.

In 1914, the University’s first president, Dr. Homer B. Williams came together with a group of people to decide the school’s colors. Among the group was Dr. Leon L. Winslow who was a part of the industri-al arts department. While on a trolley ride to Toledo, he spot-ted a woman wearing a large hat with brown and orange feathers and loved the color combination. He then took it to the committee, which was later approved by the Board of Trustees.

You may have heard of “Falcon Flames” at one time or another. Alumni have been known to meet their significant other here at BGSU. According to the BGSU website, there are known to be 10,706 Falcon Flames worldwide.

Bowling Green State University was first known as Bowling Green Normal

Some Bowling Green State University Traditions

EDITOR’S NOTE Today’s Blotter has been moved to Page 8 due to our special family weekend section.

University. The name started for the teacher program and its curriculum. When 1923 grad-uate, Ivan “Doc” Lake suggest-ed a new name, the falcons came to mind after reading an article in the Sentinel Tribune newspaper about falconry. The idea of the falcon being a powerful bird attracted him, and soon after, members of BGSU approved the idea.

Leon Winslow designed the University seal in 1914. It was first designed to signify the new Normal College. Over the years, legends have developed about the seal. For instance, if you walk to the left of it, you will not do well on your next test and if you pass to the right, you will do well on your next one. If you kiss your sweet-heart at midnight on the seal, you will get married. If you let go of holding hands and walk

on opposite sides of it, you will break up soon.

Promotion of school spirit increased with each athletic event. Freddie Falcon made his first appearance at a BGSU basketball game in January of 1950. Alpha Phi Omega fra-ternity first thought of the idea of Freddie. Bob Taylor was the first Freddie Falcon to be seen. The paper-mache head, brown sweat suit and feather cape was the start of his appearance. Frieda Falcon joined Freddie in 1966 and was first debuted in the beginning by a male cheerleader. Sue Sheard was the first female officially to be Frieda in 1980. Each year students apply to become the famous mascots and are not revealed to the public until the end of the basketball and hockey seasons.

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FALCON TEAM STORE HOURS Friday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

BGSU BOOKSTORE HOURS Friday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

BGSU ICE ARENA OPEN SKATE HOURS Friday: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Sunday: 3:30 p.m – 5:30 p.m.

PERRY FIELD HOUSE HOURS Guest Admission: $7/participant (includes Student Rec Center)Friday: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday: 12 p.m.– 8 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 10 p.m.

STUDENT RECREATION CENTER HOURS Guest Admission: $7/participant (includes Perry Field HouseFriday: 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Andrews Pool: noon – 8 p.m. H.I.I.T. Cardio: noon – 12:45 p.m. (Dance Room) Cooper Pool – 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.Saturday: noon – 9 p.m. Andrews and Cooper Pools: noon – 8 p.m. TurboFire Cardio: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.Sunday: Noon – 10 p.m.Andrews and Cooper Pools: Noon – 8 p.m. Zumba: 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. (Dance Room) Yoga: 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. (Spin Room)

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DINING SPECIALBGSU Dining Eat with the family at any of our dining locations and receive 15% off your meal when accompa-nied by a student.

FAMILY MOVIES WRSA channels 28 & 29 will be showing family friendly movies in the residence halls from 8:00am – 7:00pm. Movie choices include Snow White & the Huntsman, Dr. Suess’ The Lorax, and The Hunger Games.

Falcon Family Weekend Schedule

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 2012Schedule Subject to Change - Look for More Coming Soon!

BGSU WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. BUFFALO7 pm, Cochrane FieldAll fans are admitted to the game FREE! For more infor-mation, visit www.bgsufal-cons.com.

BGSU HOCKEY VS. UNION COLLEGE7:05 pm, BGSU Ice Arena

COLLEGE OF MUSICAL ARTS Guest Artist: Christine Guenther8 pm, Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.Flutist Christine Guenther will present a recital. Free and open to the Public.

ICE SKATING7 pm – 9 pm, BGSU Ice ArenaExperience being a Falcon on Ice! FREE admission for BGSU students with Student I.D; Family member admis-sion $5.00 per person; Skate rental $3.00.

IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?8 pm, BGSU PlanetariumCome enjoy a show about the Moon, the Maya calendar, the millennium & much more. $1 admission.

FAMILY MOVIE: BRAVE6:30-8:30 pm, Theater, Room 206, Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by the University Activities Organization

AIR FORCE ROTC OPEN HOUSE12 pm – 4 pm, 164 Memorial HallCome learn how students become leaders in the United States Air Force. Active duty Air Force officers will be in the detachment to answer questions about military and cadet life and show you our facilities.

FAMILY MOVIE: THE AVENGERS9-11 pm, Theater, Room 206, Bowen-Thompson Student Union.Sponsored by the University Activities Organization

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13, 2012

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONSINVITATION ONLY EVENT9 am – 11 am, Lenhart Grand Ballroom, Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs

ADMISSIONS PRESENTATION at 10:00 am and Campus Tour at 11 a.m.Schedule Your Visit at www.bgsu.edu110 McFall CenterSponsored by the Office of Admissions

PANCAKE BREAKFAST10 am - noon Location 201 Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by the Black Student Union

CONVERSATION WITH THE CAREER CENTER11 am - 12:30 pm, McMaster Meeting Room, 308 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Are you curious about what campus resources are available to assist your student with identifying potential careers or finding jobs? Visit with a Career cen-ter staff member and learn more about programs and services, career exploration and planning, job search techniques, graduate school preparation, job market esti-mates, and much more. Stop in to learn ways you can help your student in the career exploration and job search processes. This open format event does not include a for-mal presentation, so stop by at your leisure.

CHAPMAN @ KOHL FAMILY RECEPTION11 am – 1 pm, Kohl Hall Cafe

The Chapman Learning Community is hosting a brunch reception in Kohl for family members of students who are a part of this resi-dential learning community.

RESIDENCE LIFE MEET AND GREET11 am, Adjacent to the Southwest Corner of Doyt Perry Stadium

Come meet and join the staff of the Office of Residence. Learn about the halls where your students live, and meet our graduate and professional staff. We look forward to seeing you there!

BE AN ANCHOR WITH BG24NEWS!12:00pm – 3:00pm 1st Floor, West Hall

Family and students will be able to do a news report, jump in front of the green screen, work the TelePrompter, and play with other types of equipment in the studio

UAO FALCON FEST12:00pm – 3:00pm Intramural Fields

Come out and get excited for the BGSU Falcons vs. Miami football game. Food, music, and game-day spirit with UAO!

Join us before the game to have some tailgating fun. Go Falcons!Sponsored by the University Activities Organization

CHEF’S DEMONSTRATION12:30pm Oaks Dining Center

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AIR FORCE ROTC OPEN HOUSE12:00pm – 4:00pm 164 Memorial Hall

Come learn how students become leaders in the United States Air Force. Active duty Air Force officers will be in the detachment to answer questions about military and cadet life and show you our facilities.

UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE1:00pm - 3:00pm, Harshman 209E (The Honors Loft)

The University Honors Program is hosting an open house for fam-ily members of students in the Honors Program and the Honors Learning Community. Attendees can tour the Honors Learning Community, meet our fac-ulty, staff, and other families, learn more about the Honors Program and enjoy free breakfast and refreshments.

BGSU TEAM WALK/DRUM LINE1:15pm – Doyt Perry Stadium

Come out and support the Falcon football team as they head out to the stadium before the game.

STROH SHOW1:30pm – Stroh Center

Join us in the fantastic Stroh Center as we get excit-ed for the football game with the marching band, cheer-leaders and dance team leading the way!

IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?2:00p.m., BGSU Planetarium

Come enjoy a show about the Moon, the Maya calen-dar, the millennium & much more. $1 admission.

BGSU FOOTBALL VS. MIAMI3:30pm - Doyt Perry Stadium

Call 877-BGSU TICKET or visit www.bgsufalcons.com for complete ticket informa-tion. Walk-up tickets will be available on game day. BGSU students are admitted FREE with a valid Student I.D. and can purchase tickets for guests through the BGSU Ticket Office for ONLY $10!

ICE SKATING3:30pm – 5:30pm & 7:00pm – 9:00pm, BGSU Ice Arena

Experience being a Falcon on Ice! FREE admission for BGSU students with Student I.D; Family member admis-sion $5.00 per person; Skate rental $3.00.

CLIMBING WALL ACTIVITIES6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Student Recreation Center

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the waiver for their siblings. Other events and crafts will be available for those who do not wish to climb.Sponsored by Recreation and Wellness

FAMILY MOVIE: THE AVENGERS6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Theater, Room 206, Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by the University Activities Organization

BGSU HOCKEY VS. UNION COLLEGE7:05 p.m., BGSU Ice Arena

BGSU MEN’S SOCCER VS. BUFFALO7 p.m., Cochrane Field

All fans are admitted to the game FREE! For more information, visit www.bgsufalcons.com.

IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?8 p.m., BGSU Planetarium

Come enjoy a show about the Moon, the Maya calen-dar, the millennium & much more. $1 admission.

FAMILY MOVIE: BRAVE9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Theater, Room 206, Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by University Activities Organization

SUNDAY OCTOBER 14, 2012

H2O OPEN HOUSE & FELLOWSHIP11:30 a.m., Lenhart Grand Ballroom, Bowen-Thompson Student UnionSponsored by h2o

BGSU WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. AKRON1 p.m., Cochrane Field

All fans are admitted to the game FREE! For more information, visit www.bgsufalcons.com.

ICE SKATING3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. BGSU Ice Arena

Experience being a Falcon on Ice! FREE admission for BGSU students with Student I.D; Family member admis-sion $5.00 per person; Skate rental $3.00.

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Government should not restrict voting rightsJAMES

PFUNDSTEINFACULTY COLUMNIST

CHANCE STOODTCOLUMNIST

Don’t allow politics to be divisive

DANIEL EMSCOLUMNIST

In a close election, which 2012 promises to be on many levels, there are two ways to win.

You can get more of your supporters to the polls so they can vote or you can try to keep your oppo-nents away from the polls and otherwise make their votes not count.

The first way is how a democratic system works at its best.

The second way is a despicable attempt to undermine t he r ights of citizens. It is also the off icia l policy of Ohio

state government under Governor John Kasich and Secretar y of State Jon Husted.

Before this election, Ohioans had the opportu-nity to cast an early vote in person up to the Monday before Election Day.

Kasich and his allies in the Ohio General Assembly acted to change that this year for most Ohio voters.

It’s not a trivial issue. Ninety-three thousand

Ohio voters cast their votes in person in the three days before the past presiden-tial election, something is trying to prevent this year.

Ohioans abroad or on military service can still avail themselves of early voting in person (cour-tesy of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens

Absentee Voter Act or UOCAVA).

Other Ohioans won’t be able to if the Governor and the Secretary of State have their way.

Why the urgency to change the voting rules in this election year and why the odd inequality in voting rights?

The military vote may skew toward Kasich’s party. On the other hand, in-person early voting is highly favored by minority communities and others who may well vote against the Governor’s party.

Instead of trying to convince people to vote for their candidates, the Governor and the Ohio Secretary of State are using their power of state government to restrict the

voting rights of citizens.Husted feels so strong-

ly about the issue that he has fought the case in two federal courts (and lost) and is now appeal-ing to the Supreme Court of the United States, all to restrict voting rights for Ohio citizens. Your tax dollars at work.

The solution, I think, is to push back.

The more they fear your vote, the more you should use it.

Don’t let the state restrict your voting rights.

If they succeed in this, taking away the rest of your rights will be that much easier.

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Debate name-calling discredits Obama

On Oct. 3 the presidential race as Americans knew it evolved in an apocalyptic fashion.

The earth spun out of orbit and crashed into t he su n, pol it icia ns beca me possessed by lying Big Bird haters and in turn, Big Bird became a politician.

While the earth did not crash into the sun, obvi-ously, the other statements are not that far from the truth, (as we are led to believe).

The first presidential debate was surprising, to mostly everyone who tuned in, as an almost unanimous decision deemed Governor Romney the winner, or rather, that President Obama lost. The historical evidence of both candidates’ public speak-ing skills would suggest a much different result.

Commonly understood to be a boring, discon-nected politician, Romney took the stage with an enthused charisma that, for the first time in the 2012 Presidential Election, outshone a confused and irritable Obama.

The expectations for both candidates were the complete opposite of the final result. However, Al Gore gave American’s the reasoning they longed for

in regards to this upset: Denver’s altitude.

But never mind the debate, I mean what’s the point if the media claims that Romney won, but both sides lied. It’s a matter of deciding wheth-er or not they aimed to mislead, or were misled themselves.

No, what is much more interesting is the good ole fashioned ‘mudslinging’ that has become disap-pointingly inevitable.

Days after the debate, the Obama campaign released a campaign ad highlighting the concept of Romney’s “dishonesty.” In fact, the only form of recoil the Obama camp has been able to scrounge up since the debate has been nothing more than character attacks on Romney.

However, we ought to be clear about what they are arguing.

Referring to a $5 tril-lion tax cut that Romney claims is avoidable with-out hiking up taxes on the middle class, Obama strategists have labeled his claim a blatant lie. But the fact of the matter is that this idea, in and of itself, is a widely debated topic amongst economists and think tanks through-out America.

A Princeton economist, performed the research the Obama campaign is using to base their claims.

However, this econo-mist has also said that he doesn’t know exactly

how the Obama Campaign reached that conclusion from his work.

I do not know what is more insulting as a politi-cal constituent, calling someone out on a “lie” on the premise of another lie or turning Big Bird into the center of political campaign strategies.

Yeah, Big Bird has, in fact, made appearances at recent Obama campaign-ing events.

Imagine, President Obama, Commander in Chief, the man we entrusted to lead the country out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, America in its foreign policy, manage our military, federal spending, job creation and literally hundreds of other presi-dential responsibilities, is physically standing next to Big Bird, calling some-one a liar.

Obama is living the American Dream — of a four-year-old. Are you kid-ding me?

I went home this past weekend for fall break to visit my family and while I was home, I broke up the same fight between my little sisters.

It is truly insulting and let me tell you why. This is our political race, led by

the president of the United States of America.

Romney made a stand and Obama fell down. The legitimacy of both candi-dates’ facts can be debat-ed until kingdom come, but so can religion or the Pepsi-Coke polling.

But people kill for reli-gion and Coke just out-sells Pepsi. There is sup-posed to be a discrepancy in political discourse. A standard set by politicians promoting civil discourse and actions.

A light shined through maturity, civility and respect. So, as a result, I will tell you what I told my baby sisters, what my mom told me as a child, along with millions of other par-ents: “Put away your toy birds and stop calling peo-ple names. If you have an issue with someone, talk to them about it, not about them because of it and if you do not have anything nice to say, do not say any-thing at all because, ulti-mately, you just soil your own name.”

American constituents deserve better leadership than Big Bird and name calling.

Respond to Daniel atthenews@bgnews.com

With the election season upon us, it’s nearly impossible to escape politics.

Campaign ads flood our television screens, bumper stickers make every vehicle we’re stuck behind in traffic a political statement and we can’t watch a music video on YouTube without first hear-ing how one man can save (or destroy) the entire country.

Politics also seem to inevi-tably enter conversations with family and friends and the effect it has on our relation-ships can be hurtful.

However important the political process is, it should certainly not be divisive or destructive to personal relationships.

It’s easy to get caught up in the negativity of the attack ads and personal attacks we see on others, but let’s remember the big picture: politics is a method we employ to make the coun-try a better place. In other words, we cast votes to create a society that we think is most beneficial to either ourselves or everyone as a whole.

It may seem commonsensi-cal, but this is an idea many forget. The two parties regard the opposite side as hateful: Republicans apparently hate women and want to starve seniors while Democrats sup-posedly want to kill babies and hate America.

Let’s come to the table with a little more humility than that.

Although you may disagree with another individual – even if the issue personally affects you or you’re passionate about it – remember that their opin-ion is most likely sincere. The people I have disagreements with are because of discrepan-cies over which type of society benefits everyone.

Some are wrong, but that shouldn’t discourage those ideas from entering the discussion.

As humans, we are not infal-lible; we’re imperfect, make mistakes and spend our entire lives learning from them.

Our political opinions today will be different from our polit-ical opinions tomorrow, next year or 10 years from now.

Personally, I’ve looked back on beliefs I had in the past and truly wondered how in the world I could believe in some-thing so blatantly wrong.

However, it was precisely

intelligent, mature discourse that has corrected me on those opinions.

Having conversations with others in a constructive setting has broken down my preju-dices and replaced them with more intelligent, defendable conceptions on the way things ought to be.

As for those prejudices that I still advocate for, I now have better reasons for doing so and what once used to be just a baseless opinion is now a legiti-mate claim about the world.

I think most of the divisive-ness inherent in the process originates from the tribal men-tality of party politics. If the focus were primarily placed on the ideas, people may be more receptive.

Party politics is a game of definitions.

Instead of kill or be killed, it takes on a philosophy of define or be defined. As soon as legis-lation is introduced, both sides race to define the other side’s argument with buzzwords like racist or socialist.

If we focus on the idea’s substance itself, we may see certain parts we like, specific clauses we find agreeable.

We could then create com-mon ground and work off of that starting block.

The reality is that we see the other side has authored this legislation and a figure-head we think represents our best interest has defined it as rac-ist or socialist, therefore we abstain from any debate or in-depth exploration.

Aside from the public policy facet, this is also true in per-sonal relationships.

Very rarely do we find our-selves reaching out and talking to those who have opposing ideologies.

Before a word has been spoken, we’ve already defined that person across the room; we’ve seen their column in the paper, we’ve seen the Obama/Biden 2012 sticker on their laptop. Images are conjured in our minds almost immediate-ly. This individual could have something tremendous to add to our lives, politics aside, but perhaps we’ve already written them off as inferior to us.

Subsequently, we retire back into our ideological echo chamber, filled with superfi-cial friends that do nothing to challenge us.

It’s a place we feel comfort-able, complacent and lazy enough to live in.

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By Ethan EasterwoodSports Editor

A true battle of the birds will happen Saturday as the Falcons welcome the Miami Redhawks to the Doyt.

This will be the 69th time the two teams have met, with Miami clearly showing it has historically had the Falcons’ number with an overall record of 42-21-5 against Bowling Green.

Under Head Coach Dave Clawson, the falcons are 2-1 against the Redhawks, but the Falcons have failed to win at home since 1997 when playing Miami. There have been four coaching regimes since then, including that of Urban Meyer.

This season Miami is 3-3 just like the Falcons, however they are 2-0 in MAC play. The Redhawks’ wins have come against FCS opponent, Southern Illinois. Massachusetts, whom have failed to win a game this season and Akron in a shootout 56-49. Miami has recorded losses against Ohio State, Boise State and most recently Cincinnati this past week.

As a refresher, the Falcons have also lost three games against the opponents of currently fourth-ranked Florida, Toledo and Virginia Tech. Bowling Green has recorded wins against Idaho, Rhode Island and, like Miami, Akron this past week.

In the three wins, the Falcons have had strong offensive presences as well as a steadfast defense while the special teams continue to be

a gray-area. The Falcons are cur-rently perched fourth in the MAC East while Miami is third.

“To me it’s a little bit too early in the year to talk about standings,” Clawson said in his weekly press con-ference. “A lot of things can play out and with the history of this league you can go either way with them.”

Quarterback Matt Schilz is coming into this game with 1251 yards and five touchdowns and five intercep-tions. Despite the high interception count, Schilz has been the epicen-ter for offensive productivity. Tight end Alex Bayer, who was named the John Mackey Tight End of the Week, has been a popular target for Schilz as the pair had two touchdowns this past week in a career day for Bayer. The John Mackey award is the national award for the best collegiate tight end and Bayer was named to the watchlist this preseason. Bayer has 263 yards off of 20 receptions and two touchdowns.

“Each game is a big game, espe-cially if we keep winning.” Bayer said. “Miami is a rivalry game, it was a bit bigger a few decades ago but we still look at it as a big game and it’s going to be one.”

This past week’s victory against Akron marked the Falcons’ 500th win in history but more prominent-ly, the first back-to-back wins for the Falcons since their first two games in 2011 against Idaho and FCS school, Morgan State. The Falcons are on a roll and have the hardest part of their schedule behind them.

“I don’t think you can ever be relaxed…we won a couple games in a row but that is not going to mean anything if we lose this week,” Bayer said. “It’s nice to win [and] it feels good but we have a 24-hour rule where we enjoy it for 24 hours but come Sunday after-noon we are already preparing for the next team.”

Defensively, the Falcons have stolen the show. Bowling Green’s defense has kept it in almost every game this season, aside from the Virginia Tech blowout loss. The number one defense in the MAC, lead by defensive tackle Chris Jones and safety “Boo Boo” Gates, have allowed the Falcons to go toe-to-toe with Florida, Toledo and really put on a second-half display against Akron. The defense also handled Rhode Island, only allowing one touchdown which was a result of a fumbled punt-return and resulted in a short field. The team is aver-aging only 20.3 points against per game and 343 yards against. In 2011, the team averaged 406 yards and almost 30 points per game.

Jones has 20 tackles this season including 10 tackles for a loss and 6.5 sacks. Jones has been named the MAC East player of the week twice already this season, and sits third in University history with 22 career sacks.

Gates has been a solid safety as a main proponent to the lack of touchdowns given up. Gates has also made a name for himself as

a punt returner this season as he has already returned an 80-yard punt for a touchdown despite one muffed punt.

“I think I’m playing all right — I can play better,” Gates said. “But our front is getting better and [the opponents] playmaking ability is going down, but when the time comes and I need to make a play, I try to make that play.”

Miami’s quarterback Zac Dysert has already accumulated 1716 yards with 13 touchdowns and six inter-ceptions. The Redhawks’ running back Jamire Westbrook has only 148 yards and one touchdown; statistics that Falcons’ running back Anthon Samuel has accomplished tri-fold and then some. Former MAC Rookie of the Year, Samuel has 494 yards with 8 touchdowns. Samuel, as a sophomore, is already 24th in school history in rushing yards.

This past time the Falcons and Redhawks played, Miami won on a fourth quarter field goal. Kicking has been a question mark for the orange and brown this season as the team has utilized three kick-ers between kickoffs, field goals and extra points. Kickers Tyler Tate and Stephan Stein have alternated field goals and extra points to be only 2-for-7 on field goals and 14-for-16 on extra points.

The game will take place dur-ing Falcon Family Weekend so there will be a home field advantage pres-ent. The game kicks off at 3:30 at Doyt Perry Stadium.

By Ryan SatkowiakSenior Reporter

For the first time since late February, the BG hockey team will take the ice at the Ice Arena for a regular season game.

Adding to the excitement is the team BG welcomes to town this weekend: No. 10 Union College. The Dutchmen are one of the elite teams in college hockey, fresh off a 26-win season and an appearance in the Frozen Four.

Both games are scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Even though Union is not a big-name school, Coach Chris Bergeron said this series will be a great measuring stick for the team to start the season.

“I don’t know if the students on our campus realize how good Union hockey is, but we know,” he said. “They’re going to come in with this swagger to show the CCHA, this is how we play hockey ECAC style.”

Union had good success against the Central Collegiate Hockey Association this past season, posting a 2-1-2 record, with one loss against Ferris State in the Frozen Four. However, its 2012-13 season started off on the wrong foot, as the Dutchmen dropped their season opener to Merrimack, 4-1, this past Saturday.

While non-conference games do not benefit the Falcons in terms of league standings, the team is looking at this series as a way to help pre-pare for league play, while also hoping to make a splash playing against a nationally ranked team.

“I think this is a really good oppor-tunity for us, with Union and Colgate back-to-back weekends, to get into league-like situations,” Bergeron said. “This is good stuff for us to get pre-pared for CCHA games.”

The Dutchmen will be the one of the sternest tests the Falcons face this season, featuring a stingy defense and a prolific offense. This past season, they outscored opponents 143-75.

Goaltender Troy Grosenick is one of the top netminders in college hockey, posting a 22-6-3 record this past season, to go along with a 1.65 goals-against average and a .936 save percent.

Eight players posted more than 20 points for Union this past season, with five of those players scoring more than 30 points. However, their two lead-ing scorers — Jeremy Welsh and Kelly Zajac — graduated or in Welsh’s case, went pro.

Union also converted on 24.2 per-cent of its power play opportunities last season, while holding opponents to a 15.4 percent power play success rate.

“You take a swing at someone after a whistle, and you punch someone in the cage, that’s another power play they have and they’ll make you pay,” Bergeron said. “We have to be disci-plined with our game plan. We have to be disciplined with the details and the process of our game plan, and we have to be disciplined with our emotion.”

By Nicholas VanderpoolReporter

BG rugby, fresh off a bye week, will look to continue their undefeated streak in conference play this week-end and face the Dayton Flyers, who will make a short trip up I-75 to try and hand the Falcons their first loss of the regular season.

The Falcons are 4-0 and have put up a staggering 236 points and have only allowed a total of 58 to oppo-nents. The Flyers come into this game sporting a 2-0 record.

BG and Dayton do not have much

of a rugby history against each other. The last time the two teams matched up was in 2007, and the Falcons took the victory 39-8.

Dayton has recently moved up to D-I, so it isn’t abnormal to have five years in between meetings with teams that aren’t in the same conference or division.

BG has been a powerhouse in D-I year in and year out, continuing to compete for conference and national championships.

The Flyers have already sent a mes-sage to the upper echelon teams. They beat Mid-American Conference co-favorite, Ohio University, 27-19.

Now, Dayton will try to knock off the other MAC favorite in which should be a highly competitive game for BG.

The bye week was crucial for the Falcons this past week. It allowed players to heal and get back on the field, and it provides an extra week of rest and preparation for this game.

“Dayton has been a pretty good D-II team,” said Head Coach Tony Mazzarella. “They don’t neces-sarily have any stars on their

By Jacob BeverlyReporter

The Falcons are traveling to Toledo for their third tournament of the season this weekend after capturing four titles at the BGSU Invitational, but have now been out of competition for three weeks.

“I think the long break gave the team a chance to brush up on our games and drill the things that we really needed to work on,” said junior Emily Reuland. “It gave us a chance to practice what we need to improve for MAC season. Our practices are competitive and we

are all good practice partners that work hard for each other in order to better the whole team.”

The Rocket Hidden Duals will be a two-day, four-team event con-

Home for the first time, Falcons play No. 10 Union

Rugby looks to play undefeated DaytonFalcons continue to dominate season, will play challenging game against 2-0 Flyers

After long break, tennis back in action at Toledo for Duals

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See HOCKEY | Page 7

“I think the long break gave the team a chance

to brush up on our games...”

Emily Reuland | Junior

CHRIS GALLON, Anthon Samuel, Alex Huettel and Matt Schilz celebrate a touchdown against Rhode Island earlier this season. The Falcons look to continue offensive success against Miami.SAM SOMLESKI | THE BG NEWS

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sisting of BG, the University of Detroit Mercy, Duquesne University and host, Toledo. Play will start at 10 a.m. both Friday and Saturday.

The invite will utilize a hidden dual format where players will be grouped into A (flights 1 through 3) and B (flights 4 through 6) singles brackets. BG will be competing against each of the three schools in both singles and doubles competition.

“I am looking forward to the fact that it is a hidden dual format,” said junior Nikki Chiricosta. “While it is not necessarily a team event, it feels much more like a dual match and it’s an exciting preview to see how we will fare against these teams in the spring.”

Although dual-match scores will not be kept, a point system will be used. The team winning two of the three matches in any of the competitions will earn a point. Flight cham-pions will also be recog-nized at all six singles positions as well as the three doubles flights.

“I expect each person on the team to improve from the level they played in our last event,” said Head Coach Penny Dean. “The goal of the fall is to keep

improving and get to a high level and then continue that in the dual matches.”

After three tournaments, Reuland and Chiricosta rank 1-2 on the Falcons in wins and are feeling confi-dent going into the Rocket Invitational. Reuland has a record of 12-2 overall and won both the singles and doubles championships at the BGSU Invitational. Reuland’s doubles partner, Chiricosta, is 11-2 with a singles and doubles cham-pionship as well. Freshman Katie Brozovich has also posted double digit victo-ries with a 10-5 record.

“I definitely have some momentum after coming off some good wins at the BG invite,” Chiricosta said. “However, I will be facing tough competition so I have to be ready.”

In the past Rocket Hidden Duals, the Falcons have had great success. Last year, seniors Maddy Eccleston and Katie Grubb, as well as Reuland each won singles championships. The past two years the team has fin-ished with the most team points overall.

Following the Toledo Invitational, the Falcons will close out their fall portion of the sched-ule November 9-11, with a trip to Kalamazoo, Mich., for the Western Michigan University Super Challenge.

By Cameron Teague RobinsonReporter

The men’s and women’s cross country team will be back in action this Friday afternoon at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill. as the men start at 4:25 p.m. and the women follow at 5:05 p.m. The men will run another 8k this year and the women will run their first 6k of the year.

With this being the last meet of the regular season for the team they are training hard to be in top form come playoff time. They have been training hard since the All-Ohio Championships two weeks ago. “We have contin-ued doing the same thing we have been,” said Coach Lou Snelling. “Though, we still had a very nice training cycle this week we are seeing great things.”

The women’s side will see their top four girls Abby Koch, Andrea Alt, Jasmine Redman and Kendra Kezur back on the field this weekend, as they continue to push themselves another week to get better.

“We just want to keep get-ting better and take that next step,” Snelling said.

For the men they are look-ing to do more of the same as they run their third 8k in a row this year. The men have a great group of guys running for them with Josh Franek, Tim Jurick, Brian Coleman and Joe van Bolderen. They will be looking for one or two more guys to step into that group to add more depth to their roster.

“Between Perry Fraylick and Tom Hipwell they have the ability to close the gap from four to five,” Snelling said. “If they can do that it will only help us going further.”

This may be the most important meet of the year for the Falcons up to this point of the year, with the Mid-American Conference Championships coming up in a few weeks. Although the playoffs are so close there will not be many people sitting out and resting for them.

Cross Country travels to Peoria for 8k, 6k races

MAC leading Volleyball looks to continue wins

By Max HouseholderReporter

The BG volleyball team had a stellar defensive per-formance by setter Laura Avila to pull away from the Oakland Grizzlies Tuesday night.

Avila went into the game not known for her defensive prowess, but left everyone in awe of her 36 dig perfor-mance. The junior setter had 36 digs, which was the most by a BG player since Chelsey Meek set the school record back in 2007.

“I wasn’t surprised (by her performance),” Coach Danijela Tomic said. “Oakland’s tendency is to hit to her zone a lot. I think when they couldn’t really score it was their plan to hit to her zone in order to keep her from setting.”

“She was just very disci-plined and used the oppor-tunities she got,” Tomic said.

“She did a great job,” mid-dle Leah Shaw said. “A lot of teams are going to go after her to try and take us out of our system and she did a great job of handling it.”

As a team, BG out-dug Oakland 112 to 100, which was the most by a BG team since September 22, 2000 against Ball State.

BG is 11-7 with this win and has won a surprising seven matches in a row.

The Falcons will return to MAC this Friday and Saturday when they take on two com-petitive teams from the West division in Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan.

Both teams have winning records on the year while Central Michigan leads the MAC West division with a 5-1 record in conference. The Falcons will look to a bal-anced attack both offensively and defensively as they try

and stymie two strong but very different teams.

Eastern Michigan is a team that relies very much on its defense as they are second in the MAC in digs, averaging 16.74 digs per set. In fact, in their past two matches, which were wins against Ball State and Toledo, the Eagles are aver-aging 18.1 digs per set.

The Chippewas, however, are predicated more on their offensive prowess as they rank among the top three in two of the main offensive categories kills and aces. The main hitter for the Chippewas is Kaitlyn McIntyre who aver-ages 3.72 kills per set, which is near the same amount as BG’s best hitter, Paige Penrod.

To stop players like McIntyre, the Falcons will look to middle blockers Shaw and Kaitlyn Skinner who have been terrors at the net. Skinner tied a career high in blocks with 10 against Oakland while Shaw helped on the offensive side with nine kills.

“Right now we are leading the league in blocks and are I believe top three in digs. Skinner and Leah (Shaw) have been a big part of that,” Coach Tomic said. “I am very pleased with Leah — she just works hard; she doesn’t talk a lot but she is one of our leaders with the way she plays. I am very happy for her and for Kaitlyn that they are playing well.”

The Falcons have played two consecutive five set matches which resulted in wins against both Western Michigan on Saturday and Oakland on Tuesday. With those wins, the Falcons are 2-1 in matches that have gone to a fifth set with the only blemish coming in a non-conference matchup against Utah back on Sept. 8.

TENNIS From Page 6

team, but overall, they play solid rugby as a team.”

Ryan Koenig, back from inju-ry, will be back in the starting lineup this week. On the other hand, two key players, Matt Marquette and Corey Ruth will not play against the Flyers.

Marquette is still recovering from broken bones in his face that occurred at the beginning

of the season. Ruth’s timetable is about two weeks until he can get back on the field after suf-fering a leg injury against Ball State three weeks ago.

The Falcons will look to con-tinue to play aggressively and spread out the Flyers defense to create holes for potential big plays. They hope their hard-nosed style of rugby will send a message and deliver Dayton its first loss of the season.

The game will start at 1 p.m. at College Park.

RUGBY From Page 6

While Union does return several high scoring forwards, a lot of their offense is created by defensemen.

Mat Bodie and Shayne Gostisbehere both put up more than 22 points from the blue line and are a big part of an offense that can strike quickly.

“We need to be hard to play against in our own zone,” said

defenseman Mike Sullivan. “Whether that be on the pen-alty kill not giving up the blue line and forcing them to dump the puck in, making to a 50-50 battle that we’re confident that we’re going to win.

“Defensively, they have a couple guys who are pretty slick, so we have to make sure we shut them down early and often … we have to shut down their creativity and simplify the game, which we’re pretty good at.”

HOCKEY From Page 6

“We just want to keep getting better and take that next

step.”Lou Snelling | Head Coach

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Markovic said the added cameras in the residence halls can’t hurt and are a good thing to have overall.

The cameras can help secu-rity and probably save time and money in the long run, Markovic said.

Not all students agree with Markovic’s point of view.

Cesare said she doesn’t think the added cameras have much of an affect.

“I noticed the new cameras around the doors and outside the building,” Cesare said. “I feel like they are more for looks.”

Cesare admits the cameras may have some benefits, how-ever they come at a cost.

Cesare kept her residence hall door closed this past year because the positioning of the cameras in the hallway allowed them to see into her room if her door was open.

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like them or for people to go and meet people of a certain identity socially,” Grabski said. “The speaker we had talked about pretty harsh subjects like sexism and racism and disability. Each event effects people on different levels.”

Grabski said one of the big reasons why there is an entire week of events for National Coming Out Day is to raise awareness

for people of the LGBT community.

“It’s a process and a struggle sometimes for people to come out and it’s a process that people have to deal with identities that aren’t the norm and assumed,” Grabski said. “Coming out week for the LGBT is kind of a celebra-tion for people who have come out and a reminder for the struggle they went through, or for people who haven’t come out yet for them to get involved.”

With the week of events

at its ending point, there are two events left. Friday night there is a “Luau Ball” hosted in the McFall Gallery from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. The last event will ta ke place Saturday; it is called the “Not So Straight Skate” and will be from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Ice Arena.

“I like being involved and making friends who are part of the same com-munity as me and it’s just a great way to have fun and be out there,” Klann said. “This is who I am.”

By Geoff BurnsReporter

When fifth-year student Kristi Ketchum’s grandfa-ther died of cancer two years ago, she knew it was time to make a difference.

After she heard about Residence Life teaming up with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to host an event on campus in order to raise awareness for childhood cancer, she decided it was time to take action.

“When a program or event like this came up and people said it was gong to be here in Bowling Green, I just knew I had to get involved somehow,” Ketchum said. “I knew it had to be by just volun-teering or going as far as shaving my head.”

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volun-teer-based charity that raises funds for better research in childhood cancer to f ind cures, help cancer patients live stronger lives.

The event will consist of volunteers signing up to have licensed barbers shave their head, all while they give money dona-tions, which go straight to St. Baldrick’s.

Jennifer Goddard, coor-dinator of Leadership and Administration in the Office of Residence Life, said the goal is to raise $15,000 by the day of the event on Dec. 2.

They have already raised $2,663.

There are 29 volunteers who have already signed up to shave their head, but Residence Life hopes to have at least 150 people signed up by the event date, Goddard said.

“The idea behind shaving your head is to

stand in solidarity with children who lose their hair from chemotherapy treatments,” Goddard said. “This is part of their identity and they don’t have a choice when they lose their hair but this is kind of a way to stand with students.”

Ketchum said she thinks raising enough money to reach the goal is definitely achievable because peo-ple will rally for this kind of research.

“As of right now, I have already achieved my per-sonal goal of raising $100 and have raised over $300,” Ketchum said. “I would love to be able to raise over $500 for this event because that would be awesome.”

Goddard said they have been able to reach out for help beyond campus with assistance from a barber-shop in Toledo and from the non-profit organiza-tion Locks of Love, where men and women will be able to have their hair shaved.

“They are going to be hosting the event at the same time and all of the funds they raise at their barbershop will come directly to the group here in Bowling Green and then donated to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation,” Goddard said.

Goddard said that vol-unteers aren’t limited to having their entire head shaved.

“The barbers will do it where they can just trim your hair or can do some-thing like a mohawk too and it doesn’t have to be a full shave,” she said.

Special events coordi-nator at the St. Baldrick’s Fou ndat ion A l f red Portillo said hosting an event like this on a col-

lege campus contributes to raising awareness for an important cause.

“College students have a lot of energy and are always self-motivated as it always brings a different vibe to each of the col-lege events,” Portillo said. “Word of mouth starts spreading, your friends, clubs and fraternities and sororities also help out, so it’s definitely possible to reach that $15,000 goal.”

Ketchum said it’s really easy for people to know about the event because of social networking and word of mouth.

“I have an event on Facebook I have created where people can go to the page and see the kids that I’m honoring and doing this for and just from there they can donate directly to my page,” Ketchum said. “I think there’s definitely a real awareness for child-hood cancer and as long as people keep spreading the word, the turnout for the event will be positive.”

The first annual event on Dec. 2 will be host-ed in the Multi-Purpose room in the Union from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation website at stbaldricks.org.

Campus event to raise funds for cancer researchStudents shave heads, donate money to increase disease awareness

KATIE LOGSDON | THE BG NEWSFRESHMAN BRIAN Beran discusses National Coming Out Day at I.N.T.E.R.S.E.C.T.I.O.N.S., a sexuality and identity support group.

About St. Baldrick’s: ■ The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has hosted more than 1300 events and has raised about $32 million in the U.S. alone in 2012

■ 1 in 5 children don’t survive cancer

■ Event will serve as something for stu-dents to do at the end of “no shave November” for a good cause

PASTA WITH THE PI PHI’S

KATIE LOGSDON | THE BG NEWSPI BETA Phi members Emily Round and Rachel Chickering serve at the annual Pasta with Pi Phi dinner on Thursday night. All of the proceeds made at the event wil be donated to the socority’s philanthropy First Book, an organization that pro-vides books to children in need.

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books and videos to help people who are struggling with suicidal thoughts, gender identity, hate crimes, bullies or just need someone to talk to. Junior Nick Horne said he enjoyed the walk because it showed there’s plenty of people who are willing to listen and support the LGBT community.

“We have great resourc-es, not just in BG but nationally,” Grabski said. “Bullies might forget who they bully, but those being bullied do not for-

get their abusers.”The organizat ion’s

executive members were extremely happy with the turnout of the first annual Women Who Love Women walk and said they plan to organize another one next year, Grabski said.

“We’re happy with what people can take away from this experience,” Grabski said. “We all have the ability to be a good person.”

The University’s Report It! division of student affairs keeps track of hate crimes. If you are a victim of a hate crime, call the UPD at 419-372-2346.

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By Lindsay RodierMovie Critic

Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, “The Perks of Being a Wallf lower” isn’t your typical coming-of-age movie — it’s a modern classic.

Set in the early 1990s, “Perks” follows the introvert fresh-man, Charlie (Logan Lerman), through a series of narrated letters as he begins his high school career.

After a rocky start, Charlie’s experience begins to improve after he is taken in by seniors, Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson).

This movie is proof that authors can successfully direct adaptations of their own books.

Those who are fans of the book will be very pleased at how faithful the movie feels to the novel.

Along with Chbosky’s excel-lent directing and screenwrit-ing, the primary trio of actors deliver outstanding perfor-mances. That and a phenom-enal soundtrack makes this one of the best movies of the year.

Lerman plays t he perfect Cha rl ie. He is obser va nt, endea ring a nd relatable in a way t hat a l lows him to completely connect with the audience.

His performance was also aided by supporting actors, Miller and Watson.

Miller adds a depth to his character that I was extremely impressed by. I assumed his character would be reduced to a comic relief, but he actually stars in most of the scenes in which he appears.

Watson’s post-Harry Potter debut shows that she is not

a one-hit wonder and really proves herself as an actress. Once you get past the shaky American accent, her por-trayal of Sam is honest and refreshing.

Music plays a vital role in this film because of how much it means to the characters.

The music selection had to bring out the same amount of sentimentality in the audi-ence as it does in the char-acters, which is just another huge success on Chbosky’s part. Indie-Pop songs such as “Asleep” by The Smiths and “Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops” by Cocteau Twins give the movie the nostalgic feel that fans will be looking for.

From the experiences of hav-ing fun with friends to the trau-ma that is high school, “Perks” succeeds at creating a relat-able and familiar story. Above anything, this film succeeds at making its audience feel what the characters feel — infinite.

By Bridjet MendyukPulse Reporter

Some people recommend bar-tending as a way to keep their lives organized while having fun.

Some students have found it to be a balancing act that is not for the faint of heart.

Junior Nick Gerkin said, while it may not be hard for him to bartend, it can be time-consuming balanc-ing school, his job at Quarters Bar and Grill and the army, where he is an enlisted soldier.

His favorite part of the job is meeting people.

“I’m not in a fraternity or live in a dorm and being a bartender makes me feel more associated

with the campus life,” Gerkin said.The pay at each bar varies. Most of the wages round out to

$4.25 an hour, not including tips, Gerkin said.

Gerkin said the money can be good or bad depending on the night.

“On Homecoming, I worked for a couple hours and made $500,” Gerkin said. “On nights like this [Monday], I could be here for six hours and walk out at the end of the night with only six bucks.”

Senior Kelsey Gilroy, bartender at Beckett’s, agreed. She works 20 hours a week and said Tuesday isn’t going to be as busy as Friday.

Some of the busiest days are opening weekend, the week-

end before summer break, Homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day.

“It’s crazy opening weekend with the riots,” Gilroy said. “It’s cool though to see all of the alum-ni come back. We even play the Beckett’s song and people dance on top of the bar.”

Forget Christmas.For all you horror movie fans

out there, October is the month to celebrate.

In the next few weeks, high-ly-anticipated scar y mov ies w il l be landing in theaters and scaring the goop out of guests.

Some may claim this caliber of film is superficial and is cre-ated simply to produce profit, but I beg to differ.

Horror films are scary, of course, but what attracts me the most to them is the message behind them.

In all reality, we aren’t likely to encounter any evil-spirited ghosts during our time here on Earth.

So, we enjoy seeing other peo-ple struggle.

No, we’re not sociopaths, but we like to remember that our lives are actually pretty good.

We like the adrenaline-rush and the fear.

We place ourselves in the characters’ shoes and ask our-selves “fight or f light?”

In the next few weeks, that question will need to be

answered. “Paranormal Activity 4”

materializes into theaters Oct. 19 and I’ve been waiting for it since the third one came out less than a year ago.

Taking the now-aging home video approach, this film touches on the familiar themes of possession and even incor-porates little kids to really bring out the creep factor.

Some may complain a fourth movie may be pushing the franchise too far, but I for one appreciate it.

The more we learn about the four or so centralized charac-ters makes those actions even more meaningful for viewers.

I just wish I could have a pocket diagnostic and statisti-cal manual of mental disor-ders to carry with me into the theater.

The wunderkinds who creat-ed that franchise branched out a little bit with their new film, “Sinister.”

Starring the 1980s and 1990s star Ethan Hawke, the film opens with a novelist living in a haunted house and discovers old home movies starring-who guessed it — ghosts.

The trailers for this film were quite terrifying.

I have a heart of stone and I screamed like I was fa l l-ing off a roller coaster when I watched it.

That tease is enough for me.Finally, the horror genre has

now successfully transitioned to the silver screen.

“American Horror Story: Asylum” gets committed Oct. 17.

The second season of the Emmy-winning show features Maroon Five front man Adam Levine and Jessica Lange.

I watched the show this past year and looked forward to every Wednesday night when I could escape into the mixed up, psychotic world.

The show is just as much a psychological thriller as it is a horror television show, which makes the intrigue that much sweeter.

If you’re not one for scream-ing or seeing disturbing images, still try to give scary stuff a try. None of it’s real.

It’s all in good fun and can even provide an extreme form of escapism that other genres simply wish to duplicate.

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By Amber PetkosekPulse Reporter

Although some clubs have been around for years, the music played and requested is always changing.

Some DJs and music profes-sionals in the area are paying attention to the different ways students are listening and danc-ing to music.

Manny Marcelo, also known as Kiss FM’s DJ Manny, spends Fridays and Saturdays at Cla-Zel providing students with music.

W hen Marcelo f irst began his career nine years ago, he said the main music style was hip-hop.

As time went on “it went to slower hip-hop,” he said. “Then it went to pop and now we are at the end of a dance phase.”

Some songs become popular because of a dance that goes along with it, Marcelo said.

“‘Cupid’s Shuffle’ still hasn’t gone away,” Marcelo said.

Another reason some songs become popular in the clubs is because they ta lk about birthdays.

Marcelo said some students like to go out and celebrate on these days and he will get a lot of requests for songs that men-tion birthdays.

“Anytime it’s a birthday, ‘Cake’ by Rihanna is requested,” Marcelo said. “Another popular one is ‘In Da Club’ by 50 Cent because it says, ‘gonna party like it’s your birthday’.”

Music played in the clubs dif fers from music played on the radio in many ways, Marcelo said.

“In clubs and bars you have to think of your audience. At bars you have a lot of people over 21,” Marcelo said. “On the radio it’s for all audiences. They play [Justin] Bieber on the radio, but not so much in the clubs.”

Associate Professor in the Popular Culture Department, Jeremy Wallach, said club music is about dancing.

“People l ike to da nce,” Wallach said. “The age-old connection bet ween dance and courtship is prominent in BG.”

A lot of the music being played in clubs is techno and dubstep, said freshman Greg Robison.

“All the mainstream music has the dubstep aspect now,” Robison said. “Everything has the bass in the background.”

“The stuff played in clubs is functioned towards dancing,” Wallach said.

The Korean pop song “Gangam Style” has recently gained a lot of popularity in the United States, Wallach said.

It became so popular because it’s a compelling song. Even if you don’t understand the words, you can dance to it, Wallach said.

Some clubs are playing more

Student music tastes change

DJs play popular tunes in clubs per people’s requests

Scary movies, shows have positive benefitsTARA KELLERPULSE EDITOR

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“The age-old connection between dance and courtship is prominent in BG.”

Jeremy Wallach | Popular Culture Associate Professor

“Perks of Being A Wallflower” beautifully done, moving film

Sinister American Horror Story:Asylum

Paranormal Activity 4

Student bartenders juggle schoolwork, job while enjoying serving drinks to customers

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“Horror films are scary, of course, but

what attracts me the most to them is

the message behind them.”

KELLY DEARTH | THE BG NEWSBARTENDER TAYLOR Stanford works at The Attic and has been employed there for three years. Other bartenders who work with him are students.

mixing it up behindthe bar

“On Homecoming, I worked for a

couple hours and made $500.”

Nick Gerkin | Bartender

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As a campus-based church in Bowling Green since 1984, h2o Church has helped with countless campus activities and prides itself on being very active within BGSU student life. h2o started expanding in other parts of Ohio. It is now proud to have helped start churches on the campuses of Ohio State, Kent State and the University of Cincinnati. Recently, h2o welcomed its new addition at the University of Toledo.

While all h2o churches are campus-based, anyone is welcomed to attend. h2o currently averages 450 attendees on any given Sunday.

“We’re a unique inter-denominational church,” h2o pastor Bryan Wiles said. “We value authentic relationships and are a group of people searching and discovering what God means in our life.”

As a campus church, h2o is thankful to be able to offer students a couple convenient options for worshipping within walking distance. Services are held every Sunday in the Union Ballroom at 11:30 a.m., and LifeGroups are held at 9 p.m. every Thursday night at multiple locations on campus.

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“LifeGroups are the heart of our church,” Wiles said. “It is not just about teaching. It is a time to bring your individual questions and seek personal answers about God.”

In addition to everything that h2o does on campus, it still offers many opportunities for students to get involved off-campus with spring break and summer break mission trips as well.

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Junior Mike O’Connell, bartender at The Attic, said the job can be hard when he gets off work late and has to get up early for class the next day.

Gilroy also agreed work-ing late and getting up early for class is a struggle.

“It’s worth it, though. You meet a lot of cool people,” O’Connell said.

Senior Bobby Albino, a bartender at SkyBar, said his job entitles him to be a peo-ple person because the envi-ronment is fast-paced and isn’t for someone who can’t handle customer service.

As a night person, Albino doesn’t have a problem with working late and having early classes.

“You just have to have good time-management,” Albino said.

As for having fun, bar-tenders find ways to enter-tain themselves and cus-tomers while working.

Quarters once had a for-mer employee who used to take shots off other people’s bodies whenever he lost a game of pool, Gerkin said.

While O’Connell likes serving his friends and classmates, he said it also depends on how drunk they are.

“One time we had a

guy order five flaming Dr. Pepper’s,” O’Connell said. “He ended up spilling some of them on the bar top and went to light the drinks because the alcohol is flam-mable and he lit the whole bar top on fire.”

While serving class-mates and professors is fun and may some-times be dangerous in O’Connell’s case, Gilroy’s favorite part of her job is the bar’s atmosphere.

“You don’t miss a lot since you’re not drinking,” Gilroy said. “You still get to see all the drunks out and tell them later that they made a fool of themselves.”

Even though bartend-ing entails a busy schedule, these students recommend the job.

O’Connell said bartend-ing keeps him out of trouble.

“I recommend it. It’s good pay too,” O’Connell said. “Just make sure you don’t take on more than you can handle.”

foreign music. “It’s only a matter of

time before you see more Asian popstars cross over,” Wallach said.

Wallach said American entertainment is very biased, but this will all change once they begin to become a more globally-aware nation.

Bowling Green has music outside of main-stream club music.

“There is Jazz Night on Wednesday nights at One49,” Wallach said. “It’s usually a lot of the Bowling Green faculty performing.”

Downtown also hosts other options like Cafe Havana, Wallach said.

“It’s a real change of pace and they are always looking for live bands,” Wallach said.

Wallach said students have a very limited diet for music.

“Club music will always be more popular than others because you don’t have to think about it,” Wallach said.

Wallach encourages students to go to the on campus music events and check out Jazz Night.

“College is the ideal time to discover music,” Wallach said. “Your mind has evolved enough to appreciate it.”

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3BR house for rent,near campus, Fall 2012.

Call 419-352-5882.

Furn. rooms, freedom of house, TV, W/D, clean & quiet, $275/mow/ $100 dep. Call 419-378-0054.

Seeking subleaser for 1BR apt,$400/mo + elec. A/C & W/D incl.

Call Greg at 419-438-3313.

For Rent

1 BR apt, 854 8th St, $400/mo +elec w/$400 security dep, no pets,non-smoking. Call 419-392-3356.

1 room studio, shared bath,co-ed only, furnished.

Avail NOW! $275/mo + elec.Call 419-601-3225.

1BR luxury loft, quiet, great forgrad students! All utils included.

Call 419-261-5017.

2BR 2 bth country apt w/ garage,grad students/professionals pref.

No pets, call 419-409-0023.

City Events

Vote Kelly Wicks for Ohio House!Community Leadership Experi-

ence, early vote starts October 2!

Help Wanted

Bartending, up to $300/day.No exp. needed, training avail,

call 800-965-6520 x174.

IMMEDIATELY seeking those who possess ENERGY,

SELF-CONFIDENCE, andCHEERFULNESS to work

Tues & Thurs, 8am-2pm shift in aresidential cleaning business.

$8/hr. Contact MightyMouseMaidrep at: hennepetross@yahoo.com

Waitresses and bartendersneeded at Doc s Restaurant.

Apply in person at 18625 Main St,Tontogany,OH. 419-823-4081

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*Now renting for 2013-14 SY.5 & 6 BR houses on Wooster.

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Take this guide with you or pick upat any of the participating venues!

Convention & Visitors Bureau419.353.9445 • www.visitbgohio.org

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• Tour the Old County Infirmary, now a Historical Museum.

• Outdoor attractions include Paupers’ Cemetery and Asylum.

• Free admission this weekend!

13660 County Home Rd.woodcountyhistory.org419-352-0967

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Pin the Hat on BG!A fun game for those who come in!Receive savings in the store.

133 S. Main 419-353-4287

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BE A TOURISTBE A TOURISTIn Your Hometown…

Teas, lotions, massage candles, jewelry bath salts, bulk herbs, stones, & gifts. Don't forget our holistic services and Classes - reflexology, reiki, acu detox & more.

315 N. Grove St. 419.354.8408 www.asherahsgarden.com

Go Onlin e to v iew our 2012 Fal l Schedule

Ful l Se rv ice Ho l i s t i c Bou t ique

Calico Sage & Thyme115 Clay • 419-352-5417

Mon.-Sat. 10-6; Sundays 12-4

October 13th & 14th

10% OffArometique Cinnamon Cider Products

& Aspen Mulling Spices

251 N. Main St., Bowling Green, OH 43402419-352-5104, Children’s Place direct line: 419-352-8253

wcdpl.orgMon. - Thur. 10: am - 8:30 pm; Fri. 10 am - 6 pm

Sat. 10 am - 5 pm; Sun 1 pm - 5 pm

1. Downtown BG419-354-4332121 E. Wooster St. Self-Paced Architectural Scavenger Hunt:Test your eye for detail while exploring historic Downtown Bowling Green and you could win $50 in Downtown Dollars Gift Certifi cates! Pick up your entry form at Ben Franklin (154 S. Main), Finders Records (128 N. Main) or Calico, Sage & Thyme (115 Clay).

2. Wood County Historical Museum 419-353-0967 13660 County Home Rd. “We Heart Tourists” entry fee of just $1 per person. See how weird and wonderful Wood County history can be with a self-guided tour of the former Wood County Poor House (Infi rmary) including the Lunatic Asylum and Pau-pers’ Cemetery from 1pm-4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

3. Jed’s Barbeque & Brew101 S Main St.419-353-6164Saturday- 20 wings for $10.99; 11am-12amSunday- Big Chicken Dinner for $7.99; 11am-11pm

4. Bowling Green Parks & Recreation 419-354-62231245 W. Newton Rd. $1 off daily admission during the weekend at the Bowling Green Community Center on Saturday from 8am-5pm and Sunday from 10am-5pm

5. BG Hats & Apparel 419-353-4287133 S. Main St.Pin-the-Hat on Bowling Green. Participants will receive special offers from the store when they play this game. Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm. 6. The Cookie Jar and More419-354-8780130 E. Court St.Free upgrade to the next pack size of hot cookies when you mention you are a tourist. Pick-up only. Saturday and Sunday Noon-Midnight.

7. For Keeps419-353-2232144 S. Main St.“Now We’re Cooking” Vera Bradley Promo. Get a sweet offer from Vera Bradley. Make a purchase and save $5-$50 off! Plus enjoy sweet treats from the Cookie Jar! Saturday: 9am-8pm. Sunday: 12pm-5pm.

8. Busy Thimble419-806-4022148 S. Main St. Buy 3 fat quarters and get 1 free. Saturday: 9am-8pm; Sunday: 11am-5pm.

9. Ben Franklin419-352-2100

154 S. Main St. $5 off with a $25 purchase. Small samples of candy, pop-corn and caramel corn! Limit 3 per customer. Saturday: 9am-8pm; Sunday: 11am-5pm.

10. ACE Hardware 419-352-0251136 S Main St.Buy 1 key, get 1 key free! Saturday: 9am-8pm; Sunday: 11am-5pm.

11. A Taste of Amish Deli 1234 N.Main Street419-352-3354 Buy 1 BLT, Get one ½ off. Also, 10% off everything in the entire store. Baked, jar goods & jerky- 100% Amish. Saturday from 10am-7pm.

12. Finder’s Records, Tapes & CDs128 N Main St.419-352-7677$1 off any compact disc, vinyl LP or music or movie DVD. Saturday from 9am-9pm & Sunday from 11am-5pm.

13. Calico Sage and Thyme115 Clay Street419-352-5417Receive a gift with a $10 purchase. Receive 10% off Arometique Cinnamon Cider Products and Aspen Mull-ing Spices. Saturday from 10am -6pm & Sunday from 12pm-4pm

14. Little Miss Cupcakes Soda Shop & Bakery133 E. Wooster419-353-1915Receive 10% off your purchase if you mention the Be a Tourist Event! Saturday from 10am-10pm and Sunday from 11am-4pm.

15. art-a-site! Gallery & Studio419-352-4455116 S. Main St. Free “Make-it, Take-it Workshop” for children. Sunday from 1pm-4pm.

16. Dyer’s Family Dining419-806-4322200 Campbell Hill Rd.Buy any entrée and get another entrée of equal or lesser value for %50 off. Saturday from 10:30am-9:30pm and Sunday from 10am-2pm.

17. Snook’s Dream Cars419-353-833813920 County Home Rd. Two for one admission

18. Wood County CourthouseCorner of E. Court St. and N. Prospect St.Site to see- Construction began in 1894 for this sandstone and granite Romanesque-style architecture. The clock tower is the 2nd largest working hand clock tower in the nation.

19. Simpson Garden Park1291 Conneaut Ave.Site to see- Simpson Garden Park has set out to be a great community garden. What was once a stretch of sparse, open land is now a mix of garden spaces, wandering trails, shade and ornamental trees and home to over ten distinct gardens.

20. BG Community GatewayCorner of Poe & ThurstinSite to see- An artistic gateway to the BG community created by BGSU students, partnering with the city of Bowling Green.

21. Al-Mar Lanes1010 N. Main St.419-352-4637Brunch ‘N Bowl – Sunday 12-2 pm. Adults $7.99; Kids $5.99; Save $1.00 per person on pizza buffet. Shoe rental - $1.00College ID Night – Sunday 5-10:30 pm. $9.99 for 3 games & shoe rental, 1/2 price appetizers until 9 pm, DJ & Karaoke 8:30-10:30 pmSuper Saturday Family Kosmic Bowling – 2-5 pm. $10.99 for 2 games & shoes.

22. Happy Badger331 N. Main St.419-352-0706Saturday - 11am-8pm; Sunday - 11am-4pmReceive free specialty drink (hot chocolate, espresso, smoothies, milk shakes, etc.) with the purchase of any food order.

23. BG Wind FarmRt. 6 west of BGVisit the computerized kiosk on site and take a look at the turbines up close and personal. Dawn to dusk daily.

24. Wood County District Public Library251 N. Main St.419-352-5104Saturday - 10:30 amLil’ Pumpkins - Bring your little pumpkins for stories and messy fun!

25. SBX Bookstore530 E. Wooster St.419-353-7732, cell 419-575-2821Saturday - 9am-5pm; Sunday - 11am-4pm20% off any one BGSU imprinted item.

26. Asherah’s Garden315 N. Grove St.419-354-8408Saturday - 11am-5pm10% off any purchase. $10.00 walk in acu detox sessions.

BGSU27. BGSU Fine Arts Galleries419-372-8525 BGSU Fine Arts Centerm- Ridge Street & Lot N

“Curiosities: Rick Valicenti & the 21st Century Thirst” This free exhibit by the national award-winning designer and BGSU alumnus will be featured in the Willard Winkel-man Gallery Saturday from 11am-4pm and Sunday from 1pm-4pm.

28. Little Red School House444 Education- BGSU Campus - E. Wooster St. & Lot A419-372-7401Get a Free Tour of the Little Red School House!

29. BGSU PlanetariumBGSU Main Campus - N. College Drive419-372-2421“Is this the End of the World?” Planetarium Show. $1 Donations Suggested.Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 7:30pm.

30. BGSU Ice Arena419-372-2264417 N. Mercer Rd.Public Skate on Saturday from 7pm to 9pm and Sunday from 3:30pm- 5:30pm. Buy one admission, get one free of equal or lesser value. Skate rental fees additional.

31. Young People’s ConcertBryan Recital Hall, Moor Musical Arts Center- BGSU Main Campus - Lot C419-372-8171Saturday-11am. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children. Recommended for children ages 5 & up.

32. Chef’s DemonstrationOaks Dining Center- BGSU Main Campus - Ridge Street419-372-7933Saturday at 12:30pm

33. Stroh ShowStroh Center-BGSU Main Campus - Stadium Drive1-877-BGSU TICKETEnjoy the Stroh Show featuring the Bowling Green Falcon Marching Band at 1:30pm on Saturday!

34. BGSU Football vs. MiamiDoyt-Perry Stadium- BGSU Main Campus - Stadium Drive1-877- BGSU TICKETCome cheer on the Falcon Football Team as they take on Miami University! Kick-off is at 3:30pm on Saturday.BGSU students free. Tickets $10.00

35. BGSU Hockey vs. Union CollegeIce Arena- BGSU Main CampusWatch the BGSU Hockey Team as they take on Union College. Face-off is at 7pm on Saturday.

36. Dave Frishberg: Jazz ArtistKobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center- BGSU Main Campus - Ridge Street Lot C- 8:00 p.m. Saturday419-372-2486The four time Grammy nominated jazz composer, vocalist and pianist will be appearing here at BGSU for a fantastic evening performance. BGSU Students are free and all other guests can purchase tickets for only $8.

20% off any one BGSU imprinted item.

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By Allison BasileThere are several activities on campus this weekend for families – pancake break-fasts, family golf outings and even chef demonstrations; but what if you would like to travel off campus and see what the town has to offer? Bowling Green is a town, rich in history and com-munity, and families who would like to explore have an abundance of options this weekend. The Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau is holding a “Be A Tourist in Your Own Town” event this Saturday and Sunday, featuring a sched-ule full of fun family events. This promotion includes a discounted trip to the Wood County Historical Museum, discounts at restaurants and businesses downtown and even an architectural scaven-ger hunt with prizes. Also located downtown are many art galleries, includ-ing Art-a-Site!, Akimbo Gallery and the Arts in Common Gallery. For families who would prefer something more active, Bowling Green features several parks and outdoor attractions for a beautiful fall weekend.

Lots of Activities Throughout Town For Family Weekend

The City Park, located on Conneaut and Fairview Avenue features basketball courts and a baseball dia-mond, as well as an in-line skating rink and a playground. A full disc golf course can be found at Carter Park on Campbell Hill Road, along with picnic tables and shelters. Too chilly to spend time outside? Many attractions in town can keep you warm and cozy while still enjoying the weekend. Al-Mar Lanes features open bowling for almost all of the weekend, with “Kosmic Bowling” 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday night. Kosmic Bowling features a

sound and light show, a DJ and glow in the dark bowling. The Woodland Mall offers fun as well, with some spe-cialty shops and the Cinemark Theater, located inside. Movies at this theater are priced lower than most, and all five screens are always showing new, up-to-date movies. Showings for the fam-ily this weekend include Hotel Transylvania, Frankenweenie and Pitch Perfect, all playing Friday through Sunday. Another great reason to explore the town of Bowling Green is the many restaurants the city has to offer. Many of them have famous dishes and loyal customers. Stop in to Myles Pizza Pub for one of the famous eight specialty pizzas or make a run to Campus Pollyeyes for an order of must-have stuffed breadsticks. Room for des-sert? Stop into Little Miss Cupcakes for specialty cup-cakes and cake pops, or Myles Dairy Queen for an oversized Blizzard. Whether your family wants to take in all campus offers or do some exploring around the city, it should not be too difficult to find something to do this Family Weekend.

Bowling Green is a town, rich in history and

community, and families who would

like to explore have an abundance

of options this weekend.

By Phillip MartinKermit’s, located on South Main Street, offers a unique Family Weekend dining option for those visiting Bowling Green. A family–owned business since 198, Kermit’s Family Restaurant, has caught the attention of others, too being named one of the “101 Best Places to Eat in Ohio”. Many people might associate Kermit’s with the name of a well-known frog in popular culture. However, General Manager Cassy Maas, the daughter of the owner, explains the res-taurant is named after her grandfather, who was a car-penter and built houses in the area. Maas explained the family-friendly atmosphere Kermit’s has been well-known for.“You can come and sit, and you can see friends. You know who these people are,” she said.Kermit’s is like Bowling Green because, even with the University present, there is still a unique “old-town fashion feel” to it that many areas don’t have anymore, she said. Along with the home-style feeling, Kermit’s offers a fami-ly-friendly atmosphere with its family employees. Some of Maas’ relatives work as cooks

Kermit’s offers family cooking for familiesor servers. Kermit’s busiest times are during the weekend when it is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. A lot of University students visit at this time, Maas said. Despite heavy business at times, Maas said that service is timely for customers. “We’re small, but we have a quick turnover. We might have a long line like Bob Evans, but it’ll only take 10 to 15 minutes guaranteed”, she said. The wait may be worth it. Kermit’s menu offers tradition-al breakfast items, and one of the most popular items is the crescent sandwich. Animal pancakes are a popular treat for children. Pancakes shaped like dinosaurs, Mickey Mouse and other critters are a spe-cialty of the cooks, Maas said. Kermit’s offers specials from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during its Monday through Friday hours. Beginning in two weeks, Kermit’s will offer three sea-sonal specials. On family taco night, families can enjoy making their own tacos with fixings brought to their table, Maas said. One special that is big with locals on Fridays is the “All-You-Care-to-Eat-Walleye,” starting at 4 p.m. for $9.75, Maas said. “Swamp People Wednesdays” will feature special items like alligator tail and Bourbon chicken over red beans and rice, Maas said. Aside from the specials,

Kermit’s also serves com-fort food, such as pork chops, cheeseburgers and mashed potatoes, during lunch and din-ner hours. A popular item dur-ing these hours is the tandoori, which is a flat bread sandwich that is crunchy on the outside and soft of the inside, Maas said. Fillings for tandoories can vary from bacon cheeseburger to pizza to philly steak. Kermit’s also offers kid-friendly menu items that come in small portions, such as fries, corndogs and spaghetti. Maas also helps make call-to-order pies, which customers can pick up the next day if they choose. Along with a variety of comfort food menu items, Kermit’s offers a convenience for its customers once it is time for them to pay the tab. Kermit’s has accepted credit cards for a year and half, according to Maas, which helps families out.