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ON TO THE TOURNAMENT FREEDOM OF PRESSThe BG men’s soccer team played its way into the Mid-American Conference tournament with a win against Northern Illinois. BG will face West Virginia in the first round. | PAGE 3

Guest Columnist Jon Stinchcomb talks about how the freedom of press is important in maintaining a free society. He explains that journalists should have access to certain information. | PAGE 4

Jessica EnaselJunior, Early Childhood Education

ARE YOU PLANNING ON ATTENDING ZIGGYTHON? WHY OR WHY NOT?

“Yes, because I’m in a sorority and a lot of sororities do it so I go to support them.”

RECYCLE A PHONE

Students travel fall break for community service, aid others

h2o celebrates its 30 year anniversary

POWER YOGABG Alternative Break focuses on poverty, food stamps, community development

Dance Marathon hosts annual fundraiser to support Children’s Miracle Network, locals in need

Events for weekend include banquet, church service, restaurants

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STUDENTS AND members of the community participate in a power yoga class.

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University listed in Princeton review as one of top green schools in nation

The University made it on Princeton review’s list of “322 Green Colleges” list for the second year in a row.

The list, which is in no particular order, accepts applicant schools based on commitment to sustainability and environmental causes.

According to Nick Hennessy, University director of sustainability, said the University’s signing of the President’s Climate Commitment and its dedication to LEED certification of buildings were huge factors in getting on the list.

“Those are some of the things that moved us from the ‘great job, you’re not quite there,’ to the ‘congratulations’ category,” Hennessy said.

Some student groups have criticized the University’s sustainability record. As mentioned in a panel on clean energy two weeks ago during No Impact Week, the University purchases a large portion of its electricity from the city of Bowling Green, which in turn buys 60 percent of their power from coal as of 2010.

Hennessy said the source of the University’s electricity is important, but students should keep in mind how to use it.

“Our source of electricity ... is going to remain constant or relatively con-stant for a while,” he said. “Let’s use less of it.”

Hennessy said the University’s inclusion on the list will help improve recruit-ment of new students.

“They can look and they can see what the school has [that] it also has a ranking of how green it is,” Hennessy said. “It’s attractive to parents and students.”

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By Corey MaxwellReporter

Although the University’s Dance Marathon main event Ziggython isn’t until April, it’s never too early to start fundrais-ing and raising awareness.

Dance Marathon held their annual fundraising dinner to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network on Friday night and the theme of the din-ner was “A Time For Giving.”

“Dance Marathon is all about giving back to the Children’s Miracle Network to support the amazing miracle children and their families,” said Assistant

Director of Admissions and MC of the event Erin Heilmeier. “This is the time for Dance Marathon to give back to our amazing community and insti-tution. The funds raised by BGSU Dance Marathon directly help medical professionals and their work with the children they serve.”

By the end of the night, the dinner had raised a total of $7,285.41 through donations and bids on silent auction prizes such as an iPad Mini or a BGSU merchandise package. The money will go toward Mercy Children’s Hospital.

The event featured many speakers who all had a story to tell or share.

Bikes for Tikes creator Mark Johnston appeared on-screen during a pre-taped video seg-ment as he was not able to attend due to conflicting sched-ules. He expressed his passion for Dance Marathon and all the efforts that go into making Dance Marathon a success.

“It’s very interesting how a simple idea like me riding my bike home from college after graduating, turned into some-thing that still, 15 years later, continues to support children

in need,” Johnston said. Katie Stygles, a gradu-

ate research assistant at the University, spoke of her expe-rience at Mercy Children’s Hospital. When she was preg-nant with her twin boys, she was referred to a maternal fetal medicine doctor to investigate possible twin-to-twin transfu-sion syndrome.

“Tonight I’m here to talk about how your philanthropic efforts help change lives, espe-cially our lives,” Stygles said.

Stygles spoke about her stay

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By Chris McGowanReporter

Recreating a homeless experience and living on food stamps might not seem like much of a vacation to most, but sophomore Matt Henkes chose to do it anyway.

Henkes, a film production major, chose to take an alter-native fall break to Cincinnati through the BG Alternative Breaks [bGAB] program.

The trip was one of three alter-native breaks offered through bGAB, including a trip to Detroit and a trip to Chicago.

The Cincinnati trip focused on poverty and community develop-ment, Henkes said.

“The trip was heavily edu-

cation based,” he said. “We did a poverty simulation with food stamps, took a trip to the Hamilton County Justice Center to learn about incarceration and visited the Underground Railroad Freedom Center.”

Henkes said the food stamp experience was very eye opening for him.

“It was very difficult to eat healthy,” he said. “ [Over-the-Rhine] is somewhat of a ‘food desert’. There’s only one Kroger grocery store so many people have to rely on food they can get at gas stations and convenience stores. Many of the people we worked with didn’t have access to a car so they had to consider ‘how much food can I carry home myself.’”

When he actually got the food, he didn’t realize how bad it actually was.

“The food we could get with food stamps was really limited and disgusting,” he said.

Besides the food stamp experi-ment, Henkes remembers the peo-ple he met on the trip.

“We met a man and asked him if he needed anything. He asked us if we wanted to see some pictures and we figured he meant, pictures of his family. Instead he showed them some really good drawings he done, caricatures of famous people. It was really surprising,” he said.

Dakota Patton, a junior human

By Natasha Ivery Reporter

“h2o”, one of the largest inter-denominational churches at the University celebrated its 30 year anniversary on Nov. 8 and 9.

“So, this weekend there are a lot of activi-ties going on,” said Bryan Wiles, pastor of h2o. “On Friday we have tons of alumni coming into town so we’re having a casual get-together at Buffalo Wild Wings, nothing too fancy. On Saturday from 1:00-3:30 p.m. we have the Perry Fieldhouse reserved for families with kids, so we have bouncy houses and snacks, may even see some Falcon Flames who met at h2o. That same evening in the ballroom, we’re having a banquet, talking about relationships and God and walk-ing through the past 30 years. Finally, on Sunday we have our regular church service at 11 a.m. with our celebration theme. The very special part is at 5:45 p.m. We’re having a baptism with 25 students getting baptized.”

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The h2o church started through a group of men and women who had a church at The Ohio State University and wanted a similar one at the University.

“They actually met on the patio outside the Union Starbucks and began mak-ing plans, making con-nections and talking to people,” Wiles said. “In a few months they had 40-50 students in an h2o service and the rest is basically his-tory. Our motto is engage, inform, inspire.”

Pastor Wiles got involved with h2o at the University right after he graduated and quickly began build-ing a new ministry.

“I began as a student at BG. I thought I would be a teacher. Some people invit-ed me to service and I fell in love and grew in my faith as a person,” Wiles said.

h2o has different groups and various opportunities for students to get involved.

“We engage in leader-ship development and have 20 different h2o LifeGroups, special Bible study groups inside the res halls,” Wiles said. “We have Affinity LifeGroups for athletes and Greeks. We also have an intern-ship program and take mission trips to places like Guatemala, Panama City and the Appalachian area.”

h2o is currently in the process of expanding its ministry to other schools.

“Right now we have h2o

on different campuses in Ohio- OSU, UC, Kent, WSU…we have one at the University of Pittsburgh. We are working on opening a ministry at the University of Akron and the University of Toledo,” Wiles said. “God’s love even extends to your enemies [Toledo Rockets, jokingly]. It’s crazy to see what 30 years can do- we have 600-700 students at the University in h2o.”

The organization may have impacted students in a positive light.

“I’ve been to a few h2o services and I love it; it strengthens my faith,” said junior Ashely Hillis.

Junior Alexandra Carter is a Lifegroup leader and active in h2o.

“I first got introduced to it a couple of years ago when I attended Kickstart,” Carter said. “I grew up in the church so not going didn’t feel right. The wor-ship band was amazing and my best friend kept inviting me so I kept going.”

The Well, which is a six-week spiritual session to learn more about the Bible really hit her when they asked are you a fan or a fol-lower, she said.

“That’s when I knew h2o was the place,” she said. “I’m a leader in Centennial three’s LifeGroup on Thursdays. It keeps me grounded. I have quiet times and listen to con-temporary gospel music instead of Lil’ Wayne curs-ing. We reach out and do little acts of kindness and God’s love like coffee on the Education steps.”

development and family studies major, and Malcolm McAlpine, a senior visual communication technology major, chose to take their alternative break in Chicago, visiting the St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup kitchen.

“It wasn’t like what most people think of soup kitch-ens,” Patton said, “There wasn’t a big line with peo-ple lining up to have soup plopped in their bowls. It was actually organized like a restaurant, with the volun-teers serving the homeless like waiters. It made the peo-ple who were there for food feel like they were human.”

McAlpine also helped with the soup kitchen. There he met a woman that had been volunteering at various shelters for the last seven years.

“She told me that if she’s not helping others, she’d just feel weird. It was her way of connecting with the com-munity,” McAlpine said.

Maddi Georgoff, a senior Spanish major and founder of the group, went on the

Detroit trip. The Detroit trip focused

on trying to help revitalize the city as well as the people still living there.

Georgoff worked with a group called the Motor City Blight Busters that restores or destroys old abandoned buildings and create things like community gardens.

“[The Blight Busters] are trying to create a positive space for the community,” Georgoff said.

The trip allowed Georgoff to see the changes that are happening in Detroit.

“A lot of people think that Detroit has nothing going for it but it actually has a lot going for it,” Georgoff said. “I felt like I became an advo-cate for Detroit. That’s kind of the point of [bGAB], we want you to become advo-cates for the community you served.”

bGAB has 5 trips planned for the upcoming Spring Break. The locations have yet to be determined. If you’d like to sign up for an alterna-tive break for next spring, there will be a form post-ed on the group’s OrgSync page. The expected fee for the trip is $190.

at Mercy St. Vincent Hospital and she wanted to make it clear how great the hospi-tal was during her pregnan-cy and her delivery of her twin boys.

“Every day of their stay at Mercy Children’s Hospital, we were in awe of the doc-tors, nurses, respiratory ther-apists, dieticians, all of the other incredible people who cared for them. Our babies literally not would have sur-vived without them,” Stygles said.

Vice President of Student Affairs Jill Carr gave an oral history of Dance Marathon and detailed how far it’s come in raising money and awareness since its incep-tion in 1995.

“This event, in my view, is the official kickoff for this year’s 2014-2015 Dance Marathon,” Carr said. “This is when it all gets started and is so visible to the rest of the campus.”

Carr stressed the impor-tance of the event and reminded those of the cause that Dance Marathon works toward every year.

“Everything these stu-dents do is truly for the kids.”

Dr. Ateeq Haseeb, pedi-atric neurology and epi-lepsy specialist of Mercy Children’s Hospital, spoke of importance of the fun-draising efforts for Dance Marathon and how they help those that are truly in need.

“One thing speaks and that is we all have some-thing in our heart, in com-

mon, that says we care,” Haseeb said. “We care for the children of our country, of this region and most of all, Northwest Ohio.”

Alison Doughty, direc-tor of Dance Marathon, wrapped up the din-ner and she expressed the importance of the Dance Marathon member’s ability to “think differently.”

“By finding opportunity in places that most would deem opportunity-less. We push ourselves to be more and do more because we have a responsibility for that hospital of local chil-dren who are depending on us,” Doughty said. “We find opportunities in our chal-lenges, we search for ways to turn our obstacles into resources.”

Doughty stressed how much the benefit dinner has grown and expressed her excitement for this year’s event.

“I think this is the most moving benefit dinner I’ve been a part of so far,” Doughty said. “I think the greatest part was just the wide range of the audi-ence. We had students, fac-ulty, different departments, alumni, people from this hospital, community mem-bers and parents there and it’s really great because the people that came can take Dance Marathon back to their respected areas and that really helps spread the message on a massive scale. It’s our 20th year and we’re planning to do big things this year, as far as awareness goes and such, and I think that this a great kickoff event to do that.”

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Orange Bike Program allows students access to free transportationOrganization takes old bikes confiscated by police then repaints, repairs them for students to use

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By Kayland HagwoodReporter

Nicholas Hennessy sees proof almost every day that his Orange Bike Program makes a difference for stu-dents and the environment.

“I walk across campus and see two, three, four people pass me by or cross my path who are riding an orange bike,” Hennessy said. “Hopefully they’re enjoying that, they’re get-ting to their destination [and] they’re understand-ing that it makes sense to ride a bike both from a health and recreation standpoint and from a sus-tainability standpoint.”

The Orange Bike Program was formed around 2009

by Hennessy, who is the University’s sustainabil-ity coordinator. He mod-eled this classic “commu-nity bike share” after other schools and cities with sim-ilar programs.

At the time, Hennessy was looking for greater ways to make the University more environmentally friendly, but the program had low membership and few bikes.

The area where volun-teers worked on the bikes was also not very impres-sive, Hennessy said, and the program operated exclusively on a volunteer or internship basis.

Now the bike share has nearly 250 members and with the increase in mem-bers came an increase in

bikes. It’s now easier than ever

for members to hop on bikes because the bikes are located in more places, Hennessy said.

The Orange Bike Program reuses lost bikes provided to them by uni-versity police. A team of mechanics repairs any damages and paints all of the bikes orange to give them a similar look. This process keeps expenses low for those running the pro-gram and keeps the cost free for students.

And the bike share pro-gram doesn’t just rely on volunteers anymore.

“With the assistance of Campus Operations, we are able to employ a student

bike mechanic to keep the bikes in working order and assist in administering the program and provide good service to our members,” Hennessy said.

Even with the changes and growth, the Orange Bike Program strives to keep its original focus.

“We are still focused on running a program that emphasizes sustainable, ‘emissions–free’ transpor-tation, utilizing previous-ly-used bikes,” Hennessy said, “so the program fits into the sustainability goals of BGSU of reducing emissions, reducing waste, and education/outreach in the sustainability area.”

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By Hampton CrawfordReporter

The BG volleyball team came away with a pair of losses this past weekend, moving them to 7-19 overall and 4-10 in the Mid-American Conference.

BG fell to Miami, Ohio, first on Thursday 25-17, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, followed by a four-set loss to west division leader Northern Illinois 24-26, 25-23, 25-22, 25-22 Saturday.

In the first set against the Redhawks, it was close at the midway point, but the Redhawks used a short 4-1 run to give them a 16-12 advantage in the first. Miami then went on a 9-5 run to finish the set 25-17.

Throughout the rest of the match it continued to be close. Miami used a 3-1 run at the 22-22 point to win the second set 25-23.

The third set was neck and neck with both teams tied at 22-22, however BG came away with the set victory after a 3-1 run to force a fourth set.

Then moving into the fourth set BG and the Redhawks came to a tie again at 18-18, but BG could not overcome Miami Ohio’s 7-2 run. The Redhawks won the set 25-20, ending the match.

Despite the loss BG head coach Danijela Tomic was proud of how her team played against a vet-eran group like Miami.

“We did many things well offensively and defensively, but they did it just a little bit better,” Tomic said. “We had three play-ers with double-digit kills, and they had five who didn’t make many errors. We had two players with double-digit digs and they had three. I am proud of how we fought but unfortunately it wasn’t enough.”

Sophomore Jelena Sunjic fin-ished the game with 19 kills, while freshman players Nicole Slimko and Paige O’Connor had 10 or more kills each. Sophomore Madeline Garda finished with a school record 34 digs along with

By Corey KrupaReporter

The Falcon hockey team trav-eled to Fairbanks, Alaska and swept conference opponent, the University of Alaska Nanooks. The Falcons won both games by a score of 3-2.

On Friday night, BG received goals from forwards Mark Cooper, Brandon Hawkins and Matt Pohlkamp. Goaltender Tommy Burke made 26 saves in the victory.

“We’re a group that scores by committee. We can all go up a level,” BG head coach Chris Bergeron said. “It’s just a matter of finding our consistent level for 60 minutes.”

The Falcons scored the first goal of the game in the middle of the first period, with a goal from Mark Cooper and an assist from Mitchell McClain.

BG’s second goal of the game came late in the first period with a goal from Brandon Hawkins to give them a 2-1 lead going into the intermission.

However, the Nanooks answered with a goal in the sec-

ond period to tie the game at two. Matt Pohlkamp’s goal at the 12:56 mark gave the Falcons the lead for good, as BG won Friday’s game 3-2.

“It’s huge that we are get-ting consistency from every-body,” Pohlkamp said. “It isn’t one or two guys. It gives us a lot of depth and confidence to win games.”

In Saturday night’s game, the Falcons completed the weekend sweep with another 3-2 victory, as Tommy Burke made 36 saves. Ben Murphy, Mark Cooper and Pohlkamp scored BG’s goals.

BG got off to another early 1-0 lead with a goal from Murphy 2:12 into the game. Late in the first period, the Falcons added to their lead with a goal from Pohlkamp and assists from Kevin Dufour and Mike Sullivan.

BG continued its offensive attack early in the second period with another goal from Cooper to give them a 3-0 lead. Cooper had two goals and one assist on the weekend. The Nanooks scored two goals in the second period, however BG finished with a 3-2 victory over Alaska.

“We came up to Alaska and gave ourselves an opportunity to win two games and that’s what we did,” Bergeron said.

Alaska outshot the Falcons 38-30, but the Falcons were 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.

With the sweep, the Falcons improve their overall record to 7-2-1 and 5-1-0 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Alaska is now 5-5-0 overall and 0-4-0 in the WCHA.

The weekend sweep is the second time the BG has swept a conference opponent this sea-son, and the Falcons now have a record of 5-1-1 record on the road.

The team will return to the BG Ice Arena this Friday night in a home-and-home series against Ohio State. The puck will drop at 8:07 p.m.

Monday, November 10, 2014 3SPORTS

BG hockey picks up 2 wins at Alaska with help of multiple contributorsVolleyball losses to RedHawks, Huskies could derail

team’s Mid-American Conference tournament hopes

Falcons beat NIU to qualify for MAC Tournament

Falcons sweep University of Alaska BG drops matches at Miami, Northern Illinois during weekend

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“It’s huge that we are getting consistency

from everybody.”Matt Pohlkamp | Sophomore

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By Brandon ShriderAssistant Sports Editor

With its season on the line, the BG men’s soccer team took a 2-goal lead and never looked back.The Falcons fired two shots in the first half and scored on both of them. They held

a 2-0 lead over Northern Illinois at halftime.Thirty-two minutes into the game, Joe Sullivan, having missed the last game due to a

red card, scored an unassisted goal over the goalkeeper to the back post.Just five minutes later, Max Auden hit a one-timer into the back of the net on a pass from

Ryan James.However, the Falcons wouldn’t let themselves get comfortable despite the sizable lead.

“We kept playing for the next goal,” said head coach Eric Nichols.Northern Illinois answered back fifteen minutes into the second half with a goal on the play of a

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It’s that time of the semes-ter again, when a signifi-cant number of University students decide that not going to class is one way to deal with the stresses of working, studying, main-taining social and family connections and ... going to class.

The week before last I had 50-60% show up for one class and 55% for another. I’ve also heard colleagues tell of classes in which any-where from 25% to 70% of students don’t appear.

In a Canvas announce-ment, I stressed to one class that maybe the most important skill you can gain from college is regu-larly showing up on time where you don’t necessari-ly want to be. If you can’t do that, any other knowledge, proficiency and talents you bring to a job will prob-ably be negated when you get fired.

Still, the main reason you should show up is not to please your instruc-tor or your boss. That’s not really self-discipline, it’s internalizing some-one else’s demands and expectations.

A former University col-league who took a job in Texas, Jon Miller, posted on Facebook a notice he’d sent to his students, titled “Showing Up.”

Dr. Miller acknowledges attendance and participa-tion policies, but states that the main reason you should show up [on time], partici-pate and not leave early is not points or grades.

Instead, he writes: “You should strive to be a person who Shows Up. A person who Shows Up is someone who fulfills his commit-ments and takes care of his responsibilities.”

The benefits are person-al and intrinsic: “You will have the authentic sense of pride and self-worth that comes from consistently honoring your commit-

ments.”I discussed this problem

with a class of first-year students last week and got some insight into why peo-ple might not Show Up.

Some classes are not engaging. Adjusting to life at the University uses up time and energy.

Some students feel as though going to college has not been their own choice, but has been imposed on them by the demands and expectations of their families, society and the economy.

I know from private talks that depression is also a common factor.

All these pressures make you feel dependent. They blot out your identity.

They are like the cat in the fable by Kafka I wrote about in my last column: ready to eat you alive as long as you keep running toward the mouse trap.

One way to defy the cat and avoid the trap, to change directions, is to reclaim your time in col-lege as your time.

Students often apolo-gize to me when they miss class, but that misses the point. You don’t go to class for the instructor’s sake.

If you miss, you should apologize to yourself.

Each time you enter a classroom, each time you sit down to do homework, it is a gift to yourself.

Not to your parents or your teachers or your future bosses.

Think of it as a return on investment. Because you’re investing a lot of money to buy yourself that time.

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GEOFFREY HOWESCOLUMNIST

As a sports writer, I acknowl-edge and appreciate the com-mercial demand for the light-er side of journalism.

But it’s important to remember that the principles behind the establishment of the fourth estate in this coun-try carry far more weight in our ability to maintain the free society we enjoy and con-tinue to self-govern.

In fact, it is in largepart due to those principles that we still have that freedom to write about and publish the things we wish to cover, including sports and entertainment.

Though the vital function of journalism in the U.S. is to seek and report news that is in the public interest.

This general public is a product of our union, our self-government. That’s pri-marily why the people, which in this context we call the “public,” share a collective common interest.

The freedom of the press to report the actions of gov-ernment, those with power granted to them by the peo-ple, is absolutely essential to a free society.

Our Founding Fathers were well aware of this fact and as a result included the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights in our Constitution.

However, the days have since gotten darker over time.

The federal government has been and continues to target journalists for actions that are an exercise of their freedom of the press.

Among the flurry of scan-dals and accusations are reports of the Department of Justice secretly seizing phone records of more than 20 Associated Press reporters, the criminal investigation of journalist James Rosen and even reports by journalist Glenn Greenwald of a mas-sive NSA surveillance pro-gram that compiled phone and email records of U.S. citizens without warrants, tipped to him by whistleblow-er Edward Snowden.

We are approaching the

100th anniversary of the Espionage Act of 1917 and yet it is the current administra-tion that is also aggressively pursuing criminal action against the whistleblowers at entirely unprecedented levels under that act, thus creating one of the least transparent and inaccessible administra-tions in our history.

Greenwald reported that a top-secret FISA Court declared actions by a federal agency, the NSA, not only in violation of our Constitution, but even the broad excep-tions allowed for because of the Patriot Act.

Apparently we’ve reached a point where that unconsti-tutional activity by our own government is either accept-able or is, at the very least, up for debate. And even at that, it’s a debate that has since led to little-to-no reform on the matter.

Journalists, as well as the general public, absolutely do not have enough access to information, proven by the fact that we’ve reached this point.

Furthermore, when revela-tions do come to light, made public thanks to brave citizens compelled by conscience, we let the government turn around and prosecute them.

Any and all information pertaining to government activities at all levels, which is not likely to cause imminent harm to Americans, should be a reasonably obtainable public record.

“A popular government without popular informa-

tion or the means of acquir-ing it is but a prologue to a

farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both” - James Madison .

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The Bowling Green swim and dive team remains undefeated after a weekend away meet against Oakland and Eastern Michigan.

The Falcons came in first against the previ-ously unbeaten Eagles 155-145, and they took down Oakland 155-139.

Head coach Petra Martin said she was happy to see tough competition early in the season. She said she was excited to see qual-ity races and efforts from her team.

“It was a fun meet,” Martin said. “We were going back to back the whole time and they were definitely two very tough teams. I definitely like the team to be in those situ-ations because when you get to championships and things that’s what it’s going

to be in. the more practice we get under pressure, like that the better.”

The Falcons won eight events Saturday, start-ing off with a win in the 200 medley relay. Estela Davis, Kristin Filby, Jordan Bullock and Kayla Effinger swam the relay, keeping Bowling Green unbeaten in that event this season.

Davis took first in three other individual events including the 100 and 200 backstrokes. This is Davis’s first year swimming for the Falcons and Martin said she looks forward to what Davis will continue to bring to the team.

“She is very versatile

swimmer,” Martin said. “She is very motivated, a very hard worker. She loves the team atmosphere we have and I think she is going to do some great things down the road for us.”

After the opening relay, Bullock tallied another first place finish in the 200 but-terfly, setting a new per-sonal record in the event.

Sophomore Victoria Griffin continued her work in the freestyle races from last year, grabbing first in the 50 and 100 on Saturday. That was Griffin’s first time competing in the 100 this season.

Despite being swept in diving, Martin said it was good to see the team increase difficulty in the dives and progress each week.

“You can really see it,” Martin said. “Every week there is a difference. Every

week you can see how much better they are getting. I think their confidence is rising more and they are learning new dives.”

Saturday was the first travel meet for the Falcons. Martin said there are still things to work on when traveling, especially look-ing ahead to the Georgia Tech Invitational.

“The first couple of indi-vidual races were a little more up and down,” Martin said. “Some might have needed to warm up a little bit differently. The good thing is that pretty much all of them thought about it and tried to do things bet-ter or differently in order to swim fast on the road.”

Bowling Green will have some time off to prepare for the next meet, in late November. The team will travel to Georgia Tech and will not be back at home until mid-January.

free kick.However, the final 30

minutes of the game would remain scoreless with-out a shot-on-goal from either team.

“We got a couple quick goals and then withstood their pressure. It was a top-notch performance under pressure by our guys,” Nichols said.

The win for the Falcons

secured them a spot in the Mid-American Conference tournament, fulfilling the pri-mary goal that BG had since the beginning of the season.

“We’re really excited. This [making it to the MAC tour-nament] was one of our goals, our main goal,” Nichols said.

BG closed out its regular season with its second confer-ence win and 13th win overall.

Being able to get a MAC win on the road is huge, especially getting a berth into the con-ference tournament, Nichols

said.The win was the Falcons’

fourth in a row, first win in reg-ulation in more than a month and gives the Falcons an 8-1 record this season when scor-ing at least two goals.

The 13-5-1 final regular season record by BG is its most wins in a season in 17 years. The Falcons went 18-6 that season.

With the win, the Falcons advance to the MAC tourna-ment after missing the tour-nament last season.

The Falcons will take on two-seeded West Virginia in the first round on Friday, Nov. 14.

A win would move BG into the MAC tournament finals against the winner of Akron and Western Michigan.

Conference struggles and overall season record aside, now the Falcons will begin a new season.

“Now we have new life, a new season, nothing to lose and everything to play for,” Nichols said.

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breaking her personal best 29, an accolade Tomic said she was proud of.

“She continues to set new standards on defense and serve receive for her-self and our team,” Tomic said. “She is fearless on the court, and that is what I love about her. I am very proud of her and happy that we have the best libero in the conference who is only a sophomore.”

Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois proved too much of the same as BG was in a tight contest with the Huskies.

With the first set the Huskies led late 24-22,

but BG came back to tie it up at 24-24 with an ace from sophomore Delaney Arkeilpane. BG then came out and scored the next two points claiming a 26-24 win in the initial set.

In the second set, BG used a 5-3 run at the 16-15 mark to extend its lead to 21-18. Then the Redhawks went on a 5-0 run going up 23-18 before BG came back and tied up at 23 apiece. However, Northern Illinois finished the set off posting

back to back kills winning the set 25-23.

In the third, BG had a 13-8 lead, but the Huskies went on a 7-2 run to tie it all up at 15-15. BG then went on a 6-5 run to take a 22-21 lead, but the Huskies showed why they are at the top of the MAC west divi-sion, scoring the final four points to win the set 25-22.

With the fourth BG got as close as 22-21 before the Huskies finished the set and the match going on a 3-1 run to seal the deal.

Even with the loses, Tomic loves the fight she saw in her team.

“I am extremely proud of how our team competed and played their hearts out the whole match,” Tomic said. “Unfortunately, we

could not create enough swings for our hitters … scoring was the num-ber one key for us to win tonight and we did not do that.”

BG finished with Sunjic getting a team high 11 kills followed by Slimko, O’Connor and sophomore Alyssa Maloney all getting nine kills, while senior Kelsey Bates added eight.

With the two losses, BG is on the hot seat as they now must win their last two games in order to have a shot of making the MAC tournament.

BG will play the Ohio Bobcats on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Convocation Center, followed by Kent State on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the MAC Center.

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unfortunately it wasn’t enough.”

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“The main goal of the Orange Bike Program is to make it easier for students to choose alternate trans-portation as opposed to like burning fossil fuels with cars and things like that,” said Sustainability Assistant Joshua Chamberland. “So, what we do is we try to make it as easy as possible for stu-dents to sign up.”

When students join the bike program, they sign three documents: an appli-cation, a waiver form and a key receipt. They then learn

four major rules for the pro-gram.

They are students must be a registered member to use an Orange Bike, Orange Bikes are for on-campus use only, they must always be locked to a campus bike rack and the rider is responsible for wearing a bike helmet and driving safely.

“They can pull those documents online…and bring them in [The Office of Campus Sustainability] and get their key that way,” Hennessy said. “Or they can go to one of our spe-cial events that we’ve had where we register people –like a one stop shop for registration.”

The sign up process was quick, said sophomore Sultan Atekoja. He benefits from the program by being able to get to faraway places

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During the warmer months like August and September, the bike pro-gram holds events and sets up sign-up booths to encourage students to join.

One recent event was the Fall Welcome Bike Tour which, Chamberland said, was a “large bike ride down the Slippery Elm bike trail.”

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