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DEFENSE STANDS STRONG STUDENT DISABILITIESThe BG Football team held their annual Spring game Saturday after-noon. The defense held it’s own against the offense for most of the game. | PAGE 5

Guest Columnist Torrance Vauhan talks about what students with disabilities have to go through. He says teachers should make more accommodations than what they do already. | PAGE 4

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WHAT DID YOU DO FOR SIBS N KIDS WEEKEND?

“I took my sister to Two Foxes.”

SIBS N KIDSStudents invited their siblings to Sibs N Kids weekend to participate in fun activities like laser tag and carnival games. Read what the siblings liked best on Page 3.

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University promotes literacy with event“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” author Laura Numeroff speaks to

children, parents about importance of reading, creativity

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By Natasha IveryReporter

When people have children, they often encourage them to read to jumpstart their literacy skills and look for other ways to help their child with reading. Literacy in the Park, an event sponsored by the University, helps children to do just that.

Literacy in the Park, sponsored by the Conda family and the College of Education and Human Development, was held Saturday, April 11 at the Stroh. The event featured booths like the University’s Martha Gesling Weber Reading Center, PNC Bank, the Wood County Book Mobile, Toledo Opera and ODNR Scenic Rivers among many others.

At the event, there were 40 volunteers, 100 volunteers for booths and it cost $30,000 to host.

Alyssa Puckrin, early childhood education major and graduate assistant coordinator, said that the event is one of the University’s signature events that’s been going on for a while.

“This is the 11th or 12th year for the event,” Puckrin said. “This is the second time we’ve had it in the Stroh due to the capacity.”

Puckrin says that a lot of the vendors they have represent different types of literacies.

“We have ECCO here, Toledo Zoo, BGSU Dining, Ohio Virtual Academy and a lot more,” Puckrin said. “We wanted to show-case a bunch of literacies besides reading,

like financial, science, math, nutrition, art, emotional and more.”

Entertainment for the event included the University’s acapella groups Ten40 and Not Yet Perfect. Toledo School for the Arts’ steel drum band, Glass City Steel, was also in attendance with a performance.

Each year the event is held, there is always a notable children’s author invited to be a keynote speaker. Past authors include Mark Brown, creator of “Arthur”; writer of the “Llama, Llama” series Anna Dewdney and Eric Litwin, who wrote “Pete the Cat,” to name a few.

This year’s keynote speaker was Laura Numeroff, author of the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” “If You Give a Moose a Muffin” and “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” series. Laura’s books have been translated in more than a dozen languages and has been fea-tured on Oprah.

Numeroff spoke to the crowd of parents and young children about the importance of books, reading passages from her books to the crowd and encouraging kids to do phi-lanthropy with literacy, highlighting some of her projects with reading.

Numeroff said that she was honored to speak at this year’s event.

“Anytime I can share my love of books or do an activity with reading is a joy and honor,” she said. “I didn’t expect that many people in one room though. It is an amazing event.”

See LITERACY | Page 8

By William ChannellManaging Editor

Victor Senn and Danielle Parker have won the first contested election for presi-dent and vice president for the Undergraduate Student Government since the 2012-2013 academic year.

“I never would have seen myself in this position when I came to Bowling Green,” Senn said.

Out of 13,059 total emails that were sent out, there were 2,234 respondents for this election. This is a 17.11 percent response rate, which roughly is a six percent increase from last year’s election.

The Senn/Parker ticket received 904 votes.“This is the most incredible experience,” Parker said. “It’s such a

rewarding feeling.”Trenton Grohe and Kaylee Meade, who ran on a platform advocating a radical

revamping of USG, came in second with 731 votes.“It was a fantastic race,” Grohe said. “Victor and Danielle gave it their all.”The experience of running, Grohe said, was “phenomenal,” and he said the

connections he and Meade made are valuable.“We got that message out there and hopefully president elect Senn and vice

president elect Parker know the issues before [students] so they can fix them,”

Senn/Parker (904)

Grohe/Meade (731)

Alzamami/Robinson (513)

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Senn/Parker wins USG election, six percent increase in voting from past years

BREAK DOWNBelow are the numbers for each candidate. Other than the presidential/vice presi-dential election, all who are named below did win a seat in their respective areas. Out of 13,059 emails sent out, 2,234 responded. This is a 17.11 percent response rate.

Senators At Large • Seth Bumbaugh - 819• Alexa Woodburn - 744 • Ebonee Johnson - 720 • Amanda Dortch - 637• Aaron Menapace - 509• Melissa Dureiko (Write-in) - 30• Julian Gillilan (Write-in) - 13

Off-Campus Senators• Aaron Hinkle - 20• Jason Barker - 19• Marc Garcia- 18

Other Senatorial Positions • College of Arts and Sciences Senator

Richard Racette - 643, • College of Education and Human

Development, Senator - 620, • College of Business Senator - 269, • College of Technology - 84

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Diversity Affairs Senators• Keith Johnson - 1,175• Avery Dowell (Write-in) - 8• Berrion Berry - 1,145• Luke Grabski (Write-in) - 10

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Fact Line answers student questionsPhone number established because of Kent State ShootingLindsey Meyer

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Somet hing at t he University has been get-ting buzz lately: the Campus Fact Line located in the Union.

Anyone can call the Fact Line at (419) 372-2445 and ask any question that they need an answer for.

University students run the desk everyday and are there to answer questions that come through.

Since the Fact Line has been brought to the surface lately, some may wonder if it’s new or underused.

“The Campus Fact Line was established by President Jerome right after the Kent State shoot-

ing,” said Steve Charter, University archivist.

After the shooting at Kent State, their univer-sity set up a phone num-ber that students could call regarding the build-ings being closed or on lock down. The University heard about this and then created a phone number that morphed into the Campus Fact Line.

“I can tell you from my own personal experience, I’ve been here from the early 80’s and 90’s and Fact Line was here then,” said Director of Operations at the Union Tony Fox.

Since the Fact Line has been around for decades, it’s more popular among the older generation because at their time in

college the Internet was just being created. The Fact Line was a way for them to search for an answer to their questions.

“Fact Line was an ana-logue version of Google,” Fox said.

Campus Fact Line isn’t as advertised anymore since the Internet is now around. If someone has a question they can grab their phones and use any search engine to quickly find the answer.

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University hosts weekend long Sibs N Kids programBy Hannah Benson

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The annual Sibs N Kids weekend took place this past weekend with approximately 30 events, using the theme Camp Falcon Takes Flight.

Assistant Director of Sibs N Kids Weekend Chelsea Burroughs said she was very pleased with the way the weekend turned out after all the planning put into it.

“We put so much planning into it, I almost thought it would never happen,” she said.

As the assistant director, Burroughs said she han-dled most of the registration for the weekend.

She said 500 siblings were registered before the weekend, with people also registering the day of.

While she said she did not know the total number of guests, she said she didn’t notice a difference in the numbers from past years.

“The registration numbers were a little lower than past years, but I don’t think that hindered the weekend at all,” Burroughs said.

Some of the weekend’s events included a showing of “Guardians of the Galaxy” in the Union Theater, a cos-mic carnival in the Union Ballroom, bounce houses, laser tag, tie dye, a dance party and church services on Sunday morning.

Camp Falcon Takes Flight, the theme for this year’s event, kicked-off on Friday evening in the Union Ballroom with games, food, music, inf latables and a create-your-own galaxy in a jar, which was sponsored by UAO.

Sophomore Jessica Fenik’s two siblings came up to visit her and her boyfriend, Myles Ternes.

Her siblings Adam and Sarah said they liked being able to eat junk food without their parents’ permission.

While Jessica’s brother Adam Fenik, 11, said his favorite part was getting food from Outtakes, he also said it was nice to see his sister.

“I wanted to come this weekend because I love my sister and her boyfriend,” he said.

Junior Emily Chanak’s sister, Grace Campbell, 12,

said she came to last year’s event and liked this year better because she did not like the animals from last year, especially the snakes.

Campbell said she enjoyed getting her hair and nails done by Panhellenic Council and was looking forward to laser tag on Saturday afternoon.

Chanak said she enjoyed taking her sister around, but got a taste of what it’s like to be a parent.

“I definitely feel like a mom a little bit,” Chanak said.On the other hand, junior Danielle Kemp, whose sis-

ter Kaelynn Kemp visited, said it was “cool to get away from our parents; it makes it even more fun.”

Kaelynn said she liked seeing her sister in her space at college because she “actually has friends here” and she got to hang out with them on Friday night.

Experiences like these are why the annual weekend is so important for the University, Burroughs said.

“We always want students and families to have ties here,” Burroughs said. “We want this weekend to help create lasting memories and present BGSU in an awe-some light.”

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Teachers need to accommodate more for students with disabilitiesEveryone has had a teacher in their life, right?

From high school to col-lege, teachers have been there. There are good teachers and then there are those teachers who may give us a hard time. Sometimes, teachers can go a little too far. We have all had that tough exam we’ve had to study for, right?

Even though it’s technically not their job to prepare you for an exam, I think that teachers should prepare you more for their exams. For starters, study guides should be given, as they are very useful and effective. And teachers should review the day before the exam.

What about students with learning disabilities? In my high school, there were a num-ber of students who had an “IEP” or “404” status. These students require a bit of extra help in the classroom due to their respective disability.

Some require extra time on exams and some may require a reader to read over the ques-tions of their exam. These

small number of students are the ones that ultimately suffer from exams.

Most teachers should, but don’t, advocate for this. Some teachers will just treat all the students in the class the same and neglect the ones that need individualized education.

This causes students with disabilities to not fully get the help and accommodations they need. Disability Services, however, provides accommo-dations for these students.

These accommodations include but are not limited to extended exam time, note tak-ers and the ability to have a tape recorder in class. Teachers are required to follow these, but what’s wrong with teach-ers taking an extra initiative?

All teachers should want to see their students succeed. If

they don’t, then they shouldn’t be teaching. Teaching is an enjoyable job as you get to interact with thousands of stu-dents and staff.

Regardless of disability, all students learn differently and instructors shouldn’t just throw the book at students. I’ve had the chance to talk to a few students around campus who either identify as having a documented disability or who learn differently than most.

“I don’t think I have a fair chance at education like every-one else.” one of them stated. “There are certain students who constantly skip class and can still pull an 84 percent on an exam, but I study my butt off a week leading up to the exam and I struggle to get just a 71 percent,” they went on.

“I don’t think that the teach-ers provide us with enough study materials to help us be successful in their class. I have to work harder because of a disability that isn’t even my fault and I still feel like I fail at getting a good GPA like

the others in my community,” another person said.

Personally, I feel really bad for the college kids that struggle with this. Some feel that they aren’t provided with enough resources in order for them to succeed.

So, what happens? Are they expected to try hard — as they already do — just to maintain a 70 percent average in their classes? Or are they expected to try 100 times harder pull-ing all-nighters, all because of something that they struggle with, which comes easier to students that learn normally?

So when the instructor is putting together that study guide for the next exam, they should further consider the people with disabilities and people who need an individualized education and hopefully make addi-tional accommodations for those students.

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TORRANCE VAUGHANGUEST COLUMNIST

It’s okay if you want to move on from your hometown to new cities

My apartment complex is making me move out by noon on the day of graduation, so now I need to move most of my stuff out weeks early...#ADDEDSTRESS

It’s always awkward when people overestimate their importance in your life.-YOU NEED A REALITY CHECK

I never get enough sleep.#COLLEGELIFE

That moment when the tornado sirens go off and we have no idea where the designated safety area is.-ABOUT TO GET SWEPT UP

There are so many lady bugs in the library.#BOOKSANDBUGS

I was on the bus the other day and the driver was on her phone.-FEARING FOR MY LIFE

The University’s WiFi is so crappy.#STILLNOTONLINE

When you take 20 minutes to write a super professional email to your professor and then get “okie dokie” as a response.-WHY DO I EVEN TRY?

Sometimes campus smells.#INEEDAGASMASK

The fact of the matter is, it’s not that this town has nothing to offer me; it’s the problem of consistently being let down.

I can bring you to Grounds For Thought, where I can pick out every table where all my relationships started. And then all the tables where I tried to choke down tears because they ended.

I can take you to the Conneaut Hill where I sprained my back, making me afraid to sled even to this day. I can take you to the high school, where I endured four years of complete confusion as I scrambled to feel accepted by my peers. I can take you to my house where I grew up and describe all the times I spent being the passionate musical theatre geek that no one could really understand.

I could drop you off at every parking lot, every hallway and every park where I had to watch someone walk – quickly

and quietly – out of my life.I accept that this town

has brought some sunshine in my life and yes, at every place I could choke out a few happy moments.

I have many friends who have gone to school outside of Bowling Green and I’ve always had this weird feeling of jeal-ously towards them when they’re back in town briefly. I find myself secretly living my life vicariously through all the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages belonging to the people who had the oppor-tunity to leave.

When I share this weird obsession with my friends still in town, I often get, “If you want to leave so badly,

why don’t you? Nothing’s stopping you.”

I always find this question comical and unnecessary.

Comical because my answer is always the same: Don’t you think I would if I could? Honestly, there are a lot of things stopping me.

First, I have my tuition waived, so I will be leaving my under-grad with only a few thousand dollars in debt in comparison to $70,000+. My life is here and it’s kind of hard to leave when you have a minimum wage job and are still financially dependent.

Unnecessary because a lot of these times I feel like I’ve just ruffled the feathers of some secret townie and now they’re going to tweet and complain about the people who want to leave but never do.

When I visited New York City on my sixteenth birthday, I was the stereotypical teenage tourist. I took pictures of Times Square, I made it a point to save

all my napkins and I cradled my subway ticket like it was a family heirloom.

What most people don’t know is that I constantly check the prices of apartments that lie on the outskirts of the city and whenever I hear traffic, my heart skips a beat. I still have all my napkins and I keep my Times Square selfie hung up. Not to be conceited, but for motivation.

You see, New York City was never a vacation for me; it was always a destination.

Fight me, creatures of Bowling Green, Ohio. Impress me with your simple and small arguments.

Please tell me how you are different and better than the people and places that never fail to disappoint the overwhelm-ing stereotypes that come with them.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET What did you do for Sibs N Kids weekend?“My little sister came to visit me and we got Pinkberry, dinner and a movie.”

“My brother came out and we hung out in my apartment for the weekend and showed him stuff on campus.”

“My sister didn’t come up and I worked at Dunkin Donuts.”

“I don’t have any siblings so I just hung out with friends.”

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Offense explodes in rubber match, Carey dominates for eight inningsFalcons nail down second MAC series

By Brandon ShriderSports Editor

The trend continues for the Bowling Green baseball team.

Filling the scoreboard early, the Falcons got the offense rolling early again on Sunday against Ohio University.

A series split through the first two games, BG needed a near-perfect performance to round out the weekend with another Mid-American Conference series win.

It did just that.The Falcons scored on a

wild pitch in the first inning before adding another three in the second including the sec-ond career homerun by Jesse Rait to leadoff the inning.

Pitching with a four run lead, Zac Carey was dealing all day.

He had eight shutout innings before coming back out to start the ninth. After giving up two hits to start the inning, Tony Landi came on to close the game.

Landi eventually let the leadoff guy score, forcing Carey to be charged with the

run.This was the only run the

Falcons conceded on the day, securing the 11-1 win and tak-ing two of three in the series for their second consecutive MAC series win.

“For the second straight weekend we came out and were able to put together a complete performance on Sunday to win a series,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. “The games get bigger from here, but I’m proud of how the team has responded these last few weeks after a tough start to MAC play.”

BG began the series with another good pitching perfor-mance, this time from Jason Link.

Link went 5.2 innings allowing just two runs [one earned] as Tony Landi fin-ished the final 3.1 innings without allowing a baserun-ner to reach.

The offense wasn’t quite as dominant, notching just four runs, but it was more than enough for Link and Landi.

“Jason Link gave us a much-needed outing on the

mound, and Tony Landi was able to come in and finish off the job,” Schmitz said. “Our offense had a good approach and was able to get some timely hits and produce enough runs to come away with the win.”

The Falcons didn’t get the same pitching effort in the second game of the series on Saturday.

Andrew Lacinak lasted just 3.1 innings, giving up three earned runs, walking three and hitting another bat-ter. Trevor Farrell came on in relief, but lasted just 0.2 innings, hitting two more batters, walking one and allowing another two runs.

Trevor Blaylock was even-tually credited with the loss, coming on to start the ninth with a 7-5 lead.

He too hit a batter, walked another and surrendered three runs, letting the lead slip away. The Falcons even-tually lost 8-7.

Despite the Saturday loss, BG took the series, moving its season record to 11-19 overall and 5-7 in the MAC.

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BRANDON HOWARD strides forward for a swing in a home game earlier this season.

Defense continues to learn new defensive scheme, plays wellBy Cameron Teague Robinson

Editor-in-Chief

The Bowling Green offense is in a better position than it was one year ago; the defense on the other hand is still learning.

But Saturday afternoon’s spring game was the best day of the spring for the defense, said linebacker Austin Valdez.

“Installing the defense this spring was tough,” Valdez said. “I felt like we did a great job for the first 80 plays, the first half I thought we did an awe-some job.”

With the addition of new defensive coordinator Brian Ward, the defense is in the process of learning their second defensive scheme in as many years.

Instead of looking lost in the new scheme, against an offense that has weapons all over the field, the defense kept the Falcon offense in check for most of the first half.

The teams were split up by offense’s, the first-team offense edged out the second-team offense 36-34.

Points weren’t easy to come by for either offense in the first half. In fact, they weren’t easy to come by for placekicker Tyler Tate either.

Tate, who holds the school record for career field goals, missed his first two attempts from 47 and 40 yards out, as well as a PAT attempt from the 25-yard line.

“We don’t work [Tate] like we normally work him in the fall, so the stuff he did out there I’m not concerned about at all,” said head coach Dino Babers. “Snap, kick, hold, as long as that stuff is good and the timing is right,

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“Installing the defense this spring was tough, I felt like we did a great job for the first

80 plays, the first half I thought we did an awesome job.”

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the last person I worry about is Tate.”

After the two misses by Tate, Johnson connected with Ronnie Moore for a 40-yard touchdown and Tate redeemed himself with a 50-yarder to end the period.

Penalties and drops are two of the things that ham-pered the offense in the first half, but those are things they can fix, Johnson said.

“We had some explosive plays, but penalties hurt us, drops hurt us,” Johnson said. “Those are little things that we know we can clean up. But it’s frustrating when you’re getting big chunk plays and not putting the ball in the end zone.”

As both sides of the ball took the field for the second half, they focused more on short field situations. The ball rarely went past the 35-yard line, as the offense exploded and executed well in this portion of the scrimmage.

The short field situations allowed for both offenses to expand on the 9-6 half-time score. Expand the score they did, as multiple receivers and running backs stood out.

Gehrig Dieter got the chance to shine, as he caught a 17-yard touchdown and then, right after, caught a 15-yard touchdown. Receivers Brandon Poncsak, Teo Redding and Moore caught one apiece as well.

For the running backs, Donovan Wilson stood out all game, but scored his

touchdown in the second half. Patric Hannon scored two touchdowns as well, scoring on a three-yard run and followed that up with a 20-yard touchdown run.

“I thought we did a good job capitalizing on what the defense gave us, wheth-er it was short passes that turned into big gains or the offensive line clearing room for the running backs,” Johnson said.

Babers liked what he saw from both sides of the ball Saturday afternoon.

“The whole scrimmage I thought was a give-and-take scrimmage,” he said. “I thought there were really good parts by the defense and really good parts by the offense. I thought the special teams came out slow, but they warmed up at the end.”

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Brooke Pleger finishes third, remains No. 1 in the country in hammer throw

Defense struggles early, Jamie Kertes sets MAC record for career saves

BG adds to automatic qualifiers

Softball loses three of four, steals one from Miami

SHEILA HOEGLER | THE BG NEWS

MARINA COBBS finishes her swing as she pulls toward first base in a home game this season.

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By Aaron ParkerAssistant Sports Editor

The Bowling Green women’s track and field team competed against some top competition this past weekend in a three day meet at the Tennessee Relays.

On the first day, senior Brooke Pleger placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 209-feet-8. Pleger finished behind Gwen Berry, a professional for the New York Athletic Club, and DeAnna Price, who currently ranks sec-ond in the country in the event.

Pleger at the time is still ranked No. 1 among col-legians after throwing a 222-4 last week at the dual meet against Toledo.

In the second day, the team added Mid-American Conference automatic qualifying marks, which is what head coach Lou Snelling has been using to judge the success of each meet.

Alicia Arnold added two automatic qualifiers, one in the 100 and the other in the 200. Arnold is now the second ranked sprinter in the 100 for the MAC, run-

ning a time of 11.79 sec-onds. The time was good enough to place sixth at the meet.

Arnold also ran a 24.28 in the 200, a time that earned her a third place finish in the meet.

Redshirt senior Brittany Sinclair, who is leading the MAC, posted a person-al best in the 400 hurdles and fell just shy of a school record. Sinclair ran the event in 59.77 seconds, just .03 seconds slower than the school record posted by Tara Allen in 1992.

Redshirt junior Maria Meredith and junior Amanda Garlack also posted personal bests on the second day. Meredith ran the 1500 in 4 minutes 40.06 seconds and Garlack ran the 5000 in 18 minutes 37.30 seconds.

On the third day, red-shirt junior Andrea Alt added to the Falcons list of automatic qualifiers.

Alt ran the steeplechase in 10 minutes 49.90 sec-onds, a time more than eight seconds faster than the MAC automatic quali-fier requirement. The time is the third fastest in the MAC this season and is three seconds shy of her

personal best that she set a year ago.

Kera Lamotte, Dorresha Green, Sinclair and Arnold made up the 400 relay team and earned a mark of 46.22 seconds. The mark is the second fastest time in school history and second in the MAC this year.

“We took a nice step forward as a program this weekend,” head coach Lou Snelling said. “Individually there were a lot of posi-tives, we largely competed very well. Now we have about a month before the MAC Championships and this is a critical time for us to take advantage of the opportunities that are in front of us to best posi-tion the team heading into that meet.”

The Falcons will be back in action next week-end when the teams split up for the Cardinal invi-tational and the Virginia Challenge.

By Aaron ParkerAssistant Sports Editor

The Bowling Green softball team dropped three out of four games at home this weekend.

The team was able to take one game from Miami 4-3 in a doubleheader, but dropped the opening game 1-4. They then lost both games to Ball State 0-5 and 0-9.

Senior Jamie Kertes took the loss in the opening game of the doubleheader against the Red Hawks despite giv-ing up no earned runs in six innings. She came back in the second game to relieve sophomore Briana Combs and got the final four outs in the game to keep the Falcons on the winning side.

The save was the first of the year for Kertes and the 16th of her career. That save set a new Mid-American Conference record, which was previously shared by Kertes and former Kent State pitcher Kate Leary.

“You just have to put that behind you,” Kertes said. “Coming into the second

game, you just have to keep your composure. I know my team will have my back in any situation, and you just have to go out there and get the job done.”

Offensively, the Falcons were only able to get two hits compared to the Red Hawks eight.

In the second game, junior Marina Cobbs got her first three hit games of the season, going 3-3 at the plate. Senior Chloe Giordano added two hits in the game and freshman Morgan Evangelista sent a two-run homerun to left field, her second homerun of the season.

“I think in game one, we just struggled in the infield. Jamie made the pitches that she needed to make, and we just need to come up and make the plays,” head coach Shannon Salsburg said. “The good thing is, I think they settled in a little bit bet-ter in game two. As a staff, we have full confidence in this team and what each and every player can do.”

The Falcons were shut out in both games against Ball

State, even though they had a great chance to score in game one.

The Falcons had four hits in the game, three of which came from the first three batters. The team found themselves in scoring posi-tion, loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first.

Cardinals pitcher Nicole Steinbach didn’t allow any other hits that inning and forced the Falcons to take the field for the sec-ond. Steinbach allowed only one more hit the rest of the game.

“Offensively, when we have opportunities, we have to push those runs across,” Salsburg said. “When we didn’t, it really bit us, for sure. But at the end of the day, it was the defense. When you play at home, that’s the first chance you get to set the tone and we set a very poor tone today.”

The Falcons are now 13-19 overall and 4-6 in the MAC. They will be in action again on Tuesday when they take on Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Falcons lose to MAC leading RedhawksInjuries continue to hinder Falcons, forced to forfeit two flights

“We took a nice step forward as a program this

weekend.”Lou Snelling | Head coach

By Kaleb PageReporter

On Saturday the league leading Miami Redhawks handled business on their way to a 7-0 victory over the Falcons.

The win gave the Redhawks at least a share of the MAC regular season title, while the loss for the Falcons was another tough learning experience.

The early season sto-ryline of injuries played its part again as injuries forced the Falcons to forfeit the third doubles and sixth singles flights.

With one of the two doubles victories in hand, Miami only needed to win one of the two doubles matches in play.

The duo of Andreea Badileanu and Romons Costea took down the Falcon duo of Antonina Farrar and Emily Witt 6-0.

With the doubles point clinched the first f light match involving Falcon’s Megan Miller and Harley

Hutchison was called before it ended. Miller and Hutchison were close to defeat as the Miami duo of Christine Guerrazzi and Nelli Ponomareva had them down 5-0.

The keys for the team this season have been to come from the onset with energy and capture the crucial doubles point.

Saturday that mindset was missing for the Falcons and it put them behind heading into singles play.

“Your motivation has to come from within,” said head coach Olga Elkin. “If they [the team] choose not to do that then it will spiral out of control and that hap-pened today.”

Even though the moti-vation was down there were bright spots in Farrar and Witt.

Witt battled with Ponomareva in third flight singles play and Farrar with Hannah Shteyn in the fourth flight.

Witt lost 6-3, 6-1 but found herself in each set

on the day battling with at least a point lead at one point in the match.

“I had a lot of ener-gy, especially against Miami the defending MAC champs,” said Witt. “I was working every single point.”

For Farrar the challenge came from Hannah Shteyn. Shteyn won the match 6-1, 6-0 and provided a unique challenge to Farrar.

“Taller girls usually have the better serve,” said Farrar. “Thing that got me really was she was left handed.”

The rest of the Falcons in action fell soundly to the Redhawks. Miller in the top flight downed by Alix Thurman 6-1, 6-2, Hutchinson downed by Guerrazzi 6-1, 6-2 and Seeley downed by Rodriguez 6-0, 6-0.

With only a week left and two matches on the road, the Falcons will look to push for their first win on the season and build for the future.

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BG defeated Dayton, Tiffin remains unbeaten in spring seasonFalcons sweep weekend meetings

PAIGE APKARIAN | THE BG NEWS

JOE SULLIVAN dribbles the ball during one of the Falcons’ spring games this season

By Terrance DavisReporter

The Bowling Green State University men’s soc-cer team notched home wins against Dayton and Tiffin, this past Saturday, to remain unbeaten on in its spring season.

The Falcons knocked off Dayton, 1-0, in the first game. BG’s midfield dis-played crisp passing and savvy footwork to keep the Flyers’ defenders on its heels for much of the game.

Head coach Eric Nichols was impressed with his team’s performance.

“Dayton is a really talent-ed team,” Nichols said. “To shut them out and get the

goal was great for our con-fidence. I was pleased. We didn’t give them much.”

Unfortunately, the Falcons couldn’t capitalize on key opportunities to expand their lead and appeared to take their foot off the gas in the final twenty minutes of the second half.

“If we were firing on all cylinders I think we could have probably stretched our lead another goal or two,” Nichols said

Two hours later, BG returned to the field against Tiffin. After a sloppy first-half by both squads, the Falcons scored three sec-ond-half goals to secure a 3-0 win.

“Our performance against

Tiffin was good. The field was really rough so the game was played a little bit sloppier than I would have liked but I won’t take anything away from their performance. Three goals. Getting another shut-out. It was good stuff,” said Nichols.

Coach Nichols said that his offense will need to be more aggressive when they have leads and man-advantages.

“We need to have that kill-er instinct in the final third. When we feel we have a team beat we tend to lay off a little bit. We need to bring that constant aggression so that we can close the deal when we have a team reeling.”

The Falcons have an over-

all record of 3-0-1 as they head in their game with the Alumni on April 17th.

Two days later, the BG face Columbus Crew in Columbus. Both the play-ers and the coach relish the opportunity to go against a MLS team.

“The match against the Crew is beneficial for us for several reasons,” said Nichols. “It will be a great opportunity for our players to go up against a profes-sional team, and it gives the coaching staff a chance to see how we measure up against a team that will be as talented as any we have ever faced. We will defi-nitely have our hands full in that one.”

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Numeroff described how she knew she wanted to write books when she was eight years old and how “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” got rejected eight times by her publisher.

“It finally got published and after I pub-lished my second book I signed a contract for six more books, so now it’s like a formula with the characters,” she said.

Although Numeroff loves writing children’s books, she is taking a step back to write about another passion of hers.

“I’m retiring,” she said. “My books will still be there but I won’t write any new ones. There’s one book left in the series. I raised money on Kickstarter with my good illustrator

friend Lynn Munsinger and I’m writing a book about therapy dogs called “Work for Biscuits.” It should be on Amazon in September. I saw a friend who had cerebral palsy and his therapy dog and ever since then I’ve had an interest.”

Puckrin said that Joseph and Judith Conda are the biggest donors for the event.

“The Condra family of Toledo have been the biggest donors of the event for many years,” Puckrin said. “They love literacy.”

Numeroff believes literacy is important.“Research shows that the more kids read,

the more creativity sparks,” Numeroff said.Melissa Bucher, native of Maumee, said

she enjoyed the event.“It’s a great, free event to meet our

favorite authors and do fun activities,” Bucher said. “Literacy is very important to our family and BGSU does a great job with it.”

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Ordway said.The Fact Line does not get as many

callers as they used to in the past. Fox said they get an average of a dozen calls a day.

“All we do is get on Google or the BGSU website depending what the caller’s ques-

tion is,” Fox said. Calling the Campus Fact Line could be

a quick and simple way to ask a question when you’re on the go, especially while driving. It would be much easier and safer to make a phone call rather than typing on your phone and getting dis-tracted. The Fact Line is not expected to go away any time soon. It is there to help not only students, but anyone who needs a question answered.

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Grohe said.The future for Grohe, who is the cur-

rent president for Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is uncertain, he said. For now, he’s focusing on the work that comes next.

“I’ll return to [Sigma Alpha Epsilon] and give it my all,” he said.

The third place ticket, Nadia Alzamami and Ashley Robinson, received 513 votes.

Running on a campaign focused on inclusion of underrepresented student groups and identities both in and out-side of government, Alzamami said she believes her ticket’s running opened doors for underrepresented students.

“Hopefully we’ll see more diversity in the future,” she said. “Hopefully the folks after [us] will learn from what we did and see bigger and better things in the future.”

Of the 11 senator-at-large seats, seven were announced.

These are Seth Bumbaugh, Amanda Dortch, Melissa Dureiko, Julian Gillilan,

Ebonee Johnson, Aaron Menapace and Alexa Woodburn.

The other four seats are to be decided.Diversity affairs senators are to

be Berrion Berry, Avery Dowell, Luke Grabski and Keith Johnson.

Of the 10 off-campus senatorial seats, three were announced.

These are Jason Barker, Marc Garcia and Aaron Hinkle.

The other seven seats are to be decided.Amy Puffenburger will be the non-tra-

ditional student senator, Richard Racette will be the college of arts and sciences senator, Eric Oster will be the college of business senator, Austin Hall will be the college of education and human develop-ment senator and Peter Rodriguez will be the college of technology senator.

Senators for the college of health and human services and the college of music are to be decided.

The next step, Senn said, is to “follow through on that campaign, man. Really deliver what we promised.”

“I feel extremely lucky and I can’t wait to serve the students,” Senn said.

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