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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011

ESTABLISHED 1920 An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community www.bgnews.comVolume 91 Issue 44

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By Alex AlusheffReporter

Nearly 25 protesters gathered

in the Community Commons

around noon, waiting for the city

to enforce its order to remove tents

and other personal belongings

from the space.Protesters strategized ways to

deal with possible aggressors try-

ing to take the equipment.

“We plan to have two ranks of

30 people: 15 people guarding the

front and 15 in the back,” said Wes

Stiner, a protester.The protesters made it clear

they were not going to let the city

remove their equipment.“There are seven to eight peo-

ple willing to be arrested as of

now, but that could change,”

Stiner said.As noon drew closer, the mix

of students, professors and citi-

zen protesters assembled in the

front of the alleyway holding signs

By Eric LagattaReporter

There are about 30 students at the University participating in something at the University that some students may not be familiar with— the Fencing Club.

Even though it is not a school team, the club still participates in

statewide tournaments.There are around four tourna-

ments throughout the academic year, said Ray Szparagowski, an officer for the club.

In a tournament, each school fences as a team.

Fencers have a choice between three weapons including the foil,

epee and sabre.A foil is thin and can only be hit

with the tip on the chest area. An epee is a little thicker and can be hit with the tip anywhere. A sabre can only be hit on the upper body

Stroh Center hostsMazey’s inauguration

The University’s 11th president, Mary Ellen Mazey, will be inaugurated Friday, Dec. 2, at 2:30 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

Everyone at the University as well as the general public is invited to attend the event. The inauguration will be streamed live to the Firelands campus, according to the University website.

The doors will open at 1:45 p.m. and the day’s events will start with a procession assembly from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m.

At 2:15 Mazey will be led into the Stroh Center arena by faculty and dignitaries. Those leading Mazey will be in full academic regalia, according

to the University website. Mazey will be officially inaugurated at 2:30

p.m during the ceremony.At the end of the inauguration, food and

refreshments are available in honor of Mazey.The inauguration caps a week of events

including an academic symposium and a campus wide food drive.

For more information on the inauguration, visit the University’s website at http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/president/inauguration/page103441.html.

Mary Ellen MazeyUniveristy President

Fencing club offers competitive opportunities for students

See FENCING | Page 2

‘Self-taught’ student organization competes in statewide tournaments

LAUREN POFF | THE BG NEWS

MICHAEL LOREE throws a duck for the men’s chorus ‘Chuck a Duck’ fundraiser. Members of men’s chorus are sitting in the hot tub for a total of 50 hours. Whenever someone gives a dollar to throw a duck, a chorus member has to get out and run after it.

DUCK CHUCK

‘Occupy BG’ remains on premises after orders to leave

See OCCUPY | Page 2

Board approves gender policy, new degree

The University’s Board of Trustees hosted its committee meetings Thursday and approved several action items.

The committee meetings took place sequentially Thursday afternoon, rather than their usual concurrent times Friday morning, to accommodate University President Mary Ellen Mazey’s inauguration, said Pat Pauken, board secretary.

“We considered it because of the inaugura-tion schedule, and also to try it and see how it went,” he said.

Next week, the board will discuss whether or not the schedule change will become permanent.

“The sequential meetings appeared to be very well liked, but whether they will remain on Thursday or Friday remains to be seen,” Pauken said. “For me, academics and finance have to work together, so it only makes sense to bring [those committees] together for two sequential meetings, rather than at the same time in separate rooms, like in the past.”

Action items approved included amend-ments to the University’s anti-harassment

and equal opportu-nity policies and a new Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Gerontology degree.

The amended language will align University policies with already-existing legal obligations regarding gender identity and expression, Pauken said. The new degree will be the only Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Gerontology degree in Ohio and could be implemented as early as next fall.

Both items will be presented for final approval at the full Board of Trustees meet-ing, which will take place 9 a.m. Friday in 308 Union.

If the board approves the interdisciplinary gerontology degree, it will be presented to the Ohio Board of Regents for state approval, Pauken said.

Friday’s board meeting will also include a presentation from Joseph Frizado, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, regard-ing the University’s upcoming accreditation in 2013.

The meeting is open to the public, and anyone is welcome to attend.

CAMPUSBRIEF

OCCUPY BG protesters rally outside their camp at the Community Commons located near Nate and Wally’s on East Wooster Street. The city’s eviction notice deadline passed and the protestors maintained their occupation of the space Thursday afternoon.

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INAUGURALBRIEF

OCCUPIED.

Pat PaukenSecretary to the Board of Trustees

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Where should the “Occupiers” occupy next?

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but a fencer using the sabre can make contact with any part of the sword.

For the tournaments, schools “send a male and female team, three for each weapon,” Szparagowski said.

There is also one alternate for each weapon, he said.

“We try to make sure everyone gets a chance to go to tournaments,” Szparagowski said.

At these tournaments, teams will usually be from Midwest colleges. These schools include Michigan State, Notre Dame, Xavier and Ohio State.

Since the fencing club is not a school team, it does not have coaches, said Andy Vernacchia, club armorer.

Other colleges, like OSU, have teams with scholar-ships and coaches.

“We’re essentially self-taught because all the older fencers teach the newer fenc-ers,” he said. “[But] once in a blue moon we’ll have a guest come and do a workshop with us.

“A lot of people respect that we keep coming back [to the tournaments] even though we don’t have a formal train-ing system,” Vernacchia said.

Aside from team tourna-ments, there are also United States Fencing Association

tournaments, which University students in the club compete in.

In these tournaments, fencers compete individu-ally to gain rankings. These rankings span from A to E, with A being the best rank-ing a fencer can achieve.

Szparagowski is rated E on epee but wants to be rated on foil and sabre as well.

“We are going to host our own USFA tournament next semester,” he said.

During the team’s prac-tices, the fencers warm up with drills using each fenc-er’s weapon of choice before moving into open-fencing, Szparagowski said.

One of the reasons Szparagowski enjoys fenc-ing is because it helps him relieve stress.

“By the end of practice or a really invigorating bout, I’ll feel exhausted,” he said.

Vice President Mindy Sondag, who is also rated E by the USFA, started fencing sophomore year as a foilist.

“[The foil] was the first one I learned so I decided to stick with it,” she said.

Sondag’s favorite aspect of fencing is “competing local-ly, individually and at team tournaments.”

Senior Alex Rothermel learned about the fencing club from a booth outside the Education Building.

“I had never even touched

a fencing sword until I came [to the club] last year,” he said.

Rothermel prefers the sabre because it is “the fast-est and the meanest. It’s the closest thing to a real fight.”

He has participated in multiple tournaments.

“What made me want to stick with [fencing] is [that] it’s all you,” Rothermal said. “It gives you your chance to shine.”

Rothermel has also found another benefit to fencing.

“Fencing is a great sport to keep you in shape,” he said. “It’s helped me lose 20 to 30 pounds.”

Vernacchia likes the work and the discipline that comes with fencing.

“I like the competitive-ness that it has, but I like the camaraderie that our fencers have,” he said.

Szparagowski also empha-sized that all the fencers in the club have become good friends.

“We’re a really close group of people,” he said. “We get food together at 2.mato on Thursdays after practice.”

The club practices from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, on the second floor gym of Eppler North.

“Anyone can go at any time to any of our practices,” Szparagowski said.

FENCINGFrom Page 1

BLOTTER WED., NOV. 306:04 P.M.Sean Anthony Pena, 22, of Rudolph, Ohio, was cited for possession of drug parapher-nalia, possession of marijuana and drug abuse/controlled sub-stance near Manville and East Napoleon streets.

7:57 P.M.Two black males both wearing black and gray winter jackets were reported to have short-changed the cashier at Pita Pit.

They were allegedly heading west on East Wooster.

THURS., DEC. 112:57 A.M.Seth A. Rarick, 19, of Bloomville, Ohio, was cited for drug abuse/marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia within the 700 block of E. Napoleon Road.

1:48 A.M.The north windows were report-ed to be broken out of Jed’s Bar and Grill. Witnesses reported hearing glass breaking and see-ing subjects run past.

2:11 A.M.Terry A. Miller, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle impaired near Lehman and South Prospect streets; and Michael L. Kaufman II, 20, of Rudolph, Ohio, was cited for underage consumption of alcohol.

CORRECTIONPOLICYWe want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.

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TYLER STABILE | THE BG NEWS

JOSH MOONEY, a student from University of Cincinnatti, visits to practice with the University Fencing Club.

OCCUPY BG movement members conduct a general assembly in order to voice concerns and share thoughts about how to maintain their occupation of the Community Commons on Wooster Street.

and chanting slogans such as “Whose streets? Our Streets!” and “Anti-capitalista.”

When the clock struck noon, no police or city offi-cials approached to enforce the eviction notice.

The protesters immediate-ly drew up a sign that said, “It’s noon ... We win?”

Although the city notice only requires the removal of equipment, not the people themselves, some protesters still viewed the action as a loophole.

If they remove the tents, then it isn’t an occupation anymore, sophomore Brent Williams said.

The tent is a symbol of people rising up, a symbol that what the country is going through is not okay, Williams said.

“It’s unfortunate, wrong and undeserving,” said a protester and community organizer who calls herself “Natural.”

“[The action] is irrespec-tive of the fact that the people have made this space better,” Natural said.

One of the reasons the city sent out the notice was because of the negative impact it had on the sur-rounding businesses.

People are afraid to go down the alley to the busi-

ness because of the protest-ers, “destroying the two busi-nesses” there, resident Scott Guthrie said.

Protester Gilbert Bentley said the protesters have been trying to help support the local businesses by promot-ing to buy locally.

Local businesses have reciprocated the support as well.

Grounds for Thought and the Happy Badger are a few businesses that have sup-ported the movement from donating food to providing them with meeting places.

Natural said protesters are not trying to step on the toes of the local business owners but she wishes they would have confronted the protest-ers first to work things out.

To help their cause, Occupy BG sent out fliers, beckoning people to voice their support for the move-ment to city council, the mayor and police.

“I called city council, and they told me the same thing the eviction notice said ... and they repeated that to the other callers as well,” Bentley said.

Bentley said people made a lot of calls throughout the day and over time the responses from city officials got shorter and shorter until they allegedly turned off the answering machine.

Assistant Municipal Administrator, Lori Tretter,

said the answering machines were never turned off, and that they have received and replied to about 30 phone calls and 20 emails from sup-porters.

The city did not address when they would send offi-cials to remove the equip-ment from the camp.

“Now that the deadline has passed, the order is still in place and we still expect them to remove personal property,” Tretter said.

The protesters are in violation of two city ordi-nances regarding littering and obstruction of side-walks, said Matt Reger, city prosecutor.

Reger said if the protesters do resist city officials remov-ing the equipment, they can be possibly charged with obstructing a city sidewalk, obstruction and failure to obey a lawful order. The lat-ter two can result in jail time.

In case of arrests, the pro-testers handed people slips of paper with the Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn’s number on it. They have also contacted a few lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Bentley wrote important numbers to call on his arm in case of his arrest.

“We don’t plan on leaving, and we don’t plan on mov-ing our tents or supplies,” Bentley said. “We will take things as they come.”

OCCUPYFrom Page 1

LAUREN POFF | THE BG NEWS

MARY ELLEN MAZEY talks with a former student Write State University, Jesse Lightle, at her Inauguration Dinner which the University hosted in the Wolfe Center, Thursday night.

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FORUMFriday, December 2 — Sunday, December 4, 2011 4

“We’re essentially self-taught because all the older fencers teach the newer fencers.”— Andy Vernacchia, club armorer, on the University Fencing Club [see story, pg. 1].

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Try to be secular this holiday season

SHELDON’S A REAL GAMER

LETTER TO THE EDITORSuffering is in our own handsThis is a response to the article featured recently about the question of God’s involvement (or lack thereof) in suffering.

I feel what most people fail to understand when ask-ing this question is that the question in and of itself is flawed.

We’re asking why an

all-knowing, omnipotent, loving being would allow suffering.

There is something people should know: (insert your religious deity here) doesn’t cause suffering: people cause suffering.

There seems to be this image of God as some sort of sadistic despot who hides in the clouds dispensing misery at will, and it makes no sense. There is no divine

force that inspires people to do evil to each other.

I feel that it is asinine and pointless to blame a religious deity for “allowing” suffer-ing. We all have free will and we’re not puppets on strings. We need to stop blaming what we don’t understand on something else that we don’t understand because it will never get us anywhere!

If we want to alleviate suffering if we want to help

those in need, we must do so ourselves.

No matter what religion you practice, or if you don’t practice a religion, it makes no difference. Gandhi said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

He was right.

SEAN CARVER | THE BG NEWS

Written letters are indispensable

University future full of good omens

JAMES PFUNDSTEIN

FACULTY COLUMNIST

JPFU

FACULT

MATHEW DAVOLI COLUMNIST

CHRISTINA GREENCOLUMNIST

CHRISTICOLU

“A semester closes like the end of the world, I guess, full of portents and rumors.” So says a character in Roger Zelazny’s “Jack of Shadows,” the only sword-and-sorcery novel set partly on a college campus (and so of special interest to me).

As our semester and the cal-endar year slide toward their close, what signs or portents can we see for the future?

Locally, as of Friday after-noon, we have a new presi-dent at the University, Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey. Her inau-gural week has been full of

events that indicate an inter-est in engaging with the world at large (e.g. the conference on geography and presentations of undergraduate research earlier in the week) and with society closer to home (e.g. the week-long food drive).

Not everything about the new administration has been as equally auspicious (e.g. the revisions to the Academic Charter rammed past the Faculty Senate).

But, on balance, this looks like a good omen.

On the other hand, a recent study showed the University as one of the top 20 public schools in the country for stu-dent debt. To see the whole list, visit http://projectonstu-

See GREEN | Page 6 See JAMES | Page 6

You’ve got mail.But is it the kind you

want?Every day I eagerly stroll

past the mailboxes in the lobby and crane my neck to see if mine has any-thing in it.

There is just something absolutely thrilling about finding a handwritten letter wedged inside of that little metal enclosure.

I don’t feel this thrill when I sign into my email account or when I log onto Facebook.

I can’t pinpoint just exact-ly what it is about physical

mail that is so exciting, but I can name a few contribut-ing factors.

Factor number one: my mom’s handwriting.

All of her n’s e’s and a’s are capitalized, and when-ever she makes a mistake she crosses it out and writes “oops!” above it.

Her personality is con-veyed through her hand-writing. Whether you trust handwriting analysis or not, you can’t argue against the fact that penmanship evokes a sort of emotional response that typed words cannot.

Factor number two: per-manency.

I have boxes of letters and

‘Tis the season for people pushing for plastic baby Jesus displays on public land and criticizing public officials for not sprinkling the word “god” into their speeches.

As with holiday shop-ping, these sectarian attacks against secular governance seem to come sooner every year.

President Obama has already felt this, given his Thanksgiving address has been the subject of contro-versy for not including a ref-erence to a god.

While this rhetorical war against secularism does seem to push an ille-gal agenda (given the First Amendment, case-law, etc.), the legal argument is not the strongest one to be leveled against this sectarian senti-ment.

This is because the wall of separation between church and state is not some arbi-trary vestigial organ of the body politic, but an essential element to maintain social health and harmony.

Although the concept of secular governance benefits secular persons in a rather self-evident way, they are not the only people that are assisted by it.

It would be wise for reli-gious persons to remem-ber Christopher Hitchens’ assessment of the Founding Fathers’ view of the mat-ter, he said, “The American Founding Fathers decided on a ‘wall of separation’ between church and state, whether the Bible was true or not. In other words, though many of them were religious and even Christian, they wanted to insure against any future religious demagogy and opportunism, and for that purpose counted their faith as one among many.”

It is also worth remember-ing that Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists, which coined the term “wall of separation,” was written to alleviate their fear of another Christian sect infringing on their religious rights.

This is the reason why the executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (a political advocacy group) is an ordained min-ister.

Though he himself is a devoutly religious man, he does not want religion to enter the public sphere out of the recognition that there are many religious beliefs which are contrary to his own that he would not want supported by the state.

Gary Christenot, an Evangelical Christian, had to learn this the hard way.

While he had a history of supporting publicly sanc-tioned Christian prayers in the past, his opinion on the subject quickly changed after he encountered a Buddhist prayer at Wahiawa High School.

His change of heart is best quoted at length: “I would say in love to my Christian brothers and sisters, before you yearn for the imposition of prayer and similar rituals in your public schools, you might consider attending a football game at Wahiawa High School.

Because unless you’re ready to endure the unwill-ing exposure of yourself and your children to those beliefs and practices that your own faith forswears, you have no right to insist that others sit in silence and complic-ity while you do the same to them.

I, for one, slept better at night knowing that because Judeo-Christian prayers were not being offered at my children’s schools, I didn’t have to worry about them being confronted with Buddhist, Shinto, Wiccan, Satanic or any other prayer ritual I might find offensive.”

Just as he found value in an inclusive, secular pub-lic school, I hope that peo-ple now pushing for public accommodations of their religious holidays this sea-son may realize the value of secularism as well.

With that being said, dear reader, from one private citizen to another, Merry Christmas.

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Ian ZulickClass of 2014

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET Where should the ‘Occupiers’ occupy next?

TRENTONKRONTZ, Sophomore, Sports Management

“They should occupy somewhere warm.”

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AMANDALIEVENDAG, Freshman, Undecided

“Right in front of a bank.”

MERIC CURLIS, Freshman, Computer Science

“In front of the Union.”

ALEXPORTER, Freshman, Exercise Science

“In a really crowded area.”

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By Ryan SatkowiakSports Editor

While the BG football team strug-gled down the stretch, the team still received strong individual per-formances.

Those performances were honored this week, as the Mid-American Conference league office announced that six Falcons had been named to All-MAC postsea-son teams.

On top of that, running back Anthon Samuel was named the

MAC Freshman of the Year.“I was shocked, I couldn’t

describe the feeling,” Samuel said. “It’s a great honor; I worked hard for it, and I think I deserved it.”

Samuel said that he found out he had won the award when T.J. DiMuzio, BG’s Assistant Director of Football Operations, called him to inform him.

Samuel broke camp as the backup on the team’s depth chart behind Jordan Hopgood. He wast-ed no time bursting onto the scene, rushing for 141 yards in his first col-

legiate game Sept. 1 against Idaho.“Before that game I was a little

nervous, my first game on the col-lege level, thinking, ‘Can I do this?’” Samuel said. “Coach [John] Hunter came to me before the game and said, ‘It’s time to introduce yourself to the world,’ and that stuck in my head during that game. I ran hard, and I didn’t even think I ran for that many yards.”

He followed that up with 122 yards on only 11 carries the follow-ing week against Morgan State.

He finished the season with 844

yards — a BG freshman record — and five touchdowns on 144 carries, giving him an average of 5.8 yards per carry.

Perhaps most impressive of all was that Samuel put up those numbers in only nine games — he missed three games this sea-son with separate head, ankle and shoulder injuries.

Samuel eclipsed the 100-yard mark five times in those nine

By Matt NyeReporter

The BG hockey team will be taking its game to the road this week-end with a series against Michigan State. Friday’s game starts at 7:05 p.m., and Saturday’s game will start at 6:05 p.m.

BG (6-8-2, 1-8-1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) will be looking for more success on the road this season. It is 3-2-1 on the road and just 3-6-1 at home. The last time the Falcons were on the road was against Miami where BG lost the first game but came away with a tie in game two with a shootout victory.

Sophomores Ryan Viselli and Camden Wojtala both have scored three goals on the season. Both have also recorded two of those on power-plays, ranking them thir-teenth in the CCHA.

The Falcons have had some injury issues this season. With many players in and out of the lineup every week it can be hard to establish who works well with whom. Junior Marc Rodriguez has yet to play this season due to injury. He recorded 15 points last season. BG has also missed Brett Mohler, who racked up five points

in 12 games this season before his injury issues.

The Spartans (8-5-1, 4-4-0 CCHA) are coming off a success-ful series against the University of Minnesota last weekend. They won the first game 4-3 and earned a tie in game two 4-4.

Sophomore Lee Reimer has been the offensive juggernaut for the Spartans this season. He has recorded six goals and 12 assists so far this season. His 18 points rank him third in the CCHA in scoring. Fellow sophomore Greg Wolfe has recorded 14 points, which ranks him sixth in the CCHA.

They have two goalies that have played this season. Senior Drew Palmisano and sophomore Will Yanakeff have been splitting time this season, with Yanakeff record-ing slightly better numbers with a 5-2-0 record. He has a .920 save percentage, but Palmisano has the team’s only shutout.

The last time these teams met, BG lost both games, being outscored 4-1 in the weekend series, including a 2-0 shutout by Palmisano. Mohler scored the only

By Michele WysockiAssistant Sports Editor

With double the amount of wins as they have losses, the Falcons are looking to make their record even more lopsided this week with their home game on Saturday against the Butler Bulldogs.

If you thought a 3-2 record looked good before Tuesday’s game, it got even better after.

BG women’s basketball team advanced to 4-2 after a quality run against Western Kentucky in front of the University’s president, and now they are looking to extend their lead against a 2-5 Butler team.

Butler is coming off an eight-point loss to Bradley, and the Falcons now possess five career-high players after Tuesday night.

With momentum in the team’s favor, and a home court advantage, could BG be on to its next 25-game winning streak?

Last time BG started 0-2 in the 2008-09 season, they came back and won 25 straight games — a school record.

Although the team is young, it is gaining confidence — especially after Tuesday’s game, said guard Jillian Halfhill.

“It’s hard to stay confident when you are missing shots, but coach Miller just keeps telling us to shoot, and shoot, and shoot,” guard Chrissy Steffen said.

Coach Curt Miller said Steffen is stepping in and filling out her leader-ship position on the team — Steffen is one of the team’s three captains, along with lone senior and guard Jessica Slagle and another junior, forward Danielle Havel.

Butler’s top scorer Terra Burns leads the Bulldogs with 11.2 points per game, but still trails BG’s Steffen by

BG plays Butler at the Stroh

The women’s basketball team looks for a home win

BG hockey heads north to play Michigan State University

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dentdebt.org/).That’s not a list we want to

be on. The University also ranks

very low for faculty compensa-tion compared to similar uni-versities in the state and the nation, and very high in what it charges students. Where is that money going? Is it being

spent wisely? This looks like a bad omen

of things to come.Nationally and internation-

ally, the Occupy Wall Street movement has drawn atten-tion to the severe economic unfairness that is poisoning this country.

All of a sudden, years into this desperate recession, poli-ticians are discovering that unemployment is and remains unacceptably high.

If even politicians can get a clue, that must be a hopeful sign.

On the other hand, all across the nation and even in Bowling Green, the forces of reaction are sweeping away the Occupy movement — with savage and pointless vio-lence in many cases (as with the now-infamous brutality against Occupy Oakland and the pepper-spraying of peace-ful students at UC-Davis).

A bad sign.Will the semester, and the

year, end on a good note or a bad one?

Will next year begin with hope or despair?

That’s up to us, I guess. At most, omens are like cards; you play the hand you’re dealt.

If need be, bluff a little.

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cards that I will never dis-pose of. They are taped to my walls and in my scrap-books. They are part of my history.

They are history. A lot of what we know

about our country and our world is based on histori-cal documents in the form of letters.

Even the Bible contains letters.

Although you may think paper isn’t permanent, I am convinced that it is more lasting than any form of electronic communication available.

Years from now, I won’t read the thousands of mean-

ingless emails that were long since deleted, and I won’t scroll through my past Facebook interactions.

I will, however, still read through my collec-tion of handwritten let-ters and cards.

Furthermore, I will have a tangible record of my life and my friendships, as will anyone who happens upon them after I’m gone.

Factor number three: sen-timentality.

This may not be the case for everyone, but in my expe-rience, electronic communi-cation tends to be much less personal than that which is delivered with a stamp.

When I sit down to hand-write a letter, I feel more compelled to make it mean-ingful and sincere.

When I fire off an email, it’s just to exchange informa-tion in an efficient manner, not to maintain a personal relationship with someone I care about.

I put much more thought and effort into the letters I write, which may be the reason I don’t write them as often as I intend to.

Because of the impor-tance I associate with letters, they take an awful lot of time to write — time that I can’t seem to find.

The last letter I wrote took over an hour, yet it will only take a few minutes to read.

But I know that it will be read more than once. And that makes all the difference.

I believe wholeheartedly that part of what makes cor-

respondence so special is the time it takes. When I find that letter in my little metal box, I know that someone cares about me enough to take time out of his or her busy schedule for me.

I know that I can’t force anyone to hand-write let-ters any more than I can make them read actual newspapers instead of online articles.

But I sincerely hope that you will consider this type of indispensable correspon-dence the next time you get the urge to “poke” some-one or write on his or her Facebook wall.

You won’t regret it.

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Rely on yourself for total confidence

At the end of the day, the only person you can count on is yourself.

This may sound like a depressing sentiment, but it does not have to be; being your own boss can be posi-tive. After all, someone has to take the role of the leader.

The only way you can get a job done, for sure, is if you are the one doing it. Logically speaking, this is true.

In college, some courses require you to complete a group project. These proj-ects are an attempt at getting students to work together, learn to listen to others and avoid the phenomenon of groupthink (keeping quiet because you want the group to work harmoniously).

These projects did not teach me this.

They taught me that some students are in college for all

the wrong reasons, creating a common-time place for a meeting is nearly impos-sible and that if one wants to be certain to receive a decent grade on the project, they have to take charge.

When you look at it, these groups do not create team-work, but leaders. Once again, this is not negative.

Not everyone in the world will work hard. Not everyone has motivations to better him or herself. Some people attempt to get by doing the bare minimum.

That can work, as long as some make up for their lack of work ethic.

This reality is much like a sports team. For this exam-ple, I will use the Miami Heat. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade score a good percent-age of the team’s points and rack up the rebounds, while Chris Bosh jogs the court and helps out when needed; essentially going along for the ride.

This sarcastic analogy of an all-star basketball team teaches us that not every-

one can be a superstar; not everyone can be a leader.

So why can’t you be the leader?

Why not put the team on your back?

If you want to ensure suc-cess, you have to be confi-dent in your own abilities.

If you are not confident, then you should not have taken the challenge in the first place. Therefore, before jumping into a task, think about your personal skills and evaluate your own work ethic.

When you know you can accomplish a task by your-self, it opens more doors.

If you know you can do a whole college project on your own, then you know, in the future, you can take on any single-person project a professor may hand to you.

I learned this lesson way back in the day when I tried forming a band.

On the outside, I was just a guitarist — but on the inside, I was one of the people who cared the most about the project. I saw no one else

really gave much of them-selves into the writing of the music and promotion of the band, so I put that on my shoulders.

After a while, I learned I could do this all on my own, and now I am my own band.

To accomplish the goals I set out before, I do not need the extra people — or the stress which goes along with worrying about meeting up for practices or not showing up for concerts.

Being in a group with only yourself can be incredibly rewarding because, at the end of the day, all rewards go to you and you have some-thing to be proud of. You can say: “I did this all by myself.”

Counting on yourself isn’t a bad thing, as long as you know how to count. Be con-fident while riding solo and know that, no matter what, you’ll always have yourself to depend on if the original plan falls through.

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five. Halfhill is just a point under average from Burns, and Butler’s next highest scor-er, Hailey Howard, matches Halfhill with 10.2.

The Falcons and the Bulldogs have almost identical field goal percentages, 36.4 and 36.2, respectively, and similar three-point percentages. The only stark differences between the two teams statistically fall in the categories of rebounds and free-throw percentages.

BG averages more rebounds per game than Butler with 35.4 over 30.2.

Free-throw percentages, however, sway in favor of the Bulldogs with 74.7 percent, opposed to the Falcons who are only shooting 66.3 percent.

BG and Butler are sched-uled to tip-off in the Stroh on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

games: against Wyoming, Morgan Sate, Miami, Toledo and Temple. He also had a knack for the big play, break-ing off a run of 25 yards or greater in seven different games, including a school-record 96-yard touchdown run against Miami.

His 93.8 yards rushing per game was third nation-ally among freshmen, trail-ing only Giovanni Bernard of North Carolina and Lyle McCombs of Connecticut.

While Samuel was named the conference’s freshman of the year, he was not named to any of the conference’s all-conference teams. However, six other Falcons were.

Defensive tackle Chris Jones, wide receiver Kamar Jorden, linebacker Dwayne Woods and punter Brian Schmiedebusch were named first-team All-MAC selections. Rover Jerry “Booboo” Gates was named second-team All-MAC as a returner and center Ben Bojicic was named third-team All-MAC.

Only Toledo — with five — had more first-team selec-tions than BG, and it was the first time since 2004 the Falcons had four players make first team.

After a breakout 2010 sea-son, Jones continued to excel in 2011. The junior was tied for first in the conference with 8.5 sacks. He had 47 tackles on the season, with 14 being for a loss.

Jorden, one of the few seniors on BG’s roster, was a first-team selection for the second straight season, one of nine players in the confer-ence to be repeat first-team selections in 2011.

He had 78 catches this season for 1,089 yards and 12 touchdowns. He finishes his BG career eighth on the school’s all-time receptions list with 174. Those totals were put up in just two sea-sons, as Jorden enrolled at

BG as a junior college trans-fer.

While his tackle num-bers were down this season, Woods still had a strong sea-son playing in the middle of the BG defense. His 111 tackles were tied for fourth in the conference, as were his 14 tackles for a loss.

Woods added two sacks, two forced fumbles, two recovered fumbles and an interception.

In his first season with the Falcons, Schmiedebusch emerged as one of the top punters in the entire nation.

The sophomore aver-aged 45.3 yards per punt — fifth best in the nation. He showed that he has one of the strongest legs in the nation, achieving three punts over 70 yards this season.

He was also one of the best situational punt-ers in the nation. In the 25 times the Falcons punted when they were beyond their own 40-yard line, Schmiedebusch downed the ball inside the opponent’s 20-yard line 15 times.

He was also named a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, given annually to the nation’s top punter.

While Gates was strong on the defensive side of the ball for BG, starting all 12 games at rover, he made a big impact in the return game for the Falcons.

His 38 returns and 981 return yards were both first in the conference, with the yards total being the highest single-season mark in school history. He was fourth in the MAC with a 25.8 yards per return average and returned one kick for a touchdown.

Bojicic, a third year starter on the offensive line for BG, was once again a consistent force up front. He primarily handled center duties for the Falcons, but also displayed versatility, starting games at left tackle when injuries struck the offensive line.

In all, Bojicic started 42 games in his BG career.

goal for the Falcons against the Spartans.

Coach Chris Bergeron said Michigan State is very good this year.

“They are a veteran group,” he said. “They are playing real-ly well and are confident. It will be another really good oppo-nent for us and another tough place to play in the league.”

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HOCKEY From Page 5

By Ryan SatkowiakSports Editor

It won’t be a home game, but the BG men’s basketball team will be playing in Bowling Green this weekend.

The Falcons head to Bowling Green, Ky. for a matchup with Western Kentucky Sunday afternoon.

The Falcons played Western Kentucky last season, with the Hilltoppers coming out with a 59-52 win at Anderson Arena.

In that game, Western Kentucky led at one point by 17, and the Falcons clawed their way back but ultimately came up short.

Jordon Crawford scored 15 points for BG in the loss, and Dee Brown added 10.

However, the loss came when the Falcons were in the

midst of a seven-game losing streak. Now, the Falcons are off to a strong start to the sea-son at 4-2, fresh off an upset victory over Temple.

Coach Louis Orr cited char-acter and maturity as two of the reasons for the Falcons’ improved play this season.

“I like the maturity of this team; I think that Dee Brown, Torian Oglesby and Scott Thomas have grown as leaders,” Orr said. “You’ve got

young guys like Cam Black and Craig Sealey, sophomores who have really matured, and then guys like Luke Kraus, who I think is developing into a leader.

“I think they’ve embraced the opportunity. We have a good chemistry ... they’re going to do everything they can to make things work, and I think they’ve developed as players as well.”

Orr talked about Brown as

an example of this. Normally a shooting guard, Brown has played point guard at times this season, causing him to have to bring a different mentality into the way he approaches play.

“I think he’s embraced it because it makes him a more well-rounded player,” Orr said. “Dee’s a student of the game, and him being able to play the point has been huge for us.”

On the season, Brown is second on the team with 10.8 points per game, is first on the team with 21 assists and has chipped in 2.8 rebounds per game and five steals.

Western Kentucky comes into the game with a 3-5 record, with wins against Xavier (La.), Tennessee State and Southeastern Louisiana.

Men’s basketball plays on the road at Bowling Green, Ky

BG looking for a win against the Hilltoppers, WKU won at Anderson Arena last season

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JORDAN CRAWFORD, BG guard, No. 1, takes the ball down the court look to score a basket against a Howard University defender in the teams season opener at the

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CHRISSY STEFFEN is the only returning starter from the team’s 2010-11 season.

TONY CLEETON | THE BG NEWS

JESSICA SLAGLE, BG guard, No. 14, dribbles the ball down the court for a layup.

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DAN DESALVO, BG forward No.11, tries to hold on to the puck while defenders from the other team close in on him.

FOOTBALL From Page 5

“It’s hard to stay confident when you are missing shots,

but coach Miller just keeps telling us to

shoot, and shoot, and shoot.”

Chrissy Steffen | BG Guard

“I think they’ve embraced the opportunity. We have a good chemistry ... they’re going to do everything they can to make things work, and I think they’ve developed as players as well.”

Louis Orr | Head Coach

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By Abby WelshReporter

Spotify.com is a new way of listening to music online.

Just like Pandora or Last.fm, users search for an artist or specific song and the website will find and play it.

Unlike those websites, users down-load the program for free like you would iTunes.

New users can sign in with their Facebook login or simply make a Spotify account.

Users that decide to use their Facebook login will automatically be

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When users click on their friend’s names, they can see their available playlists and drag songs they like to create their own playlist, according to

By Danae KingAssistant Pulse Editor

Just like an artist puts pieces of glass together to form a mosaic, shoppers at Mosaic Consignment Studio put the pieces of an outfit together.

“That’s how we got our name,” said Mosaic co-owner Rebecca Cislo. “A mosaic is a piece of art — you have a lot of different pieces to put together to get that unique end-product.”

Cislo and her partner, Colleen Miller, began the consignment shop located on Main Street in April and have been offering “upscale resale” ever since.

The two women are both teach-ers in southeast Michigan and met seven years ago at the school they work in.

Cislo grew up going to consign-ment shops with her mother and

wanted to open her own consign-ment store for about ten years. Cislo and Miller were in town for a sport-ing event when they noticed the cor-ner slot was open.

“We love the old town aesthet-ic,” Cislo said. “There’s still a bustle downtown.”

Cislo and Miller began their stock of new or gently used clothing by bringing several pieces together. Before the store opened, they host-ed drop-off dates where consigners could bring clothes in. Cislo said their family and friends were help-ful in bringing them items.

The store doesn’t buy any items outright, Cislo said; instead, they display the items in the store for 60 days. After that period, consigners come in to pick up their items that didn’t sell and receive 50 percent of the profit from the items that did sell.

Consigners can also choose to donate their unsold clothing through Mosaic.

The store is very particular about its items’ condition and only choos-es the best items to place in the shop, Cislo said.

“Things I’ve bought in the store have been really high quality,” said Kathy Moss, University music admissions coordinator for the College of Musical Arts and a shop-per and consigner at Mosaic. “It’s all clean, presented well and there is a good assortment of labels.”

Caitlin Stoner, a clerk at Mosaic and recent University graduate, said the store’s stock is always changing.

“It depends on the day; the items are always different,” Stoner said. “I think there’s a really refreshing environment. There are a lot of dif-ferent flavors in the shop.”

The shop has consigners and

shoppers of all ages, Cislo said.The store employees and owners

set the prices, and Cislo said they try to be fair.

“We try to price it so the buyer feels like they’re getting a good deal,” Cislo said. “But at the same time, so the consigner doesn’t feel like they’re just letting the item go.”

The store is very organized, and the items are arranged according to size. There is also a new arrivals rack placed at the front of the store for regular customers, Cislo said.

“We want customers to get a bou-tique shopping experience, while remaining friendly to the pocket-book,” Cislo said.

The store clerks and owners also help customers put outfits together and give fashion advice.

“It’s a one-on-one shopping expe-rience — what shopping used to be like,” Cislo said.

Cislo offered tips for shopping at Mosaic.

“Don’t just take one trip through the store; there’s a lot that we offer,” Cislo said.

She said she wants shoppers to leave with a feeling of enlighten-ment about how consignment shop-ping can be.

“They come in for that find; I want them to leave with a positive experi-ence and have that feeling like, ‘I can’t wait to go back and see what I’ll find next time,’” Cislo said.

Mosaic offers clothing, purses, dresses, shoes, jackets, pants, other accessories and vintage clothing.

The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Clothing can be an art form,” Stoner said. “It allows you to express something nonverbal about your-self.”

Putting the pieces togetherMosaic Consignment Studio offers variety of clothing types, labels to local shoppers

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Since the release of his suc-cessful debut album, “Thank Me Later (2010),” Drake’s life has been a crazy adventure filled with booze, strippers, codeine cough syrup and countless women.

The Toronto rapper is candidly open about these adventures throughout his sophomore album, “Take Care,” and he is certainly not having as much fun as one would think.

The main message from Lil Wayne’s pro-tégé, formerly known as Wheelchair Jimmy on a cer-tain Canadian teenage soap opera, is that even though he’s achieved more than he could’ve ever dreamed, Drake is still not happy (as you can see by his ugly, but fitting album cover).

Although “Thank Me Later” sounded like a pop-rap triumph, “Take Care” is a much more focused effort, and is much more indicative of Drake’s artistic vision.

Drake, who claims that he’s “drinking every night, because we drink to my accomplishments” on the excellent lead single “Headlines,” is an extreme-ly insightful drunk. When he’s the most reckless, he’s also the most relatable, like on the drunk-dial anthem, “Marvin’s Room.”

The Young Money star is a definite double-threat as

he can belt out a tune as well as he can drop a hot 16. But what makes Drake the most dangerous is when he can seamlessly combine his two continuously improving skill sets in one track.

On the stand-out “Shot For Me,” Drake, again under the influence, pens an open letter to an ex, and is pain-fully relatable as he raps: “I know you’ve been crying all night, drinking all summer. Praying for your happiness, hope that you recover.”

Drake’s sing-song delivery is only as good as his atmo-spheric, moody soundscape, which again is provided by Noah “40” Shebib, as he han-dles a bulk of the album’s production.

Shebib’s production style, which consists of low-fre-quency filters and muffled drums, is the perfect com-pliment to Drake’s drunk-en tales of his affinity for dancers from big cities in the south.

“The Real Her” feels like a sequel to “So Far Gone’s” “HoustonLantaVegas,” as he sings about another love gone awry, but this time he brings along Lil Wayne and Andre 3000 (who drops an awesome Boise State refer-ence in his verse).

Drake does a good job of balancing out the moody, downtempo tracks with bangers like the Bay Area-inspired bonus cut “The

Motto,” the Lil Wayne assist-ed “HYFR,” the Just Blazed banger “Lord Knows” and the obligatory Nicki Minaj duet, “Make Me Proud.”

But he is most compel-ling when he’s dwelling over former loves, singing to an empty bottle of Rosé. The best moment on “Take Care” is the transition from the druggy, “Cameras” into the quarterlife crisis “Good Ones Go Interlude” into the gut-wrenching break-up track, “Doing it Wrong.”

Although “Take Care” is 80 minutes long, it’s impeccably engaging and f lows seamlessly, even with its minor missteps. Despite having one of the album’s best hooks, “We’ll Be Fine” could’ve been left off the album.

On this record Drake draws inspiration from many of music’s most bril-liant minds (Don McLean on “Doing It Wrong,” and Gil-Scott Heron on the Jamie xx and Rihanna featured title track), but covering Juvenile’s “Back Dat Azz Up” on (the recognizably bad but I enjoy it anyway) “Practice” is a puzzling move.

“Take Care” may have less hits than its predeces-sors, but Drake shows on this album that he’s capable of making a great cohesive album, which I think will pay dividends in the long run.

By Geoffrey BurnsReporter

The Cla-Zel is set for another big performance this coming weekend as Richard Colson Ba ker, also known as Machine Gun Kelly, wil l hit the stage.

At only 21 years old, MGK has gained a large amount of mainstream success by getting signed by Interscope Records (Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Eminem, etc.), and forming a ver y strong fanbase over the past several years.

Director of Marketing

and Genera l Manager of the Cla-Zel, Banan Alkilani, said that MGK is a Clevela nd loca l, which serves as a unique aspect about the artist.

“He’s created an entire movement for fans to love him and adore him,” Alkilani said. “He grew up in a rough area and has been through a lot in his life.”

Bowling Green has ser ved as one of the beginning places MGK first started performing at while getting a heav y fan base.

MGK’s manager Andre Cisco said that the town

was one of the original places that they sold out on their f irst tour ever.

“You have to stay loyal to where you started from,” Cisco sa id. “He [MGK ] doesn’t real-l y c a re a b o u t w h a t h i s f a n s l isten to or h a v e o n or i f t he y ’re

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love,” MGK sa id. “I’m definitely just tr y ing to shun the cool and tel l-ing people to be them-selves. I just want people to know that sometimes t he most out la nd ish dreams can be achieved and end up being ver y successful.”

Students here at the Universit y seem to be excited about the rapper performing this week-end; one person in par-t icular is senior Eliza Barnett. She said she saw MGK perform at the Cla-Zel the previous time the

artist was in town while he was touring with Wiz Khalifa.

“I think it’s a good look for BG for Machine Gun Kelly to be perform-ing here,” Barnett said. “I like his music, and I think that he attracts a really diverse group of people in his audience.”

The show w il l begin Sat u rday n ig ht w it h doors opening at 7 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

“Machine Gun Kelly is for the people,” Cisco said.

Cla-Zel “laces up” with Machine Gun Kelly

By Nathan Elekonich

It’s time to meet the Muppets in their triumphant return to the silver screen.

The Muppets have dis-banded, and their once great studio is threatened to be demolished by the evil oil baron Tex Richman (Chris Cooper). But a longtime Muppet fan named Walter, his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary’s girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) can’t let that happen. So they seek out the one “person” they know can help: the one and only Kermit the Frog.

Kermit, with the help of his new friends, must get the old gang back together

and put on one final Muppet Telethon to raise ten million dollars and save the Muppet Studios.

“The Muppets” is a great film that stays true to what made them lovable so many years ago. While they use some familiar jokes, it’s the music (supervised by Flight of the Conchords member Bret McKenzie) and guest stars that make the film cur-rent and extremely funny.

Aside from funny guest stars and music, it’s the act-ing that takes center stage in this film, and I’m not talking about Jason Segel or Amy Adams. Instead the perfor-mances by the puppeteers

were what made the movie so easy and fun to watch. They gave all the characters from Kermit to the Swedish Chef a life of their own, so much so that I often forgot I was watching a movie com-pletely centralized around puppets.

It’s performances like those that enable the audi-ence to truly care about the characters and their inter-actions with each other.

“The Muppets” is a fan-tastic film that breathes new life into the Muppet franchise and will hopeful-ly spur Disney to produce more feature length films.

spotify.com. “I like Spotify because it’s a

clever and new way of shar-ing music with friends,” said junior Alex Kocab.

Facebook isn’t the only social network Spotify uses: users can send them to Twitter and Windows Messenger.

Users’ iTunes libraries automatically link to Spotify once they download it.

In a recent poll The BG News posted on their web-site, 90 students chose Pandora as their favorite. Spotify came in second with 14 people, eight voted for Last.fm and iHeartRadio received six votes.

“iHeartRadio is my favor-ite website to listen to music because I think it’s fast and easy,” said freshman Zach Griffith. “I also prefer listen-ing to radio stations rather than searching songs and making playlists like most people.”

Griffith said he likes

that there is no account needed to use iHeartRa-dio, unlike other music websites he’s used.

iHeartRadio is a differ-ent type of music website because it doesn’t allow users to make playlists. Users can choose a radio station from the area users are from on the front page or choose a specific artist’s station.

“I don’t like iHeartRadio because of the radio sta-tions offered,” said freshman Corey Evans. “I like Last.fm because it has a variety of songs from the same artist or suggests a different artist of the same genre.”

Last.fm is similar to Spotify or Pandora because users make an account.

It allows users to save their playlists and listen to them on any music player, accord-ing to Last.fm.

Pandora.com is another popular music website that is similar to Spotify.

It’s an Internet radio sta-tion website that users sign up with for free and start by typing in either a song or artist. It plays songs similar

to the ones users typically play that Pandora thinks you will like: a mix of new and old songs.

“I like Pandora better because it opens horizons to music I’ve never heard before from artists that I already like,” Kocab said.

Kocab isn’t the only stu-dent who thinks Pandora opens doors to new music.

Sophomore Amanda Mesko agrees and likes Pandora because “it lets me listen to music from my favorite artists that I didn’t even know existed.”

Even though it intro-duces users to new music, users cannot make playlists. Instead, users can make sta-tions. Pandora allows users to create up to 100 stations. Users are able to save sta-tions they create, which can be accessed from their phone or even iPad, accord-ing to Pandora’s website.

“I prefer Pandora because I’m able to choose artists and different stations whenever I want,” sophomore Kelci Eby said.

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Temperatures drop but the winter trends don’t stop. Falcons fuel their fashion this season with winter accessories including hats, scarves, shearlings and of course, UGGS.

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