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A RETROSPECTIVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 1 Spring 2022
A LOOK BACK AT
MEMORIES AND MILESTONES | 2
BGSU SENIOR SELFIES | 42
THE BUCKET LIST | 45
SENIOR MEMORIES | 52
CLASS OF 2022 SENIORS | 55
Four Years Plus
in the Making
The Journey | 4
A retrospective for the Class of 2022
Can you remember the first time you set foot on the BGSU campus?
Whether it was a formal tour or just you and some friends or family checking it out,
whether it was a Falcon sporting event or concert or education opportunity,
it was probably a lot to take in.
A
fter you started classes, you your love of snow and cold) winter,
probably had more questions and compare notes on the best/worst
than answers. What’s a BG1 card? dorm, off-campus apartment/house,
Why do I have a meeting in a U-Haul? and roommate.
Oh, wait, that’s U(niversity) Hall. There’s
While there will be common threads in Just like you, the
a chapel on campus? What, exactly, is a
those discussions, you will have a story
Chickendippity? Are you serious with this University is a living,
all your own. That’s because just like
wind? Why is the football stadium on the breathing thing,
you, the campus never stops moving.
other side of the planet? So, are Freddie
Just like you, the University is a living, always growing,
and Frieda boyfriend-girlfriend? Why are
breathing thing, always growing, always
these Sic Sic Sez signs all over? What’s a always evolving.
evolving. You will be among the last group
Sic Sic Sez? Ay Ziggy, what?
of alumni who can tell stories about the
Then as you started to get to know the “old” Administration Building and being
campus a bit, the stoic profile of Old there when it was razed. You’ll be able
Campus contrasting with the more modern- to spin tales about the “new” digs for
looking buildings all started to make sense. the Schmidthorst School of Business.
Everything was in its proper place and you You were here when Katie Hempfling
found a groove, a sense of place. carved out unique spots in the women’s
Now that you’re graduating, you’ll join basketball record book and when famed
scores of alumni who can share stories musician Lou “Blue Lou” Marini, Jr. lit up
about taking a picture with Freddie and the Kobacker Hall.
Frieda, engage in the age-old debate about We hope you’ll enjoy this keepsake edition
the best food off campus, discuss who of The Key as you spread your wings and
endured the worst (or best, depending on start the next chapter of your life. Just
remember to come back to the nest as
often as you can.
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 3
Table of
CONTENTS
4
2018
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
8
2019
FINDING YOUR PLACE
20
2020
COVID-19 CURVE BALL
30
2021
FINDING A NEW NORMAL
38
2022
A N E W J O U R N E Y A WA I T S
42
SENIOR SELFIES
BGSU TOP HOT SPOTS
45
BGSU BUCKET LIST
T O P 5 0 M U S T- D O L I S T
“
By Falcons
52
SENIOR MEMORIES
For Falcons
“
CLASS OF 2022
55
SENIOR HEADSHOTS
CLASS OF 2022
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4 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
The Journey Begins
C
onfrontation dominated our headlines, from children being separated from parents at
the U.S.-Mexico border to contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett
Kavanaugh to a shift in power in the U.S. Congress. Retail icons Sears and Toys “R” Us went
bankrupt while Apple became the first American company to reach $1 trillion in value and Amazon’s
Jeff Bezos became the world’s richest person. The Miss America pageant ended the swimsuit
competition and American Meghan Markle joined the British royal family, marrying Prince Harry.
AUGUST 2 8 , 2 0 1 8 Students wandering through Campus Fest
Campus Fest is one of the CAMPUS F EST found many of the organizations noteworthy.
biggest events that happens WEL C OMES S T U D E N T S Wyatt Baer, a first-year graduate student, said
on campus, and with the event The University’s Campus Fest provided the Environmental Sustainability Club was
taking place at the beginning students with the opportunity to explore, most interesting.
of the year, it is a great time learn and get involved. With 261 registered
for students to explore their “They were selling reusable straws for a dollar,”
on-campus organizations and 47 registered off-
interest and get involved. Baer said. “I was actually wanting one, so I
campus organizations, the University’s outdoor
thought it was pretty cool.”
spaces were packed in the 90-degree heat.
Even though he didn’t get his undergraduate
degree from the University, Baer found the
layout of Campus Fest pretty straightforward,
as did international students. “I’m having a
really good time navigating!” said Stephanie
Bleoo, freshman international student from
Canada. Bleoo found the sororities most
interesting because she’s planning on rushing.
Branden Temple, a junior, also from the UK,
said he was impressed with the amount of
organizations on campus.
“Back home we have a lot of different ones
but nowhere near as much as this,” Temple
said. He found the fraternities to be the most
interesting, because there are so many of them.
The groups at Campus Fest were arranged
into three zones, based off of the nature of
each group.
ZONE ONE contained recreation and sport
clubs, special interests, career services
partners and media and publications. The
Falcon Forensics Speech and Debate Team was
one organization in Zone One. The team is the
first nationally recognized forensics team at
the University, according to the College of Arts
and Sciences’ website.
FALL •
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 5
2018 ••
WORLD
BGSU
ZONE TWO had cultural, governing This alliance between Mercy College and BOWLING GREEN
and residential, political and spiritual the University is beneficial for both schools.
organizations as well as tables from
University offices and departments. BG Votes
According to the news release, Mercy College’s
six certificate and nine degree programs
August
was an organization set up in Zone One that and the advantages the University has as a A UGUST 6
branches from the Center for Community public institution will give students learning • West Coast on Fire
California wildfires
and Civic Engagement. experiences that will further prepare them declared longest and
to enter the medical field. The University of largest in state history
ZONE THREE contained fraternities and
Toledo’s resignation from a similar partnership
sororities, as well as organizations A UGUST 3 0
with the University earlier this year prompted
encouraging the arts, philanthropy, service
the search for an agreement with Mercy Health. • Campus Fest
Students explore over
and volunteerism and academics, honors and
Students of the University had supplemented 300 organizations for
professionalism. The United Karate System them to get involved
their pre-nursing education with the developed
Club was an organization in Zone Three that
programs at the UT for more than 40 years.
offers free self-defense workshops and teaches
traditional martial arts. OCT OBER 13, 2018
September
SE P T E MBE R 8 - 1 0
C OL LE G E O F B U S I N E S S
•
S EPTEMB E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 8
Black Swamp
P R E S IDENT ROGER S BREA K S G R O U N D Arts Festival
ANNOUNCES PARTN ERSHIP The Robert W. and Patricia A. Maurer Center BG City 19th Annual
W I T H M ERCY HEA LTH — the new home of the College of Business Arts Festival featuring
live music, culture, art,
The University and Mercy Health, Ohio’s — was the last project in the University’s food, and beer garden
largest healthcare provider, announced they $200 million Master Plan and the largest all downtown BG
signed a letter of intent to enter a partnership construction project ever at the University, said
SE P T E MBE R 1 3
Mike Schuessler, senior project manager.
today that will increase opportunities for
students looking to enter the medical field.
• Nursing Program
President Rodney Rogers
Tabbed at $44.2 million, the construction
Once this partnership is approved, Mercy announces Nursing
project would combine a new building with program merger with
College of Ohio, a member of Mercy Health, the existing Hanna Hall that would become Mercy Health
will provide students of the University with home for the University’s College of Business.
educational and employment connections Target date for completion was set for fall
SE P T E MBE R 1 4
through Mercy Health. “The link between the semester 2020. • Hurricane Strikes
Hurricane Florence
University and Mercy Health through Mercy makes landfall in North
College is a strong one as the missions of both The two buildings would be connected by Carolina, evacuation
organizations align well,” President Rogers a three-story atrium with skylights. warnings for more than
one million people
said, according to the University’s news release
of the announcement. SE P T E MBE R 2 5
• Guilty Verdict
Bill Cosby, 81, to serve
sentence of three to
ten years for drugging,
molesting a woman
SE P T E MBE R 2 7
• SRC Dress Code
Dean responds to
students’ concern over
new recreation center
dress code
SE P T E MBE R 2 7
• Kavanaugh Trial
Christine Blasey Ford
appears before a Senate
Judiciary Committee
to present evidence
against Kavanaugh
6 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
2018
The west portion will keep the look of the the mosaics be displayed in it. The University
existing Hanna Hall; therefore, it will still look designated the Eva Marie Saint Theatre as the
like it is 100 years old on the outside but be space for them.
completely modern on the inside. Hanna Hall After the plan of displaying the mosaics in the
will get a new HVAC system, upgraded electric Wolfe Center took hold, the University requested
installations, and the latest technology. a symposium regarding the mosaics in 2012.
The east portion will be completely new. Former University faculty member Stephanie
Another feature is a dedicated student Langin-Hooper was asked to investigate them
organization space. The Hub at the current for the symposium. She also invited Rebecca
Business Administration Building is a large, Molholt, a faculty member at Brown University
open lounge anyone can use. at the time, to assist with the investigation.
The Business Administration Building will Originally, the school thought the mosaics
facilitate general and business classroom had been from an approved dig in the ancient
use after the Maurer Center’s construction. Greek Antioch city ruins site near Antakya,
Schuessler said there are no plans for it to Turkey, which Princeton University oversaw.
The Robert W. and
be demolished. But through Langin-Hooper and Molholt’s
Patricia A. Maurer Center —
OCT OBE R 2 5 , 2 0 1 8
investigation, the University discovered
the new home of the College
the mosaics did not match those dug up in
of Business — is the last UN IVER S ITY M O S A I C S
Antioch. The investigators thought they
project in the University’s RETUR N ED TO T U R K E Y
were looted from Zeugma around the early
$200 million Master Plan The University has been in possession of
1960s, instead.
and the largest construction ancient Roman mosaics since it first purchased
project ever at the University. them from a New York art dealer in 1965. “The University was pretty quick in
The Maurer Center will be Now, it is planning to move them back to where responding to that,” Lesa Lockford, chair of
completed in fall 2020, they originally came from: Zeugma, Turkey. the Department of Theatre and Film, said.
and its total cost will be The University originally acquired the The University and the Turkish government
$44.2 million. pieces from a New York company known as have been in negotiations ever since the
Peter Marks Works of Art for $35,000. discovery of the true origins of the mosaics.
Hugh Broadley, an assistant professor in the An agreement was recently reached in which
School of Art at the time, along with the then the University would be held harmless if
Below left and right: University President William T. Jerome, it returned the mosaics. The Ministry of
Ancient Roman Mosaics housed at the
made the purchase. Tourism and Culture of Turkey has agreed
Wolfe Center in the Eva Marie Saint
Theater were determined to have been
The mosaics were held in storage until they to create replicas of the pieces and bring
looted from Zeugma, Turkey in the 1960s.
Since that discovery, The original mosaics were periodically on display in the McFall them back to the University for display. The
have been returned and displayed at the
Center. When the Wolfe Center for the Arts was original mosaics are to be displayed at the
Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the Turkish
city of Gaziantep. planned for construction, someone suggested Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the Turkish city of
FALL •
2018 ••
WORLD
BGSU
“We are pleased to welcome BOWLING GREEN
Scot Loeffler as our next head
football coach. Scot is an experienced
coach and proven leader in both the
October
NCAA and NFL arenas. I am OCT OBE R 1 3
confident he shares our commitment • New College of Business
Groundbreaking takes
to fostering a winning program place at BGSU’s Mauer
that supports our student-athletes Center construction site,
on and off the field the right way.” the new home for the
College of Business
Rodney Rog ers
OCT OBE R 1 8
BGSU PRESIDENT
• Kavanaugh Confirmed
Brett Kavanaugh’s
His career has also included stops at Central SCOTUS nomination is
Michigan, Florida, Temple, Auburn, Virginia confirmed by senate vote
Tech and Boston College, and he spent 2008 as of 50-48
the quarterbacks coach for the Detroit Lions. OCT OBE R 3 0
Loeffler has coached seven quarterbacks who • Football Coach Fired
Football coach Mike
went on to play in the NFL — Tom Brady, Jinks let go by BGSU
Tim Tebow, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew while mid-contract
Henson, John Navarre and Logan Thomas.
Prior to his time at Temple, he was November
quarterbacks coach at Florida under former NOV E MBE R 6
Falcon Head Coach Urban Meyer, helping the
unit to the best pass efficiency in the nation in
• Winter Wheat Festival
Conference attracts
Gaziantep. “It was a BGSU faculty member 2009. He guided Tebow in his final season in writers from around
the world
who spearheaded the effort to establish Gainesville as he passed for 2,895 yards and
where they really came from. And without 21 touchdowns. Tebow graduated from Florida NOV E MBE R 2 8
the scholarship of our own art historian, no with five NCAA, 14 SEC and 28 school records. • Greek Life Troubles
Members of Pi Kappa
one would know where they were from or
DE CEMB ER 2, 2018 Alpha suspended after
what they were about,” Craig said. social media posts
MEN ’S R U G B Y W I N S D 1A A glorifying cultural
N O VEMB E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 8 N AT I O N A L C H A MP I O N S H I P appropriation
S C OT LOEFFLER N AMED Fall semester closed on a big upswing with the
HE A D FOOTBALL COACH men’s club rugby team winning its first national
NOV E MBE R 3 0
After a difficult end to a disappointing championship, its first in the program’s 50- • President Passes
Former President
season, University administration has year history. Long considered a powerhouse George H.W. Bush dies
wasted no time in dispelling uncertainty under coach Roger Mazzarella, who had guided at the age of 94
around the football program. the team many times to national prominence
Director of Athletics Bob Moosbrugger only to fall short of a championship, it was his December
announced Scot Loeffler has been chosen as son Tony Mazzarella who coached the team
D E CE MBE R 1 4
the 20th head coach of the Bowling Green over the hump. The team defeated St. Joseph
24-7 to win the national crown defeating top-
• Healthcare Proceedings
US District Judge Reed
football program. Loeffler arrives at Bowling
ranked Mary Washington and the University of O’Connor rules a key part
Green after having served as deputy head of Affordable Care Act
coach and offensive coordinator at Boston Kentucky to reach the finals. Tony Mazzarella unconstitutional
College this past season. said of the team’s win, “It was great to bring
a championship to BGSU. I was 10 years D E CE MBE R 2 2
Loeffler takes over for previous Head Coach old when I watched the hockey • Partial
Shutdown
Government
Mike Jinks and Interim Head Coach Carl team bring one home, and Congress fails to agree on
Pelini, who went a combined 3-9 overall I’m just glad to be a part budget, leading to a partial
and 2-6 in the MAC this past season. The of one now,” in a story government shutdown
program has a 9-27 record over the past reported by Sports Editor
three seasons. Jacob Clary.
Loeffler brings extensive coaching experience
to Bowling Green, starting as a student
assistant with Michigan in 1996.
2019
Finding your Place
T
he release of the long-awaited report from special counsel Robert Mueller laid out 10
potential examples of obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump, it did not find that
Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. Congress did impeach
Trump over a phone call in which he pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate leading Democratic
presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The Senate acquitted Trump. Fire destroyed
the roof and spire of the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and China landed a rover on the dark
side of the moon. NASA astronauts completed the first all-female spacewalk.
J ANUARY 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 According to posts on BGSU’s Facebook page,
WIN TER S ESSI O N R E C A P classes had not been canceled in four years.
“Over 1,000 students Almost all BGSU students were absent from Many extracurricular activities were canceled
registered, which was a campus activities for an extra three weeks in during the cold weather, as well as some
victory, and the majority of January 2019; however, a small percentage concerts put on by the College of Musical Arts.
those who utilized the winter chose to cut their extra-long break short. Betsy
session were juniors Winters, data analytics coordinator from JA NUA RY 30-31, 2019
and senior undergraduates.” Online and Summer Academic Programs, C LO C K T O W E R S T O P S
Winter session took place provided information on the activities students D U E T O C O LD W E AT H E R
did during the first-ever winter session. During sub-zero temperatures, the city’s clock
from Jan. 2 to Jan. 23
tower stopped working. The cause for the
Paul Ce s a r ini The main focus of the winter session was online
clock stopping was undetermined but is most
ASSISTANT VICE PROVOST courses. Only 15 courses were face-to-face and
likely a break in the metal mechanism that runs
FOR ONLINE AND 38 were online, with 300 of 1,062 students
the clock.
SUMMER PROGRAMS staying on the main campus for the three-week
session. Topics of the face-to-face courses Wood County Facilities Director Steve Blausey
were programming fundamentals, superhero said the clock is most likely broken in the sleeve
films, introduction to economics, introduction covering the shaft, or the mechanism that
to information systems, education policy and drives the hands of the clock. He added that in
practice for SLPs, issues in counseling and sub-zero temperatures, metal tends to crack.
nurturing positive behavior. All had class sizes
ranging from 6 to 91. Also taking place were
internships in counseling and forensic science,
and the math emporium.
J ANUARY 3 0 & 3 1 , 2019
‘S P R IN G’ S EM E S T E R
OFF TO FREEZ I N G S TA R T
Students returning to BGSU for the 2019
spring semester were welcomed by subzero
temperatures. On Jan. 30 and 31, the university
canceled classes due to the freezing weather
but kept offices, Jerome Library, the Student
Recreation Center, and BGSU Dining ‘Spring’
semester off to open with adjusted hours.
A RETROSPECTIVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 9
SPRING
2019 •••
WORLD
BGSU
Top Left: Bowling Green Men’s BOWLING GREEN
Basketball team made sure the town,
conference, and nation all knew
one thing walking away from their
conference match-up with Buffalo: January
they are for real, and they are
J A NUA RY 2 - 2 3
•
here to stay.
BGSU’s First
Winter Session
Students study abroad,
MEN ’S B A S K E T B A LL U P S E T S take online classes, or
N O. 18 B U FFA LO AT H O ME enjoy extra-long break
With what seemed like the eyes of all the
J A NUA RY 1 2
world on them, the Bowling Green men’s
basketball team made sure the town,
• Government
Shutdown Continues
conference, and nation all knew one thing Government shutdown
becomes the longest
walking away from their conference match-up in U.S. history at 22
with Buffalo: they are for real, and they are days, leaving 800,000
here to stay. employees unpaid
J A NUA RY 1 9
“At one point it was like, oh my
goodness, this is just like • No Border Wall
Democrats reject
Anderson (Arena); I love it,” Trump’s offer for funding
said head coach Michael Huger, border security wall
who was a member of that 1990 team. J A NUA RY 3 0 - 3 1
“You look down and see everybody
jumping up and you can’t hear
• Classes Canceled
Extremely cold
The court house maintenance workers were not yourself think. It’s like this is it. temperatures cause
able to immediately work on repairs because of BGSU to cancel classes
I’m in heaven right now.” during first week of
freezing rain. spring semester
Playing in front of the largest packed crowd
The Bowling Green clock tower stopped running
during the sub-zero temperatures on Jan. 30-31.
ever in the short history of the Stroh Center,
the Falcons used a stellar second half to February
The clock has stopped a few times since its overcome a hot start by No. 18 Buffalo and F E BRUA RY 1 2
completion 122 years ago. One of the first
recorded times was during the blizzard of 1978
walked away with a 92-88 win. Now Bowling • El Chapo Charged
Drug boss Joaquin
Green (15-6, 7-1 MAC), the preseason pick to
— the clock’s hands were physically frozen “El Chapo” Guzman
finish last in the MAC, sits at the top of the found guilty on all
in place by the storm, according to the Wood conference standings, taking sole possession 10 counts at his drug-
County Auditor’s website. trafficking trial
of first place after entering tied with the Bulls
(19-3, 7-2). F E BRUA RY 1 9
FEB R U A RY 4 , 2 0 1 9
W I N TER SESSION BOAS TS “At one point it was like, oh my goodness, this • State of the
City Address
UNE XPECTED ENROLL MEN T R ATES is just like Anderson (Arena); I love it,” said Bowling Green mayor,
BGSU’s inaugural winter session semester in head coach Michael Huger, who was a member BGSU president report
of that 1990 team. “You look down and see together in State of the
2019 attracted unexpected popularity and high City address
enrollment numbers, posting overall successful everybody jumping up and you can’t hear
statistics and setting a strong precedent for the yourself think. It’s like this is it. I’m in heaven F E BRUA RY 2 2
future of the new term. right now.” • Gish Film Theater
BGSU students and
“Overall we think it went pretty well,” faculty discuss renaming
said Assistant Vice Provost for Online and
BG B E AT I N G B U FFA LO I S Gish Film Theater at
Summer Program, Paul Cesarini. “Over 1,000
WH AT MA K E S S P O R T S G R E AT Black Student Union
townhall due to
The Falcons beating the Bulls is what makes controversy over
students registered, which was a victory,
sports so great. The victory on Friday night Lillian Gish’s appearance
and the majority of those who utilized the
meant more, so much more to the fans, the in the D.W. Griffith film,
winter session were juniors and senior “The Birth Of A Nation”
community and, most importantly, the winning
undergraduates.” Winter session took place
team. It means more than just another one in F E BRUA RY 2 2
from Jan. 2 to Jan. 23, and featured face-
to-face classes, online courses, study abroad
the win column and a first place spot in the • R.Singer
Kelly Charged
R. Kelly charged
MAC standings. It means more because it was
opportunities and other various activities with 10 counts of
unlike anything in years. aggravated criminal
including workshops and service trips.
sexual abuse for
Ch as e Bac h m an incidents dating
Left: The bell and sledgehammer, which make the
clock tower’s iconic sound, are located in the clock house BG N E WS SPORTS COLUMNIST back to 1998
on the third floor. After over 100 years of hitting the bell,
the sledgehammer has left its mark.
10 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
2019
F E BRUARY 4
CITY HOP ES T O MA K E
Downtown becomes ROOM F OR BIC Y C LI S T S
hot spot for winter fun On Feb. 4, 2019, the Bicycle Safety Commission
discussed the future of bike accessibility in the
city. Some students supported these proposals;
others have shared concern. The proposals
would work to expand previously built bike
lanes and sharrows which cyclists can utilize as
a safe means of sharing the roads with drivers.
These added lanes and sharrows would be of “We had to be unapologetic and name what
particular use to students, as many are situated was going on in our community,” Tometi said.
on major roadways close to the university’s Over the past six years, Black Lives Matter
main entrances, allowing for potentially safer has created more than 40 chapters across the
and quicker routes for those interested in country with efforts to raise awareness on
biking their morning commutes to class or police brutality and maintain the humanity in
venturing into town. black lives.
The proposals in Bowling Green are part “Being treated as though our skin is a weapon
of a long-term sequence of infrastructure is intolerable,” Tometi said. “Even six years
Above At the Frozen Swamp Tent, 9th Ice improvements which are expected to be
Creations worked on his sculptures with
into the Black Lives Matter Movement, we
the theme being “Winter Athletes on Ice” completed by 2024. Those interested in the are still treated this way.” Black Lives Matter
This was all part of the big “Chillibration” future of these improvements can attend
in downtown BG held during the second
exercises resistance in an effort to fight the
weekend in February Bicycle Safety Commission meetings. oppressors in law enforcement and the judicial
system. The movement’s mission is to promote
F E BRUARY 2 5 , 2 0 19
that black lives are just as important as
SHAV E-A-THO N R A I S E S everyone else’s.
F UN DS , AWARE N E S S
One of 103 participants in the shave-a-thon “Being treated as though
has his locks cut by a volunteer in the Bowen- our skin is a weapon is intolerable,
Thompson Student Union multipurpose room. Even six years into the Black Lives
Participants could set their own fundraising Matter Movement, we are still
goal. The top individual fundraiser was treated this way.”
sophomore Zolee Howard, raising $1,103. O pal Tometi
Participants could also raise funds by CO-FOUNDER OF
associating with a team. The top team, BLACK LIVES MATTER
Kreischer Compton Darrow, raised $1,636.29.
Money raised at the event will fund research
for childhood cancers. Since 2005, the St.
Baldrick’s Organization has given more than
$79 million to the Children’s Oncology Group,
which partners with about 200 institutions.
MARCH 1 8 , 2 0 1 9
CO-F OUN DER O F B LA C K LI V E S
MATTER PRES E N T S T O S T U D E N T S
Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives
Matter Movement, came to BGSU addressing
the black experience, police brutality, and the
importance of allies. “Black Lives Matter was
first an internal call for our communities,”
Tometi said. In 2013, three black community
organizers, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and
Opal Tometi, created the #BlackLivesMatter
Movement. It was a social media response to
the not-guilty verdict of George Zimmerman,
Trayvon Martin’s alleged murderer.SPRING
2019 •••
WORLD
BGSU
BOWLING GREEN
February
F E BRUA RY 2 4
• Shave-a-thon
St. Baldrick’s shave-a-
thon raises more than
$10,000 for childhood
cancers
F E BRUA RY 2 6
• Mobile Food Pantry
With a partnership
between Food for
Thought and BGSU
Ending Hunger, the
university hosts a
mobile food pantry
March
MA RCH 1 3
Above: The Novice National Forensic Association held the National Championship at BGSU from March 8-10, and the Falcon
• Flight Concerns
Boeing grounds entirety
Forensics and Debate Team shown above won the title. This was the team’s 15th National Championship since 2001.
of 737 Max aircraft in
response to evidence
M AR C H 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 AP RIL 1, 2019 gathered following two
deadly crashes
FA L C O N FORENSICS AN D DEBATE C AM P U S R E S T O R E E N C O U R A G E S
T E AM W INS NATION AL TITL E S TU D E N T S T O R E U S E MA RCH 1 6
The Novice National Forensic Association held Tucked between the kitchen and the Kreischer • Falcon Proud
Top-seeded Buffalo
the National Championship at BGSU from Sundial was a room filled to the brim with
defeats BGSU in the
March 8-10, and the Falcon Forensics and donated clothes, cleaning supplies, utensils, MAC Championship.
Debate Team won the title. This was the team’s trophies and a corner stacked full of desk The Falcons were picked
organizers. Each month, these items are to finish last pre-season
15th National Championship since 2001. in the east division
organized, laid out and given to the BGSU
Not only did the team win the National
community for free through the ReStore. MA RCH 1 8
Championship, but many of the team members
also won individual national championships.
The ReStore is operated by the Office of • Black Lives Matter
Co-founder of the Black
Sustainability. Every one to two months, it Lives Matter movement,
Sophia Walcher won for Impromptu Speaking,
opens its doors so community members can Opal Tometi, speaks at
Sophia Stockham for Impromptu Sales
look around for something they may need. BGSU
Speaking and Poetry Interpretation, Mikey
Ragusa for Dramatic Interpretation. Multiple “One of BGSU’s primary sustainability goals MA RCH 2 7
performers won for Reader’s Theatre: Sophia is the reduction of waste and conservation • NCAA Hockey
Tournament
Walcher, Emily Rice, Mikey Ragusa, and of resources,” said Nick Hennessy, BGSU
BGSU Hockey travels to
Julianna Walker. Sustainability Manager. The office wants Allentown, PA for NCAA
students to remember that they have items that Tournament, defeated
in the first round 3-2
can, and should, be reused by someone who
by Minnesota Duluth
could continue to use it. “Buying new materials in overtime
not only costs money, all the time it’s using
additional natural resources to make things,”
Hennessy said.
April
A P RIL 1 0
The ReStore started in 2012 as a once-in-
a-while office supplies-oriented give away
• Black Hole
Photographed
in Harshman Hall, but they now have a First-ever photo of a
black hole announced,
permanent home in MacDonald where they taken by Event Horizon
spend time between events sorting, cleaning Telescope
and organizing donated items in the store.
A P RIL 1 5
“Students owe it to themselves to check (the
ReStore) out because it’s hard to put into • Cathedral on Fire
Notre Dame Cathedral
Above: Since the publishing of this article in The BG News,
in April of 2019, The Restore has been relocated to MacDonald
words what the concept is unless you actually catches fire, prompting
quadrangle on the Northeast corner of the building. physically see it,” Hennessy said. nearly $1 billion in
donations12 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
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A PR IL 15, 2019
STUDENTS DANCE TO
MA K E C H A N G E
In 2019, Dance Marathon raised over
$255,000 for the children and families of
Mercy Children’s Hospital. Over the last
24 years, the event has raised more than
$5 million. Dance Marathon has changed the
course of children’s lives—giving them one
more birthday, one more summer, one more
first experience and maybe even one more day.
Students gathered with children and families
of the Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo to
commence the 24-hour celebration. For the
past several months, participants have been
hard at work fundraising for the children.
From bikers to dancers, students chanted,
“for the kids,” through the whole weekend.
Alumni Tewana Smiley made her way back to
BGSU for the weekend. In the past five years,
Smiley has been a dancer on the Entertainment
Core Committee and a Silver Morale Captain.
Left: The Miracle families and children walk around
to cut off everyone’s bracelet, symbolizing their “This organization was one of the most positive
journey in cutting off their hospital bracelet. and beautiful aspects of my college career and
I love giving back to it and supporting it as an
AP RIL 8 , 2 0 1 9 alumni because it gave me much more than I
POLIC E IN VES T I G AT E could ever give it in return,” Smiley said. “When
STR ETC H OF CA R B R E A K -I N S I see the miracle children, I see my siblings and I
Stretching from Bowling Green to Columbus, want nothing but the best for all kids everywhere
a string of vehicle break-ins plagued local because they didn’t ask to be brought into this
residents and stirred frustration as police were world, they didn’t ask to be sick.”
no closer to finding assailants. Over 60 vehicles A PR IL 24, 2019
in Bowling Green were ransacked March 19 and S T U D E N T A C C I D E N TA LLY
21 after windows were broken to gain access S H O O T S S E LF O N C A MP U S
inside. According to a release from the Bowling A student accidentally shot himself in the
Green Police Department, they received reports hip in Lot 7 of the Bowen-Thompson Student
“When I see the miracle of break-ins around the 1400 block of Clough Union. The victim was transported to the
children, I see my siblings St. and the 100 block of State St. Following hospital. “He was conscious and alert when
and I want nothing but these incidents, nearby Rossford residents transported to the hospital,” BGSU wrote in
the best for all kids endured over 30 similar vehicle break-ins, and a statement on Facebook. The BGSU police
everywhere because just south of the Ohio State University campus declined to comment. The Bowling Green city
they didn’t ask to be in Columbus over 40 cars were broken into. police weren’t on the scene. A crowd of more
brought into this world,
For the incidents in all three cities, Hetrick than 30 students stood around the scene for
they didn’t ask to be sick.”
said the method was the same: shattered about an hour. Some students heard about the
Tewa n a S m ile y window, rifled vehicle, stolen change but shooting from their friends and ran out to see
BGSU ALUMNUS usually nothing of value. it after class.SPRING
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M AY 2, 2 0 1 9
BOWLING GREEN
M E T O O FOUNDER DIS C USSES
S E X U AL VIOLENCE
Tarana Burke spoke to an audience of students, April
faculty and community members packing A P RIL 2 1
the BTSU Ballroom by vividly detailing her • Easter Bombings
Easter morning bombings
experiences with the Me Too Movement and
in Sri Lanka took place at
its significance. Burke came to BGSU as part three churches and three
of the Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories luxury hotels
campaign, which was created by BGSU’s
A P RIL 2 2
University Libraries to bring motivating and
inspiring stories to campus.
• Avengers:
Endgame Premiere
Marvel film “Avengers:
From the onset of Burke’s presentation, Endgame” directed
the audience was energetic and engaged. by Anthony and
“She had a spirit about her that was contagious Joe Russo starring
Above: Tarana Burke spoke to an audience of students, Robert Downey
and pulled the room in,” Courtney Foerg, faculty and community members packing the BTSU Jr., Chris Evans and an
freshman social work major, said. Burke Ballroom by vividly detailing her experiences with the ensemble cast, premieres
spoke about her experiences growing up Me Too Movement. in Los Angeles
which molded her into the person she is today,
detailing particularly her relationship with MAY 6, 2019
$4 9,000 LE T T E R S R E C E I V E
May
her grandfather and mother.
VAR I E D R E S P O N S E MAY 6
“The words ‘Me Too’ came from my inability to In their responses to the installment of large • Extinction Report
One million plant and
say them,” Burke recalled. Her inability to say orange letters in the middle of campus, animal species are now
Me Too originally sparked the huge movement many students’ sentiments were related to at risk of extinction
known internationally today, which Burke according to a major new
the cost of the display. Chief Marketing and UN report
describes as “a global community of survivors.” Communications Officer Dave Kielmeyer
After detailing her story, Burke began said the total cost of the display, including MAY 1 0
discussing why sexual violence happens and installment, was about $49,000. • Singer turned
Fashion Designer
called the audience to take action. She spoke After the April 30 Faculty Senate meeting, Rihanna announces her
about unchecked accumulation of power and President Rodney Rogers said, “The funding for
new upmarket fashion
the misuse of privilege that lead to many label Fenty with world’s
that specific display is a combination of things, largest luxury group
instances of sexual violence. including a donor who had that desire and LVMN, their first black
female designer
Burke concluded by speaking about how she is perhaps would not have directed that money
“no silver bullet” and how “it is going to take to other purposes.” That donor contributed
MAY 1 3
all of us doing all in our capacity to move the the letters, which are valued at about $24,000,
needle.” At the end of her presentation, Burke according to Kielmeyer. The university picked • College Admission
Scandal
received a standing ovation. up the rest of the cost: $25,000. Actress Felicity Huffman
pleads guilty for her
part in the US college
The BGSU Letters became a much admissions scandal
heated debate over the value of
the letters, and many jokes exchanged
at BGSU’s expense. MAY 1 6
• Out With a Big Bang
Last episode of TV
sitcom “The Big Bang
Theory” starring Jim
Parsons, Johnny Galecki,
and Kaley Cuoco airs
after 12 seasons
MAY 3 1
• The New Batman
Former “Twilight”
star Robert Pattinson
is announced as the
new Batman.14 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
2019
Rodney Rogers returned its recommendations,
reported BG News Editor-In-Chief, and they
were to rename the theater and remove the
material in question. Rogers said he would
study the recommendations, speak further to
other stakeholders in the matter and determine
what course of action should be taken. He later
accepted the task force’s recommendations.
MAY 13, 2019
FA LC O N FI N A LE C A P S O F F Y E A R
FO R S T U D E N T S
In celebration of the end of the school year and
the graduating seniors, University Activities
Organization worked with BGSU to host
the Falcon Finale. Throughout the Bowen-
Thompson Student Union, as well as outside
and in Olscamp, a variety of activities took
place, including caricature artists, “Pancakes
with the President”, and fireworks.
MAY 6 , 2 0 1 9 While the fireworks were a crowd favorite and
GISH THEATE R N A ME C H A N G E took place outside, many of the activities took
The tenure of the Gish Film Theater had come place inside the student union. These activities
to an end in 2019, which had been moved were karaoke, drag bingo, crafts, caricatures,
Lillian Gish name removed
the previous year to the second-floor theater glitter tattoos, video games, and balloon
from campus theater for
of the Bowen Thompson Student Union. A animals. The caricature artists and glitter
actress’s role in 100-year old
display incorporated into the new location’s tattoos were indoor crowd favorites, often
silent film “Birth of a Nation”
display mentioned the role of silent film star having a line winding around the room and
and it’s depiction of the
Lillian Gish in the historic film, “The Birth of a out the door.
Ku Klux Klan
Nation.” That gained the attention of University More than just hosting activities, UAO
students who found the prominent display provided food throughout the night, including
to contribute to an intimidating, even hostile wings, French toast sticks, and donuts. They
educational environment with its oversized also decided to surprise attendees with free
photos and text to evoke the film and its racist Starbucks drinks.
legacy. A task force appointed by President
Above left and right:
A photo collage of the end of the
year Falcon Finale event that
University Activities Organization
along with BGSU hosted that
celebrates our graduating seniors
included karaoke, drag bingo,
crafts, caricatures, glitter tattoos,
video games, balloon animals,
great food, and ending with a
huge fireworks display.FALL •
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Fannon’s contract also BOWLING GREEN
includes a bonus structure.
Fannon will receive $500
for being selected as
September
MAC Coach of the Year, SE P T E MBE R 1
$500 for each team • Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian hits
member awarded a Abaco Islands with
MAC Player of the Year speeds of 185 mph. In the
award, $1,000 if the team Bahamas, approximately
70 people died, with 282
wins the MAC regular people missing
season title and $1,500
SE P T E MBE R 1 1
if the team qualifies
AU G U S T 2 8 , 2 0 1 9
for the NCAA tournament. Fannon and his • State of the University
Address
team would have qualified for all of these President Rodney Rogers
T R ANSFER PORTA L BRIN GS bonuses last year. announced his plans for
C H A N GES TO FOO TBAL L R OSTER the school year, kicking
The transfer portal has been around for a The University clearly has plenty of faith off the homecoming
in Fannon and his ability to win, which is festivities
long time, but it has gone through some
changes. In October of 2018, according to evidenced by the new NCAA bonus clauses. SE P T E MBE R 1 4
al.com, the NCAA ruled players do not have The team appeared in the NCAA tournament
in 2018, where they lost in the first round to
• Early Homecoming
BGSU held
to gain permission from their head coach to
Penn State 4-1. its homecoming
transfer, replacing the previous rule where celebrations early this
coaches could block players from transferring. year, where it crowned
Now once players tell their team they want Estee Killer and Coniyah
McKinney as royalty and
to transfer, the team has two days to put the the football team lost to
player’s name in the transfer portal where they Louisiana Tech
are allowed to be recruited by other schools.
SE P T E MBE R 2 3
Also in 2018, the NCAA approved the new
BGSU is the only public university
• Greta Thunberg speaks
to United Nations
rule that players could file a waiver to be
in Ohio to have not implemented The teenage climate
allowed to play immediately for their new change activist spoke at
school. Transfers used to have to sit out a tobacco-free policies. United Nations Climate
full academic year before playing in games Change Conference
calling on world leaders
for a school. Now if a player feels they are OCT OBER 2, 2019
to pay more attention
at a disadvantage at a certain school due to USG R E V I S I T S T O B A C C O -FR E E
C AM P U S P O LI C Y
a coaching change, playing time or getting
mistreated in some way, they can file the The Undergraduate Student Government October
immediate eligibility waiver. revisited the possibility of a tobacco-free policy OCT OBE R 1
These new rules made it tough on many colleges
at BGSU with a resolution presented at a general • Common Read
Presentation
assembly. The resolution supported prohibiting
which included Bowling Green as they scrambled Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
the use of all tobacco products campus-wide. visits BGSU to discuss
to find replacements for the missing voids.
According to Sen. Gil Lutz, author of the bill, it her book “What The Eyes
In what was a relief for some, the Falcons Don’t See” which covers
would apply to students and faculty alike. Sen.
the Flint Water Crisis
were able to get transfer quarterbacks Darius Raegen Shull said the policy directly coincided
Wade and Matthew McDonald from Boston with the state law, effective Oct. 17 2019, where OCT OBE R 1 2
College, both following their former offensive Ohio residents under 21 will be unable to • Falcon Football
wins Battle of I-75
coordinator at Boston College, Scot Loeffler, purchase tobacco and vaping products. She also In the 100th anniversary
over to BGSU. stated any use of tobacco would be classified as of the Battle of I-75,
a code of conduct violation. the Falcons walk away
FA N N ON’ S EXTENS ION victorious against
C O N TAINS CONSIDERABL E R AIS E According to the resolution, “An Act as passed the Rockets
BGSU’s Matt Fannon will be one of the best- would present a backing to the Office of
OCT OBE R 1 3
paid women’s soccer coaches in the MAC. The
contract extension, obtained through a public
Recreation and Wellness’s university-wide
initiative to promote healthy living habits.
• Gymnastics History
Simone Biles becomes
record requested by BG Falcon Media, shows …A tobacco free campus will support the the most decorated
gymnast in history after
Fannon will receive a base pay of $75,000 per health and well being of the campus and winning 25th medal at
year through 2022. Fannon’s new salary is a the environment,” stating that BGSU is the World Championship in
20% increase from his last contract, where his only public university in Ohio to have not Stuttgart, Germany
base pay was listed at $62,424 per year. implemented tobacco-free policies.16 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
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OCT OBE R 2 , 2 0 1 9 OCTOBER 12, 2019
STARBUCKS T O B AT T LE O F I -75
UN DER GO REN O VAT I O N S The Falcon football program, still struggling to
Starbucks franchises are required to undergo reach the glory days of early 2000s, began 2019
major renovations every 10 years, and it was with new coach Scot Loeffler and a funny thing
that time at the BGSU location. The campus happened on its way to a disappointing 3-9
Starbucks, located in the Bowen-Thompson season: BG scored its biggest victory in years
Student Union, was scheduled for such a by upsetting heavily favored and arch-rival
Above: Starbucks campus location is
renovation this summer. Since Starbucks is a Toledo, 20-7, Oct. 12 at Doyt Perry Stadium.
one of the highest grossing Starbucks franchise, BGSU had to work with Starbucks It was “a date that will be remembered forever
in Northwest Ohio. Starbucks at BGSU
will undergo renovations after being at
in order to keep within the confines of in Bowling Green football history,” wrote
Bowen-Thompson Student Union their contract. BG News sports columnist Shayne Nissen.
for ten years.
BGSU Dining Director Michael Paulus was “It was a day of jubilation, excitement and
excited about the new innovations that can be downright confusion from everyone that
brought to campus with a renovation. followed the program in the last three years.”
That’s because the Falcons had gone 9-27 the
This change was important for the student previous three seasons, lost its previous two
body since the Starbucks campus location games by a combined score of 112-20, and lost
is one of the highest grossing Starbucks in nine consecutive games to Toledo. First-time
Northwest Ohio. Dining Services hoped to starting quarterback Grant Loy was the BG
expand the size of the previous location to be hero, accounting for 322 yards in total offense
able to better accommodate the large demand and three touchdowns. Loy went on to start
at BGSU. the remaining six games of the season and
OCT OBE R 9 , 2 0 1 9
then announced after the season that he was
transferring from BG.
“It’s been a joy. GR OUN DS FOR T H O U G H T
I am very grateful and it’s REC EIV ES N AT I O N A L AWA R D OCTOBER 28, 2019
been a wonderful experience. Grounds for Thought was awarded the Arts and MAY O R E D WA R D S S T E PS
I never thought I’d end my Business Partnership Award by the Americans D O W N A FT E R 8 Y E A R S
career in local government.” for the Arts organization in New York City. After serving eight years as the mayor of
The award is one of nine awards Americans for Bowling Green, Richard Edwards stepped down
Ri cha r d Ed wa r d s
the Arts gives out annually to one individual from his position. “I’ve had a long career. I’ve
BOWLING GREEN MAYOR
and nine businesses. The organization that been working non-stop since 1961,” he said.
awarded Grounds for Thought is a national
nonprofit organization that focuses on building In the years prior to his election in 2012, he
recognition and support for the value of the worked on the Board of County Commissioners
arts and brings awareness to individuals and for Wood County as an administrator. At the
businesses that are doing so. time, Edwards remembered Bowling Green, like
many cities across Ohio, had “suffered greatly”
Grounds for Thought is a coffee shop, coffee because of cuts in local government funds by the
roastery, used bookstore, venue for live music previous administration in Columbus.
and events, and a recording label for artists
located in downtown Bowling Green. Grounds When Edwards took on the role of mayor,
for Thought opened in October of 1989 with he came into it with his “eyes wide open,”
seating for nine people and around 6,000 as he could see the impact funding cuts had
books. The business has since grown into a on Bowling Green. One of his goals was to
larger space to occupy more books, seating, and maintain a healthy relationship with BGSU.
space for live events. Grounds for Thought also Because he had previously known Mary Ellen
highlights local artists by displaying their work Mazey before she became president in 2011,
in the shop. The artists range from students at having a close relationship was deemed helpful
BGSU or elementary school students. for a number of joint efforts between the city
and the university.
Left: Grounds for Thought located Edwards reflected on his time as mayor. “It’s
at 174 S. Main St. Bowling Green been a joy to work with members of the council.
was awarded the Arts and Business
Partnership Award by the Americans for We’ve had very few difficulties along the way.
the Arts organization in New York City. We’ve worked well together. I am very grateful
and it’s been a wonderful experience. I never
thought I’d end my career in local government.”FALL •
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BOWLING GREEN
October
OCT OBE R 1 6
• Netflix Most Popular
Netflix reveals its most
popular original movie
was Sandra Bullock’s
“Bird Box” and TV series
“Stranger Things” for
the year.
OCT OBE R 1 7
“A date that will be
• Death of Representative
Elijah Cummings
remembered forever in Longtime Maryland
representative and
Bowling Green football history.” civil rights activist dies
in Baltimore
S h ayn e Ni ss en
BG NEWS
SPORTS COLUMNIST November
NOV E MBE R 1 0
N O VEMB E R 5 , 2 0 1 9
• Women’s Soccer Wins
MAC Championship
P L US/M INUS POLIC Y VOTE In a home game at
Cochrane Stadium,
A HUGE W IN FOR US G, STUDEN TS the Women’s Soccer
The Undergraduate Student Government decided team beat Eastern
to vote down the plus/minus grade proposal Michigan 3-1 to win
MAC Championship
at the Faculty Senate meeting. A USG senator and advance to NCAA
presented at the meeting to provide the definitive Championship
NOV EMBER 6, 2019
and unambiguous student voice regarding the
FACU LT Y S E N AT E R E J E C T S NOV E MBE R 1 2
plus/minus policy. The decision faculty senators
made to side with the student voice was a
P LU S / MI N U S G R A D I N G P O LI C Y • Disney Plus launches
Disney Plus launches
After nearly two years of deliberation and in the United States,
tremendous win for shared governance between
revision, the proposed plus/minus grading registering over 10
USG and the Faculty Senate.
policy did not pass after a final vote among the million accounts that day
If the policy was passed, it would have given Faculty Senate. The policy would have applied NOV E MBE R 1 5
professors the option to apply revised GPA
values to students’ grades. According to the
to both undergraduate and graduate students
at BGSU. Prior to the final vote, Peter Blass, a
• Box Office Hit
“Joker” starring Joaquin
policy proposal, a B+ would count as a 3.3 GPA professor of chemistry, proposed that an A+ Phoenix is the 1st R-rated
but a B- would be a 2.7. Additionally, an A- in a film to earn $1 billion
should be added to the plus/minus scale. A worldwide.
course would count as a 3.7 GPA, not a 4.0. vote for the amendment did not pass.
NOV E MBE R 1 7
USG has been working at addressing this policy
for two years now, and it is finally concluded.
In an opening statement, Undergraduate
Student Government Senator Alex Chiarelott
• Coronavirus Begins
The first reported case
In USG’s opinion, the student body will rejoice spoke in opposition of the policy. “This of COVID-19 is reported
knowing the BGSU faculty and staff heard their in China
optional policy will unbalance the playing
concerns and voted for the benefit of nearly all field for GPA and scholarships and put some
of our fellow Falcons. students at an advantage based on what scale NOV E MBE R 2 4
The plus/minus policy was opposed by a vast their professors they’re grading by … (It) will • Big Winner
Taylor Swift wins six
majority of students, and we have worked enable and encourage student confusion,” awards at the American
to ensure that was well known to all faculty he said. He referenced two surveys USG Music Awards including
conducted in the past, including one presented Artist of the Year and
senators. Artist of the Decade
at a public forum on the issue last month.
“Both surveys indicated 85% of “Both surveys indicated 85% of students do
students do not support the plus/minus not support the plus/minus grading scale …
grading scale. Do we want to pass a We were the number one public university in
policy 85% of students disagree with?” Ohio for student satisfaction. Do we want to
Al e x Ch i a r el ot t pass a policy 85% of students disagree with?”
USG SENATOR Chiarelott said.18 KEY MAGAZINE • FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING
2019
NOV EMB ER 20, 2019
G R E E K LI FE T O TA LK
ABOUT HAZING
BGSU’s Fraternity and Sorority Life had a
conversation on hazing because in November
2019, 73% of students participating in social
fraternities and sororities have experienced at
least one hazing behavior as of 2008, according
to data on stophazing.org.
On Nov. 22, FSL hosted an event offering a
free meal and conversation about hazing called
“On the Menu.”
The BGSU Dean of Students website
describes hazing as “any action taken or any
situation created intentionally that causes
embarrassment, harassment or ridicule and
risks emotional or physical harm to members of
a group or team, whether new or not, regardless
of the person’s willingness to participate.”
Hazing can happen within an athletic team,
academic organization or Greek life. “It is
important for the Greek community to raise
awareness about hazing and its potential to
cause harm to those involved. Fraternities and
sororities at BGSU have taken a stand against all
forms of hazing,” Lambda Chi’s Vice President
of External Affairs Noah Dubasik said.
NOVE MBE R 1 3 , 2 019
“None of us want to be RUGBY WIN S A N O T H E R Assistant Dean of Students and Representative
known as the squad that MAC C HAMPIO N S H I P of FSL Stacey Allan gave a glimpse of what
ended the championship Bowling Green rugby won the Mid American to expect at the event. “This event is an
streak. Win a national Conference (MAC) 38 times. This was the opportunity for students to reflect on the week.
championship one year and fourth time in five years BG and Western It is a chance for students to reflect on what
lose the MAC the next? Michigan University (WMU) had met in the they have learned about throughout the week,
No, that wouldn’t be cool.” MAC Championship. BG has won the MAC ask questions and gain clarification around the
every year since 1982. topic of hazing and to talk about next steps and
Bo b K is kin
be a part of future prevention efforts,” she said.
RUGBY SENIOR CAPTAIN The historical significance of the streak isn’t
lost on the players. BGSU has a strict no-hazing policy for all
organizations, in commitment to keeping
“None of us want to be known as the squad that
campus a positive academic environment.
ended the championship streak,” senior captain
Bob Kiskin said. “Win a national championship
one year and lose the MAC the next? No, that
wouldn’t be cool.” “Greek organizations were not created
Nonetheless, the Falcons have been trying to to foster bad behavior and hazing.
mesh together as a team that lost 27 players to It is our job to promote the real
graduation. That has led to a lot of playing time reasons for our chapters to exist and
for the squad’s freshmen. BG had six freshmen why they deserve to stay charted,”
on the field by the end of the final game. Nine Jac qu ely nne Deuley
freshmen made up the playing squad of 23. DELTA GAMMA MEMBER
Freshman scrum-half Ryan Niemiller made the
winning kick, and said he was just as happy as
anyone to see the game come to a close.
“All I could think of was that if I made the kick
I could go home,” Niemiller said.You can also read
