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THE BG NEWSFriday, September 7, 2012
ESTABLISHED 1920 | An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community
VOLUME 92, ISSUE 10 WWW.BGNEWS.COM
Going to the game?Learn how to get there on Page 3 See the preview on Sports Page 5
STUDENTS’ SCENES POLITICAL PERSPECTIVESPLAYIN’ THE SPUDSStudent filmmakers around the University are putting themselves in the director’s chair and making movies of their own. | PAGE 6
This week three columnists take different views on U.S. Politics, anti-Obama, anti-GOP and anti-both. | PAGE 4
The Falcons set up to play Idaho for the third time in four years for their home opener. | PAGE 5
Raymond SzparagowskJunior, AYA Mathematics
WHAT TYPE OF MOVIE WOULD YOU CREATE?
“Shakespeare in Space.”
By Abby WelshReporter
The new Union Director, Patrick Nelson, has big plans for the Union to maxi-mize hours for student use.
Nelson’s main goal was to talk to as many students as possible who utilize the Union.
The issue was brought up by some of the organizations that use the building late at night.
Nelson went to Undergraduate Student Government President Alex Solis to talk about his thoughts on added hours.
“Maximizing hours without utilizing too many resources is the idea,” Solis said.
Solis talked to other organi-zations on the forth f loor who agree.
“I think the biggest thing is, the forth f loor closes at mid-night so student leaders can’t always do the work and some-times that is when students become most productive,” Solis said. “David Neely and I collab-orated with Patrick Nelson and really had a chance to take this f loor and keep it open longer.”
In combination with this, late night food services will be expanding.
“We will have a late night food option through Marco’s pizza area,” Nelson said. “We wanted to essentially say, if we are invit-ing students to stay later hours and have these eating options, we need more seating as well.”
Now students have the option to eat and relax in the Falcon’s Nest and the fourth f loor for a more quiet study environment.
“The Falcon’s Nest is a great scene for food services but if
Union to increase
hours
Mister Spots, Buffalo Wild Wings discovered more business after moving sites
Local restaurants increase revenue, traffic with slight location change Black Swamp Festival
begins FridayThe 20th annual Black Swamp Arts Festival
begins downtown Friday at 5 p.m., offering a wide variety of attractions from food, live music and artwork from students and local artists.
The festival will have three stages set up: Main Stage, Family Entertainment Stage and Acoustic Stage on Main, which will host bands ranging from local artists to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Booker T. Jones, according to blackswamparts.org
One of the new features of the festival this year is that performing bands will be playing after-hour shows at Nate and Wally’s and Howards, said Barbara Ruland, director of Downtown BG.
On Saturday and Sunday, two fine art and craft shows will be displayed on Main Street as well, Ruland said.
“[The festival] is a combination of music, art and fun and there are lots of activities for children as well,” she said.
Ruland also said a quilt made from the past years’ festival shirts will be raffled off as well, making it a good collector’s piece. It is currently hanging in Ben Franklin Crafts.
Aside from the festival, Ruland said local
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merchants will be doing their own specialized activities.
The festival brings roughly 60,000 people into town, making a huge economic impact and it’s a great thing to be associated with a high-quality event, she said.
The University is offering transportation to and from the festival every 20 to 30 minutes during the festival Saturday and Sunday, according to campus update.
A shuttle will drop University faculty, staff and students with a University ID off at the Woodland Mall, Meijer, University Lot A and the corner of Wooster and Church Streets, according to the update.
For more information on music performanc-es, art shows and food offered at the festival visit blackswamparts.org
PHOTO PROVIDED ANGELICA MORMILE and Kayla Somoles are both living in the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house upon returning to campus after recovering from a wrong-way crash in March.
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By Tara KellerPulse Editor
For some restaurants in Bowling Green, the key to success was a move — just down the street.
Mister Spots and Buffalo Wild Wings are two such local restau-rants that recently changed loca-tions and found their revenue increased.
“The new location is helping us out,” said Gabrielle Crisp, Buffalo Wild Wings marketing manager. “It’s going very well.”
Buffalo Wild Wings had its grand opening April 16.
The new location has a bigger size, parking lot and occupancy.
The restaurant increased its size from 195 to 416.
Quite a few people came back after the relocation, she said.
Moving further down Wooster Street gave the restaurant more room for parking as well.
The new building also provided more space for food preparation.
“The kitchen is much larger,” she said. “We can pump out more food.”
Pumping out more food is a goal Mister Spot’s General Manager Mark Koldan said he has for the new location.
Mister Spots moved from its original location on Court Street to Main Street Aug. 6.
“We were an older building and we wanted to expand,” he said. “We’re getting more exposure on Main Street.”
Besides changing its 26-year-old location, Koldan said the most important part of Mister Spots is still there.
“The food hasn’t changed,” he said. “We’ve just gotten a nicer atmosphere and a different building.”
Customers have also taken notice of the nicer atomosphere.
“I’d say 95 percent of them are very happy,” he said. “They like the atmosphere and the room.”
Koldan said he hopes the cus-tomers who weren’t aware of the location-change will find the new Mister Spots easily.
“I’m hoping the homecoming people won’t miss us,” he said. “We hope that goes well and we con-tinue making food.”
Although moving buildings does mean an opportunity to enjoy more room, it can also mean enjoying a
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PatrickNelsonDirector of the Union
■ Friday: 5 p.m. to mid-night
■ Saturday: 10 a.m. to midnight
■ Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
when you can
check out the
Black Swamp Arts Festival:
By Max FilbyEditor-in-Chief
Kayla Somoles and Angelica Mormile made it back together.
The two students were seated one in front of the other during the accident that killed three of their sorority sisters and put them in the hospital in March.
Now, with six months of recovery behind them, the two Alpha Xi Delta sis-ters are continuing to take steps toward their “new normal” of school and life on
campus.“It’s a complete miracle,” Mormile
said. “Who would have thought that we would be back here right now and living in the house.”
Alpha Xi Delta, and the sorority house Mormile is referring to, is what helped
her and Somoles make it back to campus just months after the accident.
“I felt so happy,” Somoles said. “We weren’t even supposed to be back on campus yet.”
Both Mormile and Somoles had mul-tiple injuries as a result of the crash and had to go through surgeries and therapy before returning.
Mormile suffered slight brain damage
Sorority sisters return to campus after six-month recovery from wrong-way crash in early March
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a complete ‘ miracle’
OPENING THE DOYT TOGETHEROn Saturday, the two sisters will help to kick off the football home opener by flipping the game coin to determine which team kicks first.
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BLOTTERWED., SEPT. 510:25 A.M.A juvenile was arrested for criminal damaging within the 1000 block of Klotz Road. He was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center.
2:45 P.M.Complainanat reported that sometime between Friday and Wednesday, an unknown person stole a book bag from an unlocked vehicle within the 300 block of Campbell Hill Road.
2:53 P.M.Complainant reported that between 2 and 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, an unknown person entered the garage of a residence and stole golf balls and clubs within the 1400 block of Brookwood Drive.
4:09 P.M.Ryan Raffael Young, 19, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was cited for misrepresentation of a person under 21 within the 100 block of N. Main St.
6:08 P.M.Graffiti was reported within the 200 block of S. Main St.
7:47 P.M.Complainant reported that someone stole $25 from her purse within the 500 block of N. Prospect St.
THURS., SEPT. 612:56 A.M.Heather R. Mulford, 25, of Bowling Green, was arrested for assault within the 100 block of Buttonwood Ave.
She was lodged at the Wood County Justice Center.
1:31 A.M.Gregory R. Wolters, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage/under the influence of alcohol within the 100 block of N. Main St.
CORRECTIONPOLICY We want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.
By Geoff BurnsReporter
The University is offering a free round of golf to all incom-ing students this year at the Forest Creason Golf Course.
The offer consists of one golf game of 18 holes, along with brand new clubs for students to rent during the game.
Director of Recreation and Wellness Stephen Kampf said the University wanted to introduce students to the golf course their first year and semester at the University.
“If we get them interested in the beginning they will con-tinue to play golf throughout their time here,” Kampf said. “By introducing it to new stu-dents it will be a great way for them to get out on the golf
course — and why not offer a free round to get started?”
Kampf said the golf course has bought new clubs that would cost around $1000 in stores.
“These are not cheap clubs and they’re not going to break on you after one use,” Kampf said. “These are clubs that are about four or five years old that are close to new.”
The University has run some specials and has had more advertising about the golf course this year.
Director of Golf Kurt Thomas said students have been taking advantage of this opportunity.
“We’ve done some improve-ments out here at the course,”
Course offers free roundKATIE LOGSDON | THE BG NEWS
SOPHOMORE Sam Aldredge plays a round of golf after class Thursday afternoon.
you’re going to study for two hours you want to be sitting in si lence,” Nelson said.
The Union used to open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight, minimizing students’ time use of the Union.
The Falcon’s Nest and the fourth floor now open at 6 a.m. and close at 2 a.m.
“Maybe we will be able to expand some of the services like Starbucks, down the road if there is
enough traffic to justify that,” Nelson said.
Nelson will be look-ing at data soon from the people counter walker wireless data, which is a device located at each entrance of the Union. This device will tell Nelson how many stu-dents are actually using the Union late at night, and help him determine whether or not more seat-ing will be needed. Areas such as the second f loor lounge area will be con-sidered, as well as more eating options.
“We want more stu-
dents to know the Union is opening earlier and closing later for their use,” Nelson said.
Junior Olivia Smith is taking full advantage of the late night hour change.
“With my busy sched-ule, it is sometimes dif-ficult to fit in studying at
the Union with its limited hours,” Smith said. “I’m actually really excited to hear that there will be new extended hours.”
Smith lives off campus with a busy schedule, a full time class load and a dedicated work out sched-ule and does not get to study until late at night.
“The Union is close to my house, so I would much rather walk there than all the way to the library,” Smith said. “ With the extended hours, it will enable me to use its study f loors without a time conflict.”
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from an injury to her spine, a broken tibia in her leg, a broken wrist and some damage to her lower jaw. Somoles suf-fered fractures from her forehead to her jaw, her left arm and wrist, nose, two ribs, two toes, lost four teeth and dislocated a hip.
“When I first got out of the hospital I got stared at a lot,” Somoles said about her injuries. “It was nice to come back here because nobody knows.
I’ll tell people that I broke my face and they always say ‘no way.’”
Throughout their recov-ery, Somoles, Mormile and their families were in contact with each other, and sometimes even com-peted by trying to get bet-ter faster, Somoles said. Somoles beat out Mormile in the battle of being able to stand up while taking a shower.
“We saw each other almost every week and our moms became a lot closer because of it all,” Mormile said.
Getting close with each other and their daughters
made sending Mormile and Somoles off to school again hard, but they were still supportive of their decision.
Si nce ret u r n i ng , Mormile and Somoles have been relying on their sorority sisters, like Alpha Xi Delta President Julie Rego, for support.
“I’m proud of them,” Rego said. “It just shows how strong of a sisterhood we have and how strong they are.”
Overall the sorority is eager to offer any support Mormile and Somoles may need, Rego said.
“They stick up for us
if there’s anything we need,” Somoles said.
W hile Somoles has previously lived in the house, this is Mormile’s first year living with her sisters.
“Those girls are l ike my second fa m i ly,” Mormile said. “I’m just so comfortable living in that house.”
While her sorority has become part of her fam-ily, Mormile now knows she’ll always have some-one else to help move on from the tragedy — her sister, Somoles.
“We’ll always have that special bond,” Mormile said.
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Student transportation offered for football games
Students will now be able to hop on a University bus to get to the Doyt for football games, instead of making the long walk from main campus.
The University will run a shuttle from campus to the Doyt two hours before the game until one hour after the game, said Craig Sandlin, coordinator of promotions
and fan experience. The shuttle will run continuously,
during the game so students can come late or leave early, Sandlin said.
The service will be offered at all home games this year, and came about due to a survey the athletics department sent to all students this past year.
“One response in terms of football games is that the stadium is too far away from campus,” Sandlin said. “[We decid-ed to] assist them in getting to games.”
The University originally began the shuttle service at basketball games in February, but it didn’t catch on due to timing, Sandlin said.
“This year we’re hoping students will start using it right from the begin-ning,” he said. “This will make it easier to come to the game.”
Instead of sitting in the residence halls and deciding against it because of the walk, Sandlin said students can now go more easily and without the inconvenience of a long walk.
“This will give them less of a reason to say no to going to a game,” he said.
The shuttle will stop at five loca-tions on campus: Centrex, Conklin, Falcon Heights, Founders and the Wolfe Center. The home opener will take place Saturday against Idaho at 7 p.m.
Workshop, fair discusses volunteering
Students and city leaders joined the Office of Service-Learning for a volun-teer and community partnership work-shop in the Union Ballroom Thursday morning.
The workshop featured a panel discussion, “Fostering University and Town Relations,” on student volunteerism and organizations throughout northwest Ohio partnering with the University for service projects.
The University helps coordinate student volunteers and promotes the scholarship program Civic Action Leaders, said Junior Scott Brummel, a
speaker at the workshop for the Office of Service-Learning.
The office teaches students to be community organizers, Brummel told the audience, adding that the annual Martin Luther King Day of Service includes over 500 student volunteers.
Featured on the panel were five project managers and administrators of organizations or businesses around the Bowling Green area which partner with the University.
“At first, [students] are not sure what they’re going to do,” said Brooke Harrison, administrator of the nursing home Bowling Green Manor.
Harrison said their partnership with
the University has given multiple geron-tology students the opportunity to build experience for after graduation.
Another panelist, Tim Strachan, volunteer coordinator for ProMedica Erie West Hospice, said students have helped his organization work on new health projects for Alzheimer’s patients.
“They’re getting a kick out of it,” he said of the student volunteers. “They’re really enjoying it.”
Throughout the ballroom Thursday, students could view over 80 local organizations looking for volunteers and student internships, Brummel said.
“It’s like a Campus Fest for commu-nity partnerships,” he said.
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Thomas said. “We’re trying to make sure that students have an opportunity to come out and use the facility.”
Kampf said they ran some numbers on students who have played golf in the past, and it was low before last spring, but because of the specials and advertising, numbers have increased.
“Student participation went up over 100 percent last spring,” Kampf said. “We want to capi-talize on that and keep getting more and more students on the golf course.”
Freshman Sidney Scroggy said new students like to try things out before they actu-ally pay money to join or play something.
“I think this lets new stu-dents try golf out to let them know if they like it or not before they actually pay for it,” Scroggy said. “If you pull their interest they are going to want to come and then they will socialize with people that like what they like.”
Students can play golf at the course located on campus at 1616 E. Poe Road and call 419-372-2674 for a list of tee times.
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MOVING From Page 1better location.
Senior Natasha Burton said she likes the new Buffalo Wild Wings location because of the convenience.
“It’s very convenient because I literally live right down the street,” she said. “I don’t have to go to the other side of town.”
The restaurant’s new loca-tion may also save customers money.
“I don’t have to waste gas money going somewhere else when I’m having a craving,” she said.
The money saved from the drive to these restaurants could be spent on its new menu items.
Buffalo Wild Wings added more drinks with its move.
“We’ve doubled our tap,” Crisp said. “We’ve got 30 beers on tap.”
If I see one more political cam-paign ad online, I may just lose it.
The political process is little more than a team sport and no one cares who the quar-terback is, they simply want to see their team to its victorious end. I rarely hear constructive dialogue, but the airwaves are never short of ad homonym attacks.
When I’m questioned about my political affilia-tion, the only options I hear are Republican or Democrat, Romney or Obama, Liberal or Conservative. How about no?
We tend to view politics as a medium for us to guide the direction of our country, but then again politicians aren’t typically known for being good promise-keepers.
Before President Obama was elected into the White House, he spoke out against the wars he inherited, includ-ing the domestic war on drugs. In 2010 alone, 1.64 mil-lion individuals were arrested for drug violations and nearly half of those included cases consisting of small amounts of marijuana.
Fret not, Obama said he simply needs a second term to fix America’s domestic drug policy. Whew, I thought he had forgotten about it. And although Middle Eastern pol-itics and the United States’ foreign policies are far too complex for this space, it is important to remember we are, for our intents and pur-poses, still at war.
Despite being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, Obama’s administration has autho-rized more drone strikes than President Bush’s.
These strikes have caused the deaths of innocent indi-viduals, including American citizens. One man’s collateral damage is another man’s wife and children. By the way, does anyone know if Guantanamo Bay is still open?
And don’t even get me start-ed on Republicans.
Conservatives hail presi-dential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan as the heroes of fis-cal responsibility, the crusad-ers of the champions of the free market. I haven’t heard a joke that good since I saw an “Obama 2012 = Peace” bumper sticker. Mitt Romney arguably laid out the founda-tion for the Republican sin of
all sins, Obamacare, but now vows to use his big, bad soon-to-be-but-not-really-possible executive power to obliterate it on his first day.
He promised, guys, and I think he means it this time. Alright, alright; so Mitt Romney isn’t the most charm-ing candidate. How about his running mate, Paul Ryan?
When debating the passage of TARP, commonly referred to as the bank bailout, Paul Ryan argued, “This bill offends my principles. But I’m going to vote for this bill in order to preserve my principles.” Well, damn! How can I support a guy on principle who doesn’t support his own principles?
So much of our voting men-tality is derived from a lack of other options. For example, some of my best friends are Republicans and very few of them are thrilled about a Mitt Romney presidency. Their rea-son for campaigning is that of “Anyone but Obama.” In other words, many Republicans are campaigning to remove some-one they don’t support and replace him with someone else they don’t support.
This is political logic at its finest, ladies and gentlemen. Just the same, I know sev-eral Democrats who have no answers for benchmarking Obama poorly besides plac-ing the blame on external causes, specifically past pres-idents and a lack of ample time. Both political parties have realized that we’ll sup-port whichever candidate they field because we seem to care more about party rather than person or issue.
Even now, as you’re read-ing, I would venture to guess that you loved one of the above paragraphs on the two con-tenders, but absolutely hated the other. We close our minds to other perspectives as we’re bred to think as a collective rather than as individuals.
There are alternative, third-party options that need to be considered.
The fact of the matter is that both political parties are bad jokes, and frankly, I’m dread-ing the punch line. We fear-lessly fight those who belong to the opposition, even when our principles aren’t truly defend-ed by the side we support.
We cast votes to give these individuals power over us, over our lives, over our friends’ and family’s lives, but do we ever truly feel that either of these can-didates are deserving of it?
Respond to Chance [email protected]
The GOP has never been at the forefront of Woman’s Rights issues but in recent weeks their socially conser-vative viewpoints on abor-tion have gone from Pro-Life to just insane.
The hot-button issue gained political momentum when Republican candi-date for Congress Todd Akin (MO) claimed, “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that [preg-nancy as a result of rape] is really rare. If it’s a legiti-mate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
The above quotation cre-ated a whirlwind of con-troversy resulting in both Democrats and Republicans contradicting Akin’s claims with President Obama stat-ing, “Rape is rape,” he contin-ued, touching on abortion, saying, “[male politicians] shouldn’t be making deci-sions on behalf of women for their health care decisions or qualifying forcible rape ver-sus non-forcible rape,” and
Governor Romney assert-ing, “Todd Akin’s comments were offensive and wrong and he should very seriously consider what course would be in the best interest of our country … and exit the Senate race.”
While I applaud the senti-ment from these two men, I can’t help but find the Conservative side lacking in actual condemnation.
For instance, Romney’s choice for Vice President, Paul Ryan, is an adamant supporter of Pro-Life legisla-tion having cosponsored a bill which sought to, “pro-vide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertil-ization.” Paul voted to scrap funding for family plan-ning centers like Planned Parenthood in his home state of Mississippi and even collaborated with the same Todd Akin to redefine rape.
While Ryan’s views may seem on the edge of extreme conservatism, Romney’s views don’t really fall far from the social conservative’s tree. He stated on Fox News that he would “absolutely” support a constitutional amendment that would have established definition of life beginning at con-ception in Massachusetts.
However, counter to Ryan’s beliefs Romney “does not oppose abortion in cases of rape and incest or if it will save a mother’s life,” while Ryan does oppose “abortion in cases of rape and incest.”
The Republican National Convention has taken such an absolutist stance on the issue of abortion, that they’ve maintained that their platform will not sup-port any abortion complete-ly neglecting instances of incest or rape, instead leav-ing that distinction to the states — where historically civil rights have gone to die (e.g. Desegregation, Same-Sex Marriage Rights).
Even celebrated Libertarian Ron Paul who preaches individual rights describes himself as being “strongly Pro-Life” and believes the ruling in Roe v. Wade was one of the “most disastrous rulings of this century.”
An article in Death and Taxes Magazine describes Paul’s stance as, “not [being] born of the same reason-ing he applies to every other issue, or, indeed to the constitution, which doesn’t consider the matter of abortion. Thus, Paul can’t attack the issue on consti-
tutional grounds, only as a state’s rights imperative.” Paul, alleged to be the most socially liberal among con-servatives, leaves a woman’s right to choose up to state governments siding with the socially conservative movement.
This election cycle, the Republican Party has fer-vently supported their stance against a woman’s right to choose but have gone above and beyond the general Pro-Life arguments, and I think they have been spreading misinformation and outright lies about women and their reproductive rights.
I think even the staunch-est Pro-Life advocate could understand how a pregnan-cy brought about by rape or incest, and being forced to carry to term, would be damaging and destabilizing to a woman’s life.
The fixed condition that, under no circum-stances, does a woman have domain over her own pregnancy makes voting for the Republican ticket this fall a great step back for woman’s rights.
Respond to Kyle [email protected]
The American youth vote will be the most important factor in this year’s Presidential elec-tion, much as it was in 2008, when college students turned out in historical numbers to propel then candidate Barack Obama to a historic 35 percent-age point victory among voters ages 19 to 29.
Indeed, so important is the youth demographic that President Obama is counting on it to save him again; and at first glance, it would seem that the usual overwhelmingly lib-eral college population is ready to oblige. Yet, while history and tradition may be on his side, Obama’s failed economic poli-cies, broken promises, over-spending and disingenuous nature have left the 2012 youth population cold and indiffer-ent towards the man they once revered so ardently.
As such, this year’s college vote looks to be that of one based off of general distaste toward the President’s failed
economic policies, or lack thereof, and not one born out of traditional worshiping.
According to the Congressional Budget Office in 2008 Obama guaranteed Americans that if his stimulus package were to pass, unem-ployment would not rise above 8 percent. Yet, here we are in Sept. 2012 – years after Obama’s stimulus got through Congress – celebrating our 42nd consec-utive month of national unem-ployment above 8 percent.
Many redirect their gaze to the condition in which the economy was passed down (i.e. “blame Bush”). Yet, this is faulty logic. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, at the end of President George W. Bush’s second term in 2008, the national debt was roughly $10.5 trillion, making Bush’s total debt contribution roughly $5 trillion during eight years. Sadly, at $16.2 trillion, Barack Obama has increased the U.S. national debt by more than $5 trillion, and it has only taken him three and a half years to do it.
One term and $5 trillion later, Obama has taken his ace in the hole and placed it up for grabs – they were once Obama sup-porters in 2008, youth voters are now showing a decrease in
enthusiasm for the President.According to the Federal
Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 40 percent of this past year’s col-lege graduates are unemployed and 25 percent of them have moved back with their parents. Furthermore, unemployment between the ages of 18 and 24 has risen from 11.1 percent when Obama took office in 2008 to a staggering 17.1 per-cent in 2012. Worse yet, the unemployment rate for 18 to 29 year olds is roughly 13 percent – worse than the state of Nevada, which has the worst unemploy-ment rate in the nation.
It’s no wonder young voters are beginning to feel the cold fingers of Obama’s economic stimulus package – the same cold fingers their parents are feeling , the same ones business owners, the unemployed and underemployed are feeling.
Either way, this is not the issue – the issue is Obama’s bla-tant lack of regard and respect for us college students that put him in office in the first place. In failing to address the issues that are most important to us while trying to court our vote again, Obama is saying that he does not care about being upfront about his record.
Understanding his record
is a simple matter of ask-ing the right questions: Who put Barack Obama in office? We did. What do we want in return? An opportunity at the American dream. Did we get what we asked for? No. We gave him a chance to bring America out of the depths of despair, yet despair seems to be all we feel.
This is ironic, considering that Obama’s 2008 solution to America’s economic woes was “hope.” Yet, as we now see, hope is not good enough to land col-lege graduates jobs that will help them pay off their loans. Obama’s hope is nothing more than a diversion from an eco-nomic record that is less than abysmal — a record he is trying to make most Americans for-get. But as the polls are showing, college students are not fooled, because regardless of our diver-gent political views, we all share one unifying truth: we will all struggle to find jobs after college.
I am personally offended that Obama is knocking on my door again, peddling the same bill of ‘goods’ and false hope that he panhandled in 2008.
I’m angry. Are you?
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Voters should consider third parties
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By Nicholas VanderpoolReporter
The BG rugby team will be in action again this weekend, as it host the returning Western Michigan Broncos.
The Falcons are looking to send a strong message to the Broncos this weekend. The two teams faced each other this past weekend in the Sevens Tournament, and BG came away with the win 21-5.
This regular season opening weekend will start a new universe in college rugby. It will be a different atmosphere because of the confer-ence realignment that took place this past summer.
The Broncos bring in a squad coached by Mark Allen, and will be looking for revenge and its first win of the regular season.
Western Michigan has never won against the Falcons since it started playing in 1991, but according to Director of Rugby and Former Head Coach, Roger Mazzarella, this game could be its best shot at taking the victory.
“The Broncos have a combina-tion of a couple shifty backs inter-mixed with a couple of bruisers,”
Mazzarella said. “We are still sorting out the two most important posi-tions in the backfield, scrum half and fly half.”
Senior Mike Brown feels like this will set the pace for the rest of the season.
“This is our first Mid-American Conference game, and we are try-ing to use this game as a stepping stone for the rest of the season,” Brown said. “We expect a big result on Saturday.”
Western Michigan has worked hard all summer preparing for this new alignment schedule. They have been taking it seriously and have high expectations for this season.
The Falcons are confident going into Saturday, but they know what they have to do to win this game. The team is already off to a good start, as they hold a 8-2-1 record.
The national rankings were made public this week, and BG holds the No. 20 slot, according to Rugby Magazine.
“It was disappointed to see us at 20,” Mazzarella said. “I feel as the season goes on, you will see us climb the rankings.”
The anticipated match-up will take place at College Park at 1 p.m.
By Max HouseholderReporter
BGSU Falcon Volleyball will look to improve upon this past week’s performance at IU where it got its first win of the season as it travels to Bringham Young this week.
These games should be differ-ent as the team will be competing against more than just the other teams when it must combat alti-tudes of 5000 feet.
That means part of the task will be staying as hydrated as the other teams it play: BYU, Portland State and Utah are all teams it plays in the region and are used to the high altitudes.
“This will be an interesting one dealing with the time change and everything but it will be nice to see what we can do against some solid teams,” Junior Setter Laura Avila said.
For the Falcons, this will be their third road trip in as many weeks against some very steep competition yet again.
In its first match 4 p.m. Friday, the Falcons will face off against Portland State. Although their record of 3-3 may not show it, the Vikings are a good team that beat defending MAC Champion Northern Illinois in three sets.
On Saturday the Falcons will have a double header as take on BYU in the early match (2 p.m.) and Utah later in the evening at 7 p.m. eastern time. BYU will by far be the toughest team the Falcons to this point as the BYU Cougars are 6-0 with a ranking of #21 in the AVCA Top 25.
The Utah Utes are 6-2 on the sea-son but did struggle this past week-end when it lost its first 2 matches of the year and 2 of 3 at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational. Utah makes its living on the defensive side as it is holding opponents to a .120 hitting percentage while also averaging 3.2 blocks per set.
It is all about the learning curve for the Falcons right now, and according to Head Coach Danijela Tomic, the Falcons must be ready for every chal-
lenge ahead of them.“We embrace tough competition
because that’s how we as a team get better,” Tomic said.
“Championship teams know how to win on the road and that’s what we are learning how to do.”
This past week and in the week prior, the Falcons have struggled with consistency against Georgia Tech. The team had an attack per-centage of .488 and then went on to hit .072 in the next two sets, which cost it the match. It then beat Indiana in four sets on Saturday while play-ing one of its best games only to turn around and fall to Cleveland State in three sets.
“Consistency starts with our serve -receive, if we serve well our setters can deliver the ball to our hitters and our hitters can create kills for us,” Coach Tomic said.
“We talk a lot to our team about ‘bettering the ball,’ so everyone on the court is responsible for better-ing each ball they come in contact with.”
For the Falcons’ players part of the problem could be getting used to the new system and feeling more com-fortable with it.
“I think part of it (our struggles) has to do with a confidence issue and once we get our confidence up we will be more consistent,” Senior Middle Leah Shaw said.
The win against Indiana helped give the Falcons some confidence back as they were a 0-3 team to that point, but it will take more of an effort both this week and for the grueling MAC schedule.
“We have to go out there know-ing we have just as good a chance of winning as the team across the net,” Laura Avila said.
“I think we have to believe in our-selves and believe that we have the right to win the match.”
This week will be the farthest the Falcons will travel as next week they will be at Purdue for the “Purdue Active Ankle Challenge” and then MAC play will begin.
By Alex KrempaskyReporter
The BGSU men’s soccer team is heading to the Myrtle Beach area this weekend for a tournament at Coastal Carolina University.
The Falcons will be playing two matches while in South Carolina, including one against Wofford College on Friday and the nation-ally ranked Coastal Carolina squad on Sunday. Mid-American Conference member Florida Atlantic is also participating in tournament, but will not be play-ing Bowling Green.
The Falcons, who are 1-1-1 this season, are ready to take on the Terriers and Chanticleers defen-sively this weekend according to head coach Eric Nichols.
“We are very pleased with where we are defensively. As a group we are very organized and we know our roles,” Nichols said. “Individually we have some guys who are stepping up, we got a cou-ple guys back from injury, so the defensive group is looking good.”
Nichols praised the defensive play of the Falcons’ first three games but he has some concerns still with the offensive side of the ball.
“We are not creating enough chances, and we are low in ball possession. So that is what we have been working on the past couple days.” Nichols said.
The Falcons have two tough matches in the Coastal Carolina Invitational. Wofford College is
1-2 on the season, but excelled in the preseason with two three-goal matches against Big South oppo-nent Presbyterian College and ACC opponent Clemson. Coastal Carolina is currently ranked 19 in the nation and are 2-1-1 this sea-son.
The Chanticleers were victo-rious against Wright State and Longwood, as well as tying in Columbus against Ohio State.
“Both games are going to be challenges for different reasons. Wofford has some unique weap-ons that will work well for them.” Nichols said.
After three games on the road, the Falcons will return to Cochrane Field on September 18 when they take on the Detroit Titans at 7 p.m.
Volleyball travels to high altitude Utah
Rugby rematches Western MichiganKELLY DEARTH | THE BG NEWS
RUGBY PLAYER fights off an opposing player in this past week’s 7-on-7 tournament at home.
Defensively-minded Falcons will look to improve on record in warmer temperatures
Sets up to face three teams; BYU, Portland State, Utah
Men’s soccer travels south to play nationally ranked Coastal Carolina, Wofford
toTATORSMoving forward from the loss in
Florida the Falcons welcome Idaho to Doyt for home opener
Ethan EasterwoodAssistant Sports Editor
Shaking off a surprising-ly tough loss to Florida, the
Falcons will look to rebound against Idaho for the first home
game of the season.The Falcons have won every home
opener in the past three years under Head Coach Dave Clawson, and will
mark the third time in Clawson’s four years that Idaho and the Falcons have met.Bowling Green beat the Vandals this past
season pretty well 32-15. However, they lost in the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl 43-42.The 2009 Humanitarian Bowl marks the
Falcons’ last bowl appearance and with high bowl aspirations this season, Bowling Green will
look to again beat Idaho. Clawson called the game a “rubber match” due to the 1-1 record overall against the
Vandals over the past few seasons.Idaho is coming off a loss to Eastern Washington by the score
of 20-3, which is a far cry from the talent of Florida. Despite that, the team still maintains its focus.
“We’re only guaranteed 12 games a season,” said Tight End Alex Bayer. “If you can’t get excited for all 12 games, you’re playing the wrong sport.”Clawson is very focused on the special team after its performance at Florida. The special teams unit led
to two shanked punts, two missed field goals, two poor returns and a muffed punt return.“Special teams were something a year ago I felt was pretty strong,” Clawson said. “We were top three or
four in the MAC and we had everybody back but we just did not perform as well as we needed to.”The kicking game has been much of a concern since this past season and now into this season. Clawson
has made it clear that Tyler Tate will now be the Falcons’ kicker and that Stephen Stein may not kick again for the team in the future due to his last performance.
Despite this past week’s flaws, there is plenty to be optimistic about. Five Falcons were named to pre-season trophy lists. Running Back Anthon Samuel, Defensive Tackle Chris Jones, Linebacker Dwayne Woods, Punter Brian Schmiedebusch and Tight End Bayer all have some expectations to fulfill.
Even with the veteran leadership they bring, the 20 starters on the roster, the Falcons still boast a young team. One-third of the team is underclassmen, which ranks the team the 10th youngest according to philsteele.com. Of the roster, 44 are fresh-man.
They all will have their moments to shine because historically the orange and brown put up big numbers in home openers under Clawson. The Falcons score an average of 44.3 points a game while only conceding 18.3.
The Falcons are happy to finally return home to the Doyt and are excited for the fans sup-port.
“A lot of people come out,” said Team Captain Paul Swan. “A lot of people are cheering and it’s defi-nitely a great atmosphere. We are hoping to have that atmosphere every game this season at home”
The football team is really push-ing for a high attendance and the University is listening and help-ing. The shuttles will run begin-ning two hours before kick-off until an hour following the game to ensure students can attend all season. Bowling Greens athlet-ics has posted a video with more information on their website at bgsufalcons.com.
The game will be at Doyt Perry Stadium Saturday at 7p.m.
Alex Bayer | Tight End
“We’re only guaranteed 12 games a season.
If you can’t get excited for all 12 games,
you’re playing the wrong
sport.”
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By Hannah BensonPulse Reporter
Highly-anticipated film series, sagas and sequels will be play-ing at theaters this season.
Expectations are varied for the success of films such as “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” “The Hobbit,” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Taken 2” and “Skyfall,” the 23rd installment of James Bond, all which are part of movie franchises.
Films with predecessors will do very well, Woodland Mall Theater Marketing Director Bryan Jeffries said in an email, since they have built-in audi-ences who will keep coming back as long as they keep mak-ing movies.
“[Sequels] have a head start on the box office business with a built-in audience,” Jeffries said. “I’m sure ever yone believes these films will do just as well as the last ones did.”
Although film instructor Lucas Ostrowski said he believes the built-in audiences will “feast” on the sequels, he also said the quality may not live up to their predecessors.
“They have to follow an original film or a franchise,” Ostrowski said. “Many fans will consider them to be inferior to the previous installments. Plus, I think we have all had enough of sparkling vampires; on the other hand, seeing Liam Neeson kick some butt will never get old.”
W hile most f i lm sagas and series are anticipated to do well at the box office, some are skeptical of horror f i lm series.
“I’m always a little worried about horror films when they get past number three, but the ‘Paranormal Activity’ franchise
seems to still be going strong,” Jeffries said.
Freshman Scott Munch said he is skeptical about the “Paranormal Activity” franchise.
“I feel like they have gone downhill after the first one,” Munch said. “The fourth one is either going to be very good or really bad.”
However, most horror movies are anticipated to do well, espe-cially during the Halloween season.
“The horror film usually reigns supreme during this time,” Ostrowski said. “An audi-ence is already built and ready to go in anticipation for some gore and a scare during the Halloween season, similar to watching ‘A Christmas Story’ in December.”
In addition to the success of horror films during the Halloween season, Jeffries said he expects both action and fan-tasy to draw in a large audience as well.
These films include “Skyfall,” “Resident Evil: Retribution” and “The Hobbit.”
“I’m personally looking for-ward to ‘The Hobbit,’” Jeffries said. “I thought ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy was amazing and I can’t wait to see how the prequel turned out.”
By Eric LagattaPulse Reporter
The “Tuesdays at the Gish” will kick off its fall film series with the Ann Arbor Film Festival Sept. 11 at 9 p.m.
Established in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America, according to aafilmfest.org.
The AAFF at the University will feature short experimental films from student and independent filmmakers across the world, said Cynthia Baron, a professor in the Theatre and Film department and one of the curators for the Gish.
“Both in the fall and in the spring, we start off with work that is from student and independent filmmak-ers,” Baron said.
After the films premiere at Ann Arbor in the spring, venues across the nation can show them, Baron said.
For the past few years, the cura-tors have organized the Gish Tuesday series so that it starts with this festi-val, she said.
According to aafilmfest.org, the festival premieres in Ann Arbor in March with over 180 films from more
than 20 countries of all lengths and genres. After the Ann Arbor premier, the festival, which then offers 25 short films, goes on tour to more than 35 theatres, universities, museum and art house cinemas across the globe.
The University Film Organization will host the AAFF, said senior and UFO President Ryan Featherston.
“I’m very proud and very happy that the department of theatre and film gives us this opportunity because that’s what we’re all about is film,” Featherston said.
Before the screening starts, UFO plans on giving a short introduction on what the AAFF is about.
“We’ll talk about getting the films and the festivals and let students know that there are films outside of commercial, Hollywood film,” he said. “There’s lots out there.”
The goal is to introduce stu-dents to the wide variety of films that are being made, particularly experimental.
“The idea is that real people make movies that real people see,” Baron said.
These are also the types of films that may inspire students interested in making films, she said.
“If people are making films with
their friends, they may think, ‘how do I get from where I am to Steven Spielberg?’” Baron said. “It’s the kind of work for students to do because it’s short, experimental and low-budget.”
Baron said experimental films are usually non-narrative and try to con-vey a specific feeling or mood.
“They’re like visual poems,” she said. “Sound and image carry an important metaphorical meaning.”
Featherston has seen some of the films that have been shown at the AAFF before and said they are dif-ferent than what most people are used to.
“I’ve seen some in the past and they’re very experimental,” he said. “The filmmakers are definitely push-ing the boundaries.”
As always, any screening at the Gish is free and open to the public, Baron said.
Featherston said he thinks any student, not just film students, would enjoy the AAFF.
“I would encourage students who haven’t had much filmmaking expe-rience to attend,” he said. “It’ll have all sorts of perspectives that students might not be familiar with.”
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Gish to host film festival
Sequels, series, sagas take over theaters,
expected to do well
THE ANN Arbor Film Festival will be hosted at the Gish Theatre. Student and professional filmmakers from around the world will be at the event. MOLLY MCFADDIN | THE BG NEWS
“I think we have all had enough of
sparkling vampires, on the other hand,
seeing Liam Neeson kick some butt never gets old.”
Lucas Ostrowski | Film Instructor
Students’ scenesBy Eric Lagatta
Pulse Reporter
For film students like Ethan Roberts and Michael Stafford, their passion for their craft extends outside of the classroom.
Stafford, a junior and Roberts, a senior, use their involvement in the University Film Organization and BG Reel to establish connections with other film students and seek collaborative assistance on film projects that they make outside of the classroom.
“Those are places that are good to find members to help your vision come true,” Roberts said.
Roberts has been involved with both organiza-tions since he was a freshman and served as trea-surer of UFO last year.
Stafford got involved after he learned about the organizations at Campus Fest this past year and this year he’s serving as the treasurer of BG Reel.
UFO, which discusses film, and BG Reel, which facilitates creating a film by providing equipment,
provide a network for those interested in watching and making films, Stafford said. It allows for mem-bers to talk about movies and pitch project ideas.
“That’s what our organization’s all about is to get involved whether students want to get in front of a camera or behind a camera,” Stafford said. “It doesn’t really matter if you’re a film major or not. If you’re interested in movies, you can get involved with the group.”
Daniel Williams, a professor in the Theatre and Film department, sees BG Reel and UFO as a good way to meet collaborative partners. This can be especially useful for non-film majors who might have difficulty making connections with film stu-dents, he said.
“What we see is a lot of these students work together,” Williams said. “If it’s successful, they’ll continue to collaborate.”
Roberts said he’ll take on any role for a film, whether it be director, writer or producer.
“I’m a really big proponent of film as a
collaborative effort,” he said.Roberts, who likes to make drama films, is cur-
rently shooting his honors project that entails the help of people he met through UFO and BG Reel.
The film project, called “Fish Tank,” is the final project for his senior year as an honor student. While he does get credits for it, it is not associated with any class.
“‘Fish Tank’ is kind of a coming-of-age story,” Roberts said.
It involves two students from different cliques who meet and become friends, he said.
Stafford, who mainly serves as a writer and direc-tor for his projects, plans on making two or three short films this year.
“Most of the films that I’ve so far made are action-like films,” he said.
Stafford’s current project is called “The Astonisher,” which is about a crime ward hiring a villain to take down the hero of a previous film he made.
Students partner with University Film Organization and BG Reel to create films of their own
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THE BG NEWS PICKS OF THE WEEKWeek two. The big guys are still playing the little guys and Michele still has no clue what’s going on.
Let’s go boys, close the deal!
BG 27, Idaho 10
BGvs. Idaho
Bowling Green -16
Idaho really doesn’t stand a chance, after losing to some no-name school last week, I mean c’mon we played Florida!BG 35, Idaho 7
We beat them last year and we have home field advantage.
BG 28, Idaho 17
BG had an impressive game against an SEC team and for that, I give them a lot of credit.
BG 27, Idaho 7
No. 14 Ohio St.vs. Central Florida
I had a buckeye for breakfast, it was gross. Stupid nuts.
UCF 28, OSU 0
Once a falcon always a falcon. I’ll pull for Urban Meyer all season.
Ohio St. 42, UCF 10
After that warm up with Miami, OSU should have no problem with UCF.
Ohio St. 38, UCF 17
OSU and UCF stomped on their opponents this past week, but OSU will be at home and that’ll give them the advantage.Ohio St. 31, UCF 14
No.19 Michiganvs. Air ForceMichigan -21.5
No brainer- Michigan, duh!
Mich. 42, Air Force 21
Denard will have more yards in the air than then entire Air Force.
Mich. 35, Air Force 10
Does this game even matter?
Mich. 31, Air Force 14
Michigan barely survived its loss this past week to Alabama, but I think they will pull it together to take the win.
Michigan 27, Air Force 17
No. 22 Notre Damevs. Purdue
Leprechauns for the win!
Notre Dame 21, Purdue 7
This is tough but I have to pick Notre Dame just because they are lucky.
Notre Dame 24, Purdue 23
I just looked up last year’s stats.
Notre Dame 38, Purdue 13
Purdue hasn’t beat ND since 2007, this isn’t the year it will happen.
Notre Dame 21, Purdue 17
No. 1 Alabamavs. W. Kentucky
Alabama -39
Roll Tide!
Bama 40, WKU 27
The Hilltoppers may be from Bowling Green, KY, but that isn’t enough for me to pick them. Roll tide.
Bama 54, WKU 10
Western Kentucky is in the other Bowling Green and it really annoys me.
Bama 42, WKU 10
Western Kenutcky will get a couple shots at scoring early, but Bama will take over in the second half of the game and not look back.
Bama 42, WKU 10
No. 2 USCvs. Syracuse
USC -26.5
Sticking with USC!
USC 38, Syracuse 14
USC has a vendetta since they lost their number one ranking.
USC 35, Syracuse 14
USC didn’t destroy Hawaii, so I’ll be more modest this time.
USC 35, Syracuse 28
Syracuse had an impressive game this past week despite the loss, but I think USC will come out on top.
USC 32, Syracuse 27Overall record 2-4 6-0 6-0 0-0
ETHAN EASTERWOOD Assistant Sports Editor
ALEX ALUSHEFFCity Editor
ERIN COXSocial Media Editor
Ohio State -18
Notre Dame -10.5
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This Sunday the BG wom-en’s soccer team, 1-4-0, will kick off against Valparaiso University, 2-2-1, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
The away game will be available on the internet at bgsufalcons.com.
The Falcons are com-ing off of a two-game los-ing streak against the University of Minnesota and Western Kentucky University. Both games were played at the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in St. Paul, Minn.
Valparaiso is also com-ing off of a two game los-ing streak. They won their first two games of the sea-son, which were at home against IUPUI and Towson University; they tied their third game at home against Kent State and lost at DePaul
University 1-0 and at the University of Iowa 3-1.
They will play Western Michigan tonight before facing the Falcons Sunday afternoon.
The Falcons faced Valparaiso last fall at Cochran Field and lost 4-1. They also played them again this past February as a part of their spring season.
“Valparaiso is a team we are familiar with,” said head coach Kellie Evans. “Kelsey Draper plays for Valparaiso and she is the twin sister of our Kaylee Draper.”
Kristen Manski, the goalkeeper for Valparaiso University, has a GAA of 0.96 and has recorded two shutouts this season. Manski has a save percent-age of .773.
Falcons goalkeeper Becca
Ison has a GAA of 2.88 and a save percentage of .588.
The current top scorer for the Falcons is junior Tracy Togba, who has one goal and one assist. The top scorers for Valparaiso are Luisa Desario, Sarrah Ludw ig and Trisha Wladecki who each have one goal and no assists.
“We are just going to get more organized and look at some stuff that we need to do and hope to be able to attack,” Evans said. “Valparaiso is going to be a good opponent and by all means organized, but it should be a good game.”
After the Falcons play Valparaiso, they will return home for four games before heading back on the road again. They will begin their home series on Friday Sept. 14 by playing Illinois State at 7 p.m.
Women’s soccer looks to shake losing streak as it heads toValparaiso
SIDNEY HUTH, forward, runs onto a ball and away from the Eastern Michigan defender in a game this past seasonBYRON MACK | THE BG NEWS
SPORTSBRIEFWomen’s golf prepares to open season
The BG women’s golf team will commence its season this week-end at the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.
“We are excited to begin com-peting,” Coach Stephanie Young said. “The Redbird has an out-standing field and the course will be a great test of golf for us.”
BG’s lineup of five players will consist of four underclassmen. However, they all have tourna-
ment experience either in their BGSU careers or at the junior level, Young said.
Junior Bailey Arnold will be look-ing to defend her individual cham-pion title. Also competing for the Falcons will be sophomores Patricia Holt and Shelby Wilson and fresh-men Hannah Lewis and Lily Bartell.
“The team has been working hard on short game the past two weeks and the scores in qualifying have been positive,” Young said.
The 16-team field will include four familiar foes for the Falcons. Akron, Ball State, Ohio and Toledo all hail from the Mid-American Conference. Teams will play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday.
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Stafford described making a film like putting a puzzle together. “Every piece serves a purpose and putting those pieces together makes a mas-terpiece,” he said.
Professors in the Theatre and Film Department, such as Williams, are also willing to help students who seek assis-stance with their own projects.
“It really comes down to individual students,” Williams said. “It’s who you’re comfort-able sharing ideas with.”
Williams is willing to help students by giving them feed-back on their work or helping them find resources, such as students to collaborate with or equipment they can use.
“Students will ask about the
casting process and resources they can use to get their infor-mation out to the BG commu-nity,” he said.
One such student who sought Williams’ help was Roberts himself.
Williams is serving as an adviser for Roberts’ honor project, “Fish Tank.” “He’s been able to give me a lot of personal insight coming from his experience as an indepen-dent filmmaker,” Roberts said.
Williams has helped with the whole process, from cast-ing to the techniques for shoot-ing the film, Roberts said.
“Any student that comes to me seeking guidance, infor-mation or assistance, I will help them however I can,” Wiliams said. Williams said many of these final projects end up at the film and media festival in the spring.
“A lot of students are very ambitious and very proac-tive and very creative,” he said. “Filmmakers are very resourceful.”
Stafford said he hopes to take his experience in and outside of the classroom and apply it to his career.
“By the time I graduate, I hope to acquire all the knowl-edge I need to work in the film industry.” Roberts said outside class experience has really been important to his under-graduate education.
“The more I do, the more I learn about what I like and don’t like,” he said.
Roberts had some advice for those interested in film production.
“If you have an idea of what you want to do, you need to get involved in outside projects,” he said.
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The Black Swamp Arts Festival showcases a lot of local talent, but this year’s headlining band comes all the way from Austin, Texas.
The Bright Light Social Hour just had a couple weeks off after a summer of touring mostly in Canada, said Jack O’Brien, bassist for the band.
The band also traveled to Chicago, New York and made a stop at Bowling Green’s Grounds for Thought.
“I really liked Bowling Green,” O’Brien said. “I felt at home. We met a lot of younger people, but the older crowd came out too.”
Sarah Smith, a manager at Grounds for Thought, saw the band perform when it came to town July 18.
“They’re amazing, a lot of fun and they have lots of energy,” Smith said. “Live, they get to jam out a little bit.”
Smith said anyone who likes to dance should check out the band.
“There’s some throwbacks to bands in the 60s and 70s, but they have a newer rock ‘n’ roll sound too,” Smith said.
Bridg Earwood of Findlay went to the preview show at Grounds for Thought dur-ing the summer even though she had never listened to the band previously.
“I’m surprised they’re not more popular than they are,” Earwood said according to a July 18 column in The BG News. “The show was awe-some and it definitely had a Led Zeppelin influence.”
The band consists of O’Brien (bass), Curtis Roush (guitar), A.J. Vincent (key-boards) and Joseph Mirasole (drums) and started in 2008.
“We try to mix a lot of different sounds together,” O’Brien said.
Psychedelic, blues, south-ern rock, electro, hard dance and soul are different styles O’Brien said the band mixes to form its unique sound.
The Bright Light Social Hour will perform at 10 p.m. Friday on the main stage and at midnight Saturday at
Howard’s Club H.“I want to see them at
Howard’s because I think it will be a more intimate expe-rience in a smaller setting,” Smith said.
Smith is not familiar with all the performers this week-end, but she said she does want to see Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside who will perform before The Bright Light Social Hour on the main stage Friday.
“Sallie Ford is awesome. It’s a throwback to the 40s and 50s,” Smith said. “Her voice is very unique.”
Artists will perform each day of the Black Swamp Arts Festival this weekend, according to blackswam-parts.org. Three stages will have performances through-out the day and there will also be after-hours shows at midnight at Howard’s Club H and Nate and Wally’s Fishbowl.
For a list of performanc-es on the main, family and acoustic stages, check the Black Swamp Arts Festival’s website blackswamparts.org.
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Texan talent to come to swampTHE BRIGHT Light Social Hour performed at Grounds for Thought July 18, and will return to town for the Black Swamp Arts Festival.
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