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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 VOLUME 93, ISSUE 98 WWW. BGNEWS.
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THE BG NEWS
LIVING THE DREAM A FAREWELL
Relive the biggest stories, wins and
moments of Bowling Green athletics
from the 2013 to 2014 academic year.
Check out our collage of these moments
in SPORTS. | PAGE 8
Editor-in-Chief Danae King talks about
her time spent with The BG News and
how it helped her grow as a person
and the people shes met through the
paper. | PAGE 4
Shaggy McTails
Graduate Student, English
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Band replaced
by quintet for
commencement
GLIMPSE of t he
By Alex Alusheff
Managing Editor
For the first time in more than 50 years, the woodwind sym-
phony will not play during the College of Musical Arts com-
mencement ceremony.
Administrators say the poor placement of
the 45-member band in the Stroh Center the
past two years and the reallocation of funds
are the reasons to replace it with a graduate
student quintet.
Because the band is placed in The Anderson
Club of the Stroh and not next to the stage, as it
had been in Anderson Arena, the commence-
ment committee opted to have the quintet
play since it takes up considerably less space,
said Provost Rodney Rogers.
It was crowded [where the band plays in the
Stroh] and it was hard to get guests in and out of their seating,
Jeffrey
Showell
Dean of the
CMA
A LOOK AHEAD 3 of 3
THE BG NEWS LOOKS INTO WHAT WILL
CHANGE WHEN STUDENTS COME BACK IN FALL
Sustainability to be
incorporated into curriculum
By Stevon Duey
Reporter
The Presidents Climate Commitment committee is pro-
posing integrating sustainability and climate neutrality
themes into the Universitys core curriculum.
The committee, which was established in 2012, is on the
back end of its two-year deadline to develop an institutional
action plan for becoming climate neutral.
Among the initiatives proposed by the committee, inte-
grating themes that advocate for climate neutrality would
impact all students by making it a part of the BG Perspective.
Since the action plan is in the early stages, the committee
cant specify if this will add courses to the BG Perspective.
See CLASS | Page 5
See BAND | Page 2
ALYSSA BENES|THE BG NEWS
A GROUP of students play volleyball outside of Founders Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
TAKING A STUDY BREAK
University to graduate
roughly 2,200 students
The University will give a total of 2, 260
diplomas during commencement on Friday
and Saturday.
This will include 393 degrees from the
Graduate College, including 315 masters
degrees and 22 doctoral degrees, according
to a University press release. Among the 1,867
undergraduate candidates, 121 will receive asso-
ciate degrees and 551 will graduate with honors.
The number of graduates this year is
expected to be 2, 260 compared to last years
1,986 graduates. A more complete number of
graduates is listed below.
Senior Communications Director David
Kielmeyer said the University is extremely
pleased with the increase in numbers.
This is what its all about, he said. We are
pleased to welcome 2, 260 graduates into the
alumni association.
During each commencement, there will be
different influential figures speaking.
Entrepreneur Laurence Benz, who is
the founder and President/CEO of PT
Development LLC will be speaking, according
to the press release.
Bonnie Blankinship, communications
manger, said the University brings speakers
because they give perspective to the students.
They usually have a lot life experience, she
said. They can be good role models and have
a lot of wisdom to share.
Other speakers include Brenda Hollis, a
1968 graduate who spent two years with the
Peace Corps in West Africa and Jacien Steele,
a senior lead tax partner in Deloittes Dusiness
Tax Services Group.
GRADUATES FOR ACADEMIC
YEAR 2012-2013
August 2012 984
December 2012 938
May 2013 1,986
Total: 3,908
GRADUATES FOR ACADEMIC
YEAR 2013-2014
August 2013 893
December 2013 1, 208
May 2014 - expecting 2, 260
Total: 4, 361
CAMPUS
BRIEF
PHI MU FRATERNITY CHAPTER CLOSES
FOOTBALL TEAM WINS MAC CHAMPIONSHIP
GABRIEL IGLESIAS PERFORMS AT THE STROH
NIOT CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 30 FACULTY CUTS
GOV. JOHN KASICH VISITS BOWLING GREEN
JULY 10
DECEMBER 6
APRIL 14
NOVEMBER 24
MARCH 31
JANUARY 23
The Falcons defeated Northern Illinois University,
ranked14th in the NCAA, with a score of 47-27.
The team later lost to the University of
Pittsburgh in the Little Caesars Pizza
Bowl on Dec. 26
Fluffy entertained a sold out
venue at the Stroh Center, per-
forminghis popular sets about his weight.
Martin Moreno, Jerry Rocha, Alfred Robles
andRick Gutierrez also performed.
As part of an early campaign trip, Gov. Kasich
touted his accomplishments in office such as
balancing an $8 billion deficit, and also outlined
his goals for a possible next term.
Kasich wants to focus on funding more
vocational schooling programs and
creatingmore jobs locally.
After not meeting its membership quota since 1996,
Phi Mu closeddown its chapter.
Because of membership issues and
fundraising problems, the national
chapter prevented the fraternity
from hosting recruitment events,
leadingto its closure.
The University administration cited a lack of state funding, lowenrollment
andanattempt toraisesalaries as reasons for not renewing30non-tenure
track faculty members. An additional 12 faculty who were on one-year
contracts didnot receive renewals either.
To celebrate the anniversary of its
formation, Not in Our Town hosted
a variety of events throughout the
week including speakers, musicians
anddiscussions.
year
The BG News looks back through the year at
notable events. Check out some memorable
moments in BGSUs history that were made
from 2013 to 2014. And send us yours with the
#BGMemories at @The_BG_News.
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