By Courtney KeenanReporter

President Mary Ellen Mazey is celebrating her inauguration this week with many campus events.

Tuesday night she served as ‘honorary coach’ at the wom-en’s basketball team for the game against Western Kentucky University.

“I love it,” Mazey said about being honorary coach. “I’ve never done anything like this before.”

As honorary coach, Mazey participated in team activities, including pregame talk, time out huddles, locker room talks and sitting on the bench with the

players during the game.Head Coach Curt Miller said

because of Mazey’s busy sched-ule she was unfortunately not able to fully experience all of the game day activities. She was unable to attend the morning cheer or the pregame meal.

Before t he ga me, Mi l ler sa id he expected t he play-ers would be extra motivated with the University president on the bench.

“We’re really excited we were included in the inauguration events,” he said.

Students had the opportuni-ty to catch a ride to the Stroh Center on two special shuttles;

the Falcon Frenzy shuttle picked up students at the Union pay lot, while the Campus Life shuttle picked up from Conklin North.

The first 250 students who took part in the offered ride received a commemorative T-shirt and free popcorn. Students were also given a raffle ticket to win prizes that included a Falcon swag bag, University Bookstore gift card and two iPads.

Freshman Caitlin Merz had the winning raffle ticket for the drawing of a Bookstore gift card.

“Well, I just won a $125 gift card, so that will make me want to come to more games,” Merz said.

Sophomore Robert Gerlach, a University baritone player, said he was unaware of the game and Mazey’s honorary coaching until 20 minutes before riding the shuttle to the Stroh.

Gerlach said he didn’t think Mazey’s presence would signifi-cantly impact the game.

“We already have such a high spirit,” he said before the game. “We’ll still play a great game … [her presence] may be a confi-dence booster, but I don’t think we’ll need it. We’ll dominate no matter what.”

By Alissa WidmanManaging Editor

A new outlet is available for whistle-blowers and watchdogs to report wrongdoings and keep University practices in check.

The University recently hired EthicsPoint, a phone and Internet-based reporting system, to “help create and foster the best possible work environment for all employ-ees,” according to an email state-ment from University President Mary Ellen Mazey.

The anonymous compliance and tip hotline will help commu-nity members address issues, ask questions or offer suggestions for improvement, said Jim Lambert, director of Internal Auditing and Advisory Services.

Anyone can use the service at any time by calling 1-866-879-0426 or visiting the EthicsPoint website. The caller will then be given password-protected access to the case, so it can be followed through to resolution.

“Whether someone is trying to understand a policy or address a concern ... we want to give them a voice,” Lambert said. “An effective hotline system allows people to be more comfortable in an ethical workplace, so a lot of positives will come from it. We’re excited.”

EthicsPoint costs $5,100 and all funds are allocated from Internal Auditing.

The University has had a simi-lar anonymous hotline service for several years, but decided to hire EthicsPoint in October because it offers anonymity and more effi-cient services, Lambert said.

“EthicsPoint is an industry-leading, third party managed hot-line that offers us a better way to

By Abby WelshReporter

Fact: Fact Line is available for quick question-and-answer services at the University.

Fact Line was founded in spring 1971. Its main purpose was to con-trol rumors on campus, according to a Fact Line representative.

The service was inspired by the Kent State shootings in 1970, when the United States went to war with Vietnam, said Steve Domachowski, assistant director for Information Services.

“Students and parents were con-cerned for their safety on campus and needed information on their safe-ty,” Domachowski said. “Therefore, Fact Line started a year later as an information line to basically provide information to students, family and faculty on safety on campus.”

Fact Line has evolved from an emergency line to a service that is now provided to anyone with any

kind of question.“Fact Line used to be a secre-

tive service through the mid-90s,” Domachowski said. “It is still consid-ered the University’s hotline, but now we get all sorts of questions.”

Anyone can use Fact Line by call-ing 419-372-2445.

The service is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Fact Line is also available during breaks, but will have shorter hours.

It is housed with the Information Center and the Parent and Family Help Line.

“The Information Center works through the Office of Marketing and Communications to make sure any information we release is accurate,” Domachowski said.

Fact Line’s most commonly asked questions usually pertain to sports, “but we also get a lot of randomly asked questions,” he said.

“It varies with how many ques-tions Fact Line receives each day,” Domachowski said. “But we do receive at least 20 to 30 questions each day, though.”

Fact Line’s busiest times during the year vary and include the beginning of the year, move-in day, breaks, mid-terms and end of the year, he said.

Although Fact Line receives many questions each day, many students are unaware of what it is or that the University provides its services.

“I have never even heard of Fact Line,” sophomore Kirsten Heckman said.

Heckman wasn’t the only student who hadn’t heard of the service.

“I’ve never heard of Fact Line, but it sounds like a useful thing to use,” freshman Baily Simon said.

There are some limitations to what questions Fact Line representatives can answer.

They will not answer questions that are “medical, legal or opinion based,” Domachowski said.

By Simone JacksonReporter

The University may soon change how and where students can eat on campus.

Dining Services serves about 20,000 to 25,000 meals a day, and with the addition of Carillon Place and the Oaks, it is expe-riencing notable challenges in efficiency.

“This year we are assessing the viability of all of our loca-tions,” said Michael Paulus, director of the University’s Dining Services. “It is nice to have a variety of facilities on campus, but if students aren’t patronizing them, it is costing us money.”

The Sundial, the Bowling Greenery and Founders dining halls have experienced a signif-icant decline in business this semester, Paulus said.

“Our job is to keep costs down while providing stu-dents with the greatest vari-ety,” he said. “Efficiency is the main goal.”

The cost to operate dining facilities directly affects student tuition and fees.

No facilities will close and hours of operation will not change this year, but Dining Services will consider these options if necessary, he said.

“We didn’t really know what the cause and effect would be when we built these new facili-

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manage and track any tips or issues through resolu-tion,” he said. “We’re real-ly excited because it’s an upgrade from our previous system.”

Hundreds of colleges and universities across the country currently use EthicsPoint’s services.

Ohio University has used EthicsPoint since February 2006 and has received 44 reports from it, two which resulted in prosecution, said Kathryn Gilmore, OU’s chief audit executive.

“We have gotten really good results from using EthicsPoint, and we’re very satisfied with it,” Gilmore said. “It serves as a deter-rent to fraud and is a good way for people to ask ques-tions when they aren’t comfortable with going directly to their supervi-sor. I’m definitely a propo-nent of it.”

Members of the University’s faculty union, however, have not declared a stance for or against EthicsPoint’s services at the University.

David Jackson, Faculty Association president, released an email state-

ment to Mazey shortly after the announcement that EthicsPoint would be used.

“[We have] not yet taken a position on the use of EthicsPoint, simply because we do not have enough information to make any kind of deter-mination,” he said in the email. “You presumably knew that the establish-ment of an anonymous tip hotline was on the hori-zon when you lamented the lack of trust at BGSU at the most recent Faculty Senate meeting. Clearly, a thorough explanation is now both warranted and urgently needed.”

Mazey released a clari-fying statement later that afternoon via email.

“As you may remember, BGSU has had a tip hotline in place for some time,” she said in the email. “In order to provide a higher degree of privacy for the individual reporting a con-cern, we decided to change our approach and begin to use a third-party pro-vider.”

Andy Schocket, Faculty Association communica-tions director, called the switch a “surprise.”

The faculty union will address EthicsPoint at

upcoming bargaining ses-sions in hopes of “having a bigger hand in shaping the process,” he said.

“On one hand, people should have some kind of way of recording things without fear of reprisal,” Schocket said. “We recog-nize that’s something large institutions need, but we have no information about who will receive those complaints, how they will be used, or what sort of due process, if any, goes along with them. There are a lot of different facets of faculty life that this could impact, and we need more information before we can really take a stance.” ties,” Paulus said. “We have

to have at least a semester’s worth of traffic and data patterns before we can make recommendations for other options.”

This is the University’s first year offering “All You Care to Eat” facilities and swipe-based meal plans.

“The All you Care to Eat options are a great-er value than what you would receive at other din-ing facilities on campus,” Paulus said.

Carillon Place and the Oaks — the two new din-ing halls which utilize these options — combined currently serve more stu-dents than any other facil-ity, he said.

Both facilities are more efficient than the ones that only accept retail meal plans because they are not affiliated with a particular brand and there are no disposable products, said Paulus.

Some students, however, have different opinions.

“I am only using my swipes because I am run-ning out of money for retail meals,” said fresh-man Will Lamb. “If I didn’t have swipes to use, I would not go to the Oaks and Carillon often.”

Other students expressed similar ideas.

“I think the reason these places are experiencing so much business is because students don’t know of other options and picked a meal plan with fewer choices … not because the

food is good,” said fresh-man Katie Reinstatler.

In addition to analyz-ing data about the number of meals served, Dining Services is also hoping to excel in other areas, Paulus said.

Dining Services is striv-ing to achieve green ini-tiatives across campus, including Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, water reclamation and a solar roof, Paulus said.

There have also been other initiatives to reduce costs across the board, he said.

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Junior Raisa Mathis said she was unaware Mazey would be the honorary coach for the game, but she thought it was “nice.”

“I just hope she doesn’t give any pointers and we lose,” Mathis joked.

Miller said he thought Mazey’s presence would draw interest and increase

student body attendance. Cheerleader Taylor

Tanner, a junior, said before the game she was nervous that fans wouldn’t show because of poor weather.

Although the crowd was fairly filled in most areas with the student sec-tion being almost packed, the total attendance was 1,286 people. Compared to recent game atten-dance, this was not the huge increase predicted by

Miller, Mazey and others. Freddie and Frieda

Falcon predicted before the game that Mazey was going to get a “W,” and they were right. The final score was BG 86, WKU 62.

Mazey said before the game she was glad her responsibilities as “hon-orary” coach were just for one night.

“We have an outstanding women’s basketball team,” she said. “Roll Along.”

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BLOTTERWED., NOV. 2312:12 A.M.A drug violation was report-ed in Kreischer Batchelder.

5 P.M.A theft of less than $500 was reported at Carillon Place Dining Hall.

MON., NOV. 281:24 P.M.A juvenile was arrested for assault within the 1000 block of Klotz Road. He was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center.

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It is 9:51 on Sunday night. “Dexter” is on at 11. My In Focus section is due Tuesday, and I have not even begun my story about schoolwork for the news-paper.

I plan to write this column until 10:50, dash home and watch the latest adventure of America’s favorite serial killer before finishing the rest of the column tomorrow night.

This sounds rather simple. I put my pleasure first, and then I proceed to do my work right as

deadline approaches.While this sounds a lot like

procrastination, there was actu-ally meticulous time manage-ment involved.

For instance, I had to con-tact people a week in advance to make sure they would have time to be interviewed for the story.

I wrote a list of questions and received some pretty good insights during the interviews.

See? Half my job was done already.

In a lot of ways, I feel like we know how to do just enough work before we’re in trouble.

Obviously, we are not perfect.

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Establishing an exercise routine that works for the individual can take some planning.

“I try to work out two days a week for about an hour or two,” sophomore Rosco Blair said. “I prefer to exercise on days when I only have a few classes, like Tuesdays and Thursdays.”

Senior Peyton Armbrecht, however, is a frequent Student Recreation Center user who works out “every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — whenever I have time during the day.”

Karyn Smith, health educator

for the University’s Department of Recreation and Wellness, rec-ommends students get at least 150 minutes of moderate inten-sity aerobics each week.

“Students can set themselves up for success by scheduling their workouts into their days as if it were a class or an important appointment,” Smith said.

Sophomore Allison Hines is one student who uses the Rec Center regularly by organizing a set schedule for her exercise routines.

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For freshman Molly Robine, coming to college and forming new relation-ships was exciting, but scary.

Coming from a school of 500 stu-dents to a college of thousands was intimidating because she knew no one in her residence hall and only one person from her high school, she said.

Like other current freshmen and the multitudes of students before her, Robine found herself in an unfamil-iar atmosphere away from the com-forts of home, having to now forge new relationships with the people around her.

“I expected people to have a guard up, but people [here] are really invit-ing ,” she said. “It’s surprising how quickly you make friends.”

Robine said the events of opening weekend helped her make friends.

“We were all in the same group and we played a game to get to know each other and we’ve been friends since,” she said.

Since the beginning of college, Robine said she made about 12 new friends.

Other students have different views on first year ice breakers.

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With suffering comes reason, wisdom

There has been a request for a Christian columnist to write an explanation in response to the question “How could suffering exist if an all-loving and all-know-ing God exists?”

The question has been asked throughout history and, for as long as it has been asked, answers have been offered.

The primary concern I have with this discussion is the question we should be asking is often ignored.

The Book of Job — in which God’s motives, rather than God’s existence, are questioned — offers insight in the words of Job after he hears God’s response to his grievances.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. I

have dealt with great things that I do not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.

I had heard of you by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen you. Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:2-6).

Reason, study and dia-logue are all useful.

We need education and to always be learning.

In this light, to discuss God, suffering, free will and love is good and useful.

At the same time, we need to recognize the greatness of what we are dealing with.

It is not by argumenta-tion that we come to believe in the love of God, but by encountering God.

With that said, if you are questioning how Christians can believe in an all-loving and all-knowing God while also recognizing the reality of great suffering, and you are looking merely for an intel-lectual explanation, there are a few sources I can offer.

C. S. Lewis devotes an entire book to this question. The book is entitled “The Problem of Pain.”

Lewis posed this question himself as an atheist.

I recommend this book first because Lewis is writ-ing from the perspective of a convert.

Having been an atheist who asked this question, his explanation is particu-larly accessible to atheists in a way that many other responses may not be.

Pope John Paul II also offers an answer to this question (as well as other frequently asked questions) in “Crossing the Threshold of Hope,” which offers addi-tional insight.

In his explanation he notes “If the agony of the Cross had not hap-pened, the truth that God is Love would have been unfounded.”

The most obvious source is the Bible.

I would specifically like to recommend the book of Job,

the story of creation and the fall of humanity in Genesis, the Psalms and the Gospels.

I recommend these because I have found that they offer insight into dif-ferent facets of the mean-ing and significance of suffering.

Even if you are not inter-ested in extensive study, you may consider a single pro-found verse in which Jesus says “In the world you will have trouble, but take cour-age, I have conquered the world” (John 16:33).

You may also ask other Christians, as such a con-versation may help in dis-cussing the depth and breadth of this question.

The question spans issues involving both the existence and nature of God, the rea-son behind natural disas-ters, as well as the meaning of free will, justice, mercy, goodness, love and life.

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Black Friday rush helps low-income familiesSimple hygiene habits should be used

Every now and then, I open up the bathroom stall door, and I don’t like what I see inside.

Now forgive me if I spoiled the meal you were trying to enjoy with the last line you read, but a problem is present in some of our residence hall community bathrooms.

I don’t want to offend you with graphic details, but it’s plainly fair to say that we don’t take care of our bathrooms as much as we should.

First, what are we taught, other than placing the lid of the toilet seat down when we’re done?

Flush, right? This simple act is not just a measure of cour-tesy, but also for sights.

A lot of us forget about the person after us. I’m pretty sure the next person doesn’t want to see the good job we did bombing the place apart.

Another simple act that many of us take for granted is hand-washing.

This is another one that goes beyond common courtesy. Hand-washing is also a safety precaution!

The media tips us off and our parents and teachers remind us that hand-washing prevents the spread of germs. It’s also one of the key steps to not getting sick as often.

Additionally on the courtesy part, we have to be conscious about what we touch after we’re done in the bathroom.

Not only do we have to be courteous of what we may leave the person after us on the door knob on our way out, but we have to watch what we touch outside the bathroom.

We forget how many times we touch our eyes, hair, nose and mouth — areas on our body vulnerable to infection. The amount of occurrences is amazing!

Also, think about the inani-mate and the animate.

We touch our computers, clothes, etc. Then, because of interactions with people, we share handshakes, high-fives and other gestures with our colleagues using our hands.

Why would we want to spread our germs on them? Let’s take action and help pre-vent contagion.

Other problems that are found in community bath-rooms are child’s play — filthy sinks and overstuffed trash cans.

I’m not sure if this has hap-pened to anyone else, but I’m sure you would be upset if you walked into the bathroom and saw that every stall was locked from the inside.

God bless you if you refrained from yelling expletives at the top of your lungs, crawled on the dirty floor under the stall door and unlocked it from the inside — while your back teeth were floating!

Child’s play of this nature should’ve stayed behind in high school.

As for filthy sinks and trash cans, we should be more con-scious about the people who use them and clean them.

We men should wipe out the sink if our hairs clog the drain from shaving. Who would feel comfortable brushing their teeth over a woolly sink?

Some of us may have to clean our dishes after eating in them, but that doesn’t mean we have to leave food particles in the drain.

Finally, we shouldn’t fill the trash cans with our own bags of garbage or fast-food from our rooms.

In fact, some community bathrooms ask that we don’t do this to begin with because it’s not allowed.

And, shooting paper towel basketball shots is fun (yours truly has first-hand experi-ence), but we should pick up after ourselves, since we’re not Kobe Bryant.

All this being said about sustaining a clean bathroom environment, we should also think about our janitors, who make sure this goal is reached every day.

Their jobs may not be fun or well-paid, but we don’t need to pile on with our own messy misbehavior and negligence. Let’s show them respect and appreciation by taking action to ease the burden on them.

I believe maturity can be measured by our actions and perhaps with what we leave behind us after exiting a room.

Given the power of helping to sustain clean community bathrooms, does their shape reflect our maturity level?

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Thursday night marked another successful Black Friday, as 28.7 million people took advantage of once-a-year sale prices.

That is an increase from last year of about 6 million people.

My wife and I were two of those who were trying to make our Christmas dollars stretch a little farther than they otherwise would have.

We arrived at the Perrysburg WalMart at about 10:10 p.m. to find a parking lot that looked like we were at a rock concert.

Only 10 minutes after Black Friday sales began, WalMart was already out of shop-ping carts. People streamed through the aisles like a rag-ing river in search of an ocean … or an XBOX.

Many people are saying this year’s overwhelming turnout for Black Friday sales is a sign that our economy is recovering. To me, it seems the opposite is true.

Our economy is so terrible that people cannot resist a shot at a decent bargain —especially if it means being able to buy a Christmas gift for someone you may have not otherwise been able to afford one for.

This year’s Black Friday, in particular, also seems to speak to me about corporate greed — a topic that has been in the news a lot the last few months.

Every year (for about 10 years) the sales have begun earlier and earlier.

They used to start at 6 a.m., and then a few years ago the new start time was pushed back to 4 a.m. at a lot of stores.

This year Black Friday was actually Black Thursday night.

People were pulled from their turkey induced-tryp-tophan comas and lured to the stores just hours after cel-ebrating Thanksgiving with their families and friends because most sales began between 10 p.m. and mid-night this year.

Many people seem to think the earlier starting times were due to injuries to Black Friday customers (caused by

what can only be described as retail riots) in the last few years.

I think it’s much more likely that these “gods of retail” are more interested in extending one of their busi-est (and most lucrative) days of the year. It’s not enough to coerce people out of bed at four in the morning anymore because supplies are limited and sell fast.

Oh no, now you need to bring your weary self to the store before you even had time to wash the mountain of dishes left dirty from the Thanksgiving feast.

And what about all the hard-working people who were forced to cut their holi-day short so that they could be at work in one of these stores on Thanksgiving?

Those people bust their hump all year long; don’t they deserve to spend the holiday with loved ones, too?

I know that nobody is forcing people to shop dur-ing these sales, and the deals offered by many retailers are also available for online purchases. But the whole scenario seems to me like giant retail stores kicking the victims of a weak economy

while they’re down. After all, it is the economi-

cally disadvantaged people that are the most likely to endure the madness of Black Friday sales because they are the people who cannot afford not to.

Also, I don’t want to give the impression that I am anti-corporation or anti-capitalist.

I get that the whole point of having a business is to make a profit.

I have no problem with that. I like Nike shoes and Coca-Cola as much as any-one.

What I am against, howev-er, is corporate greed and tak-ing advantage of the employ-ees and customers that have made your company suc-cessful, just so you can make even more money.

Sometimes you have to put people first.

I would like to think Thanksgiving would be one of those times.

Although, I did get a good deal on a Disney Princess guitar for my daughter for Christmas … I’m just saying.

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ANDREW HAMMOND, BG goaltender, lines up to stop a shot during BG’s 4-0 loss to Ferris State earlier this season.

Notes: BG hockey still struggling with consistency in conference games

BG football heading in the right direction

Losing five of your last seven games would be a bitter pill to swallow for any team.

Despite the BG football team falling into that classification, however, its 5-7 2011 campaign can be called a step in the right direction.

While reaching only five wins after starting 3-1 probably has members of the team a little upset, the Falcons are set up nicely for 2012.

Look at the youth on this team, particularly on defense. Kevin Moore was the only senior start-ing on that side of the ball, and the team’s two best defenders — Chris Jones and Dwayne Woods — will be seniors next season.

On offense, even though the Falcons lose their top two receiv-ers in Eugene Cooper and Kamar Jorden, as well as offensive line stalwart Ben Bojicic, much of that vastly improved unit will be returning, led by quarterback Matt Schilz.

Despite turning the ball over more than would be healthy for any quarterback, Schilz quietly had a strong year for BG.

His 3,024 yards passing made him only the fifth quarterback in school history to surpass the 3,000-yard mark, and his 28 touchdowns were the second most single-sea-son total in school history.

However, he did throw 13 inter-ceptions and was part of the team’s 14 fumbles lost this season. But, he is only a sophomore, meaning

natural progression will likely cut down on those mistakes, as well as lead to increased production.

While he will have the benefit of starting since his freshman season, when all is said and done, assum-ing he stays healthy, Schilz will likely be rewriting many BG pass-ing records before he graduates.

In addition, the Falcons have one of the best young running backs in the nation in Anthon Samuel.

As a freshman this season, he ran for 844 yards and five touch-downs. Those totals were attained in nine games played, as he missed three games with injury.

If he can stay healthy — no sure thing, given he missed time with head, ankle and shoulder inju-ries — then Samuel and Schilz should present one of the best run-pass duos in the Mid-American Conference next season.

However, there are still things the Falcons need to improve on if they hope to have another signif-icant jump in wins next season. This starts with winning close games and being able to close out teams.

In 2010, the Falcons lost four games by a touchdown or less, compared to only one win by a similar margin.

This season, BG lost three games by one touchdown or less, com-pared to, once again, only one win by a similar margin.

Therefore, simply finishing games better, the Falcons could have produced a handful more wins the last two seasons.

As the team ages and matures, that should get better by itself, but it must be the primary thing the

By Matt NyeReporter

The BG hockey team has had an up-and-down season so far.

It put up a strong fight against nationally ranked Notre Dame, and then to Ferris State, but couldn’t get over the hump and beat either team.

Once again, this year the Falcons are struggling to produce positive results in league play.

On the Wrong End of HistoryIt’s not hard to spot that the

Falcons are struggling. BG was swept by the Nanooks of Alaska-Fairbanks last weekend and the Falcons did not score in either game.

he BG hockey team hasn’t been shut out in back-to-back games since the 2006-07 season.

Also, it was the first time in school history that BG was shut out in back-to-back games in a Central Collegiate Hockey Association weekend series.

Road WarriorsHowever, the road has been a

little bit of a positive experience so far this season. It is not usual that a team has a better record away from home, but that is the Falcon way this season.

The Falcons are 3-2-1 on the road this season, compared to just 3-6-1 at home.

This upcoming weekend series will be just the third CCHA road series. The previous two were against Lake Superior State, where the Falcons earned a split,

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LOGAN PASTOR, BG guard, runs the ball up the court during the Falcons’ 86-62 victory against Western Kentucky on Tuesday night.

Falcons shoot 53.8 percent in 86-62 win with President Mazey serving as honorary coach

By Michele WysockiAssistant Sports Editor

If there was ever a night for President Mary Ellen Mazey to be an honorary coach, Tuesday was the night, with an 86-62 BG victory.

The Falcons forgot all about two-point shots in the first half after near perfection from the three-point line against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Coach Curt Miller said he had never seen a first half like that in the team’s career.

Guard Jillian Halfhill started the streak early in the half with two three-pointers. Forward Alexis Rogers answered with another, giving the Falcons their first streak of three three-point shots.

Halfhill hit another three-pointer before the end of the half, giving her 12 points in three-point shots, a total of 19 points in the first 20 minutes.

“I don’t think Western made a mistake by the way they chose to guard us,” Miller said. “If you look at a stat sheet we had not shot the ball well and so they were chal-lenging us to make plays behind screens or get in the lanes; and not only did we start to hurt them with penetration, but it was opening up with jumpers for our guards.”

Rogers and guard Chrissy Steffen also scored double digits

in the first half alone, 10 and 16, respectively.

Steffen trailed Halfhill by one three-point shot for a total of three. the team left the court at the end of The half with 10 of 11 successful three pointers; freshman Jasmine Matthews added the other in the second half.

“I think as a whole we all shot really confidently; we came out with the ‘cannon effect,’ like Coach Miller always says, and we shared the ball really well,” Steffen said. “What we said in the locker room was, ‘that felt like BG basketball.’”

The Falcons shot 71.9 percent in the field in the first half with seven turnovers, compared to WKU’s 38.7 percent and 13 turnovers.

Half of the Falcons’ 60 points in the first half were from three-pointers. They led the Hilltoppers at the beginning of the second half, 60-29.

With the lead nine minutes into the second half, the Falcons were up 35 points against WKU.

Although it was not as strong as a half as their first, the Falcons managed to play all 12 members of their team.

“[The lead] allowed us the com-fort level in the second half to play different combinations and play

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By Alex KrempaskyReporter

Although senior Alyssa Zuccaro was named to the All-MAC Second-Team, the 2011 season did not end exactly according to the Falcons’ plan.

They ended the season with a tie at Miami in the final match of the sea-son, giving them a 6-13-1 record, and prevent-ing them from advanc-ing to the Mid-American Conference tournament.

Head coach Andy Richards said his 2011 team was far from what their record showed.

“It’s as simple as if we scored more goals, we could’ve easily had a very dif-

ferent season,” Richards said. “We had a better team than last year, and we’re very excit-ed for next season.”

In 2009 the Falcons ended with a 5-12-3 record, and in 2010 they ended with a 4-12-4 record.

Even though the season may have only ended last month, Richards said he is already hard at work building and preparing for the 2012 season.

Richards spent the early

parts of November in Raleigh, N.C. at a tourna-ment, scouting players from all over the nation. He also said recruiting has been in full force all season.

“We are going to Raleigh to scout future players from Ohio because that is our main area of recruitment,” Richards said. “We have six new freshman joining us next summer and five of them are all attacking-minded players.”

Richards made it clear that freshmen cannot be the only players that have to make a change in the offseason.

“Every year teams change by losing seniors and gaining freshmen,” Richards said. “We need players to step up their game and recommit-ting to our program’s goals.”

The Falcons have a lot to accomplish before the start of next season, but they have a lot of time to achieve those goals by the time.

Richards says leadership has a lot to do with change.

“I know that the leader-ship will be good next year,” Richards said. “We will be much more experienced as a whole.”

The Falcons will be back in action next August.

“It’s as simple as if we scored more goals, we could’ve easily had a very different season. We had a better team than last year, and

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and against Miami where they recorded a loss and a shootout victory.

Hammond Still SolidDespite the losses, junior

goalie Andrew Hammond has played well and has oftentimes given his team a chance to win.

In the series against the Nanooks, Hammond was stellar both games. He stopped 30 of 32 shots in the first game, including 21 shots in the first period alone. In the second game he stopped 31 of 33 shots.

In both games he kept BG in the game, but the Falcons just couldn’t get any pucks in the back of the net to sup-port him.

Coach Chris Bergeron is still trying to concentrate on the positives in a long sea-son.

“I don’t think any one of the guys have checked out yet for this season,” Bergeron said. “We are focusing on executing and competing at a very high level. We haven’t competed at a high enough level for us.”

coaching staff addresses this offseason.

This second issue for BG is turnovers, both given up and forced. The Falcons had a minus-13 turnover margin this season — 28 turnovers, 15 forced. Good teams do not consistently lose the turn-over battle. If BG can swing the turnover margin back towards a positive ratio, that should also lead to more wins.

Perhaps the biggest obsta-cle BG faces next season is its nonconference schedule. While the Falcons went 2-2 in non-league play this sea-son, they faced a relatively easy schedule.

While Falcons will finish a home-and-home series with Idaho and take on Rhode Island, they get incredible difficult games on the road

against Florida and Virginia Tech in 2012.

This season, BG was blown out by a West Virginia team that ended up struggling in Big East play.

While Florida struggled to a 6-6 record this season, they remain among the most tal-ented teams in the nation.

Virginia Tech, on the other hand, is No. 5 in the nation and is playing Clemson this weekend for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

However, the most impor-tant thing for the Falcons is how they do in conference play, meaning it doesn’t really matter if the team goes 0-4 in nonconference play if it wins a MAC title.

A three-win improvement off of last season is a step in the right direction.

With the way this team is set up, BG fans should be excited about the team’s pros-pects in 2012.

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different people,” Miller said.

The Falcons only turned the ball over 13 times, which was what Western Kentucky did in the first half alone. The Hilltoppers left the court with a total of 22.

Steffen, Halfhill, Jill Stein, Deborah Hoekstra, and Shanique Ogle all had career-high games against Western Kentucky — 24, 22, 10, 2, 7 respectively.

“The first four games were a little slow because we’re getting the feel for each other, and I think now we for sure have a feel for who’s a shooter,” Halfhill said. “We pass it to the open person, and we are more confident as a whole.”

Overall, the Falcons shot 53.8 percent from the field, compared to the Hilltoppers’ 37.3 percent.

“With the shooting per-formance we did today,

coach Miller probably [doesn’t] expect anything less,” Halfhill said.

Steffen said defense and rebound were key aspects for the game; Miller said out rebounding them was their No. 1 goal.

Keshia Moseley had a double-double for WKU with 12 points and 16 rebounds. Miller said she single-handedly out rebounded the Falcons in the second half.

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Junior Nic Simonis works at the Sundial eight to 12 hours each week. She lives in Kreischer and it takes minutes to get to work.

Simonis said her biggest expense is paying for her own car insurance.

Because she lives in the residence halls and has a meal plan, Simonis said she limits her spending by sticking to her necessary expenses and stay-ing on campus.

“I don’t carry cash any-more, so I don’t spend it,” Simonis said.

Simonis said she only has a checking account and credit card; she had to close her sav-ings account because she didn’t have the minimum balance requirement for the bank’s charge each month.

“Sometimes it gets a little

tough,” Simonis said.To manage her money, she

said she keeps track of her spending in her checkbook and looks at her statements online.

“It’s just too easy to whip out my card and say ‘charge it,’” Simonis said.

Sophomore Jordan Beveridge said he wanted to work on campus, but instead works at Speedway in Perrysburg.

“I tried to get an on-campus [job] … and nobody called me back,” Beveridge said.

Beveridge said his biggest expense is gas for his car.

“I have to actually leave my building earlier to go to Lot 12 and then drive 20 minutes to work,” Beveridge said.

He has a savings and check-ing account to keep track of his money. When he got a job while in school, Beveridge said he had to open up two more accounts at a different bank because his hometown bank does not have a branch in the area.

Beveridge said he doesn’t have the greatest time man-

Manage time, money on tight budgets for necessities

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ing their schoolwork.However, they differ in

approaching their respec-tive workloads.

“I tend to prioritize based on importance of class to my personality,” McAndrews said. “Which class I like the best, I tend to do those assignments first, and which class I think is hardest, I tend to get those out of the way first.”

Jolliffe organized her schedule into different categories.

“Whatever is due first, I’ll work on that [first],” Jolliffe said. “I usually tend to pro-crastinate until a few days ahead of the point the proj-ect is due, but I find that I kind of get my work done quicker and more efficient-ly that way.”

Garrett Gilmer, director of the Counseling Center, emphasized knowledge of one’s strengths and weaknesses when tack-ling different kinds of assignments.

“Some people … don’t need as much time to do the same assignment that somebody else might,” Gilmer said. “Just because you’re told you should be studying an ‘X’ amount of time, if you don’t need to be doing that to do well, then you don’t need to beat yourself up because you’re not meeting a standard that doesn’t apply to you.”

Jodi Devine, associate director for the Honors Program, said time man-agement is important because it is impossible to be an expert at everything.

“Time prohibits us from being able to do everything exceptionally well,” Devine said. “It’s our choices, our values, and the way we cre-ate priorities in our life that help us define what we can

be exceptionally good at and what we can be maybe marginally good at.”

One risk that comes with schoolwork is procrastina-tion, and Gilmer recounted an intern who told him that procrastination is about fear.

“Maybe fear of failing, fear of being sort of found out that they don’t really know what they think they should know [and] fear of being judged,” Gilmer said.

Procrastination can also come with overconfidence. People can overestimate their ability to tackle a task, Devine said.

“They believe that writ-ing an eight-page paper in one night is something that they can do eas-ily, or they have worked well under pressure in the past,” she said.

Both Gilmer and Devine said they tend to discour-age all-nighters because of the risk of fatigue, which is particularly crucial the next morning if an exam or presentation is involved.

“They may have this per-fect PowerPoint, but they look disheveled, and they don’t look credible for the presentation,” she said. “Part of what you’re grad-ed on in a presentation is your ability to look profes-sional.”

Even with papers and projects, students need to make sure they don’t need a last-minute book or piece of information that may be too late to access, Devine said.

Nevertheless, both Devine and Gilmer said all-nighters are possible, par-ticularly when a student is engaged in the project.

“People are pretty resil-ient, so when we do that, we can recover from it,” Gilmer said. “Not a good idea to make that a habit or kind of the only way you tend to study.”

McAndrews said pres-sure is essential to a degree and a good level of “freak-out-ish-ness” encourages people to get work done and not fail out of school.

“It’s good to worry, but if you feel like it’s affect-ing your physical health, like if your mental health is starting to cross over into the line of danger, then you definitely need to sort out your priorities,” she said.

Taking breaks from work is encouraged and planning to go out with friends on Friday while doing work the rest of the weekend is a good way to plan time and balance priorities, Gilmer said.

With McAndrews’ time management, she also takes the view of having healthy study breaks and she does not force her-self to work when she is not ready.

“I just think you need to do it when your mentality provides you with avail-ability,” she said. “If you end up on Facebook, then just go on Facebook for a while.”

Procrastination begins when deliberate effort comes to avoid the work, Gilmer said.

He also noted the dan-gers of losing track of time while engaged in television or Internet activities and suggested using a timer to keep oneself aware of responsibility.

Jolliffe, who said she has lost track of t ime on the Internet, started a more detai led t ime-budgeting regimen.

“I’ve started budget-ing exactly how much time I’m going to spend for each thing,” she said. “Scheduling out every few hours of my day and then marking down what I am going to do, that’s been helpful and hopefully I’ll continue to improve.”

SCHOOL From Page 3

around my class schedule and other activities I have to do that week ahead of time by looking at my schedule for the follow-ing week,” Hines said. “My exercise schedule is depen-dent on my class schedule and other activities I have planned for that week.”

She added that school and exercise are com-patible with each other’s schedules.

“I personally think exer-cising actually motivates me to get my homework done, so then I can exer-cise,” she said. “Both school and working out are important to me, so I guess it just depends on how you manage your time and how important each one is to you. It is certainly not for everyone.”

Hines has been working

out her entire life but has taken it more seriously this year.

“I’m trying to be more consistent with exercising because it has become an important motivator in my life,” she said.

Students exercise for many reasons, but for Hines, it’s all about feeling good afterward.

“I’m still in the process of being motivated to work out more, but my main reason is to stay healthy,” Hines said. “It makes me feel so much better. [It] clears my head mentally and physi-cally.”

Blair chooses to exer-cise in order to remain healthy and simply to “get back in shape.”

Armbrecht’s schedule has reached the point where exercise is natural for him.

“It’s a break from school and I have always been physically active, so it just comes natural to me,” he

said. “It can also be a stress reliever as well.”

Students should start slow when beginning an exer-cise routine to avoid inju-ries, and they should pick something they will want to continue doing, Smith said. She also encourages stu-dents use a workout buddy to help motivate each other.

“Have fun; there is not a right or wrong way to be active, [but] the most important thing is that you find something you enjoy doing,” she said. “Just a small dose of exercise can improve your mood, increase your energy level, and ease stress.”

To relieve stress, Smith encourages students to take 10 to 15 minute study breaks, such as walks, yoga or push-ups.

“Students should avoid all-or-nothing thinking,” Smith said. “A little bit of exercise is better than none at all.”

EXERCISE From Page 3

Various interests com-pete for our attention, such as school, work, relation-ships and the precious “me” time.

Sometimes, even the “me” time takes exten-sive time management. As someone who enjoys exer-cise, it can be difficult to establish a routine, which is why it is fortunate I enjoy daily walks.

Very often, however, we are finishing things right on the wire and have to push “me” time to the back-burner.

Some people work well under pressure, while oth-ers do not.

This is not always con-stant because there have been days when I freak out about my workload and

simply hide from it, even when I am usually calm and composed.

It all depends on the mood.

This is why it is wise to at least invest a little bit of time once you get an assignment. This can be as simple as just grabbing your sources for a paper and putting them away until later.

At least you’ve started.Garrett Gilmer, direc-

tor of the Counseling Center, said it is wise to effectively budget your school schedule because it’s predictable.

You never know when you might lose a family member or someone may desperately need you. Because these things can-not be planned, you can only deal with them as they happen.

Life is not all about

school, after all. For me, I only work hard at my job because I want to support everyone dear to me, not only monetarily, but also through the very nature of my writing gig to inform them on important stuff.

Doing a job on top of school certainly sounds unappealing at first, con-sidering how hard it can be to spend time with everyone you care about, not to mention time to just wind down.

However, I appreciate my downtime more while I juggle more responsibili-ties. I also feel a degree of pride in being able to dis-cover how much faster my writing both for school and the newspaper has become with experience.

Not bad for finishing this hopefully seamless col-umn on Tuesday night, two full days after starting.

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breakers], but forming close relationships is difficult,” said sophomore Victoria Jamison.

Once a student discovers who they are as a person, then they will find the people they want to surround themselves with to make friends, she said.

Senior Matthew Carr agrees.

“You want your friends to like you for who you are, so you ask yourself ‘Should I change who I am to make friends or be myself and make friends that way?’” Carr said. “If you want true friends, be yourself and don’t try to adapt … find out who you are.”

Making new friends in college is one obstacle, but maintaining friends from home is another.

“It’s a challenge,” Robine said. “Skype and Facebook are godsends.”

Robine said her friends and her all made a pact to stay together when they went to college.

“You miss home but it helps you grow as a person — dis-tance makes your heart grow fonder and you find out who your real friends are,” she said.

Jamison said she has maintained her friends from home, but they are not as close as they should be. She also said she catches up with her old friends a couple times a month.

Carr, on the other hand, said he did not maintain his friends from home.

“I initially tried to keep up, but I just wanted to break off from my hometown and meet new people,” Carr said.

Juggling multiple relation-ships along with schoolwork can also present more chal-lenges for students.

Denise Litterer, assistant director of the Counseling Center, said students can have a tough time balancing school and friends.

“Often students want to spend time with their new friends because there is always stuff going on, but it becomes difficult with the workload,” Litterer said.

Some people can manage that, but it involves sacrifices for study over friends, she said.

“If they feel like it’s a strug-gle, no matter what, students can ask friends to study with them … it makes it easier and students will feel less pres-sured,” Litterer said.

Carr said he struggled with a few classes his first semester at the University.

“I wanted to do fun things with my friends that enter-tain me and I didn’t focus on school, but I realized my friends weren’t going to get me to my career,” Carr said. “We’re social people, we want to hang out and have fun … but you have to go back to why you’re in college … the point is to come here and get a career.”

Robine said she manages to combine the two priorities of school and social life through her study routine.

Some of her friends take the same classes with her so they can got to the library and

“cram a little” before hanging out, she said.

But not every student has an easy time coping with col-lege life and making new rela-tionships.

Next to depression, relation-ship issues are the predomi-nant reasons students visit the Counseling Center, rang-ing from insecurity to anxiety, said Garrett Gilmer, director of the Counseling Center.

Relationships are a process of getting to know one’s self and are part of normal growth and development — people learn as they go, Gilmer said.

An easy way to make rela-tionships is by joining an organization, Litterer said.

Sophomore Erica Sims said since joining NAACP on campus, she has made six new friends.

By joining an organization, students are forced to meet new people and be more out-going, Sims said.

Carr is a member of the campus Christian organi-zation H2O and said he has made a dozen new friends.

For students who have relationship issues, the Counseling Center offers a variety of services that include individual and group therapies to stress clinics that focus on improving relation-ships, from casual to intimate, Gilmer said.

Stress clinics are hosted at the Counseling Center on Mondays at 5 p.m. and Thursdays at 4 p.m.

Walk-ins are accepted at Monday through Friday between 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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agement when it comes to managing work and school. He gets stressed because he works night shifts and doesn’t feel like he has enough time to get everything done that

he needs to, he said. This makes him miss out on fun opportunities.

Beveridge said if he didn’t have to work while in school he wouldn’t, but he would still work in the summer.

“Even if I had million dol-lars I would still work because I hate being bored,” he said.

Freshman Dacia Posey cur-rently doesn’t have a job, but said she has applied for some.

She said she looked at avail-able campus jobs but none seemed to be what she was looking for.

“If anything, I want to be able to interact with custom-ers,” Posey said.

Posey lives on campus and said she relies on her parents for her expenses. She said she has felt pressure from her par-ents to find employment.

“It would just make things easier on me and them,” Posey said.

Posey said she manages her money by using her checking

and savings accounts, along with her debit card.

“It’s a $40 trip just to make it home,” said Posey, who lives about four hours away. “It’s stressful.”

To deal with stress over finances, Posey said she tries to only buy the necessities.

“It’s easier said than done,”

Posey said. “You have to set limits for yourself each day.”

Simonis said her advice to students struggling with money management is to keep receipts and track spending.

“Don’t carry cash on you,” Simonis said. “It’s so easy to have it in your pocket and mean to take it to the bank.”

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