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Issue 29 A dad/ independem srudem pness Diversity week Knowledgeable highlights tour guides interactive sell campus programs IRENE SHARON SCOTT CRAIG GIFFORD CHIEF REPORTER STAFF WRITER The University's second annual diversity week strives to be interac- Prospective BGSU students travel tive and entertaining. From the classrooms to the sport- The week's events include the- ing facilities, prospective University atrical performances, a panel discus- long hours for campus visit, tour students get a full tour of the campus sion and lectures. on visitation days. "We will be taking time to high- BETH SHOEMAKER tion program." Responsible for leading these light specific issues in diversity and BG has a nice campus, so I want to check it out students around the campus arc the STAFF WRITER Morgan already has some experience in the for myself." creating dialogue in the BG commu- post high school world. I niversity tour guides. nity about those issues." said James However, the University's strong academics The tour guides arc the individu- Seventeen-year-old Justin Strauss can't He graduated from Lafayette High School Jackson, assistant director for Office influenced most out-of-towners more than the als who act as representatives of the of Residence Life in educational ini- remember the last time he saw snow. last year and has been taking classes at a local community college that he plans to transfer to scenic campus. school and answer the questions tiatives. "We know that issues of After all. the last time it snowed in prospective students. Valencia, Calif. Justin's hometown just 37 the school he decides on. diversity - rather race relations, cul- Lorsungi who lives just minutes from the 4.2 "We are recruiters for adm tural diversity, religion diversity, miles from Los Angeles, he was only three. "I have a friend at the University of Dayton million sq. ft. Mall of America, is excited about that told me about BG." he said. "I'm consider- sions," said Angic Mulligan, juniot ability vs. disability -are not issues However, that's all about to change. Today. one program in particular. graphic design major and tour guide we should ignore for the whole Strauss will be among thousands of other high ing two schools here closer to home, but I real- year." school students from all across the country vis- ly want to get away from here." "I'm really into the pop culture program." he coordinator. "We give students the iting the University for Presidents Day festivi- Patrick Fisher, of Port Orange. Fla.. is ready chance to look at the University and Diversity week is sponsored by said. "My dad told me about it a year ago. I've what it has to offer." ORL's People Encouraging Other ties. to strike out on his own. too. been interested in it ever since." "I found out about the University through a There is a great deal that goes People in the Learning Environment If Strauss decides to enroll after high school Guerra. too. is looking into one specific graduation. Bowling Green and all the- snow book about colleges that I have." he said. "1 into being a tour guide for the Uni- committee, a committee that versity includes area hall directors, hall that comes with it will become _^^^^^^_ directors and residence advisors, his home away from home. "I enjoy meeting people according to Stacy Fete, chair of Students from other distant PEOPLE committee. states, including Florida, Kansas Going The Distance: interested in going to Diversity week kicked off yester- and Oklahoma will be mixing college and talking to day with a performance by the with University students, sitting High school students travel to BGSU from all over Africana Dance Troupe in McDon- in on classes, talking to faculty the country. them about my career ald Countryside. and students and checking out I • [Minneapolis, Minnesota ) and my university." Today. ORL will judge a window the residence halls. It's a small splash contest based on visibility, taste of the college scene for Angie Mulligan effectiveness and creativity. high school students who might rk ^m ( Wildwood, Missouri " Tour guide Tuesday there will be a public be unsure what life after gradua- {•1 -—- V /■ leclurc. "Moving the Diversity Dia- tion will be like. logue From Talk to Action." directed "I'm not really sure what to Each year interested students go by Steve Birdine. coordinator of expect." said Michael Lorsung. (Overland Park, Kansas J through training, which is going on diversity programs at Indiana Uni- a senior at Washburn High at this time. versity, in 115 Olscamp at 7:30 p.m. School in Minneapolis, Minn. Wednesday there will be a panel "I guess I'll just play it by ear "We give them a manual with all the information about the University discussion at 12:30 p.m. in 114 and see what happens." (Germantown, Tennessee J Business Administration Building. Chris Gucrra, of Shawnec in it." Mulligan said. "La Mesa Oblicua Lecture Series: Mission. Kan., agreed. According to Mulligan, tour Latinos On Campus." "I have no idea what it will guides have to know the purpose of There will also be a theatrical be like." he said. 'The reason Q Port Orange, Flotidaj each building and all current infor- performance by Kate Bornstein. I'm visiting is to check out mation about the campus. "Y2Kate Gender Virus 2000," in BGSU and college life in gener- (Valencia, California J "We want them to be as detailed Harshman Community Room at 7 al." as possible and what goes on inside p.m The performance will illumi- But. at least one of today's ^^^^^^^^ each building." she said. nate transgender and gender issues. out-of-state visitors has a distinct advantage. want to go into television production and BG field. The current tour guides said "This is a program that utilizes Meghan Zicntek. a senior at Germantown knowing the campus is key to pro- Creative interactions that create dia- looks like they have a good program. I'm also "I found BGSU on the Internet while I was High School in Germantown. Tenn.. used to live interested in the baseball team." viding an informative tour. logue and actions." Jackson said. in Toledo and still has relatives there. Zientek's doing research on different schools with a Fisher, 17. is a senior at Spruce Creek High "We need to know a great deal, Thursday game show fans will mother graduated from the University in 1977. graphic design program." he said. "It looks all of the buildings, and what the have an opportunity to play "Diver- "I'm not really considering any other schools School. Two miles from Fisher's front door is sity Jeopardy" in Harshman Com- good to me." University has to offer academically besides BG." she said. "Since my mom went to the sand and surf of sunny Daytona Beach. as well as socially." said Angie munity Room at 7 p.m. school there, I'll get to apply for an alumni Justin Strauss is as interested in seeing the Pilcwski. a senior psychology major. There will also be an informative "I can count on one hand the number of scholarship." snow as he is in checking out the science depart- "It is a good thing to know some- progiam entitled. "Wanna Be a Play- times I've been to the beach." he said. "I'm not er." about how to get involved in the Zicntek has lived in Tennessee, just IS min- ment. Strauss wants to be a paleontologist. thing about each organization, utes from Memphis, for seven years, but is Florida-born and raised. I was born in North because there arc a wide variety of Cultural Diversity Players. ready to leave. "Even though I'm on the opposite side of the Concluding Thursday's events is Carolina, moved to Kentucky and now I'm interests among the students who "Ohio feels more like home than Tennessee country. I've heard some good things about the a dance sponsored by Latino Student here." come to visit the University." said Union at 8 p.m. in Commons Dining does," she said. school." he said. Jamaica Howard, senior liberal arts Several of the prospective students are con- Fisher admitted that while he's never been major. Hall. But. is he ready to leave the Golden State for Wrapping up the week will be the sidering the University because of their intend- this far north, he's not worried about the drastic The guides like the experience of the Buckeye State - almost 2.300 miles away? Center for Multicultural and Acade- ed fields of study. change in climate. what they do as well as meeting new "I want to be a professional pilot." said Larry people along the way.