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DEMAND FOR DETAILS bg Opinion: Administration took too long to notify students about COVID-19 response | Page 4 news An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community, ESTABLISHED 1920 Bowling Green State University Wednesday,March 11, 2020 Volume 99, Issue 29 Microaggressions impact BGSU students Page 2 Songs to get you through the week Page 8 COVID-19 affects MAC attendance Page 11 LOCATED ON BGSU’S CAMPUS FULLY FURNISHED ACADEMIC YEAR AND SUMMER HOUSING AGREEMENTS INDIVIDUAL GRADUATE, FACULTY, AND STAFF HOUSING HOUSING AGREEMENTS www.falconlandingbg.com • 419-806-4478 ALL-INCLUSIVE RATES BEGIN facebook.com/falconlanding/ falconlandingbgsu falconlandingbg AT $640 PER PERSON BG NEWS March 11, 2020 | PAGE 2 Microaggression research shows power of words, need for education Brionna Scebbi explored the way microaggressive words and and “old-fashioned racism,” she said. Editor-in-Chief actions are impacting their peers. Microinsults and microinvalidations Fitzpatrick, a sophomore social work major are more common as they are typically “You’re so articulate.” and ethnic studies minor, was part of the unintentional and based on a person’s panel along with senior graphic design major implicit, or subconscious, biases. “You’re pretty for a black girl.” Gyona Rice and sophomore Kayden Kelly, who Microinsults create a feeling of inferiority in uses they/them pronouns. the receiver while microinvalidations instill Microaggressions are often disguised as With under 3,000 students of color and over feelings of self-doubt. compliments, but intent does not outweigh 15,000 white students at BGSU, according to Some examples of microinsults are “You’re impact, Mikayla Fitzpatrick said. Fall 2018 data from the Office of Institutional the whitest Black person I know” or “You The impact of microaggressions at Research, microaggressive behavior is an issue speak English really well.” Microinvalidations predominantly white institutions like BGSU of education and prevention. include “You’re just reading into it,” or “You’re is large enough that students like Fitzpatrick Vox writer Jenée Desmond-Harris describes being too sensitive” as responses to someone’s base entire research endeavors on the topic. microaggressions as “when people’s biases reaction to racism or microaggressions. 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Is the spread and are seemingly seeking to get likes as “I think the outbreak of the coronavirus, also known of disease from Asia any different? No, but the coronavirus spreads. People are starting response is a as COVID-19, across the world. Friday, I xenophobia is growing because people want to blame the media, but I’m also blaming little dramatic. was supposed to be leaving for France for to deem them “different.” the people posting selfies with a caption on There aren’t an International Media Seminar with a Despite all the fears, I’m not keen on the the lines of, “OMG wash your hands! Don’t any cases university-sponsored course. However, last fact that the fear put on from the media is spread the coronavirus!” It’s creating a social reported in BG Thursday, I received news from my professor fueling the fire of hate. Nor am I happy the pandemic of anti-Asian rhetoric and false or in Northwest the trip was going to be cancelled due to the social media atmosphere is growing with information. Ohio.” worsening numbers of the virus in France. anti-Asian rhetoric. This language tries to Stop pointing fingers at others and go ELIZABETH TEPPER There are a total of 1,784 cases with 33 deaths blame Asians for the coronavirus when there look in a mirror first. How would you feel Senior | International Studies in the country, according to Worldometer. are clearly other factors that may be blamed if someone blamed you for spreading the Museums, including the infamous Louvre, for the outbreak. Globalization, the growth of coronavirus? That’s exactly my point, no “I think that were closed, and France just started banning the human population, unsafe food practices individual wants to be blamed. Stop the cancelling 1,000+ gatherings to contain the virus. — there are numerous factors. But, Asians are blame game and actually help stop the spread classes is the The spread of the virus is nerve-wracking, not to turn the blame to, nor the Chinese. of the virus. smart and safe especially because the flu is also spreading (I hope this is not an) unpopular opinion, thing to do.” in the United States and affecting the but posting a selfie with an antiviral face general population. There are heightened mask while traveling is not a trend, it’s *Last updated on March 10, 2020, fears as the country just received its first discriminatory. It switches on fear and allows 7:50 p.m. couple of cases in the past week, and now TESS BRINDZA the numbers have risen to 975 cases and 30 Freshman | Tourism, Hospitality and Event deaths, also according to Worldometer. In Management Ohio, there have been three confirmed cases in Cuyahoga County with Gov. Mike DeWine declaring a state of emergency. The Ohio State “I am not really University also took preventative measures by concerned.” suspending in-person courses in fear of the coronavirus, and the university took the same precautionary measures for COVID-19. In a month’s time, this disease has been deemed a pandemic. And with the determinate, there is now the pandemic of xenophobia. JEMEILA HUNTER I’m scared — not of contracting the disease Freshman | Nursing — but of being quarantined, especially if I was to be in France, not in the comfort of my own home nor country. Other people are “I’m a little possibly scared, too, understandably, but it concerned with does not justify xenophobia towards Asians or how the rest of Asian-Americans. the semester will On this campus, it should not be (and will play out.” not be, hopefully) tolerated whatsoever. I’m tired of hearing about racism and GRAPHIC BY AUBREY KREMER xenophobia, and with the rise of coronavirus, XENOPHOBIA DESTINY FERNANDES Freshman | Applied Health Science 101 Kuhlin Center BRIONNA SCEBBI, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MARY ROSS, FORUM EDITOR Bowling Green State University ABBY SHIFLEY, MANAGING EDITOR REGHAN WINKLER,