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COLLEGE [email protected] www.bgsu.edu/sls 419-372-2951 STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES HAPPENS REAL LAWYERS | REAL RESULTS BG NEWS February 5, 2018 | PAGE 2 At left, Christine Nelson is involved in BG Alterna- tive Breaks and Alpha Phi Omega. She was also a photographer for the BGSU marketing team. Spencer Lockwood is a Pre-Physicians Assistant major. He is involved in H20 church and is a member of Sigma Chi.

(from left) Brian Chaney, Spencer lockwood, Chris- tine Nelson, Bailee Jesse are Freddie and Frieda. They were unmasked at the men’s and women’s basketball games this Saturday.

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What will Amazon do next? SUBMISSION By Heidi Larson and ever-changing.” Is that what people They own websites like Zappos (shoes), Shop- POLICY Columnist said about Amazon’s online store? “They’re bop (clothes), IMDb (movie data) and Twitch never going to convince people to buy (gaming). They recently bought Whole Foods, Recently, Amazon.com Inc. announced its things online! You don’t know the quality and plan to lower prices on groceries. Is there intention to partner with Berkshire Ha- of the items, your payment data could be anything Amazon can’t do? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: thaway Inc. and JP Morgan Chase & Co. to hacked, people don’t want to pay shipping They are testing new ways of deliver- Letters are to be fewer than 300 create a new company that would lower and returns are a hassle!” Today, Amazon ing packages, such as drone delivery and healthcare costs for all three of the compa- offers free two-day shipping for Prime in-house delivery. Prime members can buy words. They should be in response nies’ employees. Healthcare costs are a huge members. Most items are eligible for free re- a special lock that allows couriers to unlock to current issues on campus or in the concern for businesses. Warren Buffett, turns. They have dramatically lowered text- the door and place packages inside. It’s called Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, book costs for students. Payment is secured Amazon Key. Yet another technology exper- Bowling Green area. calls healthcare costs a tapeworm on the using SSL encryption, but as with anything iment Amazon is testing is their employ- American economy. on the internet there is still that slight risk ee-free store Amazon Go. Using an app, cus- Guest The three companies plan to lower costs that transaction data can be hacked. tomers can walk into the store, pull products GUEST COLUMNS: by cutting out the middleman. Their exact Amazon went from selling books to devel- off the shelf, and leave without checking out. Columns are generally longer pieces strategy remains unclear. The name of the new oping their own e-reader, the Kindle, increased Sophisticated cameras record the purchases between 400 and 700 words. Two non-profit has not been released, and they are sales of e-books, and acquiring Audible.com, and bill the customer’s credit card. searching for a CEO to head the new entity. allowing people to listen to their e-books. Amazon is pushing the limits of submissions per month maximum. Despite this lack of specifics, I am Amazon is streaming movies, TV shows and what’s possible. Based on their history of cautiously optimistic about the new part- original content on Prime Video, they are pro- innovative products, they might be able nership. People might say “It’s never going viding cloud-based services through Amazon to revolutionize healthcare. I’m curious to POLICIES: Letters to the Editor Web Services, and they have voice assistant see how they will lower prices first for their to happen. Lowering healthcare costs is im- and Guest Columns are printed as possible. Healthcare legislation is complex technology Amazon Echo. And that’s not all. employees, and then for the rest of us. space on the Forum page permits. Additional Letters or Guest Columns may be published online. Name, Hong Kong bans ivory trade year and phone number should be included for verification purposes. By Stepha Poulin However, will the ivory trade move “While the ban may be too Forum Editor elsewhere? Personal attacks, unverified It’s possible. Luckily, many other coun- late to help, this gives hope tries have also banned the sale of ivory. information or anonymous In the last week of January, Hong Kong finally The United Kingdom banned the practice to other conservation banned the ivory trade. Sales will be gradually in Oct. 2017. Mainland China, accounting submissions will not be printed. phased out and lawmakers plan to have sales for 70 percent of the world’s ivory demand, efforts” completely stopped by 2021. banned its sale in early January. The pop- It may seem like a long wait, but Hong ular PBS show, “Antiques Roadshow,” has — Stepha Poulin — E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS: Kong is considered the largest ivory market in banned the showing of ivory items. Forum Editor the world, so this is a landmark decision. But This doesn’t change the fact that ivory Send submissions as an attachment it will take time to completely eliminate such a is still valued by many people. Some ivory to [email protected] with large portion of Hong Kong’s trade. traders are part of a centuries-long tradition While the ban may be too late to help, Lawmakers have set a plan to gradually of hunting for ivory. this gives hope to other conservation the subject line marked “Letter to ban ivory sales, according to the BBC. There are also collectors who covet efforts. The same logic could easily be “First, there will be a ban on hunting ivory. Sadly, there may also be ivory in applied to other wild animals that are in the Editor” or “Guest Column.” All trophies and ivory from after 1975, when the circulation and it may be too late to reverse dangers. Elephants, sharks and multitudes submissions are subject to review and Convention on International Trade in Endan- the damage done to wild elephants. of other animals are poached for improv- gered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) The practice has had devastating able medicinal treatments and pure sport. editing for length and clarity before took effect…ivory obtained before 1975 will effects on wild elephant populations. Some It’s time to think about conservation pro- printing. also be included. And finally, traders will be estimates suggest there may be no more wild actively, rather than enacting solutions at near obliged to dispose of their stock by 2021.” populations left in a decade. extinction for species like the elephant.

101 Kuhlin Center HANNAH FINNERTY, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bowling Green State University KEEFE WATSON, MANAGING EDITOR CAITLIN BEACH, DESIGN EDITOR Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 EVAN HAYES, CAMPUS EDITOR STEPHA POULIN, FORUM EDITOR Phone: (419) 372-6966 KAITLYN FILLHART, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Email: [email protected] PAUL GARBARINO, CITY EDITOR Website: www.bgfalconmedia.com ZANE MILLER, SPORTS EDITOR KEVIN MENSAH, PHOTO EDITOR ADAM GRETSINGER, COPY CHIEF Advertising: 100A Kuhlin Center JACOB CLARY, PULSE EDITOR bg Phone: (419) 372-2605 BG NEWS February 5, 2018 | PAGE 5 Worknet to be replaced by handshake By April Leygraaf count. Students can also choose to highlight plan at the time of graduation. Reporter their academic and extracurricular accom- To choose a new service, they invited “Handshake had the best plishments to give potential employers the 10 career service companies to meetings to set of credentials, the best The University will soon replace the career best images of themselves. Dimoff described determine whether the companies met their planning service WorkNet with a new pro- the service as “a merge between LinkedIn and criteria for a new career planning service. technicals and the best gram called Handshake. Facebook” and believes it is very simple for us- “Handshake had the best set of creden- Leaders at the Career Center decided ers to communicate with companies through tials, the best technicals and the best price,” price.” to make the switch to the new service when the Handshake app or website. Ellinger said. — John Ellinger — they realized that WorkNet was becoming When Career Center staff decided they The Career Center is planning to launch Chief Information Officer an outdated system. needed an updated career planning service, Handshake by Fall 2018 semester. An event “Rather than doing major upgrades, we one of their main concerns was finding a will happen on the day of launch where decide to look at other systems,” Informa- service that could accommodate Interim students can learn more about the service questions next year. There are also multi- tion Technical Services chief information President Rodney Roger’s Falcon Flight Plan. and how to use it effectively. University staff ple support sites sponsored by Handshake officer, John Ellinger, said. The Falcon Flight Plan is part of Roger’s goal will also receive training in Handshake and that students can visit should they have any Some of the advantages Handshake to ensure all future graduates have a career will be available to assist any student with problem using the service. has over WorkNet is its “Class A” system, high performance and high security. Those choosing the new service also felt it would be easier for students to use. “Some of the selling points for us is that Handshake is very user friendly,” Career Center director Danielle Dimoff said. In addition to a website, Handshake also has an app that allows users to access their Handshake accounts from smartphones or tablets. The app will make it more conve- nient for students to use the program and have easy access to the program. Students will also be able to make appointments at the Career Center from the app. According to Dimoff, applicants will have Heinz Apartments 334 N. Main Frazee Avenue Apts 425 E. Court Street an easier time tracking job applications they have submitted. Handshake also uses an algo- rithm to track the user’s activity and make rec- ommendations for jobs or internships based on a students interests. Over 200,000 compa- LIVE CLOSE TO CAMPUS! nies are connected on Handshake. Dimoff said the presentation of resumes on Handshake is much more professional and refined compared to WorkNet, adding that it will be easy to upload documents onto an ac-

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By Brandon Long as a result, facilitate much deeper analysis sides of the argument or discussion. Podcasts the wheel each year, 300 hours in their cars Pulse Reporter of a topic. This allows for a much better and typically do not do this because most are laid every year.” discursive type of show. out to be more like an actual conversations. How will podcasts land after self-driving With NPR pulling in tens of millions of dedi- An unstated reason why podcasts are The NPR show “On the Media,” a popular cars find their way into the average Americans’ cated U.S. listeners and hundreds of millions popular is likely format. news podcast, takes this form and carries on garage? It would be safe to say that a good chunk of listeners worldwide, what is appealing According to a Pew Research Center arti- lengthy discussions about difficult issues. It of most people’s time allotted for podcasts with about podcasts? A few members of the Univer- cle from 2012, “The median length of the most seems only natural. The move to more pod- shrink. This does not mean that podcasts will sity were polled, and the most common an- popular YouTube videos was two minutes casts will follow when television news general- die, but perhaps they will have to include video swers were selectable field of interest, specific and one second. That is significantly longer ly becomes a shallow look at any given topic. animation because of hands-free driving. This guests/hosts and comedic value. than the 41-second median length of a local According to a Pew Research Center arti- seems like the obvious transition for the media, One problem with television news which television news story, but less than the most cle written by Amy Mitchell, Jeffrey Gottfried, but how it pans out is anyone’s guess. podcasts do not encounter is that it can be common length of a network evening news Michael Barthel and Elisa Shearer, the number With TV dying out slowly but surely, domain specific. Most podcasts have de- package at two minute and 23 seconds.” of people who get their news from print is there must be some form of news that will fill scriptions describing the topics that will be This length does not allow for in-depth falling, and as younger people are using less its place. Podcasts seem to be catching the discussed and the fields of expertise they will conversations about complex issues and TV and more mobile news sources. It seems younger generation and giving them some- be delving into. This is the opposite of typical seeks to just get “buzz phrases” that will catch podcasts have plenty of room to grow. thing to educate or entertain themselves with news. Televised news is a random assortment attention. This time crunch also forces TV According to the AAA Foundation for while driving. How podcasts succeed after of whatever is current and popular. Podcasts hosts to typically stereotype their guests so the Traffic Safety survey from 2016, “Americans self-driving cars is anyone’s guess, but it seems can stand to become more specialized, and audience can get a faster understanding of the spend an average of 17,600 minutes behind likely they will include video in the future. Editors’ current favorite playlist picks

Freudian — Daniel Caesar Uprising — Muse The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt OST — Marcin Good Old Days — Macklemore ft. Kesha Przybylowicz

Humanz — Gorillaz In Tongues (EP) — Joji Nowadays — Lil Skies Shape of Water Official Soundtrack — Alexandre Desplat PULSE February 5, 2018 | PAGE 7 Great design in video games: how nostalgia is used in “Sonic Mania”

By Jacob Clary next stage changes things. “Sonic Mania” Pulse Editor does this perfectly, weaving care and nostalgia into each zone with ease. One example from the game is The Sonic franchise has been a laughing stock “Chemical Plant Zone,” the second zone for years. Each game released is just more fuel in the game. The level is originally from for the fire. The series is past its popularity, “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and is known for and there isn’t a way for any new game to be having the player travel through tubes good. The series has been on a downward and handle water for the first time in trend since Sega tried to make it a 3D series. the second game. This zone is one of the In my opinion, only two of those games are more memorable from the series, and the at least alright, “Sonic Colors” and “Sonic first stage feels similar to how the original Generations,” which released in 2010 and felt, with the player taking the tubes to 2011 respectively. The Sonic series hasn’t been get through the level just like the original. consistently good since the days of the Sega The only change was the updated visuals, Genesis. which worked well into the player’s Enter Christian Whitehead and “Sonic nostalgia. This is how the game looked in Mania.” Prior to “Sonic Mania,” Whitehead their mind years ago. was hired by Sega to create enhanced ports The first stage sets up the second and remakes of the original Sonic the Hedge- stage perfectly, because it makes the hog games. His experience with the series player believe the levels helped him create a new game in the series; are just carbon copies “Sonic Mania.” of the originals. “Sonic Mania” was created by the fans, However, that is for the fans. It is a return to classic 2D Sonic, not the case. which devout fans have been wishing would As the player return for years. Whitehead’s experience runs into the working with the Sonic games, as well as being next stage, they a fan, allowed him to have a unique position come to two where he could create a game that not only massive syringes pays homage to classic Sonic, but also brings full of liquid that are new ideas as well. Nostalgia is the crux of what dipped in a regular pool “Sonic Mania” is all about. of water, which they must The Merriam-Webster definition of nos- push down. Once the players talgia is “a wistful or excessively sentimental does so, they can jump onto yearning for return to or of some past period the water, and bounce off it like a or irrecoverable condition.” trampoline, instead of into it. This “Sonic Mania” has 12 zones, or levels if new mechanic was not in the old game you don’t know what a zone is, and eight of and changes the level so it doesn’t feel them are remixed versions of old zones, like like the same game. That is why the level, another version of “Green Hill Zone” and and the game, is great. It uses the player’s a remix of “Stardust Speedway Zone” from preconceived thoughts about what the “Sonic CD.” These zones are just the tip of the zone is going to be, gives you that thought iceberg, as there are six other remixed zones, entirely in the first stage, and then com- and they all have something new to add to pletely flips the game on its head in the them. second. By doing this, the players don’t These zones may look similar to the orig- want to stop playing, because they want inals when you first arrive there, but as you to see the next way the game changes the play, the levels cease to be what you remem- game they loved. ber. “Sonic Mania” uses nostalgia to its advan- “Sonic Mania” is great at using the tage, having the player believe the zones will player’s thoughts to its advantage and is a be exactly the same as the ones they are trying better game for it. The fact that this is the to emulate, and it is a great way to create an first great Sonic game in years, and that it homage. There are a couple stages in each was made by fans, shows that Whitehead zone, and the game uses these stages well. The and his team know what they are doing. first stage in each of the remixed zones is like Here’s to hoping they get a chance to make the original zone it was based off, and then the another game. SPORTS February 5, 2018 | PAGE 8 Hockey splits series with Michigan Tech

By Zane Miller The third period saw the Falcons get a Sports Editor few scoring opportunities late as Michigan Tech gave up four power play chances late The Falcon hockey team split their series in the going, but the Falcons were unable against the Michigan Tech Huskies, falling to capitalize. Michigan Tech added anoth- 4-0 on Saturday night but winning 7-2 on er goal from Lucchini at 14:30, which the Friday night. Falcons were unable to come back from as “We’ve done lots of good things,” Fal- Michigan Tech grabbed the 4-0 victory, the cons head coach Chris Bergeron said. first time the team has been shut out so far “We’ve won five in a row and we’ve had a this season. good second half here, so we’re not going “There was not enough offense gener- to let one game throw us sideways, and that ated,” Bergeron said. “We must have used comes down to our older guys managing all of our bounces last night… we just didn’t the highs and lows, guys that have been do enough good things to earn bounces through it before.” around the other team’s net, and we don’t In the first period of Saturday’s game, get shut out often, but Michigan Tech de- Michigan Tech took the fended extremely well, first lead of the game as “There was not enough and when we did get forward Gavin Gould through, the goalie was scored at the 12:49 there.” mark, and the teams offense generated.” On Friday, the went into the locker first period went room with Michigan Chris Bergeron scoreless, but the sec- ond period was all Tech holding the early Falcons Head Coach 1-0 lead. The Falcons Falcons as senior for- were able to outshoot ward Mitch McLain Michigan Tech 10-7 in the first period, but led off the scoring with a goal at the 2:28 the team believes they could have done bet- mark. The scoring didn’t stop there as just ter with the opportunities. over two minutes later, sophomore for- “I thought we were skating, I thought ward Jacob Dalton scored his first goal we were competing,” Bergeron said. “It of the season at 4:57 on the power play seemed like we were better with the puck to make it a 2-0 game. Two minutes after tonight than we were last night as far as exe- that goal, however, the team continued to cution goes, unfortunately it didn’t amount add to the lead with a goal from sopho- to much, there was a little territorial advan- more forward Frederic Letourneau, which tage, but that was about it.” forced Michigan Tech to pull goaltender The second period was all Michi- Patrick Munson in favor of Robbie Bey- gan Tech, as forward doun. The Falcons followed up the pre- Jake Lucchini scored vious goal with fresh- at 9:06 to double the “The second period, we man forward Max Michigan Tech ad- Johnson scoring just vantage, followed had to kill off a lot of 24 seconds later at by a power play tally 7:22 to give the team courtesy of defensem- penalties.” a 4-0 lead, which they an Mark Auk to make went on to hold into it a 3-0 advantage, Tyler Spezia the start of the third which they held going period. Senior Forward PHOTO BY MEGAN GAUMER into the third period. “Pucks went Senior forward Tyler Spezia shoots against Michigan Tech. The Falcons allowed three power play in their net for sure,” opportunities in the second period, one Bergeron said. “In the first we just didn’t of which was a five minute major which have enough shots and we turned over too lead to 4-1, however the Falcons responded score goals late into the game with the lead. Michigan Tech capitalized on. The team many pucks and that was the main differ- at 11:01 as senior forward Brett D’Andrea “It’s important for us to win periods, believes that giving up the power play op- ence (in the second). In the first period, scored on another power play chance. Just especially when you go into a period up portunities hindered their chances to gain we turned over too many pucks either in over two minutes later, Michigan Tech once 4-0,” Bergeron said. “Knowing that last momentum offensively. the D-zone or through the neutral zone so again cut the lead to three as junior forward weekend we went into a couple of peri- “The second period, we had to kill off a we couldn’t get to the offensive zone at all, Jake Lucchini scored. However, the Falcons ods up three goals and didn’t do great, so I lot of penalties,” senior forward Tyler Spezia which gave us no chance. In the second pe- would finish strong as freshman forward don’t like giving up goals, but I liked the fact said. “Any time you’re killing penalties, you’re riod, we didn’t do that as much, at least, it Connor Ford scored at the 16:55 mark, fol- that we won the third period. I thought that giving up five on five and gaining momentum didn’t seem like we did.” lowed by junior forward Stephen Baylis add- was big.” that way, you can only hope to build a little bit The third period saw Michigan Tech ing another goal 19 seconds later to seal the The team will next play on Thursday, of momentum from the penalty kill.” try to claw back into the game, as forward 7-2 victory. Feb. 15 and Friday, Feb. 16 on the road Alex Smith scored at 3:48 to cut the Falcon The team was also happy to continue to against the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves. SPORTS February 5, 2018 | PAGE 9 Men’s basketball comes back, defeats Kent St.

By Zane Miller stops,” Huger said. “If we get stops, we with 12:31 left to go. Kent Sports Editor could get out in transition, and we’re at our State was able to maintain best when we’re out in transition. We stayed a slim lead until 5:54 to go, The Falcon men’s basketball team defeated in the half court and we got stagnant in mov- when a jumper by Turner the Kent State Golden Flashes 70-62 Sat- ing the ball, and the ball stuck a little bit.” gave the Falcons their first urday afternoon, coming back from being However, the Falcons were able to get lead of the game. From down 19 points early on. back into the game on a pair of 3-pointers then on, the team was able “I thought our guys played extremely by freshman guard Justin Turner. Turner to pull away with a layup, hard in both halves,” Falcons head coach also got a layup and a pair of successful free free throw and 3-pointer Michael Huger said. “We dug ourselves a throws to cut the lead down to 29-20. The from senior guard Matt hole in the first half, and we were able to Falcons were able to close the gap to just Fox, a lead the team was come out of it with our defense. We did a seven before halftime, as Kent State still able to stabilize to win 70- great job on the defensive end to bring us held a 31-24 lead. 62. back into the game.” “We had some games where we (got “Everything came off The game began with Kent State get- behind early) and we wound up losing by of our transition and get- ting an early 11-0 lead on three field goals, 30 points,” Huger said. “I thought today we ting stops on the defensive a pair of free throws and a three pointer be- fought back, and at the end of the first half, end,” Huger said. “Every- fore the Falcons called a timeout to try to we had 13 stops out of 15 possessions, so thing with us starts with regroup. While the team was able to brief- we did a great job to end the half to cut it to our defense. If we’re really ly make a comeback on a dunk by junior within seven.” good defensively, we tend forward Demajeo Wiggins followed by a The second half started well for the to be good offensively, and 3-pointer from sophomore guard Rodrick Falcons, as a pair of layups from Turner and that’s what it was today.” Caldwell, Kent State regained their momen- Wiggins and a 3-pointer from Lillard cut the The team will next tum, eventually taking a 29-10 lead with five Kent State lead down to just two. However, play on Tuesday night on minutes remaining in the first half. the Falcons were unable to retake the lead the road against the Ball PHOTO BY IAN CAMPBELL “I was thinking that we’ve got to get until late in the game, despite tying it up State Cardinals. Junior guard Antwon Lillard looks to pass against Kent State. Women’s basketball falls to Miami

By Zane Miller game. The teams traded the lead back- foul with 13 seconds to go gave Sports Editor and-forth in the first quarter, with Miami Miami a chance at two free coming out with a 14-13 lead going into throws, both of which were The Falcon women’s the second quarter. good, allowing Miami to go on basketball team fell to “Miami made a couple of The second to take the 66-62 win. the Miami RedHawks quarter was similar “The biggest Achilles’ heel 66-62 Saturday after- tough shots there at the to the first in terms for us was our turnovers and noon, and the team of scoring, as the second chance points,” Roos suffered its fifth straight teams continued to said. “When you are in the dou- loss of the season. end.” go back and forth on ble digit deficit in both of those “Miami made a the scoreboard, with categories, it should be a wide couple of tough shots Jennifer Roos Miami holding onto margin, but credit our kids, there at the end,” Falcons Head Coach a 33-32 lead at half- they did not stop after those Falcons head coach time. Senior guard two categories were so skewed, Jennifer Roos said. “I Haley Puk led the and they kept battling.” thought this game was going to come down team in scoring in the first half with nine The team will next play to the last possession the way that it was total points by making three field goals, one Wednesday night at home trending. … We were really proud of our ef- of which a 3-pointer, and two free throws. against the Western Michigan fort at the start. We haven’t started our last In the third quarter, the Falcons Broncos. two games well, and today they brought it evened the game up at 48, and the Fal- “We’ve played them be- from the beginning and carried that over cons briefly retook the lead and went fore, so we know what we need through the fourth quarter. ahead by five; however, Miami was able to do,” Puk said. “I think we The game began with the Falcons to fight back late to tie the game back up. can get this defense going and getting off to a good start as junior guard The fourth quarter continued to see both put 40 minutes together, so Sydney Lambert hit a jumper and fel- teams swapping the lead, eventually re- I’m looking forward to playing low junior guard Carly Santoro made a sulting with the Falcons holding the lead them again on the home court. 3-pointer to give the team a 5-0 advan- 62-61 with 1:23 left. However, a successful So, we’re going to get a good Miami 3 point shot with 51 seconds re- game plan for them.” PHOTO BY MEGAN GAUMER tage. However, Miami was able to quick- Freshman center Angela Perry looks to shoot against Miami. ly close the gap back up to make it a 5-5 maining put them ahead again. A Falcon BG NEWS February 5, 2018 | PAGE 10 Why is there a national teacher shortage?

By Kaitlyn Fillhart Teacher Shortage Areas Nationwide Social Media Editor Listing for 2017-2018 from the U.S. A Dec. 28 article from the Governing magazine Department of Education Office of reported schools in all 50 states started off the Postsecondary Education: 2017-2018 school year understaffed in a va- riety of subjects, including special education • Arts and early childhood education. Ohio mirrors this trend, especially in rural areas, with a 50 • English/Language Arts percent decrease in students going into the • Foreign Languages education field over the past decade. • Mathematics The reason for the teacher shortage is a multi- layer issue. Many say the problem stems from • Science salary issues, but other issues turning many PHOTO PROVIDED • School Psychologist young people away include the involvement • Social Studies from legislature in education and a lack of grade, grades four to six, and grades seven McIntosh says the legislature does not popular support for the profession. to 12; the bill proposes the existence of two understand that there is no one set way to • Special Education “People feel that there is an oppressive sections, one between Kindergarten and sixth teach. • Speech/Language Pathology grade and another between the seventh to “There is no overarching blanket legisla- culture,” Julie McIntosh, dean for the college • Teaching English as a of education at the University of Findlay, said. 12th grade. Ohio used to be set up for the two tion can create that meets the needs for each “Teachers being evaluated all the time, nu- section system, but research showed this way student. Let teachers do their job and meet Second Language (TESOL) merous state mandates and unrealistic expec- was flawed, as the license was too broad and the needs of the students,” she said. “They did not allow for teachers to focus on specific know how to do that because they’re in the “I have always wanted to be a teacher. tations for the classroom cause low morale. Each of my teachers in elementary school told McIntosh says the legislature is pre- content. classroom with them.” Director for education and human Even though education is not a popular me if I didn’t grow up to be a teacher, I missed venting teachers from doing their job by my calling,” she said. “I love helping people, constantly implementing new regulations development at BGSU, Dawn Shinew, agrees profession now, one thing Shinew has noticed legislation is is people in the but most of all, I love children. Watching their and getting too involved. For example, Senate growth and seeing the excitement on their Bill 216 proposes changing the division of heavily weighing “ Teachers being evaluated field are more dedi- in on what goes on cated to teaching. faces when they accomplish something that teaching licenses from its current system of they never thought they could is something three sections, which are preschool to third in the classroom, all the time, numerous state “There is some- especially in terms thing to be said amazing to see.” mandates and unreaslistic To change the direction of education, THE BG NEWS SUDOKU of testing. She for wanting be an noted the state is expectations for the classroom educator in an era there needs to be more support for teachers, starting to cut back when teachers ar- McIntosh said. on the number of cause low morale.” en’t getting respect, “We need to raise up the teaching profes- hours students are and there aren’t sion,” McIntosh said. “It gets beat up a lot in the in testing. — Julie McIntosh— a lot of tangible media. We seem to forget that there is a teacher “A first-grade University of Findlay rewards for it,” that has changed our lives in some way.” teacher once said Dean of College of Education she said. “If you’re Reneau agrees that the lack of support to me, ‘I know who’s willing to teach is preventing more people from going into going to do well on the tests and who’s not. under these conditions, you have a high level education. Because I’m spending so much of my time of commitment.” “In this day and age, teachers are walking each month on giving them state tests, I can’t Jenna Reneau, a senior early childhood on egg shells trying to not say the wrong help the kids who need the extra time to learn education major, said this is the only career thing or make someone upset, because that the content they’re tested on,’” she said. she can see herself doing. person can easily get on social media and ruin the teacher,” she said. “I have friends who have chosen a different major because they didn’t want to deal with the microscope S.Smith Contracting, LLC teachers are always under.” SUDOKU Shinew recognizes that education has to To play: Complete the grid change with the times, but said society needs so that every row, column to change its views on teachers. and every 3 x 3 box contains 532 Manville Ave. the digits 1 to 9. There is no “Education isn’t perfect,” she said. “If we guessing or math involved. 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By Brendan Hall ployment at the Bowling Green Walmart as a wishes he was still working there to receive the Walmart implemented Pathways in 2015 Reporter produce sales associate. higher wages. to help employees acquire new skills and “I currently make $10.50, but with the “I heard about (the wage increase), and I teach them the core values of the company. Employee wage increases and bonuses were pay increase going up to $11, I’d be getting got mad because I left Walmart. It makes me Once training is completed, employees are the highlights of a Walmart announcement a 50 cent raise. It’s not much, but in the end wish I was still there to have the raise,” he said. eligible for further job advancement. on Jan. 11, 2018. However, the company also it makes a difference,” she said. “I’ve said I “I still wouldn’t be eligible right away to get it As great as the pay increase sounds, it don’t like the job, but I like the money. I’ve plans to close multiple Sam’s Club store lo- because I had to complete an online training still raises some concerns. Andrea Schneider, recently recommended to my friends who get cations across the country, according to NBC program called Pathways.” economics Walmart continued on page 12 News. This decision paid only $9 at Kroger impacts Walmart to apply for a job at employees across the “ I heard about (the wage Walmart because of country, including the raise.” University students increase), and I got mad Before the wage who are and have increase announce- been employed at because I left Walmart. It ment, Walmart set Walmart. makes me wish I was still starting wages at Walmart either $9 or $10 an president and CEO there to have the raise.” hour, depending on Doug McMillon said an employee’s level of employees will be — Matt Eppley— training. These start- receiving a wage in- Finance and Accounting Junior ing rates are higher crease of $11 per hour, than the current fed- and others such as eral minimum wage managers and longer-tenured personnel will of $7.25 and many other states’ minimum receive bonuses up to $1,000 in February. wage amounts. Morganne Standley, junior Media and Matt Eppley, junior Finance and Account- Production Studies major, said she is directly ing major, was formerly employed at Walmart impacted by the wage increase and her em- in the greater Chicago area. Now, he said he

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Walmart continued from page 11 lecturer, voiced her complaints The BG News with the Walmart announcement. Classified Ads • 419-372-2606 “With teaching economics, The BG News will not knowingly accept it raised a concern since there are PHOTO PROVIDED advertisements that discriminate, or encour- often times a tradeoff when firms pay higher BG’s ONLY age discrimination against any individual or recent pay increase for Walmart personnel. wages that tends to moves on up,” she said. “It group on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, sounds good, but sometimes what firms do to “There are trends,” Schneider said. “It religion, national origin, sexual orientation, seems to me that they’re doing this because Non-Smoking compensate for higher wages is lay people off disability, status as a veteran, or on the basis or can cut back on worker benefits. It can be a some Sam’s Clubs are not profitable ventures of any other legally protected status. concern down the road.” any longer for whatever reason. Some of that Community Walmart has not broadcasted any loom- can also be because of cost savings in order to afford paying employees higher wages and ing layoffs, but like Schneider said, there may Help Wanted be a tradeoff that can affect some employees bonuses.” That Caters to or Walmart’s strategy. Walmart ranks number one on the One example of a change in Walmart’s Fortune 500 list. It brought in $485 million of Wood Lane School Bus Driver strategy is the company choosing to close 63 revenue in 2017. $20.10 to $21.44/hr. Earn your Class B CDL, Students! Sam’s Club stores nationwide. Sam’s Club is Regardless of the reason why Walmart Paid Training Part-time 12-month position, Air Conditioned buses. County Employee benefits Walmart’s wholesale division that allows cus- is closing Sam’s Club stores throughout the including:Health/Dental/Vision, Vacation, Public tomers to buy products in bulk with a mem- country, it leaves many workers and the Employee Retirement. Must have HS diploma or bership. It is not directly affiliated with Walmart public scratching their heads. Time will tell GED and 5 yrs as a licensed driver. Only ONE position available-Application Deadline employees or stores, but this is a change in how many more Sam’s Club locations will be 2/11/2018. Apply today at:www.woodlane.us approach that could have been caused by the affected in the coming months. (Click on Careers) EOE

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