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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-26-2004 The BG News March 26, 2004 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News March 26, 2004" (2004). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7260. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7260 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. State University FRIDAY March 26, 2004 CONFERENCE TIME: The Falcon baseball A.M. SHOWERS HIGH: 66 I LOW: 47 team hosts Ball State www.bgnews.com today at 1 p.m.; PAGE 5 independent student press VOIUME 98 ISSUE 119 9TH ANNUAL DANCE MARATHON Put on your dancing shoes, it's that time again! By Allison Halco keting issues, CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR events leading up to it." among others. tamto Trail Anyone who has been on campus Bach of the 15 core committees (consist- Meet the 2004 Dance Tide: Dancer Relations Chair over the past few months knows ing of up to 20 people each) is headed by a Yean Senior that the University's annual Dance steering committee member. Involved Since: 2001 Marathon is taking place this weekend. "It involves lots of teamwork, coopera- Marathon Steering What many people don't realize, however, "DM is one of the most memorable things I have done while tion and working together," Ellerman said. at BGSU, This event touches students, faculty, families, the is how much planning and coordinating "We're constantly communicating with committee actually goes into the event. community and most importantly, the kids. Dance each other." Mm Marathon has taught me that students are capable of help- "It's a big collaboration," said Jennifer Dance Marathon members attend up to ing make miracles happen." Ellerman. Dance Marathon public rela- three meetings every week, all year long. As Title: Director Yean Senior tions chair. soon as one Dance Marathon is over, they UndswWMe Bach person has a specific responsibility begin planning the next one. Involved Since: 2000 i Title: Entertainment Chair within the organization. Dancers and "There's a meeting with the new steering "My passion for kids got me involved, lust like a teacher, anyone involved in DM makes a difference in the life of a Yean Senior moralers, for example, have to raise money committee by the end of April," Ellerman Involved Since: 2001 and attend the enrire 32-hour event. said. child. It is hard to put into words the impact it has on my life, but what I can say is this event is something 1 cherish dearly "I wanted to make a better future for the kids. I know 1 can't Then there are the core committee But the best part of Dance Marathon, change the past and or bring back the ones I've lost, but if members, who work in teams for a specific and hold very close to my heart." according to lennifer Page, Dance being a pan of DM and helping the Children's Miracle purpose, falling under the categories of Marathon director, is the fact that it brings Network can change the life of just one child, then to me it is external, internal and planning. External hundreds of people together from the all worth it." core committees deal with such issues as Title: Public Relations Chair campus and community for a common Yean Senior public relations and communications, goal. MMM while internal committees are in charge of "We all work together," Page said. "We Involved Since: 2001 "I couldn't imagine my college experience without DM and Title: Morale Chair entertainment and morale. Planning com- work hand in hand, side by side... we're a Yean Senior mittees take care of management and mar- family, I guess you could say." these kids. All of the students and the miracle children involved have left footprints in my heart that 1 will take with Involved Since: 2000 me for the rest of my life." "In 2002, my family was directly touched by a struggle with cancer, so 1 experienced first-hand what we do for our mir- KrtvCam acle families. Before I had volunteered to help out my frater- title: Assistant Director of External nity and other organizations My reason for being involved Yean Senior changed. 1 am... doing it in honor of Cody, a part of my fam- Involved Since: 1999 ily who lost his battle to cancer at age 12." "To make a difference in a child's life is a feeling that is unex- plainable, once you see the twinkle in their eye you'll be left Becky Mcciardl breathless." Title: Finance Chair Yean Senior Involved Since: 2000 Title: Family Relations Chair "I was a catering volunteer my freshman year to help out my Yean Senior RA. After experiencing theeventandseeingthe kids, I could- Involved Since: 2001 JS n't resist getting more involved." "I wanted to meet new people and become involved with an organization that truly made a difference. No other campus Tracy UHM organization brings such a diverse group of students togeth- Title: Assistant Director of Planning er for one important cause... it amazes me." Yean Senior Involved Since: 2002 JmMMffi "I just knew that there was someUiing special about this Title: Assistant Director Internal organization. We give our time, love and money to make a Yean Senior difference for some very inspirational, very strong kids. I Involved Since: 2000 have gotten way more out of this organization than I put "Dance Marathon gives each Miracle Child into it, and I know the same goes for many other DM par- an opportunity to have fun, be excited and forget about their ticipants." disease and pain for a short time. Also, it gives me great joy to see the families having a wonderful time at DM and at the BY CANDLE LIGHT: Dance Marathon par- ticipants Kristin Gatver, left, and Angie Trout focus on their candles before a silent walk around campus last night. Students participated in the march in honor of Miracle Children once sponsored by the University's Dance Marathon that have died. The T-shirt of a Dance Marathon Steering Committee member, right, depicts the name and disease of one of this year's Tom Ginn BG Neas sponsored children for the event. "When we vote, the legislature will see the numbers. If they see us more, they will be more likely to listen." Interracial communication explored University alumnus communication at Cleveland the language variety spoken times of Europe, during which NICOLE MESSMORE. USG SENATOR State University. mostly by blacks (more than 50% dark skin was related with "bad" George Ray speaks on His studies, which for the past according to Ray), there are defi- or "cursed" things, through the the impact of 14 years have been focused on nitely other racial groups who uti- Enlightenment period of philo- USG explores ways to interracial communication, tie lize it as well. sophical theories such as socialization on into the fact that he will soon have The difference remains to Ray Blumenbach coining of the encourage voting at session language attitudes completed a book on the subject however, that the ideology which phrase "Caucasian," which he in the near future. individual groups are socialized to used in reference to the "purest, By Christy Jenkins tive lanna Carpenter organized By Altai. Miller REPORTER Ray's viewpoints are what he believe are a constant bridge that most beautiful" of the five types of the event. REPORTER calls the "intellectual opinions of stands between the gaps in most human he proposed there to be. Don't vote and no one will Representatives of USG, the Students filled room 201 of the years of research and experience." instances. Over 500 years of development listen. Vote and your voice will College Democrats, the Union for "Cultural Origins of Numerous theories he has That gap which resides is fueled in European culture has predis- be heard. College Republicans and the Language Attitudes toward explored throughout his studies by what Ray refers to as "adverse positioned our society to nega- These were the slogans on a Bowling Green Experience dis- African American Vernacular have brought about basic con- racism"; the privatized discrimi- tively view African-American cul- button worn by Nicole cussed ideas and the best ways English," presented by a distin- cepts that he suggests give reason nation that arises from implicit ture and language attitudes. Messmore, an Undergraduate to get students involved in pol- guished alumnus, George Ray to a historically rooted issue; neg- notions of superiority in racial As a closing thought, Ray left Student Government Senator itics. yesterday afternoon. ative language attitude toward groups. the audience to ponder how the and co-organizer of yesterday's "It was really neat to have "This is somewhat of a double- AAVE. In the face of all this conflict, expected increase in the min- University Experience/What the brainstorming of a lot of homecoming for me to be back in "There are white people who Ray addressed the historic origins ority population to the actual do you care about? Week different ideas. Messmore said. Bowling Green today," said Ray speak AAVE as, there are black of the current ideology that majority will alter the society's brown bag lunch. "Even though the turnout was who grew up on a farm south of people who do not," said Ray to plagues our society.

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