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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-18-2014 The BG News April 18, 2014 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 April 18, 2014" (2014). BG News (Student Newspaper). 8736. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8736 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Book 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. IS YOUR MUSIC BAD? A new poll says people think today’s music is the worst. Read about it in THESTABLISHED 1920E | An independent BG student press serving N the campusE and Wsurrounding communityS Pulse on Page 6. VOLume 93, Issue 89 Friday, April 18, 2014 WWW.BGNEWS.COM L NESS STUDE TS, LESS FUNDS SERIES | 3 of 3 Tech jobs THE BG NEWS LOOKS INTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATION, RETENTION, STATE FUNDING grow in Ohio Students stay at University for many reasons Different practices, experiences help undergraduates make friends, connections Computer Science Dept. By Danae King network with people with similar inter- demic assessment. updates programs to meet demands Editor-in-Chief ests,” she said. “Being a campus tour guide Some of the practices the University deepened my love for BGSU.” does better than most of its peers are By Stevon Duey Mackenzie Baumhower won’t graduate for The reasons why students stay at the learning communities, undergraduate Reporter another three years, but she already knows University are not something administra- research, internships and service learn- she won’t leave the University until she tors focus on. ing, Matuga said. Colleen McAdoo, a computer science major, first real- walks across the Stroh Center stage. “[It’s] not a question we really ever “We tried to look at trends; these tend to ized her talent with computers in high school after “There really is a place for everybody ask,” said Joseph Frizado, vice provost for be those experiences that keep students in designing her school’s website. here I feel like,” Baumhower said. “There’s academic operations. “We tend to focus school,” she said. The school’s webmaster recommended she take a a lot of diversity.” almost exclusively on why people leave.” University students typically partici- look at computer science programs for college. Baumhower credits the two student As far as why students, like Baumhower, pate in more high impact practices than at Computer science majors study the University’s core organizations and her job as a campus stay at the University for four or more years, other universities, said Andy Alt, assistant curriculum, or BG perspective, as well as a variety of tour guide for her confidence in staying there may be a few reasons. vice provost of undergraduate programs. classes in software and application development, ana- even though she’s not yet done with her These reasons, called high impact prac- There are about 1,000 University stu- lytics, systems and more. freshman year. tices, are believed to lead to student suc- “The classes are hard but when you finish it’s a really “The organizations really helped me to cess, said Julie Matuga, director of aca- See RATES | Page 2 good feeling of accomplishment,” McAdoo said. McAdoo has been working hard toward her degree and is optimistic about job prospects after graduation. “There’s a lot of companies that want to give gradu- ates opportunities,” McAdoo said. Students in technology and computer science pro- grams can find security in knowing they chose a skilled this specialization that hasn’t been strongly affected by the walk way economic downturn. According to an article published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review, eight of the 10 fastest-growing jobs from 2000-2010 were tech- nology related. Occupations in software development, computer Graduation in 2014 support and network administration were among the Total students the University fastest growing fields. graduated: 2,225 Companies have been moving their services and Total students being graduated who are not walking as of April 17: 97 communications to the web within the past two decades as access to the Internet has become wide- spread and easily accessible. Graduation in 2013 Alongside this trend, more technology and software Total students the University is being developed as well. graduated: 1,914 Jobs in computer-related fields are forecast to grow by Are you walking Total students graduated who didn’t nearly 23 percent during the next eight years, according for your graduation walk: 411 to reports from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. ceremony? Tweet *numbers provided by the University. The Department of Computer Science has enjoyed @The_BG_News More students could choose not to walk some growth as well. using #gradwalk before graduation on May 10 than are Last year, the department hired one new faculty currently not participating member and seeks to hire two more in the fall. The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology [ABET] as well as a Bachelor of Arts program. Guy Zimmerman, a computer science associate pro- fessor, said the degree was changed in 2012 to keep pace with the growing industry. “We’ve enhanced the program with additional Cost, other factors may influence whether students walk for graduation requirements,” Zimmerman said. “Bachelor of Science students are required to have an internship now. That By Seth Weber may not make it in the end, said University will look good for employers.” Web Editor Spokesperson Dave Kielmeyer. Associate Director of the Career Center Jessica Turos The numbers of students who come are said there are many job opportunities in information While graduation ceremonies can be an icon- steady, and there usually aren’t a lot of differ- technologies and computer science. ic moment in someone’s life, some think it ences in numbers, Kielmeyer said. “IT is one of the highest projected job growth areas in isn’t worth the time or money. Kielmeyer thinks going to the ceremony Ohio,” Turos said. Last year, 1,503 of 1,914 total graduates can be an important part in someone’s life. During the Expo Job and Internship Fair hosted by attended the ceremony, meaning 411 stu- “To me, it’s capping that achievement. the Career Center last month, 46 employers, or one dents didn’t walk. This year, 2,158 of 2,255 You’ve made a significant investment in time third of those who attended, said they were seeking graduating students are expected to take part and money to finish your degree,” he said. students for internship and post-graduate positions in in the May 10 ceremony at the Stroh Center. Kielmeyer said the graduation ceremony is computer-related fields. However, the latter number isn’t set in a long-standing tradition and he’d like to see Ohio has also implemented the Ohio Means stone because those are just the students as many people as possible come. Internships and Co-ops Grant Program as a result of who said they’re going to come, and some Lee Meserve, a professor of biological sci- See TECH | Page 2 See GRAD | Page 2 ELEMENTS OF COMEDY Sustainability forums conclude Thursday By Raven Rush N ick ple win for everyone. Reporter Hennessy “This will save money, help the Sustainability environment and is sponsored by During the last sustainability Coordinator the Green Fund,” Hennessy said. forum for the semester, attendants The city of Bowling Green discussed various environmental will now receive 50 percent of projects, including LED lights at University electricity for the the new recreation center to the far. The extra food waste travels to next 50 years from a new coal future of public transportation. Hirzel farm, a composting facility plant called prairie State Energy The open meeting was Thursday in Pemberville. Campus. This company is con- afternoon, and was the last of four “Hirzel farm has agreed to nected to American Municipal forums the Office of Sustainability donate some of the compost Power, a power supply company hosted for the past four months. made to BG gardens as well,” that promised a low cost electric- Nick Hennessy, the sustainabil- Hennessy said. ity program. The city was given ity coordinator, promoted various This process has been help- one month to decide to join AMP, Earth Week activities that will run ing reduce the amount of trash and went for it. This program has next week. Some of these include thrown away each week. gone over budget by $1 million a scavenger hunt and an eco-fair. Another program that will be already and has locked BG in this Hennessy said the new compost implemented to help campus sus- until 2057. program that was installed at the tainability is LED lighting being Matt Rubel, coordinator of ener- SAM RAYBURN | THE BG NEWS Oaks dining hall is up and run- installed at the new recreation ELEM3nT DANCE team perform at an event hosted by Zeta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho ning, with a successful result thus center. Hennessy said this is a tri- See FORUM | Page 2 Sorority. They were one of the openers for comedian Nick Banks, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES NO CAT CALLS PLEASE WILL YOU waLK FOR GRADUATION? WHY? Bowling Green leads the MAC with Faculty columnist Julie Haught talks “Yes, because you have been here so eight women’s coaches. Their shared about street harassment and what is being long why would you not celebrate experiences with their players leads to a done to stop cat-calling and other forms your accomplishments?” unique bond.