Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 5-13-2019 The BG News May 13, 2019 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation State University, Bowling Green, "The BG News May 13, 2019" (2019). BG News (Student Newspaper). 9105. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/9105 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. bg news An independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community, ESTABLISHED 1920 Bowling Green State University Monday, May 13, 2019 Volume 98, Issue 57 Students can donate unwanted items in Kreischer ReStore room PAGE 2 MOVING OUT? 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Donation boxes eventually The semester has almost reached its and clothing to non perishable food and need to be monitored instead of checked conclusion, prompting a number of students electronics. periodically due to larger intake of donations on and off campus to prepare moving out. Nick Hennessy, sustainability manager for as well. Over the course of an academic year, there are the Office of Sustainability, has noted that Hennessy encourages students to donate, possessions students may not want to keep. donations tend to pick up once students get as it’s a great deal for everyone involved. “It’s Donating them to the When You Move Out into the mode of doing it more frequently. a triple, quadruple win. People who donate program is a viable option instead of throwing Knowledge on what can be donated and how are doing something good. But it’s easy to do,” those items out. easy it is to donate is essential in getting this he says. “And it’s actually helping you (the According to their website, the WYMO process started. Donations also tumble in more students) because you have less stuff that you program is a campus-wide reuse and waste- frequently once finals week approaches, since students will be in the mindset of moving out. have to pack. An example of what some WYMO boxes look like. These reduction initiative run by the Office of are on display by the staircase next to Falcon Outfitters in the Sustainability. It aims to collect unwanted Temporary stations are set up in the WYMO Continued on page 8 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Quiet, Cozy, Convenient! RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL University Village & University Courts The corner of Clough and Mercer, one block from campus MECCA MANAGEMENT, INC. One & TwoOne &Bedroom Two Bedroom Apartments Apartments 1045 N. 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Visit our model STOP IN TO SEE PICTURES | SCHEDULE A SHOWING 419-352-0164 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE FORUM May 13, 2019 | PAGE 3 How the BG News impacted my college career PEOPLEON Meredith Siegel other journalism classes, a boring economics journalism really forced me out of my shell THESTREET Forum Editor class and literally the worst class I have ever and I’m so grateful for that. taken: a 1000 level computer science class Through journalism and working with the What are you most excited for Coming in to college I had no idea what the about using Microsoft software that was BG News, I have learned so many things, met next semester? next four years would bring. I didn’t know somehow way too easy and way too hard. so many people and found a great place to any of my roommates (I picked essentially I then started writing opinion columns for hang out. Joining the BG News was one of randomly), I had no idea what I wanted to the BG News, talking about issues that were the best decisions I ever made in my college study and I knew next to nothing about the important to me. I was still too nervous to go career, along with continuing to live with “Next semester area surrounding Bowling Green. I made to meetings, so I just turned them in through one of my freshman year roommates and I’m most friends with my roommates, but I rarely email and wasn’t actively involved. applying for a job at the Center for Women excited for my contributed meaningfully to conversations or It wasn’t until I had to get an on-campus and Gender Equity. professional plans because I was so nervous. I took a bunch internship the Fall semester of last year that While I have learned a lot from my friends classes and the of different classes to just see what I liked, I really started getting involved, and it finally (who I love more than anything), my jobs at opening of the including VCT and forensic science. I didn’t convinced me that I really did like studying the desk and at the Center and my classes, new buildings make any friends in my classes, I was just too journalism. At this point I was much better at I think I have learned the most from the BG ALBERTO JAMES on campus.” nervous to put myself out there, so to speak. making conversation, but journalism is a field News. It has given me more confidence and Junior | Electrical Computer Engineering Journalism was in the back of my head, but I that really forces you to be to be able to talk to the ability to talk to anyone at anytime. I owe really wasn’t sure. It wasn’t until the very end anyone at anytime. a special thank you to all the friends I made of my freshman year that I decided to commit You have to be able to just walk up to in the newsroom. “I’m excited for to journalism and see where it took me. someone and get their name and opinion. You So, if you’re on the fence about getting the 2019 PLA I had a terrible intro class, with too need to be able to bother someone until they involved with any organization, but especially retreat because many people, a GA teaching and very little get back to you about an interview. It forced the BG News, I definitely recommend putting I know there’s information on what being a journalist was me to learn more about the area we’re in. And, yourself out there. been a lot of actually like. But still, I stuck with it taking it gave me some direction. I think studying planning put PHOTO PROVIDED BY into it, and I BRIONNA SCEBBI CAMERON JOHNSON can’t wait to Junior | VCT attend.” “I get to live off campus with four of my best friends so it’s gonna be a good time. Just hanging out every single day.” ROBERT HOWARD Freshman | Business “I’m excited to be changing my major and seeing my friends again.” Neala Atkinson, Stepha Poulin, Kelly Taylor, Meredith Siegel (me) and Brionna Scebbi at the College Media Conference. SYDNEY CHARLTON Freshman | Biology 101 Kuhlin Center Bowling Green State University STEPHA POULIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXBowling XXXX Green, XXXXX Ohio 43403 PAUL GARBARINO, MANAGING EDITOR NEALA ATKINSON, PRODUCTION MANAGER Phone: (419) 389-2108 BRIONNA SCEBBI, COPY CHIEF EVAN HAYES, PULSE EDITOR XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXEmail: [email protected] XXXX XX ABBY SHIFLEY, CAMPUS EDITOR MEREDITH SIEGEL, FORUM EDITOR Website: bgfalconmedia.com ADAM GRETSINGER, CITY EDITOR KEVIN MENSAH, PHOTO EDITOR XXXXX XXX XXXXXXXAdvertising: XXX 101PAGE Kuhlin XXCenter JACOB CLARY, SPORTS EDITOR VAUGHN COCKAYNE, WEB EDITOR bgnews Phone: (419) 372-2606 FORUM May 13, 2019 | PAGE 4 SUBMIT TO 10 ways to be productive this summer FORUM Mary Ross Columnist LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: With school coming to an end, there are endless possibilities for how to spend summer. While many students Letters should be fewer than 300 words and can be in response to current issues opt to work a job or internship, there are also many other productive ways to spend free time during the on campus or in the Bowling Green area. summer. Here are some ways to be productive this summer.