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No Sleep for BG bg Rapper 21 Savage headlined the #NoSleepBG news An independent student press serving concert this weekend. | Page 6 the campus and surrounding community, ESTABLISHED 1920 Bowling Green State University Monday September 18, 2017 Volume 97, Issue 11 Facing climate change denial, fake news PAGE 4 Mens soccer loses winning streak PAGE 8 Impact of heroin and opiates in BG PAGE 11 PHOTO PROVIDED BY KEVIN MENSAH t we get it. [email protected] COLLEGE www.bgsu.edu/sls 419-372-2951 STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES HAPPENS REAL LAWYERS | REAL RESULTS Immigration experts talk DACA, travel ban Paul Garbarino be processed or accepted. DACA issuances and Mollo also pointed out a common miscon- City Editor work permits that expire between Sept. 5, 2017, ception that immigrants who are removed from Anyone who wants to have their voice heard and March 8, 2018, must be submitted for re- the DACA program will simply self-deport, citing on these policies can reach out to Sens. The Wood County Public Library atrium was newal by Oct. 5, 2017. Trump’s former special advisor Steven Bannon. Portman and Brown and Rep. Bob Latta by flooded with Bowling Green residents, students The U.S. current system of immigration “Steve Bannon claimed in an interview on making a simple phone call. and community leaders Sept. 14 to hear the operates under the Immigration and Nationality CBS news that these 800,000 individuals would expertise shared by a panel of professionals re- Act of 1965 and hasn’t undergone serious reform just self deport,” said Mollo. “Some might, but Senator Robert Portman garding US immigration policy. in over 52 years. Mollo attributes DACA’s disso- we have 21 years of data that show that that’s not Toledo: 419-259-3895 Over 100 listeners were informed of the nu- lution to Trump’s desire for reform and views on what happens to most individuals. Cutting off D.C.: 202-224-3353 anced and multifaceted U.S. immigration laws immigration that counter Obama’s. their status really just throws them back into the Senator Sherrod Brown by Eugenio Mollo Jr., the managing attorney of “Under President Obama, he prioritized shadows, leaving them vulnerable to criminal Lorain: 440-242-4100 the Immigrant Rights Practice Group at Advo- individuals who posed a national security or activity and exploitation from employers.” D.C.: 202-224-2315 cates for Basic Legal Equality public safety risk for deporta- Though first proposed in 2001, the DREAM Congressman Robert Latta (ABLE) in Toledo. From the “Cutting off their tion,” Mollo said. “In President act was revised and reintroduced in July of this BG: 419-354-8700 Deferred Action for Childhood Obama’s opinion, that sort of year and is receiving bipartisan support to sup- D.C.: 202-225-6405 Arrivals program to the Devel- status really just designation made us safer as plement the DACA program. The act would pro- opment, Relief and Education a country. Remember there are vide a direct road to U.S. citizenship for people for Alien Minors act, Mollo throws them back about 11 to 12 million undoc- who are either undocumented, have DACA or Our Town movement dedicated to deterring acts gave an extensive presentation into the shadows” umented immigrants in the TPS and who graduate from U.S. high schools of hate in any form. We are indeed a welcoming on what everyone should be US today; we have unlimited and attend college, enter the workforce or enlist community.” aware of regarding current Im- enforcement resources, even in a military program. The House of Represen- Wafaa Aburahma, panel speaker and Uni- — Eugenio Mollo Jr. — versity alumna with a master’s in cross-cultural migration policy. though Trump is trying to in- tatives is currently pushing to get it on the floor Managing Attorney and international education, outlined the posi- There are four general im- crease those resources. Pres- and voted on. Immigrant Rights Practice Group tive impact international students can have on migration categories in which ident Trump has taken a dif- To help ensure protection for students Advocates for Basic Legal Equality the community. She said immigrant students individuals can be classified: ferent approach and said that under the DACA program and a continuation are great for economic growth in the city as they U.S. citizens, lawful perma- everyone who is in the country of Bowling Green city’s devotion to a culture of support Bowling Green’s businesses like hous- nent residents, visa holders and undocumented without status is considered a deportation prior- inclusion, Mayor Richard Edwards presented a ing companies and restaurants. They also make indiviuals. DACA beneficiaries fall under the visa ity.” letter joint composed by himself and city coun- valuable contributions to campus organizations holder category. Trump is adding to President Obama’s de- cil president Michael Aspacher that was sent to and engage in volunteering that benefits the DACA was created by President Obama in portation policy that resulted in the largest num- Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Rep. community. June 2012 and was designed to protect individ- ber of deportations of any president in America’s Bob Latta, asking them to protect the status of Supporting Aburahma’s points, Council- man Bruce Jeffers said, “I am just selfishly in- uals who came to the United States before their history. According to the U.S. Department of undocumented immigrants who are currently terested in immigrants being welcome into my 16th birthday, have earned a high school diplo- Homeland Security, the Obama administration attending the University under the protections community because it’s good for me, my family, ma, have passed a criminal background check deported more than 2.5 million people between of DACA. the economy and my community. You don’t even and have been provided with deferral from re- 2009 and 2015. “As a community, we take pride in the work have to be nice to be welcome in my communi- moval. Attorney general Jeff Sessions ended Trump’s recent executive orders entail a va- of the city’s human relations commission and ty.” Global Detroit director and former Michi- DACA last Tuesday. riety of requests that include hiring 10,000 new its long history of promoting equal opportuni- gan congressman, Steve Tobocman, will be com- DACA and work permits will remain valid Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers, ty and housing,” Edwards said. “Bowling Green ing to the Wood County Public Library on Nov. 2 until their expiration date for current children which would more than double ICE’s current was named in 2014 as one of 5 gold-star cities in at 6 p.m. to continue the discussion on immigra- under the program, but no new applications will force of 8,000 officers. the country by the nationally prominent Not In tion. GO THE place to go for FALCONS! BGSU apparel & gifts ELITE SELECTION ELITE EXPERIENCE Located on Wooster St. across from Doyt Perry Stadium. 1616 E. Wooster St. Suite 17. 419-962-6000 FORUM September 18, 2017 | PAGE 3 PEOPLEON Understanding media: THESTREET Who would you like to perform How to combat fake news next at BG? Before you go, “Oh come on she’s talking multiple sources, but multiple professional about fake news again,” just hear me out. sources and other laypeople who may have “Chvrches, because Transparency of the media is extremely im- input. it’s different than portant to understand. Holly Shively Once reporters type up stories with what usually comes all the knowledge they’ve gained through Most college students would probably say Student Director to BG.” they can spot fake news, especially because research and interviews, an editor and usually we grew up in a time when we were never at least two copy editors read that story. The deprived of the internet. However, a study by copy editors are trained to fact check in addition to general grammar and spelling. By Stanford’s History Education Group found EVE CERVENKA the time a story is sent to print, so many eyes that 80 percent of students couldn’t tell the Sophmore, International Studies difference between fake and real news stories. have read and hands have touched it that it’s Just behind television, the internet places coming a reality dropped on their front door rarely incorrect. And most legitimate publica- second in ways Americans are consuming step by the paper delivery boy each morning. tions hold the same standards to their online news now. With 38 percent of people using the A bigger issue arises when realizing informa- content. internet to find news, it has become one of tion found online doesn’t always follow that Mainstream media takes a hit for not the most popular and mainstream methods, process. covering the things specific Americans find “Lorde, because leaving newspapers and the radio in the dust Take the time to read the following important, but they at least have a process to I’m into her music.