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PETE SCHWADELSophomore, Sports Management

What is your guilty pleasure when grocery shopping?

“Ice cream, because if I buy any, I buy like 5 gallons of it.” | Page 4

Looking at ‘Shock Doctrine’Columnist Patrick Saunders breaks down components of the ‘Shock Doctrine’ seen in the University budget and costs transferred to students | Page 4

Falcons down RocketsAfter winning against Toledo, Falcon football anxiously awaits the possibility that they could be playing into the post-season | Page 5

Panthers declawed by FalconsIn front of his childhood hero, Dee Brown put up 20 points against Isiah Thomas-coached Florida International, helping the basketball Falcons to a 67-62 win over the Golden Panthers | Page 5

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By Andy OurielSenior Reporter

In the end, one student made the grade — just not a current one.

Michael Aspacher won the city’s 3rd Ward seat after defeating his former mid-dle school teacher Roger Mazzarella 851-806, according to official results released Nov. 24. Aspacher led by only 36 votes on election night.

“My candidacy is strictly another opportunity to con-tribute to the community in a positive way and be a partici-pant in solutions instead of just complaining about problems,” Aspacher said.

Aspacher had previously served on several city boards, including eight years on the Bowling Green Board of Education, with three of those years acting as president.

Even though the 1st and 3rd wards were close, a recount will not be necessary, said Terry Burton, director of the Wood

County Board of Elections.According to Burton, a

recount would only occur if the final results were within 10 votes or less, which did not occur in any race.

Burton said the board takes three weeks during nonfederal elections to count absentee and provisional votes. In fed-eral elections, the board takes four weeks.

Aspacher wins City Council seat

By Michelle OlmsteadReporter

With the pressure of complet-ing a daunting list of gradua-tion requirements, sometimes it is a relief for students to take a non-traditional college course, just for the fun of it.

Ice skating, bowling, fitness walking, PEG, or general physi-cal education courses are top choices for some students seek-ing elective credit.

Senior Greg Trusz has taken a handful of these one-credit-hour courses at the University.

A finance major, Trusz has taken Ultimate Frisbee, curling and bowling, all of which do not fulfill any specific require-ments for his degree, but he has enjoyed them nonetheless.

“I was really looking for kind

of a release — a fun credit hour just to go and not have to worry about it too much,” Trusz said. “Each class was set up a little bit differently. With bowl-ing, we pretty much just went and played. With curling and Ultimate Frisbee, we spent a little more time actually learn-ing the game and strategies and that stuff,” he said.

“There were a couple of quiz-zes, but nothing too difficult,” he added.

Though Trusz recommends all three of these courses, Trusz said curling was his favorite.

“It’s something totally unique and it’s something I’ve never done before,” he said.

Unusual courses may spice up semester

By Quentin KilpatrickReporter

The University might begin pursuing new, potentially risky ways to generate revenue from its research.

Since June, Ohio’s public uni-versities now have the oppor-tunity to invest in private start-up companies, with the goal that they will market university research developments.

The provision, which began as a part of Ohio House Bill 140 and became a state law July 17, allows public institutions to take equity stakes in newly-

formed companies instead of cash payments for technol-ogy licenses, which had been standard practice for publicly-financed research develop-ments.

The bill was largely the brainchild of Mark Coticchia, the vice-president for technol-ogy transfer at Case Western Reserve University.

Coticchia consulted with the Ohio Board of Regents, which was looking into ways higher education can help foster eco-

By Matt LiasseReporter

The demolition plans for Rodgers Quadrangle and the housing for the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Tau fraternities were dis-cussed at the Undergraduate Student Government meeting last night.

USG approved a resolution to show unwillingness to accept the administration making the decisions to demolish the resi-

dence halls without the consent of the group.

Rodgers Senator Brandon Double presented the resolution that stated USG “believes the building of new residence halls to be important” but they do not agree that the “plan was consid-ered by the administration to be too complex and ‘frustrating’ for students to play a role in discus-

USG addresses housing plan, approves resolution

New state investment strategy relies on markets

Students look to fill course requirements with classes surrounding unorthodox topics

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MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCKMichael Aspacher3rd Ward Councilman

Roger MazzarellaFormer teacher and 3rd Ward opponent

Part one in a four-part series on how to save money

Wal-MartAll Great Value Gallon Milk: $1.68Lakeshore Farms Market Grade A Eggs (dozen): $.83Kraft Natural Cheese : (on sale) $1.98 Ballreich Potato Chips: $1.75Perdue Boneless Chicken Breast: $1.75 per poundRussett Potatoes (singles): $.92 per potatoGreat Value Bread: $.92Apples: $.99 per pound

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AldiFriendly Farms Gallon Milk: $1.99Goldhen Grade A Eggs (dozen): $1.07Happy Farms Cheese (8 oz.): $1.69Clandy’s Potato Chips: $1.29Tyson Boneless Chicken Breasts: $2.79 per poundL’oven Bread: $.79Apples: $2.49 for 3 pound bagRussett pota-toes: $2.49 for 10 pound bag

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Meijer brand Gallon Milk: $1.89Meijer brand grade A Eggs (dozen): $.95Meijer brand cheese: $2.13Meijer brand potato chips: $2Meijer brand boneless chick-en breast: $2.99 per poundMeijer brand whole wheat bread: $1.19Red delicious apples: $.99 per poundIndividual Russet potatoes: $.99 poundRusset Bag: $2.99 for 15 pound bag

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KrogerKroger brand Gallon Milk: $1.78Kroger brand grade A Eggs (dozen): $.94Kroger brand chips $1Kroger brand cheese: $2.99Kroger brand boneless chicken breasts: $3.33 per poundKroger brand bread: $.78Red delicious apples: $.88 per poundPotatos: $2.99 for 10 pound bag

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BLOTTERMONDAY, NOV. 23

12:01 A.M.George Michael, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was cited for physical control and refusal in Lot N.

5:01 P.M.Complainant reported juveniles were playing “chicken” in the road-way within the 1000th block of Fairview Ave.

5:11 P.M.Complainant reported she was miss-ing Oxycontin tablets within the 400th block of Grove St.

6:52 P.M.Complainant reported loud music within the 300th block of E. Merry Ave.

9:24 P.M.Complainant reported loud music within the 1400th block of Finch Drive.

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

12:13 A.M. Employees of Uptown/Downtown reported someone was trying to use an expired I.D. to enter the bar.

12:24 A.M.Complainant reported unknown subject(s) entered his vehicle and stole a wallet containing no cash and a checkbook within the 100th block of N. Prospect St.

1:00 A.M.Corey Perez-Vergara, 24, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was cited for disor-derly conduct urinating within the 100th block of S. Main St.

3:02 P.M.Complainant reported her credit card was stolen at Circle K.

11:44 P.M.Jamie Gonzales, 41, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was cited for riding a bike on the sidewalk within the 100th block of W. Wooster St.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25

2:17 A.M.Patrick Pickering, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence within the 100th block of E. Court St.

2:22 A.M.Jonathon Niese, 23, of Defiance, Ohio, was cited for aggravated menacing; Gerald Maralez, 25, of Vermilion, Ohio, and Joseph James II, 25, of Lorain, Ohio, were cited for disorderly conduct fighting and Michael James, 22, of Deshler, Ohio, was cited for aggravated menacing and disorderly conduct within the 100th block of N. Main St.

THURSDAY, NOV. 26

12:25 A.M.Unknown subject attempted to use a fake I.D. at Uptown/Downtown.

12:52 A.M.Complainant reported a fight broke out outside of Taco Bell.

2:13 A.M. Kelli Gottardo, 22, of Wauseon, Ohio, was cited for disorderly con-duct for fighting within the 100th block of E. Wooster St.

10:38 A.M.Complainant reported unknown subject(s) damaged his vehicle with-in the 100th block of N. Prospect St.

1:31 P.M. Complainant reported two male subjects were arguing in the street within the 100th block of Fairview St.

11:34 P.M.Complainant reported an unknown subject(s) had thrown a bottle con-taining Draino near her apartment within the 300th block of Palmer Ave.

FRIDAY, NOV. 27

1:00 A.M.Nolan Decker, of Waterville, Ohio, was cited for underage consump-tion on E. Wooster St.

2:13 A.M.Kelli Gottardo, 22, of Wauseon, Ohio, was cited for disorderly con-duct fighting within the 100th block of E. Wooster St.

9:47 A.M.Tony Byrd Jr., 27, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was arrested for domestic violence within the 200th block of N. Prospect St.

1:59 P.M.Complainant reported he was receiving harassing phone calls.

6:48 P.M.Jacob Damron, 26, of Toledo, Ohio, was arrested for theft at Meijer.

10:38 P.M.Complainant reported an unknown subject(s) had thrown a bottle con-taining Draino near his apartment within the 300th block of Palmer Ave.

SATURDAY, NOV. 28

12:35 A.M.Residents within the 1500th block of Clough St. were warned for disor-derly conduct.

12:50 A.M.Complainant reported a couple fighting within the 100th block of S. Church St.

12:51 A.M.Phillip Panning, 21, of Deshler, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol within the 100th block of E. Court St.

1:15 A.M.Nathan Murphy, 23, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was cited for open container within the 100th block of E. Court St.

1:23 A.M. Resident was warned for disorderly conduct within the 100th block of N. Main St.

1:36 A.M.Austin Hall, 19, and Alex Latham, 20, both of Sylvania, Ohio, were arrested for underage under the influence at Uptown/Downtown.

2:02 A.M.Resident was warned for taunting in Lot 1.

2:21 A.M.Victoria Brooks, 20, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence and Jonathan Hart, 20, of Fremont, Ohio, was arrested for criminal damaging and under-age under the influence at Becketts.

2:47 A.M.Jack Dennis, 21, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was arrested for criminal damaging within the 200th block of N. Main St.

2:44 A.M.William Bibb, 27, Raymund King, 23, and Christina Stefanik, 27, all of Bowling Green, Ohio, were cited for possession of drug parapher-nalia within the 1500th block of E. Napoleon Road.

3:19 A.M.Mitchell Koralewski, of Waterville, Ohio, was cited for disorderly con-duct while intoxicated and under-age under the influence on Manville Avenue.

4:22 P.M.Tony Perales Jr., 22, of Toledo, Ohio, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and expired reg-istration within the 100th block of E.

Wooster St.

11:47 P.M.Joseph Miller, 31, of Findlay, Ohio, and Eric Walter, 20, of Arcadia, Ohio, were cited with possession of marijuana; Ronald Miller, 55, of Mount Blanchard, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and Brian Nelson, 40, of Wayne, Ohio, was cited for drug abuse and possession of marijuana within the 800th block of S. Main St.

SUNDAY, NOV. 29

12:30 A.M. William Kyttle, 23, of North Baltimore, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol on the corners of E. Wooster and Troup Streets.

12:50 A.M.Michelle Meyer, 22, of Oak Harbor, Ohio and Kody Vincent, 18, of Curtice, Ohio, were arrested for underage under the influence and open container of alcohol and Brittany Slauterbeck, 21, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was arrested for open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle in Lot 6.

1:33 A.M.Resident at Uptown/Downtown was warned for open container of alcohol.

1:45 A.M.Jason Barchet, 24, of Findlay, Ohio, was arrested for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct intoxication at Uptown/Downtown.

2:18 A.M.Rachael Weidner, 21, of Fostoria, Ohio, was cited for open container in a motor vehicle on the corners of N. Prospect and E. Court Streets.

2:30 A.M.Hope Standen, 18, of Elyria, Ohio, was arrested for disorderly conduct and underage under the influ-ence within the 100th block of N. Prospect St.

3:41 A.M.Matthew Podmanik, of Vermillion,

Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana, possession of drug para-phernalia and underage possession at the Phi Kappa Tau house.

4:38 A.M.Ryan Dunlap, 23, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was arrested for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct while intoxicated unable to care for self within the 600th block of E. Wooster St.

7:45 A.M.Complainant reported unknown subject(s) punctured a hole in the driver’s side door of his vehicle with-in the 1000th block of Sandpiper Lane.

6:25 P.M.Residents within the 800th block of Sixth St. were warned for loud music.

9:04 P.M.Complainant reported a domestic dispute was in progress within the 400th block of Lehman Ave.

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The average person can live for eleven days without water, assumingan average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.

Burton said 491 provisional votes were counted in the past three weeks.

“Election night, I call [it] the ‘unofficial count’ because it is just that,” Burton said. “Without some due diligence and going through and making sure every-thing is right then you can’t accu-rately say, ‘These are the results for final.’”

The results also reaffirmed that University students did not win their seats.

Junior Jacob Redfern, who had occupied the 1st Ward’s seat left by Gordy Heminger since August, lost the election 194-170, or with 47.14 percent of the total vote. On

election night, he trailed 182-150.Students make up a large por-

tion of the 1st Ward, yet only 56 registered voters, or 2.14 percent of registered citizens, reported to vote at the Union, which is the major polling station for University students.

Redfern said poor student turnout was a major factor in not being elected in a Nov. 4 article in The BG News. In the same article, he said he lost the election because students did not come out to the polls.

Senior Rob Emmelhainz, a for-mer senator for the Undergraduate Student Government, did not make up any ground with absen-tee and provisional votes. He ended up with 269 votes, 36.1 percent of the vote, losing to John Zanfardino.

THE FINAL RESULTS OF 2009 BOWLING GREEN CITY COUNCIL ELECTION FROM 97 PRECINCTS:BOWLING GREEN 1ST WARD (367 VOTES):Mark Hollenbaugh - 194 (52.86 percent)Jacob Redfern - 173

2ND WARD (745 VOTES):John Zanfardino - 476 (63.89 percent)Rob Emmelhainz – 269

3RD WARD (1,657 VOTES):Michael Aspacher - 851 (51.36 percent)Roger Mazzarella - 806 Source: Wood County Board of Elections’ official Web site

Another elective, which will be new to the University spring semester, does not require physical activity, although there is definitely a lot of biting involved.

“Tracking the Vampire: Bloodsuckers in Literature and Film from Camilla to Twilight” is an HNRS 4000 course, which is a special topics seminar available to students in the University Honors Program.

While it does not fulfill gen-eral education requirements, it does count toward the 22 hours of required honors coursework for students in the program.

Instructor Heath Diehl will be teaching this course, and also came up with the topic for the class.

Diehl said he never had

much of an interest in vam-pire literature until this sum-mer after reading the Twilight series.

“While I hate the books, I thought it would really be interesting to sort of trace the evolution of the figure of the vampire in literature and in film.” Diehl said. “We’re going back to 19th century literature. We’re going to read the original ‘Dracula,’ we’re going to read ‘Carmilla,’ and then we’re going to also supplement that with films.”

The book list will also include Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire,” as well as “Twilight,” by Stephenie Meyer.

“A ton of people have shown interest in this class,” Diehl said.

The usual cap for an HNRS 4000 course is typically set at 10, but the enrollment was raised to 20 because of the high

demand, Diehl said.There are currently 16 stu-

dents registered, ranging from freshmen to seniors and from students majoring in pop cul-ture, to health and human ser-vices, film and English.

“I’m really excited about it because I think it’s drawn a range of students,” Diehl said.

Sophomore Samantha Barnes said she stumbled upon the course listing as she was browsing the honors catalogue and immediately knew she had to take it.

“It’s the class I’m most excit-ed about for next semester,” Barnes said. “I love vampires — I have since I was way little.”

As far as the Twilight series is concerned, however, the love is not so free.

“The movies are horrible,” Barnes said. “The books are pretty entertaining even though they’re crappily written.”

nomic growth.“The big focus is figur-

ing out how the Ohio high-er education system can be a drive for economic advancement,” said Rob Evans, communications director for the Ohio Board of Regents.

Evans said Coticchia and others helped to lay the groundwork for the board’s new division of economic advancement.

“This is a good thing because it allows universi-ties to take an equity posi-tion in start-up companies in exchange for intellec-tual property rights,” said John Kane, the University’s licensing officer for the Of f ice of Technolog y Transfer & Services.

While the bill does not allow public institutions to buy into private compa-nies outright by purchas-ing equity, the transfer of the licensing essentially gives the start-up business the capital to purchase and market the license.

“This means that the com-pany doesn’t have to come up with money at first and allows them to get going.” Kane said.

State Representat ive Mark Schneider (D-Mentor), the bill’s co-sponsor in the state legislature, noted that

under previous regulation, public institutions had to go through foundations to accept any type of equity in private companies.

“This bill allows public universities to do what pri-vate institutions have been doing for a long time,” he said.

But like any investment, the opportunity for public universities to take a stake in private start-up compa-nies carries risks, especially in a weak economic climate and budget-crunching at universities throughout the state.

“The downside is that the University is creating an instrument of debt. The companies would owe us, so there’s a risk,” Kane said.

Currently, the Off ice of Technology Transfer & Services looks for commer-cial entities interested in University-developed tech-nology.

Kane said the University and the interested com-pany first have to come to an agreement on the value of the technology, and then agree on the payment

method, which may take the form of royalty sales or upfront licensing fees.

Were public universities to utilize the new provision and take equity stakes in newly formed enterprises, additional layers of negotia-tion are required, namely the value of the up-start and untested company.

“So the big problem is that both the company and the university have to come to an understanding of what the actual value of the com-pany is, in addition to the value of the intellectual property,” Kane said. “We don’t want to take stake in a company that won’t be valuable.”

Schneider acknowledged that “Any kind of invest-ment is speculative. Overall, investing in new technolo-gies is a positive thing, not only for the economy and jobs, but for education as well.”

Schneider doesn’t know if any public universities have delved into private compa-nies as of yet, but expected to see universities begin to take advantage of the mea-sure in the next few years.

“It’s not like ‘Aha, here we’ve got it’. Instead, this is just a tool to help make the pathway to the market a lit-tle faster,” Evans said. “The University System of Ohio has economic advancement as its top priority, and we’re looking at all kind of tools.”

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sions of immediate change.”Double said the plans to

demolish the residence halls had left several students with only four weeks to relocate, although the fraternities had been located in these buildings since the ‘60s.

“[USG] is highly disapprov-ing of the administrative deci-sion to keep students out of the desicion-making,” the resolu-tion stated.

“We’re here for the students,” Double said, after working closely with President Sundeep Mutgi this week to draw up the resolution. Double also said he will be working closely with the University administration in the future, and was told he and the other fraternity members will be living in the Harshman Quadrangle next semester.

Vice President of Student Affairs Joe Oravecz, Director of Residence Life Michael Griffel and Associate Vice President of Capital Planning Steve Krakoff addressed the mem-bers of USG with details on the Housing and Dinning Master Plan. Their presentation high-lighted what the three have been working on and what will

be happening by their goal for fall semester 2011.

The presentation addressed plans to demolish the Rodgers Quadrangle, the two fraterni-ty houses and the commuter parking lot located behind the Offenhauer Towers, which began almost 12 months ago. They said the plans are to help enrollment since the University has experienced a two-year dip. Another goal is to put the residence halls more in the center of campus.

The three administrators also described their plans to

“create a living and learning environment unique for BGSU” and more appealing housing on campus.

Construction is set to begin in late spring on creating new community, semi-suite and suite-styled residence halls.

They also plan to create a new Greek Village with less beds and bigger community spaces. New places to replace the park-ing lot by Offenhauer are still being considered, while new and renovated food services are being planned as well.

The men also said they are planning to add security cam-eras near these residence halls.

“Change is good,” Oravecz said. “Dirt on campus is a good thing.”

Many of the USG members addressed the administra-tors with questions on what the construction will hold for students.

At-Large Senator Clayton Stewart pointed out that the company the University is working with will then own all of the buildings being built, while the University will own the land. When he asked if this means the institution’s room and board rates will increase, Oravecz said it would, but the rates would increase whether or not the construction was completed.

Arts & Sciences Senator Danielle McConnell asked if the employees who are cur-rently working in the din-ing halls will be laid off, and Oravecz assured the audi-ence that would not happen. He said nothing will be com-pletely shut down until it is replaced.

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FORUM “It’s something totally unique and it’s something I’ve never done before.” — Greg Trusz, senior on taking curling as an elective course [see story, p. 1].

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET What is your guilty pleasure when grocery shopping?

MONALI PATIL, Senior, Diatetics

“Chocolate chip cookies.”

ZACHARY BERGER, Junior, Business

“Bacon.”

KENZIE KASSOFF, Sophomore, Undecided

“Pickles.”

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I hate how all the clocks in Olscamp are a few minutes slow. I’m so tired of professors saying “Well, I have a few minutes left,” when in fact they have used up every single one of their minutes plus a few extras. I pay good money for 50 minute (or 75 minute on Tuesdays and Thursdays) classes. Please cut the freebies.-PUNK TUAL

I’m tired of squirrels spitting nuts at me as I walk across campus. I suspect a conspiracy from our furry “friends.”-THE ‘NUTTY’ PROFESSOR

People need to know when to turn their phone off. As such, I will use this space to illustrate. When you are attending a formal function and someone takes the time to speak for your benefit, you should listen. Not sit there obliviously texting away on your phone. Not only does it make you appear not to care, but it is very distract-ing for those around you. If it’s an emergency, (although I know of no use for texting in an emergency) fine, excuse yourself and go text somewhere less inconsiderate. Thank you.-WILLIE EVERLEARN

Yesterday, I overheard two girls talking about how it would not be a bad thing to get swine flu because it would “help them lose weight” and about how a girl they know had swine flu and she looks great now that she lost five pounds. Are you kidding me?-SHOCKED

Dear BGSU Pedestrians,Why do you walk out directly in front of cars as if they are not

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During poor economy, sketchy economic programs pass under the ‘Shock Doctrine’

Naomi Klein, author of “No Logo” and “Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,” can be lik-ened to the canaries miners kept in cages down in the deep shaft mines.

These canaries would sound alarms when the air would start to be thick with gases before it was fatal, allowing the miners to evacuate. In Klein’s latest book, “Shock Doctrine,” she discusses the idea of disaster capitalism and how it has been implemented in many countries on the heels of war, a coup or a natural disaster.

The idea of “Shock Doctrine” was first articulated by Milton Friedman, noted economist and one of the founders of the “Chicago School of Economics.” Friedman said that a crisis can be invoked in order to impose unpopular economic programs. Friedman was an advocate that everything should be a compo-nent of the market place — all services and products dictated by market forces.

This includes things normally considered to be in the public domain, like education, trans-portation and safety. He was for the elimination of public schools and the turning over of their portfolios to private schools. He also said there should be no reg-ulation of trade — a world where goods and services flowed back and forth over borders without any inhibiting factors.

It sounds good in theory, but in practice, it tends to create more poverty for those on the bottom, pushing all the wealth it creates to the top 1 percent. We have seen the implications for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on our manufacturing sector in this country, as more

and more jobs are shipped to low wage destinations offshore.

Now the idea of “Shock Doctrine” has come home to public higher education because of the plunging economy and the lessening of tax revenues by the state.

In the last year or so, the impact of decreased revenues on higher education from the state is being noticed by the public. This is hap-pening even though tuition and fees have been spiking for the last 19 years in Ohio. Now, we are fac-ing more cuts in the or the State Share of Instruction (SSI) revenue stream from the state to the uni-versities.

When I was a freshman in the fall of 1973 at the University, my tuition for up to 20 hours was $225.00. The state at that time was paying over 70 percent of the cost. Now, tuition will increase another 3.5 percent in the spring; at this rate, we will be soon at a tuition level of $10,000.

We have also seen increases in fees, some for capital projects like the Stroh and others for services like the shuttle fee. The transfer of educational costs from the public to the private person is a com-ponent of the Shock Doctrine. Because of the ‘budget,’ these transfers are explained as neces-

sary to the idea of higher educa-tion.

Now we are seeing other com-ponents of “Shock Doctrine” with the announcement last summer of mandatory furlough days for those who make $50,000 or more and the planned vol-untary “University Employee Separation Program” (UESP) for faculty and staff in fiscal year of 2010-2011. This plan is different from many “buyouts” offered to public employees in that it does not offer any “retirement credit” but only money that will be paid out over an undetermined peri-od of time.

The difference with this plan is that it is also available to those with as little as 15 years. Faculty who retire and take the buyout can only teach part-time for the year after the separation. They can teach part-time again, only after that when a ten year period has passed.

This could make room for the non-tenure track (NTT) profes-sors, or those which aren’t work-ing toward tenure, to become tenured. But using the concepts of “Shock Doctrine”, this is an opportunity to decrease the num-ber of tenured and tenure track faculty and increase the number

of NTT and adjunct faculty, which will lower costs of instruction.

It could also have a chilling impact on academic freedom.

In other words, faculty could become more cautious in what they say or write. We could see the evaluation of certain academ-ic programs strictly on the basis of full time equivalent; for some programs and departments, this would be a disaster. This is all part of the drive to make public higher education into a corporate model.

We are already part of the way there, with a board of Trustees and corporate-influenced struc-ture of administration that has been empowered by the state to do what it takes to cut costs and further commodify educational values at a price the market will bear.

The ideal corporate model of higher education is a system that caters to the demands of the mar-ket place and places no financial burden on them.

Take a look around; the canar-ies in the higher education mine shaft are sounding the alarm and we are running out of time.

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Today inSports History1971—Hall of Famer Ernie Banks retires from playing and becomes a coach. 1891—James Naismith creates basketball.

The ListIt was a busy weekend for Falcon athletics while students were away on break. Here are the top five performers from the weekend:1. Samuels-Thomas: Jordan Samuels-Thomas, BG hockey’s freshman standout, scored the game-winning goal for BG in a shootout against Notre Dame.2. Prochaska: Junior guard Lauren Prochaska has battled illness all season but looked like her old self with 20 points during a win against UNC Greensboro.3. Geter: Junior Willie Geter had 16 carries for 116 yards and three touchdowns during a win against Toledo. He also had his season-long rush of 61 yards.4. Brown: Sophomore Dee Brown scored 31 points in the two games this week-end, including 20 against Florida International last night.5. Williams: Senior cornerback Roger Williams had two interceptions against Toledo. He also found success on special teams, gaining 64 yards on kick returns, one of which almost went for a touchdown.

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Bowl bound?EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR: Freddie Barnes (top right) celebrates with teammates during BG’s 38-24 win against Toledo on Friday. That win gives BG a better chance of going to a bowl game.

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BG football awaits bowl announcementBy Andrew Harner

Sports Editor

After winning what coach Dave Clawson called the team’s

“Super Bowl” on Friday, the Falcon football team will now anxiously wait in hopes of earn-ing a bowl bid.

A 38-24 win against Toledo gave BG its seventh win of the season, making them an attractive at-large option for the few bowl games that need a team. Bowl pairings will be announced Sunday.

Each of the 34 bowl games have specific conference tie-ins, but if a conference can’t fill all its

spots with bowl eligible teams (almost always a team that is 6-6 or better), committees from any unfilled bowl games can select a team from any conference as an at-large replacement.

Since the Mid-American Conference only has three tie-in games, the Falcons’ best chance for a bowl bid is likely as an at-large team because Central Michigan (10-2), Ohio (9-3) and Temple (9-3) probably will fill the automatic slots. However, there is nothing that says that those bowl committees have to take the best teams from the conference.

This season, the MAC also gets an automatic bid to the

EagleBank Bowl in Washington D.C. because the Atlantic Coast Conference does not have enough bowl eligible teams. The game is contracted to select a MAC team if the ACC can’t supply a team or if Army (5-6)

— which also earns an automat-ic bid to the game — doesn’t become bowl eligible.

Army (5-6) plays Navy (8-3) on Dec. 12 to finish their sea-son.

However, Northern Illinois (7-5) is also a bowl eligible team from the MAC and could trump

Falcons could be playing for MAC Championship

Friday afternoon as the Falcons were set to take on Toledo, Ohio University was putting the finishing touch-es on a surprising, yet very convincing victory against Temple. That win clinched the Mid-American Conference

East title and a spot in the MAC championship game for the Bobcats — throwing a wrench into the bowl selec-tion process.

The last thing I want to do is sit here and say, “what if,” but that tends to happen when you’re a college student who is trying to put off homework.

Nearly two months ago, BG senior receiver Freddie Barnes caught seven passes

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ANDREA FEHL | THE BG NEWSFOR THE WIN: Jordan Samuels-Thomas scored the game-winning goal in a shootout in the second game against Notre Dame this weekend.

Notre Dame hockey loses to BG for first time since 2005

By Paul BarneyReporter

While many students were recov-ering from Thanksgiving festivities this weekend, the BG hockey team was in South Bend for a two-game series with conference opponent Notre Dame.

For the second straight week, the Falcon hockey team was looking to upset a ranked Central Collegiate

Hockey Association opponent on the road, after upsetting Michigan in Ann Arbor last weekend.

The Falcons did split the series against No. 14 Notre Dame, but it could have easily been a sweep for either side after the Fighting Irish won the first game with 2.4 seconds left in overtime and the Falcons

BG men’s basketball team defeats Thomas, FIUBy Sean Shapiro

Assistant Sports Editor

With his childhood hero on the opposing bench, BG sophomore Dee Brown scored a career-high 20 points, as BG held on to win against Florida International 67-62.

A native of Detroit, Brown grew up a Pistons fan and idol-ized Isiah Thomas as a child. Yesterday he got to meet his hero, who was there as head coach of FIU.

“It was a good motivator for me. As a basketball player you always look up to those types of players who did great things throughout the game of basketball, so I was excited,” Brown said. “He was one of my favorites because he was a little guy, and I’m not the biggest guy in the world. So I just tried to play aggressive like he did.”

Brown’s aggressive style helped his team avoid a second-half collapse after BG entered the break with a 13-point lead.

In the first half, BG used their size advantage to keep a much smaller FIU team away from the rebounds as Otis Polk, Marc Larson and Erik Marschall com-

bined for 11 first half rebounds, six of which were on the offen-sive end.

But in the second half, FIU moved into a zone defense and started to press more, giving BG trouble creating the shots they were able to find in the first half.

“I think we got a little gritty,” Thomas said. “I thought for the most part we were able to scram-ble up the game and put a little

pressure on them at the start of the second half.”

Adding on to their problems, BG struggled to sink free throws near the end, allowing FIU to stay competitive all the way until the final buzzer.

Despite FIU’s second half adjustments, BG was able to hold on by playing strong defense down the stretch, picking up two big defensive stops when they lead 65-60 and 66-62.

“At the end of the day, if the ball is not following from us, if you play defense and you rebound as long as they don’t score and if you don’t score at the end of the day, those stops make the differ-ence,” said BG coach Louis Orr.

In addition to the strong defense, Brown was still the cat-alyst as he had 11 of his 20 points in the second half, including BG’s final two field goals before FIU started intentionally fouling.

Legend in the HouseWhile it was the first meet-

ing between Orr and Thomas as coaches, the two already had a long history of playing against

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HIGH SCORER: Dee Brown led the Falcons with 20 points against FIU.

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A scoring error during Saturday’s 90-83 overtime loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee cost the Falcons a win. See Athletic Director Greg Christopher’s statement online at www.bgnewssports.com.

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Notes: Special teams play strong against ToledoBy Sean Shapiro

Assistant Sports Editor

Three special teams miscues for Toledo led to three first quarter touchdowns, as BG defeated the Rockets 38-24.

Eugene Fells blocked Bill Claus’ first punt attempt at the Toledo 26-yard line, leading to 1-yard touchdown run by Willie Geter.

Toledo’s next series ended the same way, Jahmal Brown broke through for another punt block that was recovered by Jerett Sanderson at the 13-yard line.

“That’s just two young men not making the play. The first one was our long snapper; he just didn’t make the block,” said

Toledo coach Todd Beckman. “On the second one, one of our back three guys didn’t make his blocks. When your name is called, you have make those blocks and step forward and do it.”

The second punt block result-ed in a 4-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Barnes, giving BG a 14-0 lead.

Claus’ third punt attempt finally got through, but on BG’s

first punt of the game, UT’s Eric Page muffed the return and BG recovered at the 1-yard line.

Rivalry RenewedFor the third straight year, BG

made sure the Peace Pipe trophy stayed in Bowling Green.

“It’s really special and I’m real-ly proud of our team and our seniors,” said senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan. “And to be able to come out on top in our last home game against Toledo is something we’ll remember the rest of our lives.”

But while BG seniors felt the added important of winning the rivalry game, Beckman felt the game was just like any other, even though he is a former assis-

tant coach at BG.“It’s no different then coaching

against Ohio State or coaching at the Glass Bowl. I’m a Toledo Rocket,” Beckman said. “I had great times here at Bowling Green. I learned a lot, but I’m a Toledo Rocket true and true.”

RunningFor the first time this season,

a BG running back ran for more than 100 yards, as Geter ran for 116 yards on 16 carries.

In addition to his three 1-yard touchdown runs, Geter also helped seal the game with a long 61-yard rush after a Toledo fum-

ENOCH WU | THE BG NEWSBIG TIME: Cody Basler (45) celebrates with Eugene Fells (42) after one of the special teams plays during BG’s 38-24 win against Toledo.

BG for that bowl bid if the top three teams do go to the three MAC-contracted bowls. But even if the Huskies do earn the bid, Clawson still thinks his team has a good chance of being named an at-large team.

“I think it’s very likely. There’s going to be a couple bowls that need at-large teams,” Clawson said. “There’s not a lot of 7-5 at-large teams, and I think we’ve set ourselves up at one of the top 7-5 at-large teams.”

Clawson emphasized the team’s 7-5 record because any bowl that needs an at-large team has to a select a team that is 7-5 or better before it can select a 6-6 team, even if that 6-6 team would draw more fans to the game.

Therefore, the Falcons are ahead of teams such as Notre Dame when it comes to the peck-ing order of at-large bids.

Even that standard might not

be enough for BG though, because two bowl games that will need at-large teams are the GMAC and Little Caesars Pizza Bowls, but since those bowls have tie-ins to the MAC, the Falcons can not play in those games because bowl rules prohibit teams from the same conference from meeting in a bowl game.

But there are still a couple other options for the team.

Coming into the weekend, Oklahoma State looked as if it would be an at-large team for one of the BCS bowls, possibly pre-venting Boise State from earning a bid of their own.

But since OSU lost to Oklahoma this weekend, that isn’t as likely to happen, meaning Boise State is expected to take that spot, which will open up one of the Western Athletic Conference’s automatic bowl bids.

The same will happen to the Mountain West Conference if TCU earns a BCS bid, which is also very likely. The two games that should be opened to at-large

teams if that happens are the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego and the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl in Boise.

“Last year, there wasn’t a 7-5 team in the nation that didn’t get a bowl game,” said senior quar-terback Tyler Sheehan. “We’ve done everything down the stretch for us to potentially get a bowl game. We’ve done what we can control, and now it’s on whatever bowl that wants to take us. I’d be shocked if we didn’t go to a bowl at this point.”

Included in that stretch were three fourth-quarter comebacks, helped largely in part to one of the nation’s top receivers, Freddie Barnes.

With their high-powered offense and Barnes five catches away from setting the NCAA record for receptions in a season, the Falcons should be a strong option for any bowl committee.

“We play an exciting brand of football,” Clawson said. “Every game this year except one has been very competitive.”

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HELPING HAND: Freddie Barnes’ explosive play should help the Falcons earn a bowl bid.

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for 84 yards against Ohio. Those numbers are phenomenal, and yet, Barnes has spoiled us this season to the point that we all were shocked when he didn’t make his eighth catch of the game in the final minutes to send the game to overtime.

I’m not trying to knock Barnes, as not many receivers would’ve come up with that ball, but looking back, “who knows what could have happened,” is what we keep telling ourselves.

At the time, everything that could go wrong for the Falcons was going wrong. They were plagued with injuries and had

just lost their fourth consecu-tive game.

They had just wrapped up one of the toughest five game stretches in school history, bat-tling five schools who would each finish the season bowl eli-gible. Coach Dave Clawson kept saying how the Falcons played like a better team than its record indicated and you could tell he believed it.

Since that loss, BG has gone 6-1 and appear to be a lock for an at-large bowl bid. In each of those six wins, the Falcons have scored at least 30 points, due largely in-part to the per-formances of Barnes and senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan.

Friday night, Ohio will take on Central Michigan in the MAC

Championship game. Because of the MAC’s tie breaker rules, a Falcon win against Ohio would have put Bowling Green in that game instead.

As I said, I certainly do not mean any disrespect to Barnes because we all know the Biletnikoff Award finalist has saved the day on multiple occa-sions.

What I’m trying to say is, before you make a crack about this 7-5 team, think about how hard they worked and how close they came to reaching their goal and playing for the MAC championship.

It’s been an up and down sea-son, and because the Falcons refused to give up, it’s probably not over yet.

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JahmalBrownSenior blocked a punt in his final regular season game

each other in the NBA.“I remember Hubie Brown

talking about him … and he was talking about how Louis is one of the toughest competitors in our game,” Thomas said. “He said he was one of the toughest players he’s ever coached and one of the smartest players he’s ever coached.”

While Thomas had high praise for Orr, the BG coach returned the favor, remembering an elimina-tion game in the playoffs at Joe Louis Arena between the Pistons

and the Knicks.“We played them in the fifth

game of the playoffs,” Orr said. “It was a great game overtime. It was 100 degrees in that place. I think Bernard King hit 40-some-thing and Isiah scored 25 straight points. It’s one the classics; not because of me, because of him.

“That was a great game win or go home, and we won at their place but Isiah took the game over.”

Just like he drew fans as a star in the NBA, Thomas had many fol-lowers at Monday’s game as the crowd of 1,915 gave him a stand-ing ovation during pre-game introductions.

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CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWSFORMER FOES: Coaches Louis Orr and Isiah Thomas (above) met in the NBA.

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Notes: Prochaska finds health at right timeBy Andrew Harner

Sports Editor

Lauren Prochaska’s health is finally close to 100 percent.

Having battled illness through the early part of the season, the junior guard looked like her old self during an 80-51 win against UNC Greensboro (1-4) Friday night, scoring a game-high 20 points in 25 minutes.

“I’m feeling a lot better now. I’m pretty much back to normal,” Prochaska said. “It feels good to finally have my energy back and being able to play some more minutes.”

The reigning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year was 7-of-11 on field goals, including four 3-pointers, while adding a team-high five rebounds.

Coach Curt Miller said seeing Prochaska’s aggression at the beginning of the game let him know she was feeling better.

“What I really liked was the aggressiveness Lauren had out

of the gate and [she was] really hunting shots and looking for offense,” Miller said. “I feel real comfortable when we can get Lauren going early that it’s going

to be a good night for her.”Her performance was part of a

strong Falcon offensive effort that included a 53.8 field goal percent-age (28-of-52) and a 47.8 percent

mark (11-of-23) on 3-pointers.Both are improvements for the

Falcons (3-2), who were shooting 41.7 percent from the field and 39.4 percent from the 3-point line coming into the game.

But more importantly, the defense stepped up to limit the Spartans to 19-of-60 (31.7 per-cent) on field goals. Falcon oppo-nents had been shooting 43.4 per-cent from the field in the first four games this season.

“That was our biggest key com-ing into the game,” Prochaska said. “Our field-goal percentage defense has been something we have been talking about because we have been letting teams shoot in the 50 percent [range]. That’s something that we really focused on tonight.”

Breske hurtSenior Tara Breske suffered a

“significant” ACL injury last week

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Clapper sisters battle in BG before family and friendsBy Sean Shapiro

Assistant Sports Editor

With 11:01 remaining in BG’s 80-51 victory over UNC Greensboro, BG senior Sarah Clapper lined up a 3-pointer from the right side and drained the bucket for her only points of the night.

The basket gave BG a 60-39 lead and allowed more than 30 of her family and friends, most wearing orange and blue tie-dye shirts, to give a minor standing ovation.

On the ensuing time-out, the Clapper family had even more to cheer about, as Sarah’s younger sister Amy, a redshirt-freshman center for UNC Greensboro entered the contest.

“This a dream come true, to have them both playing Division I basketball on the same court,” said their mother, Cheryl Clapper.

Sarah and Amy were on the court together for exactly two minutes, but for those two min-utes it was the first time the sisters

had played in a game together since they were in high school.

“It was fun,” Sarah said. “I haven’t played with her in almost four years now. And it’s good to see her, especially just being healthy.”

The sibling rivalry almost took place last season when BG won 71-53 at UNC Greensboro, but due to injuries, both Clappers missed the game.

Prior to the BG-UNCG matchup last season, Chris Clapper, Sarah and Amy’s father, created orange and blue tie-dye shirts with both teams’ logos on the front and Sarah’s No. 34 and Amy’s No. 44 on the back.

“Those are my dad’s workings

down in his basement office,” Sarah said. “That’s exciting, and I’m impressed that they could come up with it.”

According to Chris, about 10 family members made the trip

to UNC Greensboro last season, with most of the family wearing the custom-made shirts.

Friday, the shirts were back in full force, as the Clapper fam-ily stood out in the middle of the

CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWSLOVE: Sisters Sarah (34) and Amy (44) Clapper play against each other on Friday during an 80-51 Falcon win against UNC Greensboro.

stands with their signature shirts.But while their numbers were

close on the back of the shirts, Sarah and Amy avoided each being to close to each other on the court.

“It’s nice that she’s not the same position as I am, so we’re not one-on-one with each other all the time,” Amy said. “But we try not to look at each other when we’re on the floor because every once in a while you crack a smile in there.”

While Amy’s reunion with her sister came on the court, she got to spend time with the

rest of her family a day earlier, as the Clapper family hosted the UNC Greensboro team for Thanksgiving.

And if there was anything for Sarah to be thankful for, it was getting the opportunity to play against her sister in her final col-legiate season.

“I think it just gets our team excited. It’s almost something more to play for than the wins or the loss,” Sarah said. “It’s some-thing a little more, I wanted to get some bragging rights, especially now that I’m done.”

ble deep in BG territory.“The last couple times, we’ve

run the ball when we had to,” said BG coach Dave Clawson.

“We did against Akron, and you get in a situation with a lead and you need a hard hat approach and we did that.”

It was the second straight week a BG running back helped clinch the victory. Against Akron, Chris Bullock had a 71-yard run late in the 36-20 victory.

Good EndingRoger Williams ended both

halves with an interception in the win. With four seconds remain-ing in the first half, he ended a Toledo scoring drive with an interception in the end zone.

At the end of the second half, Williams had his second pick with 22 seconds remaining at the BG 2-yard line.

Williams leads BG with four interceptions this season and was named Mid-American Conference East Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts.

Well DonePrior to the 2009 season, 22

new coaches were hired in the Bowl Subdivision of college foot-ball.

Of those 22, 11 were hired in non-BCS conferences and Clawson was the only one of them to finish with a winning record this season.

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BACK: Junior Lauren Prochaska scored 20 points in 25 minutes during a win against UNC Greensboro on Friday night.

Sarah ClapperScored three points against her sister’s team on Friday

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and did not play against UNC Greensboro.

She sustained the injury against during an 81-66 Falcon win against Oakland a week ago.

Miller said there is no time-table for her return, only that she will try to begin rehab this week and listing her as “day-to-day.”

BG’s center had been averag-ing nine points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season.

Just as importantLaura Bugher has never seen

significant playing time with the Falcons, averaging 5.7 minutes and one point per game through three seasons.

But the senior made the most of her four minutes against UNC Greensboro, scoring six points and grabbing four rebounds and that performance may earn her more playing time.

“First of all, she’s a fantastic teammate,” Miller said. “She does everything right, but she’s a role player, and she really takes advantage of her opportunities

when she can.“Tonight, she stepped up and

did a lot of good things. We have to get Laura a serious look ear-lier in the rotation because of tonight’s performance.”

Prochaska said Bugher has been a tremendous teammate and an asset in practice through the years.

“She battles. She does what she did tonight every single day in practice,” Prochaska said. “It was really exciting for us to see her go in there tonight and have a chance to do that in a game because we see it every day in practice.”

What’s nextThe Falcons will play St.

Francis (Penn.) tonight at 7 p.m. in Anderson Arena. BG won last year’s matchup 98-74.

In their last game, the Red Flash were close to upsetting No. 20 Pittsburgh, losing 75-70. Three Red Flash players score in double-figures during that game.

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ROLE PLAYER: Senior Laura Bugher doesn’t always see a lot of playing time, but she makes the most it when she does.

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won the second in a shootout.“I know it’s a shootout win, but

for [our seniors] to come in here and battle like they did, I thought it was exciting,” said first-year coach Dennis Williams.

That win was the first for BG against Notre Dame since 2005, a streak that saw the Fighting Irish win 18 straight games.

The Tryptophan in the Thanksgiving turkey didn’t seem to have any effect on either team Friday in the series opener, as it took the Falcons just 16 seconds to get on the board.

Freshman Nathan Pageau gath-ered a loose puck on a rebound and banked it in for his second goal of the year, but more impor-tantly a 1-0 lead.

The goal would stand for the final 19:44 of the first period, as BG held on to a 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

Goalie Nick Eno was tested early in the second, saving four shots before the Falcons ran into penalty trouble.

After Brian Moore was called for tripping, Kyle Page followed up 40 seconds later with a cross-checking penalty — setting up a Notre Dame 5-on-3 advantage to eventually tie the game 1-1. With

the game tied after three periods of play, BG headed to their second overtime game of the season.

With just 2.4 seconds left in overtime, Notre Dame’s Ian Cole took a shot that Eno initially saved, but the rebound took a funny bounce and managed to find the net — sealing a 2-1 victory.

Eno would give up the winning goal, but it didn’t take away his performance of saving 31 of 33 shots.

Just one day after falling in overtime, the Falcons were look-ing to leave South Bend having salvaged the series — but to do so would they would have to play well into the night for the second straight game.

Trailing the Fighting Irish 2-0 after the first period, BG put up a two-spot of their own in the second with goals from Jordan Samuels-Thomas and Ian Rule

— both being even goals which Williams loves to see.

“We’ve said all along, we don’t want to play special teams games,” Williams said. “We want to be a five on five hockey team.”

Notre Dame tacked on a goal of their own in the second, taking a 3-2 lead into the third.

The Falcons netted two more goals in the final frame behind Tommy Dee and Marc Rodriguez, but another solo goal from the Fighting Irish tied the game at

four. Both teams took a 4-4 tie to

overtime, but the extra period was not enough as the game would be decided in a shootout — in which Samuels-Thomas brought home the victory for the Falcons and two points in the conference standings.

Though the Falcons would have liked to leave South Bend with a clear victory, a shootout win was good for the senior class who had struggled particularly at the Joyce Center.

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