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VOLUME 93, ISSUE 65

Friday, February 14, 2014

Administration, faculty reach resolution over cuts

Agreement includes severance pay, reappointment of five individuals
By Eric Lagatta Campus Editor

KatHY NewLoVe, founder and education chairperson for Alicias Voice, stands in front of the Alicias Voice headquarters on Main Street in Bowling Green. In March, the organization will leave the headquarters after three years there.

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A L ICIA S VOICE TO L EAVE H EA D Q UA R TE R S ,

ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY
Alicias Voice gives up headquarters, to help educate women who are victims of domestic violence
By Danae King Editor-in-Chief

University officials and the Faculty Association may have clashed in the wake of 40 faculty cuts this past semester, but recently theyve been able to come together to reach some sort of consensus. This week, both parties announced a resolution resolving disputes about the faculty cuts the administration announced in November. The agreement addresses the 30 non-tenure track faculty on one-year contracts who were notified their contracts would not be renewed, as well as the 10 faculty members on terminal contracts. We agreed that we need to move forward together, said Bill Balzer, vice president for Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives. Were happy weve been able to reach this agreement. Part of the agreement provides severance pay to 18 individuals with four or more years at the University. Individual severance pay is between $8,680 and $26,410 at a rate of one month per every two years of service, Balzer said. The amount is based on years with the University and salary. The University will pay a total of approximately

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Victims of domestic violence in Wood County will no longer be able to go to Main Street in Bowling Green and pick up supplies or get a rent check. Instead, theyll have to meet someone from Alicias Voice in town or in Perrysburg for assistance. The non-profit organization, which works to raise awareness about domestic violence and provide resources to victims, has been at 344 S. Main St. for three years. Rather than pay $5,400 for a years rent on the organizations building, the board members decided to use it to help victims of domestic violence, said Kathy Newlove, founder and education chairperson. Its not changing anything, Newlove said. [Women] can still get a hold of us the same way they have been. Once the lease is up, the organization will still exist, but its supplies will be stored in the basement of the Perrysburg Municipal Court, where one of the board members works. The organization was considering giving up its headquarters last year, but when word got out, the community offered support to keep it in Bowling Green for another year, Newlove said. Newlove said the organization had the money to stay open this year,

A lot of the women want to go back [to their abuser] ... Education is the key to making good decisions. Well keep doing this and hopefully something will click.
Linda Schwartz | Co-Chair

Winterfest to take place this weekend

Festival to spotlight ice sculpting, live music, raise money for high school softball team
By Kathryne Rubright Reporter

Ice sculpting demonstrations and live music are a few of the events students can check out at Winterfest this weekend. Some of the most exciting parts are the ice sculptures and the carriage rides, said Wendy Stram, a cochair of the Winterfest planning committee. We have a lot of tried and true events, Stram said. There are also new events, like the Snowflakes on Display art exhibition and the Childrens Penguin Costume Party.

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Artists to display work in downtown windows

Snowflakes on Display showcases local talent during Winterfest
By Marissa Stambol Reporter

POppiN TaGs

During the month of February, local artists will display their work in the shop windows of downtown as a part of the exhibition Snowflakes on Display. This is the first year for the exhibition, which will be a feature of the BG Arts Councils annual Winterfest, said Jamie Sands, event coordinator. Snowflakes on Display is a free event for both artists and guests and gives the public a look into the talents Bowling Green artists have to offer.

There will be an indoor portion of the exhibit at Myles Baker Street during Winterfest, Feb. 14-16, while the storefront displays can be seen throughout the whole month, Sands said. The largest displays will be in the windows of the Library, Serenity Salon and Spa, Main Street Photo, Main Street Antiques and Aardvark Printing, she said. Bowling Green [has] a lot of very talented artists and its always a great thing to be able to highlight their talents and their efforts especially when its ... all throughout downtown, Sands said. Sands said this is a great way to

expose people to art. Whether people are thinking that they are going out to see art or not, they are going to see it, Sands said. I think thats a really great thing when people are exposed to art either purposefully or randomly; we are all the better for it. Senior Chelsea Maurer, assistant coordinator of the event, likes that the theme of the event is snowflakes, which she hopes artists will have fun with. I am excited to see what people do with the theme, Maurer said. Snow can be interpreted in many

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AJIa MaSoN looks at Kristian Calhouns clothes at the Shopaholics Anonymous, a clothing exchange, at Falcon Heights.

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OLYMPIC LoSS

BG Hockey defenseman Ralfs Freibergs lost his first game in the Olympics with the Latvian national team. He will be back in action Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. Read more on PAGE 5.

SUPPORTING WAR

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOW THE U.S. iS dOing in thE OLyMpicS? As Americans we are expected to do well, so I am kind of disappointed that we are not really living up to that standard. Derek Dalton Senior, Ethnic Studies and History

Columnist Ian Zulick talks about why he doesnt support the military and how people look at the military and what American has chosen to do in the past few years. | PAGE 4