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VOLUME 93, ISSUE 39

50tH annIVERsaRy of assassInatIon

Friday is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. Check out a photo album of The BG News coverage of the assassination 50 years ago on BGNEWS.com.

Friday, November 22, 2013

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Questions raised about puppy Study shows some with halfmill practices, Toledo pet store siblings turn to drugs, sex
The Family Puppy at Franklin Park Mall defends source, welfare of its animals
By William Channell Reporter By Kendra Clark In Focus Editor

Karen Guzzo

A Toledo-area pet store has been receiving controversy from an animal-rights group who claims the store gets its dogs from substandard puppy mills. The Family Puppy, the seller in question, is a family-owned pet store

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based out of Michigan. It specializes in selling dogs, and it recently opened a store at Franklin Park Mall in Toledo. Pam Sordyl, who started Puppy Mill Awareness of Southeast Michigan, started a campaign against The Family Puppy after a location opened in her hometown of Flint, Mich.

We didnt want a new puppy store when were trying to shut them down, Sordyl said. John Stottele, owner of The Family Puppy, said his breeders are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act.

See PUPPY | Page 2

Senior Jeffrey Beverick doesnt know what his life would have been like without his half-sister. She is important to me, we are each others best [friend], he said. We benefitted from having each other. Beverick shares a mother with his sister and can relate to a new study by Karen Guzzo, assis-

Assistant Professor in Sociology

tant professor in sociology for the University, and Cassandra Dorius, assistant professor at Iowa State University.

See SIBLING | Page 2

11th University President Mary Ellen Mazey reflects, approaches halfway point
By Danae King Editor-in-Chief

Since coming to the University two and a half years ago, University President Mary Ellen Mazey has tried to unify the campus, build the University and listen to students, faculty and staff. I just think its so important to reach out and make sure you listen, Mazey said. I think what young people need today is that personal attention. Mazey, the 11th University president, is approaching the halfway point in her contract with the

University, but she believes the accomplishments made during her tenure are not hers alone. Its not my accomplishments, its not one person, she said. Its not what I can do, its what I can get everyone else to do with us. Among the Universitys accomplishments in Mazeys almost two and a half years as president are the faculty contract negotiations, construction of the Falcon Health Center, re-accreditation,

See MAZEY | Page 7

CAMPUS
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BSU fashion show to depict black culture through clothing

Local writer types way to goal for National Novel Writing Month
By Jodi Abazoski Reporter

Students will be showing off their style this Saturday at the Black Student Unions annual fashion show. Kevin Lewis, president of BSU, said the organization tries to balance being both a political and social organization. The fashion show, he said, is a good example of the social aspect. The fashion show kind of gives an outlet for students to dress up how they want to dress up, Lewis said. Lewis said the fashion show is going to be divided into four different scenes, with each showcasing a different subculture in the black community. Its not that youre just looking at clothing, Lewis said. Youre really exploring how many different faces that you can have throughout the day. The fashion show will be hosted in room 101 of the Union at 8 p.m. Saturday.

JEnn boyD works on her novel with the support of University students who share similar goals.

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Bowling Green resident, Jenn Boyd has written nearly 68,000 words this month. Boyd is participating in a movement for writers through NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Writers are encouraged to start their novels, with a goal of completing 50,000 words in November. Boyd finished 15,000 words on her first day. The group has been around since 1999, and famous novels like Water for Elephants started at one of NaNoWriMos write-ins, said Liz Tousey, the Toledo NaNo municipal liaison. Write-ins are set up to give people all across the nation a

place to write, with Bowling Greens official write-in being hosted at Grounds for Thought, and one of the Toledo regions write-ins hosted at Jerome. Serving as support and companionship to Boyd, three students are working on novels. This is Boyds eighth time doing NaNoWriMo, but its the first time she has met the word count. I took [writing] a little more seriously, Boyd said. This year I started coming [to writeins], and it makes me feel more accountable to other people, which is good motivation. Tousey said this is the first time there has been a write-in hosted at the University, and they wanted to start small.

See NANO | Page 7

FALCONS TaKE On YPsIlantI

The BG football team plays the Easter Michigan University Eagles on Saturday in a must-win game with two weeks remaining in the regular season. The Falcons currently hold their own fate in the MAC Championship outlook | PAGE 5

PUPPY LOvE

Columnist Paul Mckenzie talks about some of the most lovable members of the family dogs, and their impacts on their familys lives and the memories they leave. | PAGE 4

What DO YOU thinK PRESiDEnt MaZEY ShOULD DO in thE nEXt twO YEaRS? Whos that? Caylin Shaw Sophomore, Health Care Administration