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Homecoming weekend’s top alumni eventsHallie Riley | Campus Editor

Each year hundreds of students and alumni congregate for BGSU’s homecoming weekend, a tradition marked by Falcon football, tailgating, block parties and the annual Freddie and Frieda 5K.

However, with all the popular in-person events currently on hold until further notice, the Office of Campus Activities had to get creative with transforming homecoming weekend into a virtual experience.

Homecoming King and QueenIn addition to the university’s traditional 5k run, BGSU announced senior Dwayne Gary and senior Audrey Schweers as this year’s homecoming king and queen on Sunday.

Gary said on an Instagram post, “On October 4, 2020, I was crowned BGSU’s Homecoming King. Thank you all for the support and help throughout this process. The court was filled with amazing student leaders all deserving of the title.”

Virtual beer tastingStarting on Friday night, BGSU Dining held a virtual beer-tasting function where different styles of beer were profiled and selected from local breweries.

“Beer is a very social drink and that idea flowed through this event . . . From my perspective, the alumni involved had a great experience learning about some great beers in a virtual way,” Director of Marketing and Communications at BGSU Dining Jon Zachrish said.

The drink menu included these beers: 1. Total Eclipse Oatmeal Stout from Maumee Bay Brewing

2. BG Beer Works from Prof Coomes IPA

3. Octoberfest from Arlyn’s Brewery

4. Easy Golden Ale from Earnest Brew Works

Since this event was held over Zoom, guests were welcomed without a limit on the capacity.

“Over 40 (people) registered which is a much larger number than we would be able to host in the Teaching Kitchen in-person, so it is really great we can open it up to all of our alumni and not limit the attendees,” Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement Kate Zenone said via email.

Freddie and Frieda 5K runThis year, runners across the country had the opportunity to participate in the Freddie and Frieda 5k run from their homes.

Students and alumni represented states from the Midwest to the East Coast and everything in between. Down below are the states represented from this year:

Those competing had the chance to choose their own course or run the 3.1 miles on their own time and submit a photo afterwards.

“Of course, (runners) won’t get to see how pretty campus is and how it might have changed since they were last here . . . (but) runners don’t have to get up early on Saturday morning. They can choose when they want to do the course during the time allotted,” Associate Director of Alumni & Events Kim Jacobs said. n

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‘Savage Mode II’ Betters its predecessor and then someRC | Entertainment Editor

Hip-hop has seen its fair share of highs and lows this year. For every forgettable Childish Gambino flop, there’s a Run The Jewels project that perfectly encapsulates the turbulent summer. For every Jay Electronica project that failed to live up to decades-long anticipation, there was a collaboration between rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer The Alchemist to make everything feel better.

An artist like Eminem is far past his prime at this point, but while it can be considered more of a singer/songwriter project than a straight rap album, the team surrounding the late Mac Miller did his legacy justice with the posthumous release of “Circles.”

The point being that in a year that has been dominated by negative headlines across the world, hip-hop has had a fairly consistent year on the whole.

With the fourth quarter of 2020 waiting in the wings, fans of the genre are curious to see if anyone else will try and make the claim for album of the year. Luckily, a new contender made its presence known on Oct. 2. And its narrator? Morgan Freeman.

“Savage Mode II,” the brainchild of rapper 21 Savage and producer Metro Boomin, acts as the sequel to 2016’s “Savage Mode” — the project that put Savage on the map initially. Featuring fan favorites like “X” with Future and “No Heart,” the nine-song mixtape was a grim look at street life and a dark interpretation of the heartless childhood lifestyle that a young Savage grew accustomed to in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years, a multitude of star-making features and one bizarre incident with ICE officers later, Mr. Savage has become a beloved figure in the rap community as he seemingly gets better with each release. Metro Boomin, on the other hand, has continued his reputation as one of the genre’s most prolific and revered producers.

With all that said, “Savage Mode II” builds on all of that positive momentum and makes a case as the best full length in either men’s discography.

The album opens with the aforementioned Morgan Freeman welcoming you to what you’re about to listen to in a way only Morgan Freeman can, and he continues his soothing presence throughout the record’s duration.

“If you were a fan of the original ‘Savage Mode’

and go into this expecting the same type of

project, you might leave disappointed, but you

would be disappointed for the wrong reasons.”

— RC — Entertainment Editor

Freeman adds a very calming and sage presence to what is a pretty in-your-face gangsta rap album, and the balance struck between the two is perfect for what they were going for. Speaking of perfect, the opening song “Runnin” is the perfect tone setter for an album that doesn’t have an outright bad song on it. Running — excuse the pun — at just 44 minutes, the album flies by on first listen.

Similar to Savage’s 2017 collaborative project with Migos member Offset on “Without Warning,” there’s an air of creepiness surrounding a good portion of songs here that fits like a glove with the spookiness of October. Songs like “Glock In My Lap,” “Slidin,” “Many Men” and “Snitches & Rats” feel like they were intended as background music to Halloween parties that won’t be taking place this year.

Savage floats over tracks like “RIP Luv” and “Brand New Draco” — which heavily samples Eazy E’s “Boyz-n-the-Hood” — with ease, and goes toe-to-toe with Young Thug on “Rich N---- S---” just as well. “Mr. Right Now” is a perfectly fine radio single aside from an unnecessary Drake verse, and 21 ties up the entire project in a bow and ribbon with the excellent “Said N Done.”

If you were a fan of the original “Savage Mode” and go into this expecting the same type of project, you might leave disappointed, but you would be disappointed for the wrong reasons. “Savage Mode II” adds depth and improvement to an already rapidly improving Savage and another notch in the belt for the already established Metro Boomin. The end results are indeed, savage. n

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Spice up your fall with these activitiesAlison Kaiser | Reporter

With the “unbe-leaf-able” things happening in the world right now, it might seem impossible to have any “gourd” times.

However, there are various corn mazes, pumpkin patches and apple orchards with safety protocols in place that can bring a sense of normality during the fall season.

Wheeler Farms Corn Maze, located in Whitehouse, Ohio, has a different approach to its annual maze, which has been around for more than a decade.

Director of Operations, Christy Wheeler Geha said, “We are all about family activities, especially with times like these. We feel like it is necessary to give people a chance to escape, enjoy fresh air and do something fun in the fall.”

Adjustments had to be made, such as extra-wide paths and spaced out cones in the admission lines. Visitors have a touchless credit card payment option. Masks are required in lines, but are allowed to be taken off once guests are socially distanced in the maze. The corn maze also has three fire pits where guests are invited to spread out and warm up.

“We encourage everyone to do whatever they feel comfortable with, whether that is keeping their mask on in the maze or not,” Geha said.

This year’s theme is “Hometown Heroes” to honor those working on the front lines. The corn maze is separated into three mazes: medical worker, teacher and delivery driver.

Geha said it was easy to pick this year’s theme. “We feel that now, more than ever, we want to recognize people in our community that do so much in a time of so little,” she said.

The corn maze, in total, is six miles long. “It’s good exercise, it’s entertaining and it’s fun. I definitely recommend it,” Geha said.

The corn maze will be open every weekend from Sept. 19 until Oct. 31. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for children and seniors. Pop, water and Gatorade are available to purchase along with glow bracelets and necklaces.

Pete’s Pumpkins and Gwen’s Gourds, located on Neiderhouse Road in Perrysburg, is ready for a busy and safe month of October.

This is their eighth year for the pumpkin patch, which is located at Gwen Langenderfer’s home. Co-owner of Pete’s Pumpkins and Gwen’s Gourds and BGSU Alumni, Langenderfer, says she is excited to see families bonding at their pumpkin patch.

“I love seeing all of the families being able to have a good time outdoors with no technology,” Langenderfer said.

Their farm features pumpkins, fall decor and a petting zoo with chickens, pigs, turkeys, lambs and goats.

The Langenderfers are following Gov. Mike DeWine’s guideline about social distancing.

“Everything is spaced out. We actually doubled the space this year to allow people to social distance,” Langenderfer said.

They have also limited the number of people inside their shop, set up a touchless payment option through Venmo and cancelled the annual hayride. The pumpkin patch is open every weekend in October.

Another popular fall activity is apple picking, which is available at MacQueen Orchards in Holland, Ohio. The annual Apple Butter Festival is cancelled this year due to the pandemic, but the MacQueen family is still offering apple picking and various baked goods in their market and express tent.

“It’s disappointing. Everyone enjoys the Apple Butter Festival. We had everything there, but I guess it’s just a different year,” she said.

The option to pick your own apples is dependent on the crop and weather conditions.

MacQueen said they only have about 33% of their crop because a frost in May took a majority of the crop.

She said the pick your own option is still more popular this year than previous years.

“I think it’s because people are cooped up and just want a reason to get outside,” she said.

The orchard is practicing social distancing by requiring people to wear masks when near other guests.

Apple picking and other activities are available every day in October at the MacQueen Orchard. n

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PEOPLEON THESTREETWhat’s the weirdest or funniest thing that’s happened in a zoom class?

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“We were talking about parenting styles, and my teacher was talking about Jay Bilzerian’s parents, how the mom is crazy and the dad is never there. And we all just kind of started talking about Big Mouth for like 10 minutes.”

“This girl had a chocolate donut and the icing had fallen off and she was freaking out and she didn’t realize she wasn’t muted. It was so funny. ”

“One girl left herself unmuted for like five minutes and the teacher could not get her attention at all. She was playing rap music in the background and her and her friends were singing to it.”

“ I don’t know if it’s necessarily funny, but it was kind of cringeworthy. This kid, he didn’t realize his mic wasn’t muted, and he was just letting profanities fly and saying a lot of cuss words. And once the teacher said something he muted it pretty quick. ”

Amelia Roberts | Opinion Editor

It’s no surprise that the first 2020 Presidential Debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden didn’t go well. Given the fact that politics in America have become incredibly polarized and full of hate, coupled with the fact that Trump was a part of it, it was bound to go wrong.

There might as well have not been a moderator. The questions were very rarely answered, and even when they were, the candidates exceeded their given amount of time, which didn’t matter anyway, because they just talked over each other.

Two grown men, one of which will be the leader of our country coming this November, yelling at and over each other like children is just ridiculous. And moderator Chris Wallace couldn’t get a word in either. Although I feel it would be a difficult job especially given who was arguing, he could have done a better job.

The moderator even started to get into it with the candidates, specifically Trump. Wallace definitely had to ask the previous Vice President to stop interrupting, to which most of the time, Biden obliged. However, the majority of the time, Wallace constantly had to ask the president to stop interrupting and talking over Biden. To which, in true Trump fashion, he completely disregarded.

In addition to the pandemonium, personal attacks were fired on one another. Trump brought up Biden’s son’s struggles with drug addiction in a very insensitive way, which prompted a normally calm, or as Trump would put it “sleepy,” Biden to get heated and raise his voice. All of which, of course, was completely irrelevant to the original question, “Why should voters elect you for President over your opponent?”

This isn’t to say that Biden didn’t make some of his own attacks on Trump. Although he didn’t go after Trump’s family, he did call him a “clown” multiple times throughout the

debate, and even went as far as to tell him to “shut up,” which is clearly and incredibly unprofessional.

To be quite honest, the debate was an embarrassment for America. These candidates are supposed to be leaders. Regardless of political opinions, our president should be someone who is respectable, professional and overall, a generally decent person. It’s a true embarrassment for America that these are the people we have to choose from.

The debate was completely unpresidential and unprofessional in every way. However, it did have several memorable quotes that have since been spread around the internet and social media. n

2020 Presidential Debate

“You’re the worst president America has ever

had.”“I guess I’m debating you [Chris Wallace], not Joe,

but that’s okay. That’s no surprise to me.”

“Will you shut up man?”

“It’s hard to get any word in with the clown.”

“Did you use the word smart with me? Don’t ever use the word smart with me. Don’t ever use that word… Because you know what? There’s nothing smart about you Joe.”

“That was a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire,

inside a train wreck. That was the worst debate I have ever

seen.”-Jake Tapper CNN

[When discussing the economic effects of COVID-19] “I’m the one that brought back football!”

Trump vs. Biden was a s---show

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SPORTS October 7, 2020 | PAGE 6

Five football players to watch in 2020 Zak Smith | Sports Columnist

Matt McDonald | Redshirt Junior, Quarterback

They say teams start and end with the quarterback position. Look at the past two seasons when it was Jarrett Doege, Darius Wade and Grant Loy. Doege, after 19 games at Bowling Green, completed 62.7% of his passes, had over 4,000 yards passing and led the Falcons to a 7-24 record for the orange and brown. Doege now is the starter at West Virginia where he is a stud for the Mountaineers’ offense.

Darius Wade and Grant Loy in the 2019 season led the Falcons to a 3-9 record with just under 2,000 passing yards. It’s important to have a dynamic offense if the hope for the Falcons is to contend in the MAC with the likes of Miami and Buffalo.

Now enter McDonald, who like Wade, followed Head Coach Scott Loeffler to Bowling Green from Boston College. The redshirt junior from Newport Beach, Texas had to sit last season due to the NCAA transfer policy, but in the two games he played for the Eagles, he went 7-8, with 118 passing yards and two touchdowns.

If the offense wants to be successful, Matt McDonald will need to bring his professionalism and the accuracy he showed at Boston College to the Doyt this fall.

Quintin Morris | Senior, Tight EndThroughout the years, think of some

of the best professional QB-TE duos. Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, Peyton Manning and Dallas Clark or Tony Romo to Jason Witten. Occasionally a quarterback’s best friend is the tight end. This could not be more true for Quintin Morris and whichever quarterback has been under center for the Falcons.

Since Scottie Miller left at the end of the 2018 season to pursue his NFL Career (where he now catches passes from Brady in Tampa Bay), Morris has really picked up the slack for the Falcons posting more than 1,100 yards and 11 touchdowns over the past two seasons.

He was the true safety net especially last year for a team that mustered only 1,888 yards of passing offense. In the 2019 season alone, Morris pulled in 649 yards and four touchdowns. It’s important to ensure that the ball can be moved efficiently down the field, but the pass catchers have to be effective as well. Morris also averaged more yards per catch than Albert Okwuegbunam from Missouri and Lynn Bowden Jr. from Kentucky who both were drafted this past April.

Morris is electric as a pass catcher and an impactful blocker. He is the number one target for Bowling Green that every team has to game plan for and everyone needs an offensive weapon to draw the tough coverages.

Andrew Clair | Redshirt Junior, Running Back

What helps an offense more than a guy who has been a third-team All-MAC player twice in three years? Andrew Clair has been nothing short of a difference maker anytime he has been on the field for the Falcons.

He has over 1,600 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns in his career, and he still has two years of NCAA eligibility left. Clair, who missed most of the 2018 season with injury decided to redshirt his junior year in order to not lose the season entirely.

Not only is Clair a difference maker on the field, but he is a leader in the locker room. It hurt the team to not have him on the field last year. Someone who averages 5.4 yards per carry over his career should be after all, and this doesn’t even begin to mention his ability to be a dual-threat running back. Quintin Morris is important to this offense, but if the Falcons can get Clair back too, then this offense could become a serious threat.

Getting both phases of an offense going, the run and pass game, is key to being balanced. Clair coming back to this squad will take stress off a new quarterback, and off a rebuilding team. Coach Loeffler will be excited to have Clair on the field.

Caleb Biggers | Junior, CornerThe most used phrase in sports is

“defense wins championships,” and that starts with the secondary. Look at how defensive backs have impacted teams on a professional level, most recently when Minkah Fitzpatrick was brought to the Steelers, the defense was changed to an elite level and almost took a team to the playoffs. Caleb Biggers, the junior from Maryland, was a difference maker in that same way last year for the Falcons.

Last season alone, Biggers had a tackle in every game he appeared in. He had seven tackles against Kansas State and tied a school record with a 100-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Central Michigan. He was the definition of a difference maker for these Falcons last season when it seemed that the defense didn’t have answers.

Biggers is a fantastic corner who is going to be matched up against good receivers. He won’t have to go up against power five school receivers, but as we have seen in recent years, MAC receivers are no joke. It’ll be important for the defense to stay in games and not make the offense engage in shootouts, and that’s going to need to start with Biggers in the secondary.

“Clair has over 1,600 rushing yards and 13

touchdowns in his career, and he still has two years

of NCAA eligibility left. Clair, who missed most of the 2018 season with

injury decided to redshirt his junior year in order

to not lose the season entirely.”

— Zak Smith — Sports Columnist

“Morris is electric as a pass catcher and

an impactful blocker. He is the number one

target for Bowling Green that every team has to

game plan for and everyone needs an

offensive weapon to draw the tough coverages.”

— Zak Smith — Sports Columnist

“Darius Wade and Grant Loy in the 2019 season led the Falcons to a 3-9 record with just under 2,000 passing yards.

It’s important to have a dynamic offense if the hope for the Falcons

is to contend in the MAC with the likes of Miami

and Buffalo.”— Zak Smith — Sports Columnist

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“Last season alone, Biggers had a tackle

in every game he appeared in. He had

seven tackles against Kansas State and tied

a school record with a 100-yard

fumble return for a touchdown against Central Michigan. ”

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Ethan Watts | Sports Reporter

In early August, CBS News reported colleges could lose around $1 billion from suspending their fall sports due to COVID-19.

Schools in the Mid-American Conference are a part of that loss. The decision by MAC officials to cancel fall sports with plans to move the season to spring creates a financial burden for BGSU.

“When we start to talk about cancelling football in the fall, we’re talking about $450,000 to $600,000 worth of ticket sales revenue that we just cannot get back,” Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Affairs, Jim Elsasser said.

In 2019, BGSU made over half its ticket revenue for all sports from football alone.

“It really puts you on the defensive mode,” Elsasser said. “So now we have to come up with ways to reduce spending and make up for whatever is lost revenue. That is really the battle.”

With the season being cancelled, BGSU has been able to save money in their budget that is no longer needed to use for fall sports.

BGSU athletics faces financial problem“With no fall travel, teams that have built

their budget for traveling would obviously save the money that they were going to spend,” Elsasser said. “The NCAA has also extended the period of recruiting, which helps save money for some of these teams that travel around and recruit heavily during the fall, because now they can’t even leave campus.”

The Big Ten Conference also cancelled its fall season three days after the MAC did with the same idea to play their season out during the spring.

This decision allowed the MAC and Big Ten to still play their non-conference games against each other. Overall, the MAC would have made $10 million for these games, with $2.2 million of that going to BGSU for playing in games against Ohio State and the University of Illinois, according to the Toledo Blade.

But on Sept. 16, the Big Ten agreed to resume their fall season in October playing an in-conference only schedule. This means Big Ten teams will only play other

teams within that conference for the season.This now creates more of a financial

burden for the MAC because the schools can no longer receive the money from non-conference games.

“I have been in contact with my peers and colleagues at other institutions that are in the MAC, and we are all in the same situation,” Elsasser said. “We are all trying to figure out how we are going to survive while not having fall sports, and what we can be doing to try and mitigate our losses.”

BGSU acquired $2.2 million from the Big Ten games in their 2019 budget.

“Obviously financially that’s a big deal for our whole athletic department, not just our football team. You wish it wasn’t such a huge hit, but it honestly is,” BGSU Safeties Coach and Special Teams Coordinator Jacob Schoonover said.

Seven conferences out of the 10 which make up the Football Bowl Subdivision have decided to play this fall.

The Commissioner and the Council of Presidents of the MAC met last Saturday

to discuss potentially moving the season back to the fall.

Several ideas for “return-to-play models” for football were presented at the meeting; however, no decision was made. The MAC commissioner was contacted, but due to a “hectic schedule” could not comment at the time.

“With the Big Ten jumping back in, right now we’re kind of holding our breath, looking around and just trying to see what all is going on. Hoping that we find out what all of this means for us,” Schoonover said. “We are telling our guys ‘look, we are going to prepare this next week to get ready to either have some games and play some ball. Or get prepared to have the best season of spring ball we can possibly have.’”

As of Sept. 25, the MAC announced its plans to start the football season playing a six-game schedule starting Nov. 4, but dates and times for each game have yet to be announced. n

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USG, GSS propose grading scale changesHallie Riley | Campus Editor

As students and faculty are still getting ac-climated to remote and online learning, universities across the country have been modifying their grading policies to ensure academic success.

On Sept. 17, College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University passed a resolution to allow for pass/fail options for fall semester.

On Sunday, the Harvard Undergraduate Council called for the university to extend deadlines for students wanting to add or drop courses, or change their grade to pass/fail.

Similar to other schools, BGSU’s Undergraduate Student Senate has collaborated with the Graduate Student Senate to present a flexible grading proposal.

“The uncertainty that lies ahead with COVID-19 should not play as a factor in our final grades, so by allowing this option for all students, we are helping promote a healthy, and reactive, learning environment,” USG President Harrison Carter stated via email.

The resolution highlights listed below were presented to the Faculty Senate general assembly on Tuesday:

• Undergraduate and graduate students will have until Nov. 18, 2020, to change the grading option for standard graded courses.

• All standard graded courses can be switched to the S/U grading option, regardless of catalog designation.

• For undergraduate students: any grades changed to S/U during fall 2020 will not count toward the 16-credit maximum allowed by that policy.

• For graduate students: students receiving a C or better will receive an S.

“The temporary modifications to the grade scale, for both graduate and undergraduate students, is just as necessary this semester as it was during the Spring 2020 semester. Not every student this semester is on the same academic playing field, and this is something USG has recognized,” Carter wrote.

“The uncertainty that lies ahead with COVID-19 should not play

as a factor in our final grades,”

— Harrison Carter — USG President