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My Fiction Icks
By Jay Grummel When you read as much as I do you start to notice common things in fiction that make you annoyed, upset or even want to put down the book completely. I have a bad habit of not giving books much of a chance when they use some of these personal ‘icks’. However, […]
Poetry for Fall
By Jay Grummel Poetry has a way of connecting us to the external and internal world. In poetry it is easier to feel a season and truly feel a piece due to this. Poetry has a subtle way of making the readers immersed into the world of the poem. With the air getting colder and […]

Best of BG 2023

International students kick off the holidays

By Paul Garbarino

November 20, 2017

Three University international students flipped the switch for the city’s Christmas tree lights Thursday, dawning the holiday season and shining light on the city’s diverse community.

“This year, we wanted to do something a little special,” Mayor Richard Edwards spoke before a crowd of about one hundred Bowling Green residents. “This is international week at BGSU, and we want to honor those from other countries.”

Hannah Lechner, from Austria; Crystal Lau from Hong Kong; and Caroline Flaesgarten, an American student who studied in Strasbourg, France, were recognized, and they helped decorate the tree.

Flags lined the top of the tree while other global decor and ornaments were placed to show representation of the 80 countries BGSU students hail from.

“The lighting of this tree is very heart-warming to me with all the international students represented,” municipal administrator Lori Tretter said.