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Sean's Basic Training graduation, 1999 Left to right: Chad, Sean and Bill

A nation’s tragedy, a family’s loss

Claire Sant, Managing Editor • September 11, 2024
The 9/11 memorial on University Hall's lawn stands as a poignant reminder of what some families lost the day of the terrorist attacks. Sean Ruth lost his beloved father, BGSU alum William in the Pentagon attack. They both dedicated their lives to the military, and Sean is continuing to fuel his passion in the midst of loss.
Rainy weather

Beryl’s remnants could bring heavy rain Wednesday

Staff reports • July 9, 2024

After battering Caribbean islands as a Category 4 hurricane, rolling through Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm whose remnants will likely impact the Bowling...

Toledo ranks near bottom of another national study

Toledo ranks near bottom of another national study

Staff reports • July 5, 2024

Recent WalletHub studies have not been kind to Toledo or Ohio in general. In May, a study showed Toledo to be among the nation's most unhealthy cities. That same month, another study showed Ohio carrying...

Joe Schriner (BGSU Class of 1978) is running for president again.

Alum just an Average Joe running for president … again

Zach Hagedorn, BG Falcon Media • June 19, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Joe “average Joe” Schriner is running for president ... again.  This will be his seventh time running for president. He first declared running for president back...

Pro-Palestinian encampment at Michigan State University prior to being dismantled by police, April 29

Pro-Palestinian divestment encampments expand across U.S. college campuses

Kelly Doyle, Reporter • June 17, 2024

Members of the BGSU community are speaking out about the Islamophobia they say they’ve faced amid a wave of protests on American college campuses from pro-Palestinian activists.  While BGSU has not...

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance

Reports: Ohio senator on Trump’s short list for vice president

Staff reports • June 7, 2024

Multiple news outlets report Ohio Senator J.D. Vance received vetting materials for consideration as Republican Donald Trump's running mate in the November election. Axios and Politico reported Vance...

President Joe Bident

Democrats will use virtual roll call to get Biden on Ohio’s November ballot

Staff reports • May 30, 2024

The Democratic National Committee said it will use a "virtual roll call" to get around an Ohio deadline that could have kept President Joe Biden off the November ballot, according to the Associated Press. According...

Student debt

Study: Ohio near top of state student debt load

Staff reports • May 13, 2024

According to a WalletHub report released last week, Ohio ranks sixth in overall student indebtedness. A WalletHub news release said the website "compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based...

BGSU Takes Action Following Perry High School Shooting

Evie Olding, Reporter • February 26, 2024

Iowa’s Perry High School is mourning the loss of a sixth grader along with seven wounded individuals after gunfire broke out on Jan. 4 , according to a January 2024 CNN article. The tragedy of school...

Justices of the United States Supreme Court

UPDATED: Supreme Court rules against affirmative action in university admissions, BGSU responds

Falcon Media staff • June 29, 2023

The United States Supreme Court Thursday ruled as unconstitutional race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, effectively make it illegal to employ...

That's not fog rolling across Bowling Green's campus, it's smoke from Canadian wildfires. This was the view Wednesday looking west from the hill east of Doyt L. Perry Stadium.

Wildfire smoke continues to create unhealthy air quality

June 29, 2023

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to create unsafe air quality in Bowling Green and across Ohio. At 8 a.m, AirNow.gov showed Bowling Green’s air quality reading as 197; anything 150 or above...

BGSU’s first-ever Bachelor of Science in Nursing pinning ceremony will be Monday.

BGSU’s first-ever pinning ceremony Monday

Nia Lambdin, Editor-in-Chief • March 31, 2023

BGSU’s first-ever Bachelor of Science in Nursing pinning ceremony will be Monday.  The ceremony will be at 5:30 p.m. in Olscamp Hall, Room 101, Monday, April 3, according to BGSU’s press release.  Guests...

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