BG News
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Founded in 1920, the BG News is the student-run newspaper at Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

, which is published Monday through Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters and weekly during the summer. It can be picked up at hundreds of locations on and off campus around Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

. The newspaper offices are located at West Hall and is advised by the Director of Student Publications.

News

The BG News offers local campus and city news, as well as state, regional, national, and international news stories, and editorials.

Sports

Sports appears in every issue and provides the latest scores and sports related news stories. The paper is also the only newspaper source for several campus sports such as football, men's and women's basketball, hockey, baseball, soccer, and other various sports on BGSU's campus. Also covered in the sports section are other NCAA games as well as regional professional sports.

The Pulse

The Pulse is an entertainment section that comes out once a week on Fridays during the academic year.

In Focus

In Focus, a monthly section, deals with one specific topic of interest to the campus.

The Blotter

The Blotter, a daily review of the strangest calls that the Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University...

 City Police and Bowling Green State University Police past night, and the entire weekend in Monday editions. Typical blotter reports range from underage alcohol consumption and pranks to more serious crimes such burglary
Burglary
Burglary is a crime, the essence of which is illicit entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offense. Usually that offense will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary...

 and vandalism
Vandalism
Vandalism is the behaviour attributed originally to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable...

.

Forum

Forum is the opinion section of the paper with articles from BG News columnists and guest columnist submissions. The Forum section also includes political cartoons and an opinion poll question and answer in a section called "People On The Street."

Other features

BG News also includes classified ads, a crossword puzzle
Crossword Puzzle
For the common puzzle, see CrosswordCrossword Puzzle was the second to last album made by The Partridge Family and was not one of the most popular albums. It was released in 1973 and did not produce a U.S. single. This album was finally released on CD in 2003 on Arista's BMG Heritage label...

, and sudoku
Sudoku
is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...

 in each issue. The BG News also operates a website called the "BG News Network" and features forums, links to local Bowling Green, OH properties, and classified ads.

External links

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