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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-18-2007 The BG News April 18, 2007 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News April 18, 2007" (2007). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7756. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7756 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving TH E BG N EWS the campus and surrounding community Wednesday April 18,2007 Volume 101, Issue 139 What WWWBGNEWSCOM Homer Simpson if BG aides students in the classroom becomes North Carolina State Univ. adds popular culture into learning Virginia? | PageJ How would the Reservation University react? college aides This story was reported by Menominees Tim Sampson. Freddy Hunt Higher education and Alaina Buxas. and writ- ten by City Hews Editor Lisa offers bigger futures Halverstadt. for Indians with little options | Page 5 In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, BGSU students and administnitorsarewonderingwhat RNew Internet would happen if a similar incident game combines occurred at this University. This is what University officials said they golf, sex, fun would do. Porn golf is an Notification interactive way to find At 7:15 a.m. on Monday, Virginia (sexual photos without lech police received a call about two deaths and multiple injuries being called a pervert resulting from a dorm shooting. | Page 5 By 9:45 a.m.. there were more s collide shootings at the school's engineer- ing department. By Tuesday, XI Falcons lose people were dead, including the against Flyers 23-year-old shooter, who killed Bowling himself. BG plays a close During and after the shootings, Virginia Tech officials notified stu- game with Dayton, dents by e-mail and emergency but falls short at Green messages to campus phones. end | Page 9 lid Whipple, vice president for student affairs, slid BGSUs l"> member Crisis Intervention Team Overseas students sends e-mails to students to noti- fy' them of urgent problems, as find comfort in they did when snow closed the University for [vvcidays in I cbniary. small community At their regularly-scheduled meet- ing Monday, the team sent a letter to students addressing the Virginia Tech crisis By Ella Fowl*, But while he said he is confident Reporter with the team's abilities. Whipple Schools on said the University has been high alert after Almost every student has heard this exploring better ways to commu- Virginia killing question. "Why did you chose Bowling nicate with students during cam- Green State University? What is there?" pus crises since the blizzard. Read about what But students have their own reasons for Often, not all students can schools are doing coming to this University. For some it was close access their e-mail accounts when ILLUSTRATION BVMMIEL WHITE 'HE B6NEM to home and for others it had the program they trouble hits so another option, post-Virginia K were interested in. But what about those who travel such as text messages, would be Tech shooting across the Atlantic to get here—the students who are Ideal Whipple said. continents away from home? In the event of an emer- "1 want to work for television someday and other gency. University Police Ghief Student Budget well-named schools didn't have a telecommunication Jim VVIegand said the Office of Committee WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU FROM? department," said Yeunsu Park, junior international Residence life can use a phone releases money Areas where BGSUs international students are from- student from Korea. "Many other colleges didn't have tree to contact students who live a student-run television program like the BG 24 news. in the dorms. Funds are allocated to I think gaining experience by working with a program BGSU police are also discuss- like that is more important than going to a big-named ing notification options with offi- organizations for next I | "If I ''J| school." cials at die University of Toledo, school year. See how Park, who got accepted into Berkeley and Princeton, he said. much online N said she loves BGSU and has no regrets about coming here. Action Other international students came here because it According to Wiegand, the offered them a better education. University has an active shooter Nigerians vote "Here in the United States you get a better educa- plan to deal with threats like the despite attacks tion," said Bashir llandous, sophomore from Lebanon. one at Virginia Tech, "Our first response is to elimi- S« CHOICES e2 nate the threat. Our second Presidential election Source hnp;//wwwbgioe •«dcoum-«n/coun[iy htn-' polls still open in See WHAT IF | Page 2 Kano even after gunmen attack police building | Page 12 Two good friends, two OAR. playing at Anderson Arena tonight By T.union Gli.itt.i demo CDs, the band began to Are you going to see stood in line for two and a half Reporter climb the Billboard charts. hours to buy tickets. OAR. tonight? different presentations VHl.com describes OAR.'s "I am excited about seeing Tonight Anderson Arena will be a music as "rock and reggae inflect- OAR. and the price of the tickets By Molly McCab* Nicholas buzz when OAR. takes the stage. ed upbeat songs." were fair, so 1 didn't mind stand- Reporter Zoffel The band will be performing Jeanette Davis, Director and ing in line," Shedron said. Ph.D. fellow and songs from their past albums Spring Concert Chair for UAO, This marks OAR.'s second trip Passion is one of the few things including 2005's "Stories of a which is sponsoring the concert, to the University. They first per- that Nicholas Zoffel and lason doctoral candidate Stranger," which had hit singles said the response to the concert formed hen' in 2001. When con- Schmin shared during their dis- including "Love and Memories" has been good from students. tacted, the band was glad to have EMMABOYERS. sertation presentations yesterday. and "Heard the World." "People really want to see the opportunity to come back, Freshman. VCT Zoffel and Schmin have devel- According to VIll.com, OAR. them; there was a Una all day Davis said. "Yes because whenever oped a friendship throughout Jason (Of A Revolution) began as a local when the tickets first went on The process of booking a band their past four years as graduate Ohio State University rock band sale," Davis said. Schmitt I'm given a opportunity students. They have shared an and through word of mouth and Amanda Shedron, sophomore, See OAR | Page 8 to see a concert, I go." office together in the Chapman Ph.D. fellow and |Pto4 Learning Community, studied in doctoral candidate Paris together and worked closely within classes. Students should donate items to less fortunate "We entered the program at the same time, through classes were to present the research that By Alexandria Clark Throw It Out," is a program Hennessy, associate director of and projects we have devel- they have done thus far. Zoffel and Senior Reporter that started in the spring of residence life for residence edu- TODAY oped a brotherly relationship," Schmitt presented two drastically 2002, sponsored by the Office of cation. .;. Mostly Cloudy Zoffel said. different topics. instead of walking to the dump- Residence Life. 'This program will start this ~ High: 53, Low: 39 Both of the men received the "The passion for the topic goes ster to throw out that futon mat- This program was sparked by a Friday. Volunteers will place honor as a Ph.D. fellow and doc- back to a class that I had with tress, half a botde of laundry former staff member of the Office boxes in each residence hall toral candidates this past year. Melissa Spirek as my instructor; detergent, left-over ramen noo- of Residence life. across from the front desk, in Through the fellowship, Zoffel she said you have to have a topic dle cups or clothes that don't fit "He attended a conference convenient stores such as Chilly's. and Schmitt are paid for one for your dissertation that keeps anymore, put them into a box at a at Texas lech, in which had this Greek houses and the Union. TOMORROW year to work on research for you up at night," Schmitt said. residence hall for people in need program and he forwarded me "We are accepting all non-per- Cloudy their dissertations. to use it. the information and it sounded The presentations yesterday See PASSION | Page 8 I High: 55, Low: 37 "When You Move Out. Don't like a great idea," said Nicholas See DONATE | Page 8 VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES. MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE & WWWBGNEWS.COM 2Wedwsd3y.Apdl8.2007 BLOTTER out the most. International Student CHOICES "I would have had a much Application Process: MONDAY From Page 1 harder time to adjust if I didn't have this great family to help ■ Find an application on the 9:55A.M.-230P.M. "Mainly the resources and tech- me — the Shaheen fam- Center for International Thrpe incidences of counter- nology we have here arc much ily." I landous said. "They made Programs Web site feit travelers checks reported more advanced and better than everything easier for me and ■ Fill out an application at Gen's Hallmark and Sam what we have back borne." less complex." form and submit it online Goody's on South Mam Street Josephine l-ffah.
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