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FRIDAY February 3, 2006 THEY'RE BACK: A living tribute to The SHOWERS Beatles, "1964,' bring rock Ill(ill45 l()\\ 32 greatness to life tonight in Maumee; PAGE 9 University not in anti- sweatshop coalition Group works to make sure apparel is made using ethical labor By Holy Abrams CITY NtHS E01 TOR As Students at universities across the nation rally to have thcii schools shun sweatshop labor in the collegiate apparel Industry, B(ISl) remain1; untouched by student activism. "These companies thai make collegiate apparel, we know they use sweatshop labor," said Tommy Simon, a junior at Michigan State University. Simon is also Midwest regional organiz- er for United Students Against .Sweatshops. "Oimpanies don't want to advertise where their factories are." he said. "Unless it says Made in the USA', it's most likely made in a sweatshop." These companies include well-known apparel brands, even those sold on BCISU's campus, but it's not jusl collegiate apparel companies that are to blame. "Pretty much every company. sadly, uses sweatshop labor," Simon said. "It's easy to do and it's just the trend now." The reality is that any school that licenses its logo is using sweatshop labor, said Mark lranciosc, another Midwest regional organizer for LISAS, and a fourth-year student at Purdue University. "It's not so much one or two bad factories but more the pres- sures of the industry." he said. Big brands don't own their own factories." Instead, brands choose what factories to make their apparel at. The problem is not only what guidelines sweatshop factories follow but also companies who obtain products from them, according to Simon. USAS is just one student-led group working to change tin' industry, fighting for sweatshop- SWEATSHOPS, PAGE 2 Hope inspired by Library Apartment dwellers: funds'not 'Divine' Greeks sufficient* expectations not met Black fraternities, nities and sororities. Bledsoe emphasized the for journals Survey says... Copper sororities have differences between content historical impact — what has been learned, By Dan Myers Beech residents not and context—something thai REP0I impressed with space By Nikki JarrJine determines meaning. \ yeai after a report said lerome REPORTER Applying this to the nine Library has an Insufficient num- By Laien Weber From die early 1900s to shortly national black fraternities and ber of musk education journals. M«N«GI»G EDITOR before the Civil Rights move- sororities. Bledsoe assessed the selection remains inade- The promise of free high-speed meni. America's "I )ivim- Nine the local points "I hope and quate Internet, a soundproofing sys- sororities and Irater- inspiration with an vccoidingtothe report released tem and the largest living space nitiesgavecollege age 'overall purpose to by the music education depart- in Bowling Green persuaded African-Americans affect lives in a favor- ment last February, the journals nearly 600 University students to a support structure ablemannei Through are used by graduate students sign leases with Copper Beech Eliiabeth Squire BGNews during a lime when brotherhood and sis- ami faculty to conduct original Townhomes last year. A NEW VIEW: Copper Beech Townhomes, located out on Dunbridge Road segregation was legal, terhood." research. But when dozens of students beyond 1-75 near Meijer, is home to nearly 600 BGSU students. and very few African- His presentation I he library's funding is "just moved into their brand-new Americans were pres- cm the Divine Nine Men sufficient" lo keep a wide apartments on Napoleon and quality is poor in their opinion. Three other residents com- ent on college cam- g.nc ,i short descrip variet) of journals, said William IXmbridge roads in August, they "They look great, but they're not plained of the same problem. puses. linn about the indi- Maihis. who is Null the coor- got more than they bargained for. Tyrone Bledsoe, TYROMEBtEDSfJE vidual histories ol dinator of graduate studies ai quite as nice as it seems," said lenn Matt Bradford, senior, who lives SAAB FOUNDER They got problems — and lots DiQuattro, senior, and resident of in building 2, said the towel rack founderof the Student the fraternities and the College of Musical Arts and of them. building 5. "They built it up more fell off his wall after the hanging of African-American sororities, with rec- a member of the Faculrj Senate Crooked floors, screaming toi- than ii is." a single towel on it. Brotherhood, spoke last night ognition on the founders rhe Budget Committee, lets, leaky windows and cracks in Paul Posen, a senior and a build- And he recently discovered in the Union on the Divine challenges ol segregation and ' I hesejoumalsareverj expen- the walls are problems students ing 1 tenant, said the noise that a crack near his ceiling that has Nine's far-reaching historical isolation black Americans sive," Mathis said, ' Ihe librarj s thought they could avoid by rent- comes from his toilet is startling meandered its way down the wall. impact. Hledsoe's presenta- faced on college campuses had TO cut back." ing new apartments "When I flush my toilet, it Building 22 resident Paul tion combined historical fact during the early 1900s is what And those cutbacks are due to But of 78 students questioned, sounds like a car horn is going off with his insight from personal 67 said Copper Beech apartment in my house," Posen said. BEECH,PAGE 2 experience with these frater- OIVIHE, PAGE 2 LIBRARY, PAGE 1 FOUR-DAY FORECAST SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY The four-day forecast is taken Snow High: 36" light i ligh: 27 Cloud) I ligh: 21, Party High.-28' from weathcr.com Low: 27" Snow law.22 Low 19' □oud) Low: 1H FOR ALL THE NEWS VISIT WWW.BGNEWS.COM 2 Friday. February 3.2006 WWW.BGNEWS.COM Jerome uses Ills 'Noisy' is relative AWARENESS LIBRARY, FROM PAGE 1 BEECH, FROM PAGE I block all noises, but expected FOR MORE INFO sounds to be more muffled. The music education program's budget cuts foi the library, which Boellner, sophomore, was "The girls that live above me annual report, along with BhoWBdD8 one day when bis have got to weigh 100 pounds look more Attractive dun cuts reports from other departments elsewrieic according to Mathis. i_' niime shampoo bottle each," Boellner said. "But it on campus, can be found at: slipped out of his hands. It put sounds like linebackers are "IThe library! is a big expense htlpMmwbgsu.edu/offices/ that's non-personnel." be said. a hole slightly smaller than the running through their kitchen pmwst/academicpmgrams/pro- size of a Softball in his bathtub. with dears." "85 percent, maybe even mote, is gramreview/2003-04. htm non-personnel. It's easier to cut a "I low cheap is this rub?" said DiQuarrro said the advertise- half-percent of the library's bud- Boellner, referring to his first ments touting a soundproofing gel than let three people go." lem of supplying research jour- thought after seeing the dam- system were "stretched." One alternative to subscrib- nals is larger than the College age. "We can hear our neighbors, ing to journals in-house is the of Music — it is a campus-wide Beejan Savabi, executive and we can't tell if they are in Inter library loan program. It issue. directorofsalesatCopper Beech our apartment or not," she allows students to request mate- "Our library, compared to Townhomc Communities, said. i lab tor tree from sources around (thin Slate or to the University of whose corporate headquarters Copper Beech Townhome the world, which are sent to the Michigan, is relatively small," he is in Itainsytvania, said there Communities, which devel- I limrrsin within a few clays. said. "It's not reasonable to have will always be complaints. op, build and manage their lennifer Hell, a firsrvear mas- every journal" Hut once management is complexes, weave insulation ter's student of music education Hulniahn s,nd having access aware of the problems, they through the wood framing to Bl BGSU, has used the ILL pro- to research materials is impor- can work to fix them. Savabi keep sound isolated within the gram before. tant to the graduate and research also said the bathtub incident units. They also install sound- "iis nice because [the jour- communities, and the III is an was isolated, and somewhat proof boards between units, nals' are available online," she efficient way to get materials the out of Cop|Kr Beech's control. according to Savabi. said, "[HutI sometimes you can't library here doesn't have. Each unit is equipped with Though it's not completely gel them online because. I don't "I'm certainly an advocate of new appliances, which are soundproof, Savabi said it's know - fhej re too old maybe." getting the research materials sometimes faulty. That's what more sound-resistant than any Hell goes to lerome Library that both our graduate snidents Savabi said happened in other apartments in Bowling about two times a month, and and our faculty need," Bulmahn Bocllncr's case.