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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-12-2007 The BG News April 12, 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 12, 2007" (2007). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7752. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7752 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 THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Thursday April 12.2007 Local woman, Volume 101. Issue 135 WWWBGNEWSCOM child escape Colleges look to hire part-time life of abuse instructors By Acidic CuHis This trend to save money has been He asked if she was sure and she growing for three said yes. decades | Page 5 She had never been surer of any- thing in her whole life. She knew she had to go. Do you have The getaway plan: The 21-inch BG team spirit? green suitcase full of her and her son's clothes, necessities and the The BG News. BGSU money taken from a joint account Athletics and the throughout the previous month University Bookstore was secure. are sponsoring a She lined up a moving tnick and 10 friends to help her move. student spirit design Then, on that overcast day six contest. The winning years ago. she left. design will be featured Connie Phillips, 44. found the strength to leave through the love on a T-shirt which for her son and her faith in God. will be available for She believes she was put in her purchase. For more .. f- ,>*< ,>« #r/rv • abusive marriage for a reason — details about the her son lohn. Phillips was ludcy enough to contest visit the gel away from her ex-husband, official Web site at: unlike Alicia Castillon, a Bowling bgsufalcons.com (Ireen resident, who was recently murdered by her ex-boyfriend. Starting in May. ltiillips will lie working as a part-time advocate Women's Bball for Behavioral (Connections, which coach reaches provides mental health treatment ibrWotxi County residents, so she new deal can support others who have gone Curt Miller receives through the same situation. a new contract that Old games still good See ABUSE | Page 6 extends until 2013 | Page 11 Cavs look to Despite technology, board games popular among many playoff run BGSU chapter Possibly looking at a By Freddy Hunt to have in stock. No. 2 seed, the stakes Reporter While classics such as Balderdash and Monopoly make reacts to MU steady sales, Miller said niche games, such as Dungeons are high with four Since the invention of video gaming, the old fashioned and Dragons and Axis and Allies which often involve hazing games left | Page 12 hoard game has heen spending more time in the closet, strategic role-playing, have had inclining sales in the past but with a few friends, a few batteries and perhaps a few three years. One of the reasons for the growing popularity By Chris Sojka drinks, board games are not going anywhere soon. is cost efficiency, Miller said. According to Daniel Miller, owner of New frontiers, a "If you take a family of five out to the theaters, that's like gaining store located next to the Cla-Zel theater, board 100 bucks if you buy popcorn and drinks," Miller said. "A games have been around for a long time and will stay board game only costs alxiut 40 bucks and you can play it A recent hazing incident involving around in one form or another. over and over." the Miami University Phi Gamma "There will probably be a move to electric, like a Miller, who has a master's degree in sociology, said Delta chapter will have repercus- plug in and play," Miller said. "There will definitely one of the reasons why people enjoy board games is sions, but members of the BGSU be a move towards paperless and probably even an because of the social aspect that cannot be found in chapter say it will not effect them. electric dice roller." online gaming. On March b. officials reported In the business world, Miller said classic games are "On the board game you get much better inter- small groups of men were sot- called "evergreen products" because they are always ted at I lueston Worxls. a part in Midwest comes selling year round, which makes them a smart item See GAMES | Page 6 Oxford, Ohio, ftirk rangers con- to a halt due to tacted Miami University to report what they suspected was a hazing surprise snow incident Flights were delayed, The men wen believed to have been left outside for a long period games were cancelled of time without knowing when! and schools were they were or how to get home. closed due to more "Afire had been set in a restroom for warmth. When the park rang- out of season snowy ers asked the men which fraternity weather | Page 10 they were associated with, they lied," said Susan Vaughn, direc- tor of Ethics and Student Conflict North Africa Resolution at Miami University sees increased According to Tom Robertson, suicide attacks member of Phi Gamma Delta at liOSU. the Miami University inci- The Prime Minister's dent will gel "blown over," and office and police shouldn't affect the local fraterni- station in Algeria ty's Phi Gamma Delta lushing in the future. were victims of al- JENGA!: Roommates Stephanie Hayward. Missy Peters, and Melanie Klosterman take a break ECHO VARGAS "I think there will be a negative Oaida's most recent from studying to play a game (The game is Upwords) bombings | Page 8 SeeFRAT|Page2 Do you tip servers when you go out to eat? Learning communities not Low funding puts hybrid bus in park for all, faculty aim to improve BySanhColbry Reporter ByMoHyMcOb* Reporter "... we don't have Students may wonder why the University is not putting its envi- SAURABHSHARMA. a program that fits Graduate Student. Life The University is recognized for its ronmentally friendly bus to use Sciences many learning communities, but on the BGSU shuttle routes, some students are dissatisfied. every student." but officials in the College of "I do, usually about 15 Associate professor and director Robert Midden | Director Technology say they have rea- percent" | Page 4 ofChapman LeamingCommunity, sons for not doing so. Robert Midden, admits the pro- The main idea of Chapman The Electric Vehicle Institute gram is not for everyone. Learning Community is to restore in the University's College of "Being a part of the Chapman interaction between students and Technology is currently with- <&§>. Learning Community I expected the faculty. Over 160 students are out a license agreement and a lot of community service. There in their first year in the Chapman funding for the hybrid bus. TODAY was a lot of hype about it, and the Learning Community. The bus, equipped with Hybrid ECHO VARGAS 'If 9G NEWS RUNNING CLEAN: One of the University's hybrid buses sits outside a garage. I . Rain/Snow/Wind program doesn't do as much com- Also included in the program Booster Drive which reduces munity service as what was said," are 12 student leaders. High: 43, Low: 32 emissions and increases fuel freshman Hyse Faulk said. All of these students are a pan of mileage, was used on the main pany, but after the company was chief engineer. Midden said the program fac- the learning community to recon- shuttle route over a year ago, in bought out the license agreement "We're actively seeking com- ulty is distraught when students nect learning to their lives and to Summer 2005. waslosL mercial partners," he said. tm are dissatisfied humanity, Midden said. The institute previously The program has been inac- lohn Folkins, CEO of the "One regret is that we don't have Parts of the learning commu- licensed the bus to Goshen tive for six months now, as the Research Institute at the TOMORROW a project that fits every student," Coach, an Indiana based pas- government funding for the bus Partly Cloudy/Windy Midden said. See PROJECT | Page 2 senger commercial vehicle com- also ran out, said Jeff Major, EVTs SeeEVI|Page6 I High: 48. Low: 32 k 2 ■■:•! 12.2007 WWW.BGNEWS.COM serve the students best, the ty gives students a chance to BLOTTER PROJECT community requires addi- adjust to college and it is much 'agel tional costs lor residence, lor easier to make stronger bonds TUESDAY expenses, close to $80,000 is with other students and profes- nii\ ili.ii allow lor closer con- collected from students living sors," said Kim Merik, sopho- 7:36 A.M. ns between faculty and in chapman. Pees vary depend- more and Chapman leadership Pedestrian reported struck at students are reduced class sizes ing on how many years a stu- Student College Drive and East Merry 28 students pet class and dent has been in the commu- Rachel Zarcmba, a former Avenue. She was taken to Wood County Hospital for treatment. The :. her and faculty offices nity. The starting fee is S27S per member of the learning rom- driver. Jin Huang 25. of Bowling ihefirsl Door of Kohl Hall, semester for a freshman. munity and junior, said she Green, was cited for no drivers where the learning community The remaining $70,000 was dissatisfied with parts of license, failure to yield to a pedes- i- Incited.