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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-19-2007 The BG News January 19, 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 January 19, 2007" (2007). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7700. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7700 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 Friday January 19,2007 Union Volume 101. Issue 82 Pizzerias thrive in Bowling Green WWWBGNEWSCOM celebrates Pelosi pushes By Freddy Hunt for global Reporter birthday warming bill SW By Ell.. FowUr Reporter House Speaker Nancy Bowling Green is home to 15 pizzerias and was once rumored to have the most pizza Pelosi is jump-starting places per capita in the United States. So Tile Union is an important part of a committee to look at what's the deal with all the pizza? the U< iwling (iieen State University the problem | Page 5 Fr Cottage Inn and Night Might pizza campus, appeared on the BG scene in the past With four doors and plenty of Hearsay six months, which may result in a loss of space, it provides a place for student business for other pizzerias. to get together, study, eat. attend testimony may Senior Jake McPherson believes more events, drink cappuccino and even soon convict ._vfcJffi pizza places creates a system of checks have a Bret dance as a bride. terrorists and balances. "Our Union, in a sense, isa meet- "We need the big pizza places like Pizza ing of the minds" said Bernard The Pentagon set rules Hut and Dominos because they keep the Nttle, Undergraduate Student which allows hearsay little guys' prices in check," McPherson Government president. "A home and coerced statements PIZZA FACTS explained. "And in order for the big guys away from home." to have a decent tasting pizza, we need The Union has different mean- as evidence | Page 5 ■ Pizzerias represent 17 percent of all the smaller guys like Myles and Pisanellos. ings to different people on cam- restaurants (Source: Food Industry The competition generates better pizza pus. China tests News.) and better prices. Besides, who wouldn't The Union, for me, is a place ■ 94 percent of the U.S. popula- want more pizza to choose from?" where people can hang out ix' anti-satellite tion eats pizza. (Source: Parade Travis Pugh, manager of Myles Pizza comfortable and study." said lilena weaponry Magazine) Pub, said the Myles building was one I lorvath, freshman. ■ Pizza is a $30 billion industry. China recently of the first pizzerias in Ohio, and they It is hard to believe, however, Approximately 3 billion pizzas are are not worried about losing business to that the Union wasn't always as big conducted weapons sold from approximately 69.000 piz- newcomers. and grand as it is now. tests against a weather zerias in the United States each year. In fact, the Union opened its satellite | Page 12 (Source: Blumenfeld and Assn.) Sec PIZZA I Page 2 doors only five years ago this week. "The previous building was built in the late 1950s, and was just start- PIZZA PIE CHART ing to fall apart," said Kim lacobs. Swim team associate director of the Union. prepares for "In December of 1999, they closed that building down for the con- the end 13% Myles. struction project and redid even, Seniors O'Conner aspect of tliis building except the ballroom floor." and Keating prepare 16% Pollyeyes and Pagliais for their final swim See UNION | Page 2 meet | Page 10 18% Pisanellos Women's 23% Papa John's Tennis sets Leaders urge expectations 20% Pizza Hut high students to The team prepares for the second half of compete the season | Page 10 By Alexandria Clark Senior Reporter Officials from South Africa, linn magazine and The Economist will be on campus today edu- cating students about ways to become more globally competi- tive. lake Gallardo. president of Students' Initiative for Global Competitiveness, came up with the idea to have the global com- petitiveness conference at the University. "I was inspired by my travel to Phantom of Singapore in September of 2005," the Opera hits said Gallardo. "I saw a newspaper Toledo article called 'The World Is Black' by Thomas Freeman.* The long-running Gallardo, a University senior, musical will be at said he perceived the article's Stranahan Theater all message as saying people need to invest in theircrealivityand skills this month | Page 7 in order to compete globally. Gallardo invited special guests to speak today in the Lenhart Gospel Fest Grand Ballroom from 9:15 a.m. at the Union to 5 p.m. tonight 10% Other (includes Dominos. Cottage Inn Gallardo invited Honorable W.G Grinders, Mario's and Zu/s © Night} Yusuf Nieman, consul general The BG Gospel Choir Percentages based on 100 students polled. from South Africa, as the guest hosts the 4th annual lecturer. festival tonight at 7 WOIOSBV JORDAN FLOWER IHEBGNfWS See GLOBAL | Page 2 pm | Page 3 Do you think Facebook comshodd ban groups 0 nline racism s ttaaxid offend or dis- New learning project proposed criminate against some By Megan Armentrout "This does not promote diver- users? By Alaina Bum dential venture." he said. The idea of incorporating Reporter sity because it opens a window Reporter The Dunbridge Project, the study and the use of energy for people to look at that issue although still in the planning technology is also being con- Racism is no longer just face-to-face or a certain race of people in a The University may have a stages, would allow students sidered. Green Team working abuse; it can now be found online negative way," Brookins said. new learning community, but to live in University housing groups have been created to at popular social net working Web Groups that are exclusively for it won't be coming anytime while gaining experience in identify ways that transporta- sites, like Myspace or Facebook. people of one race or groups that Maria Brown, Senior. soon, or even on campus. their field of study, all in the tion, water use, landscaping, Facebook allows members to are making fun of stereotypical Biology In 2004, Calderon Properties same location. building materials and energy join groups in which individuals characteristics of another race "Yes. we don't go on Ltd. and the University Deanna Vatan Woodhouse, use can be as environmentally can share interests such as their can be offensive to some peo- began collaboration on The president of Graduate Student friendly as possible. favorite television show or intend- ple. "1,000,000 Black Students!" Facebook to be offended Dunbridge Project, a poten- Senate, said the benefits of hav- Since day one, student opin- ed majors. is an example of a group that People should always tial state-of-the art living and ing students live together in a ions have been a major part of But some groups can potentially is only for the black students becognscentoftheir learning community that community like the Dunbridge the planning. hurt people based on their racial on Facebook. More than 150 actions." | Page 4 would give students the oppor- Project are clear. According to Louis Benedict, backgrounds. University students are listed as tunity to learn by doing. "It would give students the a doctoral student who serves More than 14 million people members of this group. There are currently 13 resi- opportunity to exchange opin- as a graduate assistant, a lot of are registered users of Facebook. A stereotypical group could be flff^Pl dential learning and theme ions and ideas and grow from the planning is being based off according to their Web site. "Are you Asian? Then You're a communities at BGSU, but the learning experience," she of a housing survey that was Many students from the Ninja!" or "Look at Me I'm White according to Associate Dean said. previously sent out to students University belong to Facebook and Nerdy." No University stu- TODAY of Students Jeff Coats, the Woodhouse believes the via e-mail. The survey, which groups that are discriminatory dents were listed as members of I Few Snow Showers Dunbridge Project would be community could incorpo- was distributed by MGT Inc., a towaid people of different racial these groups. 3 High: 29, Low; 18 different. rate many different majors College Consulting company, and ethnic origins. These groups imply that The Dunbridge Project into the project. "There's talk was designed to consider what Delora Brookins, junior, said because you are a certain would further prepare stu- of gerontology, health and students look for in University many of the groups were directly race, then you have these dents for life in the real world human services, business housing. offeasive to her because of the characteristics. through hands-on learning. and environmental studies," language used in them and their TOMORROW "It's a joint academic-resi- Woodhouse said. See DUNBRIDGE | Page 2 content See FACEBOOK | Page 2 Mostly Sunny I High: 28, Low: 22 k VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 2 Fnday January 19.2007 WWWBGNEWS.COM from, they can find pizza pretty "It is really strange," said BLOTTER PIZZA much anywhere on campus.