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State University THURSDAY March 31, 2005 PARTLY CLOUDY OUCH: The BG Softball HIGH 60 LOW: 36 team got beat 6-0 by #1 www.bgnews.com Michigan; PAGE 10 independent student press VOLUME 99 ISSUE 137 Poor: setting Students goals makes Horowitz stirs up BGSU recognize dreams role come true By Laren Weber models SENIOR REPORTER Laura Collins Dream huge, but start small. REPORTER The first step in achieving Students had the opportu- dreams is setting goals. Goals nity to show appreciation to lead to dreams. And setting people who have impacted goals is the way to get to those their lives yesterday at the dreams, said Gene Poor, profes- Women's Center's seventh sor of Visual Communication annual "Bring Your Favorite apd Technology Education at Prof/Mentor to Lunch," the University. the final event of Women's Poor spoke in the Union History Month. yesterday on the importance Mary Kruegcr. Director of of dreaming and gave students the Women's Center, said pro- advice on how to make their fessors usually don't get any dreams come true as part ol kind of formal feedback from the Last Lecture Series. dieir students outside of the The series, which is in its first end of semester surveys. It year at the University, is a col- gives professors the chance to lection of presentations given learn that they have an impact by student-selected speakers. on someone, she said. The lectures are designed to "The luncheon is a great give the speaker the opportu- opportunity for students to nity to discuss a topic of his say thank you to the people choice as if it were the final who have made a difference in presentation he would ever their lives," Knieger said. give. When it began, the event Poor, who has been at the was originally only for stu- University for 35 years, was dents and professors but was chosen by students to speak later expanded to include based on his knowledge and Da»elam BGNws coaches and mentors as well, reputation of being a great lec- A ROOM DIVIDED: Essayist and conservative activist David Horowitz spoke last night in Olscamp as part of Republican Week. Knieger said. turer. Christine Woodworth, By Audrey Weber "I have to say this is the most greeted by both applause and ple kept intemipting," said Mike University junior Troy Tice REPORTER a doctoral student at the was a former student of Poor's uncivilized college audience I've rejection from those in atten- McQueary, second vice chairman University, brought her and was appreciative of the Students' academic freedom ever seen," said Horowitz, venting dance. This combination of feel- of the College Republicans. professor, Lisa Wfylam, to opportunity to hear him speak was the topic for last night's frustration during his presenta- ings set the tone for the rest of the Horowitz's speech began with the luncheon. Woodworth outside the classroom setting. Republican Week speaker in tion after being repeatedly inter- speech, with constant outbursts his views on academic freedom first met Wylam before "It was a 40-minute speech Olscamp Hall, but the views of rupted by audience members. from the audience. and on the role of the professor in she was a student because that seemed like it was five David Horowitz were drowned After a brief introduction by "I thought it was rude, honestly the classroom. He recently pub- Wylam was the graduate out by hostile hecklers early and College Republican Chairwoman — he never had the opportunity DREAMS, PAGE 2 often. Monika Winkler, Horowitz was to give his speech because peo- HOROWIIZ, PAGE 2 MENTORS, PAGE 2 Online network aids in students' campaigning By Haley Huie are registered with the site joined as a way to share their group. people." advantage of. U- WIRE REPORTER Tommy Ozbolt, a junior in ideas with group members and "I don't feel that it's necessary Brenner said the groups are The Captain also pointed to RALEIGH, N.C. — Candidates political science and philosophy students who were looking at the to get my message out," Waligora effective because of the acces- students who shared the site with are hitting the campaign trail of law, said he and his running- group's profile. said. He is a candidate for stu- sibility of information. their friends as a valuable meth- via thefacebcok.com for the mate Lock Whiteside, a candi- "The group also gave us an dent body treasurer. The groups typically carry a od of campaigning. "If people upcoming North Carolina State date for student body president, idea of how much support we He said he used fliers and link to the official campaign Web Invites their friends ta our group University Student Government were the first set of candidates to had," Ozbolt said, but added it sandwich boards as his primary site, and Brenner said the groups — we hopes they does — then its elections. set up a facebook group for their isn't the most reliable medium campaign resources. allow students to see with whom more attention," he said. The site was conceived by a campaign. because of the number of mem- Waligora said he hopes the their friends are associated. One of the fastest growing Harvard University undergradu- Ozbolt is running for Student bers who join multiple groups. elections results would be based One of the elections' most groups on thefacebook, the ate student, Mark Zuckerberg, Senate president and said he and Both of the other major tick- on qualifications and not on the unorthodox candidates. The "Renew: I-angley-Hinton-Toms" and has seen a growing number his partner "saw how fast the site ets, Quick-Small and Langley- medium in which students are Pirate Captain, has also set up a group saw a boom of 254 mem- ofN.C was growing and saw how many Hinton-Toms, have designed reached. facebook group. bers within the first 24 hours. Will State candidates forming people we could reach bv using similar groups dedicated to their Chris Brenner, a freshman in The "NCSU Pirate Crew" was Langley, a candidate for student groups dedicated to their cam- it." platforms and offer announce- mechanical engineering, recent- set up because the Captain felt body president, said. paigns. The group Ozbolt and ments and links to the groups' ly joined a campaign group on "this is a great way to hae cam- Langley said the groups are a Students across the country Whiteside set up is called "The members. thetacebook. paigning It nay cost us our gold," powerful medium, but the goal have joined thefacebook.com as Big Ticket," is the largest of the Matthew Waligora, a junior in "I never take a second look at he said. isn't to "play a number game a way to connect with students campaign groups and boasts business management, is one of boards in the Brickyard," Brenner The free advertising and pub- with other campaigns, it doesn't with similar interests from their approximately 636 members. the only candidates who hasn't said. 1 le pointed to the site as the licity provides a resource many necessarily reflect the number school and other schools who Ozbolt said they originally formed a facebook campaign "easiest way to get in touch with of the candidates have taken of votes." JVLTV stars talk about unlikely friendship Matt Manning Shane, a 22-year-old student at with his own demons. He told "chip on his shoulder." REPORTER the University of North Carolina, the audience how he had a minor Darrell then spent much of his Reality television stars-Shane conducted an impromptu sur- stroke after a two-day binge of youth acting out his aggression and Darrell from MTV's Campus vey of those in the audience ask- mixing ephedera with alcohol by fighting those around him. Crawl, shared their stories of ing who believed people were in order to hide from what he It wasn't until he found his love diversity last night in support of bom gay, or that being gay was was. "My father sat me down and for boxing that he was able to Rainbow Dayz, a week of events a choice. told me, 'You're killing yourself,'" focus his agression and, as he highlighting homosexual issues. "I know I was bom gay," Shane Shane said. After the incident, described it, "get that chip off my The Union Ballroom was filled said. "I will always appreciate Shane began to accept that he shoulder." with fans of the show and sup- who 1 am and the gift of sexual could no longer be his own worst At the beginning of their "Road porters of Rainbow Dayz. freedom that I have been given." enemy and that he had to accept Rules" experience, Darrell and MTV's "Road Rules" and "The "I can remember from the time his sexual orientation. Shane got off to a rough start.