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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-18-2011 The BG News February 18, 2011 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 February 18, 2011" (2011). BG News (Student Newspaper). 8369. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8369 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. 51127 42129 WEEKEND 43 50 52118 WEATHER: m SAT SUN MON THE BG NEWS PULSE CAUGHT BIEBER FEVER' Justin Bieber lost at the Grammy's, but had success at last weekend's Box Office. See Pulse FRIDAYFebruary 18,2011 on PAGE 8. Volume 90, issue 104 ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community www.bgviews.com CAMPUS Park hosts performing BRIEF Applications due today a 30 cumulative GPA They also must be juniors in good academic standing with no for undergraduate Board disciplinary sanctions artists during lunch hour of Trustees representative Application forms can be found at www. The Undergraduate Student Government bgsu.edu/usg and are due today to Dan By Gi-off Burnt "I love to perform, sports and special events director. is seeking a qualified student to serve as Caldwell. USG vice president and chair of Reporter The Parks and Recreation the undergraduate representative to the the Undergraduate Board of Trustees Search so I will take any Department has an event during the University Board of Trustees. Committee. People who want a little music with summer called "Lunch in the Park," The Board ol Trustees is the University's Interviews for select candidates will be their lunch can attend the "Brown opportunity I can..." where a restaurant provides food highest governing body. It is comprised of II conducted Feb. 21 members, including one graduate student Bag Music Series" at the Simpson Kristin Otley | Special Events and a musical artist performs. Brown Building on Conneaut Avenue. Bag Music Series is an event that is and one undergraduate student The newly Members of the Bowling Green February and March. similar to Lunch in the Park, only selected student representative will serve one two-year term, beginning May 17 and ending Parks and Recreation Department "It's just kind of a nice Friday after- people bring their own food, hence May 16.2015. according to USG guidelines host the event every year, where a noon, giving people something to do musical artist will perform for about whenit'sreallycold out andthey can't SOP BAG | Page 2 Applicants must be full-time University an hour Fridays during lanuary, get in the park," said Kristin Otley, students and Ohio residents with at least As spring arrives so do opportunities for University professor wins plagiarism lawsuit students to apply for scholarships By Hannah Sparling Senior Reporter "If I didn't already Financial Aid office offers new scholarships, awards more than $30 million annual! An Ohio State University gradu- know of her and what By Jan*e Avary of Student Financial Aid in room 231 self if you don't even apply.'' ate has agreed to pay a University Reporter of the Administration Building. Belleville said she received a new professor $15,000 in a plagiarism she studied, I never The University awards more than scholarship opportunity for students lawsuit settled outside of court. would have found it." The Financial Aid office has new $30 million in scholarships annually, just this week. The Shannon Wise OSU also revoked Elisabeth scholarships available for students, and student eligibility for scholar- Marks Memorial Scholarship is being Nixon's doctorate degree after an Montana Miller | Professor and the time to begin the process of ships is tied to the program in which offered to full-time females who will academic-misconduct commit- applying is fast approaching. they are enrolled, according to the be juniors or seniors next school year. tee found her guilty of plagiariz- collect the full $15,000. "Nowis prime hunting season," said Financial Aid website. The scholarship is for students major- ing University Professor Montana Miller, who teaches in the Assistant Director of Scholarships )im Foust, associate profes- ing in computer science. Miller's work for her dissertation, Popular Culture department, said Robin Belleville. sor and chair of the Department of This is just one of the many according to court documents. she discovered Nixon had plagia- Belleville said spring is the big- lournalism, said faculty and staff new opportunities being pre- Inthe settlement, Nixonagreed rized her work when she was revis- gest time of year for scholarships. have been surprised by the low num- sented for students. to pay Miller $222.22 a month for ing her own doctoral dissertation Though most scholarship deadlines bers of students applying for scholar- Belleville said the wall outside of 44 months and $222.32 in the to be published as a book. She are in the spring, there are others ships. He said with the rising cost of the Financial Aid office is regularly 45th month, for a total of $10,000. knew Nixon did research in the with deadlines at other parts of the college and the fall of the economy, updated as new scholarship oppor- If Nixon makes the payments same field and wanted to see if she year, so students should apply year the opposite should be true. tunities arrive. Scholarship applica- on time, she does not have to should refer her readers to any of round, she said. "There is money out there that stu- pay the remaining $5,000. If she See OSU | Page 2 Students looking for additional dents are not aware they are eligible See MONEY | Page 2 fails to pay, the court documents funding for school can visit the Office for," Foust said. "You eliminate your- state, Miller can immediately WINTERFEST FORUM SPORTS PEOPLE ON THE STREET What's your favorite restaurant in Bowling Green? Celebrate remains of winter Devil's advocate' resurrected Spring arrives and so does baseball Check out a preview of Winterfest and Columnist Stephan Reed informs students Led by coach Danny Schm'rtz. the BG baseball COREY CHISLOW a calender of events for the weekend that playing the 'Devil's advocate' can team begins its 2011 campaign today in Bowling Freshman, Finance and activities coming up to celebrate the stimulate the mind to think from different Green. KY. Senior pitcher Charles Wooten is "Frickers." | Pig* 4 winter season | P*g* 5 angles | Patg* 4 expected to start the first game | Pag* 6 & k VISIT BGVIEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 2 Friday. February IB. 2011 FROM THE FRONT PAGE WWWBGNEWSCOM FRJDAY NIGHTS :^^4:x SATURDAY JOPM til 2:30 AM - 3,6,5 DRINK SPECIALS -> ,*V//!'BOOMER & $3 Pitchers/Beer! DJ MANNY t> S6 Pitchers/Mixed Drink! «5X-xr 18 & Up * 21 & over FREE j facebook.com/clazel 3 FOR $5 Vodka Bombs! BLOTTER Boy dies after Apple store dispute WED., FEB. 16 Neo-Nazi 2:24 A.M. COLUMBUS (AP) — A 15- County Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Landin, a firefighter Anthony Garbet, of Westerville. year-old boy who was shot Dennis Hogan said he from Mansfield in north Ohio, was cited for drug para- in the head following a dis- planned to meet soon with central Ohio, said he was phernalia at Lot 12 pute inside an Apple store detectives about possibly inside a store at Easton executed for has died, and a new charge is amendingthecharge in light when several teens came Sean Knarr. of Sullivan. Ohio, was possible for an older brother of Andrake Kelley s death. running in saying there had cited for drug paraphernalia and accused in the shooting, a I logan declined to say what been a shooting. Landin drug abuse at Lot 12. prosecutor said Thursday. new charge could be filed. and his girlfriend, an FMT, Andrake Kelley died The shooting in an out- went out to attend to the 3 deaths 25 ONLINE: Go to bgviewsaxn for the Wednesday, police homi- door area of the mall fol- wounded teen. complete blotter list cide detectives said in a lowed an altercation inside "There wasn't anybody CORRECTION news release. I le sustained a the Apple store, police have around. I didn't see any single gunshot wound to the said. Detective SteveClasure crowds. AH the teens I guess years ago POLICY head in the shooting that told The Columbus Dispatch that were involved in the rattled shoppers Saturday words were exchanged situation must have fled," Frank Spisak is last to use specific injection We want to correct all factual night at liaston Town Center, between two groups of 1 .iiuhii told The Associated errors. If you think an error has a shopping center with youths and that Andrew Press Thursday. By Andrew Wclsh-Huggins said Jeffrey Duke, the been made, call The BG News at upscale stores about 8 miles Kelley fired shots into the Andrew Kelley was held in The Associated Press brother of slaying victim 419-372-6966. northeast of downtown air. Police would not say if juvenile detention Thursday Brian Warford, Columbus, police said. they believed he intended to awaiting a March 4 court LUCASVILI.F. Ohio — Warford was black, as The boy's brother. Andrew shoot his brother, the news- appearance. A message was Ohio executed a neo-Nazi was Spisak's first victim, BAG Kelley, 16.