Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-23-2009 The BG News April 23, 2009 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 23, 2009" (2009). BG News (Student Newspaper). 8082. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8082 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. THE ATBGVIEWS.COM ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student pressNEWS serving the campus and surrounding community Thursday April 23.2009 Hoping to initiate change, Volume 103. Issue 143 WWWBGVIEWSCOM University sophomore Menstrual Monday' comes early campaigns for City Council The Women's Cenler celebrated the event By John Buckingham Jacob that ties all women Redfern together ] Page 3 £1 Sophomore lacob Redfern wants to change the world, starting with the majoring in Making community of Bowling I Ireen Science the transition \ sophomore with a major in political science and .1 minoi in to alumni philosophy, Redfern hails from foi ai ademii s .1- well as to pet Senior Celebration (1.ih,inn,1 Ohio. ,1 small town formontheUniversit) Forensics welcomes graduating neat Columbus, and hopes to team, on which he has served as leave a lasting impression 1111 treasurer and is now a varsity seniors to the world Bowling Green through politics. membei of alumni with parties, "Peopleahvayswanttochange \lilioiigh the money was a games and a Beyond the world, hut il you slay silling fai tot in his decision, lacob said BG event | Page 3 in your dorm room all day play- 11 was the people, 1 ampus and ing Halo .! noi ever getting out, umbrellas that won him over. you're not going to change the While making his decision on Obama's world," Redfern said. "Politics which school to attend, lacob University to host groundbuilding' celebration and active!) serving in govern- said 11 rained foi ever) visit to skirting around ment is one ofthe easiest ways to each school hi1 toured. responsibility Influence your community." lit, was the only one with Guest columnist Jesper for long-awaited Wolfe Center for the Arts With 11 background in poli umbrellas,' he said. "\t least lies, lamb hopes to eventual!) Bowling! iic rn was dealing with Bekkecs thinks that attend law school and maybe the weather." by not prosecuting settle down in Bowling Green to \ou iii his second yearai the torturers within the CIA. ByKyi.R.ynold. ter body casts, Director of Marketing and star) a family sometime in the University, lacob said in spile of Senior Reporter Communications Dave Kielmeycr said. future, ,1 few rough experiences with Obama is giving them The ceremony will also include a perfor- "I'd like to come back to class, he doesn't regret the deci- a free pass | Page 4 A "groundbuilding" ceremony will kick off the mance from a 60-student wind symphony and Howling Green." he said. "It sion. University's introduction of the Wolfe Center over 100 students singing the Alma Mater, he seems like .1 great community 1 veryone sometimes wishes for the Arts to the campus and community said. to raise children in." the) d gone somewhere else. New England this weekend. Speakers at the event will include University lacob's appreciation for the We wall had the bad Philosophy A reception for the facility will liegin on President Carol Cartwright, Dean of Arts and town has led him to begin nil professoi and the bad battleground Saturday at 1 p.m. with a ceremony following Sciences Simon Morgan-Russell and Craig campaigning for the < it) English 112 teacher, hut I don't at 1:30 in parking lot N, where the Sadd Iconic Dykers, founding member of the Norwegian At a legislative Council elections coming up in think I'd want to go anywhere Student Services Building used to stand. architecture firm Snohetta. November, else. hearing in Maine, gay It will be called a "groundbuilding" because Snohetta is designing the facility. Their Urn he hasn't always been so \1ir1 dei iding to attend the couples asked to be students will be assembling a ceramic model proj- ects dedicated to the city, University, it didn't take lacob recognized by repeal- of the facility and students will be perform- See WOLFE | Page 2 Graduating among the lop long to gei involved. Redfern ing a presentation with 25 full-sized plas- .in students ol his class, lacob v.as originalh recruited b\ the ing the law limiting applied and was accepted to 1 Iniversit) toserveonthespeech marriage | Page 11 Ohio State University, Ohio and debate team and within the PHOIO PROVIDiD B( IHf UNIVf RSIITS WIB SHE University and BGSU. 1 le was offered .1 scholarship REDFERN Pitchers work hard even in off sesason BG pitchers don't just Bettering the wind turbine train hard during the season, they focus on By Ella Fowler "Last year, the I \dl skills, running and Reporter (Engineering rechnolog agility throughout c lass was working on building the year | Pag* 6 Howling Green wind could a wind turbine." Voldness said, soon be in high demand since "I felt that this was something a University professor and stu- that I could build given the dent have treated a bite-sized right amount of time and guid- wind turbine. ance." The new invention, measur- Voldness added he became BEN.0HMAN ing around !> feel tall, could more interested in wind FORGET GREEN. LETS GO ORANGE: la of Sustd.rat.lity. soon be sprouting on houses turbines alter doing some ■ -future across the country. research on other home-made Technology professor wind turbines, Charles Codding and senior "The idea behind this project Information, orange bikes lared Voldness. creators of the is how to make a windmill bet- mini wind turbine, have put BEN10HMAN ter." Codding said. "By doing approximately 200 hours into WIND: Charles Codding and Jated Voldness some things we actually came abound at University Eco-Fair the project. Currently, they are (not pictured) invented a more efficient wind up with a system that is 200 pursuing a patent on the wind turbine to noo percent more efficient turbine so they will be able to [than current wind turbinesl." By Becky Tener and in see what their organiza- commercialize the product. ship recipient, decided he ( 1 nkling and Voldness hope to uter tion offers The project was started at wanted to continue lite woik take the wind turbine to the nexl "It'sstatistical!) proven] that the end of last semester, when on the generator as his McNair rhe Earth Day I co-Fail brought the more lime people spend Voldness, a Mc.Nlair scholar- project. See TURBINE I Page 8 many outdoor activities to the outdoors the more likely they Union including dog walking, are to protect it." Winiasz said. gardening and hike 1 iding to gel "We can promote that here." SEEING THE SIGN. AND RUNNING INTO IT, TOO Students interested in environ- Vmanda Gamby from the mental issues Wood Count) solid Waste lunior Adam I ernia and District also said coming to the senior Ion Winiasz used I <o I an was ,1 gieal place 10 the fair's change in location inform students about environ- from the Union Oval due to mental isstiis She said many the weather as an opportu- college students are becoming nity to ride bikes around the more interested 111 a green life- Multipurpose Room to promote style. the new Orange Hike Program I think everyone has a huge at the University. drive towards being more "The program will allow green.' she said. "It's a big students to use these hikes mi movement light now." campus whenever the) need Volunteering options are them," l.ermasaid. also becoming more popu- I he orange bikes are part lar. Freshman Devin Neal KELSEYCOHKUN of small changes being made is a volunteer through the Freshman. at the University to spark stu- Chapman Community at Telecommunication dents' interest in making Kohl ai \\ intergarden Land "I recycled my Power greenei choices. I erman and Preservation. He said the Eco- U'inias/ were also promoting l ail offered a lot of information Aid. Saving the world the University Outdoor Club BtNLOHMAN and opportunities to students one bottle at a time." and said the Eco-Fair was .1 | Page 4 A RUN-IN WITH THE SIGN: A car is towed away after an accident yesterday afternoon in Lot 7 outside of the Offenhauer Towers Furl great place to gel students excit EARTH =age8 details were not available as of press time ed about environmental issues k VISIT BGVIEWS.COM: NEWS. 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