The BG News September 1, 2006
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-1-2006 The BG News September 1, 2006 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 September 1, 2006" (2006). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7629. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7629 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 September 1,2006 Volume 101, Issue \ff f WWW.BGNEWS.COM University resorts to cannibalism Freedom of speech prevails Kara Ohngrtn client services, Cindy Fuller, non-profit organization. five to six years, according to the feasible, according to the mate- in California Senior Reporter communications coordinator "You can almost refer to it as women at ITS. rials handling Web site Schwarzenegger and Melanie Rellinger, technol- cannibalizing the computers, The University's materials After the computer equip- expands press As you sit in one of the many cam- ogy support specialist - all from we will use old parts as long as handling department is respon- ment is no longer usable, ITS pus computer labs, rushing to fin- the University's Information we can,'' Wells said. "Most of the sible for the processing and dis- works with an outside organiza- freedoms for college ish that research paper that's due Technology Services (ITS). computer equipment is trickled posal of items, such as comput- tion to dispose ot the parts in an journalists | Page J in an hour, you may not think Either the computer is dis- down through the system in ers, which are no longer needed orderly fashion. However, to pro- about where that PC will go when mantled and the pieces are order to get the most bang for or usable by the University. I he tect the privacy of the University Sunnier it gets old and outdated. then used to repair other our buck.'' department's goal is to redistrib- community, all information that ntemshps, more There are two options, accord- dilapidated systems or the The average total life span of ute University property to other ing to Deb Wells, manager of entire machine is donated to a a campus computer or pieces is University departments where See COMPUTER | Page? than just a desk job Law firms compete for associates with weekend trips and Old theater has high pay | Pag* 5 The future of BG parking character, lacks "I'mN new amenities Luv" with By Kelly Day Headliners Chaotic car lots are a Senior Reporter Everyones favorite Fine arts students at Bowling stripper enthusiast. Green City Schools are pre- T-Pain to visit Toledo problem that is planned paring lor a tail quarter Saturday | Page 8 packed with performances. Students will spend hours in class and after school Visions from the to be dealt with rehearsing their lines for the Black Swamp school play, or mastering the violin solo of a Beethoven Several artists to masterpiece. share their worid on But they won't get to show off their brilliant art in a bril- the streets of BG liant facility Sept. 151 Page 8 They will perform in a 77- year-old auditorium. One without a backstage, orches- Little cash for tra pit. or air conditioner, the "Clash" "Seeing as how we have And though the auditori- um has housed memorable University may a University master plan nights of musical and theat- have set attendance rical experiences, the school to take effect in the district says it is time lor a expectations too high new facility for this weekend's future... parking will be.. On Nov. 7. Bowling ( Ireen game against the citizens will vote on a S2.93 Badgers | Page 6 addressed soon." million school levy, which would generate $27.5 million Linebacker Bernard Little | USG president must call it See THEATER | PageS quits Ohio State linebacker Mike DAndrea ends his Bacterial career with a knee injury meningitis not a joke By Magan Yodzis Reporter l.ivi ng i n t he dorms freshman year is a big part of the college experience, but catching bac- terial meningitis is not. Bacterial meningitis is an infection of fluid that sur- rounds the brain and spinal Ernesto nears cord. In 2004, there were Carolina coast 1,361 cases of this disease reported nationwide. The tropical storm Meningitiscan leave people deaf, brain-damaged or with brings severe weather tissue death that requires the conditions as strong amputation of limbs. wind and rain close "II I got meningitis I ports | Page 5 ILLUSTRATION BY MABTEL WHITE would not know what to do," Mike Robinson, BGSU sophomore, said. "What are your By Elixabath Hartman garner complaints from students. University Master Plan. The state of Ohio has Reporter Undergraduate Student Government One parking garage will be located in requirements for all college plans for Labor Day President Bernard Little said that USG Lot 1 behind the Student Health Center, students regarding the vac- Weekend?" Patrick Lisk, a University student who does not have any specific plans to another in Lot E on Court and Thurstin cine for meningitis. lives off-campus, walks two miles to class improve the situation. streets, and the third in Lot 7 near the "The state of Ohio requires every day. "Seeing as how we have a University Offenhauer Towers. all first year students living in He has a car, but chooses to avoid the master plan to take effect in the future, I The project is still in the planning stages. resident halls to get the vac- sometimes chaotic parking situation on am sure that parking will be something Bob Boucher, senior project manager cine or sign a paper saying campus by walking. that will be addressed soon," Little said. and )im McArthur, University architect, they don't want it," said Dr. "If I drive to school, it takes me five min- Stacie Enriquez, director of parking, said explained design of the parking garage is Glenn Egelman, the director STACEYTACKETT utes to get there, 15 minutes to find a spot, complaints are cyclical and she empathiz- underway, which they expect to take at and chief physician at the Freshman, Human and then another 15 to walk to class." es with students. least a year. BGSU Student Health Center. Development and Family The parking problem is not a new prob- She explained that three parking garag- Construction can then begin after fund- Karen Gallo-Willard, Studies lem at the University, and it continues to es are planned to be built as part of the ing is acquired, McArthur said. the head pharmacist at the "I'm going home and See PARKING | Page 2 See BACTERIA | Page 5 sleeping in my own r,-,-I | Page 4 Three Ohio colleges study college effects on Ohio By Alalna Bum day may be in the near future. The three schools, self-titled the The 107-page report, titled TODAY Reporter Colleges and universities not "three corridor," joined together "The Future Starts Here: The BY THE NUMBERS IJTTJ Cloudy only educate tomorrow's work- in )une 2004 to study the eco- Role of the Research Universities "Three Corridor" Stats: Directly, and indi- - High: 72, Low: 60 For over twenty years, Ohio has force, they also keep today's nomic impact of higher educa- in Ohio's Economy," explains rectly, the "three corridor" accounts for remained a few steps behind the employed, according to a tion in Ohio. that colleges and universities not h &•"« rest of the country economically recently released report by The "We see investment in higher only educate, they also employ a ■ 68.000 fobs ■ 16.2 biion o( economic activity speaking. But with the help of University of Cincinnati, The education as a key to the state's large portion of the state's work statewide the state's three major research Ohio State University, and Case economic vitality," said Shelly TOMORROW ■ 80% of university research in Ohw universities, an economic hey- Western Reserve University. Hoffman, spokesperson for OSU. See COLLEGE | Page 2 Cloudy I High: 65. Low: 55 k VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 2 Friday. Stptmbw 1.2006 WWWBGNEWS.COM POLICE BLOTTER Foster parents deceive community Wednesday Son reported missing, massive search organized, boy later proved dead 1:00 a.m. By T«rry K unify County coroner for DNA testing ■ "We are going to The Associated Press The coroner, Dr. O'dell Owens ■ has declined comment on the undV' seek the strongest riltbn. CINCINNATI —When a woman boy's cause of death. 858 am reported her developmentaBy possible charge we Deters said some of die boy's disabled 3-year-old foster son remains may have been put into Id boy m the mission, hundreds of volunteers can prove. garbage bags and thrown into middle of High Street He took turned run to help authorities the Ohio River, and that divers the child back inside wl search a suburban nark. Joe Deters | County Prosecutor were continuing to search for I More than two weeks later, those bags. and called out for a p about "I(KI people gathered they went to a family reunion, Deters said he intends to . \\rc!iir.,l.i\ nii;hi III tin' park returned to find him dead and upgrade die involuntary man- he re N when' foster mother Uz Carroll IHII .ihniii his disap|X'arancc.