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Concealed Changes Winter dat- Raiders' gun issue needed to win ing: ways to men's questioned peace in Iraq stay hot when basketball the weather wins four gets cold games in a row pg 14 Wright State University's Student Newspaper State rnivers'J^^Wp^WI JAN 2 3 2004 | H £% JHJI i IIU vim in ut —ri ••• ml Issue No. 13 Vol. 40 Wednesday, January 21, 2004 I A CMA Ail-American Newspaper Possible military NASA's Mars mission base closings By Jacquefine Sansaven comment until January 28." [email protected] Main points the government are looking for include availability of land, facilities, and associated airspace, cost The Pentagon has asked Wright Pat- of operations and man power, econom- terson Air Force Base commanders to ic impact on existing communities, and gather data and information to aid in environmental impact and costs, said the decision of possible military base Burko. closings in 2005. According to a Pen- WPAFB is home to several major tagon announcement, the request for Air Force organizations including Air data is a part of the "latest Base Realignment and closure activity." Force material Command headquarters, a S44 billion operation, the Aeronauti- There is a list of military value crite- cal Systems Center. Air Force Research ria the government is considering in its Laboratory, and others employing decision, said Lt. Tracy A. Burko, approximately 22.000 military and Chief Media Relations Division of civilian workers on base, according to ASC Public Affairs. Military value is the Dayton Daily News. the primary consideration for BR AC BRAC law requires final selection 2005," said Burko. "The criteria were of criteria to be published no later than published in the Federal Register on February 16 and Congress to approve December 23 and arc open to public criteria by March 15. said Burko. .Y-LS-IV Man tuinJer I is used on missions to explore lite planet's surface. Same sex marriage By Jessica Ganinger the rover. With this, we are able to [email protected] detect various amounts and types of minerals, especially iron bearing sub- amendment proposed Dr. Valerie Shalin has taken a six- stances." month sabbatical to work with the sci- The technology that is being studied and tested through the Mars mission By Jacquefine Sansavera cnce operations support team at the Jet Jackiesans@yahoaco., "Same-sex relationships are Propulsion Labs in California as part of can be relevant in many types of real NASA's Mars mission. world situations, said Shalin. "One of no different than heterosex- "Engineers need specific instructions WSU's strengths is having professors Following the recent announcement studying real world problems. You can ual relationships. We love and scientists need help in formatting of the Massachusetts state high court's the request so that it is suitable for the see it applied all across the depart- decision to lift the ban on same sex the same way, argue the engineers," said Shalin. "! am helping ments. The technology that is being marriages, which currently finds the to bridge the gap between the scientists used to operate the rover is a real world same way, and feel the unions unconstitutional, campus groups and the engineers that are involved problem and can be used in other real as well as politicians have been speak- world situations such as managing dis- same way." with the experiment. My work is to ing out on both sides of the issue. design various processes that both aster relief. Overall, these are basically "In a country of freedom of religion, the same type of issue." — Jeremiah Wright teams can comprehend and it allows should there not also be freedom from them to work together in the most pro- Shalin. an associate professor of religion?" said Julie Allen, member of bcr 18th proposal in Massachusetts. ductive way." psychology, has worked on the project WSU's Gay. Bisexual. Lesbian and Colorado Senator Wayne Allard ( R ) While at the Jet Propulsion Labs. for three years. Transgender alliance. The Lambd.! proposed his own Federal Marriage Shalin will witness Opportunity. Shalin's field of cognitive psycholo- Union. "What you'll find is that the amendment to the Senate roughly stat- NASA's second rover, land on Mars. gy deals with human problem solving whole idea is being shoved down our ing marriage in the United States "This is an opportunity to do scientific aiu. reasoning. She said that she defi- throats by those who think they are should be only limited to heterosexual experiments over several hundred nitely feels that her experience will be saving our souls and are afraid we are partners. meters of martian terrain," said Shalin. benefiting those involved with the making a huge mistake." Many state representatives have pro- "Unlike with Pathfinder, we now have experiment. Immediately following the Novem- "Marriage" cunlinucd on pagv 4 more technology and can travel with .News For job opportunities, contact The Guardian's j Editor-in-Chief. Val Lough,i| at 775-5534 or stop by !j W016 Student Union during normal business hours. i (20 MiO '-'W^'-lAair- Q&>i Kr»i^c Seth Doliboa, #15 fomxird, tltrmvs a find shot last >ivek against Texas-Pan American. Tlw Might State Haiders won the game 82-60 nith Doliboa scoring 24 total points. Upgrades available). Dayton's Largest Tanning Sc.on Weekend Speciols Also Available! 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Editor in Chief: 775-55341 News & Sports: 775-5538 | Scene & Opinion: 775-55361 Advertising: 775-55371 Fax: 775-5535 News, v.Wlni-sJ.iv, [.uiu.irv 21, 2004 The Guardian I t Concealed gun laws may reduce crime By James Brandewe "While I would have preferred that the public have full access to the infor- The Ohio Coalition Against Gun mation. I believe that this is a reason- Violence attempted to defeat the con- able compromise that will hold the per- cealed gun bill in December, but recent init system accountable for compliance legislation showed otherwise. with the law." said Taft. "The gun lobby knows that carrying "If they [Journalists) abuse this hidden loaded handguns is not what access they can lose their privilege," Ohioans want," said Toby Hoover s lid State Representative Jim Director of the Ohio Coalition Against Aslanides. the bill's sponsor. "That's Gun Violence. During 2001. the Uni- what happened in Pennsylvania. We versity of Cincinnati took a poll which can do it here." resulted with 69 percent opposed to According to published reports. concealed weapons in pub! c. Dayton Republican Steve Austria said "I am a gun owner myself," said Dr. that revisions to the bill were "a good Donna Schlaghcck. chair of the politi- first step." cal science department. "If criminc's are already carrying concealed weapons than I do not see why law "Bottom line. those who abiding citi/ens should not have the same right and protection." were elected to keep The concern for defeat was not from Ohioans safe hare instead outside sources, but was with the gov- ernor. Governor Bob Taft said that he set a policy that contributes would only sign a bill that was backed by law enforcement groups, but to a culture of fear." according to published SO-TCV , the — Toby Hoover Ohio State Highway Patrol kept the bill from being signed.