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State University THURSDAY January 17, 2002 SHOE BOMBER: CLOUDY Richard Reid was indict- HIGH: 36 i LOW: 30 ed on charges of being a www.bgnews.com terrorist; PAGE 3 independent student press VOLUME 93 ISSUE 03 BOWLING GREEN 79, BALL STATE 92 CARDINAL SIN Ball State halts Falcons 12-game win streak By Joel Hammond By Nick Hurm IN! 6G NCWS •HE 8G NEWS Associated Press Ptioto MUNCH, IND. — Billed as Someone stole Keith SCHOOL SHOOTING: A man a clash between the Mid- McLeod's mojo. hangs his head outside of American Conference's two McLeod's secret mojo Appalachian Law School. heavyweights, last night's game between Bowling power take over when the Green and Ball State certainly game is on the line. And it didn't disappoint appeared that the Bowling Virginia The Cardinals, who earlier Green guard was about to this season defeated UCLA break out that mojo with just and Kansas in the Maul over three minutes left against school Invitational, got through a Ball State last night. shaky first half and pulled McLeod had already scored away in the second half for a 30 points and just put in two 92-79 victory In front of 6,938 shooting free throws to total 32. The at BSU's John E. Werthen score was 68-66 with 3:38 left, Arena. The loss ended the and everyone who had seen Falcons' 12-game win streak. Mcli'od's last minute specta- second in "Going into the game, we cles this season knew the ball compared Bowling Green to would probably end up his teams like Kansas, Duke, and way. 24 hours Butler," said Ball State coach Tim Buckley. "They do what When McLeod reached down deep to get that mojo, it By Roger Altord they do really well. It was hard ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER for us to simulate them in was missing. Ball State guard GRUNDY, Va. — A law school practice, but our guys did a Patrick lackson had swiped student upset about his grades terrific job. away the late game heroics went on a shooting spree "Our second half push that fans were accustomed to Wednesday, killing three people started at the defensive end seeing from Mcleod and critically wounding three We came out and hit a couple After McLeod's free throws, others before he was wrestled to shots, and Patrick lackson lackson erupted for the two the ground by students, officials came down and played well biggest shots of the game that said. in the second half. I le tin i led turned out to be the back- The victims included a profe- the ball over one time down, breaker and the end of the sor and the dean of the and he then came down and Falcons 12-game win streak. Appalachian School of Law. They hit a three and a two." "We have been relying on were gunned down in their The Falcons' Keith McLeod Keith a lot," BG coach Dan offices. The third person slain scored 12 of the first 18 points was a student, said Ellen Quails, a for his team, and helped BG Dakich said. "I told the team that there would be a game spokeswoman for Gov. Mark jump out to an early lead 18- Warner. 15 lead. A tip-in by freshman when he just wouldn't be able to get it done for everybody. "When I got there there were Germain Fitch helped BG to bodies laying everywhere," said We needed more guys to do the biggest lead of the first Dr. lack Briggs, who has a private more things, and we just didn't practice a half-mile from the GAMER, PAGE 2 get that tonight." school in this tiny western Down die court came Keith Virginia community. 'Mojoless' Mcleod, ready to Briggs said he had treated the begin his own heroics. He put BOWLING GREEN STATS suspect in the past year. He a three-pointer to answer described the gunman as a Player Pts Rhd Assts lackson, but all he found was Nigerian in his early 40s who had Josh Almanson 4 4 0 iron. Ball State grabbed the flunked out last year and been rebound, and lackson put up a allowed to return. Erik Crawford 6 2 quick score. "I think they were getting ready Brent Klassen 2 2 "The guy can score in to tell him that he had not made Len Matela 12 7 bunches," Jackson said. "All I the grade this year," Briggs said. Keith McLeod 36 8 wiuited to do was stay in front Dean L Anthony Sutin and the professor were "executed" in Kevin Netter 2 1 of him and keep a hand in his their offices. Briggs said. face. It looks like I did a decent Brandon Pardon 8 3 BG News He said the gunman then went job and I played a decent Cory Ryan 3 1 LENNY: Center Len Matela (14) was one of only two Falcon to score in double digits against Ball State downstairs into a common area game." and opened fire on a crowd of students, killing one and wound- OHIO 62 EASTERN MICHIGAN 56 NORTHERN ILL 80 LSU 70 ing three others. He was tackled BUFFALO 61 MIAMI (OHIO) 72 TOLEDO 89 FLORIDA 102 by four male students as he left COLLEGE the building. "They just wanted the guy," IUPUI 61 MARSHALL 84 KENT STATE 78 ALABAMA 77 Briggs said. "They weren't wor- BASKETBALL WESTERN MICHIGAN 62 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 88 AKRON 54 GEORGIA 72 ried about their own personal safety." THE BOWEN-THOMPSON STUDENT UNION Concealed weapon Bowling Green Stale University, January 14, 2001 law sparks debate By Will E Sanders the ruling by Judge Ruehlman, IHE BG NEWS while Ohio Coalition Against What started as a traffic stop Gun Violence Director Toby for expired tags now has both Hoover said the judge "has Union fee adds to tuition sides of the gun debate up in made a grave error." arms. "The Ohio Coalition Against By Ellen Ki till other amount was that make this project possible approximately seventy cents a Patrick Fecly was pulled over Gun Violence believes that the IHE BG NEWS President Ribeau indicated while the other thirty dollars day. It will be money very well in Hamilton in 1999, and officers Hamilton County Court has Since the opening of the that he did not want the fee to will be used to pay for the spent." asked him if he was carrying any erred in its opinion," Hoover new Bowen-Thompson stu- exceed this amount. operating costs of the build- Trustee Jarrod Hirschfeld weapons. Feely told the two offi- said. "This time a judge has dent Union on January 14, According to Union director ings such as electricity, water, believes, "It is necessary for cers he did, but thought he had decided that it is law to allow 2002, the time has come for a Dave Crooks, the main reason utilities, salaries, the dining students to chip in a little bit. the right to have the gun in his Ohioans to carry hidden loaded new eighty dollar fee to go into this money is needed is rooms, and programs that will Without an increase, there car., under Ohio Law, he did not. guns in almost all circumstance. effect. because the University and help students. would be less opportunity to The Hamilton County Court That's not good law, and it's not When Bowling Green fresh- state of Ohio only have one When Crooks was asked expand growth for the future." of Common Pleas ludge Robert good for the health and safety of man Susan Riddlebaugh was funding process that funds how long this fee may be in He also went on to add. Ruehlman ruled last week that the citizens of Ohio." asked how she felt about pay- academic buildings. Because effect, he did not have a defi- "Eighty dollars is a small price Feely, as well as all other Before the ruling only law ing an additional eighty dol- of this, in almost every state nite answer but believed that to pay for one of the most Hamilton County residents, has enforcement officials or officers lars for a new student Union, these places have to be funded it may be up to 15 years. While state of the art student unions the right to carry weapons in his of the state and federal govern- she remarked, "It is important by money funded elsewhere. this may seem like a long time, in the county. As students, we car when he ruled that Ohio's ment were allowed to carry con- to donate some money, but The breakdown of how this Crooks went on to say, have a lot to look forward to concealed-carry laws were cealed weapons. eighty dollars is a little steep. eighty dollars will be spent is "Students will be the larger because our University is unconstitutional.