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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Tuesday February 5,2008 Volume 102, Issue 97 Students discuss 'Falcon issues' at forum WWWBGNEWS.COM ByKristanVaM. 0MUME:USG|«sedthe2ht fxbyertal Is a double major Reporter wjhdiangesgotobc/iewscornto leanmom worth the effort? * Everything from toilet seat covers to both Meijer on East Wooster Students may want to topartatigproblems was discussed Street and Wal-Mart on South pursue two subjects, but at last night's Undergraduate Main Street. getting an additional StudentGovernment open forum: "I don't have very many bachelor's degree may "What are your Falcon Issues?'' friends who drive or who have USG President lohnnie L. a car," senior Terri Melton said. not reap the rewards of Lewis began the discussion by "Having a shuttle that would a master's degree, some opening the floor to students eat- take us to those places just University advisers say ing in the Union. opens the doors wider," "This is not just mc giving a In response to the issue, Lewis |fepl speech to you," Lewis said. "It's reminded Melton that USG is not just me talking to you, but you currently working on creating a talking to me." downtown and off-campus shut- Military admits to BRIAN BORNHOEFT . THE BG NEWS One of the first issues brought tle bus which would be funded killing 9 civilians up was the idea of an off-cam- DISCUSSING THE ISSUES: USG President Johnnie I Lewis addresses student concerns during the open fourm held at 6 pro in the SeeUS6|Page2 Student Union The open lonim topics included commuter parking. o(f-campus shuttles and bathroom sanitation. In the 'deadliest known pus shuttle bus that would travel case of mistaken identity in months.' the U.S. accidentally kills nine Mardi Gras feast serves Iraqis during an attack Students aimed at al-Qaida students and campus dining | Page 9 reminded By Ryan Sullivan campus. Former Canton Reporter At least one local bakery in officer on trial to be town is also getting into the It's Mardi Gras and University Mardi Gras spirit. for woman's death students don't have to be left out Stimmel's Market on West Bobby Cutts Jr. faces of the celebration. Wooster Street has been making pet-smart The holiday — also known paczkis since Saturday and isn't charges of strangling a as Fat Tuesday — is celebrated going to stop until the celebra- woman who was pregnant by Catholics and others look- tion comes to an end, manager ByThamaScott with his child last summer ing for an excuse to enjoy food, Matthew Stimmel said. Reporter Paczkis, a doughnut-like pas- in a media-saturated case drinks and beads before Lent begins tomorrow. try which originated in Poland, |Page 10 Cute kittens, adorable puppies and funny ferrets Today students can enjoy was originally used to celebrate — who hasn't thought of adopting a pet and hid- a free. Mardi Gras-inspired Fat Tuesday because several of ing it in a dorm room closet? food sampling sponsored by its ingredients were forbidden Opposing the war But before you head to the nearest pet store, University Dining Services and during Lent. in Iraq is racism you may want to consider the consequences Gordon Food Service in the "It is a way to indulge in glut- Union Ballroom before they give tony." Stimmel said. "It's to cel- Refusing to help Iraqi of that furry friend, MacDonald West resident adviser Heather I lopkins said. up items such as their favorite ebrate everything you can't do citizens and to fight the As every person who has ever lived in a resi- soda or daily chocolate. for the next X' amount of days." War on Terror would be to dence hafl knows, the only pets allowed are ones The sampling will help the He said the American paczkis say the lives of American that can fit inside a fish tank. Still, plenty of people University decide which new tradition started in Detroit and have tried. foods toadd to next year's menus, expanded across the country. soldiers are more valuable "The weirdest story I've ever heard was about said Nancy loseph, associate Stimmel and his employ- than those of the Iraqi someone bringing in a dog and letting it poop director for dining services. ees bake 400 dozen paczkis people, writes columnist over everything," Hopkins said. GFS, which provides much of between the prior Saturday and I lopkins said she has to report any instance the University's food supply, will Fat Tuesday. Brian Kutzley | Rag* 4 of pets to the hall director if she becomes bringa range of products for stu- Almost every pastry is gone by aware of a castaway cat while doing dents to test. the time the store opens again I.ast year's event led to din- on Wednesday, Stimmel said. Pettitte enters See PETS | Page 2 ing hall additions such as fire- Some students on campus drug-use talks grilled salmon, deep-fried green are already planning to use Fat beans, pepperoni Bosco Sticks Tuesday as an excuse to "indulge The Yankees pitcher and several flavors of let Tea, in gluttony." spoke under oath in front loseph said. of a congressional Campus dining centers will See FEAST | Page 2 also be offering special menu committee yesterday as options, she said. part of a Feb. 13 public "Eachldiningservice hearing regarding Roger center] will feature Clemens denial of something unique,'' loseph said. "A lot drug allegations of students don't |PM*7 venture out. We are trying to get them to explore the other dining centers on HISTORY'S MYSTERIES ABOUT THE CITY: Check out the final part of the three-part series about the Presidential race heats up formation of Bowling Green in tomorrows paper. before Super Tuesday Prosperity in BG: from oil to glass By Oavid Etpo The Associated Press "We're going ByKaNSnydar to hand the liberals Reporter WASHINGTON — Buoyed by cheeringcrowdsand bolstered in our party Reminiscent of the California Gold by more than $1.3 million aday Rush, thousands of people once in TV ads, Democrats Barack a little surprise." flocked to Wood County when oil Obama and Hillary Rodham was discovered in the kite 1880s. Clinton raced through the Mitt Romney | Primary candidate "The oil they discovered around final hours of an unpredict- here wasnt very good oil." said able Super Tuesday cam- nation but about November's Michael McMaster, education WHITNEY HASHBARGER paign across 22 states. The general election as well. "I programs coordinator at the Wood Sophomore. Journalism Republican race turned nega- can lead this nation and County Historical Center. "It had a tive on the eve of the busiest motivate all Americans to lotofsulfurinit" "Probably eating massive day in primary history. serve a cause greater than But there was a lot of it. "We're going to hand the lib- their self-interest," he said One-third of crude oil produced amounts of food and not erals in our party a little sur- while campaigning at a fire in the United States came from feeling bad about it" prise," boasted Mitt Romney, station in New Jersey. Ohio, especially Northwest Ohio, IN»< the former Massachusetts gov- Unwilling to leave anything according to the Black Swamp _ JJP ernor, criticizing lohn McCain to chance, both men hastily Memories Web site. In September for his positions on tax aits, rearranged their schedules to 1896, 5,500 oil wells ran in Wood ■ WmLi gay marriage and immigration make one more late stop in County, making it the lead county and predicting an upset win in California, the largest state, in oil production. delegate-rich California. with 170 delegates. "People who owned land McCain struck back a few After months on the road, where oil was discovered made TODAY hours later yesterday with a the wear on the candi- lots of money," said Matthew T-Showers. Wind television ad that showed dates was showing, and the Bloom, a doctoral student in the High: 49. Low: 33 Romney in a 1994 debate schedules strained human history department. against Democratic Sen. endurance. Several buildings were built on I HOME ,IBRA«» HK-Vl Edward M. Kennedy, saying Clinton's voice was raspy, oil money, including the court- BLACK GOLD: After oil was discovered in Northwest Orw in the late 1880s. thousands of 5 &&k he was "an independent dur- and at one stop, she struggled house and houses found west of people moved to Wood County. This migration caused the population of Bowling Green to explode ing the time of Reagan-Bush. to control her coughing. Main Street. I'm not trying to return to Romney had breakfast in The population also sky rocket- The glass industry moved in manufacturer, and he started the TOMORROW Reagan-Bush." Tennessee, was in Georgia ed. Findlay's population jumped from New England to set up shop Toledo Museum of Art with the Outwardly, McCain pro- at lunchtime, was touching from 4, 633 to 14,000 in three in Toledo, using the oil as a fuel profits from his business.