The BG News September 15, 2004

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State University WEDNESDAY ml September 15, 3 IS. 2004 - r ; « STEPPING UP: Keon Newson takes on the role MOSTLY SUNNY of a leader: page 6 HIGH:85 LOW: 64 www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 99 ISSUE 19 Fraternity gets Presidents Award By Laura Collins Aaron Shumaker said one of the award given out annually to REPORTER reasons he thinks the chapter the undergraduate who best The University is home lo won the award is because they exemplifies the fraternity's the new top Alpha Sigma Phi are different from other fraterni- Mission Statement. Chapter in the Nation. ties. I le said that they are more The fraternity also received The fraternity was awarded the well-rounded than most chap- 10 citations for their success Grand Senior President's Award, ters because they don't limit in various fields of organiza- an award given bi-annually to themselves to just being great tional operations, including two chapters of (he fraternity academically, they also are very The Campus Involvement, that most accurately embody involved in service and the com- Service and Scholastic the values and principles of the munity, as well as intramurals Achievement Citation. Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. on campus. "These citations indicate that Alpha Sigma Phi CEO Drew "Winning the award is prob- the group is leading the charge Thawley said that he expects the ably the largest honor that the toward improving their respec- University's chapter to continue Alpha Sigma Phi chapter could tive campus and fraternity expe- to lead for many years to come. win, especially because it is riences, and we are proud of "The gentlemen at Bowling only given out every other year," their efforts," said Alpha Sigma Green continue to set a shin Shumaker said. Phi's Director of Leadership ing example for the rest of our In addition to the fraternity Development Ed Lenane. fraternity," he said. "They have winning an award, Alpha Sigma The Alpha Sigma Phi been significant contributors for Phi member Matthew Bowles Fraternity is the nation's tenth many years on both the local received an honor as well. oldest social Greek organization. Ben Swanger BG News and national levels." Bowles was awarded the Frank The Fraternity has had a chapter WELL-ROUNDED LEADERS: The Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity poses after receiving the Grand Alpha Sigma Phi President K Hargear Memorial Award, an at the University since 1950. Senior President's Award. Kerry informs Toledo voters By Mary Dalrymple n* ASSOCIATED PRESS teUs voters that Americans want to choose their own health TOLEDO —John Kerry trum- peted his health care program options and that he designed his programs with that in mind, yesterday as a recipe to bring lie steers clear of the massive down soaring medical costs, and failed health plan offered rejecting Republican conten- by President Clinton in the tions that a Democratic plan early 1990s. would mean a government takeover. The Democratic presidential candidate instead offers "I want to make it very clear a program featuring incen- what my health care plan is uvi's designed to lower costs and what it isn't. My health care and expand insurance cover- plan is not a government plan," Kerry told voters at a Toledo age, which the Massachusetts senator talks about in market senior center. terms and with an eye toward "You choose your own doctor. motivating more private cover- You choose your own plan. You age. choose not to be part of what 1 He told the Toledo voters that offer? Your choice." his idea to shift the highest cost Earlier, Kerry told a group of of health care from employers elderly voters in Milwaukee, "I to the federal government is have no new bureaucracy at all an incentive plan. Businesses in my program." At campaign rallies and town would see 75 percent of the hall meetings, Kerry frequently KERRY, PAGE 2 Gerald Herbertr BG AP Ptiolo GETTING THE VOTE: Kerry visits Toledo to discuss his health care plans with voters focusing on the elderly PEARLS OF WISDOM B G Anti-Bush t-shirts .BRIEFING. .?™« Galley may soon be trigger lawsuits ice cream shop A plan to put an ice cream By Jennifer Bundy Democrats, Republicans and agencies do not comment on shop where the Galley had THE ASSOCIATEO PRESS independents, all Americans ongoing litigation. been located is in the works. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A —to peacefully voice their dis- The ACLU filed a fed- The project is in the begin- couple arrested for wearing sent to their government." eral lawsuit last September ning stages due to a broken anti-Bush T-shirts to a July 4 Trespassing charges filed against the Secret Service, elevator in the building. presidential appearance filed a against the couple were later seeking an injunction against Committees for the project federal lawsuit yesterday alleg- dismissed. The City Council the Bush administration for plan to get started around ing their First Amendment and Mayor Danny [ones have segregating protesters at his the time of fall break. rights were violated. publicly apologized. public appearances. The Gail Finan Director of Dining Nicole and Jeff Rank were The lawsuit names Gregory Secret Service agreed to stop Services has set a goal to get removed from the event at lenkins, deputy assistant to the'practice. the shop open at the end of the West Virginia Capitol in the president and director leff Rank, 29, said he and winter break. handcuffs after revealing T- of the White House Office of his wife wore the T-shirts shirts with President Bush's Presidential Advance and W. because, "When you see the name crossed out on the front. Ralph Bashatn. director of president speak on TV he is Nighttime lane Nicole Rank's shirt had the the U.S. Secret Service, as usually shown surrounded by closures on 1-75 defendants. words "Love America, Hate fervent supporters only. While Beginning today, nighttime Bush" on the back, and Jeff The couple wants a judge to we wanted to hear him out lane closures on 1-75 will Rank's said "Regime change declare unconstitutional any and while we wanted to see take place at the S.R. 64/105 starts at home." policy that led to their arrest. him in person, we did not Bowling Green interchange Their lawsuit was filed in They also are seeking unspeci- want to be added to the tally during bridge painting federal court by American Civil fied monetary damages. of Bush supporters that day.'' operations. Liberties Union attorneys. Spokesmen for the Nicole Rank, 30, initial!) The closures will last from "What is at stake here tran- Secret Service and the U.S. was dismissed from her job 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. through scends politics," Jeff Rank said Deparrmentoflustice, to whom with the Federal Emergency Thursday. at a news conference at the a White House spokesman Management Agency, but INFO SEEKING: Jason White, junior, goes to the Union Computer Capitol. "What is at stake is directed questions, declined was rehired after the charges Lab to check Pearl Jam information with Melissa Kink. the right of all Americans — to comment. Both said their were dropped. THURSDAY FOUR-DAY FORECAST SATURDAY SUNDAY - The four-day forecast is taken JU3L Showers High: 77 Partly High: 76" Partly High: 77- from weather.com Lew 51* Cloudy Low: 57" Cloudy Low: 57" FOR ALL THE NEWS VISIT WWW BGNEWS.COM HI WWW.BGNEWS.COM 2 Wednesday. September 15.2004 Kerry discusses health care issues in Toledo regarding the elderly Services, said the projection KERRY. FROM PAGE 1 making $200,000 or more. health care." ment involvement in medical face escalating costs while Kerry also talks about com- I lie Hush campaign estimates decisions, hospital stays and trying to live within a does not show that seniors' out-of-pocket spending will most expensive medical cases petition in prescription drugs, that 70 percent specialists in retirement budget. decline for prescription medi- covered by the government, promising to let the market do of those newly "I haven't met Kerry's plan to let Kerry pointed to Health and and in exchange the busi- Its work bringing costs down by insured under the government Human Services Department cines when drug insurance a business per- under Medicare begins in 2006. nesses would have to pass on opening new generic drug mar- Kerry's plan pick up cata- data obtained by a congres- "it's misleading to say ben- the savings, kets and letting people import would lie covered son I've talked strophic health sional office that projects eficiaries are worse off. That I haven*) MUM a business drugs bom Canada. by Medicaid, a to who's listened care costs. Medicare will consume 37 is not the case," McClellan said person I've talked to who's lis- "lohn Kerry's assertions are government pro- to my plan and Kerry was percent of the average Social tened to my plan who hasn't misleading, "saidBushcampaign gram, and they talking to vot- Security benefit next year, at a hearing of the Senate said.

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