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Hurricane ROOMMATE CONFLICTS FLARE DURING EARLY WEEKS impact on campus is IN CLOSE QUARTERS personal STORY BY LISA HALVERSTADT • ART BY JOHN BARKHIMER JR. Student faces wrecked BG NEWS STAFF house — when family Roommate problems is permitted to return %, By Kara Ohngren causing concerns REPORTER about living situations New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has a lot on his hands. When Jenna Germana, Nagin said Hurricane Katrina Freshman, moved into probably killed thousands of Harshman-Anderson people in and around the city. roughly a week ago, she never According to cnn.com, this esti- thought she might be moving mate would make the hurricane into a crime scene. the nation's deadliest natu- After Sharronda Barkley, for- ral disaster since the 1906 San mer University freshman, alleg- Francisco earthquake. edly attacked her roommate Currently, an estimated last week, students new to the 80 percent of New Orleans is on-campus environment were under water, up to 20 feet deep bound to feel intimidated, in some places. Germana, who lives just a Nagin has Read all the few doors down from the loca- now issued "a latest coverage tion of the alleged crime, is no desperate SOS" of Hurricane exception. for the thou- Katrina. PAGE 5 "It freaked me out and 1 was sands of people = scared," she said. stranded in and Her roommate, Brand i around the city's convention cen- Thomas, also a freshman, ter with no food or water and fad- admitted that she too was ner- ing hope, according to cnn.com. vous and intimidated by the However, the effects of hurri- events. cane Katrina are more far reach- Germana and Thomas seem ing than the southern portion content to continue enjoy- of the United States. Brendan ing The O.C. together, and not Aucoin, a freshman at the worry about conflict with one University, calls Covington, La., another. home. His house lies just across But not all students are so Lake Pontchartrain, 30 miles lucky. north of New Orleans — one of "If students feel threatened, the hardest hit areas. the most important thing is Unable to return to their to make contact with the hall home, Aucoin's family is uncer- director," said Jason Gross, tain about the extent of damage. assistant director of residence Advisor Scott Voss said the campus housing facilities. preference forms honestly. could "tolerate living with a However, it has been confirmed life for Housing Administration. University can move them He suggested that students The form, available dur- smoker." that the house is flooded with at When faced with roommate quickly to safe locations. talk with their roommates ing housing registration on "The smoking issue is most least a foot of water and a tree fell conflicts, hall staff members "Only as a last resort will they about problems as they arise MyBGSU, provides Residence prominent," said King who through two rooms. first try to get feuding room- have you move," he said. rather than let them "build up." Life officials with informa- believes that the question can "They called for a manda- mates to discuss their issues. According to Gross, room Tim King, associate direc- tion about a student's living be confusing to students. tory evacuation about 12 hours If the problem can't be changes are uncommon tor of residence life for preferences. He said the University has before the storm hit. My fam- worked out the staff will attempt — around 200 occur each year Administration and Technology, Currently there are four ques- considered changing this par- ily and most of my friends got to move the students apart with over 7,000 students living said some problems between tions used to pair the room- ticular question and making it out but there are still a couple If a student is in danger, on campus — in part because roommates can be eliminated mates. The first asks students Harshman-Anderson Resident there are few vacancies in on- if students fill out residential if they smoke and also if they ROOMMATE, PAGE 2 AUCOIN, PAGE 2 raCKFLLPPLN' Dining Services dispose of to-go box University begins Students may have noticed of Dining Services. Students walking into dining some changes while dining on "We were put between a rock centers any day will see styro- new system regarding campus this semester, one of and a hard place because we foam bowls for their fruit and styrofoam containers which is new "to go" boxes. didn't have the room to recy- salad, and a variety of styrofoam The former "clamshell" styro- cle," Finan said. "And I'm talking cups and plates. By Holly Abrams foam boxes have been replaced about dumpster-size recycling Some students have mixed CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR with styrofoam trays with lids because those clamshells take views about the use of styrofoam Following a failed recycling available at the cashiers' stations up a lot of space." containers. program for styrofoam, the in dining halls. Despite the change in "to go" "I think they could have gone University's dining services con- These containers will take box size, styrofoam is still being to cardboard," said lenn Wenger, tinues to use styrofoam contain- up less space when disposed of, used predominantly in campus ers for much of their food. according to Gail Finan, director dining halls. CLAMSHELLS, PAGE 2 Comedian delivers laughs, message about diversity. She came high- Hicks gives reason for ly recommended to us," said laiu'i Foldenauer, coordinator college students to of Orientation and First Year laugh at life Programs. The program is part of the fall Nichote iMWd welcome schedule for freshmen. REPORTER "We found that comedians From bigotry to cancer, laughter usually draw a crowd and go heals. over well," Foldenaur said. "It is At least that's what comedian a good opportunity for new stu- Rene Hicks believes, and she dents to come and meet other chose it as the title of her com- students." edy act last night in the Union Join Phillips BG News Brooke Sims, Hicks' agent, said Ballroom. LAUGH IT UP: Comedian Rene Hicks performed in the Union Ballroom. she felt BowlingGreen would be "College kids don't laugh a good show. Colleen Redmjnd BG News enough. Underg/ads only laugh Hicks said. Programs, which had been "Bowling Green has brought in IN THE AIR: Brandon Scott skates in the Offenhauer courtyard 18 to 20 times a d?y and that's The show started at 9 p.m, looking forward to the comedi- a tot of our speakers which have with two of his friends (not pictured). Scott was working on not enough. I say you should and was sponsored by the enne for some time. tricks, flipping the board in the air and landing on it. laugh, then decide if it's funny," Orientation and First Year "Rene weaves in messages COMIC, PAGE 2
FOUR-DAY FORECAST SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY The four-day forecast is taken Sunny High: 79* Sunny High: 77' Sunny High: 79' Sunny High: 83" from weather.com Low: 50" Low: 53' Low: 54* v> Low: 56" FOR ALL THE NEWS VISIT WWW.BGNEWS.COK 2 Friday, September 2.2005 WWW.BGNEWS.COM Pairing dorm roommates is BGSU gets grant to study alcohol abuse
no easy task iosh Comer which can lead to things they workers, Wood County "They are trained in-service RtPORTER later regret," said Rentner, "Years of research Hospital emergency room so they know how to safely ROOMMATE, FROM PAGE 1 Having fought for substantial now director of the new on this campus staff members as well as cam- respond to severe cases," funding to introduce second- grant project. pus and city police are being Wiegand said. into two separate questions. ary alcohol abuse prevention Since 1997, the University and others have trained based on National Bringing a stop to the most 'Die remaining three questions programs, Dr. Terry Rentner has incorporated a social indicated that Institute on Alcohol Abuse dangerous cases of student are concerned with study habits, has created another line of norms approach in an attempt and Alcoholism guidelines on alcohol abuse is what Rentner cleanliness and sleep schedule. defense against substance to change students' attitudes first-year students, how to respond to students hopes the new programs will These questions are ana- abuse at the University. regarding dangerous drink- athletes, and with alcohol problems. accomplish. lyzed by BG100 — a com- In a survey by the American ing. Those at greatest risk of members of Greek "It helps when you have a As a trailblazer for other puter program which pairs College Health Association, 56 abusing alcohol have largely lot of people coming togeth- schools' alcohol education roommates together based on percent of University students ignored the message, a prob- organizations are er to discuss the issue," said policies, the form taken by living preferences. surveyed admitted to having lem which the new programs most at risk when Barbara Hoffman, health these new University initia- King said the University would five or more alcoholic drinks are designed to address. promotion coordinator at the tives will help shape future like to make improvements to in a sitting more than once in a lirst-year students are it comes to alcohol Wellness Connection. programs funded by the the system in the future and two-week period, among those most at risk to abuse." lames Wiegand, chief of federal government. to provide more opportunities High statistics of alcohol develop unsafe drinking hab- police at the University, said Having worked to earn the for students to find their room- abuse prompted Rentner, an its. As part of the secondary OR. TERRY RENTNER, ASSOCIATE officers are being taught to University nine state grants mates themselves. associate professor of journal- prevention programs, these PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM take every detail of a scene from the Ohio Department of King could not say when any ism to draft a proposal to the new students are being asked into account to determine how Alcohol and Drug Addiction changes will take place, but U.S. Department of Education. to take AlcoholEdu, an online Both Greek affairs officials they should best react to cases Services and a previous emphasized that the University The 100-page document risk education program and one and University coaches are of alcohol abuse or poisoning federal grant, Rentner knows is Interested in the methods she submitted earned the part of Rentner's project, during working to make sure that among students. the importance of setting used by other colleges, University a two-year. $300,000 their first semester. the students in their organi- Police response training is realistic goals. Other MAC schools don't ana- federal grant intended to stop "Years of research on this cam- zations are participating in especially important because the "My goal is not to force lyze the data any more carefully. high-risk drinking. pus and others have indicated that the program. fear students have of being caught students to abstain from According to Colleen "1 hope the grant will help first-year students, athletes, and Other associations are also drinking underage frequently drinking, but to lead them I'ompkins, assistant director of to prevent alcohol poisoning members of Greek organizations involved in the far reaching results in them waiting until an to make healthy decisions," housing at Kastern Michigan and alcohol abuse, and keep are most at risk when it comes to efforts being provided by the emergency situation before seek- Rentner said. University, the department sim- students out of situations alcohol abuse," Rentner said. grant. Wellness Connection ing medical attention. ply asks students five questions about their living preferences and attempts to pair smokers with smokers and non-smokers with non smokers. Melodie Thomas, a hous- Hicks cracks jokes Teen pregnancy rate a problem ing officer at Northern Illinois University, said there is COMIC. FROM PAGE 1 "Professors know you cheat, By Connie Mabin contrasts with a decade of Urban teens as a whole don't no screening process for mom- that's why they have you show THE ASSOCIATED PRESS declining teen pregnancy rates use birth control as consis- males at Nil). She said the covered many topics from your work. What are you going CANTON, Ohio — High school nationwide. But experts say tent^ or often, according to his university pairs incoming relationships to motivation to to do then, draw a picture of senior Monica Selby thought she the problem is not exclusive to research, and often have less to freshmen together, but other- inspiration," Sims said. yourself looking at someone would be busy this year plan- Timken High. lose financially and socially than wise matches students based Hicks joked about every- else's paper?" she said. ning for college, not preparing Experts, parents and students those in the suburbs on preferred location and thing from majors at Bowling Steve Nichols, junior, enjoyed for the birth of her first child. themselves struggle to explain Canton is not alone with an smoking preference. Green to the high cost of Hicks performance, especially "I've been crying every day why such pockets of high teen adolescent pregnancy problem, Though last week's incident books. her take on how people now and every night I keep on blam- pregnancy rates appear. Are Hawk said before launching was an extreme example of "If you have to buy a book that have too ma ny choices to make ing myself for this," said 18-year- teens getting appropriate sex into a list of improvements at roommate conflict, both Gross a isi s $ 150, that book should be in day-to-day life. old Selby, who is pregnant. education? Do they have access Timken that make him proud: and King said disagreements able to sprout legs and go to "I liked the show. My favor- She cries about starting class- to birth control and are they a new media center, restaurant- between dorm mates are part of class and take notes for you a ite part was her Epicurean es this week at Timken Senior using it consiStendy? Has die like cafeteria and college-level the college experience. few days a week," she joked. mentality towards technology," High School with a bulging belly, stigma of unwed motherhood technology courses. For Germans and her room- Hicks has been twice nomi- Nichols said. about the emotions of planning lost its edge? He arched his brow when mate the University's pairing nated for College Comedian of To conclude the night, Hicks an adoption, about becom- "This might be a school that asked if a day-care center was system was successful. the Year, and has had her own wanted to emphasize her love ing part of a statistic that has is forthright with its problems among the school's amenities. Despite recent events, she half-hour special on Comedy for everyone — well, almost snagged the nation's attention: while others are not," said "No," he said, noting a below- refuses to live in fear. Central. everyone. 64 of Timken's 490 female stu- lay Green, chairman of the average graduation ratcof about "I'm scared." she said, "but it's Hicks also mentioned how "I like people, all people. dents are pregnant. Education Reform department 70 percent that he attributed not going to affect me as a stu- colleges are fighting students Except for the crazy stupid The statistic at the school in at the University of Arkansas. panly to teen births "But that's dent just living here in general." cheating on tests. people," Hicks said. the heart of this old steel city "But this is a widespread issue." a good thought."
Lack of styrof oam recycling causes changes in Dining Services
CLAMSHELL, FROM PAGE 1 ing," said Stacey Selvey, senior. "Between the labor involved in Their plan was to condense "When we look at the total are not saying this is the way it's "It's different looking but it all grinding up the stuff and the cost the material into blocks and picture, taking into account the going to be. We need to evaluate senior. "Styrofoam is bad for holds food the same." to ship it, as we went through then send it to an incinerator in volume, there is very little differ- our options." the ecosystem and it's worse for Ihe debate over recycling sty- it we decided this wasn't the Detroit. ence [in cost)," Finan said. The University is open to sug- the ozone." rofoam is not a new one. way to go," Rieman said. "We've The person in charge of this Finan cited gas prices that gestions from students and staff, Finan says she has seen stu- About six to eight years ago watched other places try to do initiative left the University two impact the University as it tries Finan said. dents express concent nver the the Solid Waste District gave this and nobody has been able to years ago, Finan said, and die to get food and containers from "If this continues to be an containers in the past. the University funding to start do it economically." project hasn't moved since. suppliers as another setback. issue and students would like to "The students have told us this a polystyrene recycling program, Another problem with the The good thing about styro- "We're getting hit with fuel work it differently we will work is a difficult issue so far because according to Ken Rieman, direc- program was that the solu- foam is it takes up very little space charges," Finan said. "Any food through the Student Affairs Food of landfills taking up space," tor of Wood County Solid Waste tion contained too many food when compacted, said Rieman, project is very expensive for the Advisory Committee," she said. Finan said Management. remains from the containers, who added that it's lightweight. person to get it to us. The cost of There is no date set yet, but Biodegration of polystyrene The initial $30,000 to $40,000 Rieman said. In addition, styrofoam prod- gasoline has gone up immensely the committee is expected — the material that makes up sty- in funds was used to grind up "It comes down to sanita- ucts are cheaper than paper in two years." to meet in the middle or end rofoam — can release methane the styrofoam and spray it with tion and cost," he said. "We've products, according to the DART "Even if you collect the stuff, 1 of September. gas into the air, contaminating a citrus mixture to make it dis- never been able to find a way Website. can't say there's any place to take "If you look at the record, ground water sources, accord- solve. The liquid would then to do it from an economic The cost of polystyrene prod- it," Rieman said, citing multiple we've been very responsive to ing to DART, manufacturer of the be put in 55-gallon drums and standpoint." ucts are two to three times polystyrene plants in the nation any issues students may have," campus styrofoam containers sent to Florida to be reused, Another project at the same less than an equal disposable that have gone under. Finan said. For others the change in con- Rieman said. time was through the con- paper container when the costs "At this point they are not being Editor's Note: Information from tainers isn't an issue. But the program was tainer manufacturer DART, for equipment and labor are recycled." Finan said, "but we the DART Web site ivww.dart.biz, "I don't think it's too concern- short-lived. Rieman said. factored in. hope they will be recycled. We was used in this article. Student's personal account with hurricane aftermath one of many
AOCOIN, FROM PAGE 1 hit, are wondering if they have a Red Cross has ever undertaken evacuation centers that are hous- "They are doing either mass memorabilia," he said. "It just house left at all. There's a pretty during its 124 year history, accord- ing over 76,000 people. care which is providing hot sucks watching all of this on the of people we haven't heard from good chance that their house is ing to Erin Hachtel, district office The Greater Toledo Red meals for the people who have news; I would really like to be yet." Aucoin said. "A few of my just completely gone." d irector for the Wood County Red Cross chapter has sent seven been affected, or we also sent with my family right now but I'm friends who live in the city or in More, this is the largest relief Cross chapter. Currently the Red people down to assist in any three disaster mental health not sure I have too much left in I'lidell, one of the areas hardest effort that the American National Cross has opened 275 shelters or way possible. folks down to help out," said Louisiana." Kristin Cajka, communications The people that were affected manager of the Greater Toledo by this disaster are the same Red Cross chapter. people who would help out oth- 'foemoctats, 'Republicans & independents jAftee "1 spoke with one of the Toledo ers in a heartbeat, Aucoin said. SupPoFt BGSU - Kharkiv, Ukraine Exchange Student Lora area workers today, she's at a "These are some of the nicest shelter in Baton Rouge that last people in the world and now A reception welcoming and supporting BGSU's first undergraduate student from Kharkiv, Ukraine night had 4,500 people and this they have nothing," he said. "I I morning had 6,000. She reported just hope that everybody up .b'aVd FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 • 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. that the spirits were high consid- If here will be generous and help Al Baldwin-Rebecca Ferguson Residence - 16620 Mitchell Road, Bowling Green, Ohio ering everything the people had put these people because they (4th House on the Right - North of W. Poe Rd. - Look for the Ukrainian and American Flags) been through." would do anything for anyone Aucoin explained that his up here." ■ IVwe wanl co help "Welcome to Lora" to America help support student exchanges by her and/or family was forced to leave their The American National Red ! olher future Ukrainian and American students. Enclosed is my lax-deductible donation to the: home with very short notice Cross is accepting monetary j "BGSU FOUNDATION, INC. - MEMO: OHIO KHARKIV FUND" and were only able to grab a few donations only. essential items. Individuals wishing to donate "As far as I know they got can visit the Wood County dis- • Address; cny: . State: Zip: most of my father's legal docu- trict office in Bowling Green, or ■ Tclcphoni ments, the dog, my sister and call 1-800-HELP NOW or on the my grandfather's World War II Web at www.RedCross.org. | Enclosed is my/our gift of $_ _.00 Congress woona Marcy Kaptur Mark Wasylyshyn j i »>• vi.mtd uke to pledge • _.00 for each of four (4) years = $_ rCo-Ch. (OH | Credit Card: t iMiinan-Amtrnan Sheriff) - Visa/MasterCard. Amcncan Express/Discover #_ E»p Ds«e_ nffnrH> welcome... Honorary Co Chair ■L'j.^ (Circle ™card!!^'!. used.) .jiT^~—J Hon. C. Ellen formally Elmer ft Elaine Spreitzer Andy Fedynsky Judic James hniaa p „i UtM ItsMH Ow.h 1 li.micin Museum & Archives Judge Cleveland Municipal Court- Ret. Professor Sociology BCSl) Right Source Communications Group. CEO w norland Retired Roman Kedkiv ('tncinnali Rotary Club (ontolimenlufy IicttsfMrWion t«abMinf} Stftafaaw I i | Robert A Peg Snyder Director of Multi-Cultural Affairs Leland M. Cole M Up ot SjtJ.nl Mm fa tag lot«10:3Sm Glenn T. Grisdale Snyder & Associates Office of Governor Bob Taft Center of Economic Initiatives. CEO ^awtTtaniiWaeio^eon Reveille Lid . CEO Rep. Peter S. Ujvagi Anatoliy (Trish) Voiok Ohio House of Representatives GREAT LAKES CONSORTIUM •im.iiHninrjirMaani 4)9 373.0144 Ohio Kharkiv Committee: Dr. George Kalbouu For International Training and Development Kharkiv Chair Ret Pnajan Slav* Studies • OSU E Inside, the Woocllun i M (/1 I WWW.BGNEWS.COM Friday. September 2,2005 3 www.bgnews.com/campus DUKE STUDENTS RECEIVE IPODS FOR CLASS DURHAM, N.C. — All incoming freshman at Duke received iPods last year as part of a pilot program. The university has changed the program this year and only students enrolled in approved courses will receive the devices. The university expects to give out anywhere between 650 and 850 iPods. CAMPUS
11:00am to 2:00pm hands-on session will show Student Alumni Connection participants how to use features Recruitment, Sponsored by the such as placing a syllabus on BGNEWS Student Alumni Assoc. Blackboard, uploading content, BRIEFING Union Lobby sending e-mail to classes and configuring the course menu. 1i:00ani to 3:00pm Debra Beach of Instructional Hurricane relief get^^L^^W Ilw calendar of cwnlsulalu.ila In life^^^^^^K^J/Ltm ^^BP^ Sigma Phi Epsilon Rush Info. Table Media Services and Connie today in Compton ^^^B^^ httr*//evente.bpiLedu/ Union Lobby Molnar Director of IDEAL will be Items will be collected for Hurricane victims in the lobby leading the session. Registration of Kreischer-Compton today 1:00pm to 2:00pm is not required prior to attend- from 3 to 6 p.m., and Saturday 8:00am to 6:00pm Remembrance, runs from Jury 22 8 am - 6 pm, and Saturdays and Introduction to Blackboard ing. Questions may be directed from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. "Songs of Remembrance" through September 4. The Bowen- Sundays from 10 am - 6 pm For those interested in assistance to Debra Beach at 2-2881 or Recommended donations include: toiletries, phone in learning how to use Blackboard [email protected] Art Exhibit Thompson Student Union art galler- (when the building is open). cards, and $5-10 donations. The art gallery exhibit, Songs of ies are open Monday through Friday Union Galleries for instructional purposes. This 222 Education Building Podcasts host lectures SIESTA New software allows "We wanted to make it avail- Technology Services. able to as many people as Three IUPUI professors par- students to download possible, so we deployed it as ticipated in a pilot project this class lectures kind of an all-in-one system spring using iPods with micro- to make it as ubiquitous as we phone adapters to record their could," Gay said. lectures, he said. By Kate FitzGerald Audio recordings are "However, |the projectl was U-IIW available online 10 to 15 min- designed in an open enough BLOOMlNGTON.Ind — utes after a given lecture ends, fashion that it's not neces- Students can now access he said. sary to use an iPod to record," BoilerCast — an online service BoilerCast experienced McGookey said. "Any type of making its debut this semester approximately 1,000 downloads mp3 player, voice recorder or PC that offers regularly updated of 35 courses online in the first with the right setup could be audio recording of lectures for week of classes, he said. As of used just as easily." theiPod. Wednesday, those numbers had McGookey designed an The program meshes audio increased to 2,000 downloads interface allowing professors recording-equipment already with 50 courses registered for to download wav or mp3 files available in most large lecture the service. onto a central system, said Kurt halls with the new technique Purdue is not alone in offer- Guinn, manager of digital media ofpodcasting. ing online recordings of some and network services for UITS. Students use the ser- lectures, however. "IUPUI was the first target," vice by streaming the lec- Professors teaching between he said. "But some professors tures through media players 40and50classesat various cam- at the Bloomington campus programs such as iTunes puses in the Indiana University have expressed interest in the or by manually download- system use either video confer- technology as well." ing individual files from the ence technology or audio-only The central location of the BoilerCast Web site, said mp3 files to record their lec- captured files is similar to one Michael Gay, managerofbroad- tures — mostly for distance utilized by a new service debut- cast networks and services for learning, said lames McGookey ing this semester at Purdue, DR00LIN6: Nicole Rahe, sophomore, fell asleep in front of the Union yesterday. She attempted to information technology. of University Information McGookey said. catch up on her studying outside while enjoying the remaining days of summer. 4 Friday. September 2,2005 WWW.BGNEWS.COM QUOTEl'NQtWfK www.bgnews.com/opinion
"We don't have a shortage of gasoline. We have a delivery problem."
Bill V*atherspoon, executive director of the North Carolina Petroleum Council (AmuKdPirs) OPINION STAKKKDITOMAI. Styrofoam not best dining choice University Dining Services is YOU DECIDE so long to decompose, it might that the price of producing and Styrofoam's recycling process, more appealing. on the right track. actually outlive you in its lifespan purchasing Styrofoam contain- on the other hand, is compli- Cardboard would still be bet- Their recent switch from Do you think the University on this planet. ers is cheaper than using, say, cated and costly. ter than Styrofoam even if the distributing the "clamshell" should take greater recycling Styrofoam is one of the worst cardboard boxes. The University briefly attempt- University opted not to provide Styrofoam boxes to smaller trays measures? Send an Email to environmental options for cany- The cost of producing a paper ed to recycle its Styrofoam. but it recycling options for it. and lids is a step in the right [email protected] and tell out containers, but for now, the container is two to three times was ultimately decided that its Even when discarded as direction. us what you think, or post fee- University can't seem to let go of more than what it costs to make environmental benefit did not normal, the paper waste will Though the containers are still back on our Web site. using them. the same Styrofoam item. outweigh its economic drain. still decompose years before a made of Styrofoam. their new In addition to take-out conain- But the BG News encourages Currently, the possibility for Styrofoam box shows any sign University Dining Services to dis- future Styrofoam recycling on of decay. structure takes up less space in Because each time you stick ers. every dining center on cam- pus supplies Styrofoam bowls, continue the use of Styrofoam in campus is being discussed, but So while it may be a financial the trash - one of their main a slice of pizza or a plateful of reasons for making the change. spaghetti into a Styrofoam box. cups and plates and most of the favor of reusable paper products. these plans are only tentative inconvenience for the University time, there are no available We have the ability to recycle The difficulty that recycling to shell out the extra money, in Anyone who knows about eat and discard it, you are throw- Styrofoam knows this is a big ing away garbage that will take alternatives. many types of paper, from loose Styrofoam presents only makes the long run, it's an action that deal. One reason for this may be leaf to newspapers to cardboard. switching to cardboard even will pay off environmentally.
■ DEADLY SINS' REDEFINED I SECOffDOF SEVEN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PEOPLE Dorft get too fixed O.VTIIKSTHKKT cess, created a well-trained and organizations, but of course they Justification ii i,il in icntii n ICI I fighting force do not support terrorism. How What are you that turned on us in the most do we know? obsessed with? upon obsessions vicious and horrific way in 2001. Because Bush is friends with for war still The results are in; from AIM We assisted Saddam with the Saudi royals, he's seen their to Zoloft and everything weapons and logistics during the children grow up and their pur- DJ. weak, wrong in between, obsessions Iran-Iraq conflict, and we turned chases of American weaponry JOHNSON ruin lives. What we have here Mr. a blind eye to his use of chemical skyrocket. Opinion columnist weapons in that battle as well as They have a working, amiable When analyzing and deciding Cribley is a failure to what to include in the new list (§) communicate—and the gassing of the Kurds after the relationship. They wouldn't be so first Gulf War — something we careless with their friend's safety, of deadly sins, obsession was a And more than anything else, to see the bigger picture. no-brainer. this gradual crush-turned-obses- In Erik Cribley's Letter to the like to bring up as justification, unless of course they were more in addition to the al-Queda link, concerned with their own. Obsession is apathy's distant sion can lead to long-term psy- Editor yesterday, he refers to cousin. chological disorders. connections between Iraq and that didn't bother our leaders at Check it out. Cribley and AMANDA MILLER the time. Colmes. Nobody believes this But while apathy has nothing Chemical obsessions are just al-Queda as justification for the SOPHOMORE, to talk about at family reunions, l£ts also not forget that war is justified anymore so don't as dangerous. preemptive strike. obsession won't shut up. extremists are more dangerous waste anybody's time reciting UNDECIDED If enough people are addicted There are connections The reason obsession is far to specific drugs, obsession is between Osama bin Laden and to the Middle East than they are the same stuff we were force fed "Gilmore Girls. It's a to us. more than two years ago. more dangerous than others is more than just a sin. Obsession the U.S.; there are connections weekly tradition." because it takes two of the origi- becomes an epidemic between the Taliban and the U.S; It is common practice to fund The only reason the public and offer safe harbor to these wants to stay is for the honor of nal cardinal sins and creates an Nicotine, for example, kills 47 there are connections between all-encompassing deadlier sin. people every hour in the United the U.S. and Saddam Hussein. terrorists in order to deflect our soldiers — that's why we are their anger from much of the trying to push through an Iraqi Lust and gluttony can both States, and 13 percent of those All these connections show contribute to obsession, making corrupt leadership — Hussein constitution that is sub-par and people didn't smoke. is you deal with who you have it difficult to overcome. The government is aware of to deal with in order to advance included — towards other probably will result in a civil war sources, usually Israel, other when we pull out. But hey we This sin's deadliest quality is the 599 additives in cigarettes your interests — whether it be the fact that it's analogous to a and acknowledges that ingredi- the U.S. or Iraq under Saddam corrupt leaders in the region gave it our best shot, nation- and Western influence. building is tough! set of grenades disguised as a ents like tar and carbon monox- Hussein. box of chocolates. More directly, ide are active ingredients. We helped train the Saudi Arabia has about the shadiest history of paying off RUSS 2IMMER KEVIN KRFJCH obsession works subtly. According to the American Muhjadeen (Islamic extremist If your kidney failed the first Cancer Society, "cigarettes kill armies) to fight our proxy war radicals and tunneling money MINUS FRESHMAN, EARLY to charitable fronts for terrorsit [email protected] time you took a shot of whiskey, more Americans than alcohol, in Afghanistan, and in the pro- CHILDHOOD EDUCATION odds are your brain would tell car accidents, suicide, AIDS, "Dave Matthews. you that you're better off sober. homicide and illegal drugs But because chemical addic- combined." More than 75 percent tions are gradual and take time Yet cigarettes remain legal. of my album to develop, you might not even Sadly, about a quarter of all collection is his stuff' notice any bodily discomfort or Americans smoke, and the rest Crises reveal racist tendencies dysfunction until it's too late. are not willing to do anything to The list of things you can illegalize it My mind reels at the idea TIFFANY amount of time. obsess over is endless. The power of justice, in the But those who lived through that in New Orleans, theft GORBY Working out. DDR. Studying. saddest twist of all, bows to the Katrina probably have a different by Caucasians is considered Snood, yourself. Halo. Music power of obsession. opinion. survival, but theft by African- Copy Editor Your sorority. Drugs. Success. Author Daniel Goldman once They're not thinking this is a Americans is considered stealing. Regardless of what it is you're described obsession as a bargain time for a vacation, but a time to After so much time and energy In the aftermath of Katrina. it addicted to, obsession can with the devil, stating that it is survive by any means necessary. was spent on civil rights, just one destroy your life. nothing more than a "short-term breaks my heart to hear that They're not worrying that day can change all that equality as people are trying to put An example: lane sees John good feeling in exchange for the it's illegal to take the food they into injustice. AMY C0NR0Y out on Pike Street after a party. steady meltdown of one's life." their lives back together, others found in a store. They're wor- Arc we all just Sunshine are taking advantage of vacant SOPHOMORE, INTERIOR lohn, a model who works out My goal is not to pass judg- ried about their kids activists? Does the six days a week, politely smiles at ment on anyone. stores by looting. crying because of U.S. only want civil DESIGN But are they looting? "My mind lane as they pass. lane is smitten. On the contrary, I think its hunger. justice when it's con- "The Internet. I'm lane goes on different Internet important that you take a look Plastered in newspapers all They don't care reels at the venient? over the nation are pictures on it 24/7, chatting websites to find a picture of John at each one of these sins and that they didn't pay idea that in If the U.S. is equal, and learn lohn's hill name Then, understand how deadly each of people — let me rephrase for the clothes they why don't we see on AIM, looking up — African-Americans, breaking Jane goes on the University's one is. took. They care New Orleans, Caucasian looters in into stores and carrying away song lyrics or checking search page to find out his room Understand that hobbies are that the clothes they theft by the news labeled as Facebook." number on campus. meant to accentuate your life, boxes full of goods like DVDs, have on their backs such? stereos or even jewelry. Caucasians lane is obsessed. not define it are all they have. Thisisatime Now a stalker, lane goes to his Realize that the only differ- How could they do that? My thoughts, as when the nation In the midst of a disaster, is considered room and, instead of talking to ence between a crush and an do those of so many needs to hold lohn, memorizes his schedule infatuation is frequency. how could anyone be so self- others, go out to survival, together as one. absorbed as to steal for his or her that is posted on his room door, And if you've ever caught those people. but theft Natural elements lane alters her schedule so they yourself saying that you couldn't own personal gain? But what I don't caused Katrina and Now what if I were to tell you by African- are in the same classes. live without something it's pos- understand is nobody is benefiting However, after two weeks of sible that it's absolutely true. that in those boxes were full of that once African- Americans is from all this. items such as food, clothes and being in the same classes togeth- Penelope Cruz once said that Americans are considered So we as er, lane realizes that lohn is gay, "every passing minute is another other things needed to survive? brought into the Americans need to Would you believe me? slips into a depression, and foils chance to turn it all around." picture, many of stealing." help our fellow citi- ALEX GEISEN out of her first semester. Once you figure out what As we here in Bowling Green those hearts are zens—all our fellow walk to class in our new fall SENIOR, CHILD AND If you managed to laugh at you're obsessed with, leave it turned into stone citizens — through the aforementioned anecdote, behind and life your life to the clothes and drink our Fiji water, and thoughts are turned into thisjn i ihle time. FAMILY SERVICES we may forget that those in New chances are that a situation like fullest. angry words. And we must not let narrow- this hasn't happened to you. Orleans can't do that. As horrible as it is to think minded people turn our minds "The Green Bay I'm sure that most of us would But more and more people 7b read the next installment of about, what better time to bla towards wom-out stereotypes Packers. I'm a total my age are realizing that this this series, check out next Friday's find it exciting to not have to go tantly re-enforce stereotypes and away from the real issue: the to classes for an undetermined cheesehead." tale has more truth to it than it issue of the UG News. than in a time of chaos? importance of human survival. does humor.
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SEWAGE IN FLOODWATERS CARRIES DISEASE www.bgnews.com/nation WASHINGTON (AP)—Sewage and chemicals mixed into a toxic bathtub soaking New Orleans, posing the threat of disease for those forced to wade in Katrina's fioodwaters. "Whatever bacterial or viral diseases that people put into the system before the flooding is now in the water," said John Pardue, of the Louisiana Water Research Institute. NMON Tension grows as supplies dwindle Police presence in rying her father's ashes — the control," Ebbert said. "We can suffering, but when you see it in only thing they were able to save send massive amounts of aid to your own city, it's an extremely New Orleans grows as from her house. tsunami victims but we can't bail powerful experience." refugees grow anxious Authorities had said out the city of New Orleans." Early yesterday, an air ambu- Wednesday that some 25,000 He said the evacuation was lance service ofGcial said that By Mary Foster people who had been in the almost entirely a Louisiana helicopter transfers of the sick THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Superdome since Sunday, tak- operation. "This is not a FEMA and injured were suspended NEW ORLEANS — Heavily ing shelter from Hurricane operation. I haven't seen a single amid a report that a military armed policemen and guards- Katrina, would be taken to FEMA guy." copter was fired on. men stood watch and handed the Houston Astrodome. The By early afternoon, a line of "We won't go into the out water yesterday as tense and crowds at the New Orleans people a half-mile long snaked Superdome landing zone exhausted crowds struggled onto arena suffered in hot, smelly from the Superdome through until security is restored." said buses that would deliver them conditions with few supplies the nearby Hyatt Regency Hotel, Richard Zuschlag, president from the miserable conditions of and no air conditioning. then to where buses waited. As and CEO of Acadian Ambulance the Superdome. The first buses left late weary evacuees stepped through Service, which is running the The first group of buses Wednesday, and officials in ankle-deep water, state troopers, evacuation of the sick and yesterday arrived hours late, Texas said that 2,000 people had making every effort to be cheer- injured at the Superdome. and an angry group of resi- alreadyarrivedattheAstrodome, ful, handed out bottles of water Evacuation of the able-bodied dents broke through a line some 350 miles away, by late and tried to keep families and continued, though. of National Guardsmen before morning yesterday. Besides the groups together. Frank Guitierrez, coordina- they were stopped by 19 heavily 25,000 or so hurricane refugees "I need three," a burly state tor of the Harris County, Texas, armed state policemen — one being brought to 1 louston, Texas trooper called out. "I need four." Office of Homeland Security, had an AR15 rifle and another officials said another 25,000 And groups that size, family said the evacuee numbers have a 12-gauge shotgun. But the would be taken to San Antonio members and others traveling slowed because of the lack of mood lightened later in the and other locations. together, stepped up to the bus civil authority in Louisiana. day as things began moving An angry Terry Ebbert, and sat down for the first time But authorities said the more smoothly. head of New Orleans' emer- in hours. delays allowed officials at the "I would rather have been in gency operations, watched At one point, the guards held Astrodome to better manage the jail," l,iiiu-i' Jones said in obvi- the slow procession from the up the line so a young teen at transfer. * ous relief at being out of the Superdome yesterday morning the front could go get her sister, The Astrodome's new residents dome. "I've been in there seven and said the Federal Emergency farther back. will be issued passesthat letthem days and I haven't had a bath. Management Agency response I.r. Col. Douglas Mouton, leave and return as they please, They treated us like animals. was inadequate. of the Louisiana National something that wasn't permit- Everybody is scared." "This is a national disgrace. Guard, said: "A lot of us have ted in New Orleans. Organizers Eric Gay AP Photo Miranda Jones, her daughter, reMA has been here three days, been overseas. In the war on also plan to find ways to help the IN PEACE: The body of a dead man tests on a lawn chair as other flood was standing next to her, car- yet there is no command and terrorism you're used to seeing refugees contact relatives. victims pass by at the Convention Center in New Orleans. Bush to tour Gulf Coast region Firefighting,city Former Presidents' "New Ortcans is more devas- jobs cut in Detroit tated than New York was," Bush By Olivia Munoz of the city's problems but didn't, Clinton, Bush to assist said. THE ASSOCIATED PDESS and left him to clean up messes in private fund raising Bush has directed his staff to DETROIT — The city said yes- that were worse than he expect- try to assess the economic affect terday it would cut 75 more ed coming into office. of the storm as the administra- fire department jobs and deac- The city budget that went By NerJra Pickler tion prepares an emergency tivate some firefighting units into effect this summer con- THE ASSOCIATED PDESS budget request for Congress. to help address a budget crisis tained cutbacks of S300 mil- WASHINGTON — President Bush was hearing his economic that also has forced reductions lion, forcing reductions in bus, Bush will tour the hurricane- advisers' preliminary estimate in in the police force and other trash and odier services and devastated Gulf Coast region on the afternoon after a lunch with city services. staff layoffs. If things don't today and has asked his father, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan The cuts are in addition improve, the city could go into former President George H.W. Greenspan. to the 113 department jobs receivership and be taken over Bush, and former President Ron Bonjean, spokesman trimmed in July and come as by the state. Clinton to lead a private fund- for House Speaker J. Dennis Detroit faces a possible state Following the latest cuts, raising campaign for victims. Hasten, R-lll., said Republicans takeover of its finances. Detroit will have about 1,100 "This is an agonizing time for had contacted Democrats "Everyone in the Detroit Fire firefighters, as well as 36 engine the people of the Gulf Coast," about bringing the House Department is going to havetodo companies, 20 ladder compa- Bush said yesterday as he stood back today at noon to pass the more worit," Fire Commissioner nies and 16 battalion chiefs, the with the two former presidents emergency bill. Tyrone Scon said. department said. in the White House and urged Congress had been scheduled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Dan McNamara, president patience, saying relief is on to reconvene next week after a the curs amount to only SB mil- of the Detroit Firefighters Ron Edmonds AP Photo long summer break. Democratic lion of the S15 million that city Association, Local 344, said the way. COMMITTED: President Bush addresses the Katrina devastation. He asked Americans to be Leader Harry Reid earlier yester- council requested. "There's $7 yesterday's announcement was prudent in their consumption day urged majority Republicans million still out there," he said. another slap in the face to a of energy, but called the hurri- way for the president to show Bush had said earlier yes- to drop plans to debate legislat ion Kilpatrick, a first-term mayor department that has already cane a "temporary disruption" the nation's support and com- terday that thousands more repealing the estate tax in favor of who is up for re-election Nov. faced severe cutbacks. to gasoline supplies. "Don't buy passion for the victims and our victims of Hurricane Katrina hurricane-related relief. 8, said he is not looking at any He said the union would gas if you don't need it," the appreciation for those who are still need to be rescued and The White House has not yet more cuts in the fire or police fight back, didn't specify what president said. helping with the ongoing rescue acknowledged the frustration of sent lawmakers a request for departments after these. the firefighters would do next. The Bush administration and recovery efforts," McClellan people who need food, water funding for hurricane-related "I have to be concerned about Recently, the union bought air- also intends to seek $10 billion said. "It is an opportunity for and shelter. costs. Amy Call, a spokeswoman the budget but also about public time on local radio asking citi- to cover immediate relief needs, the president to get a firsthand, "I fully understand people for Frist, said the GOP would bring safety," he said. zens to call Kilpatrick's office to congressional officials said. up close look at the response wanting things to have happened up relief measures as quickly as Kilpatrick's opponent in die protest layoffs. "We're united in our determi- and recovery efforts and to hear yesterday," he said in a live inter- possible. "Certainly ourfirst prior- mayoral race, Freman Hendrix. "This is going to impact our nation to help the good people from those on the ground." view in the Roosevelt Room of the ity is Katrina," she said. has said he would cut unnec- response times, the safety of the who have been effected by this Bush got a higher-altitude White House with ABC's "Good The White House arranged a essary departments — but not city and the people who live and hurricane," Bush said. view Wednesday when hisplane, Morning America" program. "I conference cal| for later in the day police or firefighters — to help visit here," McNamara said. The president will fly to Air Force One, dropped several understand the anxiety of people so Bush and Vice President Dick the cash-strapped city balance The police cuts announced Mobile, Ala., then survey the thousand feet to fly directly over on the ground.... So there is frus- Cheney could consult with top its budget. Monday would result in layoffs Alabama and Mississippi coast the region during Bush's flight tration. But I want people to know congressional leaders, accordingto Hendrix was deputy mayor of 150 police officers and would by helicopter before visiting from his Tdxas ranch back to there's a lot of help coming." one congressional aide. Homeland under Kilpatrick's predecessor, merge 12 police precincts into some sites on the ground in Washington. McClellan said He said that while the terror- Secretary Michael Chertoff and Dennis Archer. Kilpatrick has six district stations. Before Mississippi today. He then plans Bush wanted to get a closer look ist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said that the Archer administra- those cutbacks, the depart- to go to New Orleans for an aeri- as soon as possible, but didn't go a man-made disaster, the after- also were to participate. tion —and by extension Hendrix ment had over 700 positions al tour, said White House press sooner because he didn't want math of Sept. 11 and Hurricane — had the chance to fix many were unfilled. secretary Scott McClellan. to disrupt emergency response Katrina were "just as serious in "Tomorrow's visit is another efforts on the ground. both cases." TWO BEDROOM RENTALS WSHOUR PIT.SmJmt Sana. MUUUMTHDJ Available Immediately lo August 5,2006 Noon oi Immediately to May 6, 2006 Noon ■^ We honor ALL competitor coupons 6 Friday. September 2.2005 WWW.BGNEWS.COM
www.bgnews.com/world LEADERS MEET TO THAW PAST RELATIONSHIP JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom met publicly for the first time with Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri of Pakistan, a Muslim country that has long taken a hard line against the Jewish state. The meeting took place in the neutral site of Istanbul, Turkey. WORLD Iraqis bury dead and demand answers Insufficient crowd control and security are blamed for high death toll By Robert H. Raid The Health Ministry said the the bridge and one man was THE ASSOCIATED PRESS casualty toll from the stampede, wounded, police said. BAGHDAD, Iraq — Wailing over which broke out as a result of The chaos only served to the coffins of loved ones yester- rumors that a suicide bomb- underscore how poorly prepared day, Shiites buried the nearly er was in the crowd, stood at the Iraqi forces are to control 1,000 victims of a stampede on 965 dead and 439 injured. The security in the current atmo- a bridge while politicians and Interior Ministry said no final sphere of violence and sectarian ordinary Iraqis demanded the tally was available but that the mistrust. government explain whether death toll was between 900 and In western Iraq, Marine botched security controls may 1.000. F/A-18 jets destroyed a train have played a part in the tragedy. Politicians and grieving rela- station in the border town of Tension and confusion per- tives demanded answers from Qaim after "numerous reliable sisted one day after the biggest the government about whether sources" reported that al-Qaida loss of life in a single event in Iraq poor crowd control and inef- was storing weapons there, the since the 2003 fall of Saddam ficient security services may military said. Hussein. Gunfire erupted at the have contributed to the horrific It was the third day of strikes bridge during a protest march, death toll. in the area in a week and took killing a 12-year-old girl and "This is a result of the inade- place as U.S. and Iraqi officials wounding four other people. quate performance of the interi- report sporadic clashes between Meanwhile, U.S. jets launched or and defense ministers, which a local tribe which supports the airstrikes for the third time in has caused such a loss of life," government and another that a week near the Syrian border, said Baha al-Aaraji, a Shiite law- helps foreign fighters. destroyinga train station the U.S. maker allied with radical cleric Increasing tensions occurred command said was used by al- Muqtada al-Sadr. as the country was preparing for Qaida in Iraq to store weapons. Al-Aaraji said the minis- the Oct. 15 referendum on the In the Shiite holy city of Najaf, ters should "stand in front or new constitution, which Shiite women wept and embraced the parliament and if the legisla- and Kurdish politicians pushed simple wooden coffinsof the vic- tors believe they failed in their through parliament last week- tims of Wednesday's stampede responsibility to protect march- Kirim Kidim AP Photo end over the objections of Sunni and pounded their chests in a ers, "they should be dismissed NO ANSWERS: Relatives react during the funeral ceremony for pilgrims killed on Wednesday in a stampede. Arab negotiators. traditional gesture of mourning. and stand trial." Thousands attended the funerals Thursday in Sadr City, the Shiite district in Baghdad. Yesterday a group of Sunni Men carried the coffins, some The stampede erupted as conynunity leaders met in draped with Iraqi flags, to the hordes of Shiite pilgrims, many "My son has been missing for al-Zarqawi, for the stampede. Across the river in the Sunni Ramadi and called on Sunnis Valley of Peace, the world's most women and children, were two days," said Sabih Mudisher. Al-Zarqawi has called openly neighborhood of Azamiyah, to vote against the constitution venerated cemetery for Shiite jammed up at a security check- "I have tried all the hospitals, for sectarian war here, believing police said gunmen in several because its provision for federal Muslims where many I raqis pre- point established months ago to emergency departments, you the Shiites to be traitors to the cars opened fire toward the states would divide the country. fer to be buried. restrict movement from a Sunni name it, but to no avail. Is it country and Islam, bridge. The Sunnis also called for an Others were laid to rest in neighborhood on the east- right what this government is No one had told the Iraqi sol- Gunmen on each side of the end to the U.S. military pres- Baghdad's Sadr City, a sprawling ern side of the river to a Shiite doing?" diers guarding the bridge about river thought they were under ence, compensation to Iraqis Shiite slum of about 2 million stronghold on the west side. Anger over the tragedy sent the demonstration, so as the attack from the other and began for "what they lost in the occu- inhabitants where U.S. troops Relatives of the victims com- hundreds of Shiites marching angry crowd approached, troops firing across the river, pinning pation" and the release of all fought a radical Shiite militia last plained of chaotic rescue ser- toward the bridge yesterday, fired over protesters, police said. down dozens of pedestrians on security detainees — the vast year. Many of those who died on vices and a lack of information shouting slogans blaming al- Three people were hurt in the the bridge. The 12-year-old girl majority of them Sunnis — held the bridge were from Sadr City. from the authorities. Qaida's Iraq leader, Abu Musab ensuing panic was killed at the Sunni side of by U.S. and Iraqi authorities. Experts suspect al-Zawahri said: "Blair not only Al-Jazeera airs video disregards the millions of peo- from one London ple in Iraq and Afghanistan, but mad cow causes he does not care about you as he suicide bomber sends you to the inferno in Iraq By EMM Ross thies because the diseases and exposes you to death in your THE ASSOCIATED PRESS involve spongy degeneration BySaHyBuzbee land because of h is crusader war THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON—A new theory pro- of the brain. against Islam." The disease was not known CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida's No. poses that mad cow disease In his part of the tape, Khan may have come from feeding to infect cows until 1986, when 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, claimed said he had forsaken "every- responsibility for the luly 7 British cattle meal contami- the first cases were noticed in thing for what we believe" and nated with human remains Britain. About a decade later, London bombings in a video went on to accuse Western civil- aired yesterday on Al-lazeera infected with a variation of a new permutation of CJD, ■l-luetri AP Photo ians of being directly respon- the disease. which scientists dubbed vari- that included a farewell state- INTIMIDATION: Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaida's No. 2, made a sible for the terror attacks that ant C|D, started showing up in ment by a man identified as one The hypothesis, outlined statement on Al-Jazeera yesterday threatening more attacks. befall them. this week in The Lancet people there. Experts believe of the four suicide attackers. "Your democratically elected this new variant came from It was the first explicit claim medical journal, suggests governments continuously per- the infected cattle feed came eating beef products infected of responsibility for the blasts Qaida in Iraq, Abu-Musab al- in Madrid, Spain, bin Laden petuate injustice against my by the terrorist group headed by from the Indian subcontinent, with mad cow disease. Zarqawi. was reported to have offered people all over the world, and where bodies sometimes are But where the cows got the Osama bin Laden. "Until you will stop the bomb- European countries a three- your support of them makes you Al-Zawahri, who is thought ceremonially thrown into the disease remains a mystery. ing, gassing, imprisonment and month cease-fire to consider directly responsible, just as 1 am Ganges River. The most popular theory is to be hiding along the rug- torture of my people we will not his demands to withdraw their directly responsible for protect- ged Afghan-Pakistani border, Indian experts not connect- that cattle, which are vegetar- stop this fight," said Khan, wear- troops from Muslim coun- ing and avenging my Muslim ed with the research pointed ian, were fed meal containing threatened the West with "more ing a red-and-white checked tries. Effectively it meant that brothers and sisters," Khan catastrophes" in retaliation for out weaknesses in the the- sheep remains, passing scra- keffiyeh and a dark jacket. "We European forces should leave said. ory but agreed it should be pie from sheep to cows, where the policies of President Bush are at war, and I am a soldier Afghanistan and Iraq. The image of Khan, a Leeds and British Prime Minister investigated. it eventually evolved into a and now you too will taste the "I talk to you today about the resident who died in the bomb- The cause of the original cow-specific disease. Another Tony Blair. reality of this situation." blessed London battle which ing of the London Underground The Al-lazeera newscaster case or cases of mad cow dis- theory is that cows just devel- In his tape, Al-Zawahri did came as a slap to the face of train near Edgware Road, ease, or bovine spongiform oped the disease spontane- who presented the al-Zawahri not say outright that his terror the tyrannical, crusader British resembled photos of him pub- tape said it contained a "tes- encephalopathy, is unknown, ously, without catching it group carried out the bomb- arrogance," al-Zawahri said. lished after the deadly attacks. but it belongs to a class of ill- from another species. tament" by one of the suicide ings on the London transport "It's a sip from the glass that Khan was shown in the video bombers who attacked the nesses called transmissible However, a pair of British system that killed 56 people the Muslims have been drink- with a trimmed beard and spongiform encephalopathies, scientists now proposes the London transport system on including the four bombers, but ing from." appeared to be sitting against a July 7, killing 56 people. orTSEs. origin may be the bones of said they were a direct response "This blessed battle has wall lined with an ornate carpet Such illnesses exist in sev- people infected with classical Speaking with a heavy to Britain's foreign policies and transferred — like its glori- Two U.S. officials, who spoke Yorkshire accent, the bomber, eral species. Scrapie is a TSE CJD,. its rejection of a truce that al- ous predecessors in New York, on condition of anonymity that affects sheep and goats, Britain imported hundreds Mohammad Sidique Khan, said Qaida offered Europe in April Washington, and Madrid — the because of the message's sensi- he was inspired by al-Qaida while chronic wasting disease of thousands of tons of whole 2004. battle to the enemies' land, tive nature, said any claim of afflicts elk and deer. A handful bones, crushed bones and car- leader Osama bin Laden, al- After the March 2004 train after many centuries of the responsibility does not neces- Zawahri and the leader of al- of I si s are found in humans, cass parts to be used for fertil- bombings that killed 191 people battle being on our IMuslim] sarily indicate that al-Qaida including Kuru, Alper's disease izer and animal feed during land and after IWestern] troops planned or directed the attack. and Creutzfeldt-Iakob disease, the 1960s and 1970s. have occupied our land in The officials said al-Qaida orCJD. "Facts to support or refute Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq would regard the London All TSEs are fatal, untreat- their hypothesis now need and Palestine." bombings as a victory whether able and undiagnosable until to be gathered with urgency In a clear bid to'turn Britons they were directly involved in after death. They are called and great care," the Indian GRADUATE against the government, them or not. 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By CWd Howard music will be the same, but you REP0NIE R will be able to also see what we WBGU's studio on the first floor play online soon, and our con- of West Hall could have been tent in general will be better." considered to be one of the best And if wasn't for the staff and anachronisms on campus. companies in the community, Walking into the doors was the revamping process would very similar to filming an episode have taken much longer than of "I Love the 80s." Since WBGU expected. made West Hall its home in the The WBGU staff did most of mid-'80s — the only things that the manual labor themselves in have changed are the staff and a grueling eight-week process the addition of sporadic band where they totally made over the posters plastered over the walls production suite, lobby, on-air — a tactful operation to pull the studio and office. eyes up from the Reagan-era car- "It meant a lot of days of com- pet. ing in at 8 a.m. and not leaving However, thanks to more than 'til midnight, and that would be 1,200 hours of volunteer work four to five days straight," Merrill and an intense cooperation from said. "We usually had a crew of the WBGU staff as well as gen- two or three people which made erous donations, WBGU blasted things rather difficult because we their studio out of the past and worked in small numbers." equipped it with state-of-the art While the renovations were in technology that will allow WBGU Brandon MM BGNews progress, the studio could not be to have a more clear and defini- MAKE ME OVER: Stephen Merill, WBGU General Manager, admiring Ziggy Williamson, Promotions Co-Director and Art Director, for the time he used, forcing WBGU DIs to give tive sound. spent painting a mural for the station. The mural was painted for the radio station's renovation over the summer. up their summer radio shows. In addition, the new technol- "The staff was incredibly ogy will allow a more efficient excited about the renovations on WBGU's staff and will reflect a for the studio, and some people director of promotions said the patient," Merrill said. "1 basically way for WBGU to have a live than the WBGU staff. Stephen higher quality of content have said that they feel more new renovations will prove for a had to tell them that because of stream through their Web site, Merrill, the general manager for "The new renovations change motivated and inspired to bring very successful year. this, no one could have a show which allows them to reach a the station who was the "but- the whole atmosphere of how better programming and on air "|The renovations] will provide this summer, and no one com- much larger market than their ton-pusher" for the renovation things feel from being in the mannerisms." better quality shows and give us plained at all." 1,000-watt allotment provides. process, said the improvements old radio station," Merrill said. And the staff agrees. Alex the most use of guests and on-air But no one could be more will really have a strong impact "It gives a new professional feel Merced, A WBGU DJ and the phone calls," Merced said. "The WBGU. PAGE 9 Joke T-shirts the 'Real' deal Bowling Green natives' T-shirt sons for producing shirts. He saidthat his instincts and sense of humor are the most company gains exposure on important factors when predicting what MTV program 'The Real customers want. The origin of the name Shamplade World' dates back to when Young and Lyon were still students at the University. By Mike Robinson Young had moved into an off-cam- REPORTER pus house, and the occupants before
Dan Myers BGNews University graduate Mike Young him had left some things behind CONCENTRATE: John Hogun clamps a cup he will sell at the Arts was surprised to see a "Real World" — one of them a lamp shade. One of Young's friends looked at Festival. housemate, Danny, wearing a T- shirt that said "Balls" on it. the lamp shade and said, "They left Young was'surprised because his a shamplade." Volunteers work hard company made the T-shirt. Later, when trying to find a name Young, who graduated last year, for their T-shirt company, they decided on formed a T-shirt company with friend Shamplade because the word had always to prepare for festival Andy Lyon. Their company, Shamplade, made them laugh. was formed while both men were still Acording to Young, once the T-shirt attending the University. appeared on "The Real World," sales didn't By Dan Myers Missy Brown and Brynn immediately rise for Shamplade. ASSISIAN I PULSE EDITOR The first Shamplade T-shirt said, "I Eat Hurlstone, juniors enrolled in "Even though we had the shirt, people Just two weeks into the semes- an advanced glass blowing class, Vegans," which created positive buzz for the company. didn't know where to get it," he said. ter, art students at the University described how many of the glass Although sales didn't go up right away, are already working hard to pre- blowing students finish pieces in Shamplade's best selling T-shirt says, "FOIL: Keeping Algebra Fresh." visitorstotheShamplade Website increased pare for a major exhibition of time for the festival. by 25 percent. their pieces — the Black Swamp "We work in teams, like produc- The company specializes in humorous apparel and have sold shirts to clothing Other T-shirt designs on the Web site Arts Festival, a three-day event tion-style," Brown said. "I would include sayings like: "My Vacuum Sucks, celebrating a wide range of artis- do half of it and then hand it off chains such as Urban Outfitters, where most of their clothing is sold. My Fan Blows But My Fridge Is Chillin'," tic mediums and cultures that to |my partner]." Image courtesy of www.shamptade.com "Holy Toledo," with a picture of Jesus giving happens next weekend. Hurlstone said the method is "We thought, hey, what if we had a t-shirt that said 'Balls' on it?" Young said, explain- a thumbs-up, and "Fo' Sheezy I'm Wheezy In the glass blowing shop, a way to get the work done faster Young said he believes — United Asthmatics of America." where large furnaces heat the while maintaining its quality. ing the origin of the T-shirt. Young was that the reality show housemate, Danny, room well over 100 degrees, "It's like the assembly line of surprised to see one of his creations on the purchased the shirt at an Urban Outfitters MTV reality show. All of the Sliamplade T-shirts can be pur- students work methodically on the glass world." Hurlstone said location. cliased at www.sliamplade.com. pieces that will be sold at the with a grin. According to Young, MTV never contact- "We want to make shirts that we want festival. ed him about supplying funny shirts for to wear," Young said, explaining his rea- FESTIVAL. PAGE 8 "The Real World." INSIDE THE PULSE Jacob Lawrence art exhibit opens REPRESENTING: By Dave Herrera spending more than half of his from late in Lawrence's career, Lattice Jones speaks REPORTER life there, and King-Hammond from 1989 to the year of his The University kicked off its art plans to discuss the influence of death. Lawrence frequently used up for students in season last week with the open- the city and how Jacob Lawrence social adversity as a theme in ing of "Jacob Lawrence: Three became the artist that he was and his works, and the three series USG;PAGE9 Series of Prints" at the Fine Arts what New York was like when he Toussaint L'Ouverture, Genesis Center's Willard Wankelman started. and Hiroshima reflect that. SNOOZING: Video Gallery. The exhibit runs through "He was very young when he "Jacob Lawrence is basically a Sept. 18. started to paint," she said, "and history painter he tells the story Music Awards not The University Galleries are by the time he was 21, he was of people," King-Hammond said. complementing the exhibit already doing major bodies of Toussaint L'Ouverture is a 15- a really exciting with a lecture by art historian work." print series based on key events Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Jacob Indeed, in 1941, Lawrence in the life of the 18th century evening; PAGE 9 Lawrence and the School of would be the first black artist to Haitian revolutionary, from his Modernism. King-Hammond is be featured in New York City's birth to his eventual downfall at SCREAMING: Every dean of graduate studies at the Museum of Modem Art at the the hands of Napoleoa Maryland Institute College of Art age of 24. Lawrence was interested in the Time I Die does and author of "Over the Line: The He wtuld later take teaching history of African independence, An and Life of Jacob Lawrence." positions at numerous institu- and Haiti had a rich culture. He not dissapoint with Lawrence, who died in 2000, tions across the country while loved the idea of having to visual- was bom in 1917 and moved continuing to paint award-win- ize this historical narrative. latest release; PAGE 9 to Harlem from New Jersey at ning works. Jen Put BG News ART DISCOVERY: Frank Oriti, a junior Fine Arts major focusing on 2D a young age He would end up The exhibit highlights efforts EXHIBIT, PAGE 9 Painting, browses through "Jacob Lawrence: Three series of prints."
KEEP YOUR FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF CAMPUS ATWWW.BGNEWS.COM/PULSE 8 Friday. Sept 2.2005 PULSE WWW.BGNEWS.COM P U L S VMA Dark New Day Koufax Every Time I Die Jack's Mannequin 'feud cf Ttirtb-" awards boring
JUSTIN r ,- dm % „„ ZELM Pulse Columnist / "Twelve Year Silence" "Hard limes are in Fashion" "Gutter Phenomenon" "Everything In Transit" Franchise Pictures The theme for the MTV Video Warner tiros. Records Doghouse Records Perret Music Maverick Warner Bros. Music Awards this year was water and "Anything can happen," coined by the host, Diddy, scheduling more musical performances than High energy and expressive The vocalist/songwriter for the Performing with notable musi- Koufax are hack with "Hard That sound you're hearing is one ever before. cians like Creed, Sevendust and Times Are In Fashion," and screaming is what Every Time band Something Corporate, big yawn. You'll hear it a lot if Ludacris, Shakira, The Ibniniy Lee could not save Dark could move up a bit higher in I Die are about. Their third Andrew McMahon, ven- you're near a theater playing "A tured away from the band and Killers, My Chemical New Day's debut album, "Twelve the indie nation. full length release, "Gutter Sound of Thunder." Romance, Kanye West, 50 Year Silence" from sounding sim- The journey starts out with the Phenomenon," shows off their brought us his side project, lack's Adapted from a Ray Bradbury skills with slicing, metal guitar Mannequin. Cent, Coldplay, Mariah Carey, ilar to countless disposable acts heart-pumping, "Why Bother short story, the movie takes place Kelly Clarkson, R. Kelly and in the metal scene. At All." and is followed by the riffs, heavy dram and bass and "Everything In Transit," doesn't in 2055 Chicago and involves as much screaming as any other stray away from the Something Green Day all played at While the intensity of lead groovy, laid-back sound of "Back time travel to places usually theVMA's. singer Bred I lestla's voice mixed and Forth." The middle part of screamo band around. Corporate sound, as it sounds encountered only in monster Don't get me wrong though. much like other songs from Having an abundance of in with hard guitar riffs make the album, with songs like "Blind flicks. Some environmental musical performances was twelve Year Silence" ideal for Faith" and "Get Us Sober," shows Keith Buckley, the lead singer, their catalogue. touches border on cleverness. A the average rock enthusiast, can sing too. It's just that he's Lyrics are reminiscent of all great but made the VMA's the versatility of the group with a computer named Tammy always choppy and long. Plus, the this album comes up short in sound reminiscent of Coldplay. clean when he wants to be, and the high school drama, and has the last word, and an occa- crucial areas for the hardcore 1 lowever, there are some parts heavy when he isn't clean. He the music is typical emo-pop sional visual is appealing unless caliber of guests and Diddy — a type of music that doesn't as a host did not make for a metal-head. that aren't so great. "Five Years of knows when he has over done carefully scrutinized. But the thrilling awards ahow. The major issue with Dark Madness" and "Trouble Will Find one and smoothly moves into really explore the depths of film's major tone is one of been The moment I couldn't New Day's CD is the) follow the You," don't really bring much the next. imagination. there, done that. Trie energy that Every Tune "Everything In Transit" sounds understand leaving me same formula countless other more to the table. Time Safari Inc., a unique travel scratching my head was hands have followed for a num- The rest of the album goes with I Die puts out transfers well to like it could compete for the agency headed by a bewigged Sir the flow the first couple of tracks CD, which is makes for a very soundtrack of the popular show, when Eric Roberts intro- ber of years a singer screaming Ben Kingsley, caters to wealthy duced R. Kelly. The VMA's rial, painful lyrics backed up by lead into. The songs from hero go earnest and honest record. The "The O.C.," so if you're a fan of the eccentrics who enjoy jumping heavy guitars. into a stage that a good portion first song gets down to business music from that show, or just a are focused generally at back in time and battling pre- teenagers and people in their Dark New Day has a chance of albums have — a tendency to fast, and their isn't a dip in the fan of Something Corporate, then historic beasts. Needless to say, to have a crushing pace along start sounding the same. action through to the end of the this album may be well-suited for 20s. Eric Roberts has noth- something goes terribly wrong ing to do with the targeted with dreary lyrics, but they Much of the tracks have the last song your tastes. and righteous Dr. Travis Ryer never accomplish what thej same sound — pounding of the Although the whole album But as far as artistic statement, audience or music for that (Edward Bums) is one of the few matter. On top of all this, the could become leaving for a key- with and a jam widi guitar could use a little more variety this doesn't have much to offer. who can fix things. frustrated response. and bass and drums that follow and the worst of the guitar rifts Tracks that stand out from the embattled R. Kelly took the Suddenly Chicago faces omi- stage. Although R. Kelly is an Many of the songs at the begin- their lead, then slows down with seem to conjure up images of rest are "The Mixed Tape," the nous plant life, hordes of insects ning of the album an? carbon the chorus. some bad live Kid Rock perfor- first single off the album. With accomplished singer, hear- and, goodness gracious, prehis- ing him talk about cheat- copies of each other. The lyrics With the album starting out mances, the album is fun to lis- lyrics like, "I can't get to you," it toric predators of hearty appetites are meaningful but induce the with six strong tracks, it loses ten to from end to end, which paints a picture for the song ing on significant others in and cunning intelligence Even a story format just didn't fit audience to feel miserable. its momentum with the lower is a rarity these days. The album about yearning for another soul. in an emotional climate untaint- Ibr the tunes that arc not part of the album following the peaks right in the middle, on the "Braised," is the track that fol- ed by current real-life disasters his image created by widely identical to other acts like same structure. song titled "The New Black."The lows and serves as the strongest and a moviegoing climate more publicized legal troubles. Another fascinating theme Siaind and fuel like "Evergreen" There are some great tracks hook on that track is unforget- point in the album, yet another accommodating to blockbuster and "Follow The Sun Down," on here, most memorably "Back table and it has just the right song about the alienation from wannabes, none of this would I noticed was Kelly Clarkson the group goes in a different and forth," and the graceful amount of cowbell. being away fromhomeandfrom connect with an audience. The winning two awards and approach and are delectable to "Blind Faith." Every Time I Die is obviously the giri that captures McMahon f/x are never convincing and the closing the show with "Since strum the air guitar to. listening to the first part, 1 a band that knows what they're love interest U Been Gone." This is proof creatures look cheesy. "American Idol" is taking over If Dart New Day does not go was hoping the res! of the tracks doing, and they do it well. They It is the story of die journey of The dialogue strives for witty the same route music-wise as would deliver, but they didn't. It definitely sound like they have a popular band along with the banter, but most laughs are unin- the world one show at a time. the majority of other ensembles, makes you wonder with a little experience of four albums. If alienation from his home town.. tentional. Now, here is where the this collection of tracks arc worth hit more work the band could you enjoy bands like Thrice and This is not an album from Monster fans will just have meaning of The VMA's is in going to the music store and make it — they have talent and Avenged Sevenfold, this band is Something Corporate, even to wait for Peter lackson's "King the gray area and what I have buying. Bowling Green's support. definitely worth checking out though it sounds like it should. wondered. Are the fans vot- Kong." ing because of the quality of —Justin Zelm — Man Manning — Corey Close — Matt Manning the song, the video or both? -KKT There are great songs out there with no videos which are overiooked and what if the song or video nominated is lousy. Heck, the only time MTV plays music videos is Committee plans for Black Swamp BGNEWS after midnight FESTIVAL, FROM PAGE 7 BRIEFING The "big surprises" of the night were MC Hammer Choosing which pieces to sell trying to sing and dance to and which pieces to hold off for Band seen on MTV a remix of his hit songs while a competition is one that's nec- the other surprise was Diddy essary for the students to make, to play at Howard's doing a tribute to the late according to Steve Cothcm, assis- The Rock N' Roll Soldiers Notorious B.I.G., including tant professor of glass blowing at will be playing at Howard's a symphony orchestra and the University. ('lub H on Thursday, Sept. Snoop Dogg. "It's a balancing act," he said, 8. The four-person group An interesting surprise "what do 1 have to make to pay recently received coverage on was Gwen Stefani going the gas hill and what do I have to MTV's "You Hear It first." home without a video music make to get into a gallery?" For more information on award during the live show. The ability to know that one the show, contact Howard's She has had a successful year can become marketable opens Club H at (419) 352-3195. with her solo album and I lots of doors to make an impact can't go far without hearing on the art world, Cothem said. Red Wanting Blue "I lollaback Girl" on the radio Upstairs in die clay working or on TV. Gwen along with classroom, senior Jessica Donncll show rescheduled Snoop Dogg won the "Best said she's participated in the Arts JUST ANNOUNCED: The Dressed Award" created by fetival for the last four years. Red- Wanting Blue show, Diddy. With the award, came "I sell a lot of my work," I lonnell wh ich was scheduled to go on $50,000 each to charity. said. "I held back a couple of my at Howard's Club II for Sept. 9 A few of the awards lacked pieces for entering into shows, has been reschedtUed. sufficient competition to the but most of die functional pieces, Eric Staete BGNem Red Wanting Blue will now winner. For example, Green I put out for sale." FRAGILE FLOWER: A glass flower sits on a workbench in the glass blowing classroom in the Fine Arts Center. make their Bowling Green Day won "Best Rock Video", The festival is a great opportu- II will be sold in the Black Swamp Arts Festival next weekend. appearance on Sept. 23. Stay "Viewer's Choice", and "Video nity in two ways, DonneU said. tuned to the Pulse for more of the Year" which were "For one. |the festiv
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WBGU, FROM PAGE 7 ous donations that helped in the "Because of the renovations, we renovation process. have better equipment, which Speaking of patience, the "We have had a lot of help from will allow us to broadcast from WBGU studio is still waiting on a lot of people," Merrill said. any site, including the Black its new carpet, which should be "One of our staff members made Swamp Arts Festival. We will installed by the University in the a 14-foot mural on the wall with be there on Saturday and then next couple weeks. a kinda stary night theme to it. we will resume full live pro- However, none of the renova- "We re-did all of our CD racks gramming for the remainder of tions would have been possible and labeled them, and the the semester." without the financial support Copy Shop donated all of the WBGU is also considering that the radio station received. labels. WBGU-PBS is letting us having a community "studio- The budget for WBGU has use their video server for our warming party" with tours of been on a steady decline for new Web cast which allows us the new studio. quite some years now, which to have both a Broadband and "If anyone has seen the studio forced WBGU to either come up a dialup Web stream, so we before we made the changes, with creative solutions to mone- are extremely grateful to every- you will notice a huge differ- tary issues, or launch a hardcore one who has helped us," Merrill ence," Merrill said. fund raising campaign. added. More information about Luckily for WBGU, its spring All of the hard earned money the changes can be viewed on fundraiser grossed approxi- and hours spent on the project WBGU's Web site, www.wbgufm. mately $3300. will be apparent when WBGU com, or by listening to them at , Combining that with some uses their new equipment to 88.1 FM. savings they had acquired broadcast live from the Black WBGU wishes to extend from last year and most of their Swamp Arts Festival next week- a hearty thank you to every- money from this year's budget, end. one who has assisted in this they were able to finance the "We are still in the process process and will continue to im Blimi WBGU estimated $13,000 project. of training our DJs on the make renovations as needed OUT WITH THE OLD: Before renovations in the WBGU FM studio, the room was cluttered with desks, chairs, WBGU also received numer- new equipment," Merrill said. throughout the year. posters and other pictures. BGSPORTS FOOTBALL THE SPORTS STAFF MAKES THEIR WEEKLY PICKS. PAGE 11 BRIEFING 1HE 8G HEWS Men's basketball schedule at a glance FRIDAY The men's basketball learn September 2, will face two ACC schools, Virginia Tech and Florida State during the 2005-06 season. 2005 Eight of their first 10 games away from home. The Falcons begin MAC play www.bgnews.com/sports on laiuj.ii> 4 at home against Central Michigan and will play BOWLING GREEK STATE UNIVERSITY in the Bracket Buster Saturday on February 18 at home. BGSU has its home opener on November 19 against Urbana and hosts NCAA Tournament participant MEN'S RUGBY Oakland on November 30. Women's basketball schedule at a glance The women's basketball team will play two games against BGSU team crosses the pond each of the five other East Division schools, while facing each of the six West Division Men's rugby team "No matter where we went, teams once apiece. returns from 10-day the local people identified us as The Falcons will open the the American rugby team that MAC schedule at home vs. tour of Ireland they had heard about," BGSU Akron (Ian. 7), in the first of head coach Roger Mazzarella four Saturday home games. The By lames Kuper said. "Rugby is one of three GUCS! REPORTER final Saturday home game, on spurts that are a cultural reli- Feb. IB, is a potential double- A bone-weary BGSU rugby team gion in Ireland and there was header, as the men's team will arrived back in Bowling Green intense interest regarding our host an ESPN Bracket Buster on Sunday as they completed a ability to play 'their' game." game that day. 10-day tour of Ireland. Bowling Green spent time Bowling Green in three of Ireland's was one of only two rugby hotbeds: teams from a field of "We went Limerick, Galway over 60 applicants with the and Dublin. to be granted offi- "The teams in cial tour status this purpose of Ireland all have on- Beating year by the Ireland findingjust site showers and Rugby Football changing rooms Union. The Falcons how we rank and a clubhouse were chosen based as a team that usually just Badgers on their record reeks of history," and past tour his- with the rest Mazzarella said. tory of Great Britain of the world." The walls of the in 1987, 1995, and Irish rugby clubhous- Photo provided not vital 2000 and of South BRIAN KNAUPE, es are covered with RUGBY: The men's rugby team advances the ball during their 10 trip in Ireland. The Falcons were able to Africa in 2002. PRESIDENT the jerseys of famous win one out ot the three games they played and considered the experience very rewarding. As guests of the players and visiting forBG IRFU, the Falcons clubs. Hard looking and consideration that were The trip wasn't all rugby "I'd say that most of us did were assisted in finding accom- ini'ii with handle bar moustach- extended to all members of the either. Side trips included a nice job of helping out the modations, matches and given es stare out from team photos tour party by the bus drivers, atriparoundthcRingofKerry, Irish economy in the Waterford access to four former Irish in the Landsdowne Road club- shop owners, security guards, viewing the famous Book shop," said Kevin Barber, father SEAN national players who conducted house that dates back to 1890. the average person on the street of Kells, a visit to the Aran of BG flanker Jeremy Barber. CORP coaching sessions and gave cri- Clanwilliam, the Falcon's first and even the pub keepers," Islands, climbing the Burren "The Ring of Kerry was just Sports Editor tiques following BG's matches. opponent, founded in 1878, was Mazzarella said. and Conamara Mountains magnificent," Mazzarella said. Bowling Green's tour party con- playing rugby while the sport Every club put on a meal and a swim in the Atlantic. "Imagine a bus and a herd of d) sisted of 24 players, two coaches was still in its infancy. after the match, which fea- One of the trip highlights sheep sharing a cliff-side road It is hard not to be excited. It is hard to be on objective ana- and twenty wives, parents and "I cannot even begin to list tured traditional Irish fare as was a tour of the Waterford that is 15 feet wide and wish lyst. The Falcon football team BGSU alumni. the small acts of kindness the main course. Crystal Factory. RUGBY, PAGE 11 is loaded with talent at the skill positions. That talent is epito- mized by the face of the orga- nization, Omar Jacobs, and his quest for a MAC Championship, and some national prognostica- 3-4 defense tors thinking 1 leisman. Or perhaps the two expe- the newest rienced big-time receivers, Charles Sharon and Steve Sanders. They will be compli- trend in mented with some young stud receivers on the rise. Marques pro football Parks and Corey Partridge. And no one can forget our backfield Patriots have set of RI. Pope and B.l. lane. It is very easy to get caught up the standard for the in all of the hype. defensive scheme And then you look at the first game of the schedule. Against By Tom Withers Wisconsin. At Camp Randall. IKE ASSOCIATED PRESS That is the moment that my brain is fighting with my heart CLEVELAND — Back and for supremacy. forth, side to side, the dart- Wisconsin is talented. ing eyes of an NFL quar- Wisconsin is big. Wisconsin terback survey everything is fast. Wisconsin is tough. in their path. And during Wisconsin is playing with a little his 11 years in the league, extra fire trying to give coach Trent Dilfer has seen every Barry Alvarez the best possible defense imaginable. farewell season. • There was Buddy Ryan's That is not to say Bowling famous "46." Then the "Flex." Green isn't all of those "Zone-Dog," "Cover-2," things. The Falcons are one "Nickel," "Dime" and assort- of the premiere teams in the ed other gimmicky packages. nation. They have the talent Dilfer can draw them up to win, they have an excellent on a chalkboard in his mind coaching staff and the team is or rattle off their coach- experienced in visiting intimi- Charles Krupi AP Photo coded names like they dating buildings (see Purdue, SWEET SWING: Tiger Woods hits an iron off the third tee during the Pro/Am round at the TPC Boston. The first round begins on Friday. were teammates. Ohio State and Oklahoma). "I've been through it all," All the players have seemed Dilfer said with a chuckle. extremely focused, not let- "When I first came in, the 46 ting the preseason hysteria was just going out. It was in become a distraction. What a difference a year makes vogue for a while. Then the They are ready to beat the 49ers played a Pete Carroll, Badgers. That is what my heart George Seifert 4-3, cover-2, is telling me. However, they By Doug Ferguson He has reason to play zone-dog thing. Then Dallas IME ATSOCIATCO HISS "What I can do is have a higher money because the Deutsche Bank might come out of week one played a 4-3, cover-4 blanket- with a loss. That is my brain NORTON, Mass.—Tiger Woods total per event played, and try to get the Championship, which starts coverage thing, so everyone getting in the way. And if they must have felt his world was today and ends on Labor played that. number of victories higher than anyone Day, benefits the Tiger Woods lose, that is okay. It doesn't falling apart a year ago when "Then Tampa got hot, so mean the season is a loss, it he left the Deutsche Bank else on tour. If you can do that, then Foundation. Tournament offi- everyone switched to their doesn't mean they won't give Championship. you've had a very good year." cials had high hopes for a top- defense. Now New England 100 percent and put up a fight He lost a high-stakes duel heavy field with Singh as the is hot, and everyone is going and it doesn't mean they can't against Vijay Singh and sur- TIGER WOODS defending champion, Ernie to a 3-4. Who knows what win the MAC Championship. rendered his No. 1 ranking for Els planning to play and Adam they'll try next. It's a copycat It is hard to be reasonable as the first time in more than five six points over Singh, the larg- with six official tournaments Scott having won and tied for league, and it will be that a Falcon fan, but sometimes years. A gossip-page column in est margin in more than two (two of them in Asia) and the second the first two years of way forever." you have to be. A perfect the Boston Herald that week years. He is approaching his Presidents Cup. But he already the event. Defenses are undergoing season does not mean going reported his engagement was first wedding anniversary with can look back on a year that Singh, however, pulled out another metamorphosis in 11-0. A perfect season does on the rocks. And there were Elin Nordegren. And two major allowed him to restore some Tuesday when he suffered back 2005 as four teams — Dallas, not mean that Omar has to whispers among players that championships among his five order in his world. spasms playing table tennis Miami, San Francisco and do better than 41 touchdowns a :iwing change with Hank PGA Tour victories took care of "His swing is getting tighter, with his son. Els tore knee liga- Cleveland — switch to a compared to four interceptions, Haney was sending Woods any concerns about his swing getting better, and he's getting mentsduringaboatingvacation base 3-4 defense, bringing toward mediocrity. Which change brought him back to a point that he's domi- before the PGA Championship the number of teams using A perfect season is not going and is recovering from surgery. into Wisconsin and pummel- "It's nice to see that I made the most satisfaction? nant which he's been this year," the three linemen-four line- a comeback," Woods said "I'm supposed to say my Fred Couples said. Scott decided two weeks ago backer alignment to nine, the ing them 42 to zero. A perfect that he was spinning his wheels season means going to the yesterday. wedding, right?" he said with Woods clearly is the domi- most since the formation was Motor City Bowl and hoisting Woods returns to the a laugh. nant figure on the TPC at and needed a break, so he went introduced in the 1970s. Deutsche Bank Championship up a trophy. Woods still has just over Boston, if only because hardly at No. I in the world ranking by three months left in his season, anyone else is there. TIGER. PAGE 11 DEFENSE,PAGE 11
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The sports staff looks at some of the top games this week and Northern Illinois gets predicts the winners with the help of special guest Jeanine Baca,ofthe Falcon Softbal team. The first week of the season s Ml of big games and the potential for a lot of MAC ready for Wolverines teams to deliver big upsets, including our very own Falcons. I 9 (§ By Nathan lindquist lluskie Mobile and lluskie Bus u WISE visible at virtually every NIU foot- SEAN CORP RYAN AUTULLO MIKE MEIZGER JEANINE BACA DEKALB, III. - On Saturday after- ball game. Sports Editor Asst Sports Editor Design Editor Softball noon, a sea of more than 100,000 Anthony Kosiba has been Bowling Green at blue and yellow-clad fans will planning fur this weekend ever descend on Ann Arbor, Mich., to since tickets went on trie. Wisconsin score 28-24 BG 31-15 BG 38-20 BG 31-27 BG watch No. 4-ranked University of "It will probably be the big- Michigan play its first home foot- gest game in NIU history," Rant Not the scoring we WISCONSIN 2 FAVORITE The Pope train will With Omar Jacobs ball game of the season against said the senior biology major. expect out of BG, but Old Milwaukee and Wisconsin brats — role for 150 yards BG will be unstop- Northern Illinois. "Michigan has such a big sta- the defense comes and three scores, your real winner. pable. But in three days, cameras for dium and rich tradition too. We up with big stops. ns! the nationally televised game will went the first day tickets went probably stumble across a bois- on sale and we were the first terous red-and-black blob in the ones in line at 7 a.m." Kent St. at middle of the ocean of Wolverine Michigan Stadium, a.k.a. "The Michigan State score 42-7 Michigan St. 34-14 Michigan St. 24-17 Michigan St. 28-10 Michigan St. supporters. NIU alumnus Justin Big House", seats more than Heuer will sure be among them. 107,000 fans and has hosted Rant BOWLING GREEN 14.5 FAVORITE Drew Stanton might MSU is always tough This is one of the Kent State sucks, "I try to make it to every more than 35 million people break and his ath- in the beginning of few games the MAC game, home or away," said the since 1927. The history attached leticism will be too the season. And Kent is going to lose this 26-year-old. "I was at Alabama to one of the biggest football sta- s dreadful. week two years ago when we beat diums in America is worth the them. Thai was quite an experi- S49 ticket, according to junior ence, And playing Michigan is a geography major Brent Fulton. Miami (OH) at can't-miss game "When I was a kid, I was a Heuer knows at least 30 to 40 Michigan fan," Fulton said. "Hut No. 6 Ohio State score 27-17 Miami (OH) 27-12 OSU 38-34 Miami (OH) 24-7 OSU other people who will also make NIU has been good for the past OHIO St. 14.0 FAVORITE Rant Perpetually overrated Zwick has solid Sorry Buckeye fans, I want Miami (OH) the trek to Ann Arbor to take couple years, so it should be an OSU hits a stumbling game and creates Josh Betts is throw- to lose because in the game. The Mt, Prospect awesome game. I've been to a block as they are ill a OB controversy in ing for 250 yards they beat us in native lias become a pseudo- Bears game before, but nothing ared for Miami. Columbus. and four TDs. softball. celebrity in recent years with his like Ann Arbor."
Northern Illinois at . No 4. Michigan Score 38-30 Michigan 24-21 NIU 31-27 NIU 34-10 Michigan Rant MICHIGAN 18.5 FAVORITE Michigan will win, I'll be able to afford The Maize and Blue Michigan has but barely, because picking against scUM will be purple and Michael Hart who of NIU's running every week come the blue after Garrett runs like the wind. Trip gives team attack. end of the season. Wolfe is done. world perspective No. 18 Boise State at No. 13 Georgia score 24-14 Boise State 36-31 Boise State 27-20 Boise State 34-17 Georgia RUGBY, FROM PAGE 10 The Falcons split with fully marked for two lanes. Clanwilliam, winning the first BOISE ST. 7.0 FAVORITE Rant I want Boise to win .Boise is the away Boise State will Georgia is the home the first two so they team and I love their be unbeaten until team and I love their Our driver, Paddy O'Dnnovan match 10 - 5 while losing the aren't desperate for a blue turf. Typical Sept. 22. jerseys. won III joke that if we wanted second 24 - 6. win on Sept. 22. Jeanine Baca. lamb chops for supper, all we The Falcons hung tough for had to do was speak up. It was the first half against Connacht, stunning scenery punctuated by trailing by a 5 - 0 score, only Western Michigan at moments of sheer terror" to be blown out in the second ■■■■HBHI Hanking at the top of n erj half 52-0. No. 25 Virginia score 40-6 Virginia 49-10 Virginia 38-10 Virginia 40-6 Virgina one's list of trip highlights "I'm proud of the way the was attending the Connacht guys never quit and never Rant Ask Jeanine. Then again. WMU Marques Hagan will Western Michi VIRGINIA 33.0 FAVORITE vs. Parma. Italy major league stopped sticking the opposi- won in their 2004 score all 38 points. is ghetto. rugby match. opener — against Yes, he will even tion," Mazzarella said. The tourists joined 10.000 Indeed Bowling Green's Tennessee-Martin. kick the held goal. rabid green clad tans alternately "big hit" defense was the Singing, cheering and just hav- number one item of discus- inga plain good old time at what sion on the sidelines and in the club advisor Martha Mazzarella clubhouses. called a I lollywood ending. "In twenty years of play- Despite being plagued by ing rugby, 1 have never been Teams try to emulate Patriots' tricks dropped passes and a hostile knocked around as roughly as referee, the Connacht hung on I was tonight," said Connacht DEFENSE, FROM PAGE 10 Follow the bouncing ball. The 3-4 also can morph into "For young quarterbacks, it's to win 20-14. captain Ross Butler at the Patriots coach Bill Belichick a 4-3 in the blink of an eye. hard to read," Dilfer said. "More "We went with the purpose last post-match reception. Pittsburgh, San Diego, first learned the3-4 while work- The 3-4's outside linebacker than anything else, the 3-4 can of finding just how we rank as a "I assume it is your football Houston, Oakland and New ing under Parcells. Browns can quickly come up to the line take away the rhythm of a pass- team with the rest of the world, background, but we just don't England all have been primar- coach Romeo Crennel, New of scrimmage, drop his hand ing game. In the3-4, linebackers to get ready for another nation- see tackles as hard as that in ily running the 3-4, and almost England's defensive coordina- down, and voila, 4-3. Or he can can jam receivers and still rush, al championship run and to our country." every team has some modified tor the past three years, was an stay on the edge as a decoy, pick which takes away a quarterback show our guys what rugby as Mazzarella singled out version in its playbook. assistant on the same Giants up a running back in the flat or being able to throw off rhythm. a sport could become in our locks Aaron Slates and Ryan The defense's renewed popu- staff. Miami's Nick Saban also cover the tight end. And most of us are not good country," BG's president Brian Deal, hooker Eric Nutter and larity is directly tied to the suc- worked with Belichick... and on "I'm not saying it's better," enough to throw when we're Knaupcsaid. "The scores don't flankers Bryan Kupper and cess of the Patriots, who have down the coaching tree. Parcells said. "Here's what I out of rhythm." indicate how much we learned Art Pietrangclo for "laying won three of the last four Super So why switch to the 3-4? think some of the advantages For the newest 3-4 teams, or the value of the experience the smack down" on the Irish Bowls using the 3-4. Another Proponents suggest it's most are: At any time you can drop training camp was devoted to and how it will pay off for us ball carriers. reason for its spread is that effective in combating today's eight.people into coverage, and installing the schemes. Some later in the season." Mazzarella also praised coaches who used it as defen- sophisticated passing attacks, that complicates things for the players caught on quickly, oth- The BG community, used backs Derek Imes and Fred sive assistants or coordinators with their multiple formations quarterback. Not many four- ers are still learning to seeing the Falcons stomp Ackermann, Brian Farrcll and have been promoted to head and intricate routes, because man line teams have the ability "We're taking baby steps with every opponent it faces into the Mitch Aiders. coaching positions. a fourth linebacker allows a to do that. it right now, but by the time the ground, may be surprised to "All four played rugby in "It's not so much that defense the luxury of disguising "The second thing is it's more season rollsaround, we're going learn that the Falcons lost two high school and showed a teams are changing," said its blitzes and coverages better. 1-on-l football. It forces the to be grown men in the sys- of their three matches. maturity and ability on the Dallas Cowboys coach Bill If the offensive guards are offense to block more straight tem," said 49ers two-time Pro When asked to assess the field that helped us out in the Parcells, who won his first responsible for blocking the and use less angles than a gap Bowler lulian Peterson. "I love level of the competition they tight spots," he said. Super Bowl title in 1991 using inside linebackers, the center defense does. Sometimes the new system, but I'm a line- faced, Mazzarella placed the Mazzarella vowed to con- the 3-4. "It's the people that has the nose tackle and the that's more difficult for the backer, so of course I'm going opposition at the very best tinue the touring program as have become decision mak- offensive tackles are designat- offense to do." to love being the guy. This is a in Ireland. long as he is coach. ers have backgrounds in that ed to block the defensive ends, Dilfer has started 9fi games great system to build around. "Both clubs that we faced "I believethat it isoneofthc defense and that is what they who's got the two outside line- and won a Super Bowl with Defenses these days have to be were a division champion and keystones of this club's success are implementing." backers? And where are they? Baltimore in 2000. fast and furious." about ninety percent of the over the past two decades." players were professionals," The Falcons open their Mazzarella said. "Connacht is regular season tomorrow at one of the main feeder clubs for home against the University the Irish national side. Seven of of Windsor and Toledo at the the Connacht players that took College Park rugby field at 1 Tiger having stellar season the Held against us were on the p.m. national team.'
TIGER, FROM PAGE 10 feet in the playoff. per year," Woods said. "What I Faxon can't wait for the tour- can do is have a higher money home to Australia. nament tostart for other reasons. total per event played, and try Relief Goosen is playing 1 le is part-time player, part-time to get the number of victories in China, Sergio Garcia is in unofficial host this week. He is higher than anyone else on tour. Switzerland. involved with the title sponsors, If you can do that, then you've The result is a field that resem- his wife is in charge of a massive had a very good year." bles Disney, without the Magic fund-raiser, and he finally got It has already been a good Kingdom across the street. more than three hours sleep. year — a great one, considering Having Woods in the field is "Thank God this tournament his Masters and British Open enough to generate a buzz, but starts tomorrow," he said. titles. And it sure beats what there isn't a lot of star power The course had received only he went through last season, to go with him. Only two other 2 inches of rain since June, then with only one PGA Tour victo- players in the top 20 are at the got deluged with 4 inches on ry, at the Accenture Match Play TPC at Boston — Davis Love III Tuesday, leaving the greens soft Championship. (No. 15) and Couples (No. 16). and the pin accessible. Big hit- Woods said he didn't feel his "We were scheduled to have ters have done well on the TPC swing coming together until three of the top four players in at Boston the first two years, after the Tour Championship, the world," Woods said. "We've and that again would seem to where he lost a 54-hole lead for still got a really good, solid field favor Woods. only the third time in his career here this week, and the golf Woods cares most about the on the PGA Tour, course is in fantastic shape. So majors, and those ended three "It takes time to make chang- we're going to have a great tour- weeks ago. But there are other es, and I've made a bunch of nament. But it would have been goals to pursue, such as end- changes in my swing," he said. an even better event with those ing Singh's two-year reign atop "Unfortunately, that didn't hap- two players in the field." the PGA Tour money list. Woods pen during the season last year. The local favorite is Brad leads by more than $1.2 mil- It happened after the season Faxon, who grew up about 45 lion, despite playing seven fewer was over, in Japan, when I really minutes away in Rhode Island. tournaments. put it all together. After that, I've Faxon Is coming off a dynamic "It's hard for me to compete really started to play some pretty win last week at Hartford, where against Vijay if Vijay just plays good golf." he closed with a 61 and then hit well, because obviously he plays A year later, not many would a 7-iron from the bunker to 3 nine or 10 more events than I do argue with that. 12 Friday, September 2,2005 WWW.BGNEWS.COM
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