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FRIDAY y September 2, 2005 EEjIJfGLASSYWORK: Check ^^^ MMW— 1 M \\K1 / 1 / ^ out all the art students ^^k 1 I ■/ ■/ I 1 SUNNY HIGH: 83 LOW: 53 who are hard at work I I JL.1 J I I k / for the upcoming Black I . .. _, www.bgnews.com swamp Arts Fest; PAGE 7 ■ ■ M ■ A daily independent student press VOLUME 100 ISSUE 11 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 BG<a>100 — 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.