Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-31-2000 The BG News January 31, 2000 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News January 31, 2000" (2000). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6596. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6596 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. WEATHER MONDAY January 31, 2000 Partly WORLD NEWS 2 ) ~" \ Cloudy -*. OPINION High, 31 CAMPUS Low, 21 The BG News SPORTS www.bgnews.com Volume 88. IMUC 14 A dady mdependerrr srudempness Zapped Teamwork helps Falcons win big against Akron PETE STELLA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Falcons needed a big win to gel them back in the Mid-American Conference race after the tough road loss at Kent. They got one. a very big one. The BG men's basketball team fought hard and defeated a danger- ous Akron Zips squad 88-77 Satur- day afternoon at Anderson Arena. The win increased the Brown and Orange's record to 15-4 overall and 7-2 in the conference. The loss drops the Zips, who came off of a win over Kent and a tough loss to Buffalo, to MIKE LEHMKUHLE/ The BG News 14-6 overall and 8-3 in the MAC. "1 thought that was a really, real- HIGH FIVE — Anthony Stacey and Dave Esterkamp celebrate after the winning basket. By the end ly hard played college basketball game by two tough teams." BG of the game Esterkamp had scored the team high of 28 points. coach Dan Dakich said. "I thought four seconds gone in the first half. The Brown and Orange took a But player of the game their guys really hauled and our Two jumpers by Zips guard Jami 36-32 lead into the locker. Out of the Esterkamp was not done by a long guys really battled." Bosley gave Akron an 8-3 advantage gates. Ihe Zips stormed back to erase shot Guard Brandon Pardon dished Forward Dave Esterkamp paced with 16:50 remaining. At the 13:21 the deficit when Marco Morgan and a pass to Esterkamp. in which he the Falcons with 28 points on 10 of mark. Mcl.eod drilled a three point- Bosley connected on a lay-up and a took it down the lane and dunked 13 from the field and 7 of 10 from er to give the Falcons the 11-10 lead jump shot tied Ihe game at 36 with hard. The crowd erupted and Stacey. the foul line. He also pulled down a with 12:19 left in the First half. 19:29 left. who spent an eight minute stretch on team high eight rebounds in 32 min- Two free throws by Bosley "At halfiime. we told the team the bench in the second half, came utes of action. earned Akron a two point advantage whoever gets a good start in the sec- off the bench and jumped into "I thought Estcrkamp was as with 6:43 left, but Falcon guard ond half is gonna be in a heck of a F^tcrkamp's arms. good as I have seen him play since I Brandon Pardon changed thai with a position in this game because I did- A Stacey fade away jumper gave have been in BG," Dakich said Ik- huge three pointer to b<x>st the Fal- n't know if there were gonna be too the Falcons their largest lead of the came up with 28 points, led, talked, con lead to 25-24 with 6:18 left in many runs made." Dakich said. "We game. 75-62 with 4:41 left. The Zips helped and got comfortable shooting the half. were fortunate because I didn't think got as close as eight points on a i jump shots. Our team is pretty good Falcon forward Anthony Stacey. we came out to play defense to start David Falknor three pointer with 49 when we hit jump shots, and we hit who was honored before the game the second half. At least we scored seconds left, but BG hung tough and some this afternoon." lor setting the school record for to keep it even." won the decisive match-up. "We worked on our offense being steals, made his important presence Esterkamp showed his poise with "I think guys were getting tired higher and finishing our cuts, fell with less th;in four minutes 16:36 remaining when he hit for a and playing a lot of minutes." Estcrkamp said. "We did that tonight remaining in the first half. He hit a three point play to give the Brown Bosley said of the second half. "Me and got a lot of lay-ups." three pointer to give BG a 32-30 and Orange a 46-44 advantage. and Jimm.i! stopped cutting as hard BG started off hot when lead and then hustled down on the McLeod added a three point play of 9S we were in the first half and it was JUMP — Anthony Stacey takes a jump shot while Brandon Par- Estcrkamp took guard Keith defensive end. causing Akron guard his own and the Falcons moved to a don looks on. Before the game Stacey was honored for setting McLcod's tip off and hit a lay-up to Ante Schindewolf to commit a 53-49 lead in front of a sold out put the Falcons up 2-0 with only the school record for steals. charge. crowd. I See BASKETBALL, page 5. Students still crazed 6^ Detectives seize student's over 'Real World' visit computer in dorm fire probe STEFANIESIZKMORK something to do, but I was blown THE ASSOCIATED PRESS has not been released by authorities. STAFF WRITFR away by the celebrity status students seem to give the "Real World" peo- Investigators said they do not Last week. "Real World" mania ple," he said. " It was a neat thing to NEWARK, N.J. — Investigators know whether the student had any invaded Bowling Green and four go to. but I just really do not under- have seized a student's computer stand why people are so obsessed." connection to the fire or if the e-mail days later students still seem to be from a college dormitory where caught up in the craze. Jessica Smallwood. senior sport was a prank The computer's files management major, understands the three died in a fire after an e-mail Tim Pechous. freshman undecid- and hard drive arc being analyzed. ed, attended the "Real World" event obsession because she is part of it. threatened an even worse blaze. The last Thursday and thought it was "I love the "Real World" and [ On Thursday, thousands of stu- think it is so cool that they came to Star-Ledger of Newark reported really fun. today dents and relatives gathered on the Pechous was one of the lucky few BG." she said. "I especially liked that students finally got excited campus in South Orange to pay their who actually took part in the "Real The computer was taken from a respects to the three 18-year-old vic- World" campus invasion. After about something." being selected out of Ihe audience to Smallwood sat in the front row room in Boland Hall after Seton tims. lake part in Puck's confessional. and really felt like she was just Hall University officials received hanging out with the "Real World" Sixty-two people were injured in Pechous was asked by Puck to the e-mail hinting at a second fire. the blaze. The 48-year-old building switch T-shirts with him. cast members. "The way they handled them- the newspaper reported, citing did noi have a sprinkler system, but "Puck loved my T-shirt and he unidentified officials involved in the wanted to switch, so of course I was selves was kind of like they were one wasn't required because of the not going to say no," he said. "We just hanging out with all 900 of us," investigation building's age. she said. "I thought it was really switched shirts on stage and now I The computer was seized Satur- have a T-shirt of Puck's." interesting what people were willing Authorities have interviewed • to do to meet the group." day from a second-floor dorm room, Pechous admitted that he is not MELISSA TAYLOR/ The BG News dozens of students and analyzed the . really a serious Real World fan and Cast members were also sur- the newspaper reported. The Jan. 19 rubble The newspaper reported that he was surprised by the obsession PUCK- MANIA — Signing autographs for his adoring fans, Puck fire that killed three freshmen they found no trace of accelerants, sludJnts seem to have burned on Ihe third floor. A cause such as gasoline or lighter fluid. "I only went to the event for i See REAL WORLD, page 5. never got tired of the screaming University girls. New pill offers abortion options, but risks emotional scarring KRISTALYN SHEFVELAND tant political science professor, said not abort at their clinical visit and A Lutheran family magazine that holds the U.S. patentl study Inslda STAFF WRIIFR it would take the conflict "from a would have to deal with an incredi- warns that psychological effects based on clinical trials of the drug public to a private issue." bly devastating shock if they saw the would be increased with the use of showed that "95 percent of the SPORTS 6 Widely known as "the French 'Theoretically speaking, the pro- fetus," Magrum said.