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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Friday April 11,2008 Volume 101, Issue 157 WWWBGNEWSCOM A crisis off T-shirts that deserve a double-take A T-shirt project works to bring attention to violence committed against Wood County women Among other college transiticftsr^tudent's |hn3 religion can also be called into question WORKING WITH THE BUGS: Natural Resources Specialist Cinda Stutzman tends to the hummingbird and butterfly habitat located in Wintergarden Park. Losing a loyal By Kate Snyder than just somebody telling best friend Reporter them it's good for them. Columnist Ally And everybody practices When coming to college, the faith differently. A wooded area Blankartz chronicles obvious changes include dorm Some flourish by join- the last few days of her life, new classes, a new town ing organizations and get- dog, Millie, who went and different food. But for ting deeply involved socially. for future generations through the trials of some students, many of these Others might choose to only transitions can impact their attend formal church wor- cancer | Page 4 religion as well. ship, while others might not One of the biggest differ- even participate in organized in Bowling Green ences between practicing religion. Mythbusting, religion at college and dur- "They could be raised in a emo style ing high school is the lack of strict religious background and Save the Woods Foundation is looking for In this week's "B6 parental influence. reject all of that," said Jeremy donations to pay off loans for 20-acre lot "The main thing is once a Wallach, a former adviser of Mythbusters." the Pulse student comes to college, he Hillel, a lewish organization. By Freddy Hunt delves into the myths or she has a decision whether For those who choose to Assistant City Editor "We were of emo students on or not to continue on with continue with their practices, their faith and make it their they also have to adjust to a determined that campus | Page 11 own," said Ryan Rahrig, pres- new congregation. Carlene Creps, 70, remembers ident of Creed on Campus, a "The network they have driving a tractor down the they were not going Campus primed Catholic organization. at home has to be extended once dirt Wintergarden Road, and ready for the They need to understand tending to her sheep and gal- to develop [the why it's important for them, See FAITH | Page 2 loping her horse through the sibs and kids Rahrig said. They need more seemingly endless wooded parcel of land]." Check out the Sibs N acres nearby. She has lived there for 67 years. She likes it Kids special section for the way it is. Carlene Creps | Supporter a project to make with In 2005, a real estate devel- your sibling, among other opment company purchased went up for sale, Creps said the 19.6-acre parcel of land she did not dream developers columns,by editors From Saturday Night Live adjacent to Creps' 20-acre would pick it up. | Pa* 9 lot for building condomeni- "I thought, oh my heavens, ums. No longer would Creps' we can't let this happen," Polygamist sect memories resemble the view Creps said, "We were deter- parody to journalistic hypothesis beyond her backyard. mined that they were not in trouble Thanks to the Save the going to develop [the parcel A confidential informant Forum discusses issues regarding Hillary Clinton's press coverage after SNL skit Woods Campaign, one of ofland|." helped sheriffs bust a Bowling Green's last unde- Creps and a team of neigh- veloped wooded area's will borsstartedgettingorginized. polygamist compound in By Kriiten Schweitxer Hillary Clinton Reporter coverage, such as what Clintcin's remain preserved, just as They hired an attorney, West Texas for forcing coverage really focused on, how Playec by Amy Creps remembers it. raised some funds and held underage girls to marry she was doing in the horse race, Poehler on By the end of 2005, Bowling monthly meetings, she said. whether the majority of her cov- Green Parks and Recreation They started soliciting and older men | Page 7 A Saturday Night Live actor posing "Saturday Night as Hillary Clinton was hushed in a erage was positive or negative Live" negotiated with the develop- more people started getting mock debate. Whatever "Hillary" and whether her success in the ment company and agreed to involved. Finally, Parks and | Conference had to say couldn't possibly com- running has been hampered by purchase the lot, said Mike Recreation got involved and pare to "Obama's" words. media coverage. E Barack Obama Przysiecki, natural resource the attorney negotiated with foes skate it A crowd of about 50 people Miller gathered a team of grad- Played by Fred specialist. A low-interest loan the developers, she said. out for title watched this skit at the April uate and undergraduate students Armisen on was secured with a S105.000 The foundation is cam- Two teams the Falcons Arts and Science Forum in the in order to aid her and colleague down payment, he said. paigning by passing out bro- Union Thursday. Jeff Peake, also an assistant pro- "Saturday Night Now the goal is to raise chures in the park and com- became familiar with "That sketch got a lot of atten- fessor in the political science Live" $480,000 plus interest to pay mtiniry, Grigore said. There after the long season will tion, as well as the ones that department with the research. off the rest of the loan, said was also a kick-off campaign battle it out in the Frozen followed," said Melissa Miller, Miller used articles and edi- Michelle Grigore, director of on March 29 and a fundrais- an assistant professor in the torials from the New York Times, Schroeder. Park and Recreation. She said ing dinner set for May, she Four to determine the University's department of politi- Washington Post and Los Angeles "They all struggled to get press $141,500 has allready been said. For people who wish to nation's premier cal science and affiliated faculty Times for her research. The arti- attention," said Miller of Dole, collected and that she hopes contribute, but can't make hockey team with the women's studies depart- cles were categorized by those Braun and Schroeder. the rest will be collected monetary donations, Grigore |Page13 ment. Clinton even made a refer- that mentioned candidates' sex, However, Miller found the within three years. said they may volunteer their ence to the skit in a debate with appearance, marital status, via- opposite was true for Clinton. A large chunk of the down time to clean up of the newly Obama in Cleveland, a week after bility to win, policy issues and Clinton has by far received the payment was funded by the acquired property. it aired. positions, qualifications and job- most press coverage according to city's Greenspace Acquisition But until the loan is paid off Miller wanted to test the related accomplishments and Miller. Of the 1374 articles and Fund and a partnership in full. Parks and Recreation hypothesis Saturday Night Live failures. editorials examined Tor the study, between private and public will not be able to build hik- suggested. The team also made note of Miller found that 833 of them donors, Grigore said. ing trails or develop the park "Our project received a jump whether the candidates were mentioned Clinton. She said the Save the at all, Grigore said. start from Saturday Night Live," mentioned in the headline of Millet described this as a "real Woods Foundation has "It's kind of like having a said Miller. The skit was meant to opening sentence or paragraph or break in terms of how the press largely been a group effort mortgage on your house," she poke fun at journalism coverage the articles, as well as if that men- covers women." between public and private said. "So we have to pay it off of the 2008 election, specifically tion was positive or negative. However, Miller wanted to go partys. Bowling Green Parks untill it is actually ours." ■ What's your favorite Clinton and Obama coverage. "If history is our guide, we beyond just finding out if Clinton and Recreation didn't want The new 19.6-acre parcel board game? In her presentation, "Testingthe would expect IClinton] to receive was receiving enough coverage. their parks backing up to willincreasetheWintergarden [See story, p. 9] Saturday Night Live Hypdthesis: minimal coverage," said Miller, Miller wanted to assess if the cov- a rondo complex, and the Nature Preserve to over 100 Preliminary Findings on Hillary who gave a brief history of women erage Clinton was receiving was Wintergarden Road resi- acres and includes a pond Clinton's Press Coverage," Miller who have recently ran for presi- dents didn't want to see the and a log home which will wanted to answer the questions dent including Elizabeth Dole, S« PRESS! >2 woods disappear, she said.