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African festival celebrates holiday By IRENE SHARON SCOTT the harvest in Swahili. The BG News "The holiday is more than a Tuesday's celebration of black Christmas, which is what Kwanzaa offered African-Amer- some people think it is," said icans a time to commemorate Sheila Brown, founder of ADT their ancestors' achievements and Kwanzaa coordinator. "It and affirm their strength and was created in an effort to get values. blacks to come together to cre- "Kwanzaa is important ate a social change during the because it unites my family as height of the civil rights move- well as the black community ment." and focuses us all towards the Kwanzaa is celebrated from empowerment of the black com- Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. During this munity as a whole," said time people hope to address major issues that were relevant Zakhia Grant, graduate geology BG Newt Photo/ BEN FRENCH student. "It reinforces family during that time and reclaim and community values that the principles of black culture. maybe overlooked during The principles are unity, self- An Africana Dance Troupe member dances during the Kwanzaa celebration Tuesday night in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom. Christmas and our hectic determination, collective work everyday lives." and responsibility, cooperative in the celebration. bration, Michael McKee, spe- "This is a Zulu concept that used to pour libation to the The celebration included a economics, creativity and faith. "Corn represents multiple cial assistant to the provost and was incorporated into the cele- direction of the north, south, soul food buffet, songs, African Throughout the week-long children like the kernels of Sallye McKee, vice provost for bration by Dr. Karenga," Mrs. east and west in remembrance folk tales and performances by holiday, the family lights a can- corn," Brown said. "You cannot enrollment, presented the his- McKee said. "In early celebra- of the ancestors. the Africana Dance Troupe, an dle that corresponds with the have a Kwanzaa celebration tory. A Kwanzaa setup often tions it was used to symbolize "The cup honor the ancestors organization that exposes its principle recognized that day. without corn. Even if a family includes a kinara, straw place- the first born, the father of our and is used to promote the spir- audience to African and sur- In addition they discuss how doesn't have children, they are mat, a unity cup, fruits and ancestors and principles." it of oneness within the family rounding African cultures the principle can be applied in supposed to have two ears of ears of corn. The mkeka, the straw place- as well as the collective," Mr. through art and dance. their daily life, according to corn on their table to symbolize According to the McKees, the mat, symbolize the foundation McKee said. Kwanzaa was started by Dr. Brown. future children or other chil- kinara (the candle holder) sym- in which correct knowledge and Additionally, mazao are Maulana Ron Karenga on Dec. She added that it is impor- dren." bolizes the people of continen- true understanding are built. 26, 1966. It means first fruit of tant for families to include corn At Tuesday's Kwanzaa cele- tal Africa. In addition, the unity cup is • See KWANZAA, page six. Future Union sells University to students By ALEXANDRIA DIETZ Crooks also said that he feels of the Union," Hennessy said. Hennessy agreed with The BG News confident that the closing of the He also said that there is a Crooks that the Union will be a Union will not hurt students With the Union closing in possibility that there will be an selling point for getting new coming to the University. just 10 days, the University artist's rendering of the new students to the University will have to find a new way to "There will be a little bit of Union located somewhere in "This will be one of the pre- attract students to BGSU. pain without a union," Crooks McFall Center. mier unions in this area," Hen- said, "but we are making it bet- "So when tours come When looking at a universi- ter by relocating the services." nessy said. "It will put us up end ty, one of the main things that a through they Ipotential stu- there with other universities students what the new Union Nick Hennessy, executive potential student looks for is will look like. dents] will be able to see what with unions that have the same ByJEFFARNETT assistant to vice president of the new Union will look like," The BG News the student Union facilities. "During the last preview day, amenities." student affairs and member of Hennessy said. The College of Arts and Sci- According to Dave Crooks, we had the virtual Union video the Union core committee, said Crooks said that they are Hennessy also said that they ences Dean Search Committee director of the Union, the Uni- in the ballroom," Crooks said. that there are going to be telling potential students that has announced and contacted versity is using the new union are trying to recruit students "We staffed the tables to opportunities for potential stu- the Union will be closed for two the top four candidates to fill as a way to recruit potential answer any questions people by putting the virtual tour on dents to see what the new years. the position of Dean of the Col- students. might have." Union will look like. the University's web page. lege of Arts and Sciences when "We try to be open and hon- "We are selling the new stu- He also said that all the core "We are going to try and "This provides a lot of oppor- the current dean, C. J. Cranny, dent Union to them [potential services of the Union will be have different resources avail- tunity for prospective students est with them and that in two retires at the end of next students!," Crooks said. relocated so they will still be able at the admissions office for to look at the Union at home," years there will be a new semester. Crooks also said that they accessible for students. students to take a virtual tour Hennessy said. Union," Crooks said. The four candidates will be coming to campus for inter- views in late January and early Monks share Tibetan February. Each will do inter- views for three days, speaking with such varied audiences as situation with students current deans, the president, By CRAIG GIFFORD began on Monday and will end students in the College of Arts The BG News on Friday. and Sciences and the Universi- Six Tibetan monks bring On Tuesday, the monks gave ty community among others. awareness of Tibet, through a talk on the four noble truths The four candidates are artwork and speeches, to the of Buddhism. Last night, they Donald G. Nieman, professor University this week. held a meditation on peace and and chair of the Department of Throughout the week, the compassion. History at the University; monks will be appearing at the The monks, according to Mar- Nancy A. Gutierrez, professor Education Building and Jerome vin Balzer, advisor of the stu- and chair of the Department of Library. dents for free Tibet, will be English at Arizona State Uni- According, to Kristen Hann, building a mandala out of sand versity; Arthur Greenberg, pro- the organizer of the project, the which will be located in Jerome fessor and chair of the Depart- ment of Chemistry at the Uni- students for free Tibet has Library. versity of North Carolina at brought the monks to the Uni- "The construction mandala Charlotte; and William J. versity with the purpose of the will last throughout the week, Frawley, professor and chair of visit being "to bring awareness and culminate on Friday, dur- the Department of Linguistics to the University about the sit- ing the closing ceremonies, on at the University of Delaware. uation in Tibet" Friday," Balzer said. Les Stemberg, chair of the The monks have their The mandala will be complet- search committee and Dean of own reason for their visit, ed at Friday's closing cere- the College of Education and according to Hann. "They are monies and will be blessed by Human Development, said the on tour to raise money for their the lama, which according to whole campus community will ■w. -. . < «„.- BG News Ptaoto/MEU8SA TAYLOR monastery in Southern India. me manda la. a form of Tibetan art, is on the second floor of Jerome Library. It is one way In which The week long visit • See MONKS, page six. • See DEAN, page six. the Tibetan monks are hoping to bring cultural awareness tp the University. t I i !' r

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Brian Taylor Opinion Editor OPINION 372-2603 Suffering from spiritless life I see that people around me would nourish and cultivate our right path, to get a glimpse of PEOPLE are lost, wandering in an endless *- ■ -«niud spirit. what your spirit holds and what abyss of superficial smiles and jgfcalpply You ask how? What can you happiness your soul can bring, on the street head nods. .a# do to find yourself, your soul, then go out and help people. We are a combination of our s your spirit? It starts with a Help people with no thought Question: What is the weirdest gift you've ever received? minds, bodies and souls. We S despondent cry for help or with a of return, for the moment that spend years educating our s y* -* |H conscious exertion toward a spir- you want something in return is minds and keeping our bodies in »•■«« % ^^m itual awakening. You pick. the moment that you fail. I once shape yet we fail in the most © Let yourself fall into the shal- read about someone who said, important upkeep of all - our V 19B low bottomless pit of meaningful "When I do good, I feel good. I souls and our spirits. existence, striving for the mater- don't need any thing to tell me Who are you? A question of 1 ial things in life: cars, money, different. It is as simple as that. simplicity with a complex We fail to grasp the concept of houses, and status. Do this and When I do good, I feel good." answer that more than likely self-improvement, instead re- eventually you will come to a Obviously this person had found V leaves you dumbfounded when placing it with self-acquirement. point where you feel even more a wonderful way to get in touch Our society is in a serious spiri- you try to answer. Most of us lost than now and then maybe with the spirit. J. Baxter Gest Lauren Luken tual crisis. wonder aimlessly searching for you will begin your own spiritual You might find yourself think- Senior nJunior meaning in our lives, hoping There is no one to blame; no journey. Or you can decide to ing that your spirit and soul are Secondary Ed. Recreational that there is more to this world one is to be held responsible for make the effort now. things better left unused. That "An invitation to Program m in g than what we have experienced. our inability to experience the Begin by acknowledging that now is not the time for exploring try the Union veal "ATupac mirror" We spend our days scurrying beauty of the world. It is not the there is such a thing as your your essence, questioning your sandwich." about like squirrels searching for fault of any single person but the spirit and the first step is begun. beliefs, and nourishing the being buried nuts, moving from paper fault of the collective whole. We From that moment on your will that you are, but I beg to differ Laura Shindel to paper, project to project, more find it necessary to turn to drugs find teachers at every step of the — now is the only time. worried about the grade that we to reach states of ecstasy when way. Junior I asked someone the other day TCOM' receive than the knowledge we such states can be found with- Teachers come in the form of what the most beautiful thing gain. If a person asks us to read out. We spend hours in front of a people, places, events, books, "A huge wooden they ever saw was and they fish necklace." something or to think about an TV. like a baby in front of a movies and everything else. could not give me an answer. I issue we reply, "Is this for a mobile. We're captivated and Once you begin the journey — have compassion for them as class? Do I get a grade for it? merely entertained without almost everything becomes a their eyes showed nothing but What is in it for me?" gaining any sustenance that teacher. If you want to get on the emptiness and shallow meaning. They are just one of many that Emily Meyer Julie Vaughan are lost, wondering in the realm Sophomore Freshman of the spiritless. Do not let your Env. Science Early Child. Ed. spirit go idle. "When I was 10,1 "A porcelain foot Judson Laipply is the deeply got a huge box of planter." spiritual columnist for The underwear from News. He can be reached atjud- my great aunts." [email protected]. Beauty lies deep inside us ty is according to Maxim, Cos- with plastic breasts. Piercings, mopolitan. Denise Rich-ards, clothes, and attitudes that are MTV, "The Man Show," and packed up like accessories. Bar- Cindy Crawford. GIRLS mimic- bie perfection is reserved for king these fashions - getting all simple people. "hooched up," with breasts and I thought more about a butts a-blazing as they head out WOMAN. How her SHIT does to the bars. I thought how sad stink. How she will talk to me, that these GIRLS haven't under- tell me what she wants to do. stood that superficial things like She will know what she wants. I TITS and @SS float away in the will know what she wants "We dropped our pants and wind. How those GIRLS have because she has trusted me like pissed down the hill - it was a ignored their own personal a friend - confided in me like contest between us to see whose depths, such as their career, confession. A WOMAN never pee was faster," the WOMAN their family, their education, grows old, she grows more beau- said, rehashing a story about their life and their self-worth. tiful as her mind matures, like " herself and her friend when they How sad, I thought, that most rich wine. were five years old. To me - this only know the depths of their But on a campus with a made the woman beautiful. It closet, but I thought how I woman-to-man ratio that is People don't fall street-smart, though." 1 do not that people recognize that being wasn't her Herbal Essences hair. shouldn't care because they are tell people that they should place nearly 4 to 1, you'd think that book smart and street smart can The manicured nails. The just young GIRLS, not WOMEN. me in the book-smart group. 1 go hand in hand. finding a WOMAN would be into easy categories leather coat. The brand name Maybe I'm wrong - I'm prob- ask that they recognize my Now that I am done writing easy. I'm not blind - many here I am writing this in sup|>ort labels. The make-up. The form- ably wrong, it is probably of every person who has endured street-smartness. this I can go back to reading my because I'm a MAN, an odd are GIRLS. It is not as if you I grew up on the mean streets math book. fitting pants. It wasn't her teeth, could combine many GIRLS to the problem of being labeled her face, or even her smile. 1 sat MAN that thinks these things. street-smart or book-smart. of Toledo (surely, tbey are not the Vontoba Terry You see - I love what the make a WOMAN - she is an ele- meanest streets). 1 know what it back, listening to everything she When I was in seventh grade, [email protected] WOMAN looks like in the morn- ment of her own. She's not a takes to survive in the ghetto. I said. one of my friends said something Racism problem not "You know, I have a craving ing - even if she didn't stay the prize to be owned, but someone that disturbed me deeply. My could have been swallowed by to be recognized as worthy of the gangs, drugs and crime that for steak," she said, and then night. I love her potent morning English teacher had just handed limited to majority saw that I was shocked to hear breath. Hair strewed out like being with. me an A paper and congratulat- my neighborhood was plagued Maybe this is a guide to help with, but I was spared somehow, This is in reply to Wednes- that she was carnivore. porcupine quills. Blank skin and ed me. My friend told me that I "Oh yeah, my family and I use baggy eyes. If I'm lucky, she is a GIRLS grow into WOMEN. am book-smart, and that out in and now I am here at BGSU. I day's Obsidian. First, 1 would Maybe this is to help boys see learned a lot on those streets. I like to begin by stating that I am to slaughter pigs," she said. drooler. If I'm really lucky, she is . the world I wouldn't survive. He I almost cried - picturing this a drooler with dried saliva on through the eyes of a MAN. believed he was street-smart. learned something more impor- a fan of this publication. I think Maybe this is to help everyone tant than how to get ketchup out princess-like WOMAN taking a her face. In my first semester of college it is important for all cultures to see each other for what they are, of an empty bottle or make a be represented in the University hatchet to the face of a pig. A You see this is what a I have received high grades on WOMAN that can kill her own WOMAN looks like. She is a for more than just a good F?CK. all of my exams. I am still sugar sandwich. I learned that community. life is hard for a lot of people, and Unfortunately, one poem - food. I knew this girl was Y2K real person that I can talk to - Maybe this is just me talking. regarded as book-smart by some ready if our food cards ever not a person painted pretty to But again, I could be wrong. people. What exactly does that if I don't recognize the streets "What's Wrong Black Man" - and know them, then what I disturbed me deeply. For those of became obsolete. make me horny. That's an illu- I'm just a MAN. mean, and why do people tend to Maybe that's why I wrote this sion, and too many of us are David Iran is a weekly colum-. brand a person as either book- learn in the books has failed me. you who missed the poem, I will article - to clarify what real dreamers - still dreaming of nist for The News. He can be' smart or street-smart? Sure. I can read about urban summarize it. Basically, it beauty is, instead of what beau- perfect little dolls, little GIRLS '■'.• First of all, I don't mind being ghettos and have compassion for degrades white women because reached at tran@bgnet. bgsu.edu. the poeple, even think of a solu- many black men choose them -called a person "smart in the then it's pretty damn clear why thetically, what would be the I books." The thing I don't like is tion to their problems. But with- over black women. The author complain about racism, stop and her problem exists. reaction if I wrote "What's the fact that being termed book out running the strceets with compares white women to Klan think. Maybe it is a minority smart implies that I am not them for 12 years I wouldn't members who will hang their I don't know if it's just me, but Wrong White Woman?" What if that has these thoughts and not the lines I paraphrased above it contained lines derogatory to street-smart. know a thing about the pain black boyfriends or call them always Caucasians. are very racist. I'm a pretty tol- black men like, "Your Fubu I think that people place oth- they endure in an attempt to racial slurs. Also, in a derogatory ers into these categories because survive. manner, she compare's white erant guy and even I cannot clothes make you look like a slob, Raymond Dawson understand how this was print- you're on welfare 'cuz you can't they feel a lack of something in I could fill this page with the women's skin to glue and [when Political Science things 1 know aobut the streets, tanned] a beet. The best line ed. keep a job?" I'm not here to com- Junior their lives which others possess. plain about the double standard For example, a person with poor but what good could it do? Peo- claims that when white girls get Individuals have a right to I CORRECTION: The Dec. 7tH express their views, but my between races (that can be issue should have stated that the j grades that has a smart friend ple might have sympathy for a wet they smell like feet. founder of the Africana Dance moment, arid then go about cate- If this woman is representa- tuition dollars should not go to argued to no end). All I'm saying Troupe was Sheila Brown, AD1 • may feel empowered by saying, fund racist newspapers. Hypo- is that before students/faculty . "Oh s/he's book-smart. I'm gorizing people again All I ask is tive of "the sistas in the house," advisor. 210 West Hall Letters to the Editor Policy Bowling Green State University Do you agree with ail of thls?-We doubt it. Write us and let us Copyright © 1999, The BG News, Bowling Green, Ohio. Reprinting Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 know where you stand. of any material from this publication without prior permission of ■ Letters to the Editor. Letters are to be less than 500 words (less The BG News is prohibited. Phone: (419) 372-2601 than two typed, double-spaced pages). 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Man arrested in Detroit schoolgirl attacks NASA faces questions after Mars losses Associated Press Writer The Associated Press DETROIT — A man police described as their No. 1 suspect in PASADENA, Calif.— NASA's ambitious campaign to explore six rapes of Detroit schoolgirls was taken into custody Tuesday Eye on the Nation Mars will be exhaustively reviewed after the near-certain loss of evening and will be arraigned on rape charges, police said. its Polar Lander, with some missions likely postponed and even Police arrested the man after DNA test results came in Tues- canceled. day linking him to three of the rapes, said Gregory Bowens, press "Clearly something is wrong, and we have to understand it," secretary to Mayor Dennis Archer. NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said Tuesday after the agency That makes us feel proud," said Assistant Police Chief abandoned any real hope of finding the lander. "It is conceivable Charles Wilson. "We want to assure the public that the police that we will completely change our approach." department is working hard to make Detroit a safe city." NASA said it will undertake a complete review of its Mars pro- The 27-year-old, who was not identified, will be arraigned gram, which has now lost three spacecraft since 1993 — two of. Wednesday on charges relating to three of the rapes, Wilson said. them in back-to-back failures over the past three months. There have been eight reports of girls being raped since school "We will be taking a close look at the constraints we have put opened in September, the last on Nov. 3. on the program," said Ed Weiler, the space agency's chief space Wilson warned, however, that there is at least one other sus- scientist. "These two failures have given us a wakeup call and we pect police are looking for in the rapes. are going to respond to it." • The schoolgirl attacks led officials to ask city residents to walk The investigation could delay or lead to the cancellation of the students to school and keep their eyes open for predators. next mission to Mars, now scheduled for 2001. Mars Surveyor' Display lights up Paris for New Year's 2001, consisting of an orbiter and lander, is similar to the Polar Associated Press Writer Lander and the Mars Climate Orbiter, lost in September. PARIS — Hoping to lure the eyes of the world on New Year's Eve, Paris is planning a luminous extravaganza that includes Couple wants to void home purchase 20,000 lights on the Eiffel Tower and 11 flashing ferris wheels at The Associated Press the Champs-Elysees. CANTON, Ohio — A couple who bought the former home of The $2.4 million project will begin a midnight New Year's Eve convicted killer Eddie Lee Sexton and his family claim they did- with a crescendo of fireworks as the tower's lights, installed this n't know the house was a site of incest and abuse that eventual- month by mountain climbers, go on. ly led to murder. Moments later, the Champs-Elysees will become a dazzling Now James and Heidi Spinelli say the house won't sell theme park, complete with 11 giant ferris wheels. Dancers and acrobats will perform for about 90 minutes. because of its history. They want $300,000 in damages and a As the wheels slow, the Champs-Elysees will be blanketed in retraction of their original purchase of the home in Jackson- an illusion of snow created by the latest in laser technology. Associated Press Pholo Township outside Canton. "We're aware of our prestige and want to underline the cul- "They're living a nightmare," James Hickman, their attorney, tural and artistic character of our city," Bernard Bled, head of the said. '. capital's 2000 committee, told reporters Tuesday. Hans-Joachim Schlosser, poses wearing a pair of yellow, The Spinellis allege that not revealing the house's history con-' Bled said that while security remains a top concern, he is tinted year 200C styled spectacles, during a pre-Christmas stitutes fraud by their real estate agency, the sellers of the home, afraid the 23,000 police officers on duty in Paris that night may shopping spree in downtown Saarbruecken, Germany spoil some of the fun. the sellers' real estate agency, and a home inspection firm. Wednesday, Dec. 8. According to the shopkeeper who sells But a lawsuit filed by the couple was dismissed last Thursday The area between the Champs-Elysees and the Eiffel Tower is them, demand tor the millennium tun article is very high. expected to attract between 1.5 million and 2 million revelers. All by Stark County Common Pleas Judge John Haas, who ruled traffic and parking will be banned in the area. that it would be difficult to define a house's "stigma." Vermont joining EPA lawsuit against Midwest power producer By ROSS SNEYD William Sorrell and Natural Clean Air Act. will hotly contest. An AEP vice ny's plants dissipate in the New York power plants would Associated Press Writer Resources Secretary John Kas- president questioned how Ver- atmosphere well before they be a more likely cause of any sel argued Tuesday, has to be "We have virtually no (sulfur mont policymakers can blame could be carried on the winds to MONTPELIER, Vt. — problems in Vermont. 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Jeff Hindenach City Editor fc.CAV CITY 372-6966 City discusses traffic problems Appeals court By JEFF HINDENACH "As the city continues to grow, we will have to deal with this. We've The BG News rehears woman's Current traffic problems done a pretty good job so far with handling traffic complaints so we at the intersection of will continue to try to deal with it." plea in custody case Newton Road and Wes Hoffman North Main Street sparked The Associated Press conversation on May 21, much discussion between Bowl Ibmling (ireen Ma\nr CINCINNATI — rt woman 1993, that her parental rights who has been trying to get ing Green City Council mem- in traffic. overnight thing. of the increased traffic. had already been terminated. bers and the Bowling Green her children back since 1988 On June 18, an assistant "As the city continues to "Getting these improve- "Once that construction is State University administra- asked a federal appeals court county prosecutor for the grow, wc will have to deal with ments made takes time," he completed, it will get better," he to throw out ruling that tion Monday night. county wrote to Ms. Holloway this," he said. "We've done a said. "But the work will get said. "There is also a lot of denied her legal bid to hold "There was some discussion pretty good job so far with han- done." growth in Bowling Green and an Ohio county and a social informing her that her chil- about the traffic on North Main dling traffic complaints so we Other problems that were that is something we are going worker liable for ending her dren were in the permanent and Newton between the coun- will continue to try to deal with. pointed out during the meeting to have to deal with." parental rights. custody of the county's cil and the administration,'' it." were at the intersections of Hoffman also said that Bowl- Sammye Holloway, of Iola, Human Services Depart- said Bowling Green Mayor Wes Hoffman points out the most Wintergarden and Sand Ridge ing Green is looking into other Kan., has said Wednesday ment, which planned to seek Hoffman. "The council wanted recent traffic improvoment, the and Wintergarden and Wooster. forms of transportation besides that her husband beat her an adoptive home for the chil- to do something about the on- light at the intersection of "According to Hoffman, the automobiles, such as public and threw her out of her dren, court documents said. going problems there." North College and Poe. He said administration is looking into transportation. According to bome in Oklahoma in 1988. Ms. Holloway then began According to Hoffman, much that this was a result of com- doing something about the him, the city already has taxis, She said she has been search- filing a series of lawsuits increased traffic. of the problem is that the city is plaints due to several accidents but really has no other perma- ing for her two children for against the state of Ohio, the nent form of public transporta- five years, ever since her hus- continuing to grow and with and delays at this intersection. John Mura, a downtown Ohio Department of Human It was taken care of. But he tion. band then left the state with the traffic spilling over from the businessman and future coun- Services, Ms. Brush and Cler- Interstate 75 construction, for a reminds citizens that these cil member, feels that the 1-75 The next city council meet- them. mont County. while there will be an increase improvements are not an construction is the main cause ing is Monday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. Ms Holloway is asking the court to reverse a 1995 ruling In the current case before by U.S. Magistrate Jack the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Sherman that dismissed her Appeals, Ms. Holloway's Ohioan joins lawsuit after being claim that she was deprived attorney. Donna Rose, argued custody of her children with- that the county and Ms. out due process of law and Brush are not entitled to such that the defendants con- protection from being sued. forced into labor in Japan in '41 spired to violate her civil rights. Sherman also ruled Ms. Rose did not challenge By FRANK HINCHEY He had chosen a job on Wake only hours before the attack, one of the most humiliating that the defendants were the decision granting that The Columbus Dispatch Island because of the $90 bonus warning that Japan had defeats the Japanese Navy had immune from such lawsuits. protection to the state and offered by Morrison-Knudsen launched a surprise bombing ever suffered," Imperial Navy MARIETTA, Ohio — The 36 The boys were living with the Ohio Department of Co. of Boise, Idaho, along with raid on much of the Navy's Cmdr. Masatake Okumiya said the father in Clermont Coun- Human Services. strangely marked planes sud- wages of $200 a month. Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl of the failed attempt to capture denly dropped out of rain ty in 1990, when the county's Clermont County Assis- What appeared to be lucra- Harbor, about 2,500 miles to Wake Island on Dec. 8-11. Human Services Department clouds and dived toward a tiny tive work cost him more than tant Prosecutor Elizabeth the east. With the island now in filed a complaint for tempo- atoll in the South Pacific called three years of his life slaving "We knew we were in trouble Mason argued that that the Japanese control, Martin said rary custody of the children Wake Island. long days in Japanese factories then," Martin recalled. "You he and his buddies "decided we county and Ms. Brush do after receiving a report that It was 11:58 a.m. on Monday, with little or no food. Martin, learn it's for real — real quick" would be lucky if we got to live" qualify for immunity and they were not receiving ade- Dec. 8, 1941. 79, has joined a growing num- For the next 15 days, the — especially after he witnessed that Ms. Brush did nothing quate care. Thinking the aircraft might ber of former prisoners suing island's plucky but outmanned an American being executed by wrong in the custody proceed- be American bombers that The agency said it made those companies for compensa- Marine garrison, which includ- a Japanese soldier for no appar- ings. often refueled at the far-flung tion for their forced labor. ed a small group of pilots from ent reason. attempts to let Ms. Holloway American outpost, construction know about the custody pro- There was no answer to (The reparation lawsuit was the USS Enterprise and the "I think it was to teach us calls to Ms. Brush's home on worker Ralph Martin took filed Sept. 13 in U.S. District construction workers, fought off guys standing there that if you ceedings, but was unable to notice. He quickly took cover, court in Albuquerque, N.M., on an attempted landing by the don't follow our orders, you are locate her. On June 16, 1993, Wednesday. he said, when "little things" behalf of 500 American ex-pris- Japanese invasion force, sink- going to be taken care of. . . He the county obtained state In June, a three-judge started falling from the planes. oners of war, their families or ing two of their ships in the just pulled his sword out ...," court approval to take perma- panel criticized the county's "I got under my bulldozer estates. Possible roadblocks: process. Martin said, his voice cracking nent custody of the children. handling of the custody case, when the bombs began hitting. Japan's wartime actions may The American-occupied and his eyes watering briefly. "I Ms. Holloway claims that but denied Ms. Holloway's I was scared, and I mean scared already have been settled by island held out until its surren- don't like talking abou* it. They she contacted the county by effort to hold the county and to death. I never had nobody treaty and by an expired U.S. der on Dec. 23, but not before had the upper hand, and there letter on May 20, 1993, Ms. Brush liable. The full telling the social worker that shoot at me before," he said. compensation program, and earning praise from President was nothing we could do." appeals court then granted " Until then, the Washington she intended to regain cus- some of the companies deny Franklin D. Roosevelt and, Martin and others then were Ms. Holloway's request to Oounty farm boy had been busy they are the same entities as grudgingly, from the enemy forced to strip, and he said he tody of her children. But she working with 1,500 civilian their namesakes a half century fleet. spent Christmas Eve and said in court documents that rehear the case. workers for an American con- ago.) "Considering the power accu- Christmas Day sitting naked the social worker, Sally The full court did not say struction consortium building On Wake Island, the Army mulated for the invasion of near the airport beach a few Brush, told her in a phone when it would rule. ah airfield and other facilities radio hut had picked up an Wake Island, and the meager yards from their piled-up cloth- for the U.S. Navy. urgent dispatch from Hawaii forces of the defenders, it was ing.

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Plans are also under way the rich South, but accuses South PANMUNJOM, Korea — On for a car rally next year from the Korean President Kim Dae-jung the border between the rival South to the North. of trying to engage the North in Koreas, a U.S. soldier intoned Such initiatives are hardly a order to undermine it. with nonchalance, rather than novelty, and it's too soon to say "Rapprochement with South bravado: "We stand (ace to face whether aloof North Korea gen- Korea means weakening of the with our enemy at all times." uinely seeks better ties or is North Korean control system," Pvt. Leonard Taylor of Oak- merely angling for political said Hur Moon-young of the land, Calif., had played the role leverage and economic rewards. Korea Research institute for of tour guide for months, and a But this time some see more than National Unification, a state-run recent audience of tourists, a glimmer of progress. center in Seoul. among busloads who visit the "There's a general increase in On another diplomatic front, demilitarized zone daily, loved activity that I think we have to Japan plans to start talks soon the show: North Korean guards view as pretty positive," said Jef- with North Korea on normaliz- peering at them through binocu- frey Jones, president of the ing relations in the wake of a lars, South Korean military Seoul-based American Chamber visit to Pyongyang last week by police glaring back through sun- of Commerce. Japanese legislators. glasses. The chamber has asked North Only a few months ago, the The participants in a Cold War Korea for approval to dispatch a region was jittery over reports deadlock that blossomed when trade mission. Such a trip would that the North Korean military Harry Truman was in the White capitalize on Washington's deci- would test a missile with more House seem frozen in place. sion in September to lift some reach than the one it fired over Despite an armistice, the two U.S. sanctions against North Japan last year. Japan angrily Koreas remain officially at war. Korea. In exchange, Pyongyang suspended food aid after the sur- But behind the lines on the Kore- agreed to halt missile programs prise launch. an peninsula, diplomacy and as long as bilateral talks contin- Any progress with goodwill gestures are flourish- ued. Pyongyang will be gradual. For ing. Few U.S. executives dream of hall a century, communist nego- While North Korean media swift profits in any venture in tiators have stalled and still describe President Clinton as North Korea, which is impover- harangued counterparts at the Associated Prcu Photo the leader of a neo-imperialisl ished, suffers from food short- border truce village Panmunjom nation, his half-brother Roger ages and lacks modern infra- and elsewhere. Their system sur- A North Korean soldier takes pictures of the South Korean side as they stand guard at the border was the marquee name at a structure. But doing business vived the downfall nearly a village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone between the Koreas. weekend concert in Pyongyang, there would help open North decade ago of a major sponsor, the North's capital. Korea lo outside influence and the Soviet Union. games. Citing political tension, approval Irom both nations to could zoom across the border ai players from North ease the stalemate that has lin- The outside world chips away North Korea said it would he hold a rally in which cars would Panmunjom. But that turned ou Korea plan a pair of friendlv gered since the 1950-53 Korean any way it can: South Korea, co- unrealistic. race in the South, board a ship to be too difficult, given thi matches against teams from War. host with Japan of the 2002 Some overtures verge on the and resume racing in the North. mines, lank traps and firepowei South Korea's largest conglomer- Thai ~ exactly what the totali- World Cup soccer tournament, fanciful. A South Korean com- Organi/cr Chun Jung-joon in the area. ate, Hyundai.latcr this month in tarian government in Pyongyang offered to let the North hold two munications company says it has said he originally hoped the cars KWANZAA DEAN Starks. ADT treasurer. "I used "The gifts are personal and Continued from page one. the (our candidates were cho- research and teaching. Continued from page one. to call out Martin Luther King, meaningful," she said. "When I sen and notified by phone. Sternberg cited leadership hut as I gut older I named out was in tenth grade. I made my be involved in choosing the new "They were chosen because, and innovation skills as bemp fruits, which symbolizes the family members." mother, who's a teacher, a dean. He said the committee based on their composite skills, important qualities in candi rewards of collective productive Eryn Whitfield, ADT secre- wreath out of crayons and would consider the evaluations we thought they could be deans dates for dean. He also cited BI labor. tary, said Kwanzaa is more small wooden schoolhouses." that will be made during the of Arts and Sciences," Stern- important an understanding Members of the ADT also spiritual than religious. She She added that the principle interviews. berg said. "What you're looking the need to promote interdisc i reflected on their Kwanzaa cel- plinary programs. He specifi said the seven principles are of faith is the one most impor- "The search committee then for always is how they match ebrations. cally mentioned the importance tant to her. analyzes all of the evaluative up to the requirements for the "My fondest memory about ones that all faiths can adopt of the College of Arts and So "It is what got our people information, and then will job." Kwanzaa celebration with my to. Among the qualifications for ences in teacher education. Her family's observance of where we are today," she said. make a recommendation to the mother in Pennsylvania is president." Sternberg said. the job. which were provided by "It's important that Arts and pouring libation on the floor Kwanzaa include a big dinner "When we look back in black Carol Engler, ex-officio member Sciences faculty work very very history, while praising the Lord President Sidney Ribeau will and naming ancestors that we on New Year's Day and make the final decision, Stern- of the search committee and closely with Education and we gave codes for escape." are thankful for." said Jamica exchanging of gifts. berg said. Executive Assistant to the Human Development faculty. The four candidates who will Provost, are an earned doctor- Sternberg said. He said the If *X« ^L. «^» «^» ^u .j^. ^L. ^L. ,j> ^. ^u •£* ^L> <^# -j- >J> i^ -±» ^L> -x. -L. »i, «x» -1» -A- »i* -JU «1- ->L» "X" *L* *i" *& *& *^ *)t *A* *X* *A» ^* *X-* *A* *X* *X* *A* *X* *A* *X* «J- be coming to campus were cho- ate, tenured status, and a cur- new dean needs to understand sen from 60 applicants. Stern- rent rank of full professor with that. berg said the search committee strong teaching and scholar- With the exception of Stern then whittled the list down to a ship credentials. Among the berg, the search committee u list of about 10 applicants merely recommended qualifica- made up of people involved in whose references were then tions are evidence of being a the College of Arts and Sci- PIZZA called. Eventually, after what catalyst for constructive change ences, including one under Sternberg called a "very and success in fostering inter- graduate and one graduate stu inten.se and laborious process," disciplinary collaborations in dent. MONKS Continued from page one. attendance important, because our groui "With the mandala, we are Hann, is the highest ranking has been trying to educate pec hoping to bring more of a cul- pie on the issues of Tibet am' PAPAJOBKs person in Buddhism. 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Matt Steiner Sports Editor & SPORTS 372-2603 Issues raised in resignation By PETE STELLA and voice their frustrations with chance to listen to what we had players on the team are consid- NICK HURM the way the squad was being to say." ering rejoining the Falcon The BG News run. Senior Michelle Lisy feels squad Though family and per- Three meetings were held Piccirillo received a little of "A bunch of us are thinking sonal reasons were during November. The first two pressure from a lot of areas about returning," former Fal- cited in former BG took place with Associate Ath- The meetings made it more con soccer player Stephanie women's soccer coach Tom Pic- letic Director Janna Blais on apparent not everything was Siezmore said "With Tom as a cirillo's resignation Tuesday Nov. 3 and 15. The final meet- going to be resolved between coach I couldn't enjoy myself afternoon, there appeared to be ing was held with Krebs Nov. the players and toach. with soccer as a sport. It's not a number a significant issues 22. Krebs admitted to there "I know he had personal that I ever wanted to Stop play- between the coach and his play- being three meetings but would issues at home," Lisy said "And Ing soccer, it just wasnl fun." ers throughout his three-year not elaborate on their content. with are record not being too Another collision that the career at BG. "The main thing that we good I'm sure that was a major team had with Piccirillo was a talked about was how we pressure too. We were just try- lack of res| These issues were large and weren't communicating well ing to get some of the issues out "Coach Piccirillo did not important enough to spawn with him," sophomore Leslie of the way. With .some things it respect us as individuals which three separate meetings Hepfinger said. "We talked was possible and with other led to us not respecting him," between Piccirillo, the team about how we brought things things it wasn't." sophomore Mandy Smith said. and members of the Athletic up and they weren't getting During I'iccinllo's three year with the agreement of several Department, including Director resolved It just wasn't working tenure, over twenty members of othei players "We fell reallj BG NEWS photo/ MIKE LEHMKUHLE of Athletics Paul Krebs. The out. We appreciate that the ath- his teams quit due to various Players dissatisfaction led to three meetings between the worn- team went to the department to letic department gave us a reasons Some of the former • See PICCIRILLO, page nine ens soccer team and the BG Athletic Department. Barkley's basketball Bailers lose to tough teams By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM The BG News The Bowling Green women's career may be over basketball team's 2-4 record is By KEN BERGER less-than sellout crowd. Sixers Barkley was drafted fifth indicative of the competition it AP Sports Writer coach Larry Brown asked the overall by the Sixers in 1984 has faced in the first six games. — Charles public address announcer to and led them to the playoffs six The Falcon losses have come at the hands of teams that posted Barkley's farewell to Philadel- stop talking so the cheering time in eight years. Sixers pres- phia might also have been his could continue. winning records last year in ident Pat Croce, who was the Xavier, Youngstown State, Ohio farewell to the NBA. He got an even bigger ova- trainer when Barkley played The Houston Rockets for- tion when he returned to the State and Ole Miss teams — across the street from the First three of which were on the road ward ruptured a tendon in his Rockets' bench on crutches with Union Center at the , 1:34 left in the second quarter. while the other was at a neu- knee in the first quarter still takes a certain pride in It has been some ride, filled tral site. Wednesday night and will need what Barkley became — a bas- surgery that could end his with accomplishments, quag- The Falcons' wins came career. mires, feuds, controversy and ketball menace, a physical against St. Bonavcnture at Barklcy, who says he is retir- the kind of blunt honesty that specimen. home and against Morehead ing after the season, was going made Sir Charles such an orig- "I was the guy who got him State at a neutral site. up to block a shot by Tyrone inal. down from 290 pounds to the Hill when he lost his balance "I don't care how cocky you svelte 260 he's at now," Croce Lessons from Ohio State and hit the floor hard with 4:09 are," Barkley said. "I couldn't said. "I was the guy who inter- Bowling Green faced a tough left in the first. He will need have believed that my life was cepted the pizza delivery guy at defense at Ohio State Saturday. surgery and is "most likely" out going to turn out like this. You 12 o'clock at night." The Falcons learned some valu- for the year, Rockets guys have seen me grow from a Croce made a pitch to able lessons in the loss, espe- cially facing a hard-nosed spokesman Tim Frank said. boy to a man. I did some good Barkley last summer to finish The injury came in the city things, some great things, some defense. his career in Philadelphia, but "It is such a great honor to be where Barkley transformed stupid things, some funny all the Sixers could pay him himself from a chubby kid into things. Listen, as far as matur- able to play them," sophomore was the $2 million salary cap Dana Western said of the Buck- one of the best players in NBA ing, I've come full circle. I'm at exception. history. It is where he also peace with this decision." eyes. "It makes our team "I remember sitting down tougher in the long run. We learned — as well as any ath- Barkley, who will be 37 in with the Rockets and saying, February, says he will not go have to learn to get open our- lete ever did — that the micro- "Yeah, I'm going to retire,"' phones and notebooks that sur- back on his word — even if he selves and handle the ball rounded him every day were doesn't win a championship. Barkley said. "They said, "Well, strongly." there for a reason. "I haven't won a champi- we'll give you $9 million.'And I The feeling of the Schotten- m stein Center amazed the play- "If they ask you a question onship because I haven't been said, You got a pen on you? ers such as freshman Kim And you tell the truth and you on the best team," Barkley said. Barkley's accomplishments don't say what they want you to on the court, as he likes to say, Griech. The team's last meeting "But I am really extremely vs. the Buckeyes was the 1995- say, you're outspoken or contro- happy with my life. I think I speak for themselves. No one 96 season in St. John Arena. versial," Barkley said. have exceeded all my expecta- Barkley's size has ever been so BG News photo/ MIKE LEHMKUHLE dominant inside; despite what "Everyone was so nice I felt Barkley got a lengthy ova- tions. Let's be realistic, I have as though we should not be tion when he was introduced the roster says. Barkley is only exceeded all you guys' expecta- there but we played a good The Bowling Green basketball team has gotten off to a 2-4 start, before the game, waving to the tions." 6-foot-4 and seven-eighths. game," Griech said. "We gave but all four losses have come against teams with a winning them a run for the money in the record last season. first half at least." 29-30. BG will face North Car- notes but it has not been real BG makes it 6th straight with win olina-Charlotte on the 29th and tough. " The BG News Brown and Orange's scoring Road Life either Hampton or Virginia The Falcons will have to The BG men's basketball attack 23 points, seven assists Tech the following day. Series vs. Detroit become used to traveling this The Titans lead the all-time team increased their perfect and two steals. Traveling can be quite an year. Sixteen of BG's 26 con- adjustment for first-year col- series 7-6. However, the Fal- record to 6-0 win a non-confer- According to the Toledo tests are away from Anderson lege players. The team general- cons are 3-0 against Detroit in ence win Tuesday night against Blade on December 8, BG coach Arena including eight of the ly leaves one day in advance for the 1990s and have won the Oakland 69-57. first 10. Saturday's road swing Dan Dakich wasn't too pleased road games. last four contests including an will conclude a five-game road "I guess it is just part of what 82-73 win at Anderson Arena The 6-0 start is best start with his team's performance. trip. since the 1947-48 squad. comes with it," Greich said. "It last season. This will be the "We didn't look very good out After hosting Washington is tough missing classes but we fourth meeting in four years The Falcons were led again there for a pretty big part of State Dec. 20, the Falcons will have not missed many. It is travel to Blacksburg, Va. for the by scoring machines forward that game," Dakich said. "But extra work for me getting the Hokie Hardwood Classic Dec. i See HOOPS, page NINE. 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Wooster Mid Am Management • 641 Third St. #4 B6 • 352-4380 Mon-Fri (9 am - 5 pm) Bowling Ght*n, OH 43402 Saturday (9 am-1 pml —_—— G«KM»«IA«, INC. t I I 1 page 8 The BG News Thursday, December 9, 1999 Rose not forgiven by Vincent The Associated Press and I can understand why he so later this month or in January. the ban began, and Vincent NEW YORK — Former com- badly wants to be a part of the Selig has said many times that took over, serving as commis- missioner Fay Vincent wants game again. But for me mercy he has seen no evidence that sioner until owners forced him Pete Rose to admit he bet on is summoned forth by contri- would make him alter the ban, out in September 1992. Vincent baseball and says the sport's tion and must always be bal- but Rose said he has experts and Dowd have repeatedly rules against gambling will be anced by justice." who will challenge the evidence insisted the evidence against damaged if the banished career As deputy commissioner to gathered by Dowd. Rose, contained in a lengthy hits leader is reinstated. A. Bartlett Giamatti in 1989, "If Rose were to fully explain report that was made public, is "Though he has admitted he Vincent was in charge of the what he did and why, so that conclusive. had a problem with gambling Rose investigation and hired kids and other fans could "In truth, it's not about him," generally and said that he lawyer John Dowd, who assem- appreciate the consequences, I Vincent said. "Any commission- sought help, he continues to bled evidence that Rose bet on believe his redemptive efforts er who reinstates Rose has to attack me and others who dealt games involving the Cincinnati would be advanced," Vincent accept responsibility for lessen- with his case in 1989," Vincent Reds while managing the team. said. "Bart Giamatti told him ing the deterrent to gambling that any petition for reinstate- wrote in an article published Rose agreed to a lifetime ban that has been almost totally Wednesday on the op-ed page of in an agreement that made no ment should include evidence that he had begun to 'reconfig- successful. And if football play- The New York Times. conclusions about his gambling. ers at Boston College can be "I hope that today's custodi- But the agreement also said ure' his life. ans of our national game will there was a factual basis for the "We assumed that he would tempted to bet on their own continue to see the issue as punishment. file for reinstatement after one games, and basketball players what is right for baseball and Rose applied for reinstate- year, and we were certain he at Northwestern can be per- Associated Press Photo not as further testing of our ment in September 1997, and would soon seek treatment and, suaded to shave points, who innate and often laudable sense commissioner Bud Selig said eventually, be totally forthcom- can seriously argue that gam- Former commisioner Fay Vincent wants Pete Rose to admit he of mercy," Vincent said. last week that his chief lawyer ing about his actions." blers are not trying to fix just is guilty of gambling on baseball. "I might forgive Pete Rose will meet with Rose's lawyer Giamatti died a week after about any sporting event?" Top ranked Bearcats hold Miami, EMU win; Kent falls short off North Carolina 77-68 YPSILANTI, Mich The Associated Press Miami was 21-of-42. Kent, 0-5 alltime against By JIM O'CONNELL falo. Michigan, had three chances to Miami, Ohio 67, Xavier 58 Miami, which opened with Calvin Warner scored 18 points AP Basketball Writer With Martin challenging tie in the final minute. The last, OXFORD, Ohio — Anthony four road games for the first to lead four Eastern Michigan CHICAGO — With Kenyon almost every shot taken — he a jumper from Andrew Taylor made 10-of-12 free time in 70 years, welcomed the Martin again coming up big in was called for goaltcnding on return to Millett Hull, where Mitchell, rattled off the rim as scorers in double figures as the throws in the final three min- the middle, top-ranked Cincin- the Tar Heels' first two field the RedHawks have a 15-game time expired. Eagles defeated Ohio 65-55 utes and finished with 22 nati beat No. 7 North Carolina goals — the Bearcats took con- points to lead Miami of Ohio to winning streak. Crawford was 10-for-18 from Wednesday night in the teams' the floor as Michigan shot 56 77-68 Wednesday night in the trol early. A layup by Martin a 67-58 victory over Xavier on The victory gave Miami a 44- Mid-American Conference Great Eight, the Bearcats' first 43 lead in its all-time series percent. But 21 Wolverine gave them a 16-8 lead five min- Wednesday night. victory ever over the Tar Heels. Miami (2-31 twice trailed by with Xavier. turnovers and Kent's 33-31 opener. utes into the game. rebounding advantage kept the The Bobcats (4-2 overall) led Martin, at 6-foot-9 and 230 A dunk by freshman Donald" nine in a sluggish first half, pounds, gave away three inches fought back to a 27-27 tie at Michigan 75, Kent 73 Golden Flashes ahead until the 27-22 at halftime, overcoming Little gave Cincinnati a 41-24 and 35 pounds to North Caroli- lead with ;S:;i2 left in the first halftime and then took control ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ — final moments. 34.5-percent shooting by hold- until Xavier (4-1) made up a 10- Jamal Crawford's floating lean- Kent, the defending Mid- na center Brendan Haywood, half, but North Carolina closed point deficit and took a 50-49 er from the foul lane with 54.1 American Conference tourna- ing Eastern (5-2) to 31.3-per- but he was the one who domi- the half with a 7-2 run to make. nated inside, especially on the lead on a layup by Lloyd Price seconds left kept Michigan ment champion, had a pair of cent shooting and allowing the it 43-31 and opened the second defensive end, blocking four with 5:13 to play. undefeated as the Wolverines eight-point leads in the second Eagles only two free-throw half with seven straight points But Refiloe Lethunya hit a 3- rallied past Kent 75-73 half, the last at 67-59 after con- shots and altering countless attempts — both misses. others. He finished with 16 to make it 43-38 with 17:39 to pointer on the next possession Wednesday night. secutive baskets from Shaw. play. Eastern outscored Ohio 43- points and nine rebounds. to give Miami the lead for good, Crawford, one of three fresh- Michigan responded with a For the next five minutes the and Taylor widened the lead man starters for Michigan (6- 9-2 run, and after Shaw's two 28 in the second half on the The Bearcats (6-0) had lost all seven previous meetings game had the feel of one being. the rest of the way. Jason 0), scored a career-best 27 free throws gave Kent a 71-68 strength of 15-of-28 (53.6 per- played late into the NCAA tour- Grunkemeyer finished with 16 points. Sophomore Leon Jones lead, Gavin Groninger's 3- with North Carolina, three in cent) shooting and a defense the 1990s, including an over- nament as bodies flew and each' points, including 11 in the first added 16 points. pointer and Jones' putback put possession had an edge to it. Michigan up 73-71 with 1:38 that held the Bobcats to 9-of-22 time game in the 1993 regional half, and Lethunya had 11. Trevor Huffman led Kent (3- North Carolina got within Darnell Williams led Xavier 1) with 19 points and Demetnc left. (40.9 percent) from the field. finals. North Carolina (6-2) has 50-48 on a basket down low byk with 18 points, Price had 15 Shaw added 15. Huffman made two free C.J. Granthum scored 12 Crawford's final basket pro- throws for the last tie before played only one home game this Max Owens, who finished witH- and Maurice McAfee had 13. points, Adam Hess added 11 Xavier outrebounded the vided only the third lead of the Crawford's game-winner. season — an 86-66 loss to then- 18 points. RedHawks 47-23 but shot just night for Michigan, which and Corey Tarrant had 10 No. 7 Michigan State — and DerMarr Johnson had 1;4 35 percent from the field while trailed by as many as 10 points. E. 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By BERT ROSENTHAL the other first and was fourth with 32 not expected to be a contender, Lewis won AP Track Writer points. his fourth consecutive long jump gold, Carl Lewis equaled Paavo Nurmi's "I'm numb," Joyner-Kersee said when landing a big jump early and daring any- Olympic record of nine gold medals in track told of the vote. "I can't find the words to one to . No one did. and field. He matched Jesse Owens' four describe how I feel." "The only experience left would be to golds at one Olympics, and he tied Al Oert- The other women in the top 10 were: become the all-time gold medal winner," er's mark of four golds in the same event gymnast Vera Caslavska of Czechoslova- Lewis said. No one in history has made as signifi- kia; Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska; Aus- He never got the opportunity. His cam- cant an impact in such a high-profile tralian swimmer Dawn Fraser; U.S. sprint- paign to run in the 400 relay was rejected Olympic sport. For that reason Lewis was er Wilma Rudolph; Babe Didrikson; and by the U.S. coaches, leaving Lewis tied voted the greatest male Summer Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner. with Nurmi, Spitz and Latynina for the of the century by a six-member panel of Lewis, known as King Carl after com- most Olympic golds with nine each. experts assembled by The Associated peting so often and so successfully interna- "The great thing about him as an athlete Press. tionally, was not recognized or glorified in was that anytime there was pressure ... he Jackie Joyner-Kersee was chosen as the the United States as much as he was over- always performed, whether it was his first outstanding female Summer Olympian by seas. race in or his last jump in the panel, which included IOC president People's disaffection with him began at Atlanta," said his business manager, Joe Juan Antonio Samaranch and IAAF presi- the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where he Douglas. "That was something you see in dent Primo Nebiolo. who died last month won the 100 meters, 200 meters, longjump very few athletes." just weeks after casting his votes for The and anchored the U.S. 400-meter relay Joyner-Kersee also had a long track and AP. team to victory — the same four events field career, before retiring in 1998, one Lewis received three first-place votes Owens won at the 1936 Berlin Games. year after Lewis. and a totul of 55 points, edging Nurmi, the What upset the 100,000 spectators, many Like Lewis, she competed in four Flying Finn, who won the 1,500 and 5,000 of whom booed, was Lewis' failure to take Olympics, starting in 1984, when she fin- meters only a half-hour apart at the 1920 his final four attempts in the longjump. Associated Press Photo ished second in the heptathlon, only five Olympics Nurmi also got three first-place They didn't understand he was trying to Jackie Joyner-Kersee poses with one of her many gold medals. points behind Australia's Glynis Nunn, and votes and 53 points. conserve his energy for the five races he fifth in the longjump. "It is a great honor," Lewis said. "I've had remaining, after having run six earli- PICCIRILLO always felt very much more like an er. In 1988, Joyner-Kersee, who was named Jacqueline after the wife of President national search for a new one Olympic athlete than just a track athlete, At the 1988 Seoul Games, Lewis won Continued from page seven. and the successes I have had at the Kennedy because her grandmother continues, although she insists golds in the 100 — after first-place finisher unmotivated." Olympics were much more important than Ben Johnson was disqualified for using thought she would someday be "The First But many of the players radical reforms are not immi- those I had at track meets ' drugs — and long jump, and finished sec- Lady of something," was first in both the stressed that they wished the nent. Rounding out the top 10 were: long-dis- ond in the 200 — his only Olympic event in long jump and heptathlon. In the multi- best for Piccirillo and had no "Nothing is really going to tance runner Emil Zatopek of Czechoslova- which he failed to win a gold. He didn't get event competition, she set a world record of hard feelings towards him. change except that I have high kia; Owens; Mark Spitz; U.S. discus throw- a shot at the relay gold because the U.S. 7,291 points, a mark that still stands. Piccirillo, who was brought in expectations for the girls," Reule er Oerter; Ethiopian marathoner Abebe team was disqualified for an illegal baton Joyner-Kersee won her second straight during September o( 1996 to start said. "I am going to be pretty Bikila; Jim Thorpe; Danish yachtsman pass out of the zone in the opening round Olympic multievent gold in 1992 and took up the women's soccer program busy and I will keep things Paul Elvstrom; and Michael Johnson, In 1992, Lewis was bothered by a virus third in the long jump. At the 1996 from scratch, has enjoyed his going. I jusl want to be here for Turkish weightlifter Nairn Suleymanoglu at the U.S. Olympics trials and finished Olympics, Joyner-Kersee was forced to time in BG. the kids." and Greg Louganis, who all tied for 10th sixth in the 100, qualifying only for the withdraw from the heptathlon after severe- "I enjoyed seeing the program "She'll be fine as coach," Pic- Joyner-Kersee received two first-place longjump and relay. ly injuring her right hamstring in the open- go from the visionary stage to a cirillo said. votes and 47 points, beating another track He won golds in both events, getting ing event, the 100 hurdles. product," Piccirillo said. "I also The members of the team are star, Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Nether- revenge on world record-holder Mike Pow- Courageously, she came back for the long jump, and electrified the crowd by enjoyed the people here and the optimistic with the future of the lands. Blankers-Koen, winner of four gold ell by winning his third gold medal in the chance to coach Division I soc- coming from sixth place to grab third on program and look forward to medals at the 1948 Olympics, had no firsts long jump with his third jump beyond 28 cer." but a total of 45 points feet. Powell, who finished second, had her final attempt. upcoming success. Julie Reule, Piccirillo's assis- Russian gymnast Larysa Latynina. win- ended Lewis' 65-meet winning streak at "A bronze medal was better than no tant coach for the past three sea- "I feel this change is best for ner of nine Olympic golds and a record the 1991 World Championships by setting medal and, at one point, I was in con- sons, will take over as interim the program," sophomore Ann- total of 18 medals, received three first- the record of 29-4 1/2. Lewis had to be con- tention for no medal at all," she said. "I head coach for the time being. marie Apparo said. "This is a place votes and was third with 38 points. tent with three 29-foot jumps. earned that bronze medal and I'm very Reule will remain coach while a positive step forward and we Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci got At the 1996 Games, at 35, when he was proud of it." needed a change."

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Niagara 73, St. Francis, Pa. 71 National League In addition, the Knicks were fined $25,000 for Penn St. 67, George Mason 54 COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms Bellin 5-10 6-6 16, Buddenborg 5-16 2-2 15, failing to comply with league media rules. Pittsburgh 92, Robert Morris 59 with OF Tom Goodwin on a three-year contract. Rozycki 2-9 3-4 9, Thorn 2-6 1-2 6, Champagne 2-3 Ewing, who has always been uncomfortable Quinnipiac 83, Sacred Heart 70 FLORIDA MARLINS—Promoted Lou DePaoli 1-2 5, Covington 2-4 0-0 4, Reynolds 0-2 2-2 2, dealing with reporters, has been practicing with Rutgers 73, St. Joseph's 70 to vice president of sales and Jim Frevola to direc- Houston 0-4 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Mulletl 0-0 the team for the past 2-3 weeks, but has offered 0-0 0. TOTALS 18-54 15-18 57. Siena 82, Colgate 71 tor of marketing. Named Pat McNamara director no insigh, into how his recovery is proceeding. Halftime—Bowling Green 27, Oakland 21. 3- Coach Jeff Van Gundy has said he's uncertain St. John's 88, St. Francis, NY 66 of season and group sales. point goals—Bowling Green 4-14 (McLeod 3-5, exactly when Ewing will return. SI. Peter's 67, Northeastern 65 BASKETBALL Stacey 1-6, Esterkamp 0-1, Jackson 0-2), Oakland Stony Brook 63, Columbia 50 National Basketball Association 6-24 (Buddenborg 3-7, Rozycki 2-6, Thorn 1-4, Boston 115, Denver 90 Temple 64, Conzaga 48 NBA—Fined New York C Patrick Ewing Bellin 0-2, Reynolds 0-2, Houston 0-3). Fouled BOSTON — Tony Battie had 15 points and 12 UMBC 95, Washington, Md. 50 $10,000 for failing to make himself available to out—None. Rebounds—Bowling Green 40 rebounds Wednesday night as Boston took advan- SOUTH the media during designated media access peri- (Stacey 13), Oakland 30 (Bellin 7). Assists—Bowl- tage of a bad night by former Celtic Ron Mercer Appalachian St. 82, East Carolina 73 ods, and the Knicks $25,000 for failing to ensure ing Green 17 (Jackson 7), Oakland 14 (Houston 8). and beat the Denver Nuggets 115-90. Boston took a 10-point lead in the first 2:10, Charleston Southern 59, Furman 58, OT its players comply with NBA media access rules. Total fouls—Bowling Green 15, Oakland 18. A— FOOTBALL 1,685. stretched it to 21 at halftime and made it 30 mid- Elon 75, Davidson 70 way through the third quarter. Georgia 70, Georgia Tech 68 NFL Mercer made just one of six shots, scoring two Georgia Southern 73, Mercer 68 CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed OT Roger points. Jackson St. 72, Louisiana Tech 69 Chanoine. Signed DL Geno Bell and WR Chad Antoine Walker had 20 points and eight Predators 6, Red Wings 3 rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter of R.C. Central 79, N. Carolina A&T 74 Carpenter to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS—Placed TE Pete Chry- the blowout. Paul Pierce had 15 points and eight Norfolk St. 70, Hampton 69 DETROIT — Sergei Fedorov, returning to assists, and Walter McCarty scored 14 points for Old Dominion 71, VMI 62 plewicz on injured reserve. Signed TE Ed Smith to the active roster and T Paul Janus to the prac- the ice for the first time in six games, scored Boston. Stetson 70, The Citadel 60 tice squad. Detroit's first goal as the Red Wings rallied for Tennessee 94, West Virginia 54 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Placed LB Joe Wes- a 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators on HOOPS Tu lane 64, Texas A&M 60, OT ley and CB Monty Montgomery on injured Wednesday night. Continued from page seven. XJMKC 53, Delaware St. 50 reserve. Signed DT David Richie and WR-KR Yuri Butsayev had two goals and an assist. .Virginia 98, Loyola, Md. 67 Roell Preston to the active roster and CB Darwin beginning with the freshmen year's of seniors Wiley 97, Grambling St. 77 Brown to the practice squad. Steve Yzerman, Pat Verbeek and Stacy Roest Sherry Kahle and Jaymee Wappes. Detroit's last MIDWEST HOCKEY also scored. win came in the season-opener of the 1985-86 Bradley 75, George Washington 65 National Hockey League Manny Legace turned away 25 shots. season, a one-point 73-72 victory. Detroit 83, Cent. Michigan 80 ATLANTA THRASHERS—Traded G Rick The Predators grabbed a 2-0 lead on goals Miller, team ranks among .'{-point leaders E. Michigan 65, Ohio 55 Tabaracci to Colorado for F Shean Donovan. by Greg Johnson and Patric Kjellberg. But the Sophomore Francine Miller ranks fourth in the Illinois 98, Texas-Pan American 61 DALLAS STARS—Activated F Grant Marshall Red Wings tied it on goals by Fedorov and But- nation in three-point field goal percentage can- Iowa St. 78, Wis.-Milwaukee 64 from the injured reserve list. ning 15-of-22 attempts for 68.2 percent. As a sayev late in the first. Kansas St. 62, Memphis 61 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned D team, the Falcons are tied for ninth nationally Miami, Ohio 67, Xavier 58 Andrei Skopintsev and G Zac Bierk to Detroit of Nashville took a 2-1 lead when Johnson with Arkansas State averaging 8.2 made three- pointers per game. In six contests, BG has canned Michigan 75, Kent 73 the IHL. scored a power-play goal while Jiri Fischer was 49 three-pointers. Notre Dame 65, Valparaiso 42 COLLEGE off for tripping with 8:11 left in the second. Other Stats S. Illinois 82, Evansville 51 AKRON—Signed Lee Owens, football coach, Yzerman tied it at 3 with 4:34 left in the sec- Junior Angie Farmer is second on the team Wisconsin 55, Wis.-Green Bay 34 to a four-year contract extension, through the ond, tapping a feed from Verbeek inside the averaging 12 points per game while senior Sher- SOUTHWEST 2005 season. ry Kahle has 11.5 points per game. right post. Centenary 63, Ark-Little Rock 49 BETHEL, KAN.—Named Mike Moore football Rebound-wise, Kahle leads the way with 6.8 Verbeek made it 4-3 with 00.9 left in the sec- per contest followed by Miller with 5.7 per game. Texas Tech 80, Stephen F.Austin 56 coach. ond, directing Nicklas Lidstrom's shot past With the 2-3 zone, the often undersized Falcons FAR WEST NEWBERRY—Named Alana Hill women's are getting out-rebounded just 45.7-38.2. • Colorado St. 79, Colorado 57 soccer coach. Mike Dunham.

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NOW : The Roots. NOW: Toy Story 2- Anthrax and Motely Crue receives rave reviews. are all reviewed.

Movies NOW SOUNDS + N-2 ►*- N-3 Power' for the people Sometimes good works are NOW's Top 5s for 1999 not always appreciated by the The BG News public that receives it. "The about Milwalkee filmakers who have no I Wing Commander" talent Tragic but hilarious. 5. "Random Hearts' Magic Flute," one of the most 1999 has been a pretty eventful year, brilliant operas ever written 1 -Desert Blue" and why shouldn't have been, it's only 5. "The Matrix" Tony Recznik (by Mozart), was considered the last year of a millennium every so 1. "Babv Geniuses" too lowbrow for any often. Technically that will be last year, 2. "Wild Wild West" "intelligent" person at the time but why shouldn't the NOW section 111 Hi.- Worst ."> Movies 3. "Payback" it was released. "Swann's exploit this commercial misconception. Aft 4. "8mm" They should have stayed with Way," the first of eight volumes We're just about ready for Armageddon the snuff format, the film would have of gorgeously written prose by right? ended much I ooler Marcel Proust, was virtually The NOW staff sensing the end of the James Kldred 6 "The Thirteenth Floor" year buzz has decided on the best and in ignored after its publication 1. "End Of Days" some cases worst entertainment that 2. "13th Warrior" earlier this century. Even the took place in 1999. We have a series of 3. "Bone Collector" The Best 5 albums classic Christmas film "It's A list, including Best Movies, Worst 4. "Lake Placid" Only David Kelly could Wonderful Life" experienced a Movies, Best albums and Worst albums. make a movie about a giant alligator less-than-stellar run at the box boring. Chasitv Lester office when it was released. 5. "Baby Geniuses" 1. Shania Twain: Come on Oi er Unfortunately, this sort of 2. Tori Amos: 7b V' nus and Back- thinking has its parallels in The Best 5 Movies; •I Mi. 3. TLC: Fanmail modern life. Good music is con- 1. "8mm" Two Words. Joel Schumacher. 4. Damson's Creek Soundtrack stantly released to the abscess 2. "Obsserver/Observed" This 22-minute 5. Cher: Belu :. of most current pop music. Photo Provided film is so bud. the audience swore they were in purgatory. And this was a film Lisa Bettinger Intelligent, highly interesting 1. "American Beauty" This is a must-see. Kevin Spacey in "American Beauty." fast audience. 1 Robbie Williams The Ego Has Lund movies like "The Insider" are Everyone can gam some insight and under- ■ \ "Superstar" ed —Like I'm not making that number crushed by the weight of flat- standing from thts film. Tonv Recznik 4. "Baby Geniuses" one. I'm only "pshychotically infatuat- out awful movies like "End of 2. "American Pie" 5. "Runaway Bride," ed", with him Days." (Sorry, Scott.) 3. "Shakespeare in Love" 1. "American Beauty" 2. Manic Street Preachers: This is My I am afraid this sort of think- 4. "Go" 2. "Being John Malkovich": One of the Truth. Tell Me Yours (US Domestic ing was also applied to last 5. "Cruel Intentions" most ingenious plots in years. If this doesn't 1. "Wild, Wild West:" Nothing says Release) week's stellar performance of a win the Oscar for best screenplay then the awful like this racist, dreadfully dull 3 Yellou Submarine Song- Lisa Bettingcr track little-known, obscure play from Academy should be shot. and compeltely inept uiiu/d-be block- 1. "Austin Powers: The Spy Who 4. Enrique Iglesias: Enrique the Depression called "Power." 3. "Sixth Sense" buster Currently playing at a multiplex Shagged Me" m the 10th circle of hell. 5. Bush: The Science of Things The play, which took place at 4. "The Matrix" 2. "Star Wars Episode One" 5. "Fight Club" 2. "Baby Geniuses " the Joe E. Brown theatre, was 3. "The Insider" 3. "Mod Squad" an engrossing insight into the 4. "Yellow Submarine" .So what if it was James Kldred role of big business and govern- only on video. ment in our lives. It asked an 5. "American Pie" 1. "American Beauty" One of the best essential question about Ameri- films of the decade, not just the year. can life; that is, who should we Brian Horn 2. "Three Kings" trust in regards to that most 1. "American Pic" 3. "Sixth Sense" 2. "Office Space"- / think 5 people saw this important commodity, electrici- '.. "The Matrix" movie, but it was great. 5. "Dogma" ty? Must we silently take the 3. "Austin Powers 2" Overpricing and downright 4. "Detroit Rock City" ; unethical practices of some pri- 5. "Dogma" Liz Pececk vate companies or can the peo- 1. "American Pie" ple have some say about the Erik Pepple 2. "Big Daddy" ijhings that personally concern 1. "American Beauty" 3. "Double Jeopardy" ;«hem? 2. "Toy Story 2" 4. "Entrapment" ', It was a charming produc- 3. "Three Kings" 5. "Sixth Sense" tion, full of talented actors fill- 4. "Bringing Out the Dead" 5. "The Sixth Sense:" The year's second , tng many different parts, from J Micfaeal Besttil biggest money-maker was a truly chill- Photo Provided ?en oppressive electrical compa- 1. "American Beauty" ing ghost story. Original and brilliantly -jiy chairman to a southern 2. "Sleepy Hollow" written and constructed. Haley Joel 3. "American Movie" A documentary should use that gun to shoot the people who wrote "Wild Wild West.'' -farmer fed up with overcharg- Osment is amazing. ing of rates, to a curious six- ;year-old girl, to an ordinary -pouple representing the Ameri- can consumer, figuratively and ^literally picked straight from •jhc audience. ''r Too bad most of the audience !didn't care. After the show on ^Saturday night, I talked to a By TONY RECZNIK strengthened it He holds one of %#in' slowed down the '90s ^Jfew people who saw the show, the most powerful influences on like The Matrix," Public ^Jione of whom wished to be The BG News This is the last instal- the genre and is one of its Enemy's Chuck D said in a •Quoted. 'The show was just ment of the NOW sec- founders, in fact he and N.W.A. recent Rolling Stone interview. goring. I mean, why should we tion's showcase of the best Brought the phrase gangsta "That record (The Chronic) xare about the history of power? and most influential albums of transformed everything—all the past decade compiled by rap out into the light, but it was ^Stuff that happened back then our staff. These selections, have Dre's solo career that made it a that laid-back California shit." doesn't matter to me," said one been presented in no particular household term. In 1989 Dre and Eazy E had *fnale sophomore. "It was just order, and have apj>eared peri- odically in NOW. This issue: His solo career, and The a falling out and as a result Dre ".ton long," said one female Dr. Dre: The Chronic Chronic came on the scene just went solo. This was incredible jjunior. "Some people fell asleep When one thinks of gangsta in the nick of time, when the easy for Dre. due the fact that *£>r just talked with their friends rap, many things come to mind, flashy rappers and soul-pop he was the mastermind behind ^during the show." (At one West coast vs. East coast, Big- craze had about run their all of the mind-blowing sam- Jpoint. a man who worked in the gie, 2 Pac, Snoop, Ice Cube, but course. He like N.W.A. before ples, cuts, and mixing that help ■1 'jjtheatre had to quiet a whole more often than not, Dr. Dre him, brought lyrics straight put N.W.A. on the map and ;yow of girls who had started a comes to mind. His work in the from the streets and infused those talents totally transposed '/Snicker party during the last hard-core rap quartet N.W.A., them with low down beats. He over to The Chronic. .Jhalf of the show.) starring fellow rappers Ice helped bring realism back to The work that Dre put into !jf Some of this criticism is jus- Cube and Eazy E, revolution- rap, something that it had The Chronic is best represented tified. At points the show ized the rap industry forever, missed since the pop-rappers in its thick seamless mixing '.■seemed to drag on reciting and his solo career only like Hammer and that goes beyond the standard .^unimportant trivia. But for the had hit the mainstream. "Dre sampled collage that plagued ADVISORY I •'overwhelming majority of the most of flashy rappers at that E^ % CHRO#- I /show, it was witty, informative, time. His use of great samples •'enlightening and just plain and invariable backbeats Top Ten Albums Featured .^entertaining. You see, that's entrench a slowrollin' attitude that more than works with the Public Enemy: i Tin ^T I'the problem with "Power." It Fear of a Hlack Planet Smashing Pumpkins: J»was just too smart. straight lyrics that he and Snoop Doggy Dog put out. Nirvana: Melon Co/lie And The_ Nevermind Infinite Sadness 5j The NOW section gave Just like Snoop says to Dre PJ Harvey: REM: S'Power" one star, Rob Szorady in "G-THANG" "gotta break em' To Bnnt: You My Ixme Automatic For thi' Peop *,loved it, email him at szo- off something/ and it's gotta be Beck: Alanis Morisette: bumpin/ city of Compton" In [email protected] Odelay . \9 Jagged Little Pill fact another attribute that Radiohead: — Conn ting Crows: makes the album even better OK Computer August and Everything Aftera is the fact that it launched the Pearl Jam: career of Snoop, and he would s I dominate the genre for the next decade, and The Chronic's Now with the release of TJie 3 years. It is a fact however influenced the likes of rap pow- Chronic 2001, maybe Dre wjill that it was Dre's gangsta sound Photo Provided set the tone that rap was going erhouses Notorious B.I.G., 2 set the tone for the first decide Dr. Dre is high on chronic and ready to regulate in 2000. to follow for the rest of the Pac , Snoop-dog and DMX. of the millennium. T f r r - - -page 12 The BG News Thursday, December 9, 1999 Top 5s continued Come play with 'Toy Story 2* Brian Horn By ERIK PEPPLE unloved by his owner Andy, staying with Al toys to ask pertinent questions about the 1. Alice In Chains: Best of the The BG News is a chance to nature of love and humanity. And if it Box stay loved for- sounds heady for an animated movie-then 2. Limp Bizkit: Significant How can the company that released ever- more power to the boys and girls at Pixar. Other something as lame as Inspector Gadget Toy Story 2" is very close in tone to 3. Def Leppard: Euphoria-You release something as vibrant, vital and albeit The Iron Giant," the overlooked animated "can laugh all you want, but this breathtaking as Toy Story 2?" behind masterpiece released earlier in the year. is a good rock Simple. The Disney mavens have put glass in Equal parts adult and childlike it strikes album. their creative trust in Pixar Animated Stu- a museum. the perfect balance of whimsy and experi- 4. Kenny Wayne Shepherd: dios. Pixar is the computer animation firm Wisely, ence. Not only that, but Toy Story 2" is a Live On responsible for such groundbreaking funny, at times hilarious comedy. It's witti- 5. Steve Vai: The Ultra Zone movies as the original Toy Story" and "A er and smarter than a lot of comedies that Bug's Life." With Toy Story 2" they demol- came out this year. Erik Pepple Photo Provided ish all expectations and deliver one of the If anything is the star of Toy Story 2," 1. Tom Waits: Mule Variations: most original and inventive .lowever, it's the remarkable animation. 2. Built to Spill: Keep it Like A Back rocking out live. films of the year. Sure the vocal performances are great Secret: In sequel parlance Toy (Hanks, Allen, Wallace Shawn and Joan 3. Guided By Voices: Do the Col- Story 2" is to the original Cusack create three dimensional character lapse: Toy Story" what "Empire with only their voices), but the look of the 4. Beck: Midnite Vultures: Beck Strikes Back" (which this movie is what keeps vou riveted. From tiny wants to be your funk-sould brother Lisa Bettinger movie references fre- in-jokes (the Barbie dance sequence is hys- on this freakily brilliant party 1. Anything by a boy band, quently) is to Star terical as are the references to "Bug's Life"! album. there is too many of them. Wars. Not that it's to a full-blown visual palette that explodes 5. The Roots: Things Fall 2. Garth Brooks : In the Life of necessarily dark- with color, this is one of the best looking Apart: Chris Gaines- What was he think- er or existential, animated films to reach the silver screen. ing. but that it takes Even more impressive is that Pixar is to Tony Rec^nik 3. Ringo Starr: / Want to be familiar charac- the point where they can create computer 1. The Roots: Things Fall Santa Claus ters and opens animations that mimic traditional film Apart- Simply excellent. This is an 4. Limp Bizkit: Significant them up, gives making techniques. "Tby Story 2" makes album that everyone should have in Other them depth use of fluid camera shots, tracking shots his or her collection. 5. Friends Again Soundtrack and places and even dizzying Coen Brothers style 2. Beck: Midnite Vultures them in a camera moves. And for the first time com- 3. The Promise Ring: Very richer, fuller puter animation is used to illustrate depth Brian Horn Emergency story. of field making one feel as if they could 4. Cibo Matto: Stereo-Type A. 1 Static-X: Wisconsin Death This time jump into the screen. 5. Rage Against the Machine: Trip. Woody the Toy Story 2" is one of the best of the The Battle for Los Angeles 2.Korn: Issues Cowboy (voiced year-a smart, whimsical and magical 3Megadeath: Risk by Mr. Nice Guy movie. J. Michael Bestul 4.GunsN'Roses Tribute: Tom Hanks) finds 1. : S&M-Mettallica Appetite for Recontruction himself in the 'Toy Story 2' with symphony. The perfect com- 5.Any "Boy Band" Album clutches of Al, a bination. maniacal toy col- Starring; Voices of: 2. Dogma soundtrack Erik Pepple lector (think Tom Hanks, Tim 3. Nine Inch Nails: The Frag- 1. Michael Fredo, Introducing Comic Book Allen, Joan Cusack, ile Michael Fredo: Store Guy from KrlsoyGrammor, Wayne 4. South Park Soundtrack. 2. Soulmotor, Soulmotor: Two Simpsons meets Knight, Wallace Shawn 5. Royal Crown Revue: Walk refugees from Tesla and other hair Louie Anderson). and John Ratzenberge On Fire. metal bands rock out like it's 1986. Woody dis- 3. 8 Stops 7, In Moderation covers that X' >\V says: A sequel James Eldred 4. Primus, The Anti-Pop he is a valu- better than the tirst. 1. Moby: Play 5. Barbra Striesand : A Love able toy, One of the best ani- 2. David Bowie: Hours...-Ifyou Likes Ours. part of a late 50's mated movies ol haven't head 'The Pretty Things smash TV show a la recent memory. are Going To Hell" then you haven't J. Michael Bestul Howdy Doody. In Al's heard the best Bowie song in 20 1. Backstreet Boys: Millenium possession Woody is • ••• years. 2. LFO: LFO-No more Abercom- reunited with members 3. Guano Apes: Proud Like A bie referenced., please. his "round-up 1 star: Don'i rvrii ivm God- They're like Limp Bizkit, 3. Puff Daddy: Forever gang." Meanwhile 2 Rtara: Will for video ecept they don't suck. 4. 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If you want L982-1999, is filled with a nice to hear what Motley is all selection of Crue songs, but about, pick up any one of their falls short of the studio ver- studio albums from the 80's or sions early 90's and sit back and Disc one features live ver- enjoy what a rock band should sions from Motley's first two sound like. albums, Too Fast For Loot and Shout At The Dm/. The disc demonstrates why Anthrax Brian Horn ming or Black Thought's com- opens with the Shout At The plex and intricate wordplay should get some respect. Devil classic "Looks That Kill." which can be as twistyas DNA "", which fea- It's obvious from the opening Ralsman Exhibitl strands) override the beats and tures Public Enemy, starts off track, and through most of disc Philippe Halsman, most energy. It's hip-hop for the the disc and is the example of one. that these tracks were head and the hips. the rap/metal concept I was mown for photographing the recorded awhile back and suffer ftars for such magazine covers While much of modern rap is referring to above. Aerosmith from that fact. The production dominated by marble-mouthed and Run D-M-C may have been is Esquire. Look and The Sat- and sound of the record falls jrday Evening Post, has some "singers" who have more genius the first to successfully mix the short of what live albums are for business than for music, two genres of music but af his best works on display at capable Of sounding like in ;he Toledo Museum of Art. The Roots are a breath of fresh Anthrax and Public Enemy 1999, which might lead one- to air. They are the most impor- took it to a new level. Halsman was once known as wonder why they just didn't the World's Greatest Photogra- tant hip-hop outfit since Public "Only" and "Indians" each record the album during their Enemy and their two releases show why drummer Charlie pher and was so named by a Generation Swine tour joll conducted by Popular Pho- this year-the amazing Things Benante is the one of the best Though disc one does cap- The Roots: Fall Apart and now this fine around, and bassist Frank Motley Crue: nography. ture the rawness of a young Halsman, born in 1906 in collection of live material-show Bello gets to show his ability on Crue and is fun to hear some The Roots them to be at the top of their the Joe Jackson cover "Got the Live: Enter- Latvia moved to Paris in 1932 obscure Crue gems, it does have where he began to work on game. Time" its downfalls Neil's voice gels Remixed versions of "Potters tainment or fashion magazines. He won Come Alive a little annoying after awhile, nany admirers for his style ■Erik Pepple Field" and "Hy Pro Glo" fall and the album shows that Mot- 1999-MCA short of the Sound of White Death which was bold and striking ley might have benefited from compared to other photogra-i Anyone who has heard the Noise versions, but still show- having a rhythm guitar player case the guitar work guitarist 1999-BMG phers of the days. Roots knows they are the most to back up Mick Mars After a dormant period fol- important act in hip-hop today. and Danny Spitz. Disc two features tracks The most unique and inter- For those who have followed owing World War II, he immi- Certainly the fact they make Motley Crue throughout their from Theatre of Pain through trrated to America with the heln music the old fashioned way-by esting song on the disc is a duet Decade of Decadence. The over- of ' "Ball of careers, you know the story. if one of his fans, Albrt Eini using actual instruments-plays They were one of the top rock all sound gets a little better but itein. a role. And their songwriting Confusion" with current lead still falls short and the lack of a singer and former acts of the 198G"s and early 90s. In America he began to shoot skill is remarkably complex Then their singer, V'iiue Neil, second guitar player shows advertisements for Ford and] stringing together complicated vocalist Joey Belladonna. The here, especially on the heavy track has also led to a tour was fired/quit, depending on Elizabeth Arden that were! rhymes and thrilling ideas into whether you believe bassist "Primal Scream" which lacks anding on the covers of Life. where Belladonna will sing the the punch that a second guitar 4 and 5 minute tunes. But Nikki Sixx's side of the story or Other magazines followed! there's something deeper and first part of the show. Bush will would give it then do the second part of the Neil's. They had a much-hyped ind soon Halsman was a houseJ much simpler at work, the reunion with Neil after their The song selection on Enter- lold name and a celebrity's set. At the end of the concert tainment or Death is a definite Roots are masterful entertain- criminally underrated album favorite photographer. they will both sing on 'Ball of highlight ol the album, which ers. Anthrax: with new front man John Cora- During his career, he phoJ Confusion,' which is a very thankfully contained no tracks Their new release is the bi commercially flopped. :ographed over hundreds of interesting idea that sonic from Generation Swine. The eagerly awaited live recording- Return of The But that reunion was short celebrities, among them, Ingridj The Roots Come Alive. Record- other bands (Van Halen) might surprising aspect is that only want to think about doing lived because drummer Tommy Bergman, Judy Garland, Geori ed at various stops throughout Killer A's Lee led the band to try his two of the 21 tracks came from If you like Metallica and the Dr.Feelgood tour, which is ;ia O'Keffe, Frank Sinatra and] their last few tours, the record hand at making a rap/hip- Marilyn Monroe. highlights old school Roots 1999-BMG Limp Bizkit, among others, when the Crue was at their pick up Return of the Killer A's hop/rock record. That brings us These portraits and many songs like "Essawhuman!" and to present day and the Crue's peak concert-wise. The word "underrated" does- because you won't be disap- if his magazine covers are nowj newer stuff like the slinky and latest release, Lire Entertain If you are a Motley Crue fan. n't begin to describe Anthrax pointed. >howing at the museum. The sexy "You Got Me" and propul- ment or Death. you might want to pick up They were pioneers for the ■xhibit is free and open until sive "Adrenaline." The double-live album, Entertainment or Death just to rap/metal concept that has Brian Horn have a taste of the Crue live in January 9th. The album features the band taken over the music scene and which is comprised of selections in top form playing with an get no credit for it. They con- energy that at times makes sistently put out solid heavy (no offense to the metal albums and their live Godfather here, even he would shows are pure energy, yet they gawk at their showmanship) THE WASH HOUSE can't even get arrested. Whatj Laundromat look like a coma victim. The ever the reason for their lack of *Os. Roots are innovative for sure, popularity, the band's latest 250 N. Main but they don't let the intellect!!' release. 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