The BG News November 14, 2003

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State University FRIDAY November 14, 2003 • BOUNCE BACK?: SUNNY Falcons attempt to HIGH: 48 I LOW: 31 rebound from Miami www.bgnews.com loss against Kent; PAGE 5 independent student press VOLUME 98 ISSUC57 B0N0REDITHIRDINA3-PARTSERIES Toledo attempts Time important to ROTC to enhance By Kara Hun hours a day on this stuff. It's got- said Col. William Wesselman, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ten to the point where 1 can't do chair of aerospace studies in the For Cadet Colonel Jill Greiwe, something without doing some- Air Force ROTC program. "I tell arts in city multitasking has become as sec- thing else at the same time." the cadets every year ... your THE BG NEKS ond nature as breathing in her Aiming at producing leaders number one priority is to major Today the city of Toledo and the role as Cadet Wing Commander and future members of their in your major. ROTC should be a Northwestern Ohio area will ded- in the University's Air Force ROTC respective military branches, side dish of a main course. Your icate themselves to the arts in this semester. learning time management is main course is your college edu- hopes of fostering creative com- Greiwe, a senior from necessary for survival in the Air cation." Coldwater, Ohio, is responsible Force or Army ROTC programs But being in ROTC distinguish- munities and economic success. for overseeing the training of 124 on campus es you from the rest of the stu- A strategic plan to enhance arts other cadets in the University "Even if you were a very dent-body too, said lay Demis, and culture in the Toledo area will program. responsible student in high cadet staff1 «ergeant in Army be unveiled at the Mayor's "You drink a lot of coffee, you school, one of the hardest things ROTC. Summit on Arts, Education and really leam how to multi-task," to do is to leam lime manage- Technology, which is at the Toledo she said. "We get three credit ment in college, because there are Museum of Art Peristyle. MILITARY, PAGE 2 The event will also include hours, but I spend at least five so many things you want to do," Josh Bashalany Jay Demis speaker Dr. Richard Florida, a Carnegie Mellon economist and author of the best seller "The Rise of the Creative Class: And How it's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life." Honda Florida will speak on "The Rise of the Creative Class in Greater Toledo" from noon to 2 p.m. and executive will discuss issues surrounding how cities rich in creative programs tend to be more productive speaks at and economically successful. Dr. Katerina Ray, the director of the University's school of art, explained some of the themes to forum be discussed in Florida's speech. "The arts are a driving force in our By Kara Hull EDITOR-IN-CHIEF economy," Ray said. "Cities must For Koki Hirashima, president provide the lifestyle that employ- and chief executive officer of ees and families need to live well" Honda of America Manufacturing Ray said cities that are being Inc., a visit to the University is a economically successful are those chance to meet future employees. with creative oudets, such as art The University is one of the top galleries and performance space. 10 institutions in the nation to Economic studies show that for provide the company with associ- every $1 invested in the arts, the ates. Currently, University alumni community gets $1.50 back. This are the second highest among direct payback comes from activi- associates in Honda's purchasing ties such as patrons choosing to department. eat out after visiting a museum or "It's one of my loves to meet paying a meter fee for parking. with future Honda associates," Hirashima said. "Also, through my experience I want to emphasize to all of the students what they need to leam before they graduate." Photo Courtesy of Th« Bill Sttt» OaHy N«ws Hirashima spoke in the Union Ballroom yesterday as part of an GRIEVING: Members of Ball State's Delta Chi fraternity remember former Ball State student Michael McKinney, who was shot and BGNEWS Asian Studies Forum. killed by a Ball State University police officer. BRIEFING As any of the company's 13,400 associates know, Honda is not sat- Benefit concert to be isfied with the same old tricks — they require innovation. held ay Howard's "We ask our associates to not Officer at Ball State investigated simply repeat what worked in the tomorrow night past," Hirashima said. "But to By Carrie Whitaker ated from a police academy, said Duplain said McKinney ran at gating the case and will soon Eighteen bands will be per- MANAGING EDITOR understand our current environ- Tim James, sergeant in the him and did not listen to his ver- pass it onto the county prosecu- forming Sunday at Howard's to ment and come up with new ways Last Saturday a Ball State Bowling Green Police bal instructions. tor's office. raise money for a battered to succeed in the future." University police officer with Department. Duplain then shot McKinney A question may be forming in women's shelter in Bowling the minds of community mem- "The important thing is not to pre-basic police academy train- But different campus police four times, once in the head and Green. just tell our story outside, but to ing shot a student four times, departments have varying hir- three times in the chest, accord- bers and students in Muncie. The show, "Gimme Shelter" is ing to a Ball State Daily News What training is sufficient for an use it as an opportunity to tell our killing him while responding to ing requirements, and Duplain hosted by the non-profit orga- a burglary call off-campus. was one of two officers at Ball article. officer? associates what a great job they've nization Cocoon Inc. done," he said. "Also, about how The Ball State officer, Robert State without police academy Some of McKinney's friends Officers in the Bowling Green Duplain, had seven months of experience. told the Ball State Daily News campus police department Money collected from the we got there by continuing this concert will go toward blue- great focus on the customer." experience at the department On the night of the shooting they believe McKinney had must have a minimum of 400 and had plans to attend the Duplain and another officer been drinking and that he had hours of training and must have print designs and building Joining Honda in 1969, costs of the shelter. One co- Hirashima left Japan and became police academy in January. went to the house in Muncie confused the house with a simi- already graduated from a police At BGSU, an officer is not where Duplain found the sus- lar one down the street where academy, this includes 60 hours organizer of the ben lit, Cassie applicable for a job with the pect, Michael S. McKinney, 21. his friend lived MtCastle, said it is about time HONDA, PAGE 2 campus police department The other officer was around the The Muncie Police Bowling Green got a shelter. unless they have already gradu- opposite side of the house when Department is currently investi- POLICE, PAGE 2 "Wood County, geographical- ly speaking, is the largest county in Ohio," MtCastle said. "And we don't have a women's shelter. 1 cannot wait to see a shelter built here." BGSU rewards professors for research An important factor for this benefit is the fact that local By Christy Jenkins these scholars at the Second tration from the University of bands are supporting the cause REPORTER Annual BGSU Research Minnesota and came to the said Sarah Cox, the other co- Researchers do much of their Conference. University in 1998. While at the organizer of the benefit. work outside the public view—in Patricia Kubow, associate pro- University, Kubow has continued "We thought this would bring labs or in the field. They travel to fessor of educational foundations her decade long research on the musical community togeth- foreign countries, present papers and inquiry, received the democratic and comparative er and support a good cause at to colleagues, attend seminars Olscamp Research Award and education. the same time," Cox said. and read prolilically on their Pavel Anzebacher, assistant pro- "If we really want to change our The show begins at 11 a.m. research topic. Many times, this fessor of chemistry and photo- system and think more broadly, and rickets cost ST. Some of the work is not publicly recognized chemical sciences, was named we need perspectives from other bands playing include Bullet by individuals outside of the the 2003 Outstanding Young countries," Kubow said. "You Teeth, New Found Element, researcher's discipline. Scholar. can't actually change your own Bancroft, TheT-Shirts, Evolotto, But last Thursday, the Kubow earned her doctorate in Crazy eDDIE, Sledge and University recognized two of educational policy and adminis- PROFESSORS, PAGE 2 PmUnzotuchei Redheaded Stepchild.

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