VOLUME 91, ISSUE 5 Thursday, September 11, 2008 THEJAMBAR.COM THE AMBAR The student voice of Youngstown State University J since 1931. PAGE6 OAKLANDHASNO‘DOUBT’ABOUTUPCOMINGPERFORMANCE THE SIDEBAR ACADEMICS ECONOMY University WebCTstillpopularforYSU,notothers stays off Lamar Salter 3,900 classes at YSU. Frank Ragozzine, assistant pro- In a non-scientific survey of 50 fessor of psychology, uses WebCT REPORTER students, 46 had used WebCT for a for his classes. “It makes it easier to class before, and 24 students out of have handouts available for class,” financial aid Despite universities across Ohio 50 polled use WebCT for a class Ragozinne said. discontinuing the program, tion such as handouts, assignments, this semester. Since WebCT is distributed Youngstown State University stu- quizzes and even grade reports with Only eight students said they had nationally, other schools in Ohio dents and faculty report few prob- students who take the class. experienced problems with WebCT such as Kent State University and renovation lems with WebCT. As of the fall semester, there are and 41 students said WebCT was a Cleveland State University use ver- WebCT is an online tool that currently 632 registered courses useful tool for classes. sions of WebCT as well. However, allows teachers to share informa- available over an estimated total of Faculty agree. WEB CT page 2 bandwagon VOTING J. Breen Mitchell NEWS EDITOR Financial aid restructuring at major universities will have no T direct effect on the way aid is BALLO offered at Youngstown State aphic University. SPORTS emogr Universities such as Harvard, key d Princeton andYale have undergone Team looks to carry s voter major changes in their systems for y offering financial aid, making them strong start into YSU Apath VOTE more affordable to low and middle Invitational ................8 income families, and this has put pressure on smaller institutions to compete. NEWS YSU has not changed the struc- SGA president hopes ture of its financial aid system in Some students express disinterest in election response to the switch made by the to reconnect with larger universities. students ....................2 “We have not restructured our Sam Marhulik As someone who has voted in every financial aid offers to compete with election, Ellyson said he feels like people OTE the changes or new affordability at REPORTER ON’T V schools like Princeton or Harvard,” Data and student who don’t vote are not supporting what D said Elaine Ruse, director of the opinion at odds over According to http://www.pbs.gov, only they believe in. office of financial aid and scholar- amount of diversity in one out of four adults between the ages of 18 For some students, the decision not to ships at YSU. and 24 voted in the last presidential election. vote comes from a general dislike of the Ruse said YSU makes other campus classrooms ..2 While many students at Youngstown candidates. efforts to keep tuition affordable. State University are actively involved in Sophomore Melissa Cardon said she “Every effort is made to encour- politics, some students who feel apathet- feels like she isn’t protesting by not voting, age prospective and continuing EDITORIAL ic about voting can identify with these but rather expressing her opinions of the YSU students to file financial aid Call to arms statistics. candidates. applications by the February 15 Freshman Lisa McDowell was eligible “I don’t know if I feel apathetic about uch priority filing date to receive maxi- for the apathetic........5 last year to vote, but school, work and bills it or not; I personally dislike the candi- “It’s not so m mum consideration for all forms of made it difficult to find the time to cast her dates and because of it I’m not voting. It’s re, and financial aid,” said Ruse. ballot, she said. not entirely protesting either because this that I don’t ca She said YSU’s tuition will New ambitions on the McDowell admitted that she hasn’t is the first presidential election I’m eligi- e I’m compare favorably with those of horizon for ‘November thought about which candidate to vote for ble to vote in. So I’m not sure if it’s one I don’t feel lik the larger institutions, and this is and said she hasn’t decided whether or not or the other.” t I how they compete with them. Loop’..........................6 she will be voting this year. Sophomore Nathan O’Malley’s deci- protesting, bu “YSU makes every effort to “I don’t really get into politics,” she said. sion not to vote may also fall in a gray area. vote publicize affordability and finan- Ashley Urmson, freshman, was also eli- “This is the first presidential election I on’t want my cial aid awareness,” said Ruse. gible last year, though she hasn’t yet regis- can vote in, but it makes no difference to d “We were sort of the first,” tered to vote. that me. In the 2006 election for the Governor o be the one said Robin Mosato, director of Urmson said when she didn’t like either of Ohio I put my foot down and chose not t financial aid at Princeton. of the candidates, she lost interest entirely. ntry for Mosato said the restructuring to vote, because I felt if Strickland was any- ruins our cou Because of her unfamiliarity with the thing like former Governor Bob Taft I s.” at Princeton began in 2001 and candidates, Urmson said she won’t be vot- would feel like I helped put another moron four year was made up of two key parts. ing in this election. another in office,” O’Malley said. ore RENOVATION page 3 “An uneducated vote is worse than not alley, sophom “It’s not so much that I don’t care, and I Nathan O’M voting,” she said. don’t feel like I’m protesting, but I don’t Steve Ellyson, psychology professor, ECONOMY said that while voter apathy is understand- want my vote to be the one that ruins our able, it comes from a lack of control. country for another four years,” he added. “I feel like people use apathy as an excuse New bill because they feel like their votes won’t count, Additional reporting: Chelsea Pflugh, or they just don’t care,” he said. Sarah Sole could give CAMPUS money to Professorfeaturesstudentsinbookaboutfieldsofconsciousness graduates Samantha Pysher SPORTS REPORTER J. Breen Mitchell the years. but he believes this is only half of be experienced by anyone, but This led him to begin to explore the truth. that it takes time. He said these No place like home for NEWS EDITOR what he calls “fields of conscious- Bache said he thinks there is a “fields” can be strengthened, and A new proposed bill will grant weary Penguins..........8 ness”, the subject of his new book, more subtle “interconnectedness”, that it took years for him to fully recent college graduates a tax Chris Bache, professor of reli- “The Living Classroom.” which ties everyone’s conscious- understand them. credit if they agree to stay in Ohio gious studies at Youngstown State The book is Bache’s third and ness together. Bache said he believes there is for a minimum of five years. Injuries taking toll, University, noticed a connection his previous works have been trans- He compared this to light, which an inherent wholeness in quantum Ohio State Representatives Jay Savage to have season- between his teaching and his stu- lated internationally. exists as both a particle and a wave. physics, which he believes is also Goyal and Josh Mandel are the dents from the time he became a These include “Dark Night, Bache said the book is an true in consciousness. “The rea- co-sponsors of the bill, which is ending shoulder surgery professor. Early Dawn,” on the ecology of the attempt to demonstrate the collec- son people don’t notice it is still in the works. ..................................8 Students would approach him mind, and “Life Cycles,” a study on tive nature of mind. because they’re taught that it’s not The bill would create tax cred- after class and tell him that his les- reincarnation. “If you want to be a teacher, there,” he said. “I gave myself its for graduates with the follow- son related directly to things going “The issue is: what is the nature you’ll be a better teacher when you permission to see it.” ing degrees: $5,000 for associate WEATHER on in their lives. At first, he dis- of the mind?” he said. draw upon the collective nature of This theory is independent of degrees, $20,000 for bachelor’s missed it as coincidence, but it con- He said conventional wisdom is mind,” he said. any religion, Bache said, but it cor- degrees and $30,000 for master’s tinued to occur with regularity over that everyone’s mind is separate, Bache said this connection can degrees. Today 80°63° PROFESSOR page 3 The tax credit would be paid over a 10-year span, Goyal said. Friday 74° 64° YOUNGSTOWN Participants would not receive the money any longer if they moved out of state anytime between the Saturday 77° 64° Grey to Green Festival to be held at Wick Park Saturday five-year minimum and the 10- Sunday 74° 57° year pay period. Emmalee C. Torisk The festival, in planning for was constant.Akey to this ‘Grey to important to become more educat- He said hopes the graduates nearly a year, will bring attention to green’ transformation is the cre- ed on these things because will use this program if it is imple- REPORTER Monday 68° 48° the current Wick Park ation of a green network.” Youngstown needs to get to the mented.