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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-6-2006 The BG News October 6, 2006 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News October 6, 2006" (2006). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7653. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7653 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Friday October 6.2006 Volume 100. Issue 56 WWWBGNEWSCOM Looking for jobs outside BG reflects on Nazi evils the box Some are working for companies they never Nuremberg thought they would | PageJ War Crimes Get to class with the click of a button Geography: The University of Country: Germany California- Berkley State: Bavaria has hooked up with Population: 500.132 Google | Page 3 Sister City: Atlanta. GA The war in Nuremberg Iraq, not a bad idea after all Trials at a Glance Matt Clark gives top five reasons fighting What: Prosecution of Nazi party in the Middle East is leaders, during which 24 were worth it | Page 4 guestioned When: Nov. 20.1945-Oct. 1.1946 BGSU to play OSU Buckeyes Where: Nuremberg Palace of this weekend Justice. Bavaria, Germany BG will travel to Columbus this Saturday to take on OSU| Page 6 Nuremberg trials Briggs feels debate at BGSU ready to take on the season By Tim Sampson Reporter Diyral Briggs feels prepared to take on Some GO yean, ago in the war ravaged town OSU this weekend of Nuremberg, Germany, sentences were | Page 6 handed down to Nazi leaders in condem- nation of the egregious crimes committed during World War II and the I lolocausl. These convictions marked the end of one of the darkest chapters in human history while ushering in a new era of interna- tional criminal justice. Today and tomorrow in the Union, the Nuremberg proceedings and their rami- PHOIO PBOVIDEO BY »WW ABCHIVES GOV fications on contemporary global politics will be the focus of a conference titled. "The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial and Its Policy Consequences Today." Students use theater to remember The conference, sponsored by the Graduate Program in Policy History and It's a plethora By Olivia Day through 1944.AI this point, the family was discovered the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, of pasta Reporter and transported to Auschwitz will feature more than 50 speakers and Although Frank's ili.u -y explains a great deal of her panelist from around the worid who will Looking for a new Women's chorus members standing promptly In life, Bernard Eliaswason hand to elaborate more on discuss a wide range of topics, including spin on an old college rows, and aucUencemeinbers patiently waiting, all Frank's life and the foundation that was created in how international criminal courts have favorite - Ramen gather tor a reflection on the events exhibited in the her name. evolved since Nuremberg and how they Noodle recipes Holocaust and Darfur. Flias.isthcpicsidentoiiheAiintdraiikloiindation. relate to modem day conflicts, such as | Page 8 The presentation of "Children's Voices: From the Along with the presentation about Frank, the issue those in Darfur and Iraq. I lolocausl to Darfur" began at 6 p.m. last evening in concerning Darfur's genocides was also addressed. Scheduled speakers include Henry the Union. A film entitled The I )iaricsol Darfur wasdisplayed King a former Nuremberg prosecutor and Rap artist Obie The evening proceeded with the University's on the theatre's large, while screen. During the film, professor of law at Case Western Reserve Trice to visit Women's chorus, dressed in black, filing into the the- several residents ol Darfur, known as the Sundanese, University and Curtis RJ. Doebbler. an atre. The drama department read poems that were were interviewed. international human rights lawyer and an Toledo Sunday written by imprisoned children in concentration The) killed them. They killed all of my brothers," advisor to the defense tejun of former Iraqi Rapping since age camps during me Holocaust Then, accompanied by said a young boy when asked about the lanjaweed's President Saddam Hussein. 11, Trice will put on a a clarinet, the chorus began to sing their rendition of rampages. About 300 students from colleges and high schools around the country are show at Club Bijou die previously slated poems. I'he "lanjaweed's" arc an Arabmilitia intent on kill- Following the chorus, the BGSU drama club read i ng only the black Sundanese, currently registered to attend die event. for his Ohio fans from Anne Frank's diary. Lairing her time in hiding, "(iirlsarc being raped — it doesn't matter what age Registration is free to all students and | Page 8 Frank wrote personal events into .i diary I lowcvei. they are — young, old, mothers, or children,'' said a the diary only shares events from Frank's "secret" life Sundanese woman. See DEBATE j Page 2 When was the last time you got an on-campus parking ticket? Political college College grads get good news about job market groups canvass By Katharine Kopkowski College Students, however, are com which found similarly she really would love to be a Visual Reporrer very concerned and this year promising statistics. Communications Technology campus their concern is met with great Somewhere along the line major, but she is afraid. Brandon Surbro, When asked about what they news. Graduates looking for a the big dreams of children m "1 know that aVCT career would want to do when they grow position in 2006 had the ben squashed and they are told their be so competitive that I doubt Sophomore. International By Chris Bills Business up, a typical kindergaiincr efit of tile best job market in four tender, passionate hopes are silly I could be successful." she said. Reporter and they should stop listening to "Last year. I was here cracks a huge smile and shouts years, and 2007 promises to have As a result, she plans on study- "Astronaut!'" or 'Ballerina!'" Ihey even better prospects according their heart arid start paving close ing something safer, despite her visiting a friend and It's that time of year again, that's are not worried about financial lo joliweb.com, and a recent sur- attention lo job outlook. they ripped me off." right election season. College security or job outlook. vey conducted by collegegrad. Kelly Dearth, sophomore, said See GRABS i Page 2 | Page 4 Republicans and College Democrats have been taking part in a variety of events to get stu- dents regisiered to vote. Both campus organizations To-do lists meet mobile technology with iPrioritize have been campus canvass- TODAY ing, wandering around campus By Megan Yodzis Now with the assistance of Mcl'arland. the creator of iPriori- employers and employees. Sunny asking students to register, as a Reporter IPliOtilize.com which launched tize.com, said. "I have always been the list High; 62. Low: 58 convenient way of getting stu- in lime 2006, people can access McFarland, who gradu- maker person and at work there dents registered to vote on their New help has arrived to aid col- their to-do lists virtually any- ated in 2004 from Rensselaer was just no sense of what the way to or from class. Ihey also lege students and businesses to where they are. Polytechnic Institute located in priorities were between the have been going door-to-door in manage their busy schedules People can now log on from New York, said one of the reasons employer and the employee, so dorms and getting students reg- instead of the old fashioned their mobile phone and can he started this site was because 1 wanted to create something to TOMORROW technique of making handwrit- e-mail lists, print lists, and there was a big miscommuni- Sunny See POLITICAL | Page 2 ten to do lists share lists with others. Adam < at ion of organization between See TECH | Page 2 High: 69. Low: 41 k VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 1 i 2Fnday;Oqobw6.2006 WWWBGNEWS.COM POLICE GRADS BLOTTER Exams take toll on anxious students From Page 1 WEDNESDAY desire lo pursueaVCTcareer. 5:0ia.m. By Samantha Johnston* loAnn kroll has been the Unknown persons rep learn and for the work thai v director ofthe Career Center at wrote on the stall doors in the * > Reporter they do throughout the whole semester." BowUngGreen State i iniversity ■ for 21 years, and according to 3:1ta.m. Vftei whai seems like an etet With a completely different Michelle C.iitt, nit) cit memorizing numerous work load to handle, the transi- her, (he job market fluctuates; driving under the inflt* > fads ,IIKI vocabulary words, tion from high school to college but If students have made Ihe 2:20 p.m. ii is Finally time to sit down may not he a smooth one. Many best of their college experi- ence, il doesn't make a signifi- ■■ and wail patiently for the pro students feel that If their fresh- winnings report lessor to pass out the exam. man midterms determined cani difference. Drive resident Inevitably, the brain begins to their retention al BGSU, the "Whai is most important is >• transition would become even not the job market, but what 4:57 p.m.