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Capoeira By Heidi QIIMII ing firm so we can pay for only David Kielmeyer, senior older machines not being used, They hope to educate faculty comes to Reporter what we use," Petryshak said. communications director, said he said. and students about the envi- campus "Departments already pay for they hope to implement some Once a firm is picked, it will ronmental benefits and tech- Students, faculty and staff may Ipaper, toner and ink]. Now stage of the plan this semester. be important to do a pilot in nology advantages of moving Maria Kirsanova and hef be paying for printing on cam- they will pay per page." The University is looking some of the labs and offices on away from a heavily print-ori- husband provide their pus after this semester. But until a firm is chosen, for possible managing firms campus, said Deb Wells, direc- ented culture as the plan nears group with a one-of- The University is meeting the costs per page are unavail- to provide printing hardware tor of ITS Client Services. implementation. with print management firms able, Petryshak said. on campus and be responsible Wells' office will be included In one of the many com- a-kind experience and to look at variety of ways to "The budget's not good, and for their maintenance. The in the pilot to gauge what kind puter labs on campus, Mitch teach respect through reduce the cost and amount of any cost reduction would be a firm would use the 900 net- of service and support they Miller of the Technology and ancient acrobatic printing, said Bruce Petryshak, good thing. Savings can go into worked-printers and 700 desk- will receive from the managing Chief Information Officer. other things more important top-printers the University firm, especially response times See PAPER | Page 2 moves, all designed "We're looking for a manag- for BGSU," he said. already has and safely recycle to fix down printers. without injuring opponents | Pag* 5

Are Dining Services really going green? Guest columnist LAYERSOFPAINT Heidi Stewart notes her complaints LAYERS OF TRADITION with the new dining service options | Pag* 4 Combining action and observation Columnist Eric Rhoads takes a serious look at life and offers his opinion on living better | Pag* 4

ABC news anchor retiring Charles Gibson, anchor of ABC "World News", plans to retire at the end of the year | Pag* 5

Painting popular campus AMON PICKENS Tonight is jndmark attracts attention the big night of a new school year," Coats said. Student Alumni Connection Coach Dave CampusFest provides of student organizations will be among the many orga- Clawson and the nizations setting up a table at Falcon football CampusFest. taste of 300 organizations S.A.C. President Kimberly team open their Westmeyer said the event can season tonight Popular event cuts free food due to budget issues help students get involved against Troy | Pag* 6 r Mich.ll. Olmitaad Spirit Rock PollctM with co-curricular activities, Reporter ByLudaPotyakova of Students leffrey Coats. an integral part of the college -The rock can be painted Reporter Although the free cuisine experience. by only one group or orga- will be missed, this year's "They're called co-curricu- ! constant stream of graf- nization per day. Students are invited to swim CampusFest, the first ever held lar activities because they're ti on a large, decorative -The rock may not be through a sea of student organi- on a Thursday, will bring the enhancing what you learn," she ock might appall students reserved for consecutive zations today—although none University community together said. lolling by the Kreischer of the students will be catching and highlight the many organi- Westmeyer said although the days. Quadrangle lawn. Concerned a bite. zations on campus. There are event can be overwhelming, it edestrians, however, can -The group or organization CampusFest will be held on over 300 registered student orga- is one of the easiest ways to see st assured. This is not a painting the rock assumes the lawn in front of the Union nizations at the University, and what the University has to offer : of respect for the cam- liability for any individual or and University Hall from 11 the majority of them will be rep- and should not be missed. us; this is the Spirit Rock member of the group/orga- a.m. to 3p.m., and although the resented at CampusFest. "Being Involved in college is of the many traditions nization who may be injured annual festivities usually include "The purpose of CampusFest a great way to take those class- ; at the University. or may incur clothing dam- a free bite to eat, this year's event is not to come eat. Really, room experiences and put them Freshman Becky Zydiak age. will not be providing any free CampusFest is designed for stu- in action in real life," she said. tinted the rock with her - Groups/organizations food. dents to learn about involvement Matt Cass, a senior and ellophone section in the "There is not money in the bud- opportunities on campus and Telecommunications major, must furnish their own paint alcon Matching Band. get to pay for food. If you don't become engaged with BGSU. It's said he'll miss the free food at 'It was realty fun because it and supplies to paint the have money to pay a bill, then also a time for students, faculty CampusFest. 1 our second day [of band rock. you just have to cut that from the and staff to reconnect after the "That sucks; the free food is _ pi and we got to know -Only the rock can be program," said Associate Dean summer and celebrate the start why everybody goes," he said. each other," she said. "We all painted. Painting on side- What would you paint ,. Jour names. walks, lampposts, grass, or on the Spirit Rock? Whether it is serving as an buildings is not permitted; University opens icebreaker for 17 mellophone otherwise, the group/organi- Undergraduate program ranks players or advertising an zation will be held financially upcoming event Sot another branch in student organization, the responsible for cleaning 11th of 262 in annual report Spirit Hock has many faces costs. Levis Commons and layers of paint. -Whatever is painted on the "262 national universities the rock must be in good ByJosbWh.th.rholt & The Spirit Rock has been ByLudaPotyakova in the country (164 public, 98 under the control of the taste. Anything profane or private)... that offer a full range Reporter KAREN ULLY Reporter of undergraduate majors, as Freshtun, Exercise Science Union since the spring obscene is not permitted. semester 2002. What is painted reflects on well as master's and doctoral Move over Firelands, the "The'rock on' Diana Bruns, secretary for you and your group/organi- Grade card season came and degrees.'' University has gained a new sis- devil horns. You the Union Administrative zation. went, and the University has The University was ranked ter school with the opening of Office, is currently in charge passed with flying colors. Uth, along with eight oth- the Levis Commons branch in should always -The rock may be reserved of booking time slots for the In the annual "America's ers, in the group of National Perrysburg. put a little rock Spirit Rock. for painting between the Best Colleges" report by U.S. Universities with a focus on The new University branch in your life." | Pag* 4 "It's very popular," said hours of 7p.m. - 11p.m. News, the University was undergraduate education. opened Aug. 26, offering classes Bruns. "We do have quite a -Organizations are guar- noted in three categories of BGSU was listed among private to students seeking their mas- few reservations coming in anteed ONLY 24 hours of excellence: a strong commit- and public institutions such ter's degree in either Business now, but spring is the really display time. ment to teaching, first-year as the University of Chicago, or Public Health. The branch busy time. By last March, we experience programs and University of Michigan and aims to provide a convenient had maybe one or two dates learning communities. Yale University. way for adult learners to take left to reserve for the remain- Universities and col- In the "Programs to Look classes in the evening to gain a K TODAY der of the school year." leges are ranked within four For," the University was listed higher degree. IC Sunny Only registered student main groupings: National for both first-year experience "At the schools which I've been High: 78. Low: 55 organizations are permitted Universities, Liberal Arts programs, as well as its learn- associated with in the past, this to reserve the rock. Groups Colleges, Universities-Master's, ing communities. model was fairly common," said have between 7 and 11 p.m. and Baccalaureate Colleges. Joel O'Dorisio, an instruc- Dean of the College of Business, to create their rocky master- Bowling Green State tor at Chapman Community Rodney Rogers. "It's easy to find piece, but they are only guar University falls under the in Kohl Hall, said the learning a parking spot, the location is TOMORROW National Universities category, Mostly Sunny See ROCK! Page 2 which U.S. News described as See RANKING | Page 2 See BRANCH | Page 2 i High: 80. Low: 53 k VISIT BGVIEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 2 "hunjay. September 5.2O09 WWWBGVIEWS.COM BLOTTER

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PAPER I r,im Page 1 Resource Center works within feel of three printers where students are constantly pick- inn up printed work. If you stand here for 10 ■iiinines, you can see we're bleeding paper, and it's kill- ii); us [campus lab system],'' Miller said. "It's a cultural issue. Students and staff want to have something in front of them. That's the way they work and I understand that. Hut we've got to do some- thing to force a more elec- i ronic approach," he said. Printing on campus has been on a sharp, steep climb,'' PAINTING HISTORY: Chris Azotea. a freshman studying rock on a sunny day. He said, "the rock represents the very nature of BG; constantly changing and full ol spirit. •-aid (Iwen Evans, coordina- tor of Library Information paint and supplies must be of painting the rock is to have good lastc. Anything profane painting gels out of hand. and Emerging Technologies. ROCK provided by the student orga- a good time, but there arc a or obscene is not permitted." Student organizations wish- "We want to do something From Page 1 nizations lhemselves. Only few guidelines as far as artis- Only the rock can be ing to show off their artistic quickly to manage ihe waste one organization can paint tic expression is concerned. painted; painting the nearby skills and add another layer being produced in campus anteed one full day of display the Spirit Hock per day and it According to Ihe Spirit Rock sidewalks, grass, building, or of paint to the Spirit Rock labs, without disrupting stu- time, lirunssaid. cannot be reserved for con- policies, located on the Union lampposts is prohibited. The can call the Event Planning dent and faculty research." While there is no fee lo secutive days. Web page, "whatever is paint- organization will be respon- and Reservations Office at The first target of the schedule a reservation, all Bruns said the overall goal ed on the rock must be in sible for cleaning costs if Ihe (419):!72-9000, planned program is to elimi- nate waste such as print jobs that aren't even picked up by requiring card swiping or "We are teaching because had executives and profession- needs. identification at the printer BRANCH als that have had a hard time With the first semester to release the job. The new RANKING we enjoy working with the Fn coming lo campus on winter underway and classes full at systems may also lei users From Page 1 nights when basketball games the Levis Commons branch, choose which printer to use students..." convenient geographically. are going on." expansion is already on based on cost, Bvans said. communities at the University We're really after trying lo The Professional MBA pro- people's minds. "In the library, we want provide students with many Joel O'Donsio | Instructor meet the needs of working pro- gram, which operates as a two- "We will be responding lo to keep the capability of fac- opportunities and experiences. fessionals. We're focusing on year, two nights a week degree, market conditions, so if there ulty and students to make "What is great about our cur- faculty out of their disciplinary individuals who are working has even been revamped at Ihe is a demand for undergrad ,i digital copy of the infor- riculum is thai they're taking the home and challenged them to and we're trying to serve thai branch. completion programs, that mation they need, and we material they learn in class and think about what they're doing market for working profession- "Curriculum has recent- location would be perfect," think moving from copying using il in real life applications in in their freshman courses." als trying to further their edu- ly been updated at the new Rogers said. to scanning is a good way to the community.'' he said. O'Dorisio said while ihe rank- cation and move forward in facility to give convenience Mota is also eager to expand do that. We charge for copy- Most students are familiar ing is great, the University is just their careers." to adult learners," Mota said. Ihe MBA program offered at ing now and as of now, there wiih B( ieXperience, the first- trying to serve its students. Convenience for working "We made it more relevant for the branch within the next is on plan to charge for scan- year experience program at the "I think whether we were or students was key in deciding today's business needs." year. ning," she said. University that introduces stu- we weren't (recognized], each of the location of the new branch. The branch also offers "We're going to try to con- IKiSU is one of Ihe last dents to campus life and the val- us puts in Kill percent," he said. "We saw it as a great poten- Continued and Extended tinue to grow, at thai site, mote universities of its size nation- ues of education. I )ircctor of the "We are leaching because we tial," said Associate Dean for Education programs that are graduate business offerings wide to slill offer free prim- BGcXpcrience Program George enjoy working with the students, Executive and MBA Programs, typically one- or iwo-day busi- over the next year," Mota said. ing, Evans said. The other Agich said the program is effec- so havingthat recognition is son Sue Mota. "It's very convenient ness seminars, conferences "Our Professional MBA class is four corner" schools—Ohio tive because il challenges both of ihe icing on the cake, but the to get to. It's like President and workshops for those that full and so is the Public Health University, Miami, and Kent (acuity and students to think in cake tastes good already." Cartwright said at ihe ribbon can't attend classes, but still class. It's sort of like 'If you state—have all switched to a new way. cutting, 'Come eat, come shop, want to further their business build it, they will come.' 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By Allison Borgelt "Our target was to create a with time. Reporter group here because 1 am in a BG "After you get used to it, every- EXHIBIT #2: "Loss AND program forfiveyears, and Idon't thing is fun, and honestly, it HBHHBMMHBS§HBDe DESIRE" Students searching for a want to live without capoeira for doesn't even feel like working unique form of exercise needn't five years," Kirsanova said. out anymore," he said. UNION GALLERY SPACE look far: Capoeira (kap-oo-air- Kirsanova and Nemchinov, Kirsanova said she would uh). an ancient Brazilian martial along with instructors from the describe capoeira as "hard, but .'■■•'■ -6 PM art, is beingtaught and practiced Capoeira Mandinga Michigan safe." TIE DYE THOM by University community mem- school, take turns leading ses- "It's hard, that's for sure, NORTH STEPS OF THE EDUCATION bers wanting to gain strength sions on Tuesdays, Fridays and because we are old," she said. "I BUILDING and endurance, compete and Sundays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. mean, when you are 20 years have fun. in 221 Eppler North. old, it's old, actually. If you train Capoeira was invented by Senior Kevin Sohnly, treasurer since |age| five, it will be easy.... CAMPUSFEST Africans as a martial art and for the campus group, said typi- Capoeira teaches you to accept it concealed as a dance, as it was cal practices include an hour and to grow." EACH YEAR THE EVENT HAS MORE THAN 300 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND IS A used to defeat Portuguese sal- of calisthenics, stretching and Kirsanova named many addi- PHOTO PROVIDED 6V MARIA KIRSANOVA vers, according to sites.google. warming up, which leads to the tional benefits of practicing FAVORITT OF FIRST-YEAR STUDFN'S SAY 'CAPOEIRA'rThe University* Capoeira group during a practice. com/site/jogodecapoeira, the practicing of basic and more capoeira, including increased UNION OVAL AND UNIVERSTIY LAWN Web site of the University's advanced moves. health, happiness, self-confi- Capoeira Mandinga group. "After the advanced things, we dence and respect for oneself 1:50-230 PM Modern capoeira involves normally play a game, a 'roda," and for others. BG •> ioo SEPTEMBER OPEN ancient movements, acrobat- Sohnly said. "If you do care about yourself, FORUM ics and stretching — all without During the roda, "partici- you care about your body too, THE SEPTEMBER BGs>100 OPEN FORUM touching. It also includes playing pants form a circle, playing and capoeira brings freedom to WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF SECURITY African instruments and singing music, singing, and tapping a strength, movement and endur RELATED TO CAMPUS SOLUTIONS (CSS). in Portuguese. rhythm, while two capoeiristas ance," she said. THE PRESENTATION WILL ADDRESS TOPICS "It's a unique martial art; it compete on speed of response, Sohnly said capoeira has doesn't teach to be aggressive, it balance, and endurance in the impacted his life by allowing SUCH AS WHAT PEOPLESOFT SECURITY Iteachesl to be respectful," said center," according to the cam- him to meet new friends, to IS. WHAT THE STEPS FOR OBTAINING CSS Maria Kirsanova, a graduate pus organization's Web site. learn more about martial arts ACCESS ARE AN0 WHAT THE DIFFERENT student and one of the group's Sohnly, who used to practice and to have fun and he won't be ROLES IN CSS ARE. FURTHER INFORMATION instructors. tae kwon do, said practicing giving it up for a while. IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BGSUIDU/BGAT100 She and her husband, capoeira has done a lot for him. "I probably will not get a job 314 UNION Alexander Nemchinov, came to "I've lost three pants sizes and that does not have some sort Bowling Green from Russia and a shirt size, gained a lot of mus- of capoeira within driving dis- formed the campus capoeira cle, and I can almost walk on my tance," he said. "I plan to be PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARIA KIRSANOVA group last November. Including hands — that's cool," he said. practicing for a long time." BGSU VS. TROY: MILETI HANDSTAND Members of the Umversitys Capoeira group practice their moves m a 'oda ALUMNI CENTER PRE-GAME the two of them, there are about Sohnly said although capoei- competition 10 members total. ra is hard to learn, it gets easier EVENT LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT PLACE TO HANG OUT BEFORE THE BGSU TAKES ON TROY IN THE 2009 FOOTBAH SEASON OPENER? THE MILETI ALUMNI CENTER WILL Student Legal Services inform and represent HOST PRE-GAME ACTIVITIES FOR EVERY HOME GAME THIS SEASON, FEATURING FOOD FROM YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL DINING By Emily Tucker those students visit SLS due vices needed with no other Fleming said. Fleming said personal inju- SPOTS 15 ADMISSION WCLUDES FOOD, Reporter to criminal and traffic issues. cost. Students may not be aware ry, felonies and taxes are a BEER AND TAMIL" ENTERTAINMENT. From underage drinking to Fleming said the on-cam- SLS works with underage that SLS also deals with wills, few limitations SLS can not MILETI ALUMNI CENTER parking tickets, students can pus law firm was formed in alcohol consumption crimes, marriage dissolution and handle. get the help they need from 1983 because local landlords fake IDs, disorderly con- name changes. The most common legal Student Legal Services. were taking advantage of stu- duct, landlord affairs and an If students have issues issue are those dealing with SLS receives about 2,000 dents living off-campus. assortment of other issues. not listed under the section parking and traffic. SIGMA LAMBDA GAMMA student visitors each year, Students now pay a legal "It's better to address legal of limitations, they have to "One speeding ticket INFORMATIONAL MEETING said Managing Attorney service fee of $7 per semester issues before they blow up find a private professional could basically pay for COME LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WOMEN Rodney Fleming. Half of and will receive the legal ser- into larger legal issues," or accountant off campus. all your SLS fees for your OF SIGMA LAMBDA GAMMA NATCNAI entire career here at BGSU," SORORITY. INC. Fleming said. 309 UNION Sophomore Tom PARTY PREPARATION Nepomuceno is one of many students who received a 7:30 PX parking ticket, but didn't MASTER OF FINE ARTS take his violation to SIS. READING: LAURAL ADAMS & "I had forgotten my MATT BELL parking pass and when I READINGS BY LAURAL ADAMS, POETRY. relumed I had an orange AND MATT BELL, FICTION. FREE AND OPEN envelope on my wind- shield,'' Nepomuceno said. TO THE PUBLIC. "I paid it. Didn't want to PROUT CHAPEL deal with [the] Parking and Transportation |Office|." 8:30 - 931 ' According to SLS, along IMPACT MINISTRIES with providing services to IMPACT MINISTRIES IS A STUDENT-LEAD students, they also pro- RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION ON CAMPUS vide seminars, workshops, lectures and brochures to THAT STRIDES TO TEACH THE PRINCIPLES OF educate students on their JESUS CHRIST AND HOW TO APPLY THOSE rights. Their University web PRINICPLES TO EVERYDAY COLLEGE LIFE. page also provides other 2190LSCAMP forms of legal information and education. 9 -10 PX SLSislocatedin401 South CRU WEEKLY MEETING Hall. There are three attor- 101 OLSCAMP neys available during the Fall and Spring semesters. Fleming encourages stu- dents to call the office and make an appointment. Even if students do not think they are dealing with a legal issue, they are still welcome to visit an attorney.

RACHllRADWANSm 'WELL' INFORMED : Aubrey Klink. a Freshman studying AYA Education Language An (left). Eric Wilson, a Freshman studying Business Management (center left), and Amanda Freedman. a Freshman studying AYA Education Language Art. watch as Colleen Filzgibbons. President of ihe Student Wellness Network instructs how lo correctly open a condom packet Fitzgibbons and others were at Patty Smart held in ihe MacDonak) Courtyard to help educate students about sex and alcohol

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By Haidi Stwart My hopes dropped even what's on the menu, and I've Guest Columnist lower when I discovered the never liked the stir-fry menu to-go boxes are Styrofoam. options. I won't buy fruit, Since receiving the Determined, I grabbed a plas- pudding, or cottage cheese University's e-mail this sum- tic bowl from the salad bar (at from the salad bar anymore L. >77=i met regarding dining servic- least plastic is recyclable) and because the small salad bowls es' facelift, I've heard nothing asked the server to put my are gone. Filling up a large t&s— bowl is too much food and I but good things: better food, food in the bowl instead. She KEITH PAKIZ | THE BG NEWS better looks, more variety. It's said she wasn't allowed; it had don't want to be charged the the second week of school and to be a to-go box. full price for a half-filled bowl. I've nothing to say against the I was even more distressed What was formally known as food. I've had tender grilled upon discovering that when Shadows now runs all day, chicken, fresh fruit that wasn't servers run out of to-go boxes taking over a whole dining soggy or old and steak that (which is often), they have station and only serving ham- Some observe life, others take wasn't full of fat. to put your food on a plate, burgers, french fries, and fried My taste buds have been then the cashier must scrape chicken — food options I've quite happy. But good food the food off the plate into the never found appealing. can only get you so far. to-go box when you pay. You I walked into what was for- 1 was bewildered the first can't cut out the middle man merly known as Commons action in it - you should do both lime a cashier handed me a by getting a to-go box from Marketplace to find half receipt. In my previous three the cashier and handing it to the shelving gone, along By Eric Rhoads people of action. They didn't It just takes some keen obser- years of meal plan ownership, 1 your server; the cashier isn't with half the previous food Columnist sit by and hope a job came vation to understand that even never received one. Why would allowed to give you the box. options. Sunday Sundial and to them. They went out and the most mundane, repeti- I need one when my transac- Frustrated at the thought of Wednesday Union omelets In life, there are those who act made sure it happened. The tive task has an entire world tions were all on-line? When I how much water would be seem to have disappeared and those who observe. star football player didn't land of discovery within itself. See checked MyBGSU and realized wasted on a semester's worth as well. More often than not, people in the NFL because he waited the beauty in the simple, and 1 could still view those trans- of accumulated, practically I returned to campus for my are observers. Everyone wants for the right time to showcase the complexity of life simply actions, the next time I paid, unused to-go dinner plates, I final year of school to find the to pretend they are the person himself. He was persistent, becomes beautiful and simple. I asked the cashier not to give left without buying anything. food better but meal options taking action. We even look for hard-working and unfaltering So observation has its foun- me a receipt. She said she had Last semester, there was a limited and "green" options these things in entertainment: in his quest for a childhood dation in life, as does action. to; the machine prints one out big push in dining services to back to where they were in films, novels, music, even dream. He was stubborn. When action and observation whether 1 want it or not. go green. I could get a meal Freshman year — not to men- news stories or reports about It can be good to be stub- combine, there will be more This bothers me. I neither without throwing away any- tion the flat screen TVs that I people who take action and born. Often, the people who bliss in your life. There will need nor want a receipt, but thing except my napkin. I consider seriously misplaced don't let the world pass them find themselves most ful- be a sigh of relief, reminding the machine still prints it out, no longer have that option. investments. That's one step by. Trust me, as a Creative filled in their lives are those you that we are here and we creating paper waste that's I'm stuck with plastic bowls, forward and too many back- Writing major, we are taught to who acted on their dreams. are now. only going to end up in a land- paper cups and Styrofoam to- ward. I have never disliked craft stories about characters Maybe they didn't actually get When you wake up and want fill somewhere. I thought the go boxes. I'm told the new din- having meal plan as much as that stand out to readers. The what they wanted, but trying to complain about the weath- University was "going green." ing services company calls the I do now. If I had the power characters that stand out are feels a hell of a lot better than er, just look at things from a What happened? shots and the University has to switch back to the previ- the ones who make decisions, watching opportunity wave more optimistic side: at least That's when 1 noticed the no control over it. So much for ous dining service company, 1 which helps to create conflict, good-bye. you woke up again. Being alive glass dishware is gone. Yes, going green. would do so without a second the necessity for all good fic- Where would the human seems to be taken for granted there's still the glass dinner It's not just recycling that's thought. tion. race as a whole be if everyone these days. The wonder of it plates and soup bowls, but got me irritated. The variety is Then again, I am also told stayed complacent throughout loses meaning in all the stress there are no glasscups, no glass gone as well. At the Sundial, I to be a keen observer. People history? If we didn't bother to we pile onto ourselves. salad bowls and no glass salad was once able to create my own Respond to Heidi at who tell stories are most often question what we felt was right, Why such stress? Relax. plates. Everything is plastic. stir-fry. Now I have to go with [email protected] those who have good obser- if we didn't bother to pursue Observe what,you're doing and vation skills. This is because that gut feeling that leads to care about what you're doing. all great writing is rooted in discovery, would we have ever Because what you do air the STAFF EDITORIAL life, and if action is a necessity made progress? Are we making decisions you make, and the to capture audiences for this progress now? decisions you make, make great writing, then action is In many instances, life is you who you are. The internal necessary for life, or a fulfilled discovery. There is an old prov- thought process, the inten- Fest freebies, Stroh groundbreaking, life at least. erb which goes, "It's not the tions, only amount to what you Lookat interviews with those destination, it's the journey." conceive yourself to be. we admire. Look to those who Remember, we're all living the Your actions speak louder. have achieved the dreams that journey right now. Our boring first football game liven up day you desire. None of those suc- little lives are actually quite cess stories would have been unique, each and every one of Respond to Eric at If today is a cup, it runneth University lawn. Frisbees, students. Why not attempt possible if those icons weren't them. [email protected] over. pens, can-cozies, candy and to be a part of Universijy his- The University has condoms dangling from tory? The Falcons could use crammed all of its "get beads are popular give- the support. And we know involved" activities into one aways. students could use the enter- day, and we suggest embrac- Campus Fest embodies the tainment (also, there's gen- ing at least one of the three college student's inability to erally free foam claws at the CALLING ALL COLUMNISTS options. turn down free stuff, so come first game). Campus Fest is on a out for an hour or two. Who And just in case that's not Thursday this year for knows, along with a free fris- enough, groundbreaking for AND CARTOONISTS!!!! the first time ever, pos- bee, you could successfully the Stroh Convocation Center sibly because organizers navigate through the hot is today at 4 p.m. in Lot 6. thought students would mess of tables and find the So whetheryou're into mak- check out early for Labor perfect student organization ing sports history, witness- Need a place to voice your opinions? The Forum Day weekend and miss a for your interests. ing groundbreaking years in Friday extravaganza. For those into sports, the making or collecting free section is looking for more people like you to And while the University tonight is the football home stuff, the University is mak- will not be providing free opener at the Doyt. Coach ing it really easy for you. write columns and illustrate for us. food for students looking for Dave Clawson is making his Pick one. 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By Nomaan Merchant to control health care debate The Associated Press By Charles Babington lic forums. Approval ratings for momentum during the August over the next decade. The Associated Press Obama, and for his health care recess, they say, and the presi- Neas said billions of dollars ROCHESTER, Minn. — Former Ohio Rep. lames Traficant walked proposals, dropped during the dent's high profile and still-con- can be saved by changing health out of a Minnesota prison yesterday morning after serving a seven- WASHINGTON — President month. siderable personal popularity are payment practices to discourage year sentence for bribery and racketeering. Barack Obama will deliver a major White House senior adviser needed to change the dynamic. unnecessary procedures. He also Thenine-term Democratfrom Youngstown left the Federal Medical prime-lime health care address to David Axelrod told reporters yes- "He's got to get into the nitty- said insurance and pharmaceuti- Center in Rochester and stepped into a waiting cab. Congress next week, opening an terday, "We believe this is the best gritty and embrace very concrete cal companies should be required Traficant, who wore a gray T-shirt, white shorts, white knee-high urgent autumn push to gain con- way to kick off the final discus- proposals," said Ralph Neas, head tooffer more savings to the nation's socks and had his famously wild hair pulled back, ignored a report trol of the debate that has been sions, the final debate, and bring of the National Coalition on health care system because they er's shouted question. slipping from his grasp under this thing to a close in a way that Healthcare. will benefit from millions of new He faces three years of probation. He hasn't said whether he will withering Republican-led attacks. is meaningful." Richard Kirsch, national cam- customers if greater coverage of retire or try to return to public life. Scheduling of the speech next Listeners to Obama's speech paign manager for the liberal Americans is mandated. Traficant, 68, was one of Congress' most colorful members, known Wednesday night, just a day after will have "a clear sense of what advocacy group Health Care for Such demands could be awk- for his hair and his penchant for Star Trek references, including brief' lawmakers return from their he proposes and what health care America Now, said, "It's really clear ward for Obama He has praised floor speeches typically punctuated with the phrase, "Beam me up." August recess, underscores the reform is not," Axelrod said. He they understand they have to pro- those industries for the cost reduc- He was convicted in a raucous trial in 2002 of bribery and racke- determination of the White House declined to offer details of what vide more presidential leadership, tions — worth tens of billions teering for accepting bribes from businessmen and taking kickbacks to confront critics of Obama's the president might discuss. more presidential direction." of dollars over the next decade from staff members. He then was expelled from Congress, only the overhaul proposals and to buck Axelrod said earlier that all the Kirsch said Obama doesn't have — they already have pledged to second House member since the Civil War to be ousted for unethical up supporters who have been •key ideas for revising health care to provide legislative language, make. conduct. thrown on the defensive. Allies are "on the table," suggesting but he must detail "the contours Before Obama's speech to Traficant was transferred in 2004 to the Rochester facility, which have been urging the president to that Obama will not offer major of the reform he needs." Congress was announced, the provides specialized medical services to inmates. be more specific about his plans new proposals. It's far from dear that Obama's Republicans' top negotiator on His three years of probation will include a requirement to report and to take a greater role in the But he may talk more specifi- speech will satisfy grumbling lib- health care indicated Wednesday regularly to a probation officer, be subject to unannounced home debate, and aides have signaled cally about his top priorities, and erals For instance, he consistently that bipartisan talks would con- visits and get permission before traveling outside northern Ohio. he will do that in the address to perhaps add details to pend- has refused to insist on a govern- tinue despite White House sug- Economically depressed Youngstown was a beneficiary of a joint session of Congress in the ing plans, to save a high-profile ment-run program to compete gestions that he and another GOP Traficant's time in Congress, but it wasn't dear what kind of recep- House chamber. initiative whose defeat would with private health insurers, a top bargainer have not acted in good tion he would get. The speech's timing also sug- deliver a huge blow to his young goal of liberals, even though he faith. Some residents planned a welcoming party for Traficant's return, gests that top Democrats have presidency. says he prefers such an option. fill Kozeny, a spokeswoman selling S20 tickets for a bash with a suggested dress code of skinny all but given up hope for a bipar- Many advocates of sweeping Axelrod called the public option for Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, ties, denim suits and bell-bottom pants — all part of his trademark tisan breakthrough by Senate health care changes — which important, but stopped short of said the accusations were unjusti- style. Finance Committee negotia- would include health coverage for saying it was essential to a final fied. She said Grassley and the five Traficant's wife, Tish, told The Associated Press in an e-mail last tors. The White House had given virtually every American, greater bill other Senate Finance Committee week that she would pass along an AP interview request to her hus- those six lawmakers until Sept competition among insurers and Several lawmakers say Obama members — half Republicans, band. 15 to draft a plan, but next week's incentives to increase the quality must convincingly show that he half Democrats — will hold their In Youngstown, former Traficant congressional staff member speech comes well ahead of that of care instead of the number of can reduce the cost of pending scheduled conference call tomor- Linda Kovachik hung yellow ribbons outside her house to welcome deadline. medical procedures performed health care plans. Nonpartisan row to try again to reach common Traficant home. She talked Tuesday with Tish Traficant, who indi- It follows an August recess in — welcomed the president's more budget officials have said Obama's ground on a health care bill that cated that her husband plans a short vacation after his release. which critics of Obama's health direct role. Obama and congres- proposals could increase the fed- could win broad support in the Probation requirements would require him to check in with his proposals dominated many pub- sional Democrats clearly lost eral deficit by about SI trillion full Senate. probation officer within several days of his release.

Gibson steps down from ABC's 'World News'; Sawyer named as replacement

By David Baudar Woodruff in 2006. He's been leading in the ratings for the co-host with Robin Roberts. nally envisioned as a stopgap The Associated Press • at ABC News for 35 years and past year, with "World News" ABC said it had no immediate of a few months turned into says he plans to continue as a solid second. announcement on what will nearly a decade. N EW YORK — Cha rles Gibson an occasional contributor. "The program is now oper- happen on that show, which After Peter Jennings' death is retiring at the end of the Sawyer's elevation means ating at a very accelerated, is also second in the ratings from cancer in 2005, Westin year and Diane Sawyer will that, with Katie Couric at but steady, cruising speed to NBC. replaced him with an anchor replace him in January as CBS, two of the three lead- and 1 think it is an oppor- Gibson's biggest impact team of Woodruff and anchor of ABC's "World News," ing anchors for the broadcast tune time for a transition at ABC is when he stepped Elizabeth Vargas. But after the network said yesterday. networks will be women. — both for the broadcast and into the breach during times Woodruff was seriously hurt Gibson, 66, said he had His comforting presence for me," Gibson said in an of need. He had left "Good inawartimeinjuryandVargas been planning to retire at the made him an instant ratings e-mail to fellow ABC News Morning America," but the became pregnant, Gibson end of 2007 but events com- hit at "World News" at a time staffers. "Life is dynamic; it program was imploding in was asked to take over. ENOCH WU I THE BG NEWS pelled him to stay. He was the other networks had much is not static." the ratings when ABC News "We owe him much for the RETIREMENT: Anchorman Charlie Gibson named anchor following the younger anchors. But NBC's Sawyer will leave a hole President David Westin asked leadership he gave us when rehearses before a segment of ABCs "World death of Peter Jennings and Brian Williams eventually at ABC's "Good Morning him and Sawyer to step in we needed it most," Westin News" live from the University on Oct. 7 2008. the wartime injury of Bob passed him by and has been America," where she was as anchors. What was origi- said. Gfcson is retiring alter nearly 55 years at ABC NATION BRIEFS

BG NEWS WIRE SOURCES Accused Holocaust Democratic fundraiser Johnston: Palin wanted Anonymous source: DJ Stranger accused of Forced to shrink, Army shooter denied release faces new allegations in to adopt grandchild AM autopsy finds pills slapping crying child at National Guard gets from jail New York in stomach store pickier ANCHORAGE. Alaska (AP)-Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palms WASHINGTON-An 89-year-old NEW YORK - Prosecutors have lev- NEW YORK-DJ AM had prescrip- STONE MOUNTAIN. Ga (AP) COLUMBUS-Suffer from a bad grandchild, said the former Republican vice white supremacist charged with killing eled new allegations against a wealthy tion pills in his stomach and one in his - Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed case of acne? That could disqualify you presidential candidate wanted to adopt his a security guard at the US Holocaust fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and other throat when police found him dead in his with a crying 2-year-old girl at a Wal- from joining the Army National Guard. child so that people wouldn't know her 17- Memorial Museum was ordered to top Democrats, claiming he paid back a apartment, a New York City official said Mart slapped the child several times after Too many speeding tickets? In today's year-old daughter was pregnant. remain in jail yesterday after pros- $74 million fraudulent loan by deceiving a yesterday. warning the toddler's mother to keep her slimmer, smarter Guard, that could keep In an interview with Vanity Fair, you out. too. ecutors said the trail man was still second bank. The official told The Associated Press quiet. Johnston said Palm had a plan to deal with dangerous because he had "no true Hassan Nemazee was arrested last that six pills were found in the celebrity A police report says after the stranger Under pressure from the Pentagon Bristol's pregnancy. friends" and "nothing to lose." week on charges that accuse him of using disc jockey's stomach and that the pill in hit the girl at least four times, he said: to trim its ranks, the Guard has been A judge also ordered James von forged documents to get a loan from 'Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She his throat appeared to be the powerful "See. I told you I would shut her up. quietly phasing in new restrictions that Brunn to undergo a competency Citibank. Shortly after the FBI first ques- was nagging - she wouldn't give it up. She painkiller OxyContin. Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is make it harder to enlist evaluation despite objections from tioned him. authorities said he hastily paid would say. 'So, are you gonna let me adopt The official didn't know how strong charged with felony cruelty to children. It "To get in now. you have to be the him?' We both kept telling her we were the wheelchair-bound suspect. He was back the bank. a dose each pill contained and wasn t was unclear if he had an attorney and a cream of the crop." said Sgt. 1st Class definitely not going to let her adopt the otherwise nonchalant and even smiled In a letter to a judge made public yes- sure what kind of pills were in DJ AM's telephone call to his home yesterday was Brian Clum, a recruiter in Ohio baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol when a prosecutor said he wanted to terday, prosecutors said they had frozen stomach. unanswered. Military officials portray the cutbacks kill as many people as possible in the look good, and she didn't want people to Nemazee's bank accounts after discover- -Colleen Long (AP) Authorities say the girl and her mother as an effort to trim excess from a Guard June 10 attack. know that her 17-year-old daughter was ing he paid off the $74 million loan with were shopping Monday when the tod- force that was bloated from years of going to have a kid." Johnston told the - Jessica Gresko (AP) money from a line of credit from another dler began crying. The police report says successful recruiting, especially during magazine for its October edition, which bank. Nemazee used fake documents to Stephens approached the mother and the recession. goes on sale Saturday. Excerpts of the open the line of credit, prosecutors said. said. "If you don't shut that baby up. I will interview were posted yesterday on the - Meghan Barr (AP) -Tom Hays (AP) shut her up for you" magazine's Web site

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Brandon Lang and Cameron Sheffield ace Troy's defensive ends, DuJuan Harris is Troy's running back, and he is look to repeat as a New coach Dave Clawson has implemented his new offensive and both of them are e-pected lo be taken m next year's NFL Draft. 1.000-yard rusher He had 1.128 yards on 210 carries last season. The and defensive systems, and the players seem to be adjusting well. Last season, the senior duo combined for 16 sacks and are looking Falcons defense struggled against the run last season, allowing over However, the home opener will be the first true test of how well the to do much of the same this year In charge of stopping them are 200 yards of rushing yards more than once. But BG also has six new player's have made the adjustment Troy has no problem forcing a tackles Brady Minturn and Tyler Donahue starters in its front seven, which should make Harris mouth water. turnover so the players need to be crisp and clean on every play.

WITH JUST THREE RETURNING STARTERS, THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO STEP IT UP. The Falcons are returning seniors Jerrett Sanderson. P. J. Mahone and Jahmal Brown, but that is it Offensively. Troy returns its top skill players in quarterback Levi Brown, running back DuJuan Harris and receiver Jerrel Jernigan. And those skill players will are capable of running all over the Falcons' D. That said, first year starters like linebacker Cody Basler. cornerbacks Roger Williams and Adrien Spencer and linemen Angelo Magnone and Nick Torresso will need to get into a rhythm soonei rather than later to stop a potent Troy offense.

Falcons to play under the lights, welcome ANDREW Sun Belt champs to Doyt for season opener HARNER SPORTS EDITOR By Andrew Harncr things, and I'm sure we're going to see a hand- Sports Editor ful of mistakes." Problem No. 1 is that Troy is a team that Every first-year footballcoachatthellniversity can make another team pay for any mistake it Take a trip back to high school and has won his first game with the program since makes. The Trojans have forced 214 turnovers 1935. since 2001, which is 14th best among Division attend tonight's home opener For Dave Clawson. continuing that trend 1 -A football teams. will be a challenge as the Falcons take on Problem No. 2 is that the Trojans were Falcon quarterback Tyler Sheehan feels like defending Sun Belt Conference champion picked to repeat as Sun Belt champions in he is going back to high school today. Troy tonight at Doyt Perry Stadium, but it the conference's preseason coaches poll and It's not because bells were installed in the does seem his team is on target for where they come into the game with a vote in the USA academic buildings, it's because he'll have need to be for their season opener. Today/Coaches poll and the AP poll. class today, then an evening football game. "The only thing I judge is that we've gotten Meanwhile, the Falcons were picked to "It's little different," Sheehan said. "Some better, and we have gotten better," Clawson said. "I'm sure we're going to see some good See OPENER | Page 8 See COLUMN | Page 8 WWW.BGVIEWS.COM SPORTS Thursday. September I 2009 7;

THE BG NEWS SUDOKU New conference season kicks off with 5 6 9 1 new coaches and top quarterbacks 7 5 2 2 6 By Se.in Shapiro "I think there is great could be an early indicator of Tim Assistant Sports Editor who will he playing for the con- Hiller expectations that ference tide. On the preseason When coach Dave Clawson In the MAC East there isn't a makes his Falcon coaching dehut surround our football dear favorite entering the sea- watch list for the 9 2 8 5 this evening, he won't be the only son; even though Buffalo picked Unitas award coach looking to make a good program." up the most votes, every team impression in his first season. except for Miami gained at least £ 7 2 8 3 9 6 Of the 13 teams in the Mid- Butch Jones I Central Michigan one nod to win the division. 1 couldn't do it without them." American Conference, five have Another quarterback who new coaches this season, includ- State where he compiled a 15-38- Quarterbacks lead the way could grab headlines this sea- 6 9 ing Ball State's Stan Parrish, 2 record over five seasons, For many teams, their chanc- son is Eastern Michigan's Andy Miami's Mike Hayvvood, Toledo's es to cam a place in the MAC Schmitt, who threw for 2,648 Tim Beckman and Ron Knglish at CM U early favorite Championship game will heavily yards and 30 total touchdowns 4 6 1 2 Eastern Michigan. Central Michigan is the pre- rely on the play of their quarter- in 2008. For many of the coaches, the season favorite to win the con- backs. decision to take a head coach- ference this season, after 18 of Last season, Ball State's Nate National Stage Opponents 9 7 3 ing position came after spending the 26 media outlets picked them Davis and Buffalo's Drew Willy Last season, the MAC had a years as assistant coaches at larg- to win in the annual preseason were key contributors to both conference-record four wins SUDOKU E 9 I Ml F 6 Z er programs, such as Hayvvood media poll. teams, making it to Detroit before against Big Ten opponents. This To play: Complete the grid ill I 9 » E 8 S who coached at Notre Dame and "I think there is great expecta- Buffalo upset the Cardinals to year, they have a similar oppor- so that every row, column 8 ► S Z 6 E ill English who spent last season as tions that surround our football take the title. tunity, as the conference will play and every 3x3 box contains 9 6 E S 8 Z I L F Louisville's defensive coordinator. program, but it stops at that," This season, there is an abun- 10 games against opponents from the digits 1 to 9.There is no "I thought that it was time and S I 8 9 F I Z E 6 said CMU coach Butch loncs. dance of strong MAC quarter- the Big Ten. guessing or math involved. felt Eastern was ready to sup- "We always say, it's not where you backs, starting with the obvious The highlight of the MAC-Big F t I E I 6 8 S 9 Just use logic to solve port football and ready to win," start, it's where you finish." headliners: Central Michigan's Ten schedule takes place Saturday I S 9 8 I I 6 » E English said at MAC Media Day. Jones' team finished their 2008 Dan Lefevour and Western when Western Michigan visits I 8 fr 6 E S L 9 I "I was excited about the oppor- campaign with an 8-5 record but Michigan's Tim Hiller. Michigan. The game will be aired tunity." ended on a sour note, losing to Both along with BG's Tyler on national television. I E 6 II! S I 8 While English and Hayvvood Florida Atlantic in the recently- Sheehan, were named to the pre- Other BCS schools to play both had to move locations to renamed Motor City Bowl. season watch list for the Johnny MAC schools this season include accept their new jobs, the only It appears the biggest compe- Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Connecticut, Baylor, Tennessee change for Parrish was his tide as tition for the Chippewas in the Maxwell Award and the Manning and Missouri. he was promoted from offensive MAC West will be in-state rival Award all given annually to the coordinator when Brady lloke Vfestem Michigan who garnered nation's top quarterback Bowl Disappointment took a job with San Diego State. eight first-place votes in the poll. "It's a tremendous honor, but While the MAC had strong reg- For Parrish, it's his first head The Broncos have lost the I think it's a testament to our ular season in 2008. they strug- coaching job in over 20 years. head-to-head battle with Central coaches and our teammates," gled come bowl season, where all During the late 1980s he was in Michigan the last two seasons Hiller said. "The guys around me five teams to earn a bid failed to charge at Marshall and Kansas and their meeting on October 17 are helping me be in this position; deliver a victory.

Mankowski joins Falcon coaching staff Schilling interested in vacant senate seat

By Paul Barnay appearances in 10 years. Mike By Glen Johnson cal affiliation — to help get think he'd want me as his Reporter From there, it was onto the Mankowski The Associated Press this state back to the place it campaign manager." Toledo Storm of the East Coast Joined the hockey deserves to be." So far, no major Republicans Mike Mankowski was intro- Hockey League and the Toledo BOSTON — Curt Schilling, Schilling refused to com- have taken out nomination duced to the Falcon hockey IceDiggers, serving as an assis- coaching staff on the former major league ment when his office was con- papers to be a candidate in family as an assistant to coach tant coach, scout, general man- July 31 pitcher who won the alle- tacted by phone. the Ian. 19 special election. Dennis Williams July 31. ager and head coach, respec- giance of Bostonians by lead- The 42-year-old lives in Former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healcy Mankowski enters his tively. ing the Red Sox to the 2004 suburban Medfield and cam- and state Sen. Scott Brown first year at BG coming from Having spent most of his whole. World Series, said yesterday paigned for President George are among those considering Canisius, where he spent career in Toledo, Mankowski "I think everything has been that he has "some interest" in W. Bush in 2004 and Sen. John campaigns. the last four years serving as is thrilled about having the very positive to this point, and running for the seat held for McCain in 2008. Democrats said to be con- an assistant and recruiting opportunity to come back to one of the things that we want to nearly 50 years by Democratic As a player, he won three sidering a campaign include coordinator. During his ten- the area in which he got his do is just continue to move for- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. World Series, in 2001 with U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch of ure with the Golden Griffins, start. ward and progress," Mankowski Schilling, a registered the Arizona Diamondbacks Boston, Michael Capuano of Mankowski made a name "It's great to be back in said. "Our goal is to assume best independent and longtime and in 2004 and 2007 with Somerville and John Tierney for himself in regards to his Northwest Ohio and in the case scenario at this point and Republican supporter, wrote the Red Sox. He became a Sox of Salem, as well as Kennedy's recruiting efforts. Midwest," Mankowski said, be prepared to have steps in on his blog that while his fam- legend when he won Game 6 nephew, former U.S. Rep. His first full recruiting class "lust to be back where I know a place, assuming that best case ily and video gaming compa- of the 2004 American League Joseph P. Kennedy II. in 2006-07 earned 12 league lot of familiar faces is just a fun scenario happens." ny, 38 Studios, are high priori- Championship Series while So far, only state Attorney weekly honors, the most of any thing," From what he has seen thus ties, "I do have some interest blood from an injured ankle General Martha Coakley Division I hockey team in the While with the Falcons, far, Mankowski believes the in the possibility." seeped through his sock. He has taken out papers for a country. Mankowski didn't Mankowski will serve the team is in a position to do some "That being said, to get to retired in March. Democraticcampaign, though stop there, however, as he same duties he fulfilled at damage and move up the ranks there, from where I am today, He and his wife, Shonda, she has refused to make any recruited the top two rookie Canisius, working as an assis- in the league. many, many things would have four children ages 7 to follow-up comment. scorers in Atlantic Hockey the tant coach and recruiting "Passion seems to be a word have to align themselves 14. Kennedy died last week at following year. coordinator. that continues to float around for that to truly happen," he Reaction among the Red age 77 from a brain tumor. A But even before achiev- With the tradition and his- our conversations with the added. Sox was decidedly jovial yes- special election to replace ing great success at Canisius, tory of BG hockey, Mankowski staff and I think the players Any other comment "would terday. him is scheduled for Jan. 19, Mankowski got his start in said he is excited and honored are starting to sense that and be speculation on top of spec- "If he runs, good luck," said although the Massachusetts Ohio. to be a part of it. Even in light feel that," he said. "1 believe ulation," Schilling said, add- first baseman Kevin Youkilis. Legislature is considering After graduating from Toledo of the fact that the hockey pro- that passion, coupled with hard ing, "My hope is (hat whatever "I don't know if I'd want to do a bill that would allow Gov. in 1990, Mankowski was the gram is currently only guar- work and getting our system in happens, and whomever it that job." Deval Patrick to fill the seat head coach at St. John's Jesuit anteed to last through this place, we can win some hockey happens to, this state makes Team manager Terry on an interim basis during the High School in Toledo, where season, Mankowski remains games and really move up the the decision and chooses the Francona said Schilling campaign. he led his team to six Ohio positive about his future, as ladder in the CCHA." best person — regardless of should do whatever makes That bill is the subject of a high school state Frozen Four well as Falcon hockey as a sex, race, religion or politi- him happy but noted, "I don't hearing next week. THE BG NEWS PICKS OF THE WEEK SPORTS The day has come College BRIEF football has returned to tne gridiron And with that, we Motor City Bowl gets new sponsor, changes bring you 8G News pick name ems. We've got a new look crew for you this year as Bowl officials have approved Little Caesars Pizza as the sponsor of the former design editor Taylor Ritcher Motor City Bowl, played annually at Ford Field in Detroit and campus editor Becky ANDREW HARNER SEAN SHAPIRO TAYLOR RICHTER BECKY TENER The game is played between the Mid-American Conference champion and a bowl- Tener add some estrogen to Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Design Editor Campus Editor eligible Big Ten team This year's contest is Dec. 26 at 1 pun this little game Last season the Motor City Bowl saw Central Michigan fall to Florida Atlantic "I'm a life-long sports fan." said Michael Hitch, co-founder and chairman of Little BG I tell myself I have to be differ- BG will continue their streak of Willie Geter and I share a similar New coach, new season. Ill be ent from everyone once a week winning season openers on a last class schedule. And I can see the optimistic Caesar Enterprises. Inc. 'This bowl is a great opportunity to provide a fun eipenence vs. Troy but I can t go against my gut on minute drive by the Falcons. hunger in his eye when we pass for families and college football fans, while supporting college athletics. And what this one. every MWF in Obcamp food goes better with football than Little Caesars pizza? Troy-7 BG 27. Troy 17 BG 55, Troy $5 BG 28. Troy 27 BG 17, Troy 14 The Little Ceasars Pizza bowl adds to the list of athletics Hitch has directly influ- enced in Detroit, he is currently the majority owner of both the NHLs Detroit Red Between all the new starters and Rumor has it Ducks have been Boise takes this one. mainly The Ducks have a pretty solid No. 16 Boise State the coaching changes at Oregon, known to dive bomb on Boise's because they have to rack up as offense and the Broncos just Wings and the MLB's Detroit Tigers. vs. No. 19 Oregon there will be too much confusion blue turf thinking its a lake and many wins as they can before aren't ready for it for a win. killing themselves. their inevitable loss at The Doyt. Boise -4.5 Boise 38, Oregon 27 Boise 58, Oregon 51 Boise 51, Oregon 24 Oregon 28, Boise 24 "Your ride around town'

Western can't seem to beat MAC The Broncos can make some I'm betting all that extra practice The Big House needs at least one Michigan rival Central Michigan. That will noise nationaly. but I can't see *r2V -J«V. — B.G. Transit is public transportation under the watchful eye of Coach win this season. vs. Western Michigan be funny after they beat the Big Michigan losing to a MAC school Rich Rodriguez pays off for the fo^* for all. This service is supported by the Ten's Michigan. for two straight seasons Wolverines. City of Bowling Green and is financed in part Michigan 11 WMU 21, Michigan 12 Michigan 51, WMU 27 Michigan 27, WMU 15 Michigan 51, WMU 10 through an operating grant from ODOT & FTA.

Oklahoma State is second most Georgia lost their starting running Bulldogs win because they're The Bulldog defense can't hold No. 9 Oklahoma St. overrated team in the AP poll. back and quarterback from a year good on the road but mostly the Cowboys back. Monday - Friday $3.50 Fare: vs. No. 13 Georgia Stay tuned to see who is the ago and OSU should be able to because I think coach is a long 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Persons 4-64 years of age most overrated. get the best of Georgia's defense lost relative Richt? Rkhter? Eh? Georgia 51, OSU14 OSU 27. Georgia 17 Georgia 24. OSU 21 OSU 55, Georgia 24 Saturday $1.75 Fare: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seniors (65+), persons I initially picked Central too. Dan Lefevour can run and hell After spending my summer in LeFevour knows what he's doing. with disabilities & children Arizona but then I saw the spread and need to to buy time against ASUs backyard, I've been told AU He just needs someone to catch No service on Sundays 4 to 13 years old** vs. Central Michigan changed my mind. Arizona, but I still see him leading is about as good the "Shagtus" the ball. or holidays the Chippewas to an upset expenment was for the Suns. Children under 4 ride free Arizona -13.5 Arizona 55. CMU 24 CMU 22, Arizona 21 CMU 52. Arizona 26 CMU 21. Arizona 15 To schedule a ride, please call No. 7 Virginia Tech Whos it going to be? It's obvi- VT simply returns way too many I like Forrest Gump's alma mater QB Tyrod Taylor can t throw ously one of these two teams. weapons while Alabama will have in this Top 10 contest Nick Saban under this pressure and I still 1-800-579-4299 Ohio Relay Network: 1-800-750-0750 vs. No. S Alabama Let's just say the team's name to find ways to get the ball to and wins go together like peas don't know what a Hokie is. rhymes with hide. playmaker Julio Jones. and carrots. One hour advance reservation required Alabama -6.5 VT 51. Alabama 20 VT 27. Alabama 17 Alabama 25. VT 19 Alabama 27, VT 17 **Transit ID card required. For more information call 354*6203 Overall record 0-0 0-0 0-0 00 of check oui our wchsile at www.hgohio.iHg/grants . 8 Thursday. September B. 2009 SPORTS WWWBGVIEWS.COM

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WR: 7 catches, 72 yards, 1 26 Shore shoe style pact 131 y |oi0 | | * 1 1 xv 29 "Incidentally ..." 64 Word spoken with a head slap Xnv|lN31dOl|VNU 33 Excavated areas 65 Swiss cough drop 1 I 110 |l 1 *0|S1 1 d 34 Author Godwin 66 Occupant of a tiny house A93H1 Al|l01 iildO Tokyo-born artist |S 3 A MHO 1 H ■ I 36 _ Lama 67 3 « n vjBfv Mvnjun 1 1 i 37 Messenger _ 68 One way to be aware H v a THM H attw w r v M i 38 Superior bills? REAL RECORD VIRTUAL RECORD 1 1 1 *Hs 3 HIU 3 1 1 1 H 0-0 1-0 1X3 nmn 1 sflv n 8 v 1 d Help Wanted For Rent Classified Ads — senior quarterback Tyler sive players from last year Sheehan — is well aware of what — quarterback Levi Brown, 419-372-6977 CAMPUS MARKETERS NEEDED 1 BR apt across from campus, OPENER Looking for outgoing, motivated S350/mo + util, avail, immediately! they are capable of and knows running back Duluan Harris The BG WHS will mil knowingly accepl From Page 6 .idvi-riiM-mciiiN ihat discriminate, or students to help market job Call 419-897-5997. no play is over until the whistle and receiver lerrell Jernigan. encourage discrimination against any Indi- opportunities on campus ish fifth in the Mid-American blows. Brown showed exceptional vidual or group on the basis of race. sex. $10 00/hr. flex hours. cotor. creed, religion, national origin, sexual Call 888-839-3385 for more info 1 BR apt, 854 8th St, $410./mo + Conference preseason poll, but "They fly around and they hit accuracy in his eight starts orientation, disability, status as a veteran, elec w/ $410 security dep. No pets. considering how good Troy is, people," Sheehan said. "They last season, completing 61.7 or on the basis of any other legally pro- Call 419-392-3354 tected status Opening for on-call finishing position a win tonight could earn BG can make some mistakes in percent of passes and throw- at Century Marketing in BG. some recognition and spike coverage, but they can catch up ing just three interceptions. 1st or 2nd shift poss, minim wage. Cozy, 1 BR duplex w/ deck, close to their confidence. with the speed they have." That offensive core has had Go to: [email protected] campus, yr lease, parking Incl. However, Clawson admitted If Sheehan is given time to Clawson's attention throughout $400/mo ♦ elec. call 419-654-5716. there are teams from bigger con- throw, he will find easier com- his preparations for the game City Events Perrysburg family needs person for ferences that would certainly be pany downfield, as the Trojans saying the top-notch talent and laundry, light housekeeping. & meal COZY, clean 2 room efficiency, have four first-year starters in balance the offense holds will prep. Monday-Friday, 3:30-6 30pm ideal for grad student, non-smoking. easier teams to play in week one RUMMAGE SALE, S8/hr. apply at: [email protected] $445/mo, utilities included. than one of the top mid-major the secondary. pose his team quite a challenge. First Christian Church, Call 419-352-2104 programs in the country. And given the tough front Troy But the way he has coached corner of Haskins 8 Poe Rd. Spanish tutor needed tor pre-school 5-8pm Wed. 9am-3pm Thurs S Fri. "There's a lot of BCS teams will put forth, it's not unlikely to his team has them ready for any student in our Perrysburg home. Quiet upstairs 2 bdrm Living Rm. full that would be a much easier first think Sheehan will be looking challenge. Looking lor dynamic and fun tutor for bath, kitchen/dinette. $480. Year draw than Troy,'' Clawson said. for his top receiving targets — "Hopefully (we seel a team our active learner. Early childhood lease. 419-654-5716. Wanted education preferred, reliable trans- And that is because of all the seniors Freddie Barnes, lyrone that plays hard," Clawson portation req. Contact Beth at: talent the Trojans are returning Pronty and Jimmy Scheidler said. "The one thing that we've bethweststamps@yahoo com Rooms low as S225/mo. 2 blcks from preached to our guys all along Singers of any ability are invited to unlv. 1.2 BR low as $450/mo. on offense and defense this — fairly regularly if Willie Geter Also 1/1/10-1 81 2 BRapts season. isn't able to move the ball on the is good football teams are tough join the choir at Trinity United Waitresses/bartenders needed at Methodist Church in BG. Doc's Restaurant. Apply in person at Cartyrentals.com/ call 419-353-0325 IVoy has two future NFL draft ground. ... good football teams always Students receive $250 scholarship. 18625 Main St, Tontogany. picks in their defensive ends, On the Falcon defensive front, play hard regardless if they are Contact: [email protected] 419-823-4081 www.meccabg.com Brandon Lang and Cameron there is very little experience. Of up 14 or down 14." Mecca Management, Inc. Sheffield; and star lineback- die front seven, the only return- And while it's impossible to 419-353-5800 ers Boris Lee and Bear Woods ing starter is senior linebacker know of the Falcons will ever Help Wanted For Rent anchoring a defense that fin- lerrett Sanderson. In the second- be up by 14 points tonight, ished third in the country with ary, the Falcons return senior Clawson does seem to have his BARTENDING' up to $300/day. No 3.23 sacks per game last season. safeties lahmal Brown and III. team in position to make him "Across from Kohl Hall, HUGE 2br exp. necessary. Training provided. Apt. Great view of BGSU, Ig kitch, UAMSHllPM Those four returners accounted Mahone. the 10th straight Falcon coach Call 800-965-6520 ext. 174. dining rm, W/D. off-Street Parking. 7 DAYS A WEEK for 22.5 of the team's 37. Troy will go against them, to win his first game in the $595/mo, Call 614-668-1116. After-school child care staff needed. The man they will be after returning its three best offen- orange and brown. must be available M-W-F, 3-6pm or Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3-6pm. 1 8 2 BR apts, quiet neighborhood "SamB's Contact Susan for specials at: Contact Sara at: thunderstix that will be given stop, take a seat and wait. It [email protected] 419-841-9816 or 419-345-4768. consistently COLUMN to the first 10,052 students, the will take you pretty close. Or, Babysitter needed M-F, 9am-12pm. 1 8 2 BR apts. close to campus, free food and live music at the call your off-campus friends From Page 6 tor 2 year old boy $395 8 $550/mo ♦ electric, pets OK. serves the best Falcon Fiesta outside the stu- and see if you can hitch a ride. Call Beth at 419-409-0567. Avail now. call 419-708-9981 of us are going to have to go dent gate, starting at 5:30 p.m. And if all else fails, no one ever to class in the morning so it's and the game itself is a pretty complains about having to food between kind of like high school again." big deal, as a Falcon win would walk when they're in a group Maybe the team should play be an upset and a momentum of people, right? MILAGE Perrysburg and some Bowling For Soup before builder for the team. "Well I don't know anything APARTMENTS the game. You know, "High "This is a big game for us about football," you may say. Bowllnjufci-cen/ Columbus." School Never Ends." because we can get a little Well, I'm betting at least one Gaming Society The Toledo Blade Food Critic But how they feel and what national recognition beating person in your circle of friends * Apartments Available * music is on the pregame playl- Troy," Sheehan said. has at least a basic knowledge * Minutes from BGSU * ist isn't really the point here. Nonetheless, I'm sure there of the game. If you get con- Join us every Friday DINE-INQDELIVERY This column is all about you are students out there who fused, ask him or her what just for board games, * Pet friendly community * — that's right, the student. would throw out the tradition- happened. And if you don't card games, video BG will kick off its season al excuses of why going to a have someone like that, cheer * Gas included * tonight against Troy at 7 p.m. in football game just isn't worth for the team in orange, espe- games, miniatures, * Reasonably Priced * Doyt Perry Stadium, and there their time, but I'm not going cially if the referee puts his RPG's and more! is truly no good reason for any to have it. arms up over his hand after the CALL FOR SPECIALS! student on- or off-campus not "I've got homework," you may team in orange crosses into the Every Friday 6-12pm Located at. to be in attendance. say. orange paint. Do the opposite 300 Napoleon Road So let's all join Sheehan and That's almost fair, as I, for when it happens to the other Third floor of the in Bowling Green www.sambs.com get in the high school mindset one, feel doing your home- team. Student Union and go back to a time where work is vital to having good You really don't need to have HAPPY HOURS 9-11™ going to the football game grades and a successful col- a detailed understanding of 4>9-352-633S meant more about being with lege career, but even the best football to come to a game and others than the actual game of students don't turn in every enjoy yourself. There's the tail- on the field. little assignment. We are in the gating, the giveaways, the time I can speak from personal second week of school, I really spent with friends and if all .to- experience, as I come from doubt you have any significant goes well, a home team victory. a small town with a medio- papers to write or assignments Plus, having a good crowd cre at best Division III high that you can't B.S. your way is really important to coaches J school football team. Yet, the through in 30 minutes. and players. place seemed to always be "I have class," you may say. "You always like to play at $*y**r crawling with students of Again, almost fair, as 1 have home," said first-year coach 100On 4 Sal act Qoodyear Tires INTED IEEI* all ages every week, most of only intentionally skipped Dave Clawson. "Hopefully, .- mvw22*vit°!™rJj>jxr.'i!Si!*a: _„.' them clueless to what the class on my birthday. And it there's a lot of orange and score was. didn't kill me or my grades. brown in the stands |so| that it y 198 Football fan or not, attend- The only way I will excuse you feels like a home crowd advan- 20oFF On ANY ing athletic events is way to from the game is if you have an tage. Hopefully, we can get that Brake Service OIL CHANGE show pride in your school and exam, and again, it's the sec- student record we're pushing -Fl ^..echanical , wtthTlroRotitlon' have a good time with some ond week of school, so I know for." friends and what else do you you don't have one. But if you No one wants to disappoint V«OM>DMM*ffl'mi«MaM/ll.<'OI#f ;». McoTmVmr wini», 1 ^wowfcKttWAmicwoM'U/oy yooiwtoiKMiTi am* CVMN, <.?/•■/ really have to do on a Thursday do, it's perfectly acceptable to the new guy, right? Especially L •UMUMTU0 m night? come to a game at half-time. a new guy who has gone out of And this particularThursday, "The stadium is so far his way to make himself visible the athletic department is hop- away from Offenhauer and in the student community. Across from ALDI ing to get 10,052 students into Founders," you may say. So let's all take a short trip UEMlCECEHTERSi the stadium to set a new stu- Here's my suggestion to back to high school, where dent attendance record. Who those not wanting to make the things were simpler and foot- CaMtlhf UHnxu. 41M4M471 FnaM lmmuist 4U1313M1 HaaM miMmlC* 41S-M1 ltltH ■MM tamtttm 41MW7JU KMMMo rmwcuw 4*471-7111 MIFaa SllBakta 4lHSl-nnH doesn't want to be part of his- i] in' MI minute walk, which ball games were more than just Pwntat iHttHMcHi) 41MIMM1 MttM 222WH* 41M7S-/U1 !■*»&«« mili.ll 4U-1S2S7N|] tory? I know I do. I wouldn't want to do either. games. If Tyler Sheehan can do M* iTismftaiu •JHMM SaAMMt iso Shram 41SS35-3M3 *ml**c» UNNMW** MMJUtnH Not to mention the free Find the nearest shuttle bus it, so can you. ¥- sm tam St 419MJ-SM4 FwkfeFvt MHaamSt 41M754I71 BGSl FALCONS VS. TROYTROJANS 'HEBGN

TROY HAS QUARTERBACK LEVI BROWN SLINGING PASSES ACROSS THE FIELD. BUT BG HAS SAFETIES P.J. MAHONE AND JAHMAL BROWN AND THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR SOME PIGSKIN PIE

TROY HAS VETERAN COACH LARRY BLAKENEY WHO'S GUIDED THE TROJANS TO 144 WINS IN 18 YEARS. BUT BG HAS A NEW COACH WHO'S GOT CHAMPIONSHIP ASPIRATIONS AND A FIRE LIT UNDER HIS SQUAD

TROY SHOWED SOME PROMISE ON THE ROAD IN 2008. BUT BG HAS THE DOYT.

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When they're not calling plays on the TROY? football field, seniors Tyler Sheehan and Freddie Barnes may be calling The Troy Trojans will invade Doyt Perry shots of a different variety. Stadium tonight for the season opener. Instead of die "Monday. Monday, set, hut" Sheehan will bark out count- less numbers of times during games While a mid-major school is not as impressive as the this season, it's a calmer. "Fight ball, last two schools BG opened the season with - Minnesota comer pocket" during a game of bil- and Pittsburgh - the Trojans will still provide a formidable liards in the team room. challenge. And unless Sheehan is a liar, that is most likely how it plays out more often than not As last season's Sun Belt Conference champions, the "I think I am Ibetter], and I think he'd Trojans are looking to repeat and start their season off on admit to that too." Sheehan said. "But CHRISTINA MCGIHNIS ■! I '. the right foot. he's not bad." The duo has been using their bil- BUDDIES: Seniors Tyler Sheehan (left) and Freddie Barnes get along oil the field as well as they do on the field. The two have combined for over 1.000 yards the two seasons and can be found in the liards to set a good example of off-the- Here are some quick facts about the Trojans. field interaction to supplement their team room shooting pool in their spare time natural on-the-fidd success because Sheehan and Barnes to carry to load ing two touchdowns in the third game as captains, it's partly their job to throughout the season. of the season — a 48-35 home win -Troy has had at least a share of the Sun Belt Conference ensure younger players understand For Sheehan, the pressure comes over Temple, last season, Barnes was championship the past three years. getting along off-the-field breeds on- from being elected a captain, not limited to nine games due to injury field success. because of what the fans may be but was still second on the team with "1ft .ill about chemistry," Sheehan expecting from him. 355 receiving yards. -Last season, Troy finished 8-5 and lost to Southern said. "If you get along off the field, "Maybe a little bit just to lead the And Barnes doesn't expect that Mississippi in the New Orleans Bowl. you'll get along on the field. It's not a way," Sheehan said. "We were both chemistry to go away this season. one way street" elected captains so we need to do "Me and Tyler, we have always been And the better a team gets along what's necessary to lead the team from able to connect since I have been here, -Senior quarterback Levi Brown was originally recruited on the field, die better the chance that standpoint." and this year paying attention to detail by Dave Clawson at Richmond and earned the Sun Belt it has to win something like a Mid- Barnes said he doesn't really feel and having this new coaching staff has Newcomer of the Year award last season in his first season American Conference champion- that much pressure raining into this slowed us to do that more," Barnes ship — something the team has been season as die new coaching staff has said. as starter. without since 1992. The team hasn't put him in a position to make the Clawson said he's planning on run- even had a chance to play for die title plays he knows he needs to make. ning plays to get Barnes the ball, but -Also returning on offense for the Trojans are two since losing to Ben Roethlisberger and "Not so much," Barnes said. "The will in no way just run his passing Miami in 2003. main thing is the new coaching staff is game through his standout senior. juniors, running back DuJuan Harris and receiver Jerrel But the first senior quarterback/ making things a lot easier for us where "Wr.ll throw it to Freddie," Clawson Jernigan. wide receiver duo since Andy Sahm we don't have to put a lot of pressure said with a laugh. "Anytime you have a and Robert Redd in 2002 is looking on ourselves to do extra tilings." returning senior receiver and a senior to change all that — setting sights on That coaching staff— headed up by quarterback, those guys have to be on -Defensively. Troy returns five starters from last season's Ford Field in Detroit for the MAC title first-year coach Dave Clawson — lias the same page, but your passing game defensive line and linebacking squad, including potential game. implemented similar offense as the can't go through one guy." NFL draftee defensive ends Brandon Lang and Cameron "If we can end up at Ford Field, it Falcons have ran in recent years. Sheehan does have several other Sheffield. Linebacker Boris Lee - who led the team with would be a happy ending to my career," 'Ihat will be good news for Sheehan targets to throw to once the Sept 3 sea- 126 tackles last year - also returns. Barnes said. and Barnes, considering those two son opener against Troy rolls around, The Falcons will have to overcome have been on the same page since but he will likely put his own words to many obstacles on their way if they day one. the test, seeing if all those games with -However, the team lost both its starting cornerbacks plan to play in Detroit though, and as As sophomores, the two hit off with Barnes on the green felt off the field and safeties from last season. arguably the top two offensive players Barnes piling up 962 receiving yards will translate into success on the green on the team, fans will be looking to — mostly from Sheehan — and scor- turf of Doyt Perry Stadium. IM WWWBGVIEWS.COM BGSU Falcons VS Troy Trojans Thursday. September 3 2009 5 i

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