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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-23-2007 The BG News March 23, 2007 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 March 23, 2007" (2007). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7739. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7739 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 March 23,2007 Volume 101. Issue 122 WWWBGNEWSCOM You have been warned ^ Event focuses on tech trends Students can't play dumb anymore: RIAA is handing out pre-lawsuit alerts Speakers discuss the changes facing the terrorist?' ever-evolving Web world | Page 15 By Tim Sampson Reporter YouTube creates Anyone looking for a job at the t Iniversity or funding for a campus a new kind of organization first has to answer | celebrity one important question: Are you The Internet provides a terrorist? The Declaration Regarding a new medium for Material Assistance/No Assistance unknown stars to get to a Terrorist Organization, or their 15 minutes i)\i\. enacted by the state leg- islature last April requires all (Page 8 individuals applying for public employment or state funds to fill Harry Houdini's out a questionnaire regarding past activities related to organizations last secret on the U.S. State Department's to finally be lenorist Exclusion list. revealed The six-question form asks, among other things, whether a Since his death on person has ever been a member Halloween in 1926, of. knowingly provided assistance to or encouraged others to join controversy has one of the excluded organizations. surrounded the death By answering yes or by failing to of the famous magician answer no to any of the six ques- | Page 19 tions on the form, an application is automatically denied, and the applicant's information is for- warded to the Ohio Department Watch out for of Public Safety's Division of The BG News' I lomeland Security. blog Saturday As a state institution, the University currently requires all Don't forget to keep those seeking employment to fill up with the basketball out a DMA employment form game by visiting www. when they apply. In addition, those seeking to do business with blogs.bgnews.com the University must fill out either a DMA contract or vendor fomi. Until last week, doing busi- The Sweet 16 is ness with the University had included students seeking here and BG is refunds for spending on cam- a part of it! pus organizations, said Maureen ILLUSTRATION BY IARA MCOINNIS Ireland, purchasing agent in the Check out our 16 business office. things to watch for and Ireland said the business office By Chritti. K.rn.r expect in Saturday's Officer Kent Strickland said he recently changed its policy' so stu- Reporter "Our goal is to prevent people from hurting game | Page 11 feels it's a continuing problem on dents were no longer considered themselves through security presentations campus with more penalties than vendors and therefore no longer It'sonty aclickaway, but down- most students realize. required to sign the form. Underdog role loading music isn't as simple and notifications so that these students "Not only is it illegal, but id "It seems a bit much to make is embraced by as it seems. is not a good security practice someone who's requesting S10 to Music theft has increasingly don't get into deep trouble." with Identity theft being a major buy crate paper till out this form," Falcons become a threat to the record- risk when using these services.' said Ireland. ing industry and continues Toby Singer | Executive Director of "S Strickland said. Many students don't see sense Miller, team enjoy to be a problem with college On Wednesday, RIAA launched in the new requirement being an underdog in students. The University is not exempt executive director of ITS. its second wave in preventing this "It sounds sort of ridiculous," tourney | Page 11 In a Web interview with col- from this problem as BGSU's RIAA president Gary Sherman illegal activity from happening said Emily Berens, junior. "I don't lege journalists on Feb. 28, Mitch Internet Technology Services said he believes all students are In recent years, once the) see how it's supposed to weak." Bainwol, CEO of RIAA, said he continues to be proactive in stop- aware it's illegal. activity of illegal downloading Odiers shared Berens opinion. Liz Honegger continues to see a problem on ping students from doing this ille- A recent survey by the was discovered the suit was "They may not get much out BG Forward college campuses. gal activity. Intellectual Property Institute sent to the university because of it," said grad snident Christine "We clearly are seeing contin- "Our goal is to prevent peo- at the University of Richmond the association was not able to Otianga. "If I were a terrorist I ued widespread piracy, theft, on ple from hurting themselves School of Law found that more figure out which student was wouldn't answer truthfully. If any- college campuses, despite inno- through security presenta- than half of college students violating the law. .thing, they're just wasting time vative businesses models like tions and notifications so that download music and movies RIAA will now send a pre-law-l and probably money." Ruckus' offer of free legal music these students don't get into illegally. suit letter to tile school before fil- But some on campus view to any snident," Bainwol said. deep trouble," said Toby Singer, ITS Information Security ing the lawsuit in hopes to imme- the new law as more than just See MUSIC | Pane 7 .TERRORIST! <2 University's recycling Students, staff work on Holocaust film program up for grant By Ryan MacBrida Jose job and helps with scheduling Reporter Cardenas keeps track of the amount of Do you think the film being used and coordinates Confederate flag is By Gina Potthoff Gary With the help of BGSU instructor Professional crew schedules. filmmaker. BGSU offensive? Why? Reporter Silverman and professional cinematogra- "It's cool to see people from dif- instructor Director of pher Jose Cardenas, students are ferent majors coming together to The Ohio Department of getting the opportunity to trans- work as one," Berens said. Natural Resources is now offer- environmental late a musical piece into film. 0 Cardenas made the deci- ing colleges and universities health When Philip Markowicz, a Beerman explaining the process sion not to make the project an the chance to apply for grants Holocaust concentration camp of turning memoirs into music. internship or class because not for on-campus projects that survivor from Toledo, decided to The plan is that Markowicz will only would the piece take a lon- increase recycling and other gram," Cooper said. capture his experience in per- discuss his time in the concen- ger period of time, he wanted to waste reduction projects. Cooper said he is hopeful LOGAN MCKNIGHT, sonal memoirs, University music tration camps with music play- attract students who are passion- ODNR, under the supervi- Senior. Biology that the program will have a composition professor Burton ing in the background. ate and dedicated to the art of sion of the Division of Recycling significant impact He also said Beerman was inspired to trans- In order to get the project filmmaking. and Litter Prevention, has up he thinks reaching the ODNR late these memoirs into a musical started, Cardenas contacted his "I wanted people to disregard "Yes, it is to some to $50,000 available for deserv- goal for 50 percent waste adaptation called "Tikvah." Kodak representative in Chicago the grades and really see the people because it ing projects. The qualifica- reduction and recycling is real- "Tikvah," or hope, is a musi- who donated 30 roles of film, important message and artistic represents slavery." tions include reducing waste, istic and could give schools cal piece performed nationwide. totaling near $6,000. expression of the subject maHer," |Page4 increasing recyclables and rais- the opportunity to set a good The piece consists of music and Then Cardenas sent out flyers he said. ing awareness. Schools must example for students. dance that attempt to convey the looking for student interest in the A few weeks ago, the crew also match the funding by at According to ODNR, the grant message of universal survival and developing project. shoot footage that will be used least 50 percent. program will promote life les- hope, Tikvah's central message. More than enough students during the opening credits. In order for applications to ; - "4 sons that will carry over into life Cardenasandseveral University volunteered to be a part of the "Photos of things like concen- be considered, they must be after college. students are working to make it crew, he said. They began dis- tration camps and uniforms will received by April 13. The awards All graduates from the more than just a musical piece. cussing the project in September, be used," Cardenas said. TODAY will be announced in May. University can have the common They're capturing it on film. proposed it in December and had The crew also started the inter- ™ Showers The recycling program at me knowledge of environmental sus- "Each musical movement is their first shoot last month.