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WEDNESDAY October 19, 2005 PARTLY CLOUDY HIGH: 71 LOW: 38 Dance group has old school flair The Eccentricity dance team uses a mix of hip- hop and other dance styles to create routines By Emily Rippe relief efforts. niPOiiK The dance team takes pride in The Eccentricity dance team their community achievements. brings a unique flare to the proving that musical preferences University, showcasing routines do not dictate lifestyles. that are heavily influ- "I personally don't mind doing enced by hip-hop. community ser- Sharmayne "1 wanted vice with or without Freeman, junior, to provide Eccentricity, sim- founded the dance ply because I don't team in December a positive mind giving back 2003, with the hopes outlet for to the community,'' of shining a positive Shameeka Craig, light on tin' musical creativity vice president, said. genre. among the "I know that there are "I wanted to pro- people in the com- vide a positive outlet diverse munity less fortunate for creativity among population than me. and I love the diverse population showing them that on campus," Freeman on campus. I have taken advan- said. tage of opportunities SHARMAYNE given to me." Eccentricity is now FREEMAN. recognized as an All 10 members organization that val- in Eccentricity value ues the imagination, strength, endurance embraces diversity and strives l'< >r and determination. unity through dance and com- Excellence does not come eas- munity service. ily, Freeman said. The group has participated During practice — which occurs four times a week — the Josh Phillips BG Nevis in multi-cultural fairs, Dance SHAKE IT: The Eccentricity dance group practiced last night in the Rec Center. The group is comprised ot 10 girls who practice four times per Marathon and I lurricane Katrina week.They mix various dance genres to create their own unique routines. ECCENTRICITY. PAGE 2 Sorority hosts speaker Global warming discussed living with HIV/AIDS Speaker says melting The Ohio State University. "Lonnie is an international "Glaciers are During Thompson's lecture, leader in ice core paleoclima- Susan Rodriguez who talk about this subject. glaciers could flood "Rapid Climate Change In the tology." said Jeff Snyder. a geol- our most visible "FilV/AIDS is not really talked major U.S. cities Earth System: Past, Present and ogy professor at the University. evidence of global shared her story with about. It is considered taboo. She Future," he stressed the impor- "His colleagues are envious of students last night has great information and we can tance of the tropics and tropi- him on many levels, the exotic warming." learn a lot from her experience places he's fortunate enough to By Kara Olmgren cal glaciers as records of climate LONNIE THOMPSON, PROFESSOR By Meghan Durbak and knowledge," Seggio said. REPORTER and environmental change. study, his published works, and REPORTER In fan this disease affects over If the Greenland ice sheet were "Glaciers are our most visible of course the scientific advance- Kilimanjaro, which have existed Susan Rodriguez knew nothing 43 thousand people in the United to melt, the Earth's sea level evidence of global warming" he ments." for over 11,000 years, are now about HFV/A1DS in 1995 when States alone. would rise six to seven inches said. "Glaciers arc disappearing Thompson presented visual melting so quickly that they she discovered she and her 3- Meaghan Geraghty, sorority — leaving places such as Naples, and with them, very valuable documentation of glacier deple- could disappear by the year 2015. ycar-old daughter president, said it is Fla. and Washington, DC. com- paleoclimate archives are being tion around die world. Perhaps He has also placed emphasis on were positive with a important for people pletely underwater. lost." most notably, he mentioned the El Nino and monsoon sys- deadly disease there is "I started to become aware This, along with many other A research scientist at OSU's that the Glacier National park, tems that dominate the climate no cure for. S.M.A.R.T. of the situation and staggering realities concern- Byrd Polar Research Center, located in Montana, is retreating of the tropical Pacific and affect "To know that your take action in their ing global climate change, was Thompson has moved the smdy so rapidly that it is likely in 30 global-scale oceanic and atmo- child has diis disease because I'm community. brought to the .mention of a of ice core paleoclimatology, or years there will be no ice present spheric circulation patterns. that you passed to a control That is what packed crowd last night dur- the study of ancient climates, at all. In concluding, Thompson them is very traumat- Rodriguez, also a ing a speech given by Ixinnie from the polar ice fields to the Over 20 years of research offered three options concerning ic. My whole world Freak." breast cancer survi- Thompson, a distinguished pro- highest tropical and subtropical has shown Thompson that the issue rapid climate change. fell a part,'' Rodriguez SUSAN RODRIGUEZ. vor, did in 1998 when fessor of geological sciences at ice fields. the famous snows on Mount said. HIV/AIDS SURVIVOR she and a group of GLACIERS. PAGE 2 Her story captured women founded the attention from the women Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/ in the Gamma Phi Beta soror- HIV Research and Treatment, ity while they looked through Inc. (SMART). Glamour magazine during study "I started S.MAR.T because hours. I'm a control freak," Rodriguez Hurricane Wilma could hit Florida Monica Seggio, senior, said explained. "I didn't know what they brought Rodriguez to the this was, didn't have the informa- Wilma set to hit brought rain, high winds and university yesterday because tion. If I can't get it, I think other heavy surf to the Atlantic mere are not a lot of speakers Central America, coasts of Honduras and HIV, PAGE 2 possibly Florida Nicaragua, but Honduran emergency officials said By Freddy Cuevas they had not yet ordered any THE ASSOCIATED PRESS evacuations. TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras By 8 p.m. EDT, the hurri- College prices growing at — Hurricane Wilma whirled cane was centered about 185 into the record books as the miles south of Grand Cayman 12th such storm of the season, Island and it was moving the lowest rates since 2001 strengthening late yesterday toward the west-northwest at of tuition and fees at those and setting a course to side- nearly 8 mph, according to the Though increase schools to an average of $5,491, swipe Central America or Hurricane Center. has slowed, college according to an annual sur- Mexico. Forecasters warned of "It does look like it poses a vey released yesterday by the a "significant threat" to Horida significant threat to Florida by inflation rate still high College Board. by the weekend. the weekend. Of course, these are four and five-day forecasts, By Justin Pope Prices at two-year pub- Wilma became a Category 2 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lic colleges, which educate hurricane late yesterday with so things can change," said Dan Brown, a meteorologist For students and parents, it's nearly half of American col- winds near 100 mph, up from the first sliver of good news lege students, rose 5.4 percent 80 mph earlier in the day. at the U.S. National Hurricane about college costs for several to $2,191. At four-year private, Forecasters warned that Center. years: price increases slowed nonprofit colleges, costs rose Wilma was likely to rake Wilma already had been this year, growing at the lowest 5.9 percent to $21,235. Honduras and the Cayman blamed for one death in rate since 2001. Most families don't pay the Islands before turning toward Jamaica as a tropical depres- But the bad news is the 7.1 full list price, thanks to grants the narrow Yucatan Channel sion Sunday. It has flooded percent increase at public four- from the government and other between Cuba and Mexico's several low-lying communities year universities remains well sources, as well as tax breaks. Cancun region — then move and triggered mudslides that Typical net costs: $11,600 at into the storm-weary Gulf. Chris O'Maxi AP Photo above the general inflation BATTEN DOWN i Pat Schmidt a Florida resident loads her car yesterday. rate, and drove the "list price" The hurricane's outer bands HURRICANE. PAGE 2 COSTS. PAGE 2 She and other Floridians started preparing for yet another hurricane. FOUR-DAY FORECAST «H" FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY The four-day forecast is taken PM High:61' J/ZSiL Few High: 57' Showers High: 56' .Itfrtljli **» High: 54' from weather.com Showers Low: 41' ~ Showers Low: 43' IXTW:40" ,-" Showers Low: 37" FOR All THE NEWS VISIT WWW.BGNEWS.COM I 2 Wednesday. October 19,2005 WWW.BGNEWS.COM 'Terrorism is a S.M.A.R.T. provides AIDS education HIV, FROM PAGE 1 and healthier lives. 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