Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-14-2008 The BG News October 14, 2008 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News October 14, 2008" (2008). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7975. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7975 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 campus and TBGHEWS.COM: Owl out n videos on Coming Out Week and Sen. THE BG NEWS surrounding community Obamas latest visit to Toledo Tuesday October 14,2008 Volume 103. Issue 38 WWW.BGNEWSCOM Obama talks Economics with Toledoans USG voices Presidential candidate Barack Obama visits Toledo and concerns The deteriorating discusses solutions to the current financial crisis condition of beloved By Ktist.n Vans and the average I'oledoan. list of economic stimulating goals, campus buildings was City Editor "1 was surprised he talked about with the Democratic nominee a point of discussion at the economy so much, but I think promising to propose a new busi- last night's meeting With the current economic crisis it's an important issue that affects ness tax credit to American store affecting everyone from Wall Street all of us," Betty Applepaum, a rally owners. Tax breaks would be | Page3 : brokers to graduating college stu- attendee, said. "He wants to help awarded to business owners that dents, Toledo residents expected everybody he can in any way." hire new employees within the Mansion served to hear financial solutions from In order to create a plan that next two years. Obama said. as slaying site Sen. Barack Obama at yesterday's would assist everyone currently "It's time to protect the jobs we political rally. affected by the failing market, have and create the jobs of tomor- A member of the m: But while the estimated 3,000 Obama proposed a number of row.'' Obama said. "If we can afford Bonnano crime attendees hoped for at least a brief steps he would take as president to spend S10 billion a month mention of the country's financial to work towards stabilizing the rebuilding Iraq, we can afford family was killed and ENOCH WU 'HE BG NEWS future, they had no idea Obama economy and supporting strug- to spend some lime Irebuilding dismembered in a TALKING ECONOMY: Presidential candidate Barack Obama held a rally in Toledo yesterday would spend the entire rally focus- gling Americans. American jobs]." Staten Island mansion The Illinois senator discussed how the government can fix the economic crisis. ing on the best ways to overcome Creating a wide array of new the crisis for both the government See OBAMA | Page 2 | Page 10 jobs took center stage on Obama's Lies, all lies Columnist Jamie Pellek Latta returns fire on the liberal media and many claims they have made By Kate Snyder in recent years lends Reporter regarding Irag, bin Laden and President Multicolored streamers fluttered ; | Page 4 down a makeshift doorway. This was the closet, symbolizing the energy coming out of anyone gay, bi, transgender. questioning, asexu- Baby cries, al, ally, supporter — or anything saves family really. A Toledo family was was in the Union yesterday, advice marking the first day of Coming able to safely escape Out Week. a fire in their home By Tim Sampson The celebration was set up by after their infants cries Executive Editor the LC-BT student organization Vision, even though National alerted them to it With the move to new and (bming Out Day was Oct II. | Pag<5 alternative energies gaining and Coming Out Week was really popularity, one local con- last week. But most of campus Protecting gressman is arguing the only was away on fall break last week, way to get there is with old so Vision decided to celebrate banks a priority technologies. this week. Republican Congressman The President of Vision, Eric European governments Bob I.atta (OH-5) shared his Sowers, called it "coming out have united over a views on the nation's energy take two." desire to protect their crisis last night at a meeting The closet was there for stu- banks, collectively of the Student Construction dents to walk through, although investing nearly $2 Management Association, they were not limited to coming trillion in a bank telling students, faculty and out as gay, bi or lesbian. protection plan community members that "Anything you want really," | Page 6 the only way to solve it was said Sowers. "Come out as a fan to loosen restrictions on fos- sil fuels and nuclear power Women's soccer \'. Inlr looking for alternative energy solutions. still on a roll "We got a real problem in this The women's soccer country with energy," l,atta said at the start of his speech. team is now second "And the current economic place in the situation can be traced back conference, after to it." posting wins against With the national debt top- f ping off at around SI 1.3 trillion, Ball State this past the congressman argued that K^ weekend | Page 8 energy independence is essen- tial to America's economic well ' being, but that bans on drilling, coal production and the build- ing of nuclear power plants are blocking the way. The last time construction of a nuclear power plant was authorized in America was 1977 and the last time one went into operation was 19%. But Ixitta said the United States should continue to build nucle- ar facilities the way countries like India and China do. "Nuclear energy is some- Since you can come See IATTA | Page 2 out about anything, what would you like to come out about? McCain: new CITY BG, UT team up research BRIEF direction for Police investigate to next-gen energy tech country needed weekend break-ins By Courtney Flynn "Solar power may be By Bath Fouhy Bowling Green Police are JEFF STEVENSON Reporter The Associated Press investigating three separate break- Freshman. Physics ... expensive, but once ing and entering incidents that The University is researching tofind occurred along Main Street over next-generation energy resources Virginia Beach, Va. — Republican "I love bubble baths." it's bought and made the weekend at Sallys Beauty after receiving one of ten grants )ohn McCain pledged to fight for | Page 4 Supply. Goodwill Industries and from the Ohio Research Scholars a new direction for the country in that's the end of it." Tan Pro. Program this past summer. an energetic new campaign stump The suspect, who was picked BGSU is collaborating with the Pavel Anzenbacher | Professor speech yesterday that sought to up on video surveillance from Tan University of Toledo to use their distance him from the economic Pro, entered the businesses and m share of the $8.9 million grant, over being made and researched at the policies of President Bush. stole unspecified amounts of cash. the next five years, towards bring- University, said chemistry profes- "We cannot spend the next four Police were able to identify the TODAY ing in research professors and sor Felix Castellano. years as we have spent much of suspect from the video as a white I PM Showers creating next-generation energy Photovoltaics are devices that the last eight: waiting for our luck male between the ages of 50 to will directly convert solar energy to change," McCain said while High: 77, Low: 47 devices. 45. He was wearing a yellow short- Of the $8.9 million secured for into electricity, Castellano added. campaigning with running mate sleeved shirt and jeans, as well as F3 •*""% the two universities, $7.2 million Dye-sensitized solar cells are Sarah Palin in this once reliably some type of plastic glove. will go towards the devices and devices that are similar to conven- Republican state that has become Although the investigation materials. tional photovoltaics except they a battleground this year. "The is ongoing, investigators believe CAROLYN KATER I AP PHOTO TOMORROW Photovoltaics, based on dye- are inexpensive with a low energy hour is late; our troubles are get- elements of the Tan Pro incident ting worse; our enemies watch. CHANGING DIRECTION: Presidential are similar to the Sally Beauty and PM T-Showers sensitized solar cells, organic bulk production cost, he said. heterojunctions and organic light candidate John McCain spoke at a rally in Goodwill break-ins. Police believe High: 71. Low: 48 I emitting devices (OLED), are See RESOURCES | Page 2 See MCCAIN B2 Virginia yesterday. they are related crimes. k VISIT BGNEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE 2 Tuesday. Octobet 14 2008 WWWBGNEWS.COM CLOSET OBAMA "Despite all of the [hardships], I ask you all From Page 1 From Page 1 to believe. Believe in yourselves, believe in of Tina Turner." The Hawaiian-bom senator each other and believe in the future we can Tall and conspicuous, the closet also proposed providing imme- attracted attention to itself. People diate relief to families heavily build together." see a big rainbow, and then ask affected by the economic crisis, what's going on. Sowers said. with at least 95 percent of fami- Barack Obama I Presidential Candidate Most who were there said it was lies receiving tax aits as soon as i;ood for people in the community Congress would allow it.