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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-7-2006 The BG News February 7, 2006 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News February 7, 2006" (2006). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7553. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7553 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. T^fc f^i m Bowling Green State University TUESDAY February 7, 2006 LAST SWIM AT HOME: ^^ ■""" 1 1/1/ m Senior Dana Schultz ^^ 1 1,' 1(' ^ MOSTLY CLOUDY earns individual victory A | 1 i I 1 I I HIGH 30 LOW 20 A against Miami; PAGE 10- ^ ,, . * www.bgnews.com — \J VI ■—— VOLUME 100 ISSUE 95 UT leader speaks KID FRIENDLY CAMPUS? at USG meeting , i 11 i I i i Senates want state- procedure." because the cam- <o paign will start from the bottom, ■•■••»,; level action taken with high school students. He against tuition fees has printed up 1,500 brochures containing the facts about high- By Canrfice tones er education costs and has sent RtPORIIB them to high schools all over Undergraduate student govern- Ohio. He hopes the brochures ment did some thinking last will make students aware of ris- night at their weekly meeting in ing tuition before they even enter the union. higher education. The topic of most discussion at By educating high school stu- the meeting was the support for a dents, supporters of the Think fairly new campaign titled "Think Ohio campaign hope the infor- Ohio." The campaign is com- mation will make it back to the mitted to lowering the price tag parents, who are ultimately the on higher education by raising voters. awareness of the current costs in "We finally realized that the the state of Ohio. only way we are going to change Representatives from the anything in Ohio is with votes," University of Toledo's student Crawford said. body made the trip down to He hoped that by showing the Bowling Green to talk to USG Ohio legislatures there are voters senators about the progress that who support lowering education Parents on campus have limited options tox c\A.\A cax% they have made with the cam- costs like tuition the legislatures paign so far. will take action. Tom Crawford, president of the The Think Ohio campaign Child Development Centex We ^ student body at the University of Toledo, called it a "grassroots THINK OHIO', PAGE 2 3 HOUR TIME LIMIT .■■,'nl!^^^^ By Melissa Topey Development Center located at 812 North Thursday for S111 a week. There is an appli - I CAN HEAR YOU: Attorney gener- BE POUTER College Dr. near the campus. It was hard cation fee of S30. lennifer Helberg a non-traditional stu- to get into because of their waiting list. The hours at The lordan Family al Gonzales defends "early warning dent, had to drop out of school after her She found they had drop-in care available Development Center are from 7 a.m. sophomore year when she could not find but you pay S20 up front and you have to to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday system" that some senators are call- adequate child care. let them know a week ahead of time. Not Helberg pointed out (hat the hours are ing Bush's eavesdropping program. Helberg, a senior, is married and has a much help to her if her baby sitter calls not much help to a Student who may haw 3-year-old daughter. off sick. cv.ning classes. Some argue Bush has gone too far in Non-traditional students like Helberg According to Heather Meyer, Center On the BG campus is the Child have difficulty staying in school because Supervisor,The lordan Family Development Development Center, located at the School monitoring operations; PAGE 5 of the lack of options with University-sup- Center has some of Bowling Green's Early of Family and Consumer Sciences. Cindy ported child care. These students would Childhood Education majors involved with Baum, one of two master teachers at the like longer hours at the care facilities so the kids at as part of the IIDFS 301 class. center, said that the school accepts children they can have more versatility with class The center accepts children 6 weeks to 5 between 3 and 5 years old. The center offers 'DEAD MAN WALKING': Man schedules. They would like discounted years old for a Variety of programs such as 2 half day programs Monday thru Friday. rates to help take the sting out of the cost of Early Head Stan, Head Start and various The morning program is from 8:30 a.m. to convicted of raping and killing two child care. pre-school programs. 11:30 a.m. The afternoon program is from I It was during her sophomore year that Meyer said that The lordan Family p.m. to 4 p.m. Early childhood majors take women will be executed today after she started to look for a place to take her Development Center offers infant care at part in the center to gain experience. having no legal appeals left and after daughter. She went straight to the BGSU site a cost of SI63 a week. They have toddler "We want the children to have an excel- and ran a search for pre-schools. Nothing care at $156 a week and pre-school at $139 lent pre-school experience and we want Governor Taft did not grant him came up. Eventually, she gave up the web a week. A parent could enroll their child the students to see what an excellent pre- clemency; PAGE 8 search in frustration. part time such as Monday, Wednesday, and Helberg found The lordan Family Friday for S124 a week or Tuesday and CHILO CARE, PAGE 2 High costs for comfort City council uniting all areas New Bowling Green The coalition will aim to "ag- approved a SI2,000 budget for Students shop at ate stnicture for civil conver- the coalition. retail, thrift stores to partnership tries to sation." according to Mayor Hie University and Bowling communicate to all John Qulrtn, and will include Green area schools will also decorate dorm rooms citizens and organizations in the each contribute S12,000 to the By Holly Abrams community. partnership, which is expected By Kristen Vasas CITY NEWS EDITOR REP0RIER "We're trying to broaden the to eventually facilitate town hall An ordinance passed by city scope, so to speak, by bringing meetings. Egg crates, decorative rugs, frilly council members will begin a curtains and futon covers are the city and University into the Coined the Bowling Green $36,000 community partnership issue," Quinn said. "A lot of what Area Community Partnership, slowly dominating American col- to improve the communication lege campuses, but these items is going to become of it is what the coalition is expected to start between the city. University and the members make it." come at a price. Bowling Green area schools. University students have In December the city council COUNCIL. PAGE 2 found that retail stores make it easy to spend a lot of money on dorm room decorations as they seek to create a living space that reflects their individual style. But the cost doesn't deter most Professor guilty of misconduct students from spending what they need to make their rooms Professor, who and shoot the members of due to his violation of two sec- feel like home. his Accounting 222 class last tions of the Academic Charter, Molly Keane and lenn threatened students, February as a result of a stu- Sharp said. Monastra, freshmen living in on approved leave dent's tardiness. Now that the sus- the MacDonald dorms, are According to Teri pension has officially among students who personal- By Erica Thomas Sharp, director of ended in lanuary, Eckel ize their rooms to match their REPORtER Media Relations. is on approved leave tastes. Matching bedspreads, More than a year after an Eckel was suspend- from the University. mammoth faux flowers, throw accounting professor was sus- ed with pay during The Faculty Senate, pillows and a colorful futon pended from the University for Spring 2005 while the who reviewed his case, cover adorn the room. threatening to kill his swdents, University conducted is partly responsible for "We wanted our room to no changes have been made to an investigation. dealing with matters be cute and personalized," deal with future cases. Following the con- NORMAN concerning conduct Keane said. Norman Eckel, associate clusion of the inves- ECKEL of faculty. Both girls agreed that deco- professor in the department tigation. Eckel was Currently, no chang- rating the room helped them of accounting and market- allowed to continue his sus- es have been made regarding Jordan Flown BGNew ing information systems, pension without pay until Ian. HOMEY FEEL: Melissa Cook, freshman, and Kate Smiley, freshman, lay DECORATIONS. PAGE 2 threatened to bring in a gun 1. 2006. The suspension was ECKEL. PAGE 2 in their room they decorated for less than twenty dollars. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY FOUR-DAY FORECAST .'■■. The four-day forecast is taken Cloudy High: 27" Partly High: 29" 41 •> Snow High:28* from weather.com Low: 17" *'\ Cloudy Low: 23" Low 20" FOR AU THE NEWS VISIT WVW/.BGNEWS.COM 2 Tuesday.