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<<Will’s World remembers PAGE 10 FRIDAY NEWS, IS DAYTON EXCLUSIVE WITH ACCESS? PAGE 4 MAR. 27, 2009 A&E, “PEACE, LOVE, MUD,” PAGE 7 OPINION, SENIOR “CLEARLY THE MINORITY OPINION,” PAGE 9 SPORTS, WNIT PUTS END TO WOMen’S SEASON, PAGE 12 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 56 NO. 37 BUSINESS IS ‘blume-ing’ Student’s Chicago-based pedicab now on campus JENNIE SZINK ties turn and cheer when they News Editor see his bike and passengers go by. “It’s like chariots of fire.” Like many students on St. Pat- Blume, 21, started the busi- rick’s Day, senior Brendan Blume ness with his 24-year-old brother was up all night splitting time be- last summer because neither had tween Brown Street and the stu- a job. Instead of continuing their dent neighborhoods. But unlike job search, they looked into buy- anyone else, instead of walking ing a pedicab bicycle, of which it, he was flagging pedestrians there are only about 50 in Chi- down asking if they wanted to cago. ride on the back of his bike. “It was a turning point in my As a co-owner of Blume Broth- life,” Blume said. “We said, ‘Let’s ers Pedicab, based in Chicago do something new, something and less than a year old, Blume clean’.” brought the pedicab to campus They were attracted to the idea in March. He works Thursdays to because it could fill transporta- Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., tion needs in an environmentally Brendan Blume, co-owner of Blume Brother’s Pedicab, has been riding since last summer and recently brought his bike to campus, making when he’s not on duty as an RA in friendly way. They also liked the the trip from Brown Street to home a unique experience. Blume is shown offering a ride to senior Anne Karlovitz and junior Natalie Goff. Stuart. It’s just him and a 21-gear idea of being their own boss. RYAN KOZELKA/ASSIstaNT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR bicycle with a carriage-like seat “We started a snow shoveling the drive inside of us. We don’t the brothers signed a notarized Their goal was to make the 81 attached. business when we were young, need to have a teacher telling us agreement about the business. home games for the Chicago Cubs “When (passengers) get on it we’ve always been entrepre- what to do.” They bought insurance and a and hit as many Chicago White they think they’re kings of the neurs,” Blume said. “We were On the suggestion of their bike with operating break lights world,” Blume said. Entire par- both home schooled so we have father, also an entrepreneur, and turn signals in the dark. See Pedicab on p. 3 Textual intercourse arouses courts, creates new laws MICHAELA KRAMER friend and then to more friends. gomery County, Ohio. Teens have have the potential to label the per- them think they’ll get a date.” Staff Writer It made its way from Indianapolis been found to be sending nude son a sex offender. Under Ohio law, Montgomery County authori- and ended up in Dayton, showing photos of themselves through text sending or receiving these photos ties, concerned with the situation, how fast and how far “sexting” can messages or posting the photos on- could even be considered a felony. announced a diversion program to Senior Laura Steffey received a go, which is the sharing of sexual line. Teachers have been finding “I don’t think they realize to prevent first-time offenders of an photo on her phone of a naked man or explicit photos that have been these nude pictures on phones and most people that’s offensive,” Stef- incidence of “sexting” from being she’s never met. sent via cellular phone or posted punishing the students for their fey said. “I guess they just think labeled as a sex offender, accord- It traveled through a few peo- online. actions, according to a Dayton Dai- it’s humorous. That’s probably the ing to a DDN article. The program ple, from a lovesick ex-boyfriend to A recent case of “sexting” has ly News article. guys’ perspective that it’s funny, his moved-on ex-girlfriend, to her been making headlines in Mont- These sexually explicit displays and to a girl it’s probably making See Sexting on p. 3 weather TODAY SatURday SUNday (Source: www.nws.noaa.gov) 62/45 62/38 50/34 Chance of Chance of Mostly cloudy. FEWER THAN 40 DAYS... Hopefully your umbrella matches your showers. showers. DAYTON TO DAYTONA | PAGE 7 Tim’s attire. 2 NEWS Flyer News•Friday, March 27, 2009 SGA hosts Locks of Love on Brown MAR. SATURDAY KAMPAIGN 4 KARONGA 28 Today there is a 5K to raise awareness and fundraise for microcredit loans that will be given to women in Karonga, Ma- lawi, Africa. Registration starts at 9 a.m. at the ArtStreet Amphitheater. The race starts at 10 a.m. MAR. TUESDAY WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE 31 UD alum Vicki Giambrone, VP of market- ing and external relations for Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, will be pre- senting on networking and relationship building today from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Sears Recital Hall. A reception will follow from 5 to 6 p.m. in Torch Lounge in KU. All majors are encouraged to attend and business casual attire is recommended. Eight-year-old Bella Fiore smiles with a mixture of surprise and apprehension once she sees the ponytail an Ashworth’s stylist cut from her hair to donate to Locks of Love. RYAN KOZELKA/ASSIstaNT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR APR. FRIDAY JENNIE SZINK send it to Locks of Love, a non- get her hair cut anywhere as long FITNESS CHALLENGE News Editor profit organization that supplies as the guidelines for the hairpiec- 3 Spring break starts today after class- wigs to children who have had es are followed. Some include, es. Enjoy the time off from school until Over the past three years, each hair loss because of any medical hair cannot have been bleached, classes begin again Tuesday, April 14. of junior Erin Moulton’s hair cuts conditions or diagnosis. layered hair is acceptable if the have gotten easier for her. This year’s participation was longest layer is as long as 10 inch- This week, for the second time down about 20 people from last es and hair must be in a ponytail. during her career at UD, she cut year, with 40 donators showing up For more information visit http:// off about 7 inches of her hair at from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ashworth’s www.locksoflove.org. Ashworth’s, 1100 Brown St. opened its salon on Monday, when Locks of Love has reached far- “This time I was excited be- it is usually closed, and donated ther than one day at UD. Junior cause I wanted to do it,” Moulton time and stylists to cut and style Rachel Bade donated a little more said. “Freshman year was nerve donators’ hair. than 10 inches of her hair to Locks racking because my hair was “We had a few really nervous of Love about a week before SGA’s down to my butt and I had never girls but they were OK with it,” date by walking down to Boric’s, gotten it cut that short.” Caitlin Hotchkiss, SGA co-service 1826 Brown Street. On Monday, her thick light- liaison said. “It was time for a change and red hair went from reaching the The longest ponytail donated I’d never had it short before,” middle of her back to just touch- was 15 inches and students were Bade said, who was hesitant to ing her shoulders. The hair styl- able to donate as little as 6 inches cut as many inches as she had to. ist took the ponytail that had with the cut-a-thon. “If I could have just done a couple been cut off and handed it to an According to the Locks of Love more inches and I could donate it, SGA representative, so they could Web site, anyone can donate and I did it.” The following incidents were reported to the Department of Public Safe- ty on March 18 through March 23. This log was compiled by Flyer News Crime Log from actual police reports obtained from the Department of Public Safety. Petty Theft Theft Arson March 18, 12:32 a.m. March 23, 12:30 p.m. March 23, 1:37 a.m. Officer Orrill was dispatched Officer Weber was dispatched Officer Little was dispatched to Lawnview Avenue where a to Evanston Avenue. A to Stonemill Road, where there UD student said his guitar had complainant said she was at a was a fire inside a green Waste been taken. The complainant party on March 21 on Kiefaber Management dumpster. The fire stated he had been playing at and put her purse down on had destroyed one of the plastic an event and his black Ovation a couch and it was missing. lids and damaged the paint on Celebrity guitar had been taken. Someone had used her Flyer the surface of the dumpster. The guitar had been placed in a Express at the snack area in Dayton Fire Ladder 114 was back room, but it was gone. The Founders Hall; between 10:36 dispatched to the scene to guitar had a small scratch on the and 10:37 p.m. on March 22, distinguish the fire. At 2:13 a.m. front on the face and was valued it was used a total of 34 times there was a report of a second at approximately $450.