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Bowling Green State University FRIDAY December 12, 2003 HOCKEY: BG hockey takes on PARTLY CLOUDY Findlay, looking to break HIGH: 31 I LOW: 18 their winless streak www.hgnews.com A daily independent student press VOLUME 98 ISSUE 71 before holiday; PAGE 5 NEWS Third Ohio 'Pif open on Wooster By Monica Frost then choose between a selection a.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through University. "It's a healthy alter- . REPORICO of fresh meat or vegetarian Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. native to fast food," Paglio said. Watch out local sandwich options. Customers can also and Sunday from noon until 3 "Everything is so fresh - I just shops — there's a new kid on the customize their pita selection a.m. love them." block. with cheeses, vegetable top- Stein said he believes The Pita The Pita Pit has 11 pitas under ". The Pita Pit, located at 522 pings and a variety of sauces. Pit will thrive despite its location 5 grams of fat, as long as cus- East Wooster St., opened Derek Stein, manager and co- to sandwich shop neighbors, tomers stay away from addition- Saturday and is the third loca- owner of The Pita Pit said cus- Subway and WG, Grinders. al toppings and sauces. tion in Ohio. Bowling Green's tomer response has been posi- "There is nothing more excit- "Nothing is deep fried," Stein Pita Pit joins locations in the col- tive. ing than just being here, having said. "The vegetables are fresh lege towns of Columbus and "It's been really busy," Stein the doors open and being ready and all the meat is lean." Athens. said. "People have been noticing to roll," Stein said. Volk said she enjoys how The restaurant's primary cus- us quite a bit." len Paglio and Courtney Volk, quickly the pitas are made. tomers are students and young Customers are excited about both juniors at the University, "The Pita Pit is the new fast professionals seeking a healthy the store's product as well as are enthusiastic about Wooster food," Volk said. alternative to fast food, accord- delivery service and extended Street's latest addition. The first Pita Pit was founded ing to The Pita Pit Web site. store hours. Paglio first discovered The in 1995 in Kingston, Ontario by haltaMNM A customer's meal begins with The Pita Pit is open Monday Pita Pit in Athens, Ohio, when Nelson Lang and lohn ALL THE FIXINGS: Employees at The Pita Pit, 522 E. Wooster St., a fresh pita and customers can through Wednesday from 11 visiting a friend at Ohio Sotiriadis. prepare meals last night. The restaurant opened on Saturday. File sharing A HOT ISSUE dangerous Columbus abuzz over concealed weapons for user, University By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Mexico and Washington have THE ASSOCIATED PRESS laws shielding the names of per- By Carrie Whitaker COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. mit holders, according to the MANAGING EDITOR Bob Taft defended his threat to Ohio Coalition Against Gun More than likely someone you veto the first bill to kind on his Violence, which opposes allow- know has downloaded music desk allowing people to cany ing hidden guns. from the Internet The problem is, hidden guns, saying it didn't pro- Ohio is the first state where dis- they may be illegally sharing files vide enough access to permit cussion has involved limiting the — and not even know it. records, information to journalists, said According to University officials "We really came very close to a Luis Tolley, director of state legis- in Information Technology bill that I could sign and it's lation for the Washington, DC- Services there are a lot of reasons regrettable that we did not, but based Brady Campaign to students download music via Peer the public records portion of the Prevent Gun Violence. to Peer applications like Kazaa bill is simply too limiting," Taft "Most concealed weapons and Morpheus. said yesterday. "We were working laws in the past had no secrecy Many do not know it is illegal, very hard yesterday to work with clauses at all," Tolley said yester- some don't know how to take the the legislators to reach consen- day. "Efforts by the proponents to applications off their computers sus on a bill. Unfortunately we keep the identity of concealed and others think that if it's down- didn't make it." weapon holders is a relatively loadable it should be safe to use, Taft originally wanted the new phenomenon." said Michael Ginsburg, assistant names of concealed gun permit A message was left with the dean of students. holders to be a public record. National Rifle Association seek- Ginsburg is on the disciplinary His fellow Republican law- ing comment. side of the University's procedure makers balked, but responded The governor also praised law- which has been created to cut with a compromise Uiat would makers yesterday for making back on illegal file sharing on have allowed reporters to access progress on public safety issues campus. permits only after they provide in the bill. The procedure was created at the names of people whose Householder says he believes the beginning of this semester to records they are requesting. he has the votes to override Taft's filter the notices through the A similar provision exists in veto. Senate President Doug Office of Student Affairs because law involving information about jqrbmtoAP Photo White said he does not have ITS had been receiving so many police officers and firefighters. enough override votes. notices from copyright holders. Taft offered his own compro- PROTESTERS: Activists from around the state, some of them wearing side arms, walk past the gover- The bill passed by the House In three months the school has mise: allow only reporters access nor's mansion during a protest last weekend. The governor has threatened to veto legislation that would and Senate late Wednesday received 60 notices. A frequency to the records. The Senate allow people to carry hidden weapons. would allow Ohioans to carry that is too high, Ginsburg said. agreed; the I louse did not. Orcst Holubec said yesterday. "As make sure the right people are some information about permit concealed weapons after passing "Students need to know it is Taft's request was necessary "to with all government activity, the getting permits." holders to be released under a background check and com- against the law to share files," monitor the integrity of the per- press and public need to be sure Taft cited laws in Kentucky, those state's open records laws, pleting safety training. Ginsburg said. "Ignorance is not mitting process," spokesman sheriffs are doing their job, to Pennsylvania and Texas allowing Colorado, Missouri, New an excuse, so it is important for us to have a process at the FILE SHARING. PAGE 2 TERMS TO KNOW Accused murderer does not plea, may face death Trojan Horses Computer programs that can By Jim Paul Christopher Hamm, 3-year-old court-appointed attorney. allow others to control a comput- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Austin Brown and 23-month-old Lagrone told the judge he er remotely CLINTON, III. — A woman Kyleigh Hamm from the vehicle, planned to hire his own lawyer. •After installed, trojans can accused of drowning her three but all three children died. Both remained in custody. record keystrokes, passwords / children in a lake cried and wiped Authorities have said Hamm DeWitt County Sheriff RogerW. and personal information her eyes yesterday as a judge read and Lagrone were not launching Massey said Wednesday that the Identity Theft the murder charges against her or removing a boat at the time, case has "some similarities" to Fastest growing crime with more and told her she could be eligible and it was not clear if they were in 1994 case of Susan Smith, who than 27.3 million Americans as for the death penalty. the car when it went in the water. was convicted of drowning her victims in the last five years. -4 ~ Amanda L Hamm, 27, did not The couple never spoke to two young sons by rolling her car •9.9 million people have been enter a plea. Neither did her reporters or returned messages into a South Carolina lake with affected in the last year alone boyfriend, Maurice Lagrone Jr., for comment. the boys strapped into their car •File sharing greatly increases > 28, also charged with first-degree Both are charged with nine seats, but he would not elaborate. this risk murder in the children's deaths. counts of first-degree murder, He said he had ruled out life- Spyware Hamm had called 911 from charges that carry aggravating insurance money as a motive, but Computer software that tracks Clinton Lake on Sept 2, saying a factors that could make them eli- he said more answers would have and manipulates targeted adver- car had rolled into the water and gible for the death penalty if con- 5Sfe.....