Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-15-2010 The BG News January 15, 2010 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 January 15, 2010" (2010). BG News (Student Newspaper). 8183. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/8183 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. THIS WEEKEND'S 36 25 35 125 35130 36126 WEATHER: FRI SAT SUN MON THE BG NEWS FRIDAYJANUARY 15,2010 Volume 104. Issue 81 ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community www.bgviewicom Fraternities hold closing events to remember houses University By Andrew Fa r r for over 40 years. The ceremony is While Phi Kappa Tau will begin its Phi Kappa Tau House Closing Event Reporter expected to draw over 200 alumni that official ceremony in CHscamp Hall at chemist honored will return to campus to visit the house 4 p.m., the fraternity is also holding a ■ "Hole in the Wall for Hole in the Waf For many college students, living in a one last time. charity event beginning at 130 p.m. ■ 130-2:30 pjn. campus and public wel- house with friends is the time of their The Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house, at the house. To support its national come life. After school many never come located right next to Sig Ep, will hold philanthropy, Phi Taus event "Hole in ■ Opportunity to destroy part of the at conference back to that house. But on Saturday, its ceremony later in the afternoon, the Wall for Hole in the Wall," will give house with a sledge hammer By Courtney Kecnan hundreds of University alumni will expecting an additional 260 alumni students and alumni the opportunity ■ SI per swing Reporter return to visit theirs one last time Both houses are scheduled to be to personally take part in demolishing ■ All money raised goes to Association of Beginning tomorrow at noon, the demolished sometime in the next parts of the building using a sledge Hole in the Wall Camps which provides Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will hold few months, along with Rodgers camping opportunities for children with An accomplished University chemist was See FRATERNITY | Page 2 a closing ceremony for its house that Quadrangle, to make room for a new severe illness honored at the annual Research and Creative has served the Bowling Green chapter residence hall. Activity Conference. In the short time Hong Peter Lu has been on campus, he has had many achievements in the chemistry field. In November 2009 Lu became the seventh After earthquake, area volunteers work toward helping a decimated country recipient of the CHscamp Research Award for the chemistry department This award is given to a faculty mem- ber for "outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments during the previous three-year period" and comes with $2,000 and a reserved parking space for one year. Lu is an internationally rec- Hong ognized expert in single-mol- Peter Lu ecule spectroscopy—the study Has been a of biological and non biological processes in real time—some- chemist at thing he has been working on the University since 1995. since 2006 Lus research on singte-mol- ecule spectroscopy has been presented twice, in 1999 and 2006, at the Nobel symposium in Stockholm. Sweden. Ogawa, chair of the chemistry department, nominated Ui for the award. "Within three years of being here, he estab- lished a work) class research program," Ogawa See AWARD I !2 Native American Unity Council designed to educate f AMDYOUMTi | lkBGNfWS By Matt Ny. ASSISTANCE: RerwTufts(r^)handsoffacase of bottled Reporter 1 ' Although the Native American population has decreased over the years, the Native American culture is still alive on campus due to the Native American Unity CounciL The council was created like many other Locals reach out to Haiti clubs, in order to support and educate others Story by Andy Ourlal | Senior Reporter about their culture. The council was founded in 2002 on the premise of developing a support mechanism for Native American students here WATERVILLE — A local volunteer organiza- ISOH/Impact will be sending a medical team consist- WHAT CAN BE DONATED at the University, as well as all other students and tion is urging Northwest Ohio citizens to aid ing of Northwest Ohio doctors to Haiti this weekend. ISOH/Impact is about a 10-mile drive community members in Northwest Ohio Haiti after it suffered a magnitude 7 earth- Along with pharmacists and nurses, doctors ranging from the University. Traveling north Two advisors for the council are I.ynda Dixon quake TUesday, destroying a large amount of the country from orthopedics, surgeons and internal medicine phy- on state Route 64. continue through andluanEnriquez. and killing tens of thousands of people and counting. sicians will be sent to Haiti. The specializations include Wateryiile until the road veers. Veer "There are no restrictions on who can join International Service Hope/Impact is accepting any an orthopedic, emergency medicine general surgery, ., .left and ISOH/lmpact's Warehouse is donations to aid Haitians during this period of crisis. family practice and internal medicine to cure those located at 905 Famsworth Road. See COUNCIL | Page 2 Along with cash and checks, ISOH/Impact is accepting injured. any canned goods, non-perishable items or sanitary An estimated 50,000 deaths have already occurred There is also an ISOH/Impact in products to aid Haiti. because of the earthquake. The death toll has the poten- Perrysburg at 25182 W. River Road. "It's important for people to come and donate. Really tial to reach figures in the millions, according to a Red Instead of turning off onto Famsworth it is everybody's effort that really makes a difference," Cross spokesperson via a USA Today report. Many ana- Road, continue to follow state Route Humane society offers said Wes Taylor, project coordinator. "Without the help lysts are predicting this could turn out to be the worst 64. continue onto state Route 65 for of everybody and all the small donations they can make, disaster in world history, topping the 2004 tsunami in the about a mil* many volunteer options we just really can't make this happen." Indian Ocean that killed about 180,000 people President BarackObama issued a statement Thursday What to donate Along with cash or By Chri«tine Talbcrt While ISOH/Impact donates to other countries con- Reporter tinuously, it is extremely impotent the community steps declaring the United States make Haiti its No. 1 priority. checks. ISOH/Impact is accepting up and gives whatever they can at this time, Taylor said. He has backed the claim up by giving Haiti an initial $ 100 (but not limited to) the following: "Anything anybody can bring -.especially food, water, million toward Haiti relief effort ■ bottled water The Wood County Humane Society provides medical supplies - is really appreciated," he said. ISOH/Impact volunteer Byron Wynn said while the ■ powdered milk shelter for hundreds of abandoned and abused ■ medical supplies After donating cases of bottled water, SwannHI resi- devastation is large, helping in any way would mean so cats, kittens, puppies and dogs, as well as other dent Renee Tufts said she is willing to give to those in much to the people in Haiti. ■ bedding/tents domestic animals. need because she can. "It's important for the people here. You take care ■ sanitary items (hand sanitizer. While providing a safe place for four-legged "I mean I can only assume that someone would help of your neighbors, and right now, Haiti is our closest, toilet paper) friends, WCHS abo offers community educa- us if we were to get something like this," Tufts said. A lot most needing neighbor," he said. "If you have a little ■ bleach tional programs, a lost and found program, a of us think we don't have anything, but the people that extra and you can give it to the folks of Haiti, anything ■ pain relievers/aspirin specialized team that investigates cases of ani- were helping have a lot less." goes a long way." mal cruelty and a spay/neuter program See HUMANE | Page 2 CAMPUS FORUM SPORTS PEOPLE ON THE STREET Shot* from thtgaiiM Poetry could bt a lost art Luck causts a loss How would you help the Haitians? See a photo spread of last night's metis Columnist Erie Rhoads questions the decreasing BGbst to Buffalo in last night's men's basketbal game 68-65 a shot made by MALCOLM FOWUES basltebball games halfbme show importance of poetry in today's culture and whether J Junior Education Buflalos Sean SmJey in the last five sec- including the University's dance team and a technology has intercepted our ability to understa "Start by sending them money, if I onds on the dock sealed their fatejhgt 9 shooting contest for $50,000. jfftgt 5 words that speak to the soul | fcge 4 ever get my refund check." | Page 4 [VVISIT B6V1EWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS, UPDATES, MULTIMEDIA AND-FORUMS FOR YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE * -,«..-.«. * «. •. ■ '"— iaiMiii 2 Fuday. Janmty IS. 2010 FROM THE FRONT PAGE WWW.BGVIEWS.COM that provides camping oppor- Michael Griffel helped coordi- wereactually theoriginal Rodgers that are presented by participa- BLOTTER FRATERNITY mnities to children with severe nate the ceremonies by helping residence building.