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Bowling Green State University WEDNESDAY November 5, 2003 ASSESSMENT: SHOWERS President Bush visited HIGH: 58 I LOW: 34 parts of California www.bgnews.com destroyed by fire; PAGE 6 K(T1WS VOLUME 95 ISSUE 38 Ugty: BG thumped in Oxford Falcons fall to RedHawks, 33-10 By tali Baker three-yard touchdown run by Cal deficit to 10-7 going into halft ime. SPORTS EDItOR Murray gave Miami a 7-0 lead. Miami would go on to domi- OXFORD, Ohio—After experi- On the kickoff following the nate the next 30 minutes, scoring encing an emotional, dominant touchdown, lanssen Patton fum- two touchdowns in the first 10 win by BG over Northern Illinois bled the ball, and the RedHawks minutes of the half. last Saturday, BG was dominated took over on the BG 20. They It began With the RedHawks' last night by Miami. would get a 26-yard field goal first possession of the second It was a night when nothing from Jared Parseghian to give half, as Miami marched 65 yards seemed to go right for the Miami a 10-point advantage. and capped the drive with a five- Falcons. The offense struggled to The Falcons prevented the yard touchdown run by Mike move the ball and the defense RedHawks from adding to their Smith, giving Miami a 17-7 lead. had trouble containing Miami lead late in the first half after The RedHawks would get quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Mitch Hewitt recovered a fumble another touchdown after Harris It was also a sloppy game. deep in BG territory. fumbled the ball on BG's next Bowling Green had 12 penal- Then things got weird. Offensive possession. A few plays ties for 96 yards, and the two With 330 remaining, BG drove later, a one-yard run by teams combined for seven to the Miami 24 and were facing a Roethlisberger gave Miami a 24-7 turnovers, but it was BG's four third and 16 with 21 seconds lead. fumbles that coach Gregg remaining. The Falcons began the fourth Brandon said were the key to the Or so it appeared. The Falcons, quarter by driving to the Miami loss. who just burned their final time- four, but were unable to get into "It was obviously a game of out, came onto the field to face the endzone, and Suisham added turnovers," Brandon said. "We the third down. a 27-yard field goal to cut the didn't take care of the football and But the officials were confer- RedHawkleadto24-10. we didn't protect our quarter- ring, and eventually determined But another Falcon turnover back." that a minute had been lost from put the game out of reach, and losh Harris had perhaps his the clock. Miami shutout BG 9-0 in the worst game of the season, going On the first play after die clock remainder of the game. 20-35 for 156 yards and one situation was fixed, Harris found touchdown. Charles Sharon for a 24-yard Harris gave credit to the Miami touchdown pass cutting BG's defense for containing him. "lilt's not forget that we played a good football team out there tonight," Harris said. "Miami of Ohio is on fire right now ... because they have a great quar- terback people stop talking about their defense. They have a great defense." The game began with neither offense being able to put points on the board. After neither team was able to gain a first down on its opening drive, both teams turned the ball over in their second drive. MBehmon AC Photo After a 25-yard punt return by Ryne Robinson set the RedHawks HEARTBREAKING: Bowling Green quarterback Josh Harris hangs his head in the fourth quarter GET EM': Miami receiver Michail Larkin is tackled by Bowling against Miami last night in Oxford, Ohio. Harris went 20 of 35 for 160 yards. He also rushed for 71 up in BG territory eariy in the sec- ond quarter, Roethlisberger led Green defender Jelani Joardan in the first half last night in Oxfor. yards. Danny Rehange is at right. Miami on a play, 32-yard drive. A Ohio American soldier killed in bombing By Slobodan Lekic Smoke could be seen rising Earlier in Baghdad, the road- courts in Nineveh province. service personnel in Iraq, most of withdrawn. THE ASSOCIATES PRESS from the northern end of the side bombing killed one soldier — Also in Mosul, insurgents them based in the south. In late October, Bulgaria and BAGHDAD, Iraq— Insurgents zone, near the al-Iamhuriya and wounded two others, all using small arms fire and rocket- —U.S. troops raided the village the Netherlands moved Embassy killed an American soldier in a Bridge over the Tigris River. Iraqi from the 1st Armored Division, propelled grenades attacked a of Karasia near Tikrit late staff in Iraq to Jordan, both citing roadside bombing in Baghda yes- police said two mortar rounds hit the U.S. command said. Another hotel housing American troops Monday, seizing two suspects, safety concerns. terday and lobbed mortars into in the zone. At the Pentagon, soldier was killed Monday and but caused no casualties, the mil- Kalashnikov rifles, 14 mortar After months of attacks and tl>e U.S. headquarters area of the spokesman I.i. Col. lim Cassella one other wounded when their itary said. Three of the grenades rounds, a mortar tube, and rock- ambushes on U.S. soldiers in capital, wounding four people said four people were injured in vehicle struck a land mine in hit the building and two others et-propelled grenades and Iraq, insurgents have begun tar- and raising huge explosions the attacks, but he was not sure if Tikrit. landed in the compound. launchers, the military said. geting diplomatic and humani- downtown for the second night they were Americans, civilians or The deaths brought the num- Another RPG hit a Mosul police Spain's Foreign Ministry said its tarian facilities. in a row. military. ber of American soldiers killed in station overnight but caused no Embassy in Baghdad will remain The Turkish Embassy was hit Spain announced the with- The mortars caused no casual- Iraq in November to 22, most in casualties. open but with minimal staffing on Oct. 14, killing a bystander; a drawal of much of its diplomatic ties or damage, the U.S. military the weekend crash of a Chinook — Insurgents ambushed a U.S. and a significant number of its n nek bombing devastated the staff from Iraq for security rea- said. The night before, three mor- transport helicopter shot down patrol Tuesday with RPGs in the 29-member staff is being pulled United Nations headquarters on sons. tars exploded downtown, one Sunday west of Baghdad. city of Khaldiyah, located west of out. Aug. 19 and killed 22 people. A The mortar attack yesterday hitting a U.S. Army base but In other developments yester- Baghdad in the volatile "Sunni "We have taken staff out of day before the Dutch announced evening targeted a major symbol: caused no damage or casualties. day: Triangle," witnesses said. There Baghdad temporarily given that it their diplomats were leaving, four the so-called "Green Zone," the Also located in the Green Zone —An Iraqi judge was shot and were no reports of casualties. is a very complicated moment," suicide bombings hit the heavily guarded square-mile part is the Al Rasheed hotel, in which killed outside his home in the — Britain announced that a Spanish Foreign Minister Ana International Red Cross head- of downtown Baghdad where the most U.S. officials have been northern city of Mosul, the sec- British Marine was killed by hos- Palacio was quoted as saying by quarters and four Iraqi police sta- U.S.-led occupation headquar- residing and which insurgents ond judge killed in as many days. tile fire on Friday in Iraq. It was the Spanish news agency Europa tions in Baghdad, killing 40 peo- ters is housed in a former battered with rockets on Oct. 26, Ismail Youssef, a Christian, was a the first fatality in more than a Press. She did not say exactly how ple, mostly Iraqis. Saddam Hussein palace. killing an American soldier. deputy to the head of the appeal month among the 10.500 British many diplomats were being FOUR-DAY FORECAST THURSMY FRIDAY SUNDAY The four-day forecast is taken Partly High:51' Party High: 43" Party High: 44" fromweather.com '' _ . Cloudy Low: 29' Cloudy Low 20" Cloudy Low. 38" F0RALLMrttWSVISrTWWWA6TfWS.COM 2 Wednesday. Nowmbet 5,2003 WWW.BGNEWS.COM Group crosses'Cultural Bridges' Frost lowed by a flute performance and according to Bianca Hutchinson. with blonde hair and blue eyes, the Native American Unity Studies. Hutchinson will pursue a ■IFOtTEl a day's worth of speakers. There the vice president of the BGSU said, "Many people have a pie- Council, said she hopes the minor in this area once it is The University's Native will also be speakers all day Native American Unity Council.