WUDR- x country Is change good? Page 12 FRIDAY Page 8 Sept. 12, 2008 Laugh it up... Races to Page 6 south bend WWW.FLYERNEWS.COM UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 56 NO. 5 DAYCARE DEFACEMENT Vandalism and taunts affect the Bombeck Center’s ‘littlest Flyers’ STEPHANIE VERMILLION want to get licensed in teaching Chief Staff Writer early childhood do a practicum UD boasts of its sense of com- here their sophomore year,” munity and No. 11 ranking for Smith said. “So we have around happiest students in the U.S., but 50 students who come and work a few of these happy students are in classrooms doing assignments forgetting to include UD’s littlest for class. They add a great en- Flyers from the Bombeck Family ergy for us.” Learning Center in their friendly Kristin Bittner, a senior early embrace. childhood education major who These same students seem to studied at the Bombeck Center, be ignoring everything they’ve was dismayed to see the Center ever learned about playing nice- being defaced. ly. “I was truthfully shocked and Within the past few weeks appalled,” Bittner said. “I know the Bombeck Learning Center not every person here at UD loves had a $450 sign stolen, profanity children as much as other educa- yelled at toddlers and $500 worth tion majors and I do, but I could of mulch replaced due to broken not believe that anyone would glass from beer bottles. Diana treat children in that way.” Smith, director of the Bombeck The students committing Center for over four years, said these crimes may dislike chil- the damage UD students has dren, but more likely they are done is more than she has ever simply unaware of the connec- seen before. tion UD has with the center be- “The beer bottle throwing cause beer bottle and cigarette and glass has been an ongoing butt pick-up is a Monday morn- issue,” Smith said. “But the sign ing ritual for teachers and staff. being stolen was a one-time situ- “Generally on Monday morn- ation, and we’ve never had that ings we need to look at our kind of name calling before. The preschool and infant toddler students have always been very playgrounds to make sure there respectful.” weren’t any beer cans, broken Seventy-two infant through bottles or cigarette butts thrown 5-year-olds are taught at the over the fence,” Smith said. Bombeck Center on weekdays Dr. Leslie Picca, a UD sociol- from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The ogy professor and mother of two Bombeck Center is an integral at the Bombeck Center, is dis- part of UD’s campus, allowing tressed to see UD students, who students who are working to- she has had overall good experi- ward an early childhood teach- ences with, participating in this ing license to gain valuable first- type of activity. BRIANA SNYDER / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR hand experience. A sign was stolen (above left) valued at $450. Cigarette butts and beer bottles have been found around the Bombeck playground (above right). “Those UD students who See Vandalism on pg. 5 weather TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Grab an umbrella. 75/65 79/66 77/57 Chance of Chance of Chance of (Source: www.nws.noaa.gov) showers thunderstorms thunderstorms 2 NEWS Flyer News•Friday, September 12, 2008 campus watch SEPT. FRIDAY Urban Nights 12 Join the more than 25,000 people who attended May’s Urban Nights, a night of discounts and promotions in downtown Dayton. Close to 100 creative places and spaces will be open for the night, including the Oregon Arts District. There will be backstage tours of the Schus- ter Center, a Taste of Miami Valley and Ladyfest Dayton. Visit www.downtown- dayton.com for more information. RYAN KOZELKA/ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR International and American students had a few minutes to introduce themselves at the IEP speed meeting program. SEPT. MONDAY Students mix ‘n’ match during meet ‘n’ greet Get a Job 15 Career Services is offering resume re- JENNIE SZINK dents about the most their culture. have been. view days with company representatives. News Editor Dayton is different from her city. “It’s so great to see students Bring an Arts and Sciences resume to “It’s good here,” Kageyama take an interest,” Amy Anderson, the KU Lobby from noon to 4 p.m. Take Standing in two circles facing said. “It’s quiet and green.” director of the Center for Interna- an Engineering resume to Kettering Lab- each other, around 50 UD students The IEP students have recently tional Programs, said. “[The IEP oratories room 505 between 1:30 and spoke animatedly and quickly on come to America and have been students] want to meet you guys, 4:30 p.m. every subject from birthdays to conditionally admitted to UD, in- their peers.” food, trying to get a feel for their structor Susan Sandro said. Be- To be a conversation partner, match… with a catch. fore they can enroll in any Univer- contact Sandro at sandrosl@notes. SEPT. TUESDAY Tuesday’s speed meet had the sity courses they must pass their udayton.edu. She considers the First Year Student Night feel of a dating game but the goal English ones and meeting with program to be off to a good start 16 Freshmen, see what the UD Bookstore of setting up two very different an American a few times a month after having to shout over the has to offer. Visit between 4 and 6:30 types of students. The outside ring immerses them in the unfamiliar meet-and-greet crowd, “Hello, can p.m. for free food, door prizes, Wii chal- consisted of American students language. I have you attention please. I know lenges and special discounts. and the other of international For every question the interna- it’s hard to stop talking.” students, an introductory event to tional students had for the Ameri- In addition to looking for stu- Dayton to Daytona the Intensive English Program’s cans, there was one for them to dents to participate as conversation Turn in a Daytona Committee application semester-long conversation part- answer, as well. partners, the IEP also needs volun- by 4 p.m. to Kennedy Union room 253 to ners. “What language do you speak?” teer tutors. The half-hour sessions be considered for a team that plans one “I had a conversation partner junior Peter Kolis asked his match, take place Monday through Thurs- of UD’s biggest events. Applications are when I studied abroad last semes- Hammad Younes, from Jordan. day afternoons from 3:15 to 4:15 on online at daytona.udayton.edu and hard ter,” senior Lizz Perkins said. “I “Arabic,” Younes answered. Ko- the ground floor of Alumni Hall. copies are in room 253. The commit- know how helpful it can be and lis rattled off three Arabic words Contact Karin.avila-john@notes. tee requires four to five hours of work a wanted to do it when I got back.” in response and Younes burst into udayton.edu to become involved. week and gives members all of the cor- Perkin’s match for the night, surprised laughter, grateful to rect information regarding the end of the Akane Kageyama from Japan, said hear his native language spoken year trip. she likes to ask the American stu- no matter how butchered it may Politics, politics, politics The following incidents were reported to Ohio Speaker of the House Representa- the department of Public Safety on Aug. tive Jon Husted and Judge AJ Wagner 5. This log was compiled by Flyer News will be speaking at the first annual Cel- from actual police reports obtained Crime Log from the Department of Public Safety. ebrate Dayton Speakers Series at 7 p.m. in the KU Ballroom, presented by the Dayton Civic Scholars Class of 2009. To Theft Criminal Trespassing Criminal Damaging obtain tickets for “How Does Civic En- September 5, 3:20 a.m. Sept. 5, 6:21 p.m. Sept. 5, 2:02 a.m. gagement Promote a Caring Commu- On Sept. 5, Officer Fritz Officer Orrill was dispatched to On Sept. 8 at approximately nity?” visit the KU box office. responded to Marycest Kennedy Union on the report 2:02 a.m., Officer Orrill was Complex on the report of a of a suspicious male making dispatched to Lawnview stolen bicycle. Upon arrival, inappropriate comments to Apartments on the report of the a UD student stated that he female students and taking sound of breaking glass. Upon SEPT. THURSDAY had locked his blue and black photographs. The officer arrival, the officer located a Sophomore celebration Trek 1000 to the handrail in located the male, who was broken window on the building. 18 Residence Education invites all sopho- front of Marycrest Complex not a UD student. The suspect Upon further investigation, the mores to stop by the greenspace next at approximately 8:30 p.m. was issued a criminal trespass officer entered the apartment to the RecPlex volleyball courts for food, When he returned at 3:15 a.m. warning and he left the area. and observed that the outside music and games from 6 to 8 p.m. he noticed the bike chain had The complainant stated that piece of glass was broken been cut and the bike was the suspect told her and her and there were pieces of red missing. There are no known friends how “sexy” they were balloon mixed in with the identifying numbers for the bike and asked if he could take broken glass. There are no and it is valued at about $700.