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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Friday April 27, 2007 Volume 101, Issue 146 E-mail leads WWWBGNEWSCOM to professor's Designated Blackout! drivers offered rewards resignation The Wellness n the dark, briefly, a new campus emerges By Freddy Hunt and Eric Reed Connection is giving Reporters out cards for free soda By Dave Herrcra Puddles reached ankles in "Once we get the 911 calls power thanks to emergency After he sent a threatening e- at local bars | Page 3 In Focus Editor some places, but they couldn't that the power's out we always generators, but nobody seemed mail. a part-time professor at be seen until it was too late. immediately send officers to to be quite sure of what had BGSU's liielands campus was Nobody quite knew how to Lightning lit up the night sky, those intersections." he said. happened, or when things arrested and later resigned last Bombers in handle last night's power out- slowly moving to the north. Ten Bowling Green police would be back to normal. week. Iraq kill 72 age — so, walking around From one end of East Wooster officers were working on the All they knew was the obvi- According to Chiel SigSWOItll campus, there ended up being Street to another, pitch black. streets during the outage, a dis- ous — the power was out. of the lirie County SheriffsOffice, The bodies of 27 dead a little bit ol everything. City police officers quickly patcher at the station said. So what did everybody do? Donald Pryor.lMi. of Collins, Ohio, men were dropped Building after building dispatched to major intersec- No University or city repre- Students in different build was arrested on April hi for tele- around campus was pilch tions, lighting flares and direct- sentatives could be reached at ings faced different conun- communications harassment, a in the capital, victims black with the exception of the ing traffic. press time to provide a cause drums. first degree misdemeanor, alter of apparent sectarian occasional emergency light in a They were lucky enough to for the blackout. At lerome Library, students he replied inappropriately to an violence | Page 8 stairwell or lobby. not receive any calls for service Everywhere, seeing more who had been using computers e-mail from his supervisor. Kohl, Haiina, Harshman, during the outage, according to than a few feet in any direction stood around, unsure of what Christ i neCetM n ese.al-i relands University, South, West, Bowling Green Police Sgt. Mark became a chore. Wandering to do next. Enough emergency associate professor, had instruct- Menacing Offenhauer, McDonald — the McDonough, who watched over students and safety workers lights shone to let people wan ed one of Pryor's classes the day words cause list went on and on. the intersection at Wooster and chatted on cell phones, vis- der through the slacks, and before and wrote him an e-mail student arrest Nostreetlamps. no blue-light South College streets. ible only thanks to passing car students silling in study groups suggesting changes lo be made emergency lamps, no stop- Traffic in affected areas was headlights. plugged away al their work. in his classroom. Sigsworlh said Univ. of Cincinnati lights. "pretty orderly," McDonough Back on campus, some were Genovese'se-mailwas very polite student threatens to Meanwhile, it kept raining. said. lucky enough to have backup See BLACKOUT | Page 2 and professional. cause more harm than Pryor in return sent an e-mail to Genovese that said in part: Va. Tech shooter "May God punish my enemies | Page 7 since I can't... I know I shouldn't be saying this... I will go with my gut instinct and say go f— your BG kicking self." according to Sigsworlh. team improves SefFIRELANDS V? After a year of special teams mistakes, a new kicker is stepping up his game | Page IS Vaccine hopes Softball makes to decrease ready for Toledo Rainouts have been IPV cases slowing progress as the By J«Sf ica Articling team looks to face the Guest Reporter Rockets | Page 13 When Briltani Lastoria went in for her routine Pap test last March she was given results that were anything but routine. Abnormal cells hail been found and she was referred to a specialist. Her diagnosis: precancerous cells in her cervix, the part of the uterus that connects the womb MDmnoma raw NEWS and vagina. LEFT IN THE DARK: When the lights went out m Ward V students and local residents gathered at bars like Howards Club H. Because there was no power, the scheduled bands I ler reaction: What one would could not play, but the Howards staff put out candles so people could continue to gather. expect when a 21-year-old hears Little known the "c" word. "When you hear the word law not helping cancer it |is| very scary," said the The Ohio Patriot senior marketing major. Act creates more Because her abnormal cells were given a medium danger rat- problems than it ing, she chose lo gel a procedure | solves | Page 4 H called I.I.LP (loopelectrosurgical ■ excision procedure) which used high intensity electrical current Study explains in remove the potentially cancer- the biology of ous cells. beauty 9 i 1 She was in and out of the hos- ™ j pital in less than six hours, but Symmetry opens a went home with side effects window to the human ** '* « i» i «^| See HPV | Page 6 psychology of sex and ■ attraction | Page 9 ArtWalk offers Stress leads to Mj^ii" loss of sleep public chance to Facing exams and M strict due dates cause experience art some students to lose ByErinRechin sleep | Page 15 ^LflUL^alZLaaillF Reporter l-'or seven years, John Butt has Have you ever had a been sharing his paintings with JORDAN FLOWER TH& BG NE AS final exam the week the Bowling Green community at LIGHTS OUT: Harshman sits darkened last night on Wooster and Mercer streets after a power outage hit parts of the city Some students in dorms used laptops and cell phones to before exam week? the annual ArtWalk! light their room There were numetous reports of students being unable to enter docms because the PED lock system lost power The blackout lasted until just after 1050 pm This year the event will be held tomorrow from noon lo S p.m. "The ArtWalk! gives us a venue for people lo see what our work looks like," said Burt. ArtWalk! is sponsored by Democrats pass bill for troop withdrawa Main Street BG, an organization AARON STEIN. of property owners in Bowling Senior. Marketing Green's downtown district. By David Eipo far short of the two-thirds determined to win in Iraq. I take out the pork and get (he Therefore, the art galleries will "Yes, pretty much The Associated Press majority needed to override a think the bill that they sent us funds to our troops," he said. bedisplayed al different locations every semester." Bush veto. today is mission defeated," said The bill would provide $124.2 along Main Street | Page 4 WASHINGTON — In a bold Democrats marked yes- deputy press secretary Dana billion, more than S90 bil- "This event serves two purpos- wartime challenge to President terday's final passage with a Perino. "This bill is dead before lion of which would go for the es," said Main Street BG represen- Bush, the Democratic-con- news conference during which arrival." wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. tative, Eadene kilpatrick. trolled Senate voted yesterday they repeatedly urged Bush to Given that standoff. Democrats added billions "It highlights local artistic tal- to begin withdrawal of U.S. reconsiderhisvetothreat. "This Republicans and Democrats more for domestic programs, ent and brings attention lo our troops from Iraq by Oct. 1 with bill for the first time gives the alike already were maneu- and while most of the debate downtown merchants," said I TODAY a goal of a complete pullout six president of the United States vering for position on a fol- focused on the troop with- Kilpatrick. Few Showers months later. The White House an exit strategy" from Iraq, said low-up bill. drawal issue, some of the extra (her 75 local artists and crafts- High: 59. Low: 45 dismissed the legislation as Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin. Senate Republican leader spendingalsohasdravvn Bush's men will have their work dis- "dead before arrival." The legislation is "in keeping Mitch McConnell dismissed the criticism. played in 24 different galleries. The 51-46 vote was largely with what the American people just-passed legislation as "polit- The day's developments Then are three large exhib- 5 -4P*K along party lines, and like want," added Senate Majority ical posturing" by Democrats amounted to a landmark of its that will be displaying works House passage a day earlier Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. thai deserves the veto it will sorts.