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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Tuesday April 28,2009 Volume 105, Issue 146 WWWBGVIEWS.COM A summer of construction Book drive for Kenya The summer will be a busy time on campus Campus master A University doctoral student inspired by lack as various renovations are expected to begin plan to be of library access at his By Lin Chafati Kenyan home initiated preparations for the Stroh Center Other projects that will lie Reporter with the construction beginning worked on this summer include revealed in June J PAt CARTER AP PHOTO a book drive that will in September. construction on the tunnels below SWINE FLU: Mara .ugo walla though send books overseas This will be a very busy summer" When the Stroh Center starts Mercer along with the web of By Hannah Sparling the Miami airport, yesterday, alter arriving on | Page 3 is a reoccurring thought for Steve construction this summer, park- runnels below campus. The con- Reporter a flight from Me<ico City foi a family visit. KrukofT, one of the planners for ing lot (i, where current on cam- struction of a chiller plant south- the upcoming campus construc- pus students jvirk. will lie used east of the line Arts building is Last night University administrators Come share tion. as the stuging urea. When fall also on the project list, along with revealed tentative plans to update, Renovation on the lobby of semester begins, students "ill roof work on the Math Science, renovate and build new residence a ride I larshnian I lull begun earlier this have to park in l/>t 12, which will Psychology and Moore Musical and dining halls on campus. U.S. urged Everybody was semester, slurring one of many be expanded over the summer, Arts buildings. The plans are part of the Master reminded to "go green" of the projects happening in the Krukoffsaid. "Tliis is the beginning of a very Plan for Residence Life and Dining months to come. "Along with the Stroh Center, the to remain during Earth Week, iliis summer, numerous proj- Wolfe Center will begin construc- See SUMMER | Page 2 See PLAN >2 and columnist Marisha ects are slated to begin, including tion in mid-lute full." he suid. Pietrowski gives the calm in face details on why public transportation is a great idea | Page 4 of swine flu Student loans By Lauran Naargaard overwhelmed The Associated Press alleged killer WASHINGTON — Confirming A medical student at least 40 cases of swine flu in the U.S., the Obama admin- accused of murdering istration said yesterday it was a woman he met on responding aggressively as Craigslist owes over if the outbreak would spread into a full pandemic. Officials $130,000 in loans and urged Americans against most can not afford attorney Photos by Freddy Hunt | Editor-in-Chief travel to Mexico as the virus | Page 9 thai began there spread to the Green Balloons. 5000 of them, floated yesterday in the Union Oval to raise awareness of United States and beyond. organ donation. The balloons represented the 5.000 Ohioans waiting for organ transplants President Barack Obama From out 'Eighteen people die every day waiting for an organ transplant." said senior Lauren Butts urged calm, saying there was who is the campaign manager for BGSU Do It Now. reason for concern but not yet of the ashes Students participating in the flash mob event woke up at 4 a.m. to fill the balloons. Butts "a cause for alarm.'' Despite losing three said "What are you w8ing for?" is the slogan adopted by the University chapter Yet just in case, administra- The effort is part of the Do It Now Ohio campaign, whose goal is to register 240.000 new senior defensive tion officials said that they were donors in Ohio this year. The University is one of 17 schools competing in Ohio to register the already waging a vigorous cam- linemen over the past most organ donors. paign of prevention, unsure of year because they were the outbreak's severity or where dismissed, the linemen it would show up next. U.S. customs officials began that remain think they'll checking people entering U.S. I succeed | Page 7 Dutch dairy farmers find monetary territory. Millions of doses of flu-fighting medications from a success operating large U.S. dairy farms federal stockpile were on their way to states, with priority By Courtnay Flynn given to the five already affect- Reporter ed and to border states. Federal agencies were conferring with Dutch dairy farmers are capitalizing on the land of oppor- State aiitl international govern- tunity to turn their Dutch milk money into gold by buying ments. and operating large dairy farms in the U.S., but not without "We want to make sure that concerns from local residents. we have equipment where it Since 2000, there has been un influx of dairy fanners from needs to be, people where they die Netherlands. These farmers are leaving their native need to be and, most impor- country and coming to the U.S. to spend large amounts of tant, information shared at all money on dairy operations so as to earn more. While the levels," lunet Napolitano. head majority of these dairies are family owned, they do not fir of the Homeland Security in as a mom-and-pop dairy operation due to their size and Department, told reporters. efficiency. Her briefing came short- 'I he maji irity of the Dutch dairy fanns in the urea contain ly before the World Health more than 500 cows, said (onathan llaines. Wood County Organization raised the sever- executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ity of its pandemic alert level to Vreba-lloff Dairy I and II in Southeast Michigan have over four from three on a six-point 3,000 cows each, and Manders Dairy has about 700 cows. scale. Level four means there Both an1 owned by fanner Netherlands residents. is sustained human-to-human Between 2000 mid 2006 the number of dairy farms with spread in at least one country, 500 cows and above increased from 5.5 percent to 23 percent level six is a full-fledged pan- in Ohio and 20 percent to 39 percent in Michigan. With that demic, an epidemic that has increase the number of dairy fanns with 100 cows or fewer spread to a wide geographic fell from 49.5 percent to 36 percent in Ohio and 28 percent to area. 18 percent in Michigan during the same time period, accord- "We are proceeding as if we ing to data produced by the Economic Research Service of are preparatory to a full pan- the U.S. Department of Agriculture. demic." Napolitano said. With the decrease in small fanns and the current econom- She said travel warnings for ffBBJBBfjaBjaBF «BB* trips to Mexico would remain See 0*IHY i Page 2 in place as long as swine flu is detected. CITY CAMPUS BRIEF BRIEF Students told to take precautionary health measures The University Student Health Services sent an e-mail to students yesterday at Extra police officers 2:21 p.m. to take precautionary measures against the recent outbreak of the swine flu. called in to control According to the email, the people currently most at risk are those who have loud crowds downtown traveled to infected areas, and the University is monitoring the situation in conjunc- this weekend tion with local health officials There have been no reported cases of the flu on campus, in Wood County or Erie An increase in downtown activity this County, where the University's Firelands campus is located Statewide, there has been weekend resulted in the Bowling Green one confirmed case ol a child in Loram County who had been in Mexico Police Department calling in live extra To prevent an outbreak, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to tale the officers during the late hours of Saturday precautions they would normally take to prevent colds or flu: night. - Wash your hands often with soap and water (hand samtar is also effective) Several loud and rowdy crowds in the - Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth downtown area were eventually disbanded - Avoid close contact with sick people after officers were forced to use pepper - Don't share drinks, toothbrushes, etc. spray in the area. It Tony Hetnck said. After spraying the area. Hetrkk said most The symptoms of the flu usually include a high fever generally ranging from 102 - violators fled the area; however, several 104 degrees Fahrenheit, chest discomfort body aches, headaches and/or exhaustion arrests were made Symptoms of the common cold are usually not prominent According to Hetrkk.'the increase II expenencing symptoms consistent with the flu. University students should see in activity could have been caused by a the Student Health Service or visit a primary care provider hip-hop event taking place in downtown The Student Health Center and area doctors will be reporting all flu cases to Toledo.