Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-31-2003 The BG News March 31, 2003 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 March 31, 2003" (2003). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7101. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7101 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. Green State University MONDAY BALANCE: March 31, The Falcons 2003 gymnastic team places fourth in the AM. SHOWERS MAC championship HIGH 40 LOW 32 Saturday; PAGE 5 www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 96 ISSUE 48 US. prepares for urban fight By Kimberly Helling ing 10 miles with little resistance, strategy is to take Najaf or simply vers they would be shot if they did It is in Najaf that Ali. son-in-law city. Officers speaking on condi- and Chris Tomlinson though battles with the to cordon off the city. There are not leave the area. of the prophet Muhammad, is tion of anonymity said some of 1HE ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Guard loomed. To too many Iraqi fighters to bypass "This is our type of fight," said buried at an extraordinary shrine, the Iraqi fighters were hiding NEAR NAJAK Iraq—The 101st the south, Marines launched them or leave them unattended; ( oinin.iin! Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, its gold dome and twin minarets there. Airborne Division encircled the "search-and-destroy" missions to they're a danger to supply lines of the Fort Campbell, Ky.-bascd gleaming for miles. It is surround- A battle that destroyed these Shiite holy city of Najaf on yester- clear the road to Baghdad of Iraqi on the way to Baghdad. air assault division. "This is prob- ed by low buildings and narrow holy places could inflame pas- day, preparing for a possible attackers. But if Najaf is a key stepping ably the most dangerous part of streets, a nightmare of an urban sions of Shiitrs in Iraq and else- door-to-door battle to root out But it was at Najaf — a city of stone to the capital, it is also a combat and that's urban. battleground. where, most notably Iran. Saddam Hussein's fighters — but 300,000, 100 miles south of dangerous one. On Saturday, a Sometimes you don't find out Other Muslim prophets are Ibrahim Khalili. a prominent leery of damaging some of the Baghdad — that U.S. military suicide attack killed four U.S. sol- who the enemy is until they're buried there and at the vast al Iranian Shiite clergyman, said: "I faith's most sacred shrines. leaders were faced with a difficult diers at a checkpoint north of shooting at you." Wadi es Salaam cemetery — one don't think that anyone dares to To the north, Army brigades decision. town; yesterday, nervous U.S. It is also a place where soldiers of the world's largest — that crept closer to Baghdad, advanc- It was unclear whether the U.S. troops warned approaching dri- must tread with sensitivity. forms a semicircle around the WAR, PAGE 2 Money Walk raises managers SPREADING PEACE funds to tie for fight AIDS overseas first place By Irene Sharon Scott CUES! REPORTER Early morning Saturday, several By Miranda Bond community members arrived at REPORTER the Student Recreation Center. Bowling Green's Beta Alpha Psi Some dressed in layers of shirts chapter tied for first place in the and sweats, completed with ear national accounting honor soci- warmers or hats and gloves. ety's regional meeting recently. Others wore long-sleeved shirts They won with their presentation and shorts The cold, brisk winds concerning Contracted Hacking. didn't deter their enthusiasm. Two seniors from the Over 30 individuals lined up University, President Alicia Poluga behind the starting line. The path and Vice President Rhonda around campus was explained Schnipke, tied for first in the and encouraging words were Technical Presentations category. given. Soon they began wralking or They covered the topic of compa- running in a 3.1 -mile race to stop nies paying consultants to break HIV/AIDS in Kenya, East Africa, into their computer systems and generating $2,085 for the cause. then reporting back on security "It was awesome to see such a weaknesses. warm turn out on such a cold Their success at the regional day," said Headi Huber, commu- event could help them gain the nity educator at the University tide of Superior Chapter for the Women's Center. "Having an 24th time in the past 25 years. The event to raise awareness about an national office will decide who epidemic that affects the entire gets this award during the sum- world is so important during this mer. time where people seem to be iso- This long run at the top is no lating themselves from others. ordinary feat. Few chapters have There were French folks, received superior status for so Germans, Brazilians, Africans and many years. Americans all bonding together "Through presentations given for one purpose." by professionals, professors and University students from Kenya students, I have gained knowl- organized the marathon in coor- edge about the many options and Km Hull BG News dination with the Student Global career paths for accountants, TAKING A STAND: Students, faculty and community members march from the Student Union to the post office Saturday afternoon to communication skills, interview protest the war in Iraq. Protesters were followed by another group carrying signs supporting the troops and the war. AIDS, PAGE 2 skills and networking," said Schnipke, a second-year member of the group. "I have also gained many contacts with professionals, former students and current stu- SARAH COX OVKRSKASI FIFTH IN A SPRING SERIES dents. My success in the organiza- tion comes from my drive to be a successful businesswoman in the future and from the executive board and professors over the semester." THE MIGHTY GANGES Beta Alpha Psi is a national honorary organization for stu- SACRED RIVER SUFFERS FROM HEAVY POLLUTION dents majoring in accounting and By Sarah Cox not go away. en containers, but had the man information systems. OVERSEAS REPORTER On the Ganges River cruise, I fill them for me. I watched the The local chapter has about 35 VARANASI, India—My visit to could see vague images of tem- paddles go in and out of the members, both undergraduate India was not going to be com- ples through the dense fog. Men water. They disappeared into the and graduate students. plete until I visited the most and women submerged into the sooty, smelly river. "Beta Alpha Psi definitely pre- sacred Hindu pilgrimage site, holy waters, swishing the green- When I arrived back at die pares you for the working world the Ganges River. I was there on black water in their mouths. ship in the city of Chennai, I and allows you to make many Holi Day, the festival of colors We passed two cremation opened my bags. One of the con- beneficial contacts, Schnipke and love, but not everything was sites. Men surrounded one dead tainers had opened, leaving the said. "We have a lot of fun togeth- so pretty. body, shaving the corpse's head smell of ashes and rot. A black er and are always looking for new As our group walked past sil- for its sunrise cremation. The stain remained on my new members." ver-faced men laughing at us, I man's ashes would later be Pashmina scarves. The Ganges Students wishing to join must could smell something foul. thrown into the holy waters. was no doubt polluted. meet academic requirements and There were cows roaming freely "I will not bathe in the river," "It would be meaningful to participate in various professional in the streets, and their dung left Naveen, our tour guide warned. Indians who have brought back and community service activities. evidence of their passage. I "My mom asks me if I bathed in water from the Ganges to only Anyone interested in joining may walked further and saw a man the river, and I tell her that I took open it up and smell it, and they contact Bill Cappel, who is the fac- who was leaving excrement in a shower at the hotel in Varanasi. have to think about it," said ulty adviser for the Department of the street as well. But they That is the closest 1 will ever get." George Williams, professor of Accounting and Management weren't the only source of the Another boat approached, religious studies at California Information Systems. He can be stench. selling post cards and golden State University, who has spent reached by e-mail at I saw a sign ahead saying containers for Ganges River years in India researching Sarah Coi BG New cappelwiStba-bg. "Ganges River," announcing our water. I heeded Naveen's warn- IN THE MIST: A man climbs into his boat on the banks ot the arrival. The pungent smell did ing and bought two of the gold- GANGES, PAGE 2 Ganges River in on a foggy day in Varanasi, India. s WEDNESDAY THDRSDAY FRIDAY FOUR-DAY FORECAST ™ ™ - The four-day forecast is taken Partly High:54" ^fit Showers High: 62° Partly High: 68 Showers High: 62" Cloudy Low: 38" Low 51- Cloudy Low 47' Low 33' from weather.com '• .-- s»-«, ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I F0RAiiTHENEWSVISITWWW.BGNEWS.COM 2 Monday.