2007-01-24

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Employee admits to embezzlement OU of Athens former secretary fired for embezzling fake textbooks | Page 3

Students keep downloading music even with warnings Despite government threats, illegal downloading still goes on | Page 3

OPINION

‘Doing it’ in public places not always bad Being discreet about sexual activities in public can be spicey, fun | Page 4

People shut off world with loud music

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Landfill prepared to take out the trash for years to come

By Alexandria Clark Senior Reporter

There are no worries for the Wood County landfill to overreach its capacity that buries between 30,000 to 35,000 tons of garbage a year.

The Wood County landfill has been a site to bury residential trash for 125,000 people since 1972.

“The landfill is in no danger of reaching its capacity because we have a 15-year-old plan for the landfill to hold the county’s garbage,” said Ken Riemam, director for Wood County Solid Waste.

Riemam said the factors they consider when looking at the landfill is the constructed and permit capacity and the area around the landfill.

“The most critical factor to determine if the landfill is soon to reach its capacity is the constructed capacity,” said Riemam. “The constructed capacity is the space that the landfill

already occupies for the garbage to be buried.”

The landfill’s constructed capacity is in good shape because the county’s solid waste department stays ahead of the game by continuing designing architecture for additional space around the landfill and considering its permit capacity.

“We would have to turn in an application to Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency if we want to expand the site because geology and architectural studies have to be looked over,” said Riemam. “And that application can take up to 10 years, so it’s really good to stay ahead before the landfill reaches its capacity.”

Riemam said the worst scenario is to get in a position where the trash can’t be taken anywhere.

“Adding on to a landfill is like structuring a building because we have to consider many factors while expanding,” said Riemam.

Some of the other considering factors are ground water monitoring to build wells, making sure contamination is not present in water and no methane gas is escaping.

The landfill doesn’t just bury garbage but also provides disposable materials.

“We have a yard waste area for leaves and grass that we turn into compost to use as topsoil in the landfill to bury the trash,” said Riemam.

Also, the landfill uses the brush from trees to turn into mulch, which they sell it back to companies.

“The more trash that comes in, we try to turn it into disposable materials so we have more space for the trash that we can’t recover,” said Riemam.

Besides the landfill trying to recover garbage, it also doesn’t pose a threat to its surrounding residential and farm area.

“The landfill has minimal impact on nearby residential

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Society hurts ears by listening to music loudly, forces others to listen too | Page 4

SPORTS

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BG hockey team has offensive trouble as they fall to bottom of the CCHA | Page 8

Bush speaks to State of Union President Bush addresses the Union on national issues | Page 7

Students reach goal by getting into blotter Josh Benner chooses top 10 best police blotter incidents to aspire to | Page 5 What’s your favorite winter activity?

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Search for chancellor postponed

By Gina Potthoff Reporter

It all depends on how involved Ohio Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland wants to be.

It was unexpectedly announced by Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted (R-Kettering) that the governor is postponing the search for a new chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents.

Currently, the board is a direct, non-governing body that has been in charge of the higher education in Ohio for 44 years.

Members of the governing board are at present time appointed by the governor, and the chancellor is selected by the members of the board. The chancellor position is designed to reside over the Ohio Board of Regents without voting. Once members are chosen, they are Ted independent and Strickland no longer report (D) Ohio to the governor.

RobertDeBard, Governor associate profes- postponing sor of leadership chancellor andpolicystudies search at Bowling Green State University, views the situation as one resulting in the Ohio Board of Regents either being greatly modified or most likely eliminated to create a cabinet level post in higher education.

“Under a cabinet level post, reporting directly to the governor, there would be far less advocacy and far more accountability,” DeBard said.

This just means the governor will essentially have more control and supervision over the higher education system in Ohio.

As it is now, the Ohio Board of Regents advocates on behalf of higher education in Ohio and doesn’t necessarily govern.

Instead of being a coordinating board that makes suggestions, the new cabinet would have increased accountability for the actions that are taken in the development of higher education policy.

BGSU, along with the 13 other

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Dream study doesn’t exist? Ohio gas prices drop along with the temperature “Price per barrel, Try a build-it-yourself major

By Christy Johnson Reporter

By Kristen Zenz Reporter

With more than 200 undergraduate majors and programs of study in seven colleges, Bowling Green State University students should have no problem finding a career path that suits their interests even if they surpass those which the University offers.

Unknown to most students, Julie Barnes, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences said, “The college offers the opportunity to create an Individualized Planned Program if a combination of majors or minors in the college does not meet the student’s intellectual needs or career goals.”

In order to follow this nontraditional path, students must follow specific guidelines.

According to the College of Arts and Sciences, students must first carefully plan their program courses with an advisor who is knowledgeable of the topic, career or general area being pursued.

In order to acquire a minor, a student must plan 20 credit hours, while 54 credit hours accompanied by BG Perspective requirements are needed to declare a major. These courses

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Plan program that meets graduation requirements with a knowledgeable advisor Create a typed proposal including a cover letter, rationale and list of courses Submit the signed proposal to the College of Arts and Sciences Appeals Board

must all contribute to the focus chosen by the student once he names his individualized program.

The planned program must then be approved by the College of Arts and Sciences by submitting a proposal. This proposal should contain a rationale for the student’s program based on his educational or career goals and why an already established major/minor program at the University does not fit his needs. A list of personally picked courses needed to complete the planned program is also required upon submission.

Junior Chris Partridge’s proposal for a Bachelor of Arts in theoretical composition was approved after he felt the film

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While many prices have increased for products and services in lieu of the minimum wage increase, students may find unexpected financial relief at the gas pump.

Gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen below $2 a gallon for regular unleaded gas. These prices are the lowest the state has seen since spring 2005.

“I noticed the gas price drop because in the past few weeks I have saved around $3 when filling up my Eclipse, which uses premium gas,” junior Keith Howard said.

availability and demand determine the price at the pump.”

Jim McDermott | Barney’s Manager Ohio gasoline prices are the 6th lowest in the nation with an average price per gallon of regular fuel costing $1.98.8, trailing Oklahoma, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Kansas.

“Price per barrel, availability and demand determine the

price at the pump,” said Jim McDermott, store manager at Barney’s Citgo Convenient Mart on Wooster Street.

Those factors, along with a warmer than average winter, have resulted in an average national gas price that is 16 cents cheaper than last year at this time.

“Refiners can make their distillate fuel into heat oil or gas,” said Mark Hansen, president of Venture Fuels, a wholesale fuel management company in Wisconsin.

This winter, which saw the eighth warmest December on record, plays into the production

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Admissions department starts spreading the word

By Sarah Colbry Reporter

As spring semester starts, the undergraduate admissions department is once again in full force.

With so many institutions across the nation, Bowling Green State University has to get their name out there, and they have to make their mark.

“We’re out promoting the institution heavily September through November,” said Adrea Spoon, an admissions counselor at BGSU. During those fall

months the University is mainly targeting high school seniors, but that is not to say that is the only group they are targeting.

“We do a variety of recruitment,” Spoon said.

Spoon will be making several one-week trips this semester to high schools outside of Ohio to talk to juniors who will be graduating in 2008. She will be attending college fair events at these high schools to get students thinking about BGSU as early as possible.

Admissions counselors don’t recruit as heavily outside of Ohio,

but when they do travel out of the state, they promote certain education and sport programs the University has to offer.

Spoon talks with high school students about the theater, film, aviation, music and art programs, as well as several others, as these are the kinds of programs the majority of out-ofstate students are considering.

There are currently 12 admissions counselors who travel during the year to promote BGSU. “Our main goal is to encour-

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BLOTTER MONDAY 6:57 A.M.

Wayne L. Mannies Jr., 37, of Bowling Green, arrested for criminal damag at a Napoleon Road apartment complex. A caller reported receiving threatening notes on his apartment door. Mannies admitted to writing the notes and to breaking off the antenna and windshield wiper of a vehicle owned by one of the apartment’s residents. He also told police he spray painted a line down the side of another resident’s car. When asked why he would do these things, Mannies said the people who live above him — whose property he damaged — always have their music up when he’s trying to sleep. He told police he didn’t have a phone available to call the police on them.

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BGSU From Page 1 age a student to visit,” said Gary Swegan, director of undergraduate admissions.

Swegan said that since he started here in 1989 tuition has gone up somewhat each year.

“It really has been a challenge because Ohio is a high fee state,” Swegan said when talking about recruitment in relation to rising tuition rates.

However, Swegan also said that percentage-wise, more students are going to college.

Prospective students can come to the University for a day of information sessions and campus tours to learn if BGSU is the right choice for them.

“It’s the biggest day we have,” Swegan said when commenting on the upcoming President’s Day open house,

12:29 A.M.

A vehicle in Lot H was displaying a homemade parking decal.

7:02 P.M.

Juvenile charged with assault and criminal damaging at the Children’s Resource Center on Klotz Road. The 11-year-old boy was reported to have been upset about playing Playstation and began to kick the furnace.

He kicked the cabinet door and ripped the door off. He also bit two staff members who were trying to restrain him. Both staffers had puncture wounds when police arrived and were bleeding. Officers handcuffed him and took him to the juvenile detention center.

8:07 P.M.

Money reported missing from an East Napoleon Road apartment. The resident believes a baby-sitter took $100 from the apartment.

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Michael A. Warren, 23, of Bowling Green, arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia on Colony Lane. According to police reports, he had one rolled marijuana joint and a pack of rolling papers. Warren was also cited for driving under suspension.

Taking beer drinking to the next level TO THE MAX: Extreme beer-tasting in the Black Swamp Pub in the Student Union. Extreme beers mean high alcohol content and a lot of different additives that are not in most beers. In this picture, Ryan Dickerson, a student at BGSU, tastes an Extreme Beer. Dickerson was urged to go by his former professor and he also loves beer.

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9:28 P.M.

Caller reported receiving threatening text messages from a juvenile threatening her if she did not return his hat.

or lack there of, of both distillate fuel products and what refiners choose to turn it into.

Hansen, who’s company supplies Sterling Store on Wooster Street with its fuel, said in winter, heating oil production increase anywhere from 2 to 3 percent, spiking to as high as 5 percent.

This winter, that demand is down.

“Since the heating demand is down, the refineries shifted back to producing diesel fuel, that has made the fuel stocks go up,” Hansen said.

Another factor has been the growth of crude oil supplies in the past six months, making supply greater, which allows producers to lower prices for the consumer.

9:35 P.M.

The odor of marijuana was reported on the 3rd floor of Bromfield.

11:59 P.M.

Jason A. Janicki, 20, of Toledo, cited for refusing to take a breathalyzer test and open container of alcohol in a vehicle at Interstate-75 and Wooster Street. Jacob Michael Hamilton, 21, of Toledo, arrested for open container of alcohol.

TUESDAY 1:56 A.M.

Fight reported at a North Main Street bar.

In Bowling Green, the cheapest gas yesterday was reported to be $1.87 a gallon.

“It is nice knowing that I can spend less now,” junior Lindsey Thompson said, The recent decrease in fuel pricing has lightened expenditures for students who drive to nearby cities for employment.

“I fill up once a week because I drive 25 minutes to get to work,” Thompson said.

Thompson said she has seen her total costs in filling up her Honda go down from $25 to $20 in the past few weeks, and she isn’t alone.

“I’ve noticed that the prices are lower, but I wish the prices would go back down to when I first started driving, when a gallon was around $1.15,” junior Katie Porter said.

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When asked why he chose BGSU, Patrick Grayshaw, senior, said, “The quality of education [was important to me].”

Grayshaw is from North Olmstead, Ohio, and said he found the facilities and the idea of living on campus appealing.

“The traditional campus experience is certainly something we capitalize on,” Swegan said. He also said BGSU promotes its diversity of opportunity as one of several things that help to differentiate the University from others.

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MAJOR From Page 1 study program was subordinate.

Partridge said he knew what he wanted and remembered someone mentioning the program.

“By planning an individualized program students are able to select courses they think are most applicable to their future career,” Barnes said.

On the other hand, though, she said, they are putting themselves outside the box to recruiters only familiar with traditional programs.

This route is not for everyone, Barnes stated. Students who are very focused and know what they want to do are the best applicants.

Like most students, Chad Turner, a sophomore majoring in VCT, had never heard of the Individualized Planned Program.

“Although the program sounds beneficial, VCT prepares me well enough to find a job I will love,” Turner said.

Partridge said, “Designing your own degree is a really cool track for those feeling disenfranchised by their major or program.”

For more information about this career path contact the College of Arts and Sciences.

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and farm areas,” said Brad Espen, director of environmental health. “I can’t even remember the last complaint we got about the landfill.”

Espen said the landfill is a greatly run operation that is controlled very professionally.

“The surrounding areas around the landfill are still growing,” said Espen. “Just because the landfill is there still doesn’t deter construction of property.”

Recently a horse stable and a house was built right across from the landfill said Espen.

Jonathan Haines, county executive director of farm service agency, agreed with Espen that the landfill poses no threat to nearby areas.

“Just because property is near a landfill won’t mean they will have problems or that the property or land will depreciate in value,” said Haines.

As far as farmland value goes, two factors help determine the worth of the property.

“The farm ground’s proximity to Route 6 to Bowling Green and adequate drainage are two big determining factors concerning value of farmland,” said Haines.

Other determining factors are the type of ground the farm has and its fertilization.

Haines said when determining farmland’s value, location has nothing to do with it.

four-year public Ohio universities, has its own Board of Trustees that decides on financial higher education issues. Currently, the University is in favor of the new change, as long as the higher education system is made stronger.

“A bill to this effect could be introduced into the legislature sometime in February. We need to wait and see what the language of the bill is,” said Larry J. Weiss, associate vice president.

With all that’s going on, how will the students of BGSU be affected?

Students should pay attention to developments concerning the Ohio Board of Regents, said Ed Whipple, vice president of student affairs.

“Students need to watch carefully, number one, for the governor’s position, his influence on either a cabinet level position if this goes through, or continue watching the Board of Regents,” said Whipple. “I think the students need to be very aware of what’s going on.”

DeBard believes this change is actually in favor of Ohio educating more students more efficiently. The key to any implemented plan is that there needs to be increased funding because as DeBard puts it, the plan is not a “cure-all” for Ohio.

If the board is eliminated, the cabinet will need to take the gradual steps to improve higher education. Weiss has faith that Gov. Strickland will see the importance of supporting higher education better than it has been at the state level.

In addition to this debate, many wonder if the scholarships and grants of the Ohio Board of Regents will be eliminated along with the board. Of course, until the actual bill comes out with the specific wording, no one can know for sure. When asked his opinion, DeBard proposed that students would most likely keep current scholarships, and if anything, be given more funds.

Only time will tell what will happen to the higher education system in Ohio. Whether the Ohio Board of Regents is eliminated or not, the public still has yet to see what kind of governor Strickland is.

“I think the big variable is the governor and the governor’s commitment to education, particularly higher education,” said Whipple.

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ATHENS, Ohio (AP)— A former Ohio University employee admitted in court yesterday that she embezzled about $42,000 through phony textbook sales.

Athens County prosecutors are recommending three years in prison for Kylie Collins, 27, of McArthur, who pleaded guilty to grand theft and two counts of theft in office.

The former secretary for the engineering department would offer engineering textbooks, some of which were fictitious titles for sale on Amazon.com, then use various department accounts to order the books from herself over nine months ending in June 2005, Assistant

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Promised $100,000 is not coming as hoped

PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — A millionaire who stunned southern New Jersey by promising $100,000 grants to three students who were graduating from his old high school has dropped another bombshell.

He's reneging on his much-hyped Laureate Award.

The money has evaporated for the three Gloucester County high school graduates, who won whopping, unrestricted $100,000 awards.

Boston businessman John B. Smith Jr. swooped into his alma mater, Delsea Regional High School, each of the last two years. School officials called the size of the Laureate Awards extraordinary for the region.

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Prosecutor Robert Driscoll said.

The scheme was discovered when a new department chairman ordered an audit and asked why so much money was being spent on textbooks, Driscoll and the university said.

Collins was fired in September 2005 from the job she'd had for five years, university spokeswoman Jessica Stark said.

Collins could have faced a maximum of five years in prison.

Prosecutors would not accept a plea deal with probation because it involved the theft of taxpayers' money, Driscoll said.

"She just really violated the people's trust," he said.

College students who illegally download music and movies have been sued. They’ve had Internet access shut off or threatened and they’ve been warned to never do it again.

But the threat of a letter in a permanent file doesn’t hold as much sway as it used to.

Complaints of copyright violations remain steady at campuses across California — even going up in some cases.

“As far as illegal goes, it’s not really a concern for most people — it’s like buckling up or not buckling up,” said Meghan Moyle, 20, a UC Davis student from Reno.

The culture of downloading music without paying for it is so pervasive that two-thirds of college students say they don’t care if the music is copyrighted, according to a 2006 study by the University of Richmond law school. The study concludes that the “confrontational approach” is not working.

Moyle said she has paid for about 60 percent of the music on her iPod. The rest of the tunes came from friends.

“You don’t know who got it first,” added Rex Pham, 21, a UC Davis student from San Jose, who estimates 70 percent of his music was passed along by friends or online forums.

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tions in the freshman dorms at Davis made it even easier to share music, Pham said. “It takes a second to send a song.

It takes three minutes to get a whole album.”

Amanda Morgan, 20, a UC Davis student from Sacramento, recalled how dorm residents swapped music by setting up file-sharing programs on internal dorm networks dubbed “ourTunes,” a play off of Apple’s iTunes. “It’s very easy to stay under the radar,” she said.

Hundreds of the students ate lunch one recent afternoon around the Memorial Union at UC Davis — a good half of them wearing the ubiquitous, corddangling iPod earbuds.

For now, the kids may have a leg up on the adults. But the media industry takes copyrights seriously.

Record companies, movie studios and video game companies routinely scan the Internet for their stolen wares and send complaints of alleged copyright violations to universities. Federal law requires universities to cut off Internet access of students who get caught for repeatedly downloading and passing along copyrighted material.

University of California campuses received more than 1,500 notices last year. California State University, with fewer students living in dorms, draws at least 700 copyright violation notices a year.

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other hand, if they were not alone in the theater, and they were causing a disruption, then I would have security escort CHANDRA NIKLEWSKI them out of the theater,” said COLUMNIST one usher.

Note the ‘and they were causing a disruption’ part of I’m going to do it in public next that statement.

Sunday night at 10 p.m.

But you’ll probably go to Get your minds out of the have some fun and get the gutter. I’m not talking about meanest usher on duty so having sex, I’m talking about make sure whichever one of talking about having sex. you is playing lookout isn’t WBGU FM will be letting me interested in watching the talk so turn your dials or push movie instead of the door. your buttons until the digital Better yet, get a hotel room, readout says 88.1. not on the first floor, and have Okay, plug over. Put your sex with the curtains open. If minds back in the gutter with someone complains, claim you mine. forgot to close them because Since I’ve pulled your you were caught up in the heat thoughts that way, we’ll stick to of the moment. the idea of having sex in public.

Or maybe you’ll have my I’ve done it. Have you? experience and the curtains Before you emphatically will be the least of your probdeny it, are you sure? lems.

Do any of you have sex in I was lucky enough to have your dorm rooms? If you make family to pay for my husband any noise at all, you’re proband me to spend the weekend ably alerting the whole dorm at the Holiday Inn French to the fun times you’re capable Quarter after our wedding. It of having. was perfect because we were Jessica Jaimes, a sophomore on the concierge level. No living in Kreischer, can hear children allowed and you had what you’re doing and how to have a key for the elevator to often. open on that floor. Remember this if you want some alone And no, it’s not just that time with your boyfriend or dorm. girlfriend and you don’t want “I lived in [MacDonald any surprise guests. hall] last year and the walls So there it was; our wedding are paper thin. You can hear night. It was the most romanthe beds squeaking and shaktic time of my life and what ing when they rock or hit the would become the most pubwalls,” according to Jaimes. lic. Details aside, my husband Sex in public is a tried and delivered and I made a good true way to spice up a relationamount of noise. I expected to ship, but what fun is it if you hear blood rushing in my ears. don’t know you’re doing it?

What I did not expect was the Jaimes says people don’t live sound of cheers and congratuin ignorant bliss for long. latory praises from the hallway.

“People will usually crack Our concierge level was filled jokes afterward, so if they don’t that weekend with two groups know, they’re made aware,” of people. The wedding group Jaimes said. consisted of only me and my So have fun in the dorms husband. Every other room on with your newfound ‘sex in the floor was filled with men public’ bravado. Just be carethere for a fraternity conferful about crossing legal lines ence. elsewhere.

Who needs porn when Sex in public doesn’t mean you’ve a got a sexed-up justyou should contaminate the married couple down the hall? elevator in West Hall or hide Of course the timing for sex behind a couch in the Student in public is rarely so perfect.

Union with your bare butt up I passed up two opportuniagainst the window for anyone who happens to make the mis- ties with my husband, but we were in a public park and it was take of looking up to see.

October. I had a sinking feeling If that happens and you get that we’d be in for a let down. caught, I’m not defending you.

So have some fun and get I might laugh at you, but that’s about all the time I’m investing creative, but not illegal. Don’t give up on fulfilling the fantasy when there are much better of being naughty where people spots to enjoy intimacy. might catch you. It’s not an Sit in the back of a theater impossible dream. and fondle your partner disAs long as there are dorms creetly. Just don’t make noise with fun people like Jessica and don’t try this if there are people in earshot of your heavy Jaimes to let you know you’ve been found out, hotels willing breathing. And stay away from to book large groups of coloral sex, not because of the lege students next to a honeynaughty legal issue, but just mooning couple and ushers because the floors in theaters in movie theaters willing to are really filthy and some ushers might not be as underlook the other way, there is the standing as the one at a local promise of great sexual intiMaumee theater. macy in public.

“If I caught a couple having sex in a theater, I would probably leave them alone if they Send comments, questions and topics to Chandra Niklewski at cniklew@bgsu. were by themselves. On the

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NICHOLAS GAMERO | GUEST COLUMNIST by Dan seemed to resemble an

MARTEL WHITE | BG NEWS ILLUSTRATOR

First of all, I would like to inform Dan Lipian that nobody is perfect.

And I did not see any signs around campus reading, “Come see the perfect human being: Jesse Jackson!”

What I saw on campus were flyers for a man who marched with the great Martin Luther King Jr., who is going to speak on behalf of black Americans who once were and still continue to be oppressed and for the importance of this month.

Now, I am not saying that Jesse Jackson has never made a mistake, but look at what we are dealing with: a man who has been in the media’s eye for the vast majority of his life.

Can you tell me that in 40 years, Dan Lipian will not have made a mistake? Because that is supposedly the expectation for the Rev. Jackson.

Remember, mistakes are relative to life styles; a poor decision in the life of Dan Lipian may be a meager one that could be forgotten in a day or two, but on the other hand, a poor decision in the life of Jessie Jackson is big news; his mistakes are documented that can be uncovered and used against him 17 years later, which is something that Dan already proved.

If Jackson could go back and redo some things he messed up on, I am sure he would, but obviously he can not.

Nobody can tell me that George Bush has never said, “oops,” before, so we learn to be tolerant of other people’s leaders and their “problems,” through looking at our own role models.

With that said, the column

adolescent dead-end instant message conversation disputing who isn’t invited to their 16th birthday party. It sounded like a personal qualm.

There was more accusing and insulting banter than constructive criticism through sound reason and evidence to even think critically about the column, deeming it futile.

What was needed for this column to be successful in the eyes of someone besides extreme Jesse Jackson combatants was some diplomacy and cultural sensitivity.

In the column, it was stated that Jackson brings up situations that Dan feels are not important. Dan being a white male and clearly unaware or just disconnected from black issues, is distinctly “Not the Right Man” to even be writing on this matter.

It would have been beneficial to have more information on Jackson’s accusations or just realize that there is a large group of people that sincerely look up to this man because he has dedicated his life to service to the less fortunate.

The black community in America has been getting better, which Dan’s article stated, but it would be short-sighted to think that the job is done. For anyone against Jesse Jackson, it would be beneficial to at least hear his message because it is about love and unification.

They are virtues that all people: black, white, republican, Christian, Muslim, etc., should live by, and it would be a shame to miss out on that message on Jan. 25.

Nicholas Gamero, Editor-in-Chief of The Obsidian, journalism major, ngamero@bgsu.edu.

In a wired society, ears are in danger ANDREW HERMAN COLUMNIST

In the age of Bluetooth cell phones, iPod ear buds and the PSP, it seems Americans are becoming less personal, less engaged with those around them and with the things that are going on around them.

People, myself sometimes included in this group, sometimes spend too much time in their own worlds with their music turned up and their personality turned down.

It seems every where I go there are people who seem like they don’t want to interact with others, people who act like the things going on outside of their little iPod bubble world do not have any affect on them.

Some people even promote this idea by forcing other people to listen to the music they are listening to by blaring it so darn loud that people living on the other side of campus can hear it.

So much for a “personal” listening device.

Those people really unnerve me because not only do I not really care about the music they are listening to, but also most people do not understand what they are doing to their hearing.

Who says that just because I do not have my iPod on means that I want someone else to provide music for me. Most of the time the people that have their music blaring are the kids that listen to heavy metal or rap.

A study released back in 2005 was starting to see the dangers of the iPod and listening to music at insane levels.

A new report on WebMD also says if you listen to music from iPod ear buds or similar headphones for prolonged periods of time, even with the volume at reasonable levels, can cause damage over a period of time.

“When I ask kids why they’re not worried about hearing loss, they say they have faith that medical technology will find a way to restore their hearing,” says Deanna Meinke, chairwoman of the National Hearing Conservation Association’s Task Force on Children and Hearing.

People don’t seem to understand how things like this can

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“People... sometimes spend too much time in their own worlds with their music turned up and their personalities turned down.” affect them on the long term.

Doctors today are talking about long-term hearing loss, the kind that requires you to wear a hearing aid at the age of 35. Wouldn’t that look great with your diamond earrings and giant hoops?

I have to admit one thing, the Bluetooth cell phone adapters are nice when you are driving or doing something that requires the use of both hands.

Like right now, I am talking to a friend of mine on my hands free device. They have their advantages and disadvantages.

But when you are just walking around on campus, at The Small or Uptown, take that thing off! It’s bad enough wondering if you are talking to me or someone talking in your ear, but those things don’t really look that great.

It seems some people wear them as a fashion statement.

It’s like they are saying, “Hey, look at me, I can spend more money on something for my phone that is smaller than my

phone.”

Like I said, I can see its uses, but wearing it all of the time is like wearing an iPod all of the time. People seem to spend more time on their phone and in their musical world then they do interacting with other people.

What would you say if someone told you that by listening to your music about ten percent softer could do about 15 percent less damage then it would if you kept it at that louder level?

Well according to the New England Journal of Medicine, that’s exactly what would happen.

Hearing is something that I’m going to need for the rest of my life. Why would I want to lose it this early on? I plan on living till at least eighty, losing it now would mean going more than half my life with hearing difficulties. I’d rather not.

Send comments to Andrew Herman at hermana@bgsu.edu.

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Update on State of the Union I was watching the State of the Union Address last night and felt inspired to write a few of the more intelligent comments made by George Bush. . .

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In my three years at Bowling Green, I’ve learned that there are two goals that all Bowling Green students have, and they are to be featured in People on the Street in the BG News and to be mentioned in the police blotter in The BG News. For the second one, if you’re a freshman, you may disagree. Give it time.

So many times, I’ll hear someone talking about, “Hey, I was in People on the Street.” And I’m thinking to myself, “Wow, that’s great (whispers to self) I’ve written 55 columns.”

Now, every time I go to bgnews.com (which is obviously, all the time), and I look at the most popular articles for the day, the blotter is ALWAYS in the top five. I enjoy reading it, and I think that you should also start enjoying the often times hysterical happenings that occur in BG every single day.

Here is my Top Ten list of blotter stories going back to August.

Some of these stories are funny just by the fact that they are real, others are funny because, well, people are stupid. I’ve also included the dates that these blotter reports were mentioned in The BG News.

10 – Jan. 10, “Two males reported to be soliciting for a wheelchair basketball team on Klotz Road.”

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3 – Oct. 23, “Subject reported his vehicle had been stolen from the Wal-Mart parking lot.

When police arrived, he realized he’d simply forgotten where he parked it.”

2 – Nov. 20, “Subject tried to get into the back seat of a police car at Prospect and Oak streets.

According to police reports, he was intoxicated and believed the unmarked police vehicle was his friend’s car.”

1 – Nov. 12, “Subject reported his vehicle was stolen from North Prospect Street. The caller was intoxicated and after 30 minutes, police found it parked in Lot 2 where he had left it. Once the vehicle was secured, the subject called 911 again. He was told not to call unless it was an emergency.

Later, he called 911 again and stated his vehicle was “moving” as he could see it on “low jack.”

He was told his vehicle was not moving and was still parked in Lot 2. The dispatcher told him to go to sleep and check the vehicle in the morning.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Students prefer to order over the phone When given the choice of ordering food by phone or ordering food online, which method do students prefer?

The opinion expressed in the staff editorial titled “Online menus: the battle begins” is anchored upon the assumption that students prefer the online route.

My research and experience suggests otherwise.

It was necessary for me to answer the question stated above before starting Campusmenus.com 2.5 years ago.

To do so, 200 students from Kent State University and Case Western Reserve University were surveyed. The resulting data indicated that 72 percent of respondents prefer to order using the phone.

Among others, ordering online begs the following questions: Will my delivery order arrive in thirty, sixty, or ninety minutes?

Will I be charged extra for substituting vegetables for fries?

Did the restaurant even notice the fax that was transmitted? Is my credit card number, which is printed on a fax transmission, safe?

I disagree with the staff editorial’s suggestion that Campusmenus.com should “take the time to re-develop [its] system” and offer online ordering.

Students from schools Campusmenus.com has served for over six months have indicated their appreciation that the site facilitates calling in orders and that the site includes nearly every restaurant nearby campus.

This is our competitive advantage. I love technology and new approaches to life’s everyday demands.

Though, due to the aforementioned problems with online ordering, I believe that ordering food is best suited for two people speaking over the phone.

It is extremely important to me that Campusmenus.com provide great value to its student users and to its network restaurants.

I have the highest appreciation and respect for feedback

and I would love to hear the opinions of BG students and community members on this topic.

— Scott Himmel, Owner, Campusmenus.com shimmel@campusmenus.com.

Column showed lack of gaming education Kristen Vasas’ column was readable until the fifth paragraph.

This scene she described at first is quite typical in video games; however, not all games are like this.

What’s with the story of Keith Jones? How is that related to violent video games? Now, if she were able to say he was playing Grand Theft Auto, or another violent video game, then maybe I’d partially agree with her.

Yes, there are violent video games, but there are grading systems to regulate it them (ESRB, anyone?). If the retailers and parents regulated these games and actually followed the grading system (which, by the

way, is why they are there) then things might be better, with less violence.

What she is saying is ban all violent video. What about other media outlets, such as news shows, television shows, movies, books, magazines, the Internet, papers, textbooks and even radio? Should we ban all those as well, due to violent content?

As a gamer, I believe in moderation, not total annihilation of all that is entertaining. So please, before you want someone ruining a media outlet for everyone, do more research and realize that violent video games is not the only form of violence out there that children can grasp on a daily basis.

I’m tired of hearing all the blame landing on violent video games. People need to learn that there are other forms (and easier to gain forms) of media that are more realistic and violent then video games ever will be.

Do everyone a favor and educate yourself.

— Colleen Finn, Junior, Telecommunications cfinn@bgsu.edu

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HPV vaccines are the smart option STICKIN’ IT TO HPV AMANDA HOOVER OPINION EDITOR

Vaccinations. It’s one of those inevitable practices that students going into middle school and high school have to deal with. Hepatitis, meningitis, polio and all the other diseases that can be potentially dangerous in crowded classrooms.

But what about when going to a busy school doesn’t increase your chance of getting a disease? Should a vaccination still be mandatory?

That’s the question lawmakers are asking in nine states across the nation. They’re asking it about Gardasil, the new vaccine that protects from four types of human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts infections, according to Gardasil.com.

The American Cancer Society Web site says cervical cancer kills more than 288,000 women, worldwide, each year.

In America, it comes out to 3,700 women dead and 6,000 more who survive the painful ordeal.

So why don’t some lawmakers want to require the vaccine? Because HPV is a sexually transmitted infection.

According to an article from Texas newspaper, the Tyler Morning Telegraph, many people are afraid the vaccination will give young women the idea that it’s OK to have sex, so long as you’re vaccinated.

Most proposed bills would require girls aged 11-12 years old to be vaccinated before entering the sixth grade. Some are saying it’s the parent’s choice whether or not the kids get vaccinated, not the state’s.

This battle against a vaccination that could virtually wipe out cervical cancer in America is just another example of how conservative denial is hurting our youth.

Now I can agree it’s not OK for 11- and 12-year-olds to be having sex. That’s not rocket science. But to say we won’t have them vaccinated is to punish them when they do start having sex.

And it’s earlier than you want to think. A study published by the Kaiser Family Foundation in January 2005 showed 33 percent of ninth graders and 47 percent of all high-school aged students have had sexual intercourse.

When nearly half of all high school students are having (or have had) sex it’s irresponsible for parents to refuse their daughters a potentially lifesaving vaccination.

Now Gardasil’s not entirely in the clear either; they’ve

States currently proposing mandatory HPV vaccinations ■ California ■ Kansas ■ Maryland ■ Michigan ■ New Hampshire ■ South Dakota ■ Texas ■ Virginia ■ Washington D.C.

encountered serious criticism for their TV ads bearing the slogan “One Less.” The vaccine and it’s manufacturer, Merck, are guilty of advertising the vaccine as if HPV could happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. They make it seem like the flu when the truth is that it can only happen to people who are sexually active.

So I agree, call Merck out on their ads. But their ads don’t make the statistics any less true. Cervical cancer kills and this vaccine will save thousands of lives.

To those who are worried that Gardasil will give kids free reign to start having sex: You’re wrong. Just flat wrong.

What needs to happen is proper education. Explain to your daughters what HPV is and how it’s transmitted. Then let them know about the dozens of other sexually transmitted infections they can get that are not prevented by Gardasil.

And then, (God forbid) maybe it wouldn’t hurt to explain the concept of sex to your kids.

That way they have the facts.

When you shelter your children and don’t explain the concepts and the consequences, then they may not know about sex, but they also don’t know about the dangers of having uninformed sex.

The real fact is, according to the Kaiser study, 48 percent of teens ages 12-17 wish they had more information about sexual health.

But they don’t. And there’s no good reason for it. We’re sheltering these kids out of fear and forcing them to learn about sex from other kids.

Now that’s certainly not safe.

Being a good parent means being honest with your kids.

It also means doing what’s necessary to keep them safe.

Gardasil combined with the knowledge parents need to be willing to give will keep kids safe.

So to the nine states currently considering mandatory HPV vaccinations: I say go for it. And to all those opposed: Get out from underneath your rock, put aside your ignorance and do what’s necessary to keep your kids healthy, safe and informed.

Send comments to Amanda Hoover at hoovaama@bgsu.edu.

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Bush gives his 2007 State of the Union speech

By Tom Raum The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Bush faces long odds in trying to make headway in this divided-government town with his latest batch of domestic initiatives — even though many appear tailored to address longtime Democratic concerns.

Democrats, now the majority party in Congress, reacted coolly to Bush's effort to regain control of the agenda with a handful of new and recycled State of the Union proposals on health care, energy, education and immigration.

Beyond fresh calls for bipar-

“We go into this process with no illusions about the atmosphere in which we’re operating in.”

Dan Bartlett | White House counselor tisanship from both sides, Bush faced skeptical lawmakers and a nation mired in an unpopular war, with the 2008 elections increasingly becoming a complicating factor.

In his address, he congratulated the new Democratic majority, singled out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for praise and called for bipartisanship. "Like many before us, we can work through

our differences," he said.

Many of the goals he outlined were "the kinds of things Democrats would generally support," said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University.

But for Bush, it's likely to be a hard sell.

Polls suggest he failed to shift public opinion earlier this month when he outlined his

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plan to increase troop strengths in Iraq. And Democrats on Tuesday sought to keep attention on Iraq.

"We go into this process with no illusions about the atmosphere in which we're operating in," said White House counselor Dan Bartlett.

Perhaps Bush's best shot at success is immigration overhaul. But then his proposal for a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship always had more support among Democrats than among fellow Republicans.

Noting that "convictions run deep" on immigration, Bush urged a "serious, civil and conclusive debate" on the issue.

“Plutoed” is the 2006 Word of the Year

By Jennifer Burk MCT

The year 2006 was rough for Pluto.

The International Astronomical Union downgraded the former planet to dwarf status, causing it to become the butt of jokes across the country.

But 2007 may be looking up for the former ninth planet from the sun. The American Dialect Society named the 2006 Word of the Year after Pluto and its plight at the group’s annual conference earlier this month.

The society studies variations in the English language in North America.

The chosen word, “plutoed,” is what has happened to someone or something who is demoted or devalued, much like the former planet, according to the group.

“Plutoed will probably strike a resonating chord with most of the public,” said Wayne Glowka, an English professor at Georgia College & State University.

Glowka chairs the society’s new words committee.

Many people grew up knowing Pluto as a planet, he said, and they had an emotional

reaction to its demotion.

Glowka recalled a woman who spoke on the word’s behalf at the conference: “She said, `I’ve been plutoed so many times in my life. I know about being demoted and devalued.’ “ As a general rule, the Word of the Year must be a newly prominent word — it doesn’t have to be new, but notable in the past year, Glowka said.

Last year’s word, truthiness, which means what one wishes to be the truth, regardless of facts, was claimed to be invented by comedian Stephen Colbert.

But the word was found in the Oxford English Dictionary dating as far back as the middle of the 19th century, he said.

Choosing the Word of the Year is a culmination of a year’s worth of work.

Glowka collects words throughout the year as he hears them, researches them and narrows them down to a final list.

Other American Dialect Society

members, editors and the general public send in submissions as well.

A bookshelf in Glowka’s office has more than 20 boxes containing thousands of words submitted over the years. Many of the words come from pop culture, celebrities, news and natural disasters.

Toby Click, planetarium curator at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, said naming the 2006 Word of the Year after Pluto is “kind of amusing.”

“Pluto doesn’t care what we think about it,” he said. “It is an inanimate object. There’s no life there.”

He argued, though, that Pluto wasn’t necessarily demoted, but rather reclassified.

“Maybe the problem is not that we’re losing Pluto, it’s that we had to reclassify him,” he said. “But we can’t blame the astronomers of the 1930s because they didn’t know any better,” he said.

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Offensive struggles have hurt Falcons

By Chayse Held Reporter

Four feet by six feet — the amount of space that is in a hockey goal cage. For the BG hockey team this season, that space has appeared quite small.

With their inability to get pucks past opposing goaltenders, the Falcons’ record (5-21-1, 3-16-0) and offensive production have fallen to the bottom of the CCHA. The reason the BG offense has scored only 50 goals this season compared to their opponents’ 110 is not because there is a problem with the nets.

“The biggest problem right now is the end result,” said coach Scott Paluch. “We’re not scoring goals, and we’re certainly not able to generate the offensive momentum and confidence because of

NFL Coaching carousel continues to spin Five teams have filled their coaching vacancies over the past week. Lane Kiffin (above) is in for the Raiders, Cam Cameron for the Dolphins, Bobby Petrino for the Falcons, Mike Tomlin for the Steelers and Ken Whisenhunt takes over for the Cardinals.

SCHEDULE Men’s Basketball: vs. Western Michigan; 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball: at Western Michigan; 7 p.m.

By Rusty Miller The Associated Press

OUR CALL On the way up NFL coaching moves: What ever happened to a little loyalty? As uncertain as the job market in this country is today, it seems there is no field with as little job security as NFL coaches.

On the way down

The List The sports blog cardchronicle.com compiled a list of teams and people that Dick Vitale mentioned during his broadcast of the Connecticut-Louisville game Monday night that had nothing to do with either team. The final tally? 156.

Here are five highlights:

1. Rosie O’Donnell: Mention No. 56. Of course, we all know how important Rosie is to college basketball.

2. Bo Derek: Great in Tommy Boy, nice name drop Dicky V.

3. Tony Bennet: Mention No. 98. Do you think Vitale is battling ADD?

4. Frank Sinatra: When we think basketball, we think Sinatra. It seems Vitale is with us here.

5. Eva Longoria: Apparently, you know you’ve made it to the big time when Dick Vitale mentions your name during a college basketball game.

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OSU’s Conley, Oden make for a talented duo

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Age of NFL coaches: New Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin is 31-yearsold — wow. That’s less than half the age of other coaches in the league. Seventeen of the current 31 NFL head coaches are 48 or younger.

that lack of scoring.”

In the midst of a six game losing streak and a 2-17 record in the last 19 games, the offensive struggles of the Falcons have come to the forefront of problems that team needs to fix. In one of the country’s top hockey conferences, the 1.2 goals that BG has averaged in games since Nov. 4 is not giving the team a chance to stay in games night in and night out.

The problems on offense can be blamed on a combination of factors, inexperience and injuries the most noticeable, but BG continues to concentrate on the small parts of the game in hopes of getting some results. With a mixture of 12 newcomers seeing ice time, many playing significant minutes, the offense has seemed

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SKY HIGH: BG’s Ryne Hamblet (left) attempts a lay-up last Anderson Arena in BG’s last home game against Akron.

Sense of urgency After losing their last four, BG will try to bounce back against WMU

By Bill Bordewick For his performance last “Western Michigan 86-76.

Reporter week, Bronco guard Michael earned MAC West Player is about as good a Redell of the Week. Redell averaged After starting out the Midpoints, 7.5 assists and five American Conference schedule team as I’ve seen.” 15 rebounds per game. on a high note with a one point victory over Buffalo, the BG men’s basketball team has suffered four straight setbacks and will look to recover tonight at Anderson Arena when Western Michigan pays a visit to BG. The Falcons have lost their last two games by a total of seven points — a six point loss last Wednesday in Oxford against Miami and a one point loss this past Saturday against Kent State.

“Starting the second half of the Miami game, I thought we have had a different approach to things,” said BG coach Dan Dakich. “That’s what the season is all about — you have to

Dan Dakich | BG Coach make adjustments.”

BG returns home tonight to take on the Broncos. Western Michigan comes into the game with an 8-10 record on the season and holds a 3-2 record in conference.

In their last game, the Broncos hosted in-state rival Eastern Michigan and picked up a fourpoint victory. David Kool scored 12 of his game high 26 points in the final 2:08 to secure a victory for the Broncos.

Earlier in the week, WMU topped their other in-state conference rival Central Michigan

“Western Michigan is about as good a team as I’ve seen,” Dakich said. “Watching them, you can tell they are a very good team.”

BG is ranked first in the MAC in field goal percentage defense allowing opponents to only shoot 40.3 percent from the field.

The Falcons are lead by Martin Samarco and Nate Miller. Samarco is the leading scorer in the MAC averaging 21 points per game. Miller is averaging 13.7 points per game since becoming eligible on

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COLUMBUS — No one questioned the talent of 7-foot Greg Oden, called by some the best American-born big man in a generation, from the instant he stepped on Ohio State’s campus last summer.

Mike Conley Jr. was more of an enigma.

Some thought he was just thrown in as part of some sort of scholarship package deal, a point guard a foot shorter who was given a full ride to help ease Oden’s transition to college and make the big guy less homesick.

But it didn’t take long before word started spreading about Conley, who was Robin to Oden’s Batman on three Indiana high school championship teams.

Ohio State’s graduated players, tuning up for overseas pro leagues in June and July, were there when the past overlapped the future.

“The veteran players, they’d come in and say, ‘The one who we didn’t think could play was Conley. We thought he was just riding along with Oden. That kid’s pretty good,’” coach Thad Matta said. “But we felt that all along.”

This much is certain through No. 5 Ohio State’s first 19 games: Conley is anything but Oden’s valet.

“Mike came in and there wasn’t too much he had to learn,” said junior Jamar Butler, who has abdicated the point guard job to move to shooting guard because of Conley. “He was a point guard since the day he was born.”

Roddick, Williams advance in Australian Open

By Paul Alexander The Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams willed herself to win.

Sluggish early and constantly facing break points, she found just enough yesterday to beat 16th-seeded Shahar Peer 36, 6-2, 8-6 and advance to the Australian Open semifinals, continuing her pursuit of an eighth Grand Slam title.

“I am the ultimate competitor,” said the former No. 1 player, who came in unseeded after playing only four matches last year due to injury and briefly dropping out of the top 100.

“Definitely ready to create some more carnage,” she added with a

smile. “I feel absolutely no pressure. I don’t think anyone thought I would get this far, except for me and my mom.”

Part of her competitive skills depend on how well she deals with adversity, and there was plenty against Peer, who had 13 breakpoint opportunities, converting just three. Williams also shrugged off letting a 4-1 lead slip away in the deciding set.

“I get so calm,” Williams said of difficult patches. “I’m floating. I feel so happy. It just relaxes me and releases. It’s just a pity it doesn’t happen when I was up 4-1.”

Williams next faces 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova, who beat fellow

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Tiger’s presence in golf looms large

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Two people turned into six, which soon turned into a dozen, all of them standing behind the first tee Tuesday on the North Course at Torrey Pines as darkness gave way to dawn.

And they weren’t there to watch Bubba Watson.

Even big-hitting Bubba was waiting on Tiger Woods to

show up for the first time at a PGA Tour event in nearly four months. He eventually gave up, blasted his pink-shafted driver out of sight and played alone until Woods caught up to him on the back nine.

The 2007 season enters its fourth week at the Buick Invitational, but in some respects, it feels like opening day because of the enormous interest Woods brings to golf.

Despite sitting out the first

three tournaments this year, Woods still worked his way into just about every conversation.

Vijay Singh won the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship for his 30th title on the PGA Tour, and some people wondered if he was ready to make another bid for No. 1 in the world ranking, a position he took away from Woods a few years ago.

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LENNY IGNELZI | AP PHOTO

LAZY EYE OF THE TIGER: Tiger Woods smiles as he practices his swing on the fourth tee of the North Course at Torrey Pines.

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TENNIS

Adam Scott, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose and Lucas Glover, all of them in their 20s, played in final group at the first three tournaments and watched someone walk off with the trophy. That only raised more questions about which young player might be capable of stepping up to challenge Woods, and Charley Hoffman winning the Bob Hope Classic didn’t count.

“I just turned 30,” he said.

Woods begins his 11th full season on the PGA Tour, and his impact has been well-documented. His television appeal has helped the PGA Tour negotiate contracts that have sent prize money soaring, from $70 million the year before he showed up to $270 million this year. TV ratings spike whenever he plays, especially when he contends.

But a question came up late last year from a golf fan who is a member at Riviera Country Club, which sounded foolish at first but intrigued some of Woods’ peers.

Has Tiger helped or hurt golf?

“You mean money corrupting people into not setting goals high and being satisfied?” Luke Donald said. “In five years, it might take $1.5 million to keep your card. I don’t know if that’s a bad thing or not. I don’t think you can ever blame Tiger for making the game worse. But it is an interesting question.”

One side of the ledger shows dollar signs, and not many will argue that Woods isn’t responsible for golfers’ income at least getting in the same ballpark as other sports. Curtis Strange in 1988 was the first golfer to break the $1 million mark; last year, a record 93 players earned at least $1 million. Interest in golf is up because Woods is the most famous athlete in the world.

Arnold Palmer brought golf to the masses. Woods made it cool.

The other side of the ledger shows greater disparity than ever between PGA Tour events, those with Woods and those without. The International hasn’t had Woods since 1999, and its future is uncertain. Tournament founder Jack Vickers is complaining about his spot on the calendar, but all he really cares about is getting Woods.

And there are questions about the competition. If stardom was supposed to inspire the best young athletes to take up golf, where are they? Geoff Ogilvy and Ben Curtis are the only players under 30 who have won a major.

Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia remain prospects, but not much more than that.

“Everyone is trying to get to that level, and I don’t know if that has ruined players or made them better,” David Toms said. “It could be harder for them to win tournaments because he wins so many.

Do they change their game early on to play like he does? I think it’s ruined some players who try to get extra distance when they would be better off playing within themselves.”

Golf always has been a niche sport, and suddenly it had the hottest property in sports. Did the PGA Tour try to draft off Woods’ popularity and have an inflated opinion of its value? Remember, it was in 2000 when commissioner Tim Finchem said the golf should aspire to have the top fan base in sports, surpassing the NFL by the year 2020. Six years later, reality set in and he shortened the regular season to avoid competition with football.

And without Woods, would there be a FedExCup? “It might have happened sooner,” Toms said. “It might have happened five years ago if it hadn’t been for Tiger Woods. As a general question, he’s been good for golf.

I’m glad he’s around.”

Paul Azinger couldn’t agree more.

He pondered the question for a few minutes Tuesday morning before considering where golf would be without him.

“You can only say he’s helped,” Azinger said. “In an oversaturated market, without him you have next to nothing. Let’s see Tiger Woods leave the game, and let’s see how good the game does then.”

out of sync and lacking confidence.

“It’s attention to detail,” said forward Todd McIlrath, whose 11 points rank him fourth on the team. “When you get to a higher level you forget to focus on the basics. Those are the building blocks for higher success. When we get back to that it usually generates into offense for our team.”

Though the defense and goaltending have been inconsistent this season (4.1 goals allowed per game and a .869 save percentage), the lack of goals and struggles on the power play (16-189) are what concerns the BG coaches the most.

“We still believe as a staff that we’re better defensively,” Paluch said. “Over the course of a game in five on five play, we’re a pretty good defensive team. I know the numbers clearly aren’t supporting that, but when we look at our team and the decisions we make defensively, we feel pretty good.”

There have been a few bright spots for the Falcons offensively despite the lack of overall offensive production.

Philadelphia Flyers’ draft pick and assistant captain Jonathon Matsumoto leads the team with 23 points and recorded his 100th career point earlier this season.

After getting off to a tremendous start to the season, Derek Whitmore has cooled off a bit, but still leads the team with 12 goals. Newcomers McIlrath, Tomas Petruska (13 points) and Kai Kantola (8 points) have been big contributors to the offense.

But with only nine games remaining on the regular season schedule, BG will be looking for something to ignite the offense and instill the team with the confidence that it has been missing this season.

“It’s not like we’re playing that bad, or that they’re that much better,” Petruska said. “It’s just that we make a mistake and they’ll score a goal, but when they make a mistake we don’t. It has to turn around. It can’t get any worse.”

Czech Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4.

On the men’s side, sixthseeded Andy Roddick was nearly perfect in beating longtime friend and former housemate Mardy Fish 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, making only four unforced errors. He will meet top-ranked Roger Federer, who downed No. 7 Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-6 (2), 7-5.

“Today I played pretty flawless, I thought,” Roddick said, adding he couldn’t recall if he’d ever had so few errors. “I feel good going into the semis.”

Federer, who lost to Roddick in the finals of an exhibition tournament 10 days ago, struggled a little on a chilly, breezy night, getting broken four times. He was shaking his head after shanking several volleys and mis-hitting other balls, one which went into the stands on the fly.

But he came up with his best when he needed it, taking the last five points of the tiebreaker, then breaking Robredo as he served at 5-6 in the third.

With his strong defensive skills, Robredo often made Federer hit more than one good shot to take a point, but had only 17 winners to 28 unforced errors.

“It was a very tough straight sets. I’m very happy to be through,” said Federer, whose parents and sister were courtside for the first time at Melbourne Park. “I’m happy I won in front of them.”

He said the chilly, breezy conditions were challenging.

“It was a big adjustment,” Federer said. “The court didn’t take that much bounce, so you had to work really hard tonight.”

What the Williams-Peer match lacked in skill — they combined for 83 unforced errors to 50 winners — it made up for in drama. On paper, the unseeded Williams was the underdog, but Peer was the type of player that she would have beaten in her prime.

DARRON CUMMINGS | AP PHOTO

MADE IT: Quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates after the Colts defeated the Patriots, 38-34, to win the AFC Championship.

Manning, Colts not a lock to win Super Bowl XLI

By Barry Wilner The Associated Press

Just because the Indianapolis Colts will represent the vastly superior AFC doesn’t make them a Super cinch in Miami.

While the AFC went 40-24 against the NFC, including 3-1 for the Colts, the Chicago Bears aren’t exactly an also-ran out of the weaker conference. Their 15-3 record is no mirage, even if 13 of those victories came within the NFC. For more pertinent numbers, try these: 44 takeaways during the season, tops in the league, and another five in the playoffs.

The four in the NFC title game against New Orleans, the toprated offense in football, led to a rout.

And these: Chicago has scored 66 points in two postseason games. That 33-point average is far better than Indy’s 25.3.

Put the stats aside, though, because what the Bears

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December 19. In his last two games, Miller is averaging 20.5 points and 10 rebounds.

“Nate is going to compete,” Dakich said. “Here’s a kid who sat out a year and a half, paid his own way to go to school here, and he has not missed a beat.”

Samarco rebounded from

achieved in 2006 and the first month of 2007 generally was against softer opposition than what the Colts faced. Look to this, instead: Chicago has just as many playmakers as Indy. It’s just as well coached. It has five players with Super Bowl experience; the Colts have five who could play on Feb. 4.

Plus, the Bears still have a mammoth boulder on their shoulder, even as a conference champion.

“We know what they’re saying, that no matter who we would have played in the Super Bowl, we’d be underdogs,” safety Chris Harris said. “We use that as fuel.”

Here’s some more: Peyton Manning is likely to get more attention in Miami and more air time and more headlines than all of the Bears combined.

Not that the best quarterback of his generation doesn’t deserve the acclaim. But the best Bears team in two decades could get somewhat ignored.

being benched in the game against Miami to score 26 points on 11-19 shooting against Kent State.

“Martin was great — he took [the benching] fine,” Dakich said. “He was the first one on the court for practice on the Thursday following the game.”

Wood County residents can attend the game tonight for only $5 courtesy of Wood County Hospital.

“As far as us being underdogs, if you look at what all the Colts bring to the table, I could see why they would make us underdogs,” Bears coach Lovie Smith said, “but we’ve been in that role before and our guys like the underdog role.

“I wouldn’t bet against the Bears if I were a betting man.”

Neither would we with a 7point spread. Here’s a few reasons why the Bears just might do what the Patriots managed in 2002 and the Broncos in 1998, and upset a solid favorite.

There is one major mismatch here: On kick returns. The Bears have the league’s most productive unit, led by All-Pro returner Devin Hester. The rookie set an NFL record with six runbacks for touchdowns, and the Colts are very vulnerable.

Last Sunday, Ellis Hobbs, hardly in Hester’s class, had six kickoff returns for 220 yards, including 80- and 40-yarders that set up scores for New England.

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